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Education Reform Now Inc

Our mission is to create progressive education change at both the federal level and in states across the country at every stage from k-12 to higher-ed to ensure americans of all ages, from cradle to grave, gains full and fair access to a globally competitive high-quality public education that empowers them to fulfill their limitless…

$8.1M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
11
Grants FY2024
10
Organizations funded FY2023
70%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$30,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$5,766,411
Organizations funded a year
2 to 10
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
6
Total assets, FY2024
$9.4M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 70% of the organizations Education Reform Now Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 3% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $191k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23
EducationHuman ServicesCivil RightsPublic BenefitReligionArts & CultureOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving11$8.1M45%
FY202310$7.5M70%
FY20227$6.7M57%
FY20214$4.4M75%
FY20206$4.2M67%
FY20195$4.0M80%
FY20185$4.2M80%
FY20172$4.0Mn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Education$43MCivil Rights$206kRecreation & Sports$144kHuman Services$81kPublic Benefit$45kYouth Development$35kCommunity Improvement$18kPhilanthropy$10k

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
NY
MA
NJ
CT
CA
CO
TN
DC
LA
AL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

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All grantees of Education Reform Now Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Education Reform Now Advocacy Inc$37,344,986859%
Black Latinx Asian Charter Collaborative$4,687,358338%
Memphis Lift Parent Institute$170,795112%
South Carolina Aim High Foundation Carolina Basketball Camp$143,674238%
Teach Plus Inc$100,00030%
Rocky Mountain Public Media Inc$100,00010%
The Newdeal Forum$65,00026%
New York State Association of Blackpuerto Rican Hispanic & Asian Legislator$57,50024%
The Committee to Preserve Educational Standards for K-12 Students$48,0001n/a
Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute Inc$46,00020%
Congressional Black Caucus Foundation Inc$40,00010%
Public Education & Business Coalition$30,00010%
The Colorado Nonprofit Development Center$25,00020%
Brian Taylor Leadership Institute$25,0001n/a
National Urban League Inc$25,00010%
Hartford Parent University$20,00017%
Collective Future$20,0002n/a
Unidosus$15,00010%
Gates Family Foundation$14,1001n/a
Common Cause Education Fund$10,00010%
Strive Preparatory Schools$10,00010%
Young Invincibles$10,00010%
Hill for Literacy Inc$10,00010%
Unite Inc$10,00014%
Fund for the City of New York Inc$10,00010%
Somos Inc$10,0001n/a
New Leaders Council$10,00011%
Summit County Resource Center Dba Family & Intercultural Resource Center$8,50010%
Together for Great Seattle Schools$8,4001n/a
Our Voice Nuestra Voz$7,5001n/a
Fields Foundation$7,5001n/a
Inspirenola Charter Schools$6,50010%
Math Engineering and Science Academy Charter High School$5,50010%

Where it is load-bearing

Education Reform Now Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 3 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 25 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetEducation Reform Now Advocacy Inc: $37,344,986 over 8y, 59% of budgetBlack Latinx Asian Charter Collaborative: $4,687,358 over 3y, 38% of budgetMemphis Lift Parent Institute: $170,795 over 1y, 12% of budgetSouth Carolina Aim High Foundation Carolina Basketball Camp: $143,674 over 2y, 38% of budgetTeach Plus Inc: $100,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetRocky Mountain Public Media Inc: $100,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetThe Newdeal Forum: $65,000 over 2y, 6.1% of budgetNew York State Association of Blackpuerto Rican Hispanic & Asian Legislator: $57,500 over 2y, 3.8% of budgetCongressional Hispanic Caucus Institute Inc: $46,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetCongressional Black Caucus Foundation Inc: $40,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetPublic Education & Business Coalition: $30,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetThe Colorado Nonprofit Development Center: $25,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetNational Urban League Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHartford Parent University: $20,000 over 1y, 6.7% of budgetUnidosus: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCommon Cause Education Fund: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetStrive Preparatory Schools: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetYoung Invincibles: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHill for Literacy Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUnite Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 4.3% of budgetFund for the City of New York Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNew Leaders Council: $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetSummit County Resource Center Dba Family & Intercultural Resource Center: $8,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetInspirenola Charter Schools: $6,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMath Engineering and Science Academy Charter High School: $5,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 25.

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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.

Walton Family Foundation IncAR16.9× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Walton Family Foundation Inc · Gates Foundation · Charter Fund Inc D/B/A Charter School Growth Fund · Rose Community Foundation · The Denver Foundation · Colorado Gives Foundation · California Community Foundation · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund

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.

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About Education Reform Now Inc

How much does Education Reform Now Inc give?
Education Reform Now Inc reported 11 grants totaling $8,077,458 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 10 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Education Reform Now Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (99%), Civil Rights (0%), Recreation & Sports (0%).
Who are Education Reform Now Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Education Reform Now Advocacy Inc ($37M), Black Latinx Asian Charter Collaborative ($4.7M), Memphis Lift Parent Institute ($171k).
Does Education Reform Now Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 70% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as Education Reform Now Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Walton Family Foundation Inc, Gates Foundation, Charter Fund Inc D/B/A Charter School Growth Fund.
Where is Education Reform Now Inc based?
Education Reform Now Inc is based in NY.

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 33 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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