let's be honest —

Raising money for school choice awareness isn't easy.

Our programs are different by design. That does not mean fundraising is easy. But what our state nonprofit partners face is even harder.

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The struggle

The smallest groups face the biggest barriers.

Many organization leaders work as unpaid volunteers.
Local nonprofits are too small to win grants from major foundations.
National organizations with clout pull from in-state funding pools.
Their strength

But their size is their superpower.

Our local and state partners have the closest relationships to families. When a parent has a question, it's the local partner who answers — in their state, in their language, in their community.

Closest to parents and kids in their own communities.
They know local systems, policies, and options in detail.
Without them, families struggle to navigate school choice at all.

What if we could help them, while meeting our goals?

01
Raise money to support their work.
02
Generate broader public support for our programs.
03
Strengthen our existing partnerships.

...while making donating feel more active and less passive.

The mechanism

Let's create a mutual fund — but for charitable contributions supporting school choice.

Start here

Buying one share of a mutual fund or ETF helps you diversify your investments.

One transaction. Many stocks.

1 BUY
One transaction Exposure to hundreds of stocks
For example

You buy one share of Vanguard's Consumer Staples fund.

Here's what that one share looks like.

VCSAX
1 share
Behind the scenes

Vanguard does the work for you.

That one share holds real positions in each of these companies — automatically.

VCSAX
VANGUARD CONSUMER STAPLES · TOP HOLDINGS
% OF FUND
Each block is sized to that company's share of the fund.
The idea

Who says charitable giving can't work the same way?

One donation. A curated group of aligned nonprofits.

$100 DONATION
A CURATING 501(C)(3) · AND ITS PARTNERS
% OF DONATION
Each block = one partner organization receiving a share of the gift.
The mechanics

How it would work.

1
NSCRC curates
Staff identifies partner organizations by state and theme. The Board approves each EdFolio's beneficiaries and target allocations.
2
Donors give
A donor makes a single gift to NSCRC, designated to a specific EdFolio. We issue a single tax receipt.
3
Board approves grants
The Executive Committee reviews contributions and approves specific grants ahead of each cycle — September, December, and February.
4
Funds reach partners
Grants flow to partner organizations, who use them to serve families. NSCRC's 10% supports our own school choice work.
An example

What a Navigate-focused EdFolio might look like.

Based on the Navigate School Choice Network, here's a sample Navigate EdFolio — 18 state and local partners that help families explore options, plus NSCRC's share.

$100
Sample gift
Sample Navigate EdFolio

18 state partners + NSCRC.

The reach

One gift. Fifteen states.

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States
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Partners
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Gift
Why it works

For everyone.

For local partners
Smaller organizations gain access to donors they couldn't reach alone. Fundraising capacity without fundraising staff.
For families
More resources flow to the groups working with them directly — in their own state, in their own community.
For donors
One gift supports the full field. We handle the diligence; they get a single tax receipt and confidence their dollars are well-placed.
Existing support, expanded
Our partners already get our guides, tools, and summit access. EdFolios add funding to the support we already provide.
Stronger together
Partners learn from each other — sharing what works, building on each other's ideas. EdFolios put them in the same frame.
For NSCRC
A new, sustainable way to raise funds — for our partners and for our own work in the field.
that's EdFolios.

One gift. The whole field.

Launching June 1, 2026.
Questions, ideas, feedback — let's talk.