Grants

Education Pioneers, Inc.

Project Title

As a final grant for general support

Date

Jun. 13, 2019

Duration

12 months

Description

To realize the promise of system-wide excellence in education, a critical mass of managers and leaders is needed. Founded in 2003, Education Pioneers is a nonprofit with a mission to identify, train, connect, and inspire a new generation of professionals dedicated to transforming our education system so that all students receive a quality education. Their signature fellowship model recruits, develops, and places early and mid-career professionals in job opportunities involving project management and data analysis across the education sector. Through this final grant, Education Pioneers will (a) implement the Education Human Capital Leaders Institute for thirty human capital leaders in collaboration with the Urban Schools Human Capital Academy, another Corporation grantee, (b) run their fellowship program by recruiting and selecting a diverse cohort of 125 rising early- to mid-career leaders, (c) plan and execute a national alumni strategy, and (d) strengthen their financial sustainability.

Project Title

For a project to strengthen leadership development through strengthening a core fellowship program and by activating a growing alumni network

Date

Dec. 07, 2017

Duration

15 months

Description

Education Pioneers (EP) is a leading national nonprofit that focuses on developing leadership and management talent to solve outside-the-classroom-problems so students and teachers can thrive inside the classroom. In fourteen years, EP has selected and trained nearly 4,000 rising leaders to support 750+ total districts, charters, and support/governance organizations in over twenty cities. Prior Corporation support has focused on helping EP build this pipeline of talent and connect this talent to partner organizations (districts, charter management organizations, state agencies and nonprofits) in the education sector. With this grant, EP will focus on (1) strengthening its training and leadership development work for program participants (in its core fellowship program and also its program focused on human capital leadership); and (2) activating its growing alumni network.

Project Title

For the execution of the revitalization plan

Date

Dec. 08, 2016

Duration

12 months

Description

Education Pioneers focuses on building a pipeline of highly skilled school systems leaders through the recruitment of professionals from a wide array of academic and professional backgrounds. After years of sustained growth, in 2016 Education Pioneers experienced a decline in the number of participants entering its fellowship program. To address these issues, Education Pioneers has developed a year-long revitalization plan featuring three areas for targeted improvement: 1) Talent recruitment into its summer and career fellowship tracks; 2) Partnership development focusing on working with partners to identify projects and roles that Education Pioneers knows it can tap talent to fill; and 3) Improving talent-to-partner matching and placement. This grant will support Education Pioneers’ execution of the revitalization plan.

Project Title

For general support and implementation of strategic plan activities

Date

Jun. 04, 2015

Duration

18 months

Project Title

For the Emerging Human Capital Leaders Initiative pilot

Date

Sep. 11, 2014

Duration

12 months

Project Title

For capacity building to advance STEM initiatives of 100kin10 partners

Date

Dec. 05, 2013

Duration

12 months

Project Title

For general support

Date

Mar. 10, 2011

Duration

12 months