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The Overdeck Family Foundation believes that unlocking every child’s potential is the key to a better future – for all of us. Founded in 2011 by entrepreneurs John and Laura Overdeck, the Foundation focuses exclusively on education, supporting research and organizations that seek to open doors for every child in the U.S. by measurably enhancing education both inside and outside the classroom.

Using a data-driven and evidence-based approach, the Foundation's investments enhance each stage of learning, from birth to graduation, and are grounded in five focus areas: early childhood; educators; schools; out-of-school STEM opportunities; and the use of data to improve policy and practice. The Foundation's grantmaking is guided by a ROI approach, with data /research investments supporting R+D and new insights and programmatic investments following a venture philanthropy model.

This year, the Foundation will distribute approximately $40M in funding, and with growth of its assets forecasted, annual distributions will increase over the next 5 years.

The Foundation's grantees have included leading organizations such as Parent Corps, Centering Healthcare Institute, ILabs, Springboard Collaborative, EdReports, Public Impact, Highlander Institute, New Schools Venture Fund, Khan Academy, FIRST Robotics, and many others. Please visit  to see a full grantee list.

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The Overdeck Family Foundation is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or any other applicable legally protected characteristics.

The Strategic Impact and Learning (SIL) team guides strategy and investment decision-making at the Foundation by supporting impact assessment and learning. SIL enables the Foundation and its portfolios to:

• Invest in the highest ROI grants for achieving strategy goals
• Pursue foundation and portfolio strategies based on evidence and continuous learning
• Influence education practitioners, funders, and policymakers by contributing new knowledge
• Build grantee capacity to measure and achieve impact cost-effectively

The Impact Assessment Manager (the “Manager”) is a newly-created position on the SIL team that will lead the Foundation’s efforts to pioneer new models for assessing ROI. Reporting to the Strategic Impact and Learning Director, the Manager will design and oversee strategies for estimating and evaluating the impact and cost effectiveness of Foundation grantmaking. The Manager will collaborate closely with portfolio teams to guide impact measurement and research for their grantmaking.

The position will also partner with the Communications team to disseminate learning and build the Foundation’s influence as a leader in ROI assessment in education.

Specifically, the Impact Assessment Manager will:

• Co-design and oversee foundation methodology and cohesive internal approach to estimating and evaluating the ROI of grant investments
• Collaborate with portfolio teams to identify and collect streamlined outcome indicators for assessing the impact of their grantmaking
• Revise design of components of foundation’s grantmaking process and documents (e.g., due diligence forms, budget templates, grant reporting forms) to gather data to facilitate ROI analysis
• Develop and execute strategy for gathering benchmarking data about the cost effectiveness of education interventions
• Train Program staff and serve an internal expert for impact…