Grants for educational service providers

4,725 educational service providers received at least $266.3 million in grants for the most recent fiscal year. This includes 5,718 grants made from 2,995 grantmaking organizations, with a median grant amount of $1,000. Of these 2,995 foundations, 78% made just a single grant to educational orgs, and 5% made grants to four or more educational orgs. This analysis is based on grantmakers that e-file their Form 990s, and likely is an undercount of grants.
$266,326,604
Total grant dollars given to educational service providers
5,718
Number of grants made annually to educational service providers
2,995
Number of grantmakers funding educational service providers
$1,000
Median grant size to educational service providers

Foundations that support educational service providers

Out of all grants made to educational service providers, 78% came from small foundations with less than $10 million in assets. The top 10 grantmakers accounted for 75% of the dollar-value of grants to educational orgs. Foundations funding educational orgs also made grants to multiservice human service organizations, scholarship organizations, youth development programs, christian organizations, and student service providers.

Foundation size

Foundation size Number of grantmakers
Small
 
2,348
Medium
 
374
Large
 
272
Small foundations have <$10M in assets. Medium foundations have $10M to $50M in assets. Large foundations have >$50M in assets.

Foundation type

Foundation type Number of grantmakers
Community
 
80
Private
 
2,481
Corporate
 
165
Other
 
269

Grants made

Grants made to educational orgs Number of grantmakers
1
 
2,353
2-3
 
491
4-10
 
105
11+
 
46

Top 10 foundations supporting educational service providers

Grantmaker State Geographic focus Percent of grant dollars to educational orgs Number of grants made to educational orgs Median grant size
Abbvie Foundation IL National 0.2% 168 $121
New York Life Foundation NY National 0.3% 142 $500
Dollar General Literacy Foundation TN National 2.2% 110 $2,000
Salesforce Com Foundation CA National 0.2% 99 $100
Carmax Foundation VA National 0.7% 81 $500
Sempra Energy Foundation CA State 1.8% 78 $260
JP Morgan Chase Foundation NY National 0.0% 71 $440
Chubb Charitable Foundation PA National 0.3% 70 $100
Baird Foundation WI National 1.3% 65 $380
Seattle Foundation WA State 0.1% 55 $1,500

Educational service providers grantees

Educational service providers with more than $5 million in total revenues received 87% of all grant dollars. These larger organizations accounted for 22% of all educational orgs.

Grant amounts

Size of grant Number of grants
<$10k
 
5,682
$10k-$25k
 
0
$25k-$100k
 
0
$100k+
 
36

Grant amount by grantee size

Grantee annual revenue Median grant size
<$100k
 
$500
$100k-$500k
 
$1,250
$500k-$1M
 
$2,000
$1M-$5M
 
$2,000
>$5M
 
$1,500

Grantee states

State of grantee Number of grants
California
 
1,027
New York
 
608
Texas
 
319
Massachusetts
 
282
Other
 
3,482

Grantee metros

Metro area of grantee Number of grants
New York City
 
576
San Francisco
 
449
Chicago
 
276
Los Angeles
 
272
Other
 
3,892

Top 25 grants made to educational service providers

Grantee Grant size Purpose Grantmaker
Strada Education Network $87,120,164 Support Their Philanthropic Efforts Pursuant To the December 6, 2016 Transfer of Ownership of United Student Aid Funds and Northwest Education Loan Association From Usa Funds (Now Strada) To Ascendium. Ascendium Education Solutions
Reading and Math $23,151,922 Americorps Program ServeMinnesota
Kansas City Scholars $7,800,000 Support Scholarships, Financial Incentives To Promote College Savings, and Support Services for Low- and Modest-Income Students and Adults Needing Access and Support To Pursue and Complete A Postsecondary Credit-Bearing Credential Or Degree. 201607-0836 Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation
The Mind Trust $7,087,500 Growing Quality Schools and Educational Programs The City Fund
DonorsChoose org $6,950,000 Project Support Tides Foundation
College Track $6,768,250 Education Silicon Valley Community Foundation (SVCF)
Smash $6,650,000 Video Project With Hingeto, General Support East Bay Community Foundation (EBCF)
Achieve Atlanta $5,567,141 General Support The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta
The Dollywood Foundation $5,480,560 Early Literacy North Carolina Partnership for Children
New Schools for Baton Rouge (NSBR) $5,020,000 Growing Quality Schools and Educational Programs The City Fund
Durhams Partnership for Children $4,990,522 NC Young Children North Carolina Partnership for Children
National College Advising Corps $4,939,334 Preparing for Statewide Impact / Expansion and Infrastructure John M Belk Endowment (JMBE)
Core Districts $4,890,489 K-12 Education Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Research Foundation of The City University of New York (RFCUNY) $4,712,806 Sponsorship The City College 21ST Century Foundation
Memphis Teacher Residency $4,548,780 Program Support Christian Community Foundation of Memphis and the Mid-South
Educate78 $4,250,000 Growing Quality Schools and Educational Programs The City Fund
EducationSuperHighway $4,035,000 Education Silicon Valley Community Foundation (SVCF)
College Success Foundation - District of Columbia (CSF-DC) $4,000,000 Postsecondary Education Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
The Detroit Public Schools Foundation $4,000,000 Engage Parents and Caregivers To Ensure Equitable Implementation of Educational Programs and Policies To Support School Readiness and Academic Success W.K. Kellogg Foundation (WKKF)
Communities In Schools $4,000,000 To Support Implementation of Its Fy18-Fy22 Business Plan The Edna Mcconnell Clark Foundation
New Haven Promise $4,000,000 Scholarships Yale University
Great MN Schools $3,727,000 General Operating Support The Minneapolis Foundation
Independence Mission Schools (IMS) $3,401,084 Scholarships Business Leadership Organized for Catholic Schools (BLOCS)
Room to Read $3,353,146 Project Support Tides Foundation
Research Foundation of The City University of New York (RFCUNY) $3,250,000 For Data and Project Management and the Coordination of Technical Assistance and Support for the Safety and Justice Challenge Network. John D & Catherine T Macarthur Foundation
Methodology: To determine grants and grantees, Cause IQ analyzes electronically-filed Form 990, Form 990-EZ, and Form 990-PF financial disclosure documents, matching grantees to specific organizations using EINs and fuzzy matching logic. The "Educational service providers" category for this page is determined by the "B90: Educational Services" National Taxonomy of Exempt Entities (NTEE) code. Cause IQ determines NTEEs for organizations by its own internally-developed secret-sauce algorithms.