City Education Partners

What City Education Partners does

City Education Partners (CEP) is a San Antonio-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit education intermediary founded in 2015 that works to expand access to high-quality public schools in the city's urban core. The organization operates across three pillars — High-Quality Schools, Talent, and Advocacy — supporting a portfolio of public schools (including Advanced Learning Academy, Bowden Elementary, Cameron Elementary, and CAST Imagine), convening a teacher pipeline anchored by partnerships with SAISD, UTSA, Texas A&M-San Antonio, Teach For America, Alamo Colleges, and the Center for Black Educator Development, and running the PASEO parent empowerment program across four districts and a charter network.

CEP's deliverables are programmatic and informational rather than software-based: grant capital deployed by invitation to aligned schools and partners, branded initiatives such as the Male Teachers of Color Collaborative (MToCC) and the Student-Representative Talent Recruitment and Retention Community of Practice, and a recurring publication cadence of research reports (STAAR Student Learning Reports from 2022 through 2026, a 2025 Student Absenteeism Report, a 2022 Teacher Talent Pipeline Report, and a 2025 10-Year Impact Report). The underlying technology is a Tableau-based interactive dashboard used to visualize citywide STAAR performance by district, campus, and council district, supplemented by a Substack publication ("The Learning Ledger") and a monthly newsletter.

The organization's business model is philanthropic: revenue is sourced from grants and donations (with donations routed through the San Antonio Area Foundation's platform), and outputs are distributed through invitation-only grantmaking to school operators, direct partnership programs with districts and charter networks, and freely accessible public data products. There is no commercial pricing, no software platform, and no disclosed revenue figure. Impact metrics cited include 23,466 students served through funded schools, over 675 teachers recruited and deployed, over 200 parents trained with 1,000+ advocacy actions, and roughly 54,000 urban-core students now attending A or B rated schools (up from 6,000 in 2016).

Name

City Education Partners

Legal name

City Education Partners

Website

https://cityeducationpartners.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

City Education Partners is a San Antonio-based nonprofit intermediary founded in 2015 that funds high-quality public schools, builds a diverse teacher pipeline, and trains parents as advocates, serving students and families in the city's urban core.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Education Nonprofit Services

NAICS

Educational Support Services (611710)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYEDADALAD

Public-Private Partnerships (PPP) in Education

Education/Education Administration, Accreditation & Policy/Education Partnerships, Intergovernmental & NGO Programs

SECONDARYEDADALAF

Education Partnerships for Equity, Inclusion & Gender

Education/Education Administration, Accreditation & Policy/Education Partnerships, Intergovernmental & NGO Programs

Keywords

• Education nonprofit services
• School improvement grants
• Teacher pipeline development
• Parent advocacy programs
• Education data reporting

Headquarters

HQ city

San Antonio, Texas

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Grant Funding and Philanthropic Donations: City Education Partners is a nonprofit organization funded through grants and donations. They distribute funding to school programs, partner organizations, and initiative-based work in San Antonio's education ecosystem. The organization accepts donations through a third-party platform (SAFDN) and offers grant funding by invitation only.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

City Education Partners is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit education intermediary that funds and supports high-quality public schools in San Antonio's urban core, recruits and develops diverse teachers, and trains parents as education advocates. It operates grant-making programs for schools, talent-pipeline initiatives for educators, and parent-empowerment cohorts, and publishes annual data reports on student achievement via an interactive Tableau dashboard.

Product overview

City Education Partners operates as an education intermediary organization in San Antonio, not a technology product company. The organization offers a portfolio of programs and publications including: High-Quality Schools investments supporting a portfolio of public schools; Talent programs including the Male Teachers of Color Collaborative and Student-Representative Talent Recruitment Community of Practice; and Advocacy through the PASEO Parent Empowerment Program. Publications include annual STAAR Student Learning Reports (2022-2026), Student Absenteeism Report, 10-Year Impact Report, and Teacher Talent Pipeline Report, all accessible through an interactive Tableau data dashboard. The organization also publishes The Learning Ledger newsletter via Substack. There is no unified software platform; offerings consist of grant-funded programs, research publications, and data tools.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• High-Quality Schools Investment Program Grant-funded portfolio of high-quality public schools in San Antonio's urban core, supporting campuses such as Advanced Learning Academy, Bowden Elementary, and CAST Imagine with investments aimed at expanding access to A/B-rated schools.
• PASEO Parent Empowerment Program

Quantifiable outcome

• 23,466 students served through high-quality schools
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers12 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Eleven partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Alamo CollegescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCommunity college partnership supporting educator preparation programs and pathways for future teachers in the San Antonio region.
• CAST SchoolscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCharter management organization operating multiple schools in San Antonio. CEP supported the creation of the Advanced Learning Academy (now a CAST School) and collaborates on school development.
• Center for Black Educator DevelopmentcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership in the Student-Representative Talent Recruitment and Retention Community of Practice, convening school leaders, educators, and preparation program leads for leadership training.
• San Antonio Independent School District (SAISD)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMajor district partner for school investments and talent initiatives, with multiple SAISD schools receiving CEP support.
• Teach For America - San AntoniocoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner for teacher recruitment supporting the talent pipeline goal of supplying 150+ new high-quality educators annually to San Antonio.
• Texas A&M University at San AntoniocoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerUniversity partnership for teacher pipeline development, research collaboration, and programs through the Institute for School & Community Partnerships.
• University of Texas at San AntoniocoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerUniversity partnership for educator preparation and talent pipeline programs, including collaboration on building innovative programs.
• Edgewood ISDcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDistrict partner for PASEO parent empowerment program, providing training space and participant access for parent advocacy initiatives.
• East Central ISDcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDistrict partner for PASEO parent empowerment program, supporting parent advocacy training and district engagement.
• Harlandale ISDcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDistrict partner for PASEO parent empowerment program, providing over 200 parents with advocacy training and district involvement opportunities.
• Lighthouse Charter SchoolscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCharter network partner for PASEO parent empowerment program, expanding reach to public charter school families in San Antonio.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• The Commit Partnership: Dallas-Fort Worth education intermediary organization using data to drive systemic improvement across North Texas schools. Most structurally comparable peer to CEP - a regional data-driven education intermediary focusing on postsecondary and K-12 outcomes through cross-sector partnerships.
• Teach For America: National teacher pipeline nonprofit that is also an active CEP partner in San Antonio. Both organizations recruit and deploy teachers to underserved schools and work on diversifying the educator workforce through structured pipeline programs.
• CAST Schools: San Antonio-based charter management organization and CEP partner that operates multiple public schools including the Advanced Learning Academy that CEP supported creating. Both organizations incubate and scale innovative public school models in San Antonio.
• Center for Black Educator Development: National nonprofit that partners with CEP on the Student-Representative Talent Recruitment and Retention Community of Practice. Both organizations focus specifically on increasing representation of Black educators and developing diverse teacher pipelines.
• E4E (Educators for Excellence): Teacher-driven nonprofit organization focused on elevating teacher voice in education policy and developing teacher leadership. Comparable to CEP's advocacy and talent development work, though operating at national scale rather than city-focused.

Broad incumbents

• KIPP Texas: Major charter management organization operating public schools across Texas including San Antonio. CEP's Chief of Operations previously served as Chief of Staff at KIPP Texas-San Antonio, and both organizations focus on expanding access to high-quality public schools for underserved students.
• Communities In Schools: National nonprofit that places school-based coordinators inside public schools to deliver integrated student supports. CEP Board Treasurer Tiffany Grant is National Chief of Staff at Communities In Schools, and both organizations operate as education intermediaries supporting K-12 student success.
• NewSchools Venture Fund: Education nonprofit that funds and supports innovative public school models and education entrepreneurs. Operates with a similar intermediary model of investing in schools and talent to drive K-12 innovation, though at a national rather than city-focused scale.

Regional players

• Alamo Colleges: San Antonio-area community college district that is a CEP partner supporting educator preparation programs. Both organizations serve the San Antonio education ecosystem and overlap on teacher pipeline and workforce development.

Emerging players

• Urban Schools Human Capital Alliance: Education nonprofit focused on human capital and talent strategy in urban school systems. Comparable to CEP's talent strategy work with district partners on teacher pipeline and educator diversity.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks4 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles11 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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