| Foundation for Excellence in Education | |
| Established: | 2007 |
| Chairman: | Condoleezza Rice |
| Head Label: | Executive Director |
| Head: | Patricia Levesque |
| Address: | 215 South Monroe Street, Tallahassee, Florida 32301 |
| Budget: | Revenue: $11,884,963 Expenses: $12,608,835 (FYE December 2014)[1] |
| Website: | www.excelined.org[2] |
The Foundation for Excellence in Education is a non-profit think tank on education reform based in Tallahassee, Florida.
The foundation was established by Jeb Bush, shortly after his tenure as Governor of Florida from 1999 to 2007.[3] [4]
The education reform policies suggested by the foundation have influenced Mitch Daniels, the former Republican Governor of Indiana, now President of Purdue University.[4] Nicky Morgan, the British Secretary of State for Education, spoke at the 2014 Foundation for Excellence in Education Summit on November 20, 2014.[5]
Former US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice served as its Chairman beginning in January 2015.[6] [7] Currently, former Governor Jeb Bush serves as Chairman and former House Majority Leader Eric Cantor serves as Vice Chairman.[8]
It has received donations from Bill Gates, Michael Bloomberg and Eli Broad, as well as Connections Education, a subsidiary of Pearson PLC, and Amplify, a subsidiary of NewsCorp.[3] [4]