Grants for elementary schools

Name: Top 25 grants made to elementary and primary schools
Creator: Cause IQ
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1,961 elementary and primary schools received at least $124.4 million in grants for the most recent fiscal year. This includes 3,258 grants made from 2,092 grantmaking organizations, with a median grant amount of $1,600. Of these 2,092 foundations, 80% made just a single grant to elementary schools, and 3% made grants to four or more elementary schools. This analysis is based on grantmakers that e-file their Form 990s, and likely is an undercount of grants.

$124,430,098

Total grant dollars given to elementary schools

3,258

Number of grants made annually to elementary schools

2,092

Number of grantmakers funding elementary schools

$1,600

Median grant size to elementary schools

Foundations that support elementary and primary schools

Out of all grants made to elementary schools, 80% came from small foundations with less than $10 million in assets. The top 10 grantmakers accounted for 94% of the dollar-value of grants to elementary schools. Foundations funding elementary schools also made grants to high schools, universities, religious organizations, food banks, and animal shelters.

Foundation size

Foundation size	Number of grantmakers
Small	1,692
Medium	217
Large	182

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	54
Private	1,854
Corporate	95
Other	89

Grants made

Grants made to elementary schools	Number of grantmakers
1	1,681
2-3	333
4-10	58
11+	20

Top 10 foundations supporting elementary and primary schools

Grantmaker	State	Geographic focus	Percent of grant dollars to elementary schools	Number of grants made to elementary schools	Median grant size
Fidelity Foundation	MA	National	0.2%	70	$1,500
Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee (CFMT)	TN	Metro	0.2%	52	$1,000
Tulsa Community Foundation	OK	National	0.2%	50	$5,000
Abbvie Foundation	IL	National	0.2%	42	$656
Baird Foundation	WI	National	0.6%	39	$250
Shell Oil Company Foundation	TX	National	0.3%	37	$1,000
Chubb Charitable Foundation	PA	National	0.7%	34	$500
Seattle Foundation	WA	State	0.1%	26	$2,500
The Rhode Island Foundation	RI	Metro	0.1%	26	$1,000
Ralph J Harary Foundation	NY	Metro	1.8%	19	$1,500

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Elementary and primary schools grantees

Elementary schools with more than $5 million in total revenues received 93% of all grant dollars. These larger organizations accounted for 60% of all elementary schools.

Grant amounts

Size of grant	Number of grants
<$10k	3,242
$10k-$25k	0
$25k-$100k	0
$100k+	16

Grant amount by grantee size

Grantee annual revenue	Median grant size
<$100k	$1,875
$100k-$500k	$1,010
$500k-$1M	$1,500
$1M-$5M	$1,506
>$5M	$1,556

Grantee states

State of grantee	Number of grants
New York	391
California	331
New Jersey	279
Massachusetts	185
Other	2,072

Grantee metros

Metro area of grantee	Number of grants
New York City	557
Boston	154
Los Angeles	126
Chicago	106
Other	2,120

Top 25 grants made to elementary schools

Grantee	Grant size	Purpose	Grantmaker
Elmer A. Henderson: A Johns Hopkins Partnership School (EBCS)	$55,051,116	Note Receivable	East Baltimore Development Foundation
Meeting Street Schools (MSS)	$10,002,000	General Charitable Purpose	Beemok Family Foundation
The Nueva School	$5,000,000	Capital Campaign	Sergey Brin Family Foundation
Trivium Preparatory Academy	$4,901,103	FMV	Greathearts Arizona
Veritas Preparatory Academy	$4,491,943	FMV	Greathearts Arizona
Elizabeth Academy	$4,435,286	General Charitable Purposes	Sorenson Legacy Foundation
Chandler Preparatory Academy	$4,151,542	FMV	Greathearts Arizona
Maryvale Preparatory Academy	$4,109,840	FMV	Greathearts Arizona
Trinity School	$4,000,000	Education	E and SS Foundation
Kalamazoo Christian School Association (KCSA)	$4,000,000	Loan Agreement	Kalamazoo Christian School Fund
Glendale Preparatory Academy	$3,326,142	FMV	Greathearts Arizona
Archway Classical Academy Glendale	$3,038,523	FMV	Greathearts Arizona
Hebrew Academy of Cleveland	$2,954,841	Annual Allocation, Day School Tuition Reduction Grant, Maot Chitim, Kollel Pesach, Scholarships, Capital Campaign, General Support	Jewish Federation of Cleveland
Lincoln Preparatory Academy	$2,880,694	FMV	Greathearts Arizona
Menlo School	$2,530,016	Education	Silicon Valley Community Foundation (SVCF)
Foundation For Excellence at Woodland Christian Schools	$2,500,000	Our Future Is Now Campaign	Community Foundation of Western Nevada (CFWN)
The Academy at Ocean Reef	$5,000	Charitable	The Bailey Foundation
Hawthorn Leadership School for Girls	$5,000	General Support	Emma Clyde Hodge Memorial Fund
Stanley Clark School	$5,000	General Support	Robert J Hiler Family Foundation
Lexington School	$5,000	B20 Elementary Secondary Ed	The Community Foundation of Louisville Depository
Chattanooga Christian School	$5,000	Education - Youth	Robert L. and Kathrina H. Maclellan Foundation
Green Vale School	$5,000	Education	Ainslie Foundation
Yeshivath Beth Yehudah	$5,000	To Support the Religion	Schostak Family Support Foundation
The Langley School	$5,000	Continuing Education for Langley Teachers	Caneel Family Foundation
Westridge School	$5,000	General Purpose	The Fitzberg Foundation

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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 schools" category for this page is determined by the "B24: Elementary School" National Taxonomy of Exempt Entities (NTEE) code. Cause IQ determines NTEEs for organizations by its own internally-developed secret-sauce algorithms.