Father Norman Joseph Gies Charitable Foundation

With approximately $1.5 trillion in assets under management, State Street Global Advisors is one of the leaders in institutional investing. Known as one of the world's largest institutional asset managers and leaders in several other investment rankings, the company is also the investment management arm of State Street Corporation. State Street Corporation is one of the world's largest custodians. Leveraging these combined strengths allows the company to focus on delivering competitive investment strategies and integrated solutions to its clients worldwide, throughout virtually every asset class, capitalization range, region and style. State Street Global Advisors is headquartered in Boston.

Boston Plan for Excellence, founded in 1984, is the primary partner of the Boston Public Schools in designing, piloting, refining, implementing, and institutionalizing elements of the district s reform initiative. The foundation supports Boston s public schools, and provided grants to teachers and college scholarships to graduates until the board of trustees approved reorganization. It has worked in close partnership with the district to refine professional development for all teachers and principals, and to improve literacy instruction in all classrooms. BPE directs Boston s in-district teacher preparation and licensure program, and serves as a core partner in the reorganization of the city s secondary schools. Its affiliate program, ACCESS, provides college scholarships to graduates of Boston s public schools. Boston Plan for Excellence is headquartered in Boston.