Capacity gaps at every level are constraining our ability to deliver on ambitious goals

Leaders and teams nationally are working to improve outcomes for youth, families, and communities.
However, their efforts and investments often miss the mark because of a lack of organizational and ecosystem capacity. But capacity building efforts are often ineffective, inaccessible, and inequitable. There is no easy way for organizations, especially those proximate to marginalized communities, to access high quality support that is tailored to meet their needs and contexts. At an ecosystem level, there are few mechanisms to surface needs and insights in a timely way.

What if every education leader and team that identified a challenge could access the expertise and hands-on support they needed to address it? What if, as a sector, we were continuously learning from these efforts and leveraging insights to better students, families, and communities?

Catalyst:Ed is a national nonprofit working to transform the capacity of the nation’s education ecosystem and improve outcomes for the millions of students it serves. Our pioneering model rapidly and effectively matches education organizations to tailored technical assistance and capacity building supports so they can address long-standing challenges and expand the limits of what they can accomplish. We also invest in strengthening the capacity of grassroots organizations that work in close proximity to historically marginalized communities. At a systemic level, we are building the “marketplace” infrastructure – the technology, network, and know-how – needed to support capacity building at scale, strengthening the field of providers, and facilitating sector-wide learning.