Education funders care about safe schools, yet school violence rarely appears in direct language within philanthropic portfolios or in the global spaces where policy influence takes shape. This report began as a response to that gap. Members asked whether the absence reflects limited engagement, limited visibility, or a difference in language. They also asked for practical guidance on how funders could integrate evidence-based approaches without changing core strategy. The study draws from eleven interviews and a review of more than a hundred public documents. It is exploratory. The aim is to identify patterns that can help IEFG members understand each other’s reasoning and improve coordination. This report does not call for a new agenda. It calls for clarity, alignment, and more intentional use of the tools you already have. School safety can strengthen any education portfolio when expectations are clearer, language is more consistent, and funders engage one another with a shared understanding of how philanthropic reasoning works.