Q2 Funding Announcement
In Q2 2021, our foundation awarded 29 grants totaling over $12 million dollars. Of these, 9 grants were new, while 20 were renewals. This post highlights just some of the many organizations we’re proud to support.
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New Report: Learning at Home While Under-Connected—Lower-Income Families During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Compiled from survey data of 1,000 parents of children ages three to thirteen, with total household incomes below the national median of $75,000, this new report provides timely, pointed, and thought-provoking insights on the challenges of learning at home while being under-connected, as well as some unexpected bright spots from a year of pandemic learning and parenting.
NJPRF and Overdeck Family Foundation Partner with TCNJ to Launch Summer Tutoring Corps Program to Tackle COVID-Related Learning Loss
The NJ Summer Tutoring Corps Program is designed to accelerate student learning and address COVID-related learning loss. It's made possible through a combined $2.4 million grant from the New Jersey Pandemic Relief Fund and Overdeck Family Foundation.
Q1 Funding Announcement
In Q1 of 2021, our foundation awarded 32 grants totaling $12.27 million. Of these, 14 grants were new, while 16 were renewals. This post highlights just some of the many organizations we’re proud to support.
Announcing Updates To Our Funding Model: A Commitment To Multi-Year Grants, More Early Stage Organizations, and Increased Strategic Support
Our updated funding model puts an emphasis on innovation, evidence building, and growth, incorporating the way we’ve funded in the past with lessons from the field to create a responsive funding approach that is attentive to the needs of the social sector.
Announcing a New Home for Family Math: The National Association for Family, School and Community Engagement
We're excited to announce that we have selected NAFSCE (National Association for Family, School and Community Engagement), in partnership with the Erikson Institute’s Early Math Collaborative, as the official new home for family math!
COVID-19: $2.6 Million of Rapid Response Grants for Digitizing Services, Growth and Expansion, Educational Materials, and Research
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.
Laura Overdeck's Testimony to the New Jersey Assembly - Education Committee
Full remarks of Laura Overdeck's testimony to the Education Committee of the New Jersey Assembly.
Two Program Analysts Honored in Forbes 30 Under 30
Ipek Bakir and Stephanie Sharp, two program analysts at the Overdeck Family Foundation, were named to the Forbes 30 Under 30 list for Education.
Launch of Opportunity Insights
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.