To execute a newly launched workforce freedom initiative, elevate its education reform initiatives, and host a variety of programming for its 50-state network of 66 state-based think tank affiliates
To support new school startups, charter facilities access, key advocacy coalition priorities, and investments to improve outcomes for special student populations
To accelerate innovation happening outside the bounds of traditional schooling by sourcing and making grants to out-of-system operators and researchers
2020
K-12 Education
$1,500,000
The Education Trust
Support for leaders and advocacy groups in pursuing educational equity in four states
To increase the supply of high-quality charter schools by recruiting and training leaders for the BES Fellowship and for a BES school startup fund to support successful launch of schools
To support the second round of the Emerging Charter Management Organization Leaders Program (ECMO), providing funds for the final two years of the five-year fund
To support operations that will build advocacy capacity (e.g., coalition building, grasstops engagement, and communication/narrative shaping), execute initiatives aligned with its strategic plan, and expand Texas sector of high-quality charter schools
To support startup grants for schools with diverse models, multi-year research study of the schools portfolio, grants for early-stage ventures and other activities that will increase the proportion of Black and Latino leaders in education, and sponsorship for NSVF's annual Summit
