Foundation for Excellence in Education

Foundation for Excellence in Education
	Logo of the Foundation for Excellence in Education
Established	2007
Chair	Condoleezza Rice
Executive Director	Patricia Levesque
Budget	Revenue: $11,884,963; Expenses: $12,608,835; (FYE December 2014)
Address	215 South Monroe Street,; Tallahassee, Florida 32301
Website	www.excelined.org

The Foundation for Excellence in Education is a non-profit think tank on education reform based in Tallahassee, Florida.

History

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]