Grantmaking
Unlocking organizations’ ability to innovate, build evidence, and grow.
Our Funding Model
Our funding model incorporates funding across direct impact and ecosystem investments with the goal of identifying and fueling the scale of cost-effective programs and solutions that accelerate improvement in key academic and socioemotional outcomes for all children. We believe our grantmaking approach allows us to encourage innovation, build evidence that clears the path to scale for our grantees and the work they do, and fund the growth of impactful programs.
What We Fund
Direct Impact
Funding for organizations that work directly with target populations, with an emphasis on innovation, growth, or continuous improvement
Validation
Evaluations to help organizations strengthen their evidence base, unlocking growth and funding opportunities
Knowledge Generation
Research to generate new knowledge that enhances field understanding and the adoption of evidence-based practices
Policy / Field Building
The development of ecosystems that allow cost-effective, evidence-informed, and impactful programs and practices to scale
What We Look For
Our funding is meant to unlock innovation, evidence building, and growth opportunities for our grantees, clearing the path to scale for their organizations and the work they do. When making funding decisions, we look for organizations that meet the following conditions:
Support the Foundation’s mission by measurably enhancing education inside or outside the classroom and accelerating improvement in key academic and socioemotional outcomes for all children
Align to a portfolio and its strategies: early childhood, hands-on STEM education, or K-9 programs that focus on supporting educators and student-centered learning environments
Fit into our funding model: either a direct impact organization looking to innovate or grow, or an ecosystem investment that clears the path to scale for our grantees and the work they do
Grantmaking Approach
We seek to live our core values in our approach to grantmaking.
Connect genuinely
Seek to be a true partner, supporting grantees in creating measurable impact for children and families
Think & act with rigor
Build accountability to goals, metrics, and milestones by measuring what is most impactful for children and families
Learn better, together
Learn transparently and collaboratively from successes and failures