Global Campaign for Education-US

What Global Campaign for Education-US does

Global Campaign for Education-US (GCE-US) is a 501(c)(3) charitable nonprofit organization (EIN 46-5308134) founded in 2003 by Gene Sperling, formerly Director of the Center for Universal Education at the Council on Foreign Relations. It operates as the U.S. national chapter of the Global Campaign for Education, a Johannesburg-based global coalition with chapters in over 100 countries. Headquartered in Washington, D.C. with 8 staff and an 8-member Board of Directors led by Executive Director Giulia McPherson, the organization functions as a broad-based coalition of 40+ national and international member organizations and 11,000+ individual advocates dedicated to promoting universal quality education as a basic human right.

GCE-US delivers its mission through three core functions: coalition-building (convening monthly meetings, advocacy and youth engagement committees, and member spotlights), advocacy (engaging U.S. Government and global policymakers including the Global Partnership for Education and Education Cannot Wait, running Capitol Hill events such as the annual Youth Advocacy Day, and offering pre-populated "Act with GCE-US" contact tools), and youth engagement (operating the GCE-US Youth Fellowship and related training programs). Coalition members include NEA, UNICEF USA, World Vision, Save the Children, Oxfam, Girl Rising, Right To Play, International Rescue Committee, and others.

GCE-US is funded primarily through individual donations (suggested tiers of $10 to $200+, available as monthly, quarterly, or annual recurring gifts) and coalition membership contributions. It does not develop or sell technology products; its outputs are advocacy programs and coalition services rather than commercial software. The organization holds the Candid Platinum Transparency 2026 seal and has received recognition including The Hill's Top Lobbyists 2023 (Giulia McPherson) and the Advocacy Association's Top 20 in 2022 Advocacy Professionals.

Name

Global Campaign for Education-US

Legal name

Global Campaign for Education-US, Inc.

Website

https://gce-us.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2003

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

GCE-US is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit coalition that mobilizes 40+ member organizations and 11,000+ advocates to push U.S. and global policymakers toward universal quality education through coalition-building, lobbying, and youth fellowship programs.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Education Advocacy

NAICS

Social Advocacy Organizations (8133), Educational Support Services (6117)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600), Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Education Policy, Research & Advocacy Organizations (Nonprofit) (BPAGADAN)

akta.pro secondary industries

Education Policy Advocacy & Lobbying Organizations (EDADADAB), International Development & Donor-Funded Education Programs (EDADALAB), Education Sector Coordination, Clusters & Working Groups (EDADALAE)

Keywords

• Education advocacy
• Global education policy
• Coalition building
• Youth fellowships
• Grassroots mobilization

Headquarters

HQ city

Washington

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Donations and Charitable Contributions: GCE-US operates as a 501(c)(3) charitable nonprofit organization (EIN: 46-5308134). All donations are tax-deductible. The organization accepts online donations, checks, IRA charitable rollovers, and stock gifts.
2. Coalition Membership: GCE-US maintains a coalition of over 40 member organizations that pay membership fees in exchange for benefits including spotlight pages, blog publishing opportunities, participation in monthly coalition meetings, access to advocacy committees, and networking opportunities.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Global Campaign for Education-US is a nonprofit advocacy organization that mobilizes a coalition of more than 40 member organizations and 11,000+ individual advocates to influence U.S. policy and funding for global education. Its core offerings include policy advocacy, coalition coordination, grassroots mobilization via the Act with GCE-US tool, and the Youth Fellowship Program that develops the next generation of education advocates.

Product overview

Global Campaign for Education-US is a coalition-based advocacy organization, not a software product company. Its offerings consist of advocacy and engagement programs rather than a unified technology platform. The primary offerings include the Act with GCE-US advocacy contact tool, the GCE-US Youth Fellowship program for youth engagement, Coalition Membership providing networking and advocacy resources for over 40 member organizations, and a newsletter/alert communications system. These programs work together to advance the organization's mission of promoting education as a basic human right through coalition-building, advocacy, and youth engagement.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Act with GCE-US Digital advocacy tool that enables individual advocates to contact U.S. policymakers and take action on global education funding and policy issues.
• Youth Fellowship Program
• Coalition Membership

Quantifiable outcome

• GCE-US has grown into a thriving coalition with more than 40 member organizations across the country
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers7 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Partnerships

Twelve partnerships are on record, tiered flagship, core and minor.

• Global Campaign for Education (Global Network)flagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerGCE-US is the U.S. member of the Global Campaign for Education based in Johannesburg, South Africa. This is a global coalition with chapters in over 100 countries and millions of supporters worldwide. The relationship provides GCE-US with international reach and connection to the broader global education movement.
• Global Partnership for EducationcoreGTM or Marketing PartnerGCE-US works with the Global Partnership for Education to advocate for universal inclusive quality education. GPE is the only multilateral initiative focused on ensuring all children have access to quality basic education.
• Education Cannot WaitcoreGTM or Marketing PartnerGCE-US partners with Education Cannot Wait to advocate for education in emergency and crisis contexts, ensuring children affected by conflicts and disasters have access to learning opportunities.
• World VisioncoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerWorld Vision is a Christian relief, development and advocacy organization working in nearly 100 countries. They support quality and access to education for children in 66 countries, with over 190,000 parents and community literacy facilitators trained and over 4 million children supported through education programming in 2023.
• UNICEF USAcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerUNICEF USA supports UNICEF's work through fundraising, advocacy, and education in the United States. They work toward the day when ZERO children die from preventable causes and every child has a safe and healthy childhood.
• Right To PlaycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRight To Play is a global non-profit that protects, educates, and empowers children affected by poverty, conflict, and crisis through play. Operating in more than a dozen countries, they deliver play-based learning programs that improve foundational literacy and numeracy, psychosocial well-being, and gender equality.
• National Education AssociationcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNEA is the nation's largest labor union representing 3 million public educators. They are the largest professional employee organization in the country and support students and educators globally through their membership in Education International.
• RESULTS Educational FundcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRESULTS creates public and political will to end poverty through grassroots activism. They work closely with GCE-US, partnering annually on Global Action Week activities, advocacy days on Capitol Hill, and sign-on letters for critical global education issues.
• Jesuit Refugee Service/USAcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerJRS/USA accompanies, serves, and advocates for the rights of refugees and forcibly displaced persons worldwide. They place the highest priority on education and advocate for the fundamental right to emergency and long-term educational opportunities for refugee children and youth.
• International Rescue CommitteecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe IRC helps people affected by humanitarian crises to survive, recover, and rebuild. They provide safe, quality educational opportunities that help children, youth, and adults learn the skills they need to survive and thrive.
• Girl RisingcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerGirl Rising harnesses the power of storytelling to change how the world values girls and education. Their RISE program equips adolescents with vital skills, builds confidence, and dismantles barriers to girls' education.
• Girl UpminorGTM or Marketing PartnerGCE-US collaborated with Girl Up on the Good Samaritan Menstrual Products Act, a bipartisan bill tackling period poverty by expanding access to donated menstrual products in communities nationwide.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• UNICEF USA: UNICEF USA supports UNICEF's global mandate for children's welfare, including education access in emergencies and development contexts. As a coalition member of GCE-US and a vastly larger organization, UNICEF USA is a powerful adjacent advocate with overlapping policy priorities on global education funding.
• Oxfam America: Oxfam America is a global development and humanitarian organization that fights poverty through rights-based development programs, including education access. As a coalition member of GCE-US, Oxfam America brings significant advocacy firepower on issues linking education to inequality, gender, and economic justice.
• Save the Children: Save the Children is one of the largest global NGOs focused on children's welfare, including education access in over 100 countries. As a GCE-US coalition member, Save the Children brings massive operational scale to shared advocacy goals around quality and inclusive education worldwide.
• World Vision U.S. World Vision is a large Christian humanitarian organization operating in nearly 100 countries with substantial education programming that supported over 4 million children in 2023. As a flagship coalition partner of GCE-US, World Vision represents the scale and donor reach that smaller education advocacy organizations lack.

Direct peers

• ONE Campaign: ONE is a global advocacy and campaigning organization co-founded by Bono that fights extreme poverty and preventable disease, with significant focus on U.S. global development funding. ONE is a coalition member of GCE-US and shares a similar model of mobilizing celebrity, grassroots, and policy advocacy for global development issues.
• Bread for the World: Bread for the World is a collective Christian voice urging policymakers to end hunger and poverty, including through U.S. foreign assistance for education. Suzanne Berman, GCE-US's Director of Government Relations, previously conducted grassroots organizing there, and the organizations share an overlapping approach to faith-informed advocacy on Capitol Hill.
• Global Partnership for Education: GPE is the only multilateral initiative focused on ensuring all children have access to quality basic education and is a core advocacy partner of GCE-US. While GPE operates as a funder/convener, both organizations share the core mission of mobilizing political will and financing for universal inclusive quality education globally.
• Education Cannot Wait: ECW is the global fund for education in emergencies, supporting children affected by conflicts and disasters. As a core advocacy partner of GCE-US, ECW shares the focus on education access for vulnerable populations and frequently co-advocates with GCE-US on Capitol Hill.
• RESULTS Educational Fund: RESULTS creates public and political will to end poverty through grassroots activism on Capitol Hill and is an active GCE-US coalition partner, sharing joint advocacy days and sign-on letters on global education issues. Their parallel model of combining grassroots advocacy with direct congressional engagement makes them the closest comparable organization.

Emerging players

• Council on Foreign Relations - Center for Universal Education: The Center for Universal Education at CFR produces research and convenes stakeholders to advance quality education globally. Gene Sperling, who founded GCE-US, previously directed this center, creating a natural pipeline between CFR's policy research and GCE-US's advocacy execution on Capitol Hill.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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• Facebookfacebook.com/campaignforeducationusa
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/gce-us
• Instagraminstagram.com/gce_us

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Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

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