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Philanthropy’s Role in a Transitioning Education Landscape
This week’s Supreme Court decision clearing the way for dismantling the U.S. Department of Education marks a profound shift, placing even greater responsibility on states to uphold educational equity with fewer federal supports. As nearly half the states raise legal challenges over delayed federal funds, philanthropy must meet this moment—not with political posturing, but with urgency, clarity and action.
Trends in Education Philanthropy: Benchmarking 2025
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Ranking 4,600 Colleges by ROI (2025)
Using new data from the College Scorecard, we ranked 4,600 colleges and universities by return on investment. This data tool includes the ROI across multiple years, allowing for comparisons by institution across years, as well as comparisons by type of degrees in individual years.
What Proposed Federal Budget Cuts and Policy Changes Will Cost Children
This analysis dissects recent Federal proposals, explain how they disproportionately harm children, and make the case for a budget that values our youngest citizens.
Work In Progress: State Child Care and Early Education Updates 2024
This report highlights strides made by various states during their 2024 legislative sessions to enhance child care and early education. Key initiatives include increased funding for child care assistance, improved compensation for early educators through wage supplements, efforts to expand the availability of child care services, and new or enhanced child care tax credits.
Lessons from LEAP: Creating Opportunity for Systems-Involved Youth
For the past eight years (2016–2024), the Annie E. Casey Foundation’s Learn and Earn to Achieve Potential (LEAP) initiative has sought to strengthen the economic opportunity and well-being of young people.
What Is the Financial Risk of Nonprofits Losing Government Grants?
This resource allows users to understand the financial risk to nonprofits if they lose their government grants. Explore the data at the national level by state, subsector, and nonprofit size. Or click on a state to see a county, congressional district, size, and subsector breakdown.
Break Fake Rules Podcast
Some rules are meant to be broken—especially the fake ones! Join Glen Galaich, CEO of the Stupski Foundation, as he sets out to discover how philanthropy can evolve to meet the challenges of our time. Each episode features conversations with rule-breaking leaders in philanthropy, nonprofits, government, media, and more, uncovering the challenges they have overcome by breaking fake rules and which rules we should commit to breaking together.
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