The Charter School Growth Fund (CSGF) is a

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-based

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fund that identifies the country's best public

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s, funds their expansion, and helps to increase their impact. CSGF is driven by a conviction that all children deserve great public schools in their communities.

Funding

In 2011, CSGF received a $1.25 million grant from the

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. Between 2001 and 2010, CSGF has received annual grants from the

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which totalled $16.5 million. The foundation increased their support to $3 million in 2012. CSGF also received $101.6 million from the

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Investments

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Learning was acquired by CSGF in 2010. Dreambox was heavily funded through

contributed by

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, Deborah Quazzo (founder and managing partner at GSV Advisors), and

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Governance

* Kevin Hall, CEO * John J. Fisher, manages Pisces, Inc., the

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family’s investment portfolio (Fisher is a son of the Gap founders) majority owner of the

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, and chairman of the

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, the nation’s largest charter school management company. *

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, president of the

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founder of the nonprofit Educational Enterprises Inc. (EEI), a Wisconsin-based organization

References

External links

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Funding

Investments

Governance

See also

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