The Education Fund provides private sector leadership and support for innovation in public education. It designs and implements initiatives that involve the entire community in developing its schools and bringing excellence to the education process. Established as an independent non-profit organization in 1985 with a one-time seed grant from the Ford Foundation, The Education Fund has grown from developing a single program that awarded small grants to teachers to one that has initiated over a dozen programs that build momentum for innovation for all 340,000+ students and 22,000+ teachers in 390+ schools in Miami-Dade County. Our goal is to maximize every child's potential and to ensure that all children graduate and have every opportunity for success, which will guarantee the health of our community's economic and civic future.