The Pew Charitable trusts support nonprofit activities in the areas of culture, education, the environment, health and human services, public policy and religion. Based in Philadelphia, the trusts make strategic investments to help organizations and citizens develop practical solutions to different problems.

The trusts consist of seven individual charitable funds established between 1948 and 1979 by two sons and two daughters of Sun Oil Company founder Joseph N. Pew and his wife, Mary Anderson Pew. Though the trusts are separate legel entities, their grant making activities are managed collectively and guided by a single set of programmatic priorities.

The Standards for Success grant was administered with funds provided by the trusts' Education program which seeks to promote policies and practices that improve achievement and success for all students. In 2002, with approximately $3.8 billion in assets, the trusts committed over $166 million to 287 nonprofit organizations.

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