NonprofitsBellwether Education Partners Inc

Education

Bellwether Education Partners Inc

BOSTON, MA

Total revenue

$28.3M

Total expenses

$31.1M

Net assets

$16.9M

Grants received

$29.0M

123 grants

EIN

261914515

Tax year

2023

Mission

Helping ed. Orgs. Achieve results through policy analysis/evaluation/strategic support.

Financials

FY 2023

Revenue

Contributions & grants$5.3M
Program service revenue$22.6M
Investment income$417K
Other revenue
Total revenue$28.3M

Expenses

Grants paid$3.1M
Salaries & benefits$21.6M
Fundraising$497K
Other expenses$6.4M
Total expenses$31.1M
Total assets$21.4M
Net assets$16.9M

People

17 listed

NameRoleCompensation

MARY WELLS

PRESIDENT/PARTNER-STRATEGIC ADVISING

Board

$373K

40 hrs/wk

GRACE HEINTZ

CHAIRMAN/DIR. & SECRETARY

Board

5 hrs/wk

AARON MILLER

DIRECTOR/TREASURER

Board

5 hrs/wk

EBONY LEE

DIRECTOR

Board

5 hrs/wk

TINA FERNANDEZ

DIRECTOR

Board

5 hrs/wk

PAUL REVILLE

DIRECTOR

Board

5 hrs/wk

LT GENERAL CHARLES HOOPER

DIRECTOR

Board

5 hrs/wk

ANDREW ROTHERHAM

PARTNER, POLICY AND EVALUATION

Staff

$432K

40 hrs/wk

REBECCA GIFFORD GOLDBERG

PARTNER, STRATEGIC ADVISING

Staff

$370K

40 hrs/wk

JENNIFER SCHIESS

PARTNER, POLICY & EVALUATION

Staff

$345K

40 hrs/wk

JULIE SQUIRE

PARTNER, POLICY AND EVALUATION

Staff

$319K

40 hrs/wk

MELISSA STEEL KING

PARTNER, POLICY AND EVALUATION

Staff

$296K

40 hrs/wk

ANSON JACKSON

PARTNER, STRATEGIC ADVISING

Staff

$293K

40 hrs/wk

DAWANA WILLIAMSON

COO, PARTNER

Staff

$286K

40 hrs/wk

ALEX CORTEZ

PARTNER, STRATEGIC ADVISING

Staff

$277K

40 hrs/wk

AKESHIA CRAVEN-HOWELL

PARTNER, STRATEGIC ADVISING

Staff

$275K

40 hrs/wk

NICHOLAS LEE

PARTNER, POLICY AND EVALUATION

Staff

$269K

40 hrs/wk

Independent contractors

AGUAS CONSULTING LLC

FISCALLY SPONSORED PROGRAM SUPPORT

$399K

LEADING ELEPHANTS LLC

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT/DEI

$327K

PILLARS LLC

PROJECT CONSULTING SUPPORT

$295K

HELLER CONSULTING INC

SALESFORCE SUPPORT

$132K

Grants received

Showing 123 of 123

FromAmountPurposeYear
$1.6M
K-12 EDUCATION; POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION
2024
$660K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2024
$600K
K-12 EDUCATION
2024
$300K
FOR GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2024
$260K
TO IMPROVE EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES FOR LAUSD STUDENTS
2024
$253K
GENERAL OPERATIONS
2024
$209K
K-12 EDUCATION
2024
$168K
TO CONDUCT A LITERATURE REVIEW AND FIFTY-STATE POLICY SCAN TO UNDERSTAND IF AND HOW STATES AND SYSTEMS ARE USING ACCOUNTABILITY-RELATED POLICIES TO INCREASE THE VALUE AND RETURN-ON-INVESTMENT OF COLLEGE DEGREE PROGRAMS.
2024
$100K
RESEARCH, LEARNING & INNOVATION OPPORTUNITIES
2024
$95K
TO DEVELOP A PUBLIC REPORT AND INTERACTIVE TOOL FOR MODELING SCHOOL FINANCE SCENARIOS FOR USE BY THE ARKANSAS K-12 EDUCATION FINANCE TASK FORCE AND OTHER STAKEHOLDERS
2024
$80K
AI IN EDUCATION FUNDER COLLABORATIVE.
2024
$50K
K-12 EDUCATION
2024
$30K
INTERSECTION COLLECTIVE - SPED C.A.N! VILLAGE NETWORK 1 OF 2
2024
$22K
E4E TEACHER ACTION TEAM
2024
$10K
TO SUPPORT EDUCATIONAL INITIATIVES.
2024
$1.5M
To support projects and provide advisory support to increase public and influencer awareness of key policy solutions, including school funding equity, school transportation solutions, career pathways, and emerging innovative learning models.
2023
$1.5M
K-12 EDUCATION; POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION
2023
$1M
K-12 EDUCATION
2023
$600K
To Launch a new initiative that will commission and curate research from the nation's leading school finance experts.
2023
$600K
K-12 EDUCATION
2023
$560K
To manage a new grant program focused on solutions that better connect families and learners to innovative education options and learning experiences that offer greater value and flexibility.
2023
$400K
K-12 EDUCATION
2023
$255K
to provide an assessment of leadership, organizational structure, and strategic planning for APSRC and OPSRC
2023
$195K
GENERAL OPERATIONS
2023
$160K
Education & Economic Mobility
2023
$150K
LEARNING SOLUTIONS
2023
$150K
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2023
$135K
to support capacity building with the leadership of the Diocese of Little Rock (DoLR)
2023
$130K
FOR A FORUM FOR VIEWPOINT DIVERSITY
2023
$105K
Education & Economic Mobility
2023
$100K
IN FURTHERANCE OF GRANTEE'S TAX-EXEMPT PURPOSE
2023
$100K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2023
$75K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2023
$50K
K-12 EDUCATION
2023
$50K
MOUNTAIN WEST CONVENING
2023
$50K
THE PURPOSE OF THIS GRANT IS TO SUPPORT ACCELERATE EDUCATION'S CHARITABLE WORK
2023
$45K
TO FURTHER THE MISSION OF THE DONEE
2023
$35K
SCHOOL QUALITY & EQU
2023
$25K
Education & Economic Mobility
2023
$25K
Education & Economic Mobility
2023
$25K
SCHOOL BASED MENTAL HEALTH LANDSCAPE
2023
$2M
To manage a new grant program focused on solutions that better connect families and learners to innovative education options and learning experiences that offer greater value and flexibility.
2022
$802K
K-12 EDUCATION
2022
$639K
Launch the Filling the Gap grant fund; Thought leadership on unbundling and other projects as needed.
2022
$396K
Proof of Concept: Parent Directed Tutor Accounts
2022
$396K
Proof of Concept: Parent Directed Tutor Accounts
2022
$285K
To support Arkansas and Oklahoma Strategic Growth Institute Cohort.
2022
$138K
GENERAL OPERATIONS
2022
$130K
FOR A FORUM FOR VIEWPOINT DIVERSITY
2022
$100K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2022
$95K
SMH POLICY ACADEMY GRANT
2022
$75K
PARENT DIRECTED TUTORING ACCOUNTS
2022
$75K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2022
$75K
SUPPORT FOR HIGHEST NEEDS STUDENTS CAMPAIGN
2022
$55K
IN FURTHERANCE OF GRANTEE'S TAX-EXEMPT PURPOSE
2022
$50K
Education & Economic Mobility
2022
$35K
JUVENILE JUSTICE AND EDUCATION WORK LED BY HAILLY KORMAN + WELLNESS GRANT
2022
$5K
CONTINUING OPERATIONS
2022
$1K
GENERAL UNRESTRICTED CONTRIBUTION
2022
$500K
For the Postsecondary Pipeline Big Idea and a research project on the impact of COVID
2021
$250K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2021
$250K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2021
$175K
Education
2021
$50K
Project Support
2021
$50K
SUPPORT FOR HIGHEST NEEDS STUDENTS CAMPAIGN
2021
$30K
SPECIAL PROJECTS LED BY HAILLY KORMAN
2021
$25K
EDUCATIONAL
2021
$1M
GENERAL OPERATING
2020
$650K
COVID-19 Response: National Summer Institute
2020
$500K
TO PROVIDE EMERGENCY RELIEF TO SCHOOLS AND SUPPORT ORGS DURING COVID
2020
$500K
Education
2020
$466K
Pensions, Field Influence & Support
2020
$260K
FOR CONTINUED SUPPORT OF A PROJECT TO ALIGN SERVICES TO BETTER SERVE STUDENTS WITH INTERRUPTED EDUCATION
2020
$250K
SUMMER LEARNING
2020
$200K
INNOVATIVE SCHOOLS
2020
$181K
TO PROMOTE A MORE COMPREHENSIVE DIALOGUE ABOUT TEACHER PENSION REFORM.
2020
$181K
TO PROMOTE A MORE COMPREHENSIVE DIALOGUE ABOUT TEACHER PENSION REFORM.
2020
$150K
GENERAL - SCHOOLS & OTHER CHARITIES
2020
$111K
Election Forecasting & Impact Analysis
2020
$100K
SUPPORT FOR PARTICIPATION IN THE NATIONAL SUMMER SCHOOL INITIATIVE DUE TO COVID-19
2020
$95K
PROGRAM SUPPORT
2020
$75K
COVID-19 CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT PROJECT
2020
$65K
Grant 001 - To support Bellwether's teacher benefit modeling and technical assistance work as part of the state-specific teams working to achieve retirement system sustainability and affordability, and the capacity for retirement systems to support income security. Grant 007 - To support Bellwether's work in the first of two phases of work on teacher pensions, culminating in a partnership with U.S. News & World Report to create a magazine-style ranking of state-run teacher retirement systems.
2020
$50K
Support commentary on topics related to education following the 2020 presidential debates and election
2020
$50K
JUVENILE JUSTICE EDUCATION WORK
2020
$50K
GENERAL OPERATING/PROGRAM SUPPORT
2020
$31K
PROGRAM SUPPORT
2020
$20K
Education
2020
$20K
TO DEVELOP BETTER FUNCTIONALITY ON A MICROSITE THAT WILL INFORM THE FIELD AROUND POSTSECONDARY TRANSITIONS AMIDST THE COVID-19 CRISIS
2020
$10K
PROGRAM SUPPORT
2020
$9K
PROGRAM SUPPORT
2020
$340K
FOR CONTINUED SUPPORT OF A PROJECT TO ALIGN SERVICES TO BETTER SERVE STUDENTS WITH INTERRUPTED EDUCATION
2019
$250K
LAUNCH OF NATIONAL SUMMER SCHOOL INITIATIVE
2019
$175K
AS AN EMERGENCY RESPONSE TO THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC FOR THE PROJECT "WE THE GRADUATES" TO DEVELOP A LANDSCAPE ASSESSMENT AND TOOLS TO INFORM THE FIELD AROUND POSTSECONDARY TRANSITIONS AMIDST THE COVID-19 CRISIS
2019
$120K
FOR A PROJECT TO DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT A FIVE-YEAR STRATEGIC PLAN FOR OPENSCIED
2019
$82K
FOR A PROJECT TO INFORM THE OPENSCIED INITIATIVE THROUGH A LANDSCAPE ANALYSIS OF THE ELEMENTARY AND HIGH SCHOOL SCIENCE CURRICULUM MARKET
2019
$57K
TO SUPPORT THE EDUCATION EQUITY FUND
2019
$50K
YOUTH AND POLICING WORK
2019
$25K
FOR PROJECT SUPPORT FOR THE DELIVERY OF INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIAL TO FAMILIES
2019
$23K
YOUTH DEVELOPMENT AND EDUCATION
2019
$225K
FISCAL YEAR 2019 INVESTMENT
2018
$80K
CHARTER SCHOOL GROWTH
2018
$80K
CHARTER SCHOOL GROWTH
2018
$80K
CHARTER SCHOOL GROWTH
2018
$34K
EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION PROJECT SUPPORT
2018
$15K
DIVERSE LEADERS
2018
$485K
FOR CONTINUED WORK IN THREE SITES TO BETTER SERVE STUDENTS WITH INTERRUPTED EDUCATION
2017
$120K
Education
2017
$52K
EARLY LEARNING
2017

Funded by

$29.0M from 56 funders · 123 grants · 2017–2024

Gates Foundation

$7.0M · 12 grants · 2017–2024

Walton Family Foundation Inc

$6.8M · 10 grants · 2020–2023

Carnegie Corporation Of New York

$2.0M · 9 grants · 2017–2021

The Seminar Network Inc

$1M · 1 grant · 2020

Michael & Susan Dell Foundation

$792K · 2 grants · 2022

Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund

$700K · 4 grants · 2021–2023

Ecmc Foundation

$660K · 1 grant · 2024

Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund

$600K · 1 grant · 2020

Details

EIN261914515
NTEE codeB60
Subsection03
Ruling date2008-03
Formed2007
Employees132
Volunteers6
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