The Eli & Edythe Broad Foundation
(also known as The Broad Foundation)
10900 Wilshire Blvd.,
12th Fl. Los Angeles, CA 90024-6532
Telephone: (310) 954 -5050
Contact: Wendy Jones, Grants Coordinator.
Karen Denne, Chief Communications Officer
kdenne@broadfoundation.org
Fax: (310) 954-5051
E-mail: info@broadfoundation.org
grants@broadfoundation.org
URL: www.broadfoundation.org

Financial Data (yr. ended 12/31/07): Assets: $1,964,521,000; Total giving: $127,304,000

Limitations
Giving on a national basis.

Purpose and Activities
The foundation's mission is to dramatically improve K -12 urban public education through better
governance, management, and labor relations.

Fields of Interest
Elementary/secondary school reform

Geographic Focus
National

Types of Support
Program-related investments/loans
Application Information
See foundation Web site for list of eligible urban school districts. Application form not required.
Initial approach: Concept paper (no more than 3 pages)
Copies of proposal: 1
Deadline(s): Rolling basis
Final notification: Within 60 days

Eligible Districts
New Hampshire
Manchester

Unsolicited Proposals
The Broad Foundation proactively seeks out investments in its areas of interest and invites
potential grantees to apply. We are continually on the lookout for urban school districts and
organizations doing exemplary work that aligns with our mission, which is to dramatically
improve urban K -12 public education through better governance, management, labor relations
and competition.

Our proactive approach enables us to identify organizations and individuals that are aligned with
our strategy and have a high potential to make a significant impact in K-12 urban education.
Unsolicited proposals are rarely funded. However, interested organizations may send a one - or
two-page letter of inquiry describing your project, organization, estimated project cost and a
preliminary request for funding to grants@broadfoundation.org. While the Foundation will not
acknowledge receipt of these unsolicited letters of inquiry, if we would like more information, we
will contact you within four weeks of receipt.

Selected Grants
The following grants were reported in 2005:

• $10,000,000 to Council of Chief State School Officers, Washington, DC. For
  development and implementation of SchoolMatters.com, national education data
  website, payable over 1 year.
• $3,204,199 to Broad Center for the Management of School Systems, Los Angeles, CA.
  To train individuals interested in becoming educational leaders in urban school districts
  throughout country, payable over 1 year.
• $2,500,000 to Pacific charter School Development, Huntington Park, CA . To develop
  charter school facilities in Los Angeles, payable over 1 year.
• $1,860,000 to New Schools Fund, San Francisco, CA. For incubation and development
  of high -quality nonprofit charter school management organizations across country, payable over 1 year.
• $1,800,000 to Aspire Public Schools, Oakland, CA. For expansion of high -quality public
  charter schools in California, payable over 1 year.
• $1,500,000 to East Bay Community Foundation, Oakland, CA. To continue Oakland
  Unified School Districts central office redesign, payable over 1 year.
• $1,308,600 to Fund for Public Schools, New York, NY. To analyze and redesign New
  York City Department of Education Department of Human Resources, payable over 1
  year.
• $1,209,189 to Center for Reform of School Systems, Houston, TX. To train newly elected
  and appointed school board members to be effective policy and reform leaders, payable
  over 1 year.
• $1,200,000 to LAs BEST (Better Educated Students for Tomorrow), Los Angeles, CA.
  For new after -school programs, payable over 1 year.
• $200,000 to National Center for Educational Accountability, Austin, TX. For School
  Information Partnership, national public-private partnership to assist states in effectively
  using internet -based education data