To ensure the Response, Innovation, and Student Equity (RISE) Education Fund reaches a diversity of geographies across the state, Gates Family Foundation is partnering with the Colorado Governor’s Office and Gary Community Investments to provide resources and design support and assistance to districts, schools, institutions of higher education, and tribal governments interested in applying to the second grant deadline of the RISE Education Fund. Planning and Design Support is a separate and independent process from RISE. Applicants to the fund are encouraged to share what areas in their proposals need strengthening so that support will be best aligned to their needs. If requested, the Planning and Design Support Fund will help recipients to identify a Design Support Partner (DSP) with the ability to support development of impactful proposals with strong implementation plans which meet the RISE scoring criteria. The Planning and Design Support Fund will also vet DSPs identified by applicants. You may read more about the RISE Education Fund and the Planning and Design Support Fund here: https://gatesfamilyfoundation.org/governors-ed-fund-planning-support/

We would like to learn more about your organization's work supporting innovative efforts that adapt and reinvent educational programs. We ask that one representative from your organization completes the following survey. The information we gather will inform the Planning and Design Support Fund's work to match applicants with DSPs and vet identified DSPs. Please complete this survey by September 30th, 2020 at 5pm. The date has shifted to allow DSPs additional time to complete the survey.