Member Organizations

To see contact information for each organization, please download the 2013 CEF Membership Directory


  1. Allegheny Intermediate Unit (aiu3)
  2. Alliance for Excellent Education (AEE)
  3. American Alliance of Museums (AAM)
  4. American Association of Classified School Employees (AACSE)
  5. American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE)
  6. American Association of Community Colleges (AACC)
  7. American Association of School Administrators (AASA)
  8. American Association of State Colleges & Universities  (AASCU)
  9. American Council on Education (ACE)
  10. American Counseling Association (ACA)
  11. American Educational Research Association (AERA)
  12. American Federation of School Administrators (AFSA)
  13. American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees (AFSCME)
  14. American Federation of Teachers (AFT)
  15. American Institutes for Research (AIR)
  16. American Library Association (ALA)
  17. American Medical Student Association (AMSA)
  18. American School Counselor Association (ASCA)
  19. American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA)
  20. American Student Association of Community Colleges (ASACC)
  21. ASCD
  22. Association for Career & Technical Education (ACTE)
  23. Association of American Publishers (AAP)
  24. Association of American Universities (AAU)
  25. Association of Community College Trustees (ACCT)
  26. Association of Jesuit Colleges & Universities (AJCU)
  27. Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU)
  28. Association of School Business Officials International (ASBO)
  29. Association of Public Television Stations (APTS)
  30. Boston University (BU)
  31. California Department of Education (CDE)
  32. California State University Office of Federal Relations (CSU)
  33. Center on Law and Social Policy (CLASP)
  34. Citizen Schools
  35. City Colleges of Chicago
  36. Coalition for Higher Education Assistance Organizations (COHEAO)
  37. College Board
  38. Consortium for School Networking (COSN)
  39. Council for a Strong America (CSA)
  40. Council for Exceptional Children (CEC)
  41. Council for Opportunity in Education (COE)
  42. Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO)
  43. Council of the Great City Schools (CGCS)
  44. DeVry, Inc.
  45. Easter Seals
  46. Education Industry Association (EIA)
  47. FED ED
  48. Federal Management Strategies
  49. First Focus Campaign for Children
  50. Gay, Lesbian, & Straight Education Network (GLSEN)
  51. Georgetown University Office of Federal Relations
  52. Harvard University Office of Federal Relations
  53. Higher Education Consortium for Special Education (HESCE)
  54. International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE)
  55. Johns Hopkins University, Center for Research & Reform in Education
  56. Knowledge Alliance
  57. Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD)
  58. Magnet Schools of America, Inc. (MSA)
  59. National Alliance of Black School Educators (NABSE)
  60. National Association for College Admission Counseling (NACAC)
  61. National Association for Music Education (NAFME)
  62. National Association of College Stores (NACS)
  63. National Association of Elementary School Principals (NAESP)
  64. National Association of Federally Impacted Schools (NAFIS)
  65. National Association of Graduate-Professional Students, Inc. (NAGPS)
  66. National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities (NAICU)
  67. National Association of Private Special Education Centers (NAPSEC)
  68. National Association of School Psychologists (NASP)
  69. National Association of Secondary School Principals (NASSP)
  70. National Association of State Directors of Career Technical Education Consortium (NASDCTEc)
  71. National Association of State Directors of Special Education (NASDSE)
  72. National Association of State Student Grant & Aid Programs (NASSGAP)
  73. National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators (NASFAA)
  74. National Center on Time & Learning (NCTL)
  75. National Coalition for Literacy (NCL)
  76. National Coalition of Classified Education Support Employee Unions (NCCESEU)
  77. National Council for Community and Education Partnerships (NCCEP)
  78. National Council of Higher Education Resources (NCHER)
  79. National Council of State Directors of Adult Education (NCSDAE)
  80. National Education Association (NEA)
  81. National HEP/CAMP Association
  82. National Parent Teacher Association (NPTA)
  83. National Rural Education Association (NREA)
  84. National School Boards Association (NSBA)
  85. National Student Speech Language Hearing Association (NSSLHA)
  86. National Superintendents Roundtable (NSR)
  87. National Title I Association (NASTID)
  88. Northwestern University
  89. Penn Hill Group
  90. Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
  91. School Social Work Association of America (SSWAA)
  92. Service Employees International Union (SEIU)
  93. State Educational Technology Directors Association (SETDA)
  94. State University of New York (SUNY)
  95. The Ohio State University (OSU)
  96. The Pell Alliance
  97. The Sheridan Group
  98. The Y (YMCA)
  99. United States Student Association (USSA)
  100. University of California (UC)
  101. University of Chicago
  102. University of Maryland University College (UMUC)
  103. University of Southern California (USC)
  104. US Public Interest Research Group (US PIRG)
  105. Voices for America’s Children
  106. Washington Partners, LLC
  107. 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.