Broad Foundation shifts funding focus
The Broad Foundation is recalibrating its K–12 philanthropy away from aggressive charter advocacy toward investments in teacher development and systemic improvement. The pivot signals changing private‑sector priorities for supporting public education and could influence local PD and partnership opportunities. (insidephilanthropy.com)
Inside Philanthropy published a deep dive on March 18, 2026 that traces recent changes in the Broad Foundation’s K–12 grantmaking and its retreat from a national, high‑profile posture. (insidephilanthropy.com)) The Broad joined the Ballmer Group and the Chuck Lorre Family Foundation in a combined $11 million commitment to the LAUSD Education Foundation to support LAUSD’s Priority Schools initiative. (insidephilanthropy.com)) The foundation’s public 2025 grants list names Building College Success’s new “Futures Project,” a STEAM‑aligned career‑pathways certification program intended to serve more than 400 students. (broadfoundation.org)) A separate 2025 grant package funded Bridge to Enter Advanced Mathematics (BEAM) to scale its Los Angeles program serving over 300 students and backed Cambiar Education’s plan to expand a micro‑internship model to reach about 1,400 LA students. (broadfoundation.org)) The Broad provided a $1.15 million grant to the News Literacy Project to create a News Literacy District Fellowship in partnership with LAUSD. (newslit.org)) Gerun Riley is listed as president overseeing an explicitly L.A.‑focused grant portfolio, and Inside Philanthropy reports the foundation intentionally narrowed its national role during a leadership transition. (broadinstitute.org)) Historical grant records show the Broad Family’s foundation gave at least $1.5 billion to education causes between 1999 and 2016, including large gifts to charter networks and reform organizations, while the 2025 grant lists emphasize system supports, teacher and career‑pathway programs in Los Angeles. (influencewatch.org))
