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ADC Foundation

The After-School Corporation

Agilent Technologies Foundation

J.A. and Kathryn Albertson Foundation

Alcatel-Lucent Foundation

Judd S. Alexander Foundation, Inc.

Altman Foundation

Apple FCU Education Foundation

Argosy Foundation

Arizona Community Foundation

The Arthur Foundation

Associated Colleges of Illinois

The Association of Baltimore Area Grantmakers

The Atlantic Philanthropies

Helen Bader Foundation, Inc.

Lloyd G. Balfour Foundation

The Ball Foundation

The Bank of America Charitable Foundation

Baptist Community Ministries

Barr Foundation

The Bay and Paul Foundations

S.D. Bechtel Jr. Foundation

BelleJAR Foundation

Claude Worthington Benedum Foundation

Benwood Foundation

Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation

The Jacob and Hilda Blaustein Foundation, Inc.

The Boeing Company

Booth Ferris Foundation

The Boston Foundation

The Robert Bowne Foundation

The Mary Alice and Bennett Brown Foundation, Inc.

The Brown Foundation, Inc.

The Frank H. and Eva B. Buck Foundation

Building Hope

Burroughs Wellcome Fund

Bush Foundation

The Byerly Foundation

The C.E. & S. Foundation

The Louis Calder Foundation

California Community Foundation

Care Foundation

Cargill Foundation

Carlston Family Foundation

Carnegie Corporation of New York

The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching

The Annie E. Casey Foundation

Harold K. L. Castle Foundation

Catalyst Foundation

Central Valley Foundation

The Chartrand Foundation

The Chicago Community Trust

The Chicago Public Education Fund

Citi Foundation

CityBridge Foundation

The Edna McConnell Clark Foundation

The Cleveland Foundation

CME Group Foundation

College Access Foundation of California

College Spark Washington

The Columbus Foundation

The Community Foundation for the National Capital Region

The Community Foundation in Jacksonville

Community Investments Fund of the Tides Foundation

Connecticut Center for School Change

Jack Kent Cooke Foundation

Cotsen Family Foundation

Council on Foundations

S.H. Cowell Foundation

Jessie B. Cox Charitable Trust

Crown Family Philanthropies

Daniels Fund

Irene E. and George A. Davis Foundation

Deaconess Foundation

Deutsche Bank Americas Foundation

Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation

Jessie Ball duPont Fund

EdVestors

Entergy Services, Inc.

Fairfield County Community Foundation

Doris & Donald Fisher Fund

Fleishhacker Foundation

Ford Foundation

Thomas B. Fordham Foundation

Fordham Street Foundation

Foundation for Child Development

Foundation for the Mid South

Foundations for a Better Oregon

Fremont Area Community Foundation

Lloyd A. Fry Foundation

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

GE Foundation

GEM Foundation, Inc.

The Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Foundation

Girard Foundation

William and Charlene Glikbarg Foundation

The Goizueta Foundation

Goldman Sachs Foundation

Goldsmith Family Foundation, Inc.

The Gorter Family Foundation

The Grable Foundation

Grand Rapids Community Foundation

William T. Grant Foundation

Grantmakers for Education

William Caspar Graustein Memorial Fund

Greater Kansas City Community Foundation

Greater New Orleans Foundation

Greater Texas Foundation

The George Gund Foundation

Walter and Elise Haas Fund

Evelyn and Walter Haas, Jr. Fund

The Phil Hardin Foundation

The Harvest Foundation

Hau`oli Mau Loa Foundation

Edward W. Hazen Foundation

The Hegeler Institute

The Heinz Endowments

Heising-Simons Foundation

Helios Education Foundation

Clarence E. Heller Charitable Foundation

The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust

The Richard & Ethel Herzfeld Foundation

The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation

Hirsch & Associates, LLC

Hoffberger Foundation

Houston Endowment, Inc.

Jaquelin Hume Foundation

Hurvis Charitable Foundation

The Hyams Foundation

Hyde Family Foundations

IBM Corporation

Innovative Technology Education Fund

Intrepid Philanthropy Foundation

Iowa West Foundation

The James Irvine Foundation

Martha Holden Jennings Foundation

Walter S. Johnson Foundation

The Johnson Foundation

The Joyce Foundation

JPMorgan Chase Foundation

The Estelle W. and Karen S. Kalish Foundation

Mitchell Kapor Foundation

Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation

KDK-Harman Foundation

W.K. Kellogg Foundation

Kirkpatrick Foundation, Inc.

KnowledgeWorks Foundation

Knowles Science Teaching Foundation

KPMG Foundation

The Kresge Foundation

Leichtag Family Foundation

Lilly Endowment Inc.

Linde Family Foundation

Longview Foundation

Los Alamos National Laboratory Foundation

Lower Pearl River Valley Foundation

The George Lucas Educational Foundation

Lumina Foundation for Education

John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation

J. F. Maddox Foundation

Maddox Foundation

The Malone Family Foundation

Marin Community Foundation

Marin Education Fund

Faye McBeath Foundation

The McConnell Foundation

McCormick Foundation

McDougal Family Foundation

The MCJ Amelior Foundation

MELMAC Education Foundation

The Merck Company Foundation

Eugene and Agnes E. Meyer Foundation

Meyer Memorial Trust

The Minneapolis Foundation

James and Rebecca Morgan Family Foundation

Charles Stewart Mott Foundation

National Council for Community and Education Partnerships

National Geographic Education Foundation

National Public Education Support Fund

The NEA Foundation

Nellie Mae Education Foundation

New Jersey After 3, Inc.

The New York Community Trust

New York Life Foundation

NewSchools Venture Fund

The Nord Family Foundation

NoVo Foundation

Noyce Foundation

I. A. O'Shaughnessy Foundation

Oak Foundation USA

Paul Ogle Foundation, Inc.

Open Society Institute

Oppenheimer Family Foundation

Orfalea Family Foundation

David & Lucile Packard Foundation

Panasonic Foundation

Partnership for Regional Education Preparation

William Penn Foundation

Peppercorn Foundation

Mary and Robert Pew Public Education Fund

The Philanthropic Initiative

Philanthropy Roundtable

The Piton Foundation

Polk Bros. Foundation

The Prudential Foundation

Public Interest Projects

Publix Super Markets Charities, Inc.

George M. Pullman Educational Foundation

Quantum Foundation

Raikes Foundation

The Rapides Foundation

The Reily Foundation

Kate B. Reynolds Charitable Trust

Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation

The Dianne T. & Charles E. Rice Family Foundation

Edward W. Robert Family Foundation

Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation

Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors

Rodel Foundation of Delaware

Rogers Family Foundation

Rose Community Foundation

Samberg Family Foundation

Samueli Foundation

The San Francisco Foundation

Sand Hill Foundation

The Schott Foundation for Public Education

The Schumann Fund for New Jersey

Irene S. Scully Family Foundation

SeaChange Capital Partners

The Seattle Foundation

The Sequoia Foundation

Albert Shanker Institute

The Sherwood Foundation

Silicon Valley Community Foundation

Silver Giving Foundation

Sisters of Charity Foundation of Cleveland

The Skillman Foundation

Social Venture Partners Seattle

Southern Bancorp

Southern Education Foundation

The Spencer Foundation

St. Croix Foundation

Stark Education Partnership, Inc.

The Staten Island Foundation

Steans Family Foundation

Steelcase Foundation

The Stocker Foundation

W. Clement & Jessie V. Stone Foundation

The Stranahan Foundation

Strategic Grant Partners

Stuart Foundation

Stupski Foundation

The Suder Foundation

Tamsa AC

S. Mark Taper Foundation

Target

Tenaris

TG

The Trefler Foundation

USA Funds

Victoria Foundation, Inc.

John T. Vucurevich Foundation

Waco Foundation

The Wallace Foundation

Walmart Foundation

Webber Family Foundation

Wellspring Advisors, LLC

Westly Foundation

Wright Family Foundation

Zellerbach Family Foundation





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