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Grantmakers for Education strengthens education philanthropy in the United States. Our tools, programs and services allow our nearly 250 member organizations to share best practices, learn of new developments, and advance alignment and collaboration among funders. By deepening the impact and effectiveness of funders who support early childhood, K-12 and postsecondary education on local, regional and national levels, GFE improves educational outcomes and increases opportunities for all students.

If you are an education funder, we invite you to enrich your grantmaking by:

  PARTICIPATING in GFE's online and site-based programs, which include web seminars and member briefings that each focus on a topic of interest to the field, as well as our annual conference, the nation's largest gathering of education funders. Registration is currently open for our member briefings: innovation, college success and English Language Learners.

  LEARNING from GFE, the leading knowledge source for education funders. Our eight Principles for Effective Education Grantmaking guide best practices in the field. You can deepen your organization's ability to apply the principles effectively through our Case Studies series. Our other publications include a toolkit for education grantmaking and numerous reports from the field.  

  STAYING INFORMED with federal policy updates provided by GFE to enable funders to capitalize on the many opportunities presented by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA).  

  COLLABORATING, NETWORKING AND ALIGNING with other GFE members. Our Funder Networks bring together grantmakers who fund specific areas of education reform. Visit the Working Group on Education Organizing, the Out-of-School Time Network, and the Education Policy Working Group to learn more.   

  JOINING GFE, the nation's largest network and most diverse learning community for education philanthropy.