Improve Education Fund

BellXcel

BellXcel is a nonprofit organization that builds the capacity of schools and youth-serving organizations to provide high-quality, impactful out-of-school-time (OST) programs for students, primarily those in historically underserved communities. BellXcel has reached more than 400,000 students and 40,000 educators since our founding in 1992, in support of our vision for all children to excel.As we expanded to more communities across the country, BellXcel transitioned from a direct service provider to a licensing model, and most recently launched a software-as-a service(SaaS) division, named Arly. In addition, we operate a research and consulting division, Sperling Center for Research and Innovation (SCRI), to build and expand capacity and evidence in the youth sector.

Teaching Matters, Inc.

Teaching Matters is a nationally recognized nonprofit organization dedicated to providing high impact professional learning experiences for educators. We envision a nation where every student has equitable access to excellent teaching, regardless of zip code. Our mission is to close the opportunity gap of a radically unequal education system for under-served and historically marginalized children.

KIPP Foundation

Together with families and communities, we create joyful, academically excellent schools that prepare students with the skills and confidence to pursue the paths they choose—college, career, and beyond—so they can lead fulfilling lives and build a more just world.

Jumpstart for Young Children, Inc.

Jumpstart, a leading national early education organization, helps break the cycle of poverty, giving children the “jumpstart" they need in life. Jumpstart is working toward the day every child in America enters kindergarten prepared to succeed. The organization's mission is to provide language, literacy, and social-emotional programming for preschool children from underserved communities and promote quality early learning for all. Jumpstart's unique approach - training college students and community volunteers on a developmentally appropriate, evidence-based curriculum to engage preschool children in language, literacy, and social-emotional skill development over an academic year – gives children from underserved communities the skills they need for success in kindergarten and beyond.

Safe Passage

Safe Passage works to transform lives by providing students with an excellent education, a higher quality of life, and pathways to a job with dignity so that they can achieve a better future for themselves and their families.

New Leaders

Our mission is 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.

Youth Speaks Inc

Youth Speaks creates safe spaces that challenge young people to find, develop, publicly present, and apply their voices as creators of societal change.