2025 Annual Report

A Year of Impact

The past year marked a defining chapter for the 1776 Project Foundation. While our official launch took place in 2025, our annual report reflects a transition from a growing movement into a durable, results-driven organization delivering real change in public education.

Across the country, families are demanding higher standards, accountability, and a renewed focus on academic excellence. In 2025, the 1776 Project Foundation helped turn that demand into action.

Turning Principles Into Results

Over the past year, the Foundation built a national coalition with local impact while supporting 100+ reform-minded school board members in 15 states and 40 school districts, backed by more than 10,000 grassroots donors. This allowed us to focus where decisions matter most: local school boards.

That focus delivered real results.

Model resolutions and policies developed by the Foundation have passed in dozens of school districts nationwide. These include:

• Resolutions recognizing America’s upcoming 250th anniversary
• Cell phone restrictions aimed at restoring focus and discipline
• Protections for girls’ sports under Title IX
• Principled frameworks guiding the use of artificial intelligence in education

Together, these wins demonstrate that academic excellence and common-sense governance can prevail when local leaders are equipped with the right tools and support.

Supporting School Board Members Where It Counts

One of the year’s most significant milestones was the release of the First 100 Days Handbook, a comprehensive guide written by experienced school board members and legal experts. Designed to help newly elected board members govern effectively from day one, the handbook has already been distributed across multiple states and will continue to be updated and re-released each year.

In addition, the Foundation hosted monthly meetings and office hours covering topics ranging from school budgets to emerging technologies to ensure that elected board members are not navigating complex policy challenges alone.

Leading on the Future of Education

As new technologies reshape classrooms, the 1776 Project Foundation stepped into a leadership role by convening an AI in Education working group alongside leading policy experts. This initiative helped school board members develop a principled approach to artificial intelligence that balances innovation with student protection.

Looking Ahead

This year confirmed what many families already know: meaningful education reform doesn’t start in Washington. It starts in local communities.

With proven policy models, a growing national coalition, and a track record of tangible wins, the 1776 Project Foundation enters the next year positioned to expand its impact while staying grounded in its mission. We are building the leadership, infrastructure, and momentum needed to restore academic excellence as the central purpose of public education.