Greater Share launches 2026 Impact Showcase Report
London, 22 June 2026 – We are pleased to publish Greater Share’s annual Impact Showcase report, now in its second year, highlighting the progress of our NGO partners within the Greater Share Education Fund.
With $1.7 million in seed grants disbursed across three grant cycles, the $53M Education Fund continues to support the critical work of high-impact NGO partners at the frontier of global education. Grant volumes are set to increase significantly in the years ahead, following the typical curve of a private equity fund.
Over the past 12 months, Greater Share's NGO partners have continued to grow in both reach and influence, collectively reaching more than 5.1 million students and supporting 76,000 educators across over 70 countries.
Driving Global Impact
The annual reduction in public aid to education – estimated at $2-2.4 billion – is now set to exceed the entire annual contribution of $1.9 billion of global private philanthropy to the sector. While philanthropy alone cannot fill this gap, it can play a catalytic role in supporting organisations capable of driving lasting, system-wide change. That is the purpose of the Greater Share Education Fund, which was built around a specific and persistent gap: long-term, unrestricted capital for high-impact NGOs.
This year, we have seen increasing evidence of our partners' ability to influence public education systems. Their curricula and delivery models have been formally adopted by a cumulative eight governments across three continents, embedded within national education strategies, scaled through sovereign-backed outcomes funds, and in some cases developed directly alongside government partners. This is precisely the type of systemic influence our Theory of Change was designed to support.
Advancing Evidence and Measurement
Rigorous evaluation remains critical to achieving sustainable impact. Yet fewer than one in five foundations use randomised control trials to assess their work, and only around a third undertake cost-effectiveness analysis.
Unrestricted funding gives organisations the flexibility to invest in the evidence and learning needed to strengthen their programmes and scale their impact. During the past year alone, aeioTU, Kaivalya, NISS and Teach For All participated in externally validated, academic-grade evaluations.
For the first time, Greater Share has also mapped partner outcomes against the Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN) framework, helping make results more transparent, comparable and accessible to foundations, institutional investors and providers of catalytic capital.
We are grateful to our investors, private equity partners, and all those whose commitment and collaboration continue to make this work possible.