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This page contains links to GFE’s publications. Most publications can be viewed online using the Adobe Acrobat reader, and you are welcome to print and reproduce these publications. Publications with a lock by the name can be downloaded only by GFE members.

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GFE Case Studies
A new series that considers the issues, challenges and approaches of more effective education grantmaking.

Improving Public Education: A Guide for Donors to Make a Difference
A four-part toolkit to help donors and grantmakers make the biggest difference with their gifts and donations.

GFE Notebook
A periodic collection of essays and news from Grantmakers for Education.

GFE reports
Reports and reflections on the practice of education grantmaking.

Meeting reports
Select proceedings and compilations of other relevant materials from GFE meetings.

	GFE PUBLICATIONS
	Taking Stock: Evaluating the Impact of Education Grants
	Benchmarking 2009: Trends in Education Philanthropy (PDF)
	Fall 2008 (PDF)In this issue of the newsletter: Jeff Edmondson, Jeffrey Glebocki and Joann Ricci, David Nee and an interview with Connie Yowell.
	Strengthening Grantee Effectiveness: The Hyde Family Foundations (PDF)
	Engaged Partners: The Achieving the Dream Partnership (PDF)
	The School Leadership Challenge: Roles and Strategies for Philanthropy Make a Difference. Report from the 2007 Education Grantmakers Institute (PDF)
	Tough Choices or Tough Times: Bolder Steps For Education Philanthropy (PDF)
	Spring 2008 (PDF)In this issue of the newsletter: Michael Bangser, Blouke Carus and Robert Walker, and an interview with Mark Popovich.

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Read Benchmarking 2009, GFE's latest tool for strategic grantmaking. Learn what Education Week says about the impact the report is having on the field of education reform.

Access new GFE member benefits, including Philanthropy In/Sight, a dynamic mapping tool from the Foundation Center, and a discounted subscription to Foundation Review, the peer-reviewed quarterly from the Johnson Center for Philanthropy.

View GFE's web seminar: The Role of Community-Based Funders in Supporting Innovations in Education: i3 Fund Opportunities and Beyond. 02/11/2010 (~ 1 hr)

presentation slides

streaming audio

Watch provocative suggestions from Secretary Arne Duncan, Professor Nichole Pinkard, Matt Miller, and Larry Keeley on how grantmakers can transform education, by transforming their own funding strategies.

Access resources from recent GFE programs. Stream audio, view slides, watch video and read presentations from GFE web seminars and our annual conference.