Grants for elementary and secondary schools

Name: Top 25 grants made to preschool, elementary, and secondary schools
Creator: Cause IQ
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8,554 preschool, elementary, and secondary schools received at least $883.1 million in grants for the most recent fiscal year. This includes 12,530 grants made from 5,952 grantmaking organizations, with a median grant amount of $1,500. Of these 5,952 foundations, 67% made just a single grant to grade schools, and 7% made grants to four or more grade schools. This analysis is based on grantmakers that e-file their Form 990s, and likely is an undercount of grants.

$883,080,119

Total grant dollars given to elementary and secondary schools

12,530

Number of grants made annually to elementary and secondary schools

5,952

Number of grantmakers funding elementary and secondary schools

$1,500

Median grant size to elementary and secondary schools

Foundations that support preschool, elementary, and secondary schools

Out of all grants made to elementary and secondary schools, 83% came from small foundations with less than $10 million in assets. The top 10 grantmakers accounted for 77% of the dollar-value of grants to grade schools. Foundations funding grade schools also made grants to high schools, educational service providers, multiservice human service organizations, religious organizations, and elementary schools.

Foundation size

Foundation size	Number of grantmakers
Small	4,947
Medium	624
Large	380

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	97
Private	5,291
Corporate	233
Other	331

Grants made

Grants made to grade schools	Number of grantmakers
1	4,006
2-3	1,484
4-10	391
11+	71

Top 10 foundations supporting preschool, elementary, and secondary schools

Grantmaker	State	Geographic focus	Percent of grant dollars to grade schools	Number of grants made to grade schools	Median grant size
Abbvie Foundation	IL	National	0.9%	253	$350
Fidelity Foundation	MA	National	11.9%	218	$1,500
Baird Foundation	WI	National	4.0%	201	$500
Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee (CFMT)	TN	Metro	10.1%	160	$1,000
Chubb Charitable Foundation	PA	National	2.0%	144	$357
The Rhode Island Foundation	RI	Metro	0.6%	136	$1,055
Tulsa Community Foundation	OK	National	5.6%	133	$5,000
Shell Oil Company Foundation	TX	National	1.0%	133	$500
Seattle Foundation	WA	State	0.2%	90	$2,000
Arthur J Gallagher Foundation	IL	National	4.0%	86	$500

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Preschool, elementary, and secondary schools grantees

Elementary and secondary schools with more than $5 million in total revenues received 94% of all grant dollars. These larger organizations accounted for 66% of all grade schools.

Grant amounts

Size of grant	Number of grants
<$10k	12,449
$10k-$25k	0
$25k-$100k	0
$100k+	81

Grant amount by grantee size

Grantee annual revenue	Median grant size
<$100k	$1,300
$100k-$500k	$1,500
$500k-$1M	$1,300
$1M-$5M	$1,700
>$5M	$1,500

Grantee states

State of grantee	Number of grants
California	1,209
New York	1,131
Massachusetts	927
New Jersey	694
Other	8,569

Grantee metros

Metro area of grantee	Number of grants
New York City	1,388
Boston	674
Chicago	548
Los Angeles	478
Other	8,642

Top 25 grants made to elementary and secondary schools

Grantee	Grant size	Purpose	Grantmaker
Flintridge Preparatory School	$452,895,679	Accrual	Saint Joseph Health (SJH)
Elmer A. Henderson: A Johns Hopkins Partnership School (EBCS)	$55,051,116	Note Receivable	East Baltimore Development Foundation
Imagine Schools	$13,827,764	Cost	Imagine Schools
The Trustees of the Cushing Academy	$11,426,220	Education	EG Watkins Family Foundation
Tallulah Falls School (TFS)	$10,462,008	General Support	Lettie Pate Evans Foundation
Town School for Boys Alumni Association	$10,010,000	Education	Silicon Valley Community Foundation (SVCF)
Meeting Street Schools (MSS)	$10,002,000	General Charitable Purpose	Beemok Family Foundation
Thaden School	$9,949,000	Construction	Arkansas Community Foundation
School Smart KC	$8,628,288	Education	Greater Kansas City Community Foundation
Making Waves Academy	$7,050,000	General Support	Scully Memorial Foundation
Tulsa Educare	$6,710,240	General Operations	Tulsa Community Foundation
The Episcopal School of Los Angeles (ESLA)	$6,620,007	Education	California Community Foundation
The Dr Miriam and Sheldon G Adelson Educational Campus	$6,606,487	General Charitable Purposes	Adelson Family Foundation
Carroll School	$6,100,000	Land Acquisition	Fidelity Foundation
KIPP Houston Public Schools (KIPP)	$6,000,000	Construction, Program, Salaries	PHILO Finance Corporation
Church Schools in the Diocese of Virginia	$5,364,126	Building Grant	St Catherine's School Foundation
Episcopal High School (EHS)	$5,231,004	General Support	Lettie Pate Evans Foundation
Archway Classical Academy Scottsdale	$5,093,846	FMV	Greathearts Arizona
Thaden School	$5,011,684	Operating Grant	Arkansas Community Foundation
Garrison Forest School (GFS)	$5,000,000	($50,000 for the Annual Fund and $4,950,000 Undesignated)	Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee (CFMT)
The Nueva School	$5,000,000	Capital Campaign	Sergey Brin Family Foundation
Summit Public Schools (SPS)	$5,000,000	General Operating Support	Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Foundation
Trivium Preparatory Academy	$4,901,103	FMV	Greathearts Arizona
Thaden School	$4,783,000	Construction Support	Arkansas Community Foundation
Scottsdale Preparatory Academy	$4,641,612	FMV	Greathearts Arizona

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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 "Elementary and secondary schools" category for this page is determined by the "B20: Elementary, Secondary Education" National Taxonomy of Exempt Entities (NTEE) code. Cause IQ determines NTEEs for organizations by its own internally-developed secret-sauce algorithms.