to support the creation and expansion of high-quality charter management organizations (CMOs) nationally and direct funds to qualified CSGF portfolio members to cover their school-level startup costs
Populace will study public-private opinion gaps in education, identify parent- and community-driven insights about the purpose of education, and develop communications strategies to socialize its research to accelerate culture change.
2020
K-12 Education
$1,500,000
50CAN, Inc.
To support advocacy efforts in its Georgia, New Jersey, and Tennessee chapters
To support the launch of Drexel's Fund II which seeks to advance Drexel's mission of improving the accessibility and outcomes of publicly supported private schools in the United States
To support three efforts: Closing the Digital Divide advocacy and policy, Wide Open Schools platform, and expert analysis on the digital divide
2020
K-12 Education
$1,300,000
United Negro College Fund, Inc.
To grow the pipeline of influential African American leaders in the K-12 sector and to increase awareness of the education landscape within the African American community
Support for the High-Quality Schools Plan, an initiative designed to expand opportunity in Indianapolis by increasing the number of high-quality schools, recruiting, developing, and retaining talented educators, and increasing support for quality school options
Support to continue grantee's work sourcing and training early stage entrepreneurs who are developing breakthrough schools, learning spaces and technology tools that increase access to high quality educational options
