Philanthropic Funding
At Editorial Projects in Education, the nonprofit organization that publishes Education Week, we believe that lasting school improvement will only come about when policymakers, practitioners, and the public are armed with the information they need to understand and push for change. In support of our mission – to elevate awareness and understanding of important educational issues among professionals and the public – we seek and accept grant funding from the philanthropic community that reflects a similar commitment to improving K-12 education for all children.
Philanthropic support has played an important part in the history of our organization, particularly at such crucial junctures as the creation of Education Week in the early 1980s. Foundation funding has been instrumental in launching the annual Quality Counts, Diplomas Count, and Leaders to Learn From reports, among other major new lines of work, and in supporting those projects over some period of time. Grants also provide the additional resources that enable our newsroom, research center, and web-production team to produce consistently high-quality, engaging news and information spanning the full range of issues that impact public education. Over the past few years, portions of our work have been underwritten by generous grant support from dozens of funders.
In the course of more than five decades of service, the field has come to depend on Education Week as an essential source of independent news and information. That trust is our trademark. Editorial decision-making and the creation and publication of content – including content produced with support from philanthropic funding – remain in the sole control of Education Week, under the direction of its Editor-in-Chief and Executive Editor.
A Commitment to Transparency
Education Week is firmly committed to providing transparency in every aspect of the organization’s sources of funding. Accepting financial support does not constitute an endorsement of funders or their products, services, policy positions, or opinions.
We accept selected grants and sponsorships from individuals, organizations, and foundations to help support the organization’s general operations, capacity-building initiatives, coverage of specific topics, and special projects. Foundation grants and other funding provide support for work across EdWeek’s multiple media and publishing platforms – including print, digital, and video. The news judgments of Education Week and our other editorial operations are made independently – not based on or influenced by financial supporters. We do not give supporters the rights to assign, review, or edit content.
As a matter of policy, we will make public the identities of all donors. Education Week will not accept donations from anonymous sources, government entities, political parties, elected officials, or candidates actively seeking public office. In addition, we will not accept donations from sources who our senior leadership and Board of Trustees believe present a conflict of interest with our work or compromise our independence.
Education Week maintains a listing of all current funders on its website. We provide information on the purpose of the grant or other financial support, as well as a description of the funder’s mission. Additional details regarding the ways in which Education Week discloses relationships with funders in the context of its journalism can be found in our Statement of Editorial Independence and Standards.
General operating support for Education Week is provided by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Guided by the belief that every life has equal value, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation works to help all people lead healthy, productive lives. Its commitment to education centers on working to ensure all students graduate high school prepared to succeed in college and careers.
General operating support for Education Week is provided by Carnegie Corporation of New York. Established in 1911 by Andrew Carnegie, the Corporation seeks to promote the advancement and diffusion of knowledge and understanding.
The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative supports Education Week’s coverage of whole-child approaches to learning. CZI also provides general support for investments in Education Week’s technology infrastructure. The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative is using technology to help solve some of our toughest challenges—from preventing and eradicating disease, to improving learning experiences for kids, to reforming the criminal justice system.
General operating support for Education Week and its coverage of leadership and innovation in public schools is provided by The Charles Butt Foundation. Through The Holdsworth Center and the Raise Your Hand Texas Education Fund, the foundation supports excellent and equitable outcomes for all students. The foundation’s focus includes superintendent and principal development, scholarships for aspiring teachers, career-themed high schools, deep partnerships with school districts to help them grow their own pipeline of outstanding leaders, and blended learning initiatives.
General operating support for Education Week is provided by Charles and Lynne Schusterman Family Philanthropies. Schusterman works to advance racial, gender, and economic equity in the U.S., as well as to foster a more joyful and diverse Jewish community. It’s K-12 Education portfolio seeks to build an equitable society in which Black and Latino students from low-income backgrounds are able to access an engaging, affirming, meaningful K12 education, appropriate to grade level, that empowers them to reach their full potential.
The Charles Stewart Mott Foundation supports Education Week’s coverage of afterschool learning opportunities. Through its programs focused on Civil Society, Education, Environment and the Flint Area, the foundation seeks to fulfill its mission of supporting efforts that promote a just, equitable, and sustainable society.
The Joyce Foundation supports Education Week’s coverage of principals and school leadership. The foundation invests in the future of the Great Lakes region by supporting policies that advance racial equity and economic mobility for the next generation. It’s Education & Economic Mobility Program works to ensure equitable access to high-quality education and jobs for the next generation, especially young people of color and those from low-income communities.
The Lemelson Foundation supports Education Week’s coverage of problem solving and student motivation. Through its work, the Foundation seeks to increase access to Invention Education and entrepreneurship programs to cultivate the next generation of impact inventors, and strengthen the supporting environment needed for invention-based businesses to thrive.
Meyer Memorial Trust supports Education Week’s coverage of equity, culturally responsive teaching, and the Native population. Meyer works to dismantle barriers to equity in education, housing, and the environment and to improve community conditions so that all Oregonians can reach their full potential.
The Nellie Mae Education Foundation provides support for Education Week’s coverage of race and opportunity. The foundation works in partnership with New England communities to champion efforts that challenge racial inequities and advance excellent, student-centered public education for all New England youth.
Oak Foundation supports Education Week’s coverage of students with learning differences and issues of race, opportunity, and equity. The foundation commits its resources to address issues of global, social and environmental concern, particularly those that have a major impact on the lives of the disadvantaged.
Overdeck Family Foundation provides sustaining support for Education Week’s coverage of technology and artificial intelligence. The Foundation works to provide all children the opportunity to unlock their potential by creating strong foundations for early learning, inspiring young minds through hands-on STEM education, improving teacher engagement and practice, supporting student-centered learning environments, and converting data into insights and outcomes.
Support for Education Week’s general operations and coverage of education technology is provided by Siegel Family Endowment. Siegel partners with organizations working at the intersections of learning, workforce, and infrastructure. The endowment’s education program supports initiatives that build lifelong learning opportunities and envisions an education system that works for everyone by addressing long standing social and economic inequities.
Spencer Foundation supports Education Week’s virtual convening activities on research-to-practice connections in education. The foundation believes education research is integral to improving education, making education systems more equitable, and increasing opportunities to learn across the lifespan. Spencer has been a leading funder of education research since 1971 and is the only national foundation focused exclusively on supporting education research.
The Susan Crown Exchange (SCE) supports Education Week’s coverage of the intersection of social-emotional learning, technology, and student well-being. SCE seeks to prepare youth to thrive in a rapidly changing world by supporting solutions that help young people have the tools, mentorship, and agency to prioritize their well-being in tech-enabled environments.
The Wallace Foundation supports Education Week’s coverage of issues including education leadership, social and emotional learning, afterschool and summer learning, arts education, and equity. The Wallace Foundation seeks to create both direct benefits for its grantee partners in the form of improved capacity and services and indirect benefits for the fields in which it works by developing and sharing credible, useful knowledge.
The Walton Family Foundation supports Education Week’s coverage of strategies for advancing the opportunities for students most in need. The Foundation promotes initiatives to expand parental choice and equal opportunity in education to help spur the bold transformation of the national K-12 system of public education.
General operating support for Education Week is provided by the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation. The Hewlett Foundation is committed to supporting ideas and institutions that build a better world. The foundation’s Education program invests in improving teaching and learning, which includes preparing teachers and school systems to support every student, and providing high-quality, openly licensed instructional materials.
