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Each day, our grantee partners impact the lives of countless educators, students, and families across the country. Here, we highlight stories from Parent Teacher Home Visits, PBS SoCal, and MIND Education, which provide a glimpse into how our grantees create meaningful change in the communities they serve.
In Q2 2024, our foundation awarded 34 grants totaling over $14 million. Here, we highlight just some of the direct impact and ecosystem organizations we’re proud to support this quarter.
In Q1 2024, our foundation awarded 53 grants totaling over $14 million. Here, we highlight just some of the organizations we’re proud to support this quarter as we kick off our 2024 grantmaking.
In a recent webinar, portfolio leads Emma Banay, Jessica Fredston-Hermann, Pete Lavorini, and Carly Roberts shared how our grantmaking strategies have been refreshed for 2024.
At the end of each year, our team conducts a strategic review of what we’re seeing in the education landscape, combined with lessons learned from last year’s grantmaking. Here, we detail how we're updating our 2024 funding strategy across our four main investment areas.
Join us on Wednesday, March 13, from 1-2:30 p.m. ET, to learn how Overdeck Family Foundation’s four core portfolios are approaching grantmaking efforts in 2024. Portfolio leads will share what we’re seeing across the education and philanthropic landscape, and how our 2024 grantmaking strategies have been refreshed to address today’s most poignant challenges.
In 2023, Overdeck Family Foundation disbursed $53.5 million to almost 100 grantee organizations, collectively reaching over 66 million children, 3.9 million families, and 500,000 educators nationwide. Our 2023 Grantmaking & Impact Report highlights what our grantmaking accomplished and uplifts the successes of the organizations we fund.
Join us on Wednesday, January 31 from 1-2:30 p.m. ET for a special panel conversation to celebrate the launch of Overdeck Family Foundation’s 2023 Grantmaking & Impact Report. Leaders from 12 nonprofits across our portfolios will share how their organizations unlocked innovation, evidence-building, and growth this past year.
Last year, our leadership team sat down to reflect on what we’ve seen across the education and philanthropic landscape, in addition to what we’re learning from our peer funders and grantee partners. Here, we assess the accuracy of our predictions for last year, and build on that analysis with our predictions for 2024.
The Foundation’s 2023 Center for Effective Philanthropy Grantee Perception Report showed improvements in key areas including thought leadership in the field, impact on grantees, and grant reporting processes, as well as some critical opportunities for growth. Here, we highlight notable takeaways and share how grantee feedback will inform 2024 plans.