Luminos Fund
Luminos Fund is a US-based international nonprofit founded by Legatum Group in 2016. It focuses on providing education opportunities to out-of-school children, helping them catch up to their grade levels, and integrating them into the formal schooling system. It currently works in Lebanon, Ethiopia, Liberia, Ghana, and Gambia.
- Organisation type Nonprofit
- Year founded 2016
- Headquartered Boston
- Registration United States
- Website https://luminosfund.org/
Related sustainable development goals
Impact
Test test
Focus areas
Focus sectors
Education
- Elementary and secondary education
- Elementary education
- Secondary education
- Child educational development
- Education services
- Co-operative education
- Student retention
- Out-of-school learning
- Reading promotion
- Educational management
Focus populations
Academics
- Researchers
- Students
- Teachers
- Adolescents
- At-risk youth
- At-risk youth
- Children
Immigrants and migrants
- Refugees and displaced
- Low-income people
- Parents
- Preteens
- Refugees and displaced people
- Students
- Teachers
Victims and oppressed people
- Victims of conflict and war
- Victims of conflict and war
- Victims of crime and abuse
- Victims of disaster
Focus geographies
Africa
- Liberia
- Gambia
- Ethiopia
- Ghana
Middle East
- Lebanon
Grantees
- Basmeh and Zaitooneh
- School for Life
Programmes
Second Chance
Accelerated learning programme enabling out-of-school children to catch up to their grade level by teaching them to read, write, and do math in the span of one school year.
Financials
Details
- USD 12,000,000
Funding model
- Matching grants
Primary funders
- Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
- Cartier Philanthropy
- Christies
- Douglas B. Marshall, Jr. Family Foundation
- Dovetail Impact Foundation
- Dubai Cares
- Echidna Giving
- Hirschmann Stiftung
- Legatum Group
- Mulago Foundation
- Oak Foundation
- Pousaz Philanthropies
- Robert Bosch Stiftung
- SAS-P
- The LEGO Foundation
Operations
Key staff
- Caitlin Baron, CEO
- Maretta Silverman, VP development and communications
Board members
- Philip Vassiliou, Chair
- George Kronnisanyon Werner
- Dr. Kwame Akyeampong
- Atje Drexler
- Erin Ganju
Contact details
- 00 1 781 333 8317
- info@luminosfund.org
- https://luminosfund.org/
- 71 Commercial Street, #232, Boston, MA 02109, USA
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Resources
Luminos Fund CEO Caitlyn Baron outlines a systems change approach to education philanthropy in this interview with Dina Sherif for Circle.