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Campaign for Great Public Schools

The mission of the CAMPAIGN FOR GREAT PUBLIC SCHOOLS is to provide leadership, capital and expertise to assist cities across the united states in improving public education.

$16M
Granted FY2025still arriving
74
Grants FY2025still arriving
19
States reached
$2.0M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.

Education$72MPublic Benefit$5.7MCivil Rights$2.6MPhilanthropy$1.3MCommunity Improvement$1.1MYouth Development$336kHuman Services$75kOther$0
02FY2025 · 74 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $10k–50k12 grants · $360k
  • $50k–250k39 grants · $4.3M
  • $250k+23 grants · $11M
$120,000
Median grant
19
States reached
$14M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
GREAT PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOR INDY INC$2,000,000
GREAT PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOR INDY DBA RISE INDY$1,075,000
BATON ROUGE ALLIANCE FOR STUDENTS ACTION$662,738
STOP THE WAIT RI$660,000
ALIGNED IN ACTION$600,000
ELECTED DC$555,910
NJ PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLS ACTION FUND INC$500,000
MOCS ACTION$494,000
GREAT SCHOOLS FOR ALL INC$460,000
CIVIC IMPACT COALITION$400,000
EDUCATION REFORM NOW ADVOCACY (LOUISIANA)$368,000
CLCS ACTION$350,000
STOP THE WAIT RI$332,500
COLLECTIVE ACTION FOR EDUCATION$325,000
GARDEN STATE SUCCESS INC$300,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY19–25, $1.3M) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 94% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%NATIONAL PARENT'S UNION: $75k → 8%50CAN INC: $250k → 14%50CAN ACTION FUND INC: $120k → 14%50CAN ACTION FUND INC: $70k → 14%50CAN ACTION FUND INC: $70k → 14%50CAN ACTION FUND INC: $387k → 14%50CAN ACTION FUND: $323k → 14%50CAN ACTION FUND INC: $15k → 14%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

ID
IL
WI
NY
MA
OR
NV
IN
OH
PA
NJ
RI
CA
CO
MO
VA
AZ
NM
KS
TN
SC
DC
LA
AL
GA
TX
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

76%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$62M · 44 repeat orgs$20M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +42% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

44 repeat relationships: 28 still active in FY2025, 16 since wound down; 21 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

44
44

Total granted

$62M
$17M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+42%
0%

Still filing today

75%
66%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 79% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3.4M went to new ones.

50%100%’19’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’19’21’22’23’24’25
EducationCommunity ImprovementInternationalHuman ServicesYouth DevelopmentPublic BenefitOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • GP
    GREAT PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOR INDY INC
    6× · 2019–2025 · $7.3M · revenue +439% · 64% of their budget
  • DF
    DENVER FAMILIES FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS ACTION
    5× · 2021–2025 · $5.4M · revenue ×13 · 100% of their budget
  • ST
    STOP THE WAIT RI
    5× · 2021–2025 · $4.0M · revenue +342% · 100% of their budget

Funded once

  • CF
    CITY FUND
    one grant, 2024 · $6.5M · revenue -50%
  • EF
    EDUCATION FORWARD DCgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $1.4M · revenue +86%
  • NJ
    NEW JERSEY CHILDREN'S FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $1.1M · revenue +35%
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
School Choice Ohio Inc

The mission of school choice ohio is to protect and expand children's educational options through ensuring choice in quality schools and other places of learning, thereby supporting systemic reform of k-12 education across the state.

Education
2
California Charter Schools Association Advocates

To increase the involvement of the charter school community in the political process, create a pipeline of charter school supporters and activitists, endorse and support public officials who are committed to california charter public…

Education
3
Colorado Association of School Executives

Empower colorado education leaders through advocacy, professional learning and networking to deliver on the promise of public education

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4
California Charter Schools Association

To meet parent, educator, and community need for great public school options by supporting and advocating for high quality non-profit charter schools and sharing their success throughout california's public schools.

Education
5
Enroll Indy Inc

Enroll indy helps families choose schools that meet their children's needs by providing a one-stop enrollment process, school information that is relevant and easy to understand, and data to inform school improvement in indianapolis,…

Education
6
Dc Association of Chartered Public Schools

To improve opportunities and outcomes for students by supporting the development, growth, and sustainability of quality chartered public schools in Washington, DC. The Association serves all chartered public schools in the District of…

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7
Cleveland Municipal School District Transformation

The cleveland transformation alliance (cta) is a trusted community partner working to ensure every student is engaged in a high-quality, equitable education. the cta gives families and students the information they need to commit to their…

Education
8
Pennsylvania Coalition of Public Charter Schools

The organization's mission is to advocate, communicate, engage in coalition building, and support quality to create an environment conducive to the growth of pennsylvania's charter movement, and provide services to its charter school…

Education
9
Network for Public Education Action Inc

The organization's goal is to fight to preserve, promote, improve and strengthen our public school system, an essential institution in a democratic society. the organization will accomplish this by networking groups and organizations…

Education
10
First State Educate Action Fund Inc

A delaware where informed voters and empowered communities actively shape the future of public education, ensuring equitable opportunities for all students through strong, values-driven school board governance.

Education
11
Technology for Education Consortium

To bring transparency, efficiency, and collaboration to k-12 schools engaged in evaulating and purchasing edtech products and services. we believe that greater transparency and better information will allow school districts to improve…

Education
12
Stand for Schools

Stand for schools supports nebraska's public schools, working to advance policies that make them stronger while opposing policies that would weaken them.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is 50CAN Action Fund Inc; the most unlike its peers is One Philly. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

79 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 79 of the 110 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

30
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
18
Early backer (in before they grew)
79/79
Grantees still filing
33/79
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

GREAT SCHOOLS FOR ALL INC: $7,874,000 · OtherGREAT SCHOOLS FOR ALL INCDENVER FAMILIES FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS ACTION: $5,360,000 · OtherDENVER FAMILIES FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS ACTIONSTOP THE WAIT RI: $3,995,687 · OtherSTOP THE WAIT RIKC ACTION FUND: $2,848,588 · OtherKC ACTION FUNDADVOCATES FOR GREAT CAMDEN SCHOOLS: $1,898,000 · Other50CAN ACTION FUND PAC: $1,800,700 · OtherELECTED DC: $1,525,001 · Other+57 more: $13,471,621 · Other+57 moreGREAT PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOR INDY INC: $7,328,500 · EducationGREAT PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOR INDY INCBATON ROUGE ALLIANCE FOR STUDENTS ACTION: $2,394,938 · EducationBATON ROUGE ALLIANCE FOR STUDENTS ACTIONEDUCATION REFORM NOW ADVOCACY INC: $2,285,500 · EducationEDUCATION REFORM NOW ADVOCACY INCEQUITY IN EDUCATION INC: $2,147,375 · EducationEQUITY IN EDUCATION INCNATIONAL ALLIANCE FOR PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLS: $2,000,000 · EducationNATIONAL ALLIANCE FOR PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLSLouisiana Association of Public Charter: $1,588,000 · EducationCAMDEN EDUCATION FUND INC: $1,549,000 · EducationALIGNED IN ACTION: $1,457,100 · EducationEDUCATION FORWARD DC: $1,362,500 · EducationDC CHARTER SCHOOL ACTION: $1,322,500 · EducationNEW SCHOOLS FOR BATON ROUGE: $1,167,750 · EducationNEW JERSEY CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION: $1,135,000 · Education+28 more: $7,891,000 · Education+28 moreCITY FUND: $6,450,000 · PhilanthropyCLCS ACTION: $1,480,000 · Public Benefit50CAN ACTION FUND INC: $1,234,720 · Human ServicesNATIONAL PARENTS UNION INC: $75,000 · Human ServicesNEW VENTURE FUND: $1,300,000 · EnvironmentTENNESSEANS FOR STUDENT SUCCESS INC: $845,000 · Civil Rights
Other$38,773,597Education$33,629,163Philanthropy$6,450,000Public Benefit$1,480,000Human Services$1,309,720Environment$1,300,000Civil Rights$845,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetGREAT SCHOOLS FOR ALL INC: $7,874,000 over 4y, 100% of budgetGREAT PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOR INDY INC: $7,328,500 over 6y, 64% of budgetCITY FUND: $6,450,000 over 1y, 5.4% of budgetDENVER FAMILIES FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS ACTION: $5,360,000 over 5y, 100% of budgetSTOP THE WAIT RI: $3,995,687 over 5y, 100% of budgetKC ACTION FUND: $2,848,588 over 2y, 95% of budgetBATON ROUGE ALLIANCE FOR STUDENTS ACTION: $2,394,938 over 4y, 56% of budgetEDUCATION REFORM NOW ADVOCACY INC: $2,285,500 over 4y, 8.8% of budgetEQUITY IN EDUCATION INC: $2,147,375 over 5y, 95% of budgetNATIONAL ALLIANCE FOR PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLS: $2,000,000 over 2y, 8.3% of budgetADVOCATES FOR GREAT CAMDEN SCHOOLS: $1,898,000 over 3y, 100% of budgetLouisiana Association of Public Charter: $1,588,000 over 2y, 85% of budgetCAMDEN EDUCATION FUND INC: $1,549,000 over 2y, 13% of budgetELECTED DC: $1,525,001 over 3y, 100% of budgetCLCS ACTION: $1,480,000 over 4y, 24% of budgetALIGNED IN ACTION: $1,457,100 over 3y, 13% of budgetEDUCATION FORWARD DC: $1,362,500 over 1y, 12% of budgetDC CHARTER SCHOOL ACTION: $1,322,500 over 3y, 56% of budgetNEW VENTURE FUND: $1,300,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budget50CAN ACTION FUND INC: $1,234,720 over 5y, 22% of budgetNEW SCHOOLS FOR BATON ROUGE: $1,167,750 over 2y, 7.3% of budgetCHARTER SCHOOLS NOW: $1,165,000 over 4y, 53% of budgetBLAQUE: $1,158,085 over 4y, 50% of budgetNEW JERSEY CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION: $1,135,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetMOCS ACTION: $1,099,000 over 2y, 35% of budgetQuality Schools Coalition: $970,000 over 2y, 41% of budgetTENNESSEANS FOR STUDENT SUCCESS INC: $845,000 over 3y, 8.4% of budgetLOUISIANA CHARTER SCHOOLS IN ACTION: $800,000 over 2y, 73% of budgetAMERICAN FEDERATION FOR CHILDREN INC: $650,000 over 1y, 7.3% of budgetREVOLUCION EDUCATIVA: $642,490 over 3y, 68% of budgetEducation San Joaquin: $627,500 over 3y, 50% of budgetNJ PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLS ACTION FUND INC: $550,000 over 1y, 72% of budgetOPPORTUNITY NASHVILLE: $550,000 over 1y, 94% of budgetASSOCIATION OF MISSOURI CHARTER SCHOOLS: $436,000 over 1y, 32% of budgetINSTITUTE FOR QUALITY EDUCATION INC: $405,000 over 1y, 2.7% of budgetTENNESSEE STATE COLLABORATIVE ON REFORMING EDUCATION: $400,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetCFC ACTION FUND INC: $350,000 over 2y, 40% of budgetTEXAS CHARTER SCHOOLS ASSOCIATION: $300,000 over 2y, 2.7% of budget50CAN INC: $256,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetTennessee Prospers: $230,000 over 3y, 20% of budgetHOOSIERS FOR QUALITY EDUCATION INC: $218,500 over 2y, 38% of budgetTHE MIND TRUST INC: $202,500 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetAZ LEADS ACTION FUND: $160,000 over 1y, 100% of budgetTENNESSEE CHARTER SCHOOL CENTER: $152,500 over 1y, 10% of budgetSOUTH CAROLINA CHILDRENS FUND: $150,000 over 1y, 8.6% of budgetILLINOIS NETWORK OF CHARTER SCHOOLS: $150,000 over 1y, 2.7% of budgetATLANTA THRIVE PARENT INSTITUTE INC: $130,000 over 1y, 8.1% of budgetFUTURE READY CLEVELAND COALITION: $125,000 over 1y, 95% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

City FundWalton Family Foundat…Charter Fund Inc D/B/…Yes Every Kid IncGates FoundationThe Bloomberg Family …Bellwether Education …Education Reform Now …New Schools FundNational Alliance for…American Federation f…American Federation f…
City FundOR72.2× affinity33 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: City Fund · Walton Family Foundation Inc · Charter Fund Inc D/B/A Charter School Growth Fund · Yes Every Kid Inc · Gates Foundation · The Bloomberg Family Foundation Inc · Bellwether Education Partners Inc · Education Reform Now Advocacy Inc · New Schools Fund · National Alliance for Public Charter Schools · American Federation for Children Growth Fund Inc · American Federation for Children Inc

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Campaign for Great Public Schools funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Campaign for Great Public Schools. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 90%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    9get no government money at all
    2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 110 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

    How this is measured
    Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

    Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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