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# Franklin Education Forum
- URL: https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/franklin-education-forum/
- Published: 1999-01-02T16:12:00.000Z
- Updated: 2025-01-02T20:56:38.000Z
- Author: Liam Sturgess
- Tags: Profiles, #docs, #organization

**The Franklin Education Forum** is an American 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization based in Washington, D.C. In addition to operating the **Franklin Forum**, it is the fiscal sponsor of [The 65 Project](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/65-Project) through its Law Works initiative, and is the parent organization of the BridgeTogether Foundation and Rescue Project for Afghanistan.[\[1\]](#fn1)[\[2\]](#fn2)

## History

The Franklin Education Forum was founded on June 19, 2013.[\[3\]](#fn3)

## Organization

Personnel for the Franklin Education Forum are listed in its annual reports.[\[2:1\]](#fn2)

| Name                      | Position                                 | Notes                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
| ------------------------- | ---------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| David Brock               | Chairman                                 | [Media Matters for America](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Media-Matters-for-America), [American Bridge 21st Century](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/American-Bridge-21st-Century)          |
| John Neffinger            | President                                | [Democratic National Committee](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Democratic-National-Committee) (DNC), KNP Communications                                                                            |
| Alexis McGill Johnson     | Treasurer                                | Planned Parenthood Federation of America                                                                                                                                                                  |
| Pilar Martinez            | Chief Financial Officer                  | \-                                                                                                                                                                                                        |
| Shannon Roche             | Executive Director (former)[\[4\]](#fn4) | Yoga Alliance, [Democratic National Committee](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Democratic-National-Committee) (DNC), [Democracy Alliance](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Democracy-Alliance) |
| Marcy Carsey              | Director (former)[\[5\]](#fn5)           | Carsey-Werner Company                                                                                                                                                                                     |
| Jason Kander              | Director                                 | Let America Vote (LAV), Commission on Protecting American Democracy from the Trump Administration                                                                                                         |
| Rodell Mollineau          | Director                                 | ROKK Solutions                                                                                                                                                                                            |
| Bill Smith                | Director                                 | [Civitas Public Affairs Group](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Civitas-Public-Affairs-Group), [End Citizens United](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/End-Citizens-United) (ECU)                |
| Kathleen Kennedy Townsend | Director                                 | [American Bridge 21st Century](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/American-Bridge-21st-Century)                                                                                                        |

### Contractors

Organizations hired by the Franklin Education Forum include:[\[2:2\]](#fn2)

- Bonner Group
- Drolet & Associates[\[3:1\]](#fn3)
- Gelman, Rosenberg & Freedman (GRF)
- New Paradigm Agency
- Teter Legal
- Venio

### Funding

The Franklin Education Forum has received funding from the Bauman Foundation[\[6\]](#fn6) and [Media Matters for America](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Media-Matters-for-America).[\[3:2\]](#fn3)

## Activities

The Franklin Education Forum has provided grant funding to:[\[2:3\]](#fn2)[\[7\]](#fn7)

- 2728 Pictures
- Afghanistan Departure Group (ADG)
- All Things Possible Ministries (ATP)
- Alliance for Open Society International (AOSI)
- *American Independent*
- American Rescue Project
- Bard College
- BridgeTogether
- Drone Nerds
- Friends of Afghanistan National Institute of Music
- Inseparable
- Khazaeli Wyrsch (KW Law)
- Lusidity
- Mouflard Family Foundation
- National Able Network
- Nobis Group
- North American Rescue (NAR)
- Saratoga Advisors Group
- Team Themis
- Vast Logistics and Consulting
- Wooden Horse Strategies

## External links

- [InfluenceWatch](https://www.influencewatch.org/non-profit/franklin-education-forum/)
- [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/franklin-forum/)
- [ProPublica](https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/463009324)
- [Website (archived)](https://web.archive.org/web/20201030123542/https://thefranklinforum.org/)

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1. *LawWorks.* Democracy Fund. Retrieved November 21, 2024, from <https://web.archive.org/web/20241121213856/https://democracyfund.org/grant/lawworks-2/> [↩︎](#fnref1)
2. *Franklin Education Forum, Full Filing - 2022 - Nonprofit Explorer.* (2023, November 15). ProPublica. <https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/463009324/202343199349322194/full> [↩︎](#fnref2) [↩︎](#fnref2:1) [↩︎](#fnref2:2) [↩︎](#fnref2:3)
3. *Franklin Education Forum - Form 990 for period ending Dec 2013 - Nonprofit Explorer.* (2014, November 17). ProPublica. <https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/display%5F990/463009324/2014%5F12%5FEO%2F46-3009324%5F990%5F201312> [↩︎](#fnref3) [↩︎](#fnref3:1) [↩︎](#fnref3:2)
4. *Franklin Education Forum, Full Filing - 2014 - Nonprofit Explorer.* (2015, November 16). ProPublica. <https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/463009324/201513209349301646/full> [↩︎](#fnref4)
5. *Franklin Education Forum, Full Filing - 2019 - Nonprofit Explorer.* (2020, November 16). ProPublica. <https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/463009324/202043219349316219/full> [↩︎](#fnref5)
6. *Franklin Education Forum.* The Bauman Foundation. Retrieved November 21, 2024, from <https://web.archive.org/web/20241121214951/https://baumanfoundation.org/grantee/223> [↩︎](#fnref6)
7. *Franklin Education Forum, Full Filing - 2021 - Nonprofit Explorer.* (2022, November 15). ProPublica. <https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/463009324/202213199349323496/full> [↩︎](#fnref7)