EDC work is supported through grants and contracts from a number of sources, including U.S. local, state, and federal agencies; international agencies; foreign governments; private foundations; universities; and corporations. EDC is a registered Private Voluntary Organization with the United States Agency for International Development and has been designated by the United Nations Department of Public Information as Associated Non-Governmental Organization. A partial list of EDC’s funders and partners follows:
Corporations
- Cisco Systems, Inc.
- Ford Motor Company
- Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
- IBM Corporation
- Intel Corporation
- Pearson Education, Inc.
- Public Broadcasting Service
- Scholastic Inc.
- Sesame Workshop
- Qualcomm Incorporated
- Union Pacific Railroad
- Vulcan Productions Inc.
Foundations
- Adobe Foundation
- Amgen Foundation
- The Annie E. Casey Foundation
- Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
- Boston Foundation
- Carnegie Corporation of New York
- Ford Motor Company Fund & Community Services
- The Home Depot Foundation
- J.P. Morgan Chase Foundation
- The James Irvine Foundation
- Lumina Foundation
- The MasterCard Foundation
- McCormick Foundation
- MetLife Foundation
- Verizon Foundation
- The Wallace Foundation
- W.K. Kellogg Foundation
Federal
- NASA
- National Science Foundation
- U.S. Agency for International Development
- U.S. Department of Agriculture
- U.S. Department of Education
- U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
- U.S. Department of Justice
- U.S. Department of Labor
- U.S. Department of State
- U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
International
- Bernard van Leer Foundation
- Department for International Development
Educate A Child, a program of the Education Above All Foundation
- Pan American Health Organization
- UNESCO
- The World Bank Group
- World Health Organization