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Publications

This page contains links to GFE’s publications. Most publications can be viewed online using the Adobe Acrobat reader, and you are welcome to print and reproduce these publications. Publications with a lock by the name can be downloaded only by GFE members.

To order hard copies of the Effective Education Grantmaking toolkit and the case studies, click here.

GFE Case Studies
A new series that considers the issues, challenges and approaches of more effective education grantmaking.

Improving Public Education: A Guide for Donors to Make a Difference
A four-part toolkit to help donors and grantmakers make the biggest difference with their gifts and donations.

GFE Notebook
A periodic collection of essays and news from Grantmakers for Education.

GFE reports
Reports and reflections on the practice of education grantmaking.

Meeting reports
Select proceedings and compilations of other relevant materials from GFE meetings.



GFE PUBLICATIONS

GFE Institute 2009 cover

Advanced Strategies for Influencing Education Policy


 

Taking Stock: Evaluating the Impact of Education Grants

Benchmark Report
 

Benchmarking 2009: Trends in Education Philanthropy (PDF)

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Fall 2008 (PDF)In this issue of the newsletter: Jeff Edmondson, Jeffrey Glebocki and Joann Ricci, David Nee and an interview with Connie Yowell.

Case study 7
 

Strengthening Grantee Effectiveness: The Hyde Family Foundations (PDF)

Case study 6
 

Engaged Partners: The Achieving the Dream Partnership (PDF)

School Leadership
 

The School Leadership Challenge: Roles and Strategies for Philanthropy Make a Difference. Report from the 2007 Education Grantmakers Institute (PDF)

Tough Times
 

Tough Choices or Tough Times: Bolder Steps For Education Philanthropy (PDF)

Spring Notebook
 

Spring 2008 (PDF)In this issue of the newsletter: Michael Bangser, Blouke Carus and Robert Walker, and an interview with Mark Popovich.




  Read more and register for GFE's 14th annual conference, The Fierce Urgency of Now:  Fulfilling the Promise of Excellence and Equity. The conference is the nation's largest gathering of education grantmakers. 


  Read our new report From Access to Success:  A Funders' Guide to Ensuring More Americans Earn Postsecondary Degrees, which captures lessons from our recent member briefing.


  Get the Buzz for the latest word in education grantmaking. Subscribe to the RSS feed, to be notified whenever a new item appears in Buzz


  Deepen your strategic grantmaking with Benchmarking 2009, GFE's annual report on trends in education philanthropy. Learn what Education Week says about the impact the report is having on the field of education reform.


Listen to Secretary Arne Duncan’s June 24th call with education grantmakers.


Access new GFE member benefits, including Philanthropy In/Sight, a dynamic mapping tool from the Foundation Center, and a discounted subscription to Foundation Review, the peer-reviewed quarterly from the Johnson Center for Philanthropy.


  View GFE's web seminar: Expanded Learning Opportunities: A Key Lever to Turn Around Low-Performing Schools. 07/15/2010 (~ 1 hr)

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  Watch provocative suggestions from Secretary Arne Duncan, Professor Nichole Pinkard, Matt Miller, and Larry Keeley on how grantmakers can transform education, by transforming their own funding strategies.


Access resources from recent GFE programs. Stream audio, view slides, watch video and read presentations from GFE web seminars and our annual conference.


  Peruse News to Use, GFE's members-only monthly newsletter, highlighting learning activities, new reports and critical developments in the field of education grantmaking.