Leaders of mission driven educational organizations and networks that collaborate with schools and communities face the challenge of both understanding and securing funds for educational equity and social change. Restrictive government grants and the ever-changing grant making cycles of philanthropic foundations make fundraising difficult for mission driven organizations to sustain and/or grow programming. This course helps leaders 1) learn about the challenges of fundraising for organizations focused on educational equity, 2) identify sources of funding aligned with mission, 3) engage school and community stakeholders on resource sharing and 4) write effective grants that will lead to sustainable initiatives.