Griffin Catalyst Gifts $50M to Expand Success Academy to Miami

The initiative marks Griffin Catalyst’s largest single gift to charter schools and builds on his total giving of more than $85 million to the network. Following the press conference Ken and Eva joined CNBC’s Sara Eisen for an interview to discuss why Success Academy’s move means a brighter future.

“Education is the on-ramp to the American dream,” Ken said in the interview, pointing to his own family’s history and the transformative role of education in creating opportunity.

Eva described the urgency of addressing declining student performance in the U.S., citing record-low national scores. Florida, she explained, offered both the openness to innovation and political support necessary to accelerate solutions.

“All of us in Florida welcome Success Academy being here,” said Ken, highlighting the network’s “extraordinary” track record in New York State. He added that with leadership in Florida supporting educational choice, Success Academy could replicate and scale its model to transform the lives of “tens of thousands of young boys and girls.”