Accelerate - the National Collaborative for Accelerated Learning

About Accelerate - the National Collaborative for Accelerated Learning

Accelerate - the National Collaborative for Accelerated Learning put $12,000,000 into the University of Chicago for research in 2025, a signal that research sits alongside implementation in its grantmaking. The foundation funds work tied to evidence, tools, and support for scaling proven strategies that improve student outcomes, with a clear emphasis on schools, state systems, and the organizations that help move learning approaches into practice. Its recent awards include large commitments to research universities as well as state education agencies and intermediary organizations. At the state level, the foundation has backed agencies and public-sector partners working on recovery and implementation, including $900,000 to the Delaware Department of Education and $711,394 to the Texas Education Agency. It also supports organizations that connect policy and practice, such as 50can Inc. and Citybridge Education, indicating a mix of research, technical assistance, and system support. The recipient list shows that the work is national in scope, with grants spread across state agencies, universities, and education nonprofits rather than concentrated in a single local market.

What Accelerate - the National Collaborative for Accelerated Learning Funds

Research is a major thread in the foundation’s grantmaking. In 2025, it awarded $3,387,500 to the University of Chicago for research, and in 2024 it gave $919,209 to The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University for research. Those awards point to a sustained interest in generating evidence tied to education practice. The foundation also supports state education implementation. It gave $700,000 and $550,000 to the Arkansas Department of Education Division of Elementary and Secondary Educ for States Leading Recovery, and $300,000 to the DC Treasurer Office of the State Superintendent of Education (osse) for the same area. Another strand is direct support for action-oriented education organizations: it awarded $400,000 to Cambiar Education for Call to Effective Action and $225,000 to Coursemojo Inc for the same purpose. Its subject areas include literacy and math, with recent grants to Literacy Mid-south Inc and to organizations working on technology-enabled learning.

How Accelerate - the National Collaborative for Accelerated Learning Gives