School Readiness
Create strong foundations for early learning.
News about our grantees, the Foundation, and the field.
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Overdeck Family Foundation Awards $16.5 Million in Grants in Q2 2026
In Q2 2026, we awarded 37 grants totaling over $16 million. We highlighted just some of the organizations we’re proud to support.
Research
What We’re Learning: Building High-Quality Early Learning Programs at Scale
Our team's lessons from an early childhood convening exploring what it will take to expand high-quality early learning at scale.
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Our Grantmaking & Impact: A Five-Year Retrospective (2021-25)
Since 2021, Overdeck Family Foundation has disbursed $288.5 million to 206 education organizations. Discover insights and lessons learned from five years of grantmaking.
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Introducing Our Updated Mission and Grantmaking Strategies for 2026 and Beyond
We’re sharpening our grantmaking areas and strategies to ensure children have the social-emotional skills, cognition, and agency to navigate the world around them.
Research
Our 2026 Research Strategy
We’re expanding our investments in research, data, and evidence to generate more rigorous, timely insights that can inform decision-making.
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Measuring the Impact of Our Capacity-Building Support
Our foundation's evaluation framework for assessing the short-, medium-, and long-term outcomes of our capacity-building work.
Additional News from the Foundation
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Webinar: Updates to Our Grantmaking Strategies for 2026 and Beyond
Join us on 4/7 to hear details on our foundation’s new mission and focus areas across School Readiness, School Success, and Future Readiness.
Perspectives
Making Afterschool & Summer Programs More Affordable for Millions of Families
How nonprofit providers, policymakers, and philanthropy can expand access to and affordability of out-of-school time programs.
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Overdeck Family Foundation Awards $10.7 Million in Grants in Q1 2026
In Q1 2026, we awarded 29 grants totaling over $10.68 million. We highlighted just some of the organizations we’re proud to support.
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Lessons That Are Shaping Our 2026 Learning Agenda
Our team’s learning agenda centers on questions designed to sharpen our grantmaking and deepen what we understand about improving outcomes for children.
