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Senior Director, Communications
I truly believe that education is the great unlock of opportunity, and the place where a child’s potential can shine despite the many obstacles in the way. But so many things need to fall in place for that best case scenario to happen.
Lina Eroh, Senior Director, Communications, leads both internal and external communications efforts at the organization, working closely with grantees and the Foundation team.
Previously, Lina led marketing and communication teams at numerous startups, guiding them through fundraising rounds, growth and scaling challenges, and mergers and acquisitions. She has also played key roles on corporate communication teams for iconic consumer brands, such as eBay.
Lina graduated summa cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania with a major in Communications and minors in Psychology and Women’s Studies. She also holds an M.F.A. in Writing from the University of San Francisco.
Lina is an avid traveler, with 35 countries under her belt. Nowadays, she’s the President of the Board of Trustees of the Rye Free Reading Room and spends her weekends with her three daughters, husband, and giant schnauzer.

In Q1 2026, we awarded 29 grants totaling over $10.68 million. We highlighted just some of the organizations we’re proud to support.

Each year, our team gathers to reflect on what the data, our grantees, and our partners are telling us about where education is headed.

In Q4 2025, our foundation awarded 49 grants totaling over $17 million. We highlighted just some of the organizations we’re proud to support.

In Q3 2025, our foundation awarded grants totaling over $10 million. We highlighted just some of the organizations we’re proud to support.

In Q2 2025, our foundation awarded 52 grants totaling over $32 million. We highlighted just some of the organizations we’re proud to support.

In Q1 2025, our foundation awarded 56 grants totaling over $14.5 million. We highlighted just some of the organizations we’re proud to support.

Messaging to help K-12 parents commit to sending their children to school on a consistent basis.

What we’ve seen across the education and philanthropic landscape and what we’ve learned from our peer funders and grantee partners.

We highlighted just some of the organizations we’re proud to support this quarter as we conclude our 2024 grantmaking.

We highlighted just some of the direct impact and ecosystem organizations we’re proud to support this quarter.

Our funding will support studies designed to produce evidence that informs the work of policymakers and practitioners in the hope of increasing student attendance.

We highlight just some of the direct impact and ecosystem organizations we’re proud to support this quarter.

RPPL will manage studies focused on identifying the features and traits of genAI tools that show potential to improve teacher quality and student learning.

We highlight just some of the organizations we’re proud to support this quarter as we kick off our 2024 grantmaking.

The first installation of our interview series, “Spotlight On,” features Lina Eroh in conversation with Heejae Lim, founder and CEO of TalkingPoints.

We assess the accuracy of our predictions for last year, and build on that analysis with our predictions for 2024.

We highlight just some of the organizations we’re proud to support this quarter as we conclude our 2023 grantmaking.

We highlight just some of the organizations we’re proud to support in the third quarter.

Melanie Dukes and Lina Eroh outline the critical role philanthropy can play in strengthening evidence-based decision-making for edtech solutions.

We highlight just some of the direct impact and ecosystem organizations we’re proud to support this quarter.

We highlight just some of the many organizations we’re proud to support this quarter as we begin our 2023 grantmaking.

A new series will explore bright spots in the field with resources and evidence-based strategies to help education leaders and practitioners support student success.

Our leadership team sat down to reflect on what they’ve seen across the education and philanthropic landscape, in addition to what the Foundation has learned.

In Q4 2022, we awarded 24 grants totaling over $9.56 million dollars. Of these, five grants were new, 10 were renewals, and nine were disbursements for ongoing pledges.

In Q3 2022, we awarded 23 grants totaling over $13 million dollars. Of these, six grants were new, 11 were renewals, and six were disbursements for ongoing pledges.

This blog post explores how three organizations embraced disruptions caused by COVID as an opportunity to fuel innovation.

How grantees Saga Education and Teaching Lab pursued critical research using funding from Overdeck Family Foundation.

This blog post explores how five organizations successfully achieved growth in the past year with support from Overdeck Family Foundation.

In Q4 2021, our foundation awarded 17 grants totaling over $6.4 million dollars. Of these, three grants were new, while nine were renewals.

The New Jersey Tutoring Corps was launched to tackle COVID-related learning loss and accelerate learning recovery for NJ students.

In Q3 2021, our foundation awarded 33 grants totaling over $13.5 million dollars. Of these, six grants were new, while 27 were renewals.

In Q2 2021, our foundation awarded 29 grants totaling over $12 million dollars. Of these, 9 grants were new, while 20 were renewals.

The NJ Summer Tutoring Corps Program is designed to accelerate student learning and address COVID-related learning loss.

In Q1 of 2021, our foundation awarded 32 grants totaling $12.27 million. Of these, 14 grants were new, while 16 were renewals.

In the first half of 2020, three foundation grantees made significant progress toward strengthening their evidence base and increasing their ESSA tier.

We’ve been proud funders of EdReports since 2017, and are excited to support them with a new grant of $400,000 to help them reach more districts and students across the country.

Against all odds, schools, organizations, and the families they support have shown an immense amount of agility and creativity as they adjust to a new, remote normal.

Overdeck Family Foundation has approved a series of rapid response grants totaling over $2.6 million in funding across four categories: digitizing services, growth and expansion, educational materials, and research.

Our top five best practices for creating and growing remote learning interventions during and after COVID-19.

A new report outlines key drivers and contributing factors of kindergarten readiness, in addition to the adult behaviors that best support child development.

A downloadable resource of key considerations and best practices for research dissemination.

Full remarks of Laura Overdeck's testimony to the Education Committee of the New Jersey Assembly.

Ipek Bakir and Stephanie Sharp, two program analysts at the Overdeck Family Foundation, were named to the Forbes 30 Under 30 list for Education.

The Opportunity Atlas is an interactive tool that lets users discover which neighborhoods in America offer children the best chance to rise out of poverty.

The Opportunity Myth study found that most students do what they’re asked in school but are still not ready to succeed after school given a lack of assignments that ask students to achieve grade level mastery.

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