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Research Brief Series: Twenty Years of Education Funding in the U.S.

Explore this series of research briefs that share information on giving patterns in education over the past twenty years among foundations and grantmakers. The briefs cover funding by education levels, regional funding, and funding by topical areas.

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Philanthropy Pulse Check: March 2026

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November 2022

Seeding Equitable Educator Development

What does it look like to advance racial equity and inclusion in high-quality educator pathways? This report provides a synopsis of the overall impact of a SEED fund initiative and highlights the remarkable work of each of the nine partners as well as insights related to the fund’s goals. 

Trust for Learning
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October 2022

Welcome to the Grantmakers for Education Board

Grantmakers for Education welcomes Danielle Pulliam of The Pinkerton Foundation to its board of directors.

Grantmakers for Education
October 2022

Promising Practices: A School District Guide to Advocating for Equity in American Rescue Plan Spending

This report looks at practices in four school districts across the nation that have shown promise to accelerate student learning, largely funded with federal dollars from the American Rescue Plan.

The Education Trust
October 2022

A Ripple, Not a Wave: Comparing the Last Decade of Foundation Funding for Migrant Communities and Movements

New data shows that more funders participate in pro-immigrant and pro-refugee philanthropic spaces today than they did in the past. This is progress, but it’s far from enough. Pro-immigrant, pro-refugee movement’s share of all foundation grants has shrunk 11% since DACA was first introduced.

National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy
October 2022

Whiteness Rules: Racial Exclusion in Becoming an American College President

This research illustrates how racialization happens in college presidential searches in California’s public higher education institutions. The findings on structural bias in these processes, and the proposed solutions in the companion toolkit to the report, have implications for racial equity at other levels of administrative and faculty leadership, at the system level, in other states and nationally.  

College Futures Foundation
October 2022

The Student-Affirming Education Needed for Our Children and Our Nation's Future

This report outlines expert research and data on why accurate and student-affirming education practices need implementation across the nation.

National Center For Youth Law

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