Fund for Teachers supports educators' efforts to develop skills, knowledge and confidence that impact student achievement.
Our organization is small, but our yearly impact is the size of large, urban school district in the United States. We put money where it matters: experienced teacher development. Research has proven that experienced teachers have a greater impact on student achievement.
The number of K-12 teachers we have served since 2001.
The number of students whose learning experience was transformed by our 2024 Fellows.
The average tenure of a FFT Fellow.
Districts struggle to meet experienced teachers’ needs, but of our Fellows report that their professional growth was significantly impacted by their grant.
of our Fellows report that the Fellowship experience gave them more confidence teaching their content.
Our teachers stay in education at higher rates than other teachers across the country.
of our 2014-2019 Fellows are still in education. 72% of these Fellows attribute the Fund for Teachers Fellowship for their decision to remain.
of our Fellows of Color & 68% of our Fellows who identify as White, attribute their Fund for Teachers Fellowship as a factor in their decision to stay in education.
Our 1998-2022 Fellows are twice as likely than their peers to still be in the classroom, in a study of Tulsa area public schools. (In a study conducted by ImpactTulsa.)
of our Wisconsin Fellows between 2010-2022 are still in education. This is 8% higher than those that applied but weren’t granted.
