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How You Can Help
Supporters and Partners
New Leaders aims to build strong relationships with corporations and foundations to help increase awareness of our organization and its goals to further our mission. Partnerships are central to our mission. We bring together individuals and organizations devoted to improving urban schools through effective leadership. Our advisors and individual thought partners include teachers, principals, academics, and business leaders. Our organizational partners include urban school districts, foundations and venture philanthropy funds, school reform organizations, technology firms, charter school organizations, and universities.
We are fortunate to count among our partners the New York City Department of Education, District of Columbia Public Schools, Chicago Public Schools, Memphis City Schools, Oakland Unified School District, Baltimore City Public School System and Aspire Public Schools.
If you or your organization are interested in partnering with New Leaders for New Schools, please feel free to contact us today:
Mike Capobianco, Director of Corporate Partnerships
646-792-1048 or
mcapobianco@nlns.org
Our Supporters
The Abell Foundation
The Abell Foundation is a key supporter of our Baltimore program.
www.abell.org
Annie E. Casey Foundation
The Annie E. Casey Foundation is an early supporter of New Leaders and has provided generous assistance for our evaluation efforts.
www.aecf.org
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
In early 2005, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation became New Leaders' largest funder. The foundation's generous contribution is focused solely on recruiting and training leaders for small secondary schools. This support helped New Leaders achieve just over 50 percent of its fundraising goal to create a 550 person national urban principal corps serving 250,000 students.
www.gatesfoundation.org
The Boeing Company
The Boeing Company is a key partner for New Leaders, providing generous philanthropic support to our Chicago program. In addition, Boeing's executive team provides personal support by serving as Corporate Mentors for our principals.
www.boeing.com
The Broad Foundation
The Broad Foundation was one of our earliest philanthropic and strategic partners, and they continue to work closely with us on our program design, growth plan, and revenue model. We are also grateful for their ongoing collaboration with us as a funding partner.
www.broadfoundation.org
FedEx
FedEx is a key supporter of our Memphis program.
www.fedex.com
The Fund for Educational Excellence
The Fund for Educational Excellence is a key initial supporter for the launch of our Baltimore program.
www.ffee.org
The Hyde Family Foundation
The Hyde Family Foundation is a key supporter of our Memphis program.
www.hydefamilyfoundation.org
The Jack Kent Cooke Foundation
The Jack Kent Cooke Foundation is a generous national supporter of New Leaders as well as a strong supporter of our Washington, D.C. program.
www.jackkentcookefoundation.org.
The Kimsey Foundation
The Kimsey Foundation was one of the first supporters of our Washington, D.C. program and continues to be the cornerstone of our work in that city.
www.kimseyfoundation.org
Kirkland & Ellis
Kirkland & Ellis generously provides its services to us pro bono, informing almost every aspect of our work from employee policies to partnership agreements.
www.kirkland.com
The Michael & Susan Dell Foundation
The Michael & Susan Dell Foundation's mission is to fund initiatives that foster active minds, healthy bodies, and a safe environment where children can thrive. Using a collaborative approach, existing programs and organizations are sought that will serve as links that address unmet needs in five essential focus areas - health, education, safety, youth development, and early childhood care.
www.msdf.org
The Monitor Group
The Monitor Group has generously provided pro bono strategic consulting services to New Leaders since the launch of our pilot program.
www.monitor.com
New Profit, Inc.
New Profit was a founding philanthropic and strategic partner for New Leaders for New Schools. They provided funding, strategic advice, and convened strategy sessions on the New Leaders business and growth plan that included social entrepreneurs and management consultants from The Monitor Group. We thank the entire New Profit team for their early support, dedication, and close attention to helping us accomplish our mission.
www.newprofit.org
The Prudential Foundation
The Prudential Foundation provides support to innovative direct-service programs that address the needs of communities in three areas: Ready to Learn, Ready to Work, and Ready to Live.
www.prudential.com.
NewSchools Venture Fund
New Schools Venture Fund was one of our earliest philanthropic and strategic partners. They also helped us refine and focus our program and business model. We are grateful for their expertise and commitment to our mission.
www.newschools.org
Noyce Foundation
The Noyce Foundation is one of New Leaders' earliest supporters and has been a cornerstone of our comprehensive evaluation initiative.
www.noycefdn.org.
Tiger Foundation
The Tiger Foundation is a key supporter of our New York City program.
www.tigerfoundation.org
United States Department of Education
The Department of Education was created in 1980 by combining offices from several federal agencies. Its original directive remains its mission today—to ensure equal access to education and to promote educational excellence throughout the nation.
www.ed.gov
Wachovia Corporation
Wachovia Corporation is a supporter of our New York and Washington, D.C. programs through its Teachers & Teaching Initiative.
www.wachovia.com
The Walton Family Foundation, Inc.
The Walton Family Foundation aims to improve educational opportunities for students in grades K-12 by supporting educational reform initiatives.
www.wffhome.com
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