School Readiness
Create strong foundations for early learning.
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Our Focus Areas
We partner with education organizations dedicated to accelerating student outcomes across three areas.
School Readiness
Ensure more children enter kindergarten ready to thrive, setting the trajectory for their futures.
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School Success
Increase the number of kindergarten through eighth grade students demonstrating meaningful growth and proficiency in literacy and math.
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Future Readiness
Help students develop the cognitive skills, meaningful connections, and sense of agency needed to thrive in a rapidly changing world.
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Our Grantees
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Organization
Description
Grant Amount
Grant Period
Focus Area
Organization
NIOST (National Institute on OST)Description
To identify specific OST STEM recruitment techniques, staff hiring practices, and community engagement and partnership factors associated with implementation of high-quality OST STEM programming through a mixed-method field-building research study.Grant Amount
$285,775Grant Period
November 1, 2024 -October 31, 2026
Focus Area
OtherOrganization
NORC at the University of ChicagoDescription
To fund completion and publication of a journal article summarizing results of an RCT estimating impacts of SEEDS on PreK students’ literacy skills.Grant Amount
$30,000Grant Period
June 1, 2024 -May 31, 2025
Focus Area
OtherOrganization
OnYourMarkDescription
To develop, test, and scale prototypes of OnYourMark’ s features and models to reduce the cost of high-impact tutoring.Grant Amount
$1,500,000Grant Period
April 25, 2025 -April 24, 2027
Focus Area
School SuccessOrganization
OnYourMarkDescription
To scale OnYourMark's early literacy intervention through innovation, growth, and increased efficacy of program.Grant Amount
$2,500,000Grant Period
March 1, 2023 -February 28, 2025
Focus Area
School SuccessOrganization
OpenSciEdDescription
To build a measurement and evaluation strategy for OpenSciEd that improves data systems for product development, implementation fidelity, and impact analysis.Grant Amount
$300,000Grant Period
June 1, 2025 -May 31, 2026
Focus Area
Future ReadinessOrganization
Out TeachDescription
To position Out Teach for increased reach by piloting a more scalable prototype and improving capacity for evaluation.Grant Amount
$300,000Grant Period
April 1, 2024 -March 31, 2025
Focus Area
Future ReadinessOrganization
Parent Teacher Home VisitsDescription
To support Parent Teacher Home Visits in refining growth and sustainability strategy and building internal infrastructure for data collection and analysis.Grant Amount
$360,000Grant Period
April 1, 2024 -March 31, 2026
Focus Area
School ReadinessOrganization
ParentCorpsDescription
To support ParentCorps’ growth to 10 locations, including codifying scaling and business model and implementing its evidence-based model through partnerships in new cities.Grant Amount
$2,087,500Grant Period
September 1, 2022 -August 31, 2024
Focus Area
School ReadinessOrganization
PBS KidsDescription
To expand access to AI-enabled interactive episodes of Lyla in the Loop to PBS Kids’ streaming audience, driving increases in STEM interest, knowledge, and engagement.Grant Amount
$300,000Grant Period
May 1, 2025 -April 30, 2026
Focus Area
Future ReadinessOrganization
PBS SoCalDescription
To continue scaling PBS SoCal’s Family Math initiative by exploring new content distribution channels.Grant Amount
$1,200,000Grant Period
August 1, 2024 -July 31, 2026
Focus Area
Future ReadinessOrganization
PBS SoCalDescription
To build and scale a digital family math curriculum and content library, engaging millions of children in building math confidence and skills.Grant Amount
$1,995,500Grant Period
July 1, 2021 -June 30, 2024
Focus Area
Future ReadinessOrganization
Penn Graduate School of EducationDescription
To fund a study identifying the pre- and post-pandemic drivers of chronic absence in West Virginia and implications of absenteeism for future achievement.Grant Amount
$246,376Grant Period
September 1, 2024 -August 31, 2026
Focus Area
OtherOrganization
PERTSDescription
To launch PERTS teacher certification and related program innovations in support of stronger implementation fidelity.Grant Amount
$800,000Grant Period
November 1, 2024 -October 31, 2026
Focus Area
School SuccessOrganization
PERTSDescription
To improve and cost-effectively scale PERTS tools to increase student engagement and academic outcomes via improved educator practices.Grant Amount
$600,000Grant Period
June 1, 2022 -August 31, 2024
Focus Area
School SuccessOrganization
Philanthropy New YorkDescription
To support improved coordination in education philanthropy towards educational outcomes.Grant Amount
$250,000Grant Period
September 1, 2025 -August 31, 2026
Focus Area
OtherOrganization
Plural Connections (Northeastern University)Description
To generate research and data tools using AI to inform attendance boundary decisions that promote socioeconomic integrationGrant Amount
$100,000Grant Period
November 1, 2023 -October 31, 2024
Focus Area
OtherOrganization
Promise Venture StudioDescription
To support PVS in accelerating growth and building capacity in early childhood organizations.Grant Amount
$250,000Grant Period
June 1, 2023 -May 31, 2024
Focus Area
School ReadinessOrganization
Public ImpactDescription
To support Public Impact in evaluating school design data, scaling impact of its strategic staffing model, and preparing for long-term growth.Grant Amount
$1,000,000Grant Period
October 31, 2025 -October 30, 2027
Focus Area
School SuccessOrganization
Public ImpactDescription
To scale the Opportunity Culture differentiated staffing model to >2,700 schools.Grant Amount
$3,000,000Grant Period
October 1, 2022 -September 30, 2025
Focus Area
School SuccessOrganization
Quill.orgDescription
To embed Quill’s AI-powered formative writing tools into high-quality instructional materials and build internal capacity to monitor adoption, dosage, and impact across curriculum-aligned partnerships.Grant Amount
$600,000Grant Period
July 1, 2025 -June 30, 2026
Focus Area
School SuccessOrganization
Quill.orgDescription
To support Quill to develop innovative products and grow student reach by 200%.Grant Amount
$2,200,000Grant Period
March 1, 2023 -June 30, 2025
Focus Area
School SuccessOrganization
Raising a ReaderDescription
To scale Raising a Reader and amplify its impact by enhancing sales and data capabilities and improving programmatic supports for affiliate sites.Grant Amount
$850,000Grant Period
October 1, 2024 -September 30, 2026
Focus Area
School ReadinessOrganization
Raising a ReaderDescription
To scale Raising a Reader and amplify its impact by improving programmatic support for RAR affiliate sites.Grant Amount
$300,000Grant Period
October 1, 2023 -September 30, 2024
Focus Area
School ReadinessOrganization
RANDDescription
To support an externally-conducted ESSA Tier 2-aligned evaluation that will estimate the impact of NIHF’s Camp Invention summer program on children’s STEM interest, STEM engagement, STEM self-efficacy, and inventive identity.Grant Amount
$499,993Grant Period
April 1, 2025 -March 31, 2027
Focus Area
OtherOrganization
RANDDescription
To evaluate the impact of PERTS’ Elevate approach on students’ academic performance and teachers’ well-being through a QED matching study.Grant Amount
$300,000Grant Period
October 1, 2024 -March 31, 2026
Focus Area
OtherOrganization
RANDDescription
To evaluate the impact of Challenger Center on STEM efficacy, identity, and interest through an RCT.Grant Amount
$550,000Grant Period
September 1, 2024 -September 30, 2026
Focus Area
OtherOrganization
Reach Out and ReadDescription
To fund a quasi-experimental study estimating the impact of Reach Out and Read on caregiver-pediatric relationship quality and patient satisfaction with pediatric care.Grant Amount
$750,000Grant Period
September 1, 2024 -August 31, 2027
Focus Area
OtherOrganization
Reach Out and ReadDescription
To increase ROR's reach while deepening impact, improving infrastructure, and building capacity for growth.Grant Amount
$3,100,000Grant Period
October 1, 2022 -September 30, 2025
Focus Area
School ReadinessOrganization
Renaissance PhilanthropyDescription
To launch the AI Talent Accelerator pilot to increase technical capacity of ~10 non-profit education organizations.Grant Amount
$450,000Grant Period
October 31, 2025 -April 29, 2027
Focus Area
OtherOrganization
Renaissance PhilanthropyDescription
To scope the BEACON (Benchmarking Academic Orientation and Navigation) project to create benchmark datasets that help students and teachers navigate learning.Grant Amount
$150,000Grant Period
September 1, 2025 -February 28, 2026
Focus Area
Other