All Ventures
Center City Public Charter Schools
Entrepreneur: Russ Williams
Nonprofit | Founded: 2008 | Visit the Site
Center City Public Charter Schools empower students for lifelong success by building strong character, promoting academic excellence, and generating public service throughout Washington D.C. Center City PCS teaches a broad liberal arts and humanities curriculum to students in PK-8th grade.
Centervention
Entrepreneur: Tim Huntley
For-profit | Founded: 2015 | Visit the Site
Centervention was part of the Expanded Definition of Student Success Ed Tech Challenge. Funds supported Centervention’s online games to help students in grades K-8 practice and improve social and emotional skills.
Charlotte Bilingual Preschool
Entrepreneur: Banu Valladares
Nonprofit | Founded: 2020 | Visit the Site
Charlotte Bilingual Preschool is a Latinx-led, dual language early childhood education provider in Charlotte, NC. They are building a Bilingual Early Childhood Education Workforce Development Program to meet Mecklenburg County’s need for quality, bilingual early childhood teachers and educators. Their program recruits future educators from the local Latinx community with a particular focus on their current students parents and families and provides participants with individualized guidance and tailored pathways to become licensed and credentialed Early Childhood Education teachers.
Charter Board Partners
Entrepreneur: Carrie Irvin
Nonprofit | Founded: 2011 | Visit the Site
Charter Board Partners (CBP) brings new talent into education reform leadership by recruiting individuals to join public charter school boards. CBP connects charter schools with dedicated individuals who bring relevant skills, experience, and leadership capacity. In turn, CBP provides these individuals with a meaningful, skills-based volunteer opportunity, access to training and tools as they join boards, and the opportunity to build their personal and professional networks.
Chicago International Charter School
Nonprofit | Founded: 1997 | Visit the Site
Chicago International Charter School’s core purpose is to offer Chicago families excellent and innovative school choices where their children thrive every day. Through a portfolio model of 14 innovative and diverse schools, we serve 8,300 students and offer varied and high-quality options to Chicago families. This organization participated in the second cohort of our ‘Transcend+NewSchools Collaborative’ – a multi-faceted nine-month program that guided districts and charter network leaders through a process to reimagine their schools.
Chicago International Charter Schools
Entrepreneur: Beth Purvis
Nonprofit | Founded: 1997 | Visit the Site
Chicago International Charter Schools is a charter management organization serving over 9,000 students in grades K-12 in Chicago, IL.
Chicago Public Schools: Lead with CPS
Entrepreneur: Dr. Janice Jackson
Nonprofit | Founded: 2019 | Visit the Site
Launched in 2019, Lead with CPS serves as the umbrella under which leadership development programs will be aligned, eliminating silos between existing programs, and establishing a common vision and goals for creating diverse talent pipelines. Lead with CPS defines what leadership means at every level and provides transparent and equitable access to leadership opportunities that meet the needs of all employees, with a particular focus on recruiting and advancing African American and Latinx employees who are underrepresented among the district’s leadership, especially compared to the demographics of the students they serve. With a core commitment to equity, Lead with CPS aims to strategically recruit and prepare leaders of color and facilitate their advancement within the district.
Chiefs for Change: Future Chiefs
Entrepreneur: Mike Magee
Nonprofit | Founded: 2016 | Visit the Site
Chiefs for Change (CFC) is a nonprofit network of diverse state and district education Chiefs dedicated to preparing all students for today’s world and tomorrow’s. The Future Chiefs program is a 12-month, cohort-based experience in which CFC recruits 8-10 high-potential “Future Chiefs” who are one to two steps removed from obtaining state or district Chief roles, develops them, and helps place them into Chief roles.
Children First Network
Entrepreneur: Shael Suransky
Nonprofit | Visit the Site
New York City Dept. of Education initiative called Children First Network was designed to integrate operational and instructional support for schools.
Citizens of the World Charter Schools
Entrepreneur: Kriste Dragon, Alison Kerr
Nonprofit | Visit the Site
Citizens of the World schools develop sophisticated thinkers who master content and have a courageous and compassionate sense of responsibility for themselves and all people. They empower children to think critically and learn to engage respectfully and productively with fellow students by developing their capacity to enter into and understand the lives of others.
City on a Hill
Entrepreneur: Erica Brown
Nonprofit | Founded: 1995 | Visit the Site
City on a Hill Charter Public School is a college preparatory high school open to all students in Boston, MA. City on a Hill serves students who are traditionally underserved by the public school system.
ClassDojo
Entrepreneur: Sam Chaudhary, Liam Don
For-profit | Founded: 2011 | Visit the Site
Funds supported ClassDojo’s in-classroom behavior management tool that helps teachers improve behavior and make class more engaging.
ClassWallet
Entrepreneur: Jamie Rosenberg
For-profit | Visit the Site
Funds supported ClassWallet’s integrated platform in which teachers can can collect and manage money, shop for education products, and keep track of spending.
CodeHS
Entrepreneur: Zach Galant, Jeremy Keeshin
For-profit | Visit the Site
Funds supported CodeHS’ solutions to spread the knowledge of computer science by offering well-crafted instructional materials supported continuously by the quality, personal attention of enthusiastic tutors.
CodeNow
Entrepreneur: Ryan Seashore
Nonprofit | Founded: 2011 | Visit the Site
Funds supported CodeNow’s program focused on teaching underrepresented high school students foundational skills in computer programming.
codeSpark
Entrepreneur: Grant Hosford, Joe Shochet
For-profit | Visit the Site
codeSpark was part of the Early Learning Ed Tech Challenge. Funds supported codeSpark’s computer science education platform for early learners.
Cognitive ToyBox
Entrepreneur: Tammy Kwan, Dr. Brenden Lake
For-profit | Visit the Site
Cognitive ToyBox was part of the Early Learning Ed Tech Challenge. Funds supported Cognitive ToyBox’s science-backed learning games for early childhood.
Community Equity Partners
Entrepreneur: Erin Trent Johnson
For-profit | Founded: 2016 | Visit the Site
Community Equity Partners’ (CEP) retains, elevates, and sustains senior leaders of color and white allies who are poised and prepared to dismantle the historic and systemic patterns of exclusion within their organization. We also create opportunity for future leaders of color to thrive in the schools and communities they serve. CEP achieves this by disrupting the dominant and exclusive organizational culture through cross-racial relationships and coaching.
CommunityBuild Ventures
Entrepreneur: Natasha & Ayodele Harrison
For-profit | Founded: 2011 | Visit the Site
CommunityBuild Ventures is a pro-Black, solution-focused organization committed to eliminating racial disparities by developing powerful, impactful, and racial equity-driven leaders and organizations. They are launching a new initiative, The Black Male Teacher Innovation (BMTI) Center, a culturally and racially affirming community focused on supporting and retaining Black male teachers in education. The BMTI Center utilizes practices that center healing and self-care, social emotional learning (SEL) competencies for adults, and equity-centered teaching, learning, and leadership.
