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Member Insights: Investing in the Deep South

"If you’ve never been on a bus filled with education grantmakers from across the country... let me be the first to tell you: it’s an experience you won’t soon forget." Sara Sneed, president and CEO of The NEA Foundation, shares a journey through history, community and possibility in the Deep South.

Grantmakers for Education

What’s It Like to Lead Grantmakers for Education in Tumultuous Times?

Inside Philanthropy

Trends in Education Philanthropy: Benchmarking 2025

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January 2026

Derailed: Rising Attacks and Retreating Resources for Racial Justice

From Mismatched to Derailed: Where Does Philanthropy Stand?

PRE’s 2021 report Mismatched documented the gap between the rhetoric of 2020 and the insufficient resources that followed. Derailed draws on Candid’s data for 2019–2023 to assess how institutional philanthropy has responded since.

Philanthropic Initiative for Racial Equity (PRE)
January 2026

Sustainable Grantmaking Benchmark

The Sustainable Grantmaking Benchmark is a pioneering initiative to promote equity-centered, long-term funding practices across the sector. It centers transparency, multi-year support, and flexible funding as essential tools for driving systemic change.

Schott Foundation for Public Education
December 2025

Funder Brief on Eco-Anxiety: How Time Outside Helps Youth Navigate Climate Emotions

This brief brings together emerging research and practical insights to explore how time outside and nature-based programming can support youth mental wellbeing and help young people process climate emotions, build resilience, and develop a sense of agency and action.

Blue Sky Funders Forum
December 2025

Making the Grade: How Fair is School Funding in Your State?

Education Law Center released, Making the Grade: How Fair is School Funding in Your State?, their most recent annual report on school funding fairness evaluating each state's education funding system on three critical measures of fairness: Funding level, distribution and effort.

Education Law Center
December 2025

Unlocking Opportunity: Eight Strategies for Community Colleges to Improve Post-Completion Outcomes

Aspen and CCRC have just released Unlocking Opportunity: Eight Strategies for Community Colleges to Improve Post-Completion Outcomes. Designed for college presidents, senior teams, and other institutional leaders working to strengthen post-graduate outcomes, the guide is built on the eight strategies that the initial 10 Unlocking Opportunity colleges have used to increase the number of students on pathways aligned to post-graduate success by more than 20,000.

Aspen and CCRC
December 2025

Executive Actions Impacting the Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

United Philanthropy Forum developed this resource page to inform our network of philanthropy-infrastructure organizations about executive actions impacting the sector and the communities we work in and with. This page also serves as a call to action and mobilization for Forum members, foundation leaders, and the broader sector.

United Philanthropy Forum

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