Improve Education Fund

New Leaders

New Leaders works to ensure high academic achievement for all children, especially students in poverty and students of color, by developing transformational school leaders and advancing the policies and practices that allow great leaders to succeed.

BellXcel

BellXcel is a national nonprofit which builds the capacity of schools and community-based organizations (CBOs) to provide evidence-based, out-of-school-time (OST) programs for PreK-8 children. Founded in 1992 as an afterschool program, BellXcel quickly developed a track record of success and is now a national OST leader, reaching more than 70,000 “scholars” annually through 150+ partner providers across 36 states. Nationally, 80% of scholars in BellXcel-powered programs attend Title I schools or live in low-income communities, and 80% are children of color. Rigorous evaluation shows that scholars make significant academic gains and build skills for life success.

Teaching Matters, Inc.

Teaching Matters’ aim is to develop and retain great teachers, and measurably increase their ability to give students in urban public schools an excellent education.

KIPP Foundation

The mission of the KIPP Foundation is to create a respected, influential, national network of public schools that are successful in helping students from educationally underserved communities develop the knowledge, skills, character, and habits needed to succeed in college and the competitive world beyond.

Safe Passage

Within a safe and caring environment, Safe Passage provides a comprehensive and integrated program that fosters hope, good health, educational achievement, self-sufficiency, self esteem and confidence.

Youth Speaks Inc

Youth Speaks works to shift the perceptions of youth by combating illiteracy, alienation, and silence, creating a global movement of brave new voices bringing the noise from the margins to the core. We create safe spaces that empower the next generation of leaders, self-defined artists, and visionary activists through written and oral literacies.

Jumpstart for Young Children, Inc.

Jumpstart helps break the cycle of poverty, giving children the "jumpstart" they need in life by working to provide language, literacy, and social-emotional programming for preschool children from under-resourced communities and to promote quality early learning for all.

Technovation (formerly Iridescent)

Technovation’s mission is to empower girls and their families to use mobile and artificial intelligence (AI) technologies to tackle real-world problems in their communities.