Member Organizations

To see contact information for each organization, please download the 2012 CEF Membership Directory


  1. Alleghany Intermediate Unit (aiu3)
  2. Alliance for Excellent Education (AEE)
  3. American Association of Classified School Employees (AACSE)
  4. American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE)
  5. American Association of Community Colleges (AACC)
  6. American Association of School Administrators (AASA)
  7. American Association of State Colleges & Universities  (AASCU)
  8. American Council on Education (ACE)
  9. American Educational Research Association (AERA)
  10. American Federation of School Administrators (AFSA)
  11. American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees (AFSCME)
  12. American Federation of Teachers (AFT)
  13. American Institutes for Research (AIR)
  14. American Library Association (ALA)
  15. American School Counselor Association (ASCA)
  16. American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA)
  17. American Student Association of Community Colleges (ASACC)
  18. ASCD
  19. Association for Career & Technical Education (ACTE)
  20. Association of American Publishers (AAP)
  21. Association of Community College Trustees (ACCT)
  22. Association of Educational Publishers (AEP)
  23. Association of Jesuit Colleges & Universities (AJCU)
  24. Association of Public Television Stations (APTS)
  25. California Department of Education (CDE)
  26. California State University Office of Federal Relations (CSU)
  27. Charlie Company
  28. City Colleges of Chicago
  29. Citizen Schools
  30. Coalition for Higher Education Assistance Organizations (COHEAO)
  31. College Board
  32. Consortium for School Networking (COSN)
  33. Council for Exceptional Children (CEC)
  34. Council for Opportunity in Education (COE)
  35. Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO)
  36. Council of the Great City Schools (CGCS) – NEED FORM
  37. DeVry, Inc.
  38. Easter Seals
  39. Education Industry Association (EIA)
  40. FED ED
  41. Federal Management Strategies
  42. First Focus Campaign for Children
  43. Gay, Lesbian, & Straight Education Network (GLSEN)
  44. Georgetown University Office of Federal Relations
  45. Harvard University Office of Federal Relations
  46. International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE)
  47. Johns Hopkins University, Center for Research & Reform in Education
  48. Knowledge Alliance
  49. Los Angeles Unified School District
  50. Magnet Schools of America, Inc. (MSA)
  51. McGraw-Hill Companies
  52. NASSP
  53. National Alliance for Public Charter Schools (NAPCS)
  54. National Alliance of Black School Educators (NABSE)
  55. National Association for College Admission Counseling (NACAC)
  56. National Association for Music Education (NAFME)
  57. National Association of Elementary School Principals (NAESP)
  58. National Association of Federally Impacted Schools (NAFIS)
  59. National Association of Graduate-Professional Students, Inc. (NAGPS)
  60. National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities (NAICU)
  61. National Association of Private Special Education Centers (NAPSEC)
  62. National Association of School Psychologists (NASP)
  63. National Association of State Boards of Education (NASBE)
  64. National Association of State Directors of Career Technical Education Consortium (NASDCTEc)
  65. National Association of State Directors of Special Education (NASDSE)
  66. National Association of State Student Grant & Aid Programs (NASSGAP)
  67. National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators (NASFAA)
  68. National Board for Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS)
  69. National Center on Time & Learning (NCTL)
  70. National Coalition for Literacy (NCL)
  71. National Coalition of Classified Education Support Employee Unions (NCCESEU)
  72. National Council for Community and Education Partnerships (NCCEP)
  73. National Council of State Directors of Adult Education (NCSDAE)
  74. National Education Association (NEA)
  75. National HEP/CAMP Association
  76. National Parent Teacher Association (NPTA)
  77. National Rural Education Association (NREA)
  78. National School Boards Association (NSBA)
  79. National Student Speech Language Hearing Association (NSSLHA)
  80. National Superintendents Roundtable
  81. National Title I Association: The National Association of State Title I Directors
  82. School Social Work Association of America (SSWAA)
  83. Service Employees International Union (SEIU)
  84. State Educational Technology Directors Association (SETDA)
  85. The Sheridan Group
  86. The Y (YMCA)
  87. United States Student Association (USSA)
  88. University of California (UC)
  89. University of Chicago
  90. University of New Orleans
  91. University of Southern California (USC)
  92. US Public Interest Research Group (US PIRG)
  93. Voices for America’s Children
  94. Washington Partners, LLC
  95. WestEd

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Founded in 1969, the Committee for Education Funding (CEF) and its 80 member organizations have worked toward the common goal of achieving adequate federal support for our nation's education system. Nonpartisan and nonprofit, CEF is America's largest education coalition, reflecting the broad spectrum of the education community.