Collaborators and Funders

Generous support from national funders makes up approximately 40% of ERS revenue, with the rest coming from local sources to support our deep, multiyear partnerships in districts, states, and schools. This national support enables us to:

• Leverage our comparative database and findings from deep partnerships to understand how system transformation and strategic resource use drive student outcomes
• Share learnings and tools with the field to build demand for system and school redesign
• Build understanding of system transformation and resource allocation among a wider audience of current and up-and-coming district and state leaders and decision makers
• Influence national and state policy and practice
• Partner with change agents to accelerate impact
• Build organizational capacity through investments in recruiting, hiring, staff development, leadership time, and infrastructure

Some current and previous funders include:

• Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
• Carnegie Corporation of New York
• Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Philanthropies
• Overdeck Family Foundation
• Raikes Foundation
• William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
• W.K. Kellogg Foundation
• Michael and Susan Dell Foundation

Here are some ways the philanthropic community can help us continue to transform the ways schools and systems use resources so that every school prepares every child for tomorrow:

• Share our tools with your grantee networks (and encourage them to share widely too)

• Make connections between us and your grantees who are doing related work to amplify impact in all directions

• Identify ways that ERS’ work might align with your current investment priorities and consider including us in your grantee portfolio

• Connect us with other potential partners who would be interested in working with us

Collaboration with change agents in the field is a core component of our organization’s mission. Other influential organizations with whom we collaborate include:

• American Institutes For Research (AIR)
• The Aspen Institute
• Center for American Progress
• Council of the Great City Schools
• The Council of Chief State School Officers
• EducationCounsel
• The Education Trust
• Large Countywide and Suburban District Consortium
• Leading Educators
• New Leaders
• NewSchools Venture Fund
• Public Impact
• Strategic Data Project
• Student Achievement Partners
• TNTP
• The Policy Innovators in Education (PIE) Network
• The Urban Schools Human Capital Academy