Fair Share Education Fund is a non-partisan, non-profit, 501(c)(3) organization that promotes economic fairness through independent research, practical ideas, effective educational campaigns, and grassroots outreach. The Education Fund works for an America where everyone gets their fair share, pays their fair share and does their fair share; and where everybody plays by the same rules. We do this by making the case for sensible policy solutions, activating citizens in their communities, and helping ordinary citizens make their voices heard.
Our values
All Americans deserve a fair shot. Everyone should have the chance to succeed.
Everybody should play by the same rules. From Wall Street to Super PACs, we’ve seen the powerful and well-connected bend the rules to work just for them, not us. We’re working to hold Wall Street accountable and reclaim our democracy for all Americans.
Everyone pays their fair share. The only way our economy works is if everyone does their part and pays their fair share. We’re working to close corporate tax loopholes that let some companies avoid paying any income tax while the rest of us pay what we owe.
Fair Share Education Fund builds power by reaching out to Americans who believe in economic fairness, no matter how they identify politically. Our positioning — that we stand for everyone doing and paying their fair share — our practical approach and our solution-oriented campaigns help us build support for economic fairness.
Highlights of our work
We helped register more than a million voters. Fair Share Education Fund was founded in 2007 to build political power through grassroots action. Between 2008-2018, we ran large-scale voter registration and civic engagement campaigns that helped register more than 1,000,000 new African-American, Latino and youth voters through the Community Voters Project.
All kids should have enough to eat. Our country should have zero tolerance for childhood hunger. Every kid who lives in a family with incomes so low that they are at risk of going hungry should have access to food through one or more of the federal programs that we know work. Fair Share Education Fund reports have highlighted the number of children living below the poverty line (Kids Count report) and uncovered increases in children facing food scarcity in America’s suburbs (Childhood Hunger in America’s Suburbs report). These reports give urgency for those who live in these areas and the political leaders who represent them to cross partisan divides and begin to reach for serious, bipartisan solutions.