Our Investment Areas

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Early Impact

Support families and early learning environments in expanding their use of evidence-based practices that are proven to make a difference in the early lives of children, setting them on the path toward early and later school success.

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Exceptional Educators

Empower K-9 teachers and school leaders by increasing access to professional learning aligned with high-quality instructional materials, innovative data tools, and differentiated staffing models.

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Innovative Schools

Leverage technology to create student-centered, evidence-based K-9 learning environments that engage, challenge, and improve academic and social-emotional skills for all students.

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Inspired Minds

Expand access to high-quality out-of-school STEM learning experiences that deepen family engagement, build STEM mindsets, and inspire students with joyful and rigorous learning.

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Early Impact

Organization Name Total Grant Dollars Grant Period Status
Bipartisan Policy Center $100,000 2022 – 2023 Completed
Brazelton Touchpoints Foundation $96,000 2020 – 2021 Completed
Bright Beginnings dba Bright by Text $150,000 2020 – 2021 Completed
Bright Beginnings dba Bright by Text $200,000 2021 – 2022 Completed
Bright Beginnings dba Bright by Text $600,000 2020 – 2021 Completed
Center for Child and Family Health $75,000 2020 – 2021 Completed
Center for Child and Family Health $500,000 2020 – 2021 Completed
Centering Healthcare Institute $1,035,000 2022 – 2024 Active
Centering Healthcare Institute $1,000,000 2021 – 2022 Completed
Centering Healthcare Institute $1,050,000 2020 – 2021 Completed
Family Engagement Lab $657,000 2021 – 2023 Completed
Family Engagement Lab $150,000 2020 – 2021 Completed
FluentSeeds $200,000 2022 – 2023 Active
Harvard University $222,500 2022 – 2023 Completed
I-LABS $3,238,850 2021 – 2024 Active
LENA Foundation $4,605,000 2022 – 2025 Active
LENA Foundation $2,171,500 2020 – 2022 Completed
LENA Foundation $105,000 2020 – 2021 Completed
National Congress of Parents and Teachers (dba "National PTA") $200,000 2022 – 2023 Active
Nurse-Family Partnership $605,000 2020 – 2021 Completed
Nurse-Family Partnership $2,242,000 2021 – 2024 Active
ParentCorps $2,087,500 2022 – 2024 Active
ParentCorps $3,000,000 2020 – 2022 Completed
Promise Venture Studio $482,570 2022 – 2023 Active
Promise Venture Studio $100,000 2021 – 2022 Completed
Promise Venture Studio $100,000 2020 – 2021 Completed
Reach Out and Read $3,000,000 2022 – 2025 Active
Reach Out and Read $250,000 2021 – 2022 Completed
Robin Hood Foundation $5,070,000 2022 – 2027 Active
Silicon Valley Community Foundation $250,000 2021 – 2023 Active
Silicon Valley Community Foundation $250,000 2020 – 2021 Completed
Springboard Collaborative $75,000 2019 – 2020 Completed
Springboard Collaborative $7,000,000 2022 – 2025 Active
Springboard Collaborative $500,000 2020 – 2021 Completed
Student Achievement Partners $100,000 2020 – 2021 Completed
TalkingPoints $1,995,500 2021 – 2024 Active
TalkingPoints $150,000 2020 – 2021 Completed
The Hunt Institute $267,500 2022 – 2023 Active
Tools of the Mind $1,345,500 2022 – 2024 Active
Tools of the Mind $200,000 2021 – 2022 Completed
TSNE MissionWorks $20,000 2021 – 2021 Completed
University of Chicago $150,000 2020 – 2021 Completed
University of Nebraska $170,660 2022 – 2024 Active
University of Nebraska $77,000 2020 – 2021 Completed
University of Oregon Center for Translational Neuroscience $75,000 2020 – 2021 Completed
Waterford Institute $6,070,000 2021 – 2025 Active
Waterford Institute $500,000 2020 – 2021 Completed

Exceptional Educators

Organization Name Total Grant Dollars Grant Period Status
2revolutions $100,000 2021 – 2023 Completed
Alder Graduate School of Education $200,000 2020 – 2021 Completed
Alder Graduate School of Education $100,000 2021 – 2022 Completed
ASU Next Education Workforce $300,000 2022 – 2023 Active
Bellwether Education Partners $125,000 2022 – 2023 Active
Cambiar Education $150,000 2021 – 2022 Completed
Center for Leadership and Educational Equity $300,000 2021 – 2022 Completed
Center for Public Research and Leadership (CPRL) at Columbia University $100,000 2021 – 2021 Completed
CenterPoint Education Solutions $267,500 2022 – 2023 Active
Chiefs for Change $724,500 2021 – 2023 Active
Chiefs for Change $300,000 2020 – 2021 Completed
EdReports $1,035,000 2021 – 2023 Active
EdReports $400,000 2020 – 2021 Completed
Education Resource Strategies (ERS) $921,000 2021 – 2024 Active
Education Resource Strategies (ERS) $200,000 2020 – 2021 Completed
FutureEd at Georgetown University $220,000 2020 – 2021 Completed
Glass Frog $73,000 2020 – 2021 Completed
Instruction Partners $150,000 2022 – 2023 Active
Instruction Partners $300,000 2021 – 2022 Completed
Instruction Partners $300,000 2020 – 2021 Completed
Instruction Partners $75,000 2020 – 2021 Completed
Leading Educators Inc. $2,149,000 2021 – 2024 Active
Leading Educators Inc. $400,000 2020 – 2021 Completed
Leading Educators Inc. $75,000 2020 – 2021 Completed
New Leaders $150,000 2022 – 2023 Active
New Leaders $600,000 2020 – 2022 Completed
PERTS $600,000 2022 – 2024 Active
Public Impact $100,000 2020 – 2021 Completed
Public Impact $3,000,000 2022 – 2025 Active
Public Impact $1,400,000 2020 – 2022 Completed
Relay GSE $600,000 2020 – 2021 Completed
Relay GSE $150,000 2022 – 2023 Active
Relay GSE $300,000 2021 – 2022 Completed
Research Partnership for Professional Learning (RPPL) $750,000 2022 – 2025 Active
Research Partnership for Professional Learning (RPPL) $54,000 2021 – 2021 Completed
Rivet Education $300,000 2021 – 2023 Completed
Substantial $187,250 2022 – 2023 Active
Teach For America $125,000 2021 – 2022 Completed
Teach For America $225,000 2020 – 2021 Completed
Teach Plus $267,500 2022 – 2023 Active
TEACH.org $275,000 2021 – 2022 Completed
TEACH.org $200,000 2020 – 2021 Completed
TEACH.org $200,000 2020 – 2020 Completed
Teaching Lab $100,000 2020 – 2020 Completed
Teaching Lab $100,000 2020 – 2020 Completed
Teaching Lab $200,000 2021 – 2023 Completed
Teaching Lab $3,070,000 2021 – 2024 Active
Teaching Lab $500,000 2020 – 2021 Completed
The Education Trust $350,000 2020 – 2021 Completed
The Education Trust $175,000 2022 – 2023 Active
The Education Trust $350,000 2021 – 2022 Completed
TNTP $400,000 2021 – 2022 Completed
TNTP $350,000 2020 – 2022 Completed
Urban Teachers $300,000 2020 – 2021 Completed
Urban Teachers $150,000 2022 – 2023 Active
Urban Teachers $434,500 2021 – 2022 Completed

Innovative Schools

Organization Name Total Grant Dollars Grant Period Status
Brown University $75,000 2022 – 2023 Completed
Charter School Growth Fund $500,000 2020 – 2021 Completed
Cignition $300,000 2020 – 2021 Completed
Clayton Christensen Institute $75,000 2020 – 2021 Completed
CommonLit $300,000 2022 – 2023 Completed
EdTech Evidence Exchange $1,000,000 2022 – 2024 Active
EdTech Evidence Exchange $300,000 2021 – 2022 Completed
Highlander Institute $600,000 2022 – 2024 Active
Khan Academy $250,000 2020 – 2020 Completed
Khan Academy $2,000,000 2022 – 2023 Completed
Khan Academy $2,000,000 2020 – 2021 Completed
MIND Research Institute $3,750,000 2021 – 2024 Active
MIND Research Institute $1,000,000 2020 – 2021 Completed
New England Basecamp $150,000 2020 – 2021 Completed
OnYourMark $150,000 2022 – 2023 Completed
Open Up Resources $300,000 2022 – 2022 Completed
PERTS $250,000 2020 – 2021 Completed
Quill.org $300,000 2022 – 2023 Completed
Robin Hood Foundation $5,000,000 2021 – 2024 Active
Rutgers University $75,000 2021 – 2022 Completed
SAGA Innovations/Saga Education $6,000,000 2021 – 2024 Active
SAGA Innovations/Saga Education $625,000 2020 – 2021 Completed
Stanford University $400,000 2022 – 2024 Active
Transcend $2,100,000 2021 – 2024 Active
Transcend $267,000 2021 – 2023 Active
Transcend $650,000 2020 – 2021 Completed
UPchieve $300,000 2022 – 2023 Active
Valor Collegiate $300,000 2021 – 2022 Completed
Valor Collegiate $600,000 2020 – 2021 Completed
Zearn $4,500,000 2021 – 2024 Active
Zearn $1,000,000 2020 – 2021 Completed

Inspired Minds

Organization Name Total Grant Dollars Grant Period Status
Adler Planetarium $100,000 2020 – 2021 Completed
Afterschool Alliance $1,035,000 2021 – 2023 Active
Afterschool Alliance $600,000 2020 – 2021 Completed
Almost Fun $133,750 2022 – 2023 Active
Association of Science and Technology Centers $100,000 2021 – 2022 Completed
BellXcel $2,070,000 2021 – 2023 Active
BellXcel $300,000 2020 – 2021 Completed
Brilliant $600,000 2022 – 2024 Active
Brilliant $250,000 2021 – 2022 Completed
California Academy of Sciences $200,000 2021 – 2022 Completed
Education First $176,500 2020 – 2021 Completed
ENVISION Excellence in STEM Education $125,000 2020 – 2021 Completed
ExpandED Schools $200,000 2020 – 2023 Completed
Family Math Roadmap $191,284 2020 – 2021 Completed
FIRST $250,000 2022 – 2023 Active
FIRST $250,000 2021 – 2022 Completed
FIRST $500,000 2020 – 2021 Completed
FIRST $100,000 2020 – 2021 Completed
Girlstart $250,000 2020 – 2021 Completed
Grantmakers for Education $100,000 2020 – 2021 Completed
Imagine Science $1,000,000 2022 – 2024 Active
Imagine Science $200,000 2021 – 2022 Completed
Immersed Games $250,000 2020 – 2021 Completed
Learn Fresh Education Co. $300,000 2020 – 2021 Completed
Liberty Science Center $107,000 2022 – 2023 Completed
Liberty Science Center $100,000 2021 – 2022 Completed
MESA USA $160,500 2022 – 2023 Completed
Museum of Mathematics $250,000 2020 – 2020 Completed
Museum of Mathematics $250,000 2022 – 2023 Active
Museum of Mathematics $268,000 2022 – 2023 Active
Museum of Mathematics $250,000 2021 – 2022 Completed
Museum of Mathematics $268,000 2021 – 2021 Completed
Museum of Mathematics $250,000 2020 – 2021 Completed
Museum of Science Boston $1,535,000 2021 – 2024 Active
Museum of Science Boston $300,000 2020 – 2021 Completed
NAFSCE $200,000 2022 – 2023 Active
NAFSCE $300,000 2021 – 2022 Completed
NAFSCE $250,000 2021 – 2021 Completed
National Engineers Week Foundation dba DiscoverE $600,000 2022 – 2024 Active
National Engineers Week Foundation dba DiscoverE $200,000 2021 – 2022 Completed
National Inventors Hall of Fame $1,688,500 2021 – 2024 Active
National Inventors Hall of Fame $300,000 2020 – 2021 Completed
PMG SoCal $1,995,500 2021 – 2024 Active
PowerMyLearning $300,000 2022 – 2023 Active
PowerMyLearning $1,200,000 2020 – 2022 Completed
RAND $210,000 2022 – 2023 Active
Science Buddies $150,000 2022 – 2023 Active
STEM Education Coalition Policy Forum $350,000 2021 – 2023 Active
The Art of Problem Solving Initiative $150,000 2022 – 2023 Active
The Art of Problem Solving Initiative $300,000 2021 – 2022 Completed
The Art of Problem Solving Initiative $250,000 2020 – 2021 Completed
U.S. Department of Education $250,000 2022 – 2023 Active
WestEd $322,000 2021 – 2023 Active
WNET $250,000 2020 – 2022 Completed
Wolfram Research $100,000 2020 – 2021 Completed

Other

Organization Name Total Grant Dollars Grant Period Status
America Achieves $3,333,333 2022 – 2023 Active
Barnard College $376,028 2021 – 2023 Active
Cambiar Education $250,000 2022 – 2023 Active
Chalkbeat $65,000 2020 – 2021 Completed
Charitable Ventures $10,000 2022 – 2022 Completed
Charitable Ventures $10,000 2021 – 2022 Completed
Charitable Ventures $10,000 2020 – 2021 Completed
Coleridge Initiative $400,000 2021 – 2022 Completed
Coleridge Initiative $500,000 2020 – 2021 Completed
Community Foundation of New Jersey $2,000,000 2020 – 2021 Completed
Drew University $129,000 2022 – 2023 Active
Drew University $110,000 2021 – 2022 Completed
Drew University $110,000 2020 – 2021 Completed
Georgia State University Research Foundation $1,000,000 2022 – 2023 Completed
GreenLight Fund $1,000,000 2022 – 2027 Active
Helen Keller International $150,000 2020 – 2022 Completed
Institute for Citizens & Scholars $79,385 2020 – 2021 Completed
Johns Hopkins University $427,570 2022 – 2023 Active
Johns Hopkins University $162,910 2020 – 2022 Completed
Johns Hopkins University - Center for Talented Youth $360,000 2020 – 2021 Completed
Johns Hopkins University - Center for Talented Youth $143,000 2022 – 2023 Active
Johns Hopkins University - Center for Talented Youth $250,000 2022 – 2023 Active
Johns Hopkins University - Center for Talented Youth $400,000 2021 – 2022 Completed
Learning Heroes $100,000 2022 – 2022 Completed
Liberty Science Center $2,750,000 2020 – 2023 Active
Liberty Science Center $100,000 2020 – 2021 Completed
National Public Education Support Fund $35,000 2022 – 2023 Completed
National Public Education Support Fund $35,000 2021 – 2022 Completed
National Public Education Support Fund $75,000 2020 – 2021 Completed
Princeton University $130,000 2020 – 2021 Completed
Princeton University $100,000 2019 – 2020 Completed
Research & Development Council of New Jersey $230,000 2022 – 2023 Active
Research & Development Council of New Jersey $120,000 2022 – 2023 Active
Research & Development Council of New Jersey $310,000 2021 – 2022 Completed
Research & Development Council of New Jersey $250,000 2020 – 2021 Completed
Results for America $200,000 2022 – 2023 Active
Results for America $200,000 2021 – 2022 Completed
Robin Hood Foundation $1,000,000 2020 – 2021 Completed
Robin Hood Foundation $433,000 2021 – 2022 Completed
Robin Hood Foundation $500,000 2020 – 2021 Completed
Robin Hood Foundation $150,000 2020 – 2021 Completed
Rutgers University $60,000 2020 – 2021 Completed
Students 2 Science $250,000 2022 – 2023 Active
Students 2 Science $200,000 2021 – 2022 Completed
Students 2 Science $200,000 2020 – 2021 Completed
The 74 $107,000 2022 – 2023 Active
The 74 $100,000 2021 – 2022 Completed
The Campaign for Grade-Level Reading $125,000 2022 – 2023 Active
The Campaign for Grade-Level Reading $125,000 2021 – 2022 Completed
The Campaign for Grade-Level Reading $100,000 2020 – 2021 Completed
The College of New Jersey Foundation $290,000 2021 – 2022 Completed
The Hechinger Report $107,000 2022 – 2023 Active
The Hechinger Report $100,000 2021 – 2022 Completed
The New Jersey Tutoring Corps Inc $250,000 2022 – 2023 Active
The New Jersey Tutoring Corps Inc $351,350 2022 – 2022 Completed
Tides Center $350,000 2020 – 2021 Completed
TSNE MissionWorks $20,000 2022 – 2022 Completed
United Way of Northern New Jersey $1,200,000 2020 – 2023 Active
University of Chicago $190,000 2022 – 2024 Active
University of Chicago $302,260 2021 – 2023 Active
Vision to Learn $145,825 2020 – 2020 Completed
Wildflower Foundation $105,000 2022 – 2023 Active
Wildflower Foundation $105,000 2021 – 2022 Completed
Wildflower Foundation $105,000 2020 – 2021 Completed