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    possibility.

    We are Grantmakers for Education. Nearly 300 strong and diverse organizations bringing bold thinking and brave ideas to learners all across America.

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  • Celebrate
    30 years

    We are spending 2025 celebrating 30 years as an effective connector and community-builder, quality information provider and illuminator, and trusted partner in the field of education philanthropy!

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  • Stay in the know.

    Find resources and events that support education philanthropy's strategy and management of the federal administration's proposed changes and policy updates.

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Trends in Education Philanthropy: Benchmarking 2025

Our Trends in Education Philanthropy: Benchmarking report, based on the latest survey of education grantmakers, offers insights into where and how funders are working and their evolving priorities.

Grantmakers for Education

May 2025

Policy Changes Affecting Education and Philanthropy: Resources and Events

Find EdFunders and partner resources and events here that support education philanthropy's strategy around and management of the transition to the new federal administration and ongoing policy updates.

Grantmakers for Education

May 2025

2025 Annual Conference & 30th Anniversary Sponsorship

Grantmakers for Education invites members to sponsor our 2025 annual conference — Transformative Philanthropy: Courageous and Visionary Leadership for Education and Civil Rights and our 30th anniversary. 

Grantmakers for Education

January 2025

Celebrating 30 Years of Grantmakers for Education

We’re excited to spend 2025 honoring the 30-year anniversary of the founding of Grantmakers for Education! Learn more about what's ahead and see a bit of our history.

 

Grantmakers for Education
  • July
    10

    Trends in Education Philanthropy: Regional Benchmarking Gathering in Chicago

    Join grantmaking colleagues in Chicago, Illinois to dive deeply into the findings and have conversations on key themes in our latest research report, Trends in Education Philanthropy: Benchmarking 2025. Registration closes June 25.

July 9, 2025

National Forum on Education Policy 2025

Grantmakers for Education, the Philanthropic Collaborative for Education, and Education Commission of the States seek to build a partnership between the political, professional, and philanthropic forces in education that could stimulate the kind of cooperation that is crucial to the future of American education. The lack of cohesion between policy, practice and philanthropy does not […]

July 23, 2025

Trends in Education Philanthropy: Regional Benchmarking Gathering in New York City

Join grantmaking colleagues in New York City to dive deeply into the findings and have conversations on key themes in our latest research report, Trends in Education Philanthropy: Benchmarking 2025. Registration closes July 9.