Our Partners

At Bellwether, we choose to work with organizations and leaders who share our commitment to improving education and advancing equity for all young people — regardless of identity, circumstance, or background.

Bellwether partners with the most diverse cross-section of education organizations of any education consulting firm — including school districts, charter schools, boards of education, government agencies, news media outlets, foundations, innovative companies, and more.

We maintain confidentiality of all client information during and after any engagement, but as part of our commitment to transparency, we share this list of all our clients and funders since our founding in 2010. An organization’s name appearing here does not imply any endorsement of or by Bellwether. Bear in mind that many of these entities are not current projects. Please contact us with specific questions.

50CAN
50CAN-Pennsylvania
60 Minutes
826 National
826 Chicago
100kin10
A Better Chicago
A Street Ventures
Academie Lafayette
Academy for Urban School Leadership
Academy Prep Foundation
Accord Education
ACE Charter Schools
Achieve.org
Achieve Atlanta
Achievers Early College Prep Charter School
Achievement First
The Achievement Network
ACT, Inc.
The Addams Family Foundation
Advance Illinois
Agenda for Children
Algiers Charter Schools Association
Alliance for College-Ready Public Schools
Alliance for Excellent Education
Alpha Public Schools
America Achieves
American Center for School Choice
The American Center for School Choice
American Enterprise Institute
American Federation for Children | Alliance for School Choice
American Montessori Society
American Student Assistance
The American Prospect
Amigos Por Vida Public Charter School
Amira Learning
Amplify
AppleTree Institute for Education Innovation
Applied Engineering Management Corporation
Apprion LLC
Arabella Advisors
Archdiocese of New York
Ardagh Group
Arkansas Department of Education
Arkansas Early Childhood Association
The Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation
Ascend Learning
Archdiocese of Boston
Archdiocese of New York
Ardagh Group
Arkansas Community Foundation
Arkansas Early Childhood Association
Arnold Ventures
Asia Society
Aspire Public Schools
Aspire University
Association for the Advancement of Mexican Americans
Association of College and University Educators
The Aspen Insitute/Stevens Initiative
Audubon Schools
Aurora Charter School
Available to All
BakerRipley
The Ballmer Group
Baltimore City Public Schools
Baltimore Leadership School for Young Women
The BARR Center
Barr Foundation
BASIS Schools
Baton Rouge Area Foundation
Beta Academy
Bezos Family Foundation
BDT and Company LLC
Benjamin Franklin Institute of Technology
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Black Alliance for Educational Options
Black Teacher Collaborative
Bloomberg Philanthropies
Blue Engine
Bluum
Boston Charter Fund
Boston College
The Boston Foundation
Boston Schools Fund
Boston Teacher Residency
Boys Hope Girls Hope
BRICK Education Network
Brilla Public Charter Schools
The Broad Center for the Management of School Systems
Bronx Charter School for the Arts
Brooke Charter Schools
Brown University
Buck Institute for Education
The Buffett Early Childhood Fund
Building Educated Leaders for Life
Building Excellent Schools
CALDER
Caliber Schools
California Charter Schools Association
California Community Foundation
California Education Partners
Callaway Foundation
Cambiar Education
Canutillo Independent School District
Capital Area Intermediate Unit
Carnegie Corporation of New York
Carnegie Learning
CASA for Children of DC
Catherine Hershey Schools for Early Learning
Catholic Diocese of Cleveland
Center for Early Childhood Health and Development
The Carol Ann and Ralph V. Haile, Jr. / U.S. Bank Foundation
The Catalyst Schools
The Center for Effective Philanthropy
Center on Enhancing Early Learning Outcomes
Center on Reinventing Public Education
Center for Transformative Teaching and Learning
Chan Zuckerberg Initiative
Charles and Helen Schwab Foundation
Charles Koch Institute
Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools
Charter Impact Fund
Charter Parents United
Charter School Growth Fund
Charter School Partners
Chicago Community Trust
Chicago International Charter Schools
Chicago Public Schools
Chicagoland Workforce Funder Alliance
Chiefs for Change
Children First Fund
Children’s Literacy Initiative
Children’s Museum Houston
Choose to Succeed
Cincinnati Business Committee
Cincinnati Regional Business Committee
Citizens of the World Charter Schools
City Education Partners
The City Fund
City Garden Montessori School
City of Richmond, VA
City on a Hill
Cityscape Schools, Inc.
City Year Seattle
Civic Enterprises
Clarksdale Collegiate
Clayton Early Learning
Cleveland Metropolitan School District
Collaborative for Student Success
College Access: Research & Action
College Achieve Public Schools
The College Board
College Possible
College Summit
College Track
Collegiate Academies
Colorado Succeeds
Commit!
CommonLit
Communities Foundation of Texas
Communities In Schools, Inc.
Community Charter School of Cambridge
The Community Foundation Serving Richmond and Central Virginia
Community Guilds
Compass Learning
Compass Rose Academy
Coney Island Prep Charter School
ConnCAN
ConnectEDU
Cosmos Foundation
Consortium Partnership Network
Council of Chief State School Officers
Council of State Science Supervisors
Creative Minds International Public Charter School
Crescent City Schools
Cristo Rey Network
Cristo Rey St. Martin College Prep
Crown Family Philanthropies
CSForAll
Cullen Foundation
Curriculum Associates
D2L
Dallas County Community College District
Daniels Fund
Darden/Curry Partnership for Leaders in Education
Data Quality Campaign
DC Association of Chartered Public Schools
DC Bilingual Public Charter School
DC Prep
DC Public Charter School Board
Deans for Impact
Democracy Prep Public Schools
Digital Pioneers Academy
Digital Promise
Discourse Analytics
District of Columbia Public Schools
Donnell-Kay Foundation
Doris & Donald Fisher Fund
Dove Schools
Downtown College Prep
The Drexel Fund
East Central Independent School District
Easterseals
East Harlem Tutorial Program
East Texas Advanced Academies
EdBuild
EdFuel
EdNavigator
Ednovate
Educate78
Educate Texas
Educause
Education Forward DC
Education Matters
Education Next
Education Post
Education Reform Now
Education Cities
Education Sector
EducationCounsel
Educators 4 Excellence
EduDream
Edward Hynes Charter School Corporation
Elan Academy
El Dorado County Office of Education
EL Education (formerly Expeditionary Learning)
Elsie Whitlow Stokes Community Freedom Public Charter School
EMERGE
Empower Schools
E.L. Haynes
The Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation
El Paso Leadership Academy
Emerson Collective
Encore.org
Envision Education
EPIC Academy
Equable Institute
Equitable Facilities Fund
Equal Opportunity Schools
Equitas Academy Charter Schools
Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation
Exam Performance
Excellent Schools Detroit
Excellent Schools New Mexico
Expeditionary Learning
Fannie Mae
The Farmer Family Foundation
First Five Years Fund
First Place for Youth
Fort Lewis College
Foundation for Child Development
Foundation for Excellence in Education
Franklin-McKinley School District
Freedom Preparatory Academy
Friedman Foundation for Educational Choice
Friendship Public Charter Schools
Friends of Brooklyn Laboratory Charter Schools
Frontier Schools
Fugees Family
Fulton County Schools
Future is Now Schools
Galileo Learning
Gates Family Foundation
Genesys Works
GEO Academies
George Kaiser Family Foundation
George W. Brackenridge Foundation
George W. Bush Institute
GeorgiaCAN
Georgia Charter School Association
Georgia Early Education Alliance for Ready Students (GEEARS)
Georgia Leadership Institute for School Improvement
Global Nomads Group
Goldsbury Foundation
Goodwill Education Initiatives, Inc.
Google
Great Minds
Great Minnesota Schools Fund
Greater Lafayette Chamber of Commerce
Greater Los Angeles Education Foundation
Greater New Orleans, Inc.
Greater Tacoma Community Foundation
Green Dot Public Schools
Greentrike
Grimmway Schools
Guggenheim Partners
Great Oakland Public Schools
Gulf of Maine Research Institute
Hall Family Foundation
Harmony Education Foundation
Harmony Public Schools
HeadStarter Network
Hebrew Charter School Center
Heising-Simons Foundation
Hennepin Schools
Hiawatha Academies
Higher Achievement
Hope Street Group
Houston Classical Academy
HR Academy
Hyde Family Foundations
i3 Academy
IDEA Public Schools
IDEO
Illinois Network of Charter Schools
Independence Mission Schools
Ingenuity Prep Public Charter School
InnovateEDU
Innovate Public Schools
InspireNOLA
Institute for Advanced Study
Institute for Innovation in Public School Choice
Instituto del Progreso Latino
International Leadership of Texas
Intrinsic Schools
J.A. and Kathryn Albertson Foundation
Jacobson Family Foundation
Jersey City Public Schools
Jumpstart
The Joyce Foundation
K12 Inc.
Kansas City Teacher Residency
Kenan Fellows Program at North Carolina State University
The Kendeda Fund
Kenneth Rainin Foundation
The Kern Family Foundation
The Kindezi Schools
KIPP
Kleinheinz Family Endowment for the Arts and Education
KnowledgeWorks Foundation
Kresge Foundation
Lake Wales Charter Schools
Lastinger Center, University of Florida
Latino Educational Equity Partnerships
Laura and John Arnold Foundation
Leadership for Educational Equity
The Leadership Institute of Nevada
Leading Educators
League of Education Voters
The Learning Accelerator
The Learning Agency
Learn4Life, Metro Atlanta Regional Education Partnership
LEEP Dual Language Academy
The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust
Lexington Institute
Lifelong Learning
LISA Academy
Los Angeles Unified School District
Louis Calder Foundation
Louisiana Department of Education
Lowell Community Charter Public School
LSG Charitable Foundation
Ludwig Family Foundation
The Lynch Foundation
M.C. Adams Public Charter School
Making Waves Academy
Manhattan Institute for Policy Research
Margulf Foundation
Marriott Foundation
Maryland State Department of Education
Mass Insight Education
Massachusetts Business Alliance for Education
Massachusetts Charter Public School Association
Massachusetts Department of Education
MaST Community Charter School
Mastery Charter Schools
MATCH School
Match Education
Matriculate
Medstar Georgetown Wellbeing in School Environments
MENTOR: The National Mentoring Partnership
The McKnight Foundation
Michael & Susan Dell Foundation
Microsoft Corporation
The Miles Foundation
MIND Research Institute
The Mind Trust
Minnesota Comeback
Mississippi Charter School Authorizer Board
Mississippi First
Modern Classrooms Project
Montgomery County Public Schools
Mount Sinai Health System
The Moriah Fund
Mott Haven Academy
NASPA Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education
National Academy of Advanced Teacher Education
National Alliance for Public Charter Schools
National Association of Charter School Authorizers
National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials Education Fund
National Center for Montessori in the Public Sector
National Center for Teacher Residencies
National Center on Time & Learning
National Chamber Foundation
National Civil Rights Museum
National College Attainment Network
National Congress of American Indians
National Indian Education Association
National Institute for Excellence in Teaching
National Leadership Roundtable on Church Management
National Math and Science Initiative
National Partnership for Juvenile Services
National Summer School Initiative
Native American Community Academy Inspired Schools Network (NISN)
The NEA Foundation
Nellie Mae Education Foundation
Network for College Success
Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship
The Neubauer Family Foundation
Nevada Department of Education
Nevada Rise Academy
Newark Opportunity Youth Network
NewSchools Venture Fund
New America
New Classrooms Innovation Partners
New Haven Public Schools
New Leaders
New Meridian
New Mexico Public Education Department
New Paradigm for Education
New Profit Inc.
New Schools for Baton Rouge
New Schools for New Orleans
New Teacher Center
New Venture Fund
New York City Charter School Center
The Niswonger Foundation
Noble Network of Charter Schools
Normandy Schools Collaborative
Norwalk ACTS
Notre Dame ACE Academies
Not Your Ordinary School Charter School
NWEA
The Oaks Academy
Office of the State Superintendent of Education
Ohio State Department of Education
Oklahoma Youth Expo
OneGoal
One Million Degrees
OpenSciEd
Opportunity 180 Las Vegas
The Opportunity Trust
Orleans Parish School Board
Out Teach
Overdeck Family Foundation
The Pacific Companies
Pahara Institute
PARCC Consortia
Parent Revolution
Partners for Education at Berea College
The Partnership for Inner-City Education
Partnership for Los Angeles Schools
Partnership Schools
Pathway 2 Tomorrow
PAVE Schools
PennCAN
Pennsylvania Head Start Association
People’s Preparatory Newark
Perspectives Charter Schools
Philadelphia Leadership Academy
Philadelphia School Partnership
Phoenix Charter Academy
The Philanthropy Roundtable
Philip’s Education Partners
Pittsburgh Public Schools
Policy Analysis for California Education
Policy Innovators in Education: PIE Network
Porter-Leath
Premier Charter School
Prichard Committee for Academic Excellence
Program in Education, Afterschool, and Resiliency (PEAR)
Project Basta
Project Lead the Way
Prospect Schools
Public Impact
R Street Institute
Rally
Reading Partners
Ready Colorado
Reason Foundation
Re-Center: Race & Equity in Education
Region IX Education Cooperative
The Renaissance Schools Fund
ReNew Schools Charter Management Organization
RePublic Schools
Responsive Education Solutions
Results for America
Resurgence Hall
Revolution Foods
Revolution Prep
Richard and Susan Smith Family Foundation
Richmond Management Roundtable
Richmond Public Schools
Ripple Effects
The Rhode Island Department of Education
The Rhode Island Foundation
The Rhodes School
Robertson Foundation
Robins Foundation
Rochester Area Community Foundation
Rocketship Education
Rocketship Public Schools
Rodel Foundation of Delaware
Roman Archdiocese of Boston
RootEd
Rowan-Salisbury Schools
Roxbury Prepartory Charter School
San Antonio Foundation for Excellence in Education
San Antonio Independent School District
San Francisco Unified School District
San Jose Unified School District
Santa Fe Community Foundation
Save the Children
Scholar Academies
School Board Partners
School District of Philadelphia
School Leaders Network
School of Science and Technology
SchoolSmartKC
SchoolTalk DC
SchoolView Services
SERVE Center
Sesame Street Workshop
Shine Early Learning
The 74 Million
San Joaquin A+
Sid W. Richardson Foundation
Silver Ventures
SK Consulting Group
Sobrato Early Academic Language
Sojourner Truth Academy
Springfield Prep Charter School
St. Augustine High School (New Orleans)
St. Ignatius Catholic School
St. Louis Public Schools
Stand for Children
Stand Together
Stanford Graduate School of Education – Center to Support Excellent in Teaching
State Charter Schools Commission of Georgia
State Collaborative on Reforming Education (SCORE)
The State University of New York (SUNY) Charter Schools Institute
The Steering Committee for Action on Louisville’s Agenda
STEMSpring Academy
Strada Education Foundation
Stranahan Foundation
Strategic Grant Partners
STRIVE Preparatory Schools
The Stuart Foundation
Students for Ed Reform
The Suder Foundation
Summit Public Schools
Sylvan Learning
Teach for America
Teach for America – Bay Area
Teach for America – Detroit
Teach for America of Greater New Orleans
Teach for America – Northeast Ohio
TeachForward
Teach Plus
Teacher Collaborative
Teacher Collective
Teacher Prep Inspections – US
Teacher Town
Teaching Institute for Excellence in STEM
Teaching Trust
Telamon Corporation
Temple University
Tennessee Achievement School District
Tennessee Charter School Center
Tennessee Department of Education
Tennessee State Board of Education
Tennessee State Collaborative on Reforming Education (SCORE)
Texas Charter School Association
Texas Public Charter School Association
ThinkCERCA
Thinking Nation
Third Sector New England
Thomas B. Fordham Institute
Thread
Thrive Washington
Thurgood Marshall Academy
Thurgood Marshall College Fund
Tipping Point Community
TNTP
Toledo Community Foundation
Tow Youth Justice Institute
Transcend Education
Troy University
Trust for Learning
Tulsa Public Schools
Tybee Island Maritime Academy
uAspire
UnBound Ed
United Way of Greater Atlanta
United Way of Greater Kansas City
University of Arkansas
University of California Berkeley Center for the Study of Chilcare Employment
University of California Davis School of Education Resourcing Excellence in Education
The University of Chicago Urban Education Institute
The University of Chicago Center for Elementary Mathematics and Science Education
University of Virginia Curry School of Education
Unlocking Potential
UP Education Network (formerly Unlocking Potential)
Uplift Education
UP Partnership
Urban Prep Academies
Urban Teacher Center
Urban Teacher Residency United
Valley Christian Schools
Voices College-Bound Language Academies
W.K. Kellogg Foundation
Washington Jesuit Academy
The Wallace Foundation
The Walton Family Foundation
Walton Personal Philanthropy Group
The Washington Leadership Academy
Westat
WestEd
Whiz Kids Oklahoma
The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
William Penn Foundation
Wireless Generation
Wonderland, Inc.
Wright State University College of Education and Human Services
Yakima School District
YES Prep Public Schools
YMCA of Greater Boston
York Public Schools
Youth Communication
YouthTruth

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