Edward E. Ford Foundation

Our Mission: The Edward E. Ford Foundation seeks to improve secondary education by supporting U.S. independent schools and encouraging promising practices. - We make Traditional Grants to eligible schools and Associations to help them grow and develop in pursuit of their own missions. - We make Educational Leadership Grants to eligible schools or groups of schools that consist of larger dollar awards to fewer recipients. - We encourage collaboration with others in both grant cycles. - Occasionally, we may make larger, multi- year Collaborative Innovation Grants in support of projects that have the potential to influence secondary education more broadly and positively affect our democratic society. - Beyond grant-making, we share what we learn, sponsor strategic meetings, and work with others to identify and respond to the most pressing challenges facing the field of secondary education.