Gates Foundation (education) grants since 1998
This project is maintained by Hack-Education-Data
Achieving the Dream, Inc. (Amount: $2,400,000)
Description: For general operating support
Acrobatiq, Inc. (Amount: $2,050,925)
Description: To develop, distribute, and implement a new generation of digital courseware that is high-quality, personalized, affordable, scalable, and improves student outcomes, particularly among low-income and disadvantaged students in high enrollment undergraduate general education courses
Alliance for Excellent Education Inc. (Amount: $1,137,530)
Description: To coordinate a coalition of advocacy organizations interested in supporting district-led initiatives in personalized learning
Alliance for Excellent Education Inc. (Amount: $3,500,000)
Description: For general operating support
American Architectural Foundation (Amount: $390,871)
Description: To support design workshops with school leaders, district and school staff, and community members to explore how the use of existing space or design of new space can support new learning models
American Association of School Administrators, Inc. (Amount: $300,399)
Description: To assist in developing, disseminating, and supporting readiness and planning for iPD by leveraging organizations with existing networks
American Council on Education (Amount: $2,065,628)
Description: To support the development of an ecosystem of alternative credit and promote greater acceptance of alternative credit by higher education institutions and systems, which will create smoother and more flexible pathways for more Americans to earn high-quality postsecondary credentials
American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages Inc (Amount: $174,888)
Description: To develop and incorporate professional development based on the Common Core State Standards
American Enterprise Institute For Public Policy Research (Amount: $249,445)
Description: To support research and dissemination of effective teacher leadership practices
American Institutes for Research in the Behavioral Sciences (Amount: $69,992)
Description: To support the development of tools and processes that help principals use multiple measures to improve teaching
American Institutes for Research in the Behavioral Sciences (Amount: $240,941)
Description: To develop understanding on the current state of play on income sharing agreements and their potential to help students pay for their education beyond high school
American Institutes for Research in the Behavioral Sciences (Amount: $403,310)
Description: To support the development of new performance measures and benchmarking approaches that are well adapted to postsecondary colleges that implement new instructional methods and business models
Arizona State University Foundation for A New American University (Amount: $500,000)
Description: To understand families' uses of technology for learning outside of school
Arizona State University Foundation for A New American University (Amount: $6,330,000)
Description: To support the University Innovation Alliance, whose members will test, implement, and share interventions and learnings to improve access, quality, and cost for low-income and first-generation students
Asia Society (Amount: $1,292,638)
Description: To support the development and dissemination of tools and processes to improve teacher effectiveness, create pathways for teacher leaders, and develop personalized learning tools
Asian and Pacific Islander American Scholarship Fund (Amount: $25,000)
Description: To support the 2014 Higher Education Summit focusing on creating meaningful change for Asian-American and Pacific Islander students
Aspen Institute Inc (Amount: $8,985,088)
Description: To support the implementation of college ready standards and assessments to support effective teaching
Aspen Institute Inc (Amount: $435,000)
Description: To support Common Core implementation
Aspen Institute Inc (Amount: $50,000)
Description: To support research on the status of use of labor market outcome data for different audiences
Aspire Public Schools (Amount: $342,240)
Description: To support development of tools to support English Language Learners
Aspire Public Schools (Amount: $20,000)
Description: To support founding teachers to attend the 15-year anniversary of Aspire Public Schools
Association for Institutional Research (Amount: $750,654)
Description: To support institutional capacity for using data to better inform decision-making and to explore models for increasing such capacity across institutions and systems
Association of American Colleges and Universities (Amount: $249,660)
Description: To support the 2015-2016 centennial year to AAC&U by providing financial support to embolden their communications and engagement activities
Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities (Amount: $2,507,628)
Description: To explore new models that support student success at urban liberal arts colleges and comprehensive independent universities
Baton Rouge Area Foundation (Amount: $300,000)
Description: To support a coalition of organizations working to improve student outcomes in Louisiana schools
Behavioral Ideas Lab, Inc (Amount: $249,636)
Description: To examine the opportunity for application of behavioral science approaches and techniques in the development and implementation of integrated advising systems that will lead to improved student learning and success in college
Board of Regents University of Wisconsin System (Amount: $200,090)
Description: To advance the planning and implementation work of public state college and university systems seeking to dramatically improve access and success for underserved students
Broward College (Amount: $74,971)
Description: To support a better understanding of student population, their needs, and how to drive higher persistence and graduation rates
CELT Corporation (Amount: $52,760)
Description: To validate reliability in implementation processes
CELT Corporation (Amount: $514,800)
Description: To support the development of planning tools for districts engaged in innovation
California State University (Amount: $200,035)
Description: To advance the planning and implementation work of public state college and university systems seeking to dramatically improve access and success for underserved students
California State University (Amount: $500,000)
Description: To support commitments from the California State Legislature and the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation to create the California Open Education Resource Council and the first version of the California Open Source Digital Library to increase adoption of open textbooks
Californians Dedicated to Education Foundation (Amount: $500,000)
Description: To support the Common Core State Standards for educators and the public
Center for American Progress (Amount: $800,000)
Description: To improve the lives of low and middle-income Americans by developing and disseminating progressive policy ideas to improve postsecondary access, affordability, and quality
Center for Collaborative Education (Amount: $350,000)
Description: To assist in developing, disseminating, and supporting readiness and planning for iPD by leveraging organizations with existing networks
Center for Public Justice (Amount: $99,999)
Description: To engage faith leaders to better understand and support education initiatives
Center for Reform of School Systems Inc. (Amount: $972,350)
Description: To support the design and implementation of innovative professional development
Central Savannah River Area Regional Educational Service Agency (Amount: $287,115)
Description: To develop and implement trainings that create instructional shifts in support of the Common Core
Cerego, LLC (Amount: $3,551,414)
Description: To develop, distribute, and implement a new generation of digital courseware that is high-quality, personalized, affordable, scalable, and improves student outcomes, particularly among low-income and disadvantaged students in high enrollment undergraduate general education courses
Chattahoochee Flint Regional Educational Service Agency (Amount: $291,451)
Description: To facilitate the instructional shifts necessary in teacher practice to implement the Common Core
Children Now (Amount: $475,000)
Description: To support the Common Core State Standards in California
Children's First Fund, The Chicago Public School Foundation (Amount: $1,249,040)
Description: To advance collaboration between traditional district schools and public charter schools in Chicago
Civic Builders Inc. (Amount: $250,000)
Description: To support the development of a center for teaching and learning
Claflin University (Amount: $75,020)
Description: To advance the understanding of the planning and activities required to achieve transformative and sustainable change that improves student success
CogBooks Limited (Amount: $1,999,168)
Description: To develop, distribute, and implement a new generation of digital courseware that is high-quality, personalized, affordable, scalable, and improves student outcomes, particularly among low-income and disadvantaged students in high enrollment undergraduate general education courses
College Success Foundation (Amount: $250,000)
Description: To support an evaluation of the DC Achievers and HERO programs
College-Ready Promise (Amount: $300,000)
Description: To improve the effectiveness of teachers by supporting the implementations of the Common Core math and literacy strategies
Colorado Education Initiative (Amount: $5,199,999)
Description: To support and sustain efforts to implement Colorado Academic standards and assessments
Colorado Education Initiative (Amount: $385,251)
Description: To validate reliability in teacher evaluation models
Colorado Education Initiative (Amount: $21,080)
Description: To support participants from Colorado to attend the Global Education Leaders' Program
Colorado Seminary (Amount: $687,338)
Description: To support improving math instruction and math achievement for young children by upgrading the technology and impact of the Building Blocks Learning Trajectories into a Learning and Teaching with Learning Trajectories tool
Communities Foundation of Texas (Amount: $150,000)
Description: To support a better understanding of student population, their needs, and how to drive higher persistence and graduation rates
Communities Foundation of Texas, Inc (Amount: $531,270)
Description: To enable conference support to SXSW EDU for both 2014-2015
Communities Foundation of Texas, Inc (Amount: $1,400,000)
Description: To educate and inform Texas policymakers and stakeholders about effective strategies for improving success of low-income students in completing a postsecondary credential of value
Complete College America Inc (Amount: $3,500,000)
Description: To promote improvements in college completion rates nationally by working with an alliance of states committed to increasing college completion
Consortium for Educational Change (Amount: $7,500,000)
Description: To support the high-quality integration of Common Core State Standards and new teacher feedback and evaluation systems
Consortium of Florida Education Foundations Inc (Amount: $140,000)
Description: To provide for general conference support
Constitutional Rights Foundation (Amount: $299,709)
Description: To provide professional development opportunities for teachers to further hardwire the Common Core curriculum
Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation (Amount: $388,639)
Description: To support the use of student perception surveys to provide feedback for teachers
Council of Chief State School Officers (Amount: $6,148,749)
Description: To support the implementation of CCSSO's 2014-2015 Strategic Plan
Dallas Independent School District (Amount: $841,000)
Description: To implement a system-level strategic plan for personalized learning
Delaware State University Foundation Inc. (Amount: $75,020)
Description: To advance the understanding of the planning and activities required to achieve transformative and sustainable change that improves student success
Denver Public Schools Foundation (Amount: $50,000)
Description: To support districts in the implementation of personalized learning models
Denver Public Schools Foundation (Amount: $356,485)
Description: To implement a strategic plan for personalized learning
Denver School of Science and Technology Inc (Amount: $332,371)
Description: To support Common Core implementation
Dillard University (Amount: $75,020)
Description: To advance the understanding of the planning and activities required to achieve transformative and sustainable change that improves student success
DonorsChoose.org (Amount: $2,000,000)
Description: To support individual teachers' projects to help improve their practice
DonorsChoose.org (Amount: $1,600,000)
Description: To help more than 3,000 teachers successfully complete their classroom project requests, providing them with materials and experiences to help them kick off the school year
EdSource Inc. (Amount: $768,070)
Description: To provide timely, useful information to California educators and policymakers, highlighting effective models and strategies intended to improve student outcomes
Education Cities, Inc (Amount: $1,000,000)
Description: To support efforts to provide customized support on personalized learning to its members
Education Northwest (Amount: $220,000)
Description: To identify policies and practices to improve percent of credits transferred for two-year students transferring to four-year institutions
Education Resource Strategies, Inc. (Amount: $150,000)
Description: To support a chief financial officers network
Education Resource Strategies, Inc. (Amount: $250,283)
Description: To support the development of tools to improve teaching effectiveness
Education Trust Inc (Amount: $750,000)
Description: To support equity focused post-secondary work and strategic planning
Educational Testing Service (Amount: $120,000)
Description: To host and provide secured access to select Measures of Effective Teaching classroom videos
Educause (Amount: $14,526,072)
Description: To support the Next Generation Learning Challenges - Breakthrough Schools Fund
Educause (Amount: $105,357)
Description: To conduct research on the current limitations and preferred features of learning management system (LMS) and other technology platforms so they can effectively deliver more personalized and blended instruction that enhances student outcomes
Edvance Foundation (Amount: $90,255)
Description: To prepare and release a comprehensive, national research study of the practices and protocol of two-year students when they transfer to four-year independent colleges and universities
Edward Charles Foundation (Amount: $248,285)
Description: To support the development of personalized learning tools
Empirical Resolution Inc. (Amount: $200,000)
Description: To continue building a website that provides personalized grammar lessons and interactive peer writing tools for students
Empower Schools Inc. (Amount: $655,874)
Description: To support a set of pilot activities designed to increase the number of high-quality school seats in Massachusetts by leveraging flexibilities with Common Core instruction
EnLearn (Amount: $291,623)
Description: To support the development of personalized learning tools
EnLearn (Amount: $984,138)
Description: To support the development of personalized learning tools
Entertainment Industry Foundation (Amount: $988,208)
Description: To support a multi-year national media campaign on education, with the purpose of empowering students and teachers
Excelencia in Education (Amount: $1,019,500)
Description: To increase the capacity of Excelencia in Education to identify innovative ways to change postsecondary strategies and increase college completion for Latinos and other post-traditional students while building momentum for action with diverse audiences
Excelsior College (Amount: $200,000)
Description: To educate state policy and postsecondary leaders about the State Authorization Reciprocity Agreement (SARA)
FSG, Inc. (Amount: $33,000)
Description: To produce a case study on the approach to student engagement and self-directed learning
Fayetteville State University (Amount: $75,020)
Description: To advance the understanding of the planning and activities required to achieve transformative and sustainable change that improves student success
Florida Department of Education (Amount: $500,000)
Description: To provide support for high performing charters and districts in Florida to collaborate
Foundation Center (Amount: $50,000)
Description: To provide administrative support for the i3 Foundation Registry process
Foundation for Excellence in Education Inc. (Amount: $299,112)
Description: To develop resources and training for districts to protect privacy of student data
Franklin-McKinley School District (Amount: $200,000)
Description: To support district-charter collaboration as it relates to Common Core implementation
Friends of Breakthrough Schools (Amount: $150,051)
Description: To support district charter collaboration in Cleveland
Fulton County School System (Amount: $200,000)
Description: To support districts in the implementation of personalized learning models
Fund For Transforming Education in Kentucky Inc (Amount: $852,205)
Description: To support the expansion of the Common Assignment study
Fund For Transforming Education in Kentucky Inc (Amount: $27,500)
Description: To support participants from Kentucky to attend the Global Education Leaders' Program
Fund for Public Schools Inc (Amount: $300,296)
Description: To support New York City Department of Education with strategic planning
Fund for Public Schools Inc (Amount: $20,000)
Description: To support the development of a knowledge exchange plan between district and charter schools
Fund for Public Schools Inc (Amount: $12,327)
Description: To support participants from New York to attend the Global Education Leaders' Program
Fund for Public Schools Inc (Amount: $7,629)
Description: To support the Fund for Public Schools
George W. Bush Institute (Amount: $120,275)
Description: To support teaching summits focused on communicating practices that support college-readiness efforts in the US
Georgetown University (Amount: $2,799,312)
Description: To support creation of an institute whose aim is to provide state agencies with operational support and technical assistance in advancing measurement of student success and labor market outcomes
GlassLab, Inc. (Amount: $73,852)
Description: To support the development of personalized learning tools
Grantmakers for Education (Amount: $85,000)
Description: For general conference support
Grantmakers for Education (Amount: $45,000)
Description: For general conference support
Grantmakers for Education (Amount: $25,000)
Description: To support a 2014 Member Briefing related to 'States as the unit of change'
Grantmakers for Education (Amount: $10,000)
Description: For conference support
Grantmakers for Education (Amount: $85,000)
Description: For general conference support
Great Schools Partnership Inc. (Amount: $199,747)
Description: To support the participating districts of the Next Generation Systems Initiative (NGSI) to develop competency-based progression components of personalized learning models
Guilford Technical Community College (Amount: $834,494)
Description: To support an implementation study of multiple measures at six colleges in the North Carolina community college system
Harvard University (Amount: $10,000)
Description: To provide prize money and administrative costs for the Harvard Graduate School of Education's 2014 Education Innovation Pitch Competition, which is designed to generate new entrepreneurial concepts in the education sector
Harvard University (Amount: $1,672,380)
Description: To evaluate the implementation and impact on student achievement and postsecondary outcomes of math options in Tennessee for high school seniors, including the SAILS Program in Tennessee, which delivers content in keeping with a college-level remedial math sequence to high school seniors through a blended learning model
Harvard University (Amount: $207,350)
Description: To create an endowed fellowship for the Doctorate of Education Leadership at the Harvard Graduate School of Education
Henry County Schools (Amount: $363,000)
Description: To implement a system-level strategic plan for personalized learning
Hispanic Scholarship Fund (Amount: $250,188)
Description: To provide the technology foundation and basic content needed to establish Hispanic Scholarship Fund University which will, when built, provide Hispanic parents and students with comprehensive, bilingual college readiness education and information at no charge through a web-based platform and on mobile devices
Hope Street Group (Amount: $216,350)
Description: To support Hope Street Group Kentucky Partner Expansion and Regional Engagement Projects
Hope Street Group (Amount: $1,068,280)
Description: To support improvements to Kentucky's Professional Growth and Effectiveness System
ILID Inc (Amount: $500,000)
Description: To provide general operating support
IMS Global Learning Consortium, Inc. (Amount: $867,125)
Description: To support the development of open standards (freely available and royalty-free) and provide developer resources to make it easier to deploy a wide diversity of innovative learning resources, content, tools, apps and platforms in an integrative manner - thus enabling greater choice of technologies for students, teachers and institutions in order to improve educational participation and achievement of low income students
Illinois Network Of Charter Schools (Amount: $281,800)
Description: To advance collaboration between traditional district schools and public charter schools in Chicago
Innosight Institute Inc (Amount: $617,210)
Description: To develop an innovation framework to serve as a guide for institutions, policymakers, innovators, and funders in the postsecondary space
Institute For Higher Education Policy (Amount: $495,885)
Description: To bring together core stakeholders in order to share, validate, and refine a core set of postsecondary measures to improve data systems in support of broader student financial aid reform goals and to offer additional policy opportunities
Institute for College Access and Success (Amount: $1,200,000)
Description: To increase college affordability and completion for low-income students
Institute for the Study of Knowledge Management in Education (Amount: $299,078)
Description: To advance Common Core learning by furthering the instructional expertise and leadership of teachers
Institute of Play, Inc. (Amount: $300,000)
Description: For general operating support
International Society for Technology in Education (Amount: $282,636)
Description: To mobilize teacher learning focused on the Common Core
Jackson State University (Amount: $75,020)
Description: To advance the understanding of the planning and activities required to achieve transformative and sustainable change that improves student success
Jobs for the Future Inc. (Amount: $840,235)
Description: To support work that JFF will do with key K-12 and IHE partners in select states to help create a set of transition strategies, so that more 12th graders, particularly low-income students, graduate ready to succeed in college
Jobs for the Future Inc. (Amount: $1,000,000)
Description: To develop a collaborative business model between employers and community colleges that provides postsecondary students with the much needed workforce development skills and credentials that employers demand of new hires
Jobs for the Future Inc. (Amount: $1,999,277)
Description: To provide counsel and technical assistance to postsecondary state agencies and intermediaries in at least 12 states to advance the adoption and implementation of policies that boost postsecondary success
Johnson C Smith University Incorporated (Amount: $75,020)
Description: To advance the understanding of the planning and activities required to achieve transformative and sustainable change that improves student success
KIPP Foundation (Amount: $350,000)
Description: To raise the bar on literacy instruction in order to ensure that students are prepared to meet the demands of the Common Core
KIPP Foundation (Amount: $100,000)
Description: To support for KIPP Schools Summit 2014
Kentucky Chamber Foundation, Inc. (Amount: $221,682)
Description: To boost the voice of business, community, and opinion leaders on postsecondary performance and improvement issues in Kentucky, specifically, outcome-based funding, workforce linkages, and accountability
Kentucky Department of Education (Amount: $3,370,078)
Description: To support and expand efforts to implement Kentucky's Academic Standards
LEAP Innovations (Amount: $277,064)
Description: To help facilitate short-cycle feedback on digital courseware product efficacy
LEAP Innovations (Amount: $1,112,000)
Description: To advance collaboration between traditional district schools and public charter schools in Chicago
Lake County Schools (Amount: $3,940,766)
Description: To support organizations to develop innovative professional development systems to create personalized learning systems for teachers; experiment with innovative modes of delivery; and build the capacity at every level of the organization to design learning and direct resources efficiently and effectively
Lake County Schools (Amount: $450,000)
Description: To implement a system-level strategic plan for personalized learning
Leadership Florida Statewide Community Foundation, Inc. (Amount: $100,000)
Description: To support planning, development, and execution of education-centered learning opportunities in Florida
Leadership for Educational Achievement Foundation Inc. (Amount: $225,000)
Description: To support the Common Core in New York
LearnZillion, Inc. (Amount: $172,800)
Description: To support teachers on LearnZillion to collaborate with one another to identify meaningful solutions for their classroom, school, or community by participating in online challenges
Learning First Alliance (Amount: $365,955)
Description: To support Common Core State Standards implementation
Learning Forward (Amount: $1,548,053)
Description: To build awareness and understanding of the need for solutions in professional learning redesign
LightSIDE Labs LLC (Amount: $200,000)
Description: To develop a system that automatically assesses and gives feedback on student writing, and supports the revision process for students
Liquid Interactive (Amount: $200,000)
Description: To fund development of a web-based tool to help improve students' writing skills
Local Initiatives Support Corporation (Amount: $187,500)
Description: For general conference support
Low Income Investment Fund (Amount: $300,000)
Description: To support Charter School Lenders Coalition
Lumen, LLC (Amount: $2,985,251)
Description: To develop, distribute, and implement a new generation of digital courseware that is high-quality, personalized, affordable, scalable, and improves student outcomes, particularly among low-income and disadvantaged students in high enrollment undergraduate general education courses
Match Foundation, Inc. (Amount: $340,583)
Description: To support Common Core State Standards implementation
Michigan State University (Amount: $75,000)
Description: To support a better understanding of student population, their needs, and how to drive higher persistence and graduation rates
Mills College (Amount: $2,840,620)
Description: To support Common Core State Standards implementation
MindWires Consulting (Amount: $350,000)
Description: To increase knowledge in the educational community around research-validated innovations in personalized learning
Minnesota State Colleges & Universities (Amount: $200,000)
Description: To advance the planning and implementation work of public state college and university systems seeking to dramatically improve access and success for underserved students
Montana University System (Amount: $200,044)
Description: To advance the planning and implementation work of public state college and university systems seeking to dramatically improve access and success for underserved students
Morehouse College (Amount: $75,020)
Description: To advance the understanding of the planning and activities required to achieve transformative and sustainable change that improves student success
NEA Foundation for the Improvement of Education (Amount: $100,000)
Description: To support the attendance of Master Teachers at the NEA's Empowered Educators conference and provide an opportunity for these educators to share their learnings and leadership experiences related to the Common Core
National Academy of Sciences (Amount: $550,008)
Description: To support the update of the National Research Council's report on advances in learning
National Alliance For Public Charter Schools (Amount: $3,000,000)
Description: For the National Alliance for Public Charter schools to advance its mission for high quality public charter schools
National Association Of Charter School Authorizers (Amount: $800,000)
Description: To support district-charter compact cities in advancing college ready strategies
National Association Of Charter School Authorizers (Amount: $3,000,000)
Description: To provide general operating support
National Association Of Charter School Authorizers (Amount: $200,000)
Description: To provide technical assistance and support to potential district charter school authorizer applicants and to districts wishing to explore potential partnerships with public charter schools in Washington State
National Association of State Budget Officers (Amount: $225,000)
Description: To identify and address the information gap that exists between state budget officials and higher education officials to foster constructive dialogue between these two groups and help inform resource allocation decisions that lead to better higher education outcomes
National Association of System Heads (Amount: $90,000)
Description: For conference support
National Board for Professional Teaching Standards Inc (Amount: $500,000)
Description: To provide community/social networking functionality to the teachers who are members of the National Board of Professional Teaching Standards
National Board for Professional Teaching Standards Inc (Amount: $200,000)
Description: To support a professional development conference designed and delivered by the National Board, Teaching & Learning 2014
National Center For Teacher Residencies Inc (Amount: $528,580)
Description: To support a network of high performing teacher residency programs
National Center for Higher Education Management Systems (Amount: $375,000)
Description: To develop formulations of state policies and accreditation requirements that are supportive of innovative approaches to educational delivery that can substantially improve access and success for low-income adults
National Center for Learning Disabilities (Amount: $124,315)
Description: To support policy on personalized learning, students with disabilities, and English Language Learners
National Center for Research in Advanced Information and Digital Technologies (Amount: $498,156)
Description: To identify and share with the public a set of practices that U.S. public school districts can use to pilot learning technology products as part of the procurement process
National College Access Network (Amount: $508,700)
Description: To support continued federal policy recommendations dedicated to achieving practical improvements in federal financial aid policies that will lead to increased uptake of federal aid and increased completion rates for Pell Grant recipients
National Council for the Social Studies (Amount: $205,000)
Description: To operationalize a plan designed to help social studies teachers implement the Common Core State Standards
National Geographic Society (Amount: $10,000)
Description: To provide access for students in low-income neighborhoods to the National Geographic Live! Speaker Series, a monthly event for Washington State students that showcases National Geographic explorers, scientists, photographers, and filmmakers
National Governors Association Center for Best Practices (Amount: $598,705)
Description: To support governors and their advisors regarding efficiency and effectiveness metrics for postsecondary education; strategic finance; and policies related to new credentialing models
National Literacy Project Inc. (Amount: $100,000)
Description: To support successful implementation of the Florida State Standards for Career and College Readiness
National Paideia Center Inc (Amount: $298,375)
Description: To further develop National Paideia Center's online literacy course with the goal of providing needed instructional support for the Common Core Standards
National Public Education Support Fund (Amount: $235,000)
Description: To provide for general operating support
National Skills Coalition (Amount: $750,000)
Description: To improve linkages within workforce data systems and to educational data systems with the aims of developing greater understanding and spurring improvement in postsecondary practice, policy, and human capital development strategies
National Staff Development Council (Amount: $239,651)
Description: To support the 2014 Annual Conference in further developing iPD for its members
National Writing Project (Amount: $300,000)
Description: To mobilize teacher learning focused on the Common Core
New America Foundation (Amount: $535,000)
Description: To support the development of best practices that improve instruction of teachers and increases college readiness rates for students
New America Foundation (Amount: $235,000)
Description: To inform policymakers seeking an understanding of how to implement automatic income-based repayment to help simplify and streamline student loan repayment processes
New Classrooms Innovation Partners, Inc. (Amount: $6,285,000)
Description: To support New Classrooms' efforts to expand the reach and impact of its middle school math model, Teach to One: Math
New Classrooms Innovation Partners, Inc. (Amount: $300,000)
Description: To further develop a skill map for a next generation learning model in math
New Profit Inc. (Amount: $50,000)
Description: To support New Profit Learning for Career and Civic Success Initiative
New Schools Fund dba NewSchools Venture Fund (Amount: $100,000)
Description: To provide scholarships for black and Hispanic leaders to attend the NewSchools' 2014 Summit
New Schools for Chicago (Amount: $115,000)
Description: To advance collaboration between traditional district schools and public charter schools in Chicago
New Teacher Center (Amount: $250,000)
Description: To support teachers new teachers to collaborate with one another to identify meaningful solutions for their classroom, school, or community by participating in online challenges
New Venture Fund (Amount: $12,750,300)
Description: To support Common Core State Standards implementation
New Venture Fund (Amount: $582,637)
Description: To provide support for the New Venture Fund to identify and manage LDC/MDC teacher networks
New Venture Fund (Amount: $2,266,215)
Description: For general conference support
New Venture Fund (Amount: $21,000)
Description: To support development of teacher leadership training
New Visions for Public Schools, Inc (Amount: $350,000)
Description: To support development and piloting of Common Core-aligned course design in high schools
New York Urban League (Amount: $185,242)
Description: To support the creation of a statewide Urban League affiliate coalition to educate community members on education issues
Noble Network of Charter Schools (Amount: $341,575)
Description: To support Common Core implementation
North American Council for Online Learning (Amount: $301,300)
Description: To provide for general conference support
North Carolina Community Foundation Inc (Amount: $137,638)
Description: To enhance the educational and career outcomes for North Carolina students by bringing together organizations funding across the education spectrum in the state
North Carolina State University (Amount: $479,874)
Description: To create two primary learning resources to help students and teachers to capitalize on the personalization of learning paths in mathematics
Pacific Charter School Development Inc. (Amount: $3,998,633)
Description: To support the facility needs of charter schools in Washington State
Partnership For Los Angeles Schools (Amount: $100,000)
Description: To support the Partnership for L.A. Schools to pilot new personalized learning approaches in math
Pennsylvania Business Council Education Foundation (Amount: $149,915)
Description: To educate and engage business leaders about college ready standards for Pennsylvania students
Pennsylvania Partnerships for Children (Amount: $240,000)
Description: To inform and educate state policy makers and key stakeholders about the importance of the Pennsylvania Core Standards, aligned assessments, more rigorous graduation requirements and the educator effectiveness system in preparing student to be college ready
PeopleFirst Partnership (Amount: $342,576)
Description: To build awareness of and engage communities in supporting teachers and their development
Pivot Learning Partners (Amount: $400,011)
Description: To assist in developing, disseminating, and supporting readiness and planning for iPD by leveraging organizations with existing networks
Policy Innovators In Education Network, Inc. (Amount: $1,500,000)
Description: For general operating support
Portland Public Schools (Amount: $9,000)
Description: To support districts in the implementation of personalized learning models
Prichard Committee for Academic Excellence (Amount: $899,980)
Description: To support the implementation of Kentucky's education initiatives
Public Agenda (Amount: $800,000)
Description: To produce a baseline understanding of the landscape and advances in competency-based education to help inform higher education stakeholders
Puget Sound Educational Service District (Amount: $199,767)
Description: To support the development and implementation of and to provide back-office support and operations support services for public charter schools in Washington state
ReadWorks, Inc (Amount: $295,989)
Description: To leverage existing networks to create instructional shifts relevant to the Common Core State Standards
Rennie Center for Education Research & Policy Inc (Amount: $499,999)
Description: To support the Massachusetts Education Partnership, a coalition designed to help Massachusetts districts implement systemic changes that advance student achievement
Research for Action Inc (Amount: $190,000)
Description: To disseminate research findings on Common Core-aligned instructional supports for teachers
Research for Action Inc (Amount: $800,000)
Description: To identify and compare institutional responses to different types of outcome-based funding models to improve understanding of their impact and thus inform design and modification of new models
Rhode Island Mayoral Academies (Amount: $263,000)
Description: To support the Comeback City High Expectations Project (CHEP)
Rhode Island Mayoral Academies (Amount: $200,114)
Description: To support personalized learning strategy development
Rice University (Amount: $3,500,000)
Description: To develop, distribute, and implement a new generation of digital courseware that is high-quality, personalized, affordable, scalable, and improves student outcomes, particularly among low-income and disadvantaged students in high enrollment undergraduate general education courses
Riverside Unified School District (Amount: $550,000)
Description: To implement a system-level strategic plan for personalized learning
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors, Inc. (Amount: $640,000)
Description: To support a coalition focused on ensuring high and consistent standards and aligned assessments in New York state
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors, Inc. (Amount: $1,000,000)
Description: To support a field of interest fund to help states in their efforts to implement high quality, college and career-ready assessments aligned to the Common Core State Standards
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors, Inc. (Amount: $1,000,000)
Description: To provide operating support
Rodel Charitable Foundation DE (Amount: $13,000)
Description: To help funders and policy makers deepen the impact of their work by demonstrating how to leverage cross-sector partnerships and international advisors in transforming systems of education at the state level in the U.S.
Rose Community Foundation (Amount: $708,789)
Description: To support high academic standards for Colorado students
Sacramento County Office of Education (Amount: $100,000)
Description: To support the implementation of the Common Core State Standards
School Board of Orange County (Amount: $200,000)
Description: To support districts in the implementation of personalized learning models
School Board of Pinellas County, Florida (Amount: $550,000)
Description: To implement a system-level strategic plan for personalized learning
School District of Philadelphia (Amount: $85,000)
Description: To support anaylsis and strategy development to support education priorities in the district
SchoolWorks, LLC (Amount: $399,370)
Description: To support the development of personalized learning tools
Silicon Valley Education Foundation (Amount: $750,000)
Description: To support Common Core State Standards implementation
Smart Sparrow LLC (Amount: $4,500,000)
Description: To develop, distribute, and implement a new generation of digital courseware that is high-quality, personalized, affordable, scalable, and improves student outcomes, particularly among low-income and disadvantaged students in high enrollment undergraduate general education courses
Social Science Research Council (Amount: $888,269)
Description: To engage faculty and other stakeholders in discussions about field-specific learning goals for undergraduates and develop tools to improve student learning
Southern Regional Education Board (Amount: $12,000,000)
Description: To provide for general operating support
Southern Regional Education Board (Amount: $900,900)
Description: To support implementation of SREB's strategic plan
Southwest Georgia Regional Educational Service Agency (Amount: $295,418)
Description: To expand teacher trainings for the Common Core throughout the districts in Southwest Georgia
Spelman College (Amount: $75,020)
Description: To advance the understanding of the planning and activities required to achieve transformative and sustainable change that improves student success
St. Bernard Parish Public Schools (Amount: $300,000)
Description: To expand and implement LDC across multiple districts in Louisiana
Stand for Children Leadership Center (Amount: $2,551,388)
Description: To support Common Core implementation and teacher effectiveness programs
Stanford University (Amount: $500,000)
Description: To support business planning and materials development for a center focused on harnessing new technologies to improve mathematics instruction
Stanford University (Amount: $90,904)
Description: To expand and improve educational opportunities for public school students in California by supporting successful implementation of the Common Core State Standards
Stanford University (Amount: $450,000)
Description: To support the Core Practice Consortium to develop, implement, and study teacher education pedagogies
Stanford University (Amount: $1,150,000)
Description: To develop, distribute, and implement a new generation of digital courseware that is high-quality, personalized, affordable, scalable, and improves student outcomes, particularly among low-income and disadvantaged students in high enrollment undergraduate general education courses
State Education Technology (Amount: $223,813)
Description: To educate school district leaders and other stakeholders on how state instructional materials policies and funding can support the procurement of effective, standards-aligned digital content and software by educators to help personalize learning
State Higher Education Executive Officers Association (Amount: $1,000,942)
Description: To increase student success in postsecondary education by focusing on and sharing best practices in state-level data gathering and use to drive continuous improvement in higher education
State University of New York (Amount: $200,200)
Description: To advance the planning and implementation work of public state college and university systems seeking to dramatically improve access and success for underserved students
Success Academy Charter Schools Inc (Amount: $350,000)
Description: To support Common Core State Standards implementation
Summit Public Schools (Amount: $700,000)
Description: To support Common Core implementation
Summit Public Schools (Amount: $500,000)
Description: For general conference support
Teach Plus, Incorporated (Amount: $7,500,000)
Description: For general operating support
Teachers College, Columbia University (Amount: $167,507)
Description: To examine the process and best ways to leverage Integrated Planning and Advising Services technologies to create meaningful and lasting change that can support student success and to build knowledge about promising approaches to transformative institutional change
Teaching Channel (Amount: $2,500,000)
Description: To provide for general operating support
Tennessee Board of Regents (Amount: $200,035)
Description: To advance the planning and implementation work of public state college and university systems seeking to dramatically improve access and success for underserved students
Tennessee Department of Education (Amount: $397,710)
Description: To support teacher evaluation and feedback systems in Tennessee
Tennessee State Collaborative on Reforming Education (Amount: $226,647)
Description: To support The Tennessee Educator Fellowship
Tennessee State Collaborative on Reforming Education (Amount: $749,882)
Description: To support a network of districts in amplifying their voice on education improvement efforts and professional development resources
Texas Community College Education Initiative (Amount: $224,989)
Description: To provide funding for the Community College Association of Texas Trustees to build training curricula and deliver professional development to Texas trustees
Texas Tech University (Amount: $52,800)
Description: For general conference support
Tulsa Public Schools (Amount: $3,100,875)
Description: To support organizations to develop innovative professional development systems to create personalized learning systems for teachers; experiment with innovative modes of delivery; and build the capacity at every level of the organization to design learning and direct resources efficiently and effectively
Tyton Partners (Amount: $1,496,462)
Description: To support the postsecondary sector's access to timely and dynamic, market ecosystem information about educational technologies and innovations that can improve student outcomes and advance personalized learning
U.S. Department of Education (Amount: $50,000)
Description: For conference support
United Way of New York City (Amount: $100,000)
Description: For general operating support
University System of Georgia (Amount: $200,000)
Description: To advance the planning and implementation work of public state college and university systems seeking to dramatically improve access and success for underserved students
University System of Maryland Foundation (Amount: $200,616)
Description: To advance the planning and implementation work of public state college and university systems seeking to dramatically improve access and success for underserved students
University of California - Berkeley (Amount: $999,793)
Description: To create a Networked Improvement Community (NIC) to support successful implementation of the Common Core State Standards in Math
University of California, Los Angeles (Amount: $75,000)
Description: To develop a learning map prototype for Common Core State Math Standards
University of Chicago (Amount: $250,648)
Description: To research strategies and best practices used to ensure students are on track to graduation
University of Florida Foundation Inc. (Amount: $351,102)
Description: To support redesign of professional development for teachers
University of Hawaii Foundation (Amount: $200,000)
Description: To advance the planning and implementation work of public state college and university systems seeking to dramatically improve access and success for underserved students
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (Amount: $400,000)
Description: To promote deep implementation and scaling of evidence-based innovations and reform by Trade Adjustment Act Community College and Career Training (TAACCCT) Consortia (comprised of community colleges) that are part of the Transformative Change Initiative (TCI)
University of Kansas Center for Research, Inc. (Amount: $212,022)
Description: To support the development of personalized learning tools
University of Maryland Foundation (Amount: $114,975)
Description: To learn more about the needs of an emergent community of academic transformation leaders, practitioners, and change agents who serve the currently underserved students we all want to see succeed in larger numbers
University of Michigan (Amount: $544,810)
Description: To bridge the knowledge gap in understanding how and why different financial aid packages, types of aid, amounts, and timing of receipt of financial aid during college can indirectly or directly affect a student's college retention, graduation, and their post-collegiate student loan repayment activities
University of North Carolina (Amount: $200,000)
Description: To advance the planning and implementation work of public state college and university systems seeking to dramatically improve access and success for underserved students
University of Pittsburgh (Amount: $119,957)
Description: To increase students' access to financial aid for postsecondary education and, in turn, their college access and success
University of Texas System (Amount: $200,000)
Description: To advance the planning and implementation work of public state college and university systems seeking to dramatically improve access and success for underserved students
University of Texas at Arlington (Amount: $1,600,465)
Description: To support the formation of a Digital Learning Research Network (dLRN) that will partner top learning scientists and researchers with classrooms and communities where quality learning is most needed in order to ensure that high quality teaching and learning approaches are utilized to help all learners succeed in digital environments
University of Virginia (Amount: $224,295)
Description: To research scalability of digital college and financial aid application tools
University of Washington Foundation (Amount: $929,479)
Description: To support the development of principal effectiveness
Urban Institute (Amount: $275,409)
Description: To refine existing and develop new policy options with the central goals of simplifying the student aid system and promoting the success of adult students
Urban League of Lexington - Fayette County (Amount: $149,969)
Description: To support African American leaders to better understand and support education initiatives in Fayette and Jefferson County Kentucky school systems
Utah System of Higher Education (Amount: $200,035)
Description: To advance the planning and implementation work of public state college and university systems seeking to dramatically improve access and success for underserved students
Vanderbilt University (Amount: $499,473)
Description: To support the development of a guide to improve teacher effectiveness evaluations
Vanderbilt University (Amount: $286,476)
Description: To assist in developing, disseminating, and supporting readiness and planning for iPD by leveraging organizations with existing networks
Washington Charter School Development, Inc (Amount: $19,813,088)
Description: To support the facility needs of charter schools in Washington State
Washington State Charter Schools Association (Amount: $6,300,000)
Description: To contribute to a fund to support charter schools in Washington state
WestEd (Amount: $3,632,786)
Description: To provide support for teacher practice networks nationally, and with a focus in California
Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education (Amount: $200,000)
Description: To increase access to high-quality postsecondary education for all citizens of the West, this effort will reduce barriers for students pursuing further education as they participate in on-line educational offerings offered across state lines, not only in the West but throughout the entire United States
Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education (Amount: $2,397,732)
Description: To expand the regional Interstate Passport Initiative pilot to a national Phase II of the project, intended to create a new framework for block transfer of lower division general education based on learning outcomes mapped to courses, expanding the scope beyond pilot to double the state and institutional commitment and implement the necessary infrastructure for adoption and scale
Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education (Amount: $5,000,000)
Description: To expand and enhance a multi-state longitudinal data exchange to improve the quality and use of information about postsecondary and workforce outcomes for an increasingly mobile student population
Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education (Amount: $732,149)
Description: To support improving student success using multi-institutional predictive models and collaborative frameworks to identify critical points of student risk and to identify the benchmarks, interventions and services to help at-risk students
Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education (Amount: $109,222)
Description: To determine the possibility of aligning multiple organizations' efforts currently focused on transfer to more widely and effectively deploy solutions
Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation (Amount: $1,500,000)
Description: To support the development of a competency-based model for preparing secondary math and science teachers in partnership with an urban public schools system and an affiliated higher education institution
Xavier University of Louisiana (Amount: $75,020)
Description: To advance the understanding of the planning and activities required to achieve transformative and sustainable change that improves student success
Young Invincibles (Amount: $1,200,000)
Description: To help inform the public debate around key questions facing the higher education community that ultimately impact the access and success of an entire generation trying to attain a degree and better themselves economically