• Ignite
    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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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

Power of Us: The Youth Fields Workforce

Findings from the Power of Us, a national workforce survey conducted by the American Institutes for Research (AIR) and supported by the Wallace Foundation, can help broaden and deepen what we know about the people who serve in these roles, with findings related to their backgrounds, dedication to youth development, career paths, and needs in professional learning, well-being, and compensation. 

The Wallace Foundation
  • June
    24

    Trends in Education Philanthropy: Regional Benchmarking Gathering in San Francisco Bay Area

    Join grantmaking colleagues in Redwood City, California 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 11.

June 26, 2025

Trends in Education Philanthropy: Regional Benchmarking Gathering in Denver

Join grantmaking colleagues in Denver, Colorado 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 13.

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 […]