Our Funders
2026 Donors and Partners
$1,000,000+
- Gates Foundation
- Ford Foundation
- Pivotal Ventures LLC
- Open Society Foundations
- Ballmer Group
- Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Philanthropies
- Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
- Ascendium Education Group
- William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
- John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
- Lumina Foundation
- Mellon Foundation
- Walton Family Foundation
- JPMorgan Chase
- Heising-Simons Foundation
- Aphorism Foundation
- Siemens Foundation
- David and Lucile Packard Foundation
- Arizona State University
- Arnold Ventures
- ECMC Foundation
- Annie E. Casey Foundation
- Bloomberg Philanthropies
- Fondation CHANEL US
- Imaginable Futures
- Zachary Karabell
$250,000-$999,999
- Joyce Foundation
- New Venture Fund
- Andrew Carnegie Foundation
- Bainum Family Foundation
- Skyline Foundation
- Chicago Community Trust
- Grable Foundation
- Amazon
- The Hearthland Foundation
- W.K. Kellogg Foundation
- Marti Meyerson
- Pew Charitable Trusts
- Association of Community College Trustees
- Strada Education Foundation
- Democracy Fund
- Smith Richardson Foundation
- Kresge Foundation
- Siegel Family Endowment
- Pritzker Children’s Initiative
- Wellbeing Economy Alliance
- Longview Philanthropy
$100,000-$249,999
- Charter Communications
- American Institutes for Research
- Burke Foundation
- American Opportunity Action
- Robert Abernethy
- Sobrato Family Foundation
- Steans Family Foundation
- You Have Our Trust (YHOT) Fund
- Let’s Grow Kids
- Barr Foundation
- Colorado Education Initiative
- Donald Katz and Leslie Larson
- Northrop Grumman
- United to Protect Democracy
- U.S. Bank
- Ashton Kutcher
- Harbor Freight Tools for Schools
- Independent Initiative
- Northern Illinois University
- Rockefeller Brothers Fund
- Circle of Service Foundation
- Florida International University
- Moira Shourie
$50,000-$99,999
- Retirement Research Foundation for Aging (RRF)
- Walder Foundation
- Oregon Department of Education
- Apple
- Learning Policy Institute
- Northeastern University
- Omidyar Network
- Comcast
- Evoke Media, LLC
- Embassy of Japan
- National Cable & Telecommunications Association
- Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC
$25,000-$49,999
- Trevor Kempner
- Doris Duke Charitable Foundation
- Narrative Breakthrough Studio
- C4ADS
- Project Liberty Institute
- Department of the Air Force, Air University
- Qualcomm
- Rockefeller Family Fund
- Tom Glaisyer
- W. K. Kellogg Foundation Trustee Fund, Milton Chen
- Fareed Zakaria
$10,000-$24,999
- Anthropic
- Sally Osberg
- George Wasserman Family Foundation
- Metropolitan Group
- National Institutes for Reproductive Health
- Rockefeller Foundation
- Peggy and Scott Kalb, The CIaire and Maurits Edersheim Foundation
- Anne-Marie Slaughter
- William Neidig
- Resource Equity Funders Collaborative (REFC)
- J.B. & M.K. Pritzker Family Foundation
- Public Citizen
- The All茅e Foundation
- Leif Haase Wellington
$1,000-$9,999
- University of Florida
- Lin Delaney
- Monica Lozano
- Brodsky Family Foundation
- Cynthia Raposo
- F. Noel Perry
- Olivia Walton
- Bank of America
- Weingart Foundation
- Project Edivent
- Peter Marber
- John & Rachel King Foundation
- Central Valley Community Foundation
- ProRep Coalition
- Tyra A. Mariani
- Silda Wall Spitzer
- Todd Park
- Harold & Nora Elish
- James and Deborah Fallows
- Alesha Legair
- A. Carey Zesiger Fund
- Byran and Lisa Watson Family Charitable Fund
- Ellen V. Futter
- Albert Ford
- Lenny and Christine Mendonca
- Adrienne Penta
Under $1,000
- Abigail Calderon
- Andria Sullivan
- Bina Venkataraman
- Boris Hansen
- Byron and Emily Auguste
- Cheryl Shelmadine
- Cristina Atofanei
- Cris W Barnes
- Dallas Jewish Community Foundation
- Darryl Richard Spence
- David Baker
- Doreen and Donald Nortman
- Edward Brauer
- Elizabeth Ferris
- Emil Volcheck
- Eric Larson
- Eric Olson
- Denise Ge
- Greg Price
- Janice Hise
- Jeneen Jones
- Jesse Spencer-Smith
- Jill Alexander
- Jim King
- Jon Peha
- Justin Elliott
- Karla Halvangis
- Harrold Kassoff
- Kate Brolan
- Kelly Wheeler
- Cynthia King Vance and Lee Vance
- Kristin Lehman
- Russ Kulp
- Laura Fortner
- Lewin Family Fund
- Luka Rain
- Lynn Norton
- Maris Straumanis
- Mark Gaylo
- Marti Barletta
- mukesh agrawal
- Nadamayi Shanti
- Patrick Payne
- Pat Rosaves
- Paul Norton
- Persis Coleman
- Harriet M Plehn
- Riverdale Country School
- Ryan Scamp
- S&S Saines Fund
- Samantha Harper
- SandyLee Quinn
- Ryan Scamp
- Craig (J.) Scott
- Elena Silva
- Brittany Stafford
- Sue Bremner
- Susan Fotos
- Tom Lockard
- Vince Watchorn
- Emil Volcheck
- Zofia Rogowska