What makes KnowledgeWorks Foundation different is our unconventional approach to education philanthropy.

We describe our method in three simple words: "Fund, Facilitate, and Do."

• By funding initiatives, we are strategically investing resources, including time, money, and people, into priority areas.
• By facilitating initiatives, we are bringing together people who might not traditionally work collaboratively to discuss issues and uncover new solutions.
• By doing some of the work ourselves, we're able to fill temporary gaps where there may not be an individual, team, or community to take on a particular challenge.

See "The KnowledgeWorks Way"

Mission
Solving national education problems innovatively and with others

Vision
Achieving personal freedom through the love of learning

Values
Fanatical belief that all students have a right to a great education

		We are transforming Ohio's public schools, where only 7 in 10 students graduate every year, from a one-size-fits-all education system into schools where respect for the individual is paramount, and every child is considered "college material."
		We are responding to the over one million Ohioans struggling on inadequate incomes by developing initiatives that are breaking down the individual, institutional, and policy barriers standing in the way of college access for all.
		We are responding to the state's low college entrance rate by developing initiatives that capture the college potential of all Ohioans whose lives could be changed through higher education, and advocating for the policy changes that give all dreams a chance.
		We are empowering communities, transforming high schools, and opening the doors to the halls of higher education for all Ohioans at the most powerful level, the state level.
		We are reinventing the relationships between school districts and the community, and demonstrating the power of a school created and sustained by a village.