Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
NATIONAL PUBLIC EDUCATION SUPPORT FUND
NATIONAL PUBLIC EDUCATION SUPPORT FUND (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 63 organizations whose IRS filings report $25,875,660 to it, the largest being THE WILLIAM & FLORA HEWLETT FOUNDATION ($5,750,000). 46 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $3.3M
- Funders on record
- 63
- Grants received
- $26M
- Net assets
- $4.5M
What National Public Education Support Fund does
Mission
The philanthropic collaborative for education strengthens, convenes, and catalyzes networks of philanthropy to advance the equitable and just education and systemic policies and practices that create the conditions every learner needs to achieve, thrive, and succeed in a global diverse society.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Education funder strategy group: npesf manages the education funder strategy group (efsg), which is a membership forum for leading state, regional and national foundations focused on united states policy across the continuum from early childhood, k-12, and post-secondary education. The learning goals for this philanthropic community are to help: 1) raise educational attainment for all students with the deeper learning outcomes and skills that will prepare them for life, work, and citizenship; 2) close gaps to increase educational equity for under-served communities by improving the conditions and resources that enable students to learn and thrive, with a particular concern for addressing racialized and class-based disparities in learning opportunities and outcomes; 3) build public confidence and commitment to public education as a public good; and 4) accelerate systemic change in the education ecosystem to dramatically improve learning and life outcomes for all students.
$895,688 spent30% of program spendingNpesf's general programs encompass its broader efforts to strengthen and advance equitable public education in the united states. Through these initiatives, npesf convenes and collaborates with philanthropic partners, educators, policymakers, and research institutions to support systems-level change that expands access to high-quality learning opportunities for all students. These programs include strategic grant-making, cross-sector convenings, and capacity-building activities that align with the fund's mission to promote equitable educational opportunity from early childhood through post-secondary pathways. By fostering shared learning, amplifying evidence-informed policy solutions, and catalyzing collective action among diverse stakeholders, the general programs seek to accelerate meaningful improvements in teaching, learning, and educational outcomes particularly for historically under-served communities.
$690,195 spent23% of program spendingGrantmakers for thriving youth: npesf serves as the sponsor for the grantmakers for thriving youth (gty), a funders' forum that promotes equitable systems, structures and opportunities for a comprehensive approach to learning and development so all young people can build and strengthen the skills and capacities they need to thrive in learning, work, citizenship, and life.
$450,869 spentof which $1,000 as grants15% of program spendingOther programs: npesf provides grants to other public charities with a shared vision. Npesf supports organizations whose work advances key drivers of effective education reform with the goal of remodeling u.s. Public education - grounded in our democratic values and the science of learning - to prepare all students to thrive in today's world. In addition to program research and other special projects, npesf's other programs also include the support grants to alliance for excellent education, inc.
$976,982 spentof which $355,000 as grants32% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $3,013,734.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2021 to 2022, from $4.5M to $6.8M (+50%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2021 2%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
95% of NATIONAL PUBLIC EDUCATION SUPPORT FUND’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (88% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Frank Gettridge
President & CEO
Board chair
Kent Mcguire
Board chairman
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2019 and FY2020 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 14 funders to 27 funders, grant income fell $2.6M → $2.2M.
10 of 63 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 9% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of NATIONAL PUBLIC EDUCATION SUPPORT FUND’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 63 funders by total. Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
NATIONAL PUBLIC EDUCATION SUPPORT FUND has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 22% of grant income, and it takes 5 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 5 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 27% · 2018 45% · 2019 28% · 2020 20% · 2021 30% · 2022 25% · 2023 27% — broadly stable.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
60% of NATIONAL PUBLIC EDUCATION SUPPORT FUND's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 73% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
NATIONAL PUBLIC EDUCATION SUPPORT FUND draws 91% of its grant income from funders outside Washington, D.C., across 19 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $2.4M arriving through sponsors registered in 8 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
NATIONAL PUBLIC EDUCATION SUPPORT FUND's revenue fell 29% between 2017 and 2025.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 497 public benefit nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like NATIONAL PUBLIC EDUCATION SUPPORT FUND
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Washington, D.C.
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
76% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
57%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds NATIONAL PUBLIC EDUCATION SUPPORT FUND?
- NATIONAL PUBLIC EDUCATION SUPPORT FUND (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 63 organizations whose IRS filings report $25,875,660 to it, the largest being THE WILLIAM & FLORA HEWLETT FOUNDATION ($5,750,000). 46 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does NATIONAL PUBLIC EDUCATION SUPPORT FUND have?
- IRS filings report 63 organizations giving $25,875,660 in grants to NATIONAL PUBLIC EDUCATION SUPPORT FUND, 46 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of NATIONAL PUBLIC EDUCATION SUPPORT FUND?
- THE WILLIAM & FLORA HEWLETT FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $5,750,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like NATIONAL PUBLIC EDUCATION SUPPORT FUND find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Washington, D.C.. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 63 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing