Grants for scholarship organizations

Name: Top 25 grants made to scholarship and financial aid organizations
Creator: Cause IQ
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1,755 scholarship and financial aid organizations received at least $136.2 million in grants for the most recent fiscal year. This includes 1,575 grants made from 1,109 grantmaking organizations, with a median grant amount of $1,000. Of these 1,109 foundations, 87% made just a single grant to scholarship orgs, and 3% made grants to four or more scholarship orgs. This analysis is based on grantmakers that e-file their Form 990s, and likely is an undercount of grants.

$136,239,710

Total grant dollars given to scholarship organizations

1,575

Number of grants made annually to scholarship organizations

1,109

Number of grantmakers funding scholarship organizations

$1,000

Median grant size to scholarship organizations

Foundations that support scholarship and financial aid organizations

Out of all grants made to scholarship organizations, 77% came from small foundations with less than $10 million in assets. The top 10 grantmakers accounted for 97% of the dollar-value of grants to scholarship orgs. Foundations funding scholarship orgs also made grants to multiservice human service organizations, christian organizations, food banks, youth development programs, and educational service providers.

Foundation size

Foundation size	Number of grantmakers
Small	859
Medium	130
Large	120

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	31
Private	907
Corporate	71
Other	100

Grants made

Grants made to scholarship orgs	Number of grantmakers
1	970
2-3	101
4-10	28
11+	10

Top 10 foundations supporting scholarship and financial aid organizations

Grantmaker	State	Geographic focus	Percent of grant dollars to scholarship orgs	Number of grants made to scholarship orgs	Median grant size
Arkansas Community Foundation	AR	State	0.1%	33	$1,000
Abbvie Foundation	IL	National	0.0%	33	$200
Baird Foundation	WI	National	0.6%	30	$500
Shell Oil Company Foundation	TX	National	0.2%	25	$500
Westrock Foundation	GA	National	0.1%	23	$21
Chubb Charitable Foundation	PA	National	0.3%	22	$200
Albemarle Foundation	NC	National	0.7%	16	$2,500
JP Morgan Chase Foundation	NY	National	0.0%	14	$487
Alliant Energy Foundation	WI	State	0.4%	12	$536
Land O'Lakes Foundation	MN	National	0.1%	11	$507

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Scholarship and financial aid organizations grantees

Scholarship organizations with more than $5 million in total revenues received 91% of all grant dollars. These larger organizations accounted for 22% of all scholarship orgs.

Grant amounts

Size of grant	Number of grants
<$10k	1,563
$10k-$25k	0
$25k-$100k	0
$100k+	12

Grant amount by grantee size

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

Grantee states

State of grantee	Number of grants
New York	211
California	110
Florida	83
Texas	79
Other	1,092

Grantee metros

Metro area of grantee	Number of grants
New York City	228
Washington DC	83
Chicago	63
Minneapolis	52
Other	1,001

Top 25 grants made to scholarship organizations

Grantee	Grant size	Purpose	Grantmaker
Say Yes Cleveland Scholarship	$51,136,872	Endowment Distribution	The Cleveland Foundation
Hispanic Scholarship Fund	$22,475,758	Grants & Scholarships	United Negro College Fund
University of Mo Rolla Engineering MGMT	$12,756,885	Funding for Endowed Scholarships/chairs/progr Fellows and Scholars Program.	UMKC Foundation
Purdue Foundation of Elkhart County	$11,200,000	Final Payment of Intercollegiate Athletics Grant	Spartan Trail Foundation
Asian and Pacific Islander American Scholarship Fund (APIASF)	$9,235,853	Grants & Scholarships	United Negro College Fund
University of Mo Rolla Engineering MGMT	$5,269,442	Develop Educational Resources and Training	American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry (AAAP)
Together Education	$4,506,520	For Relay Lab Schools Expenses	San Antonio Area Foundation
Archdiocese of Cincinnati Foundation for Catholic Education	$3,858,737	Allocations	Catholic Community Foundation for the Archdiocese of Cincinnati
Delta Dental of Wisconsin Foundation	$3,500,000	Contribution of Delta Dental of Wisconsin Foundation To Support and Improve Oral Health of Wisconsin Residents	Delta Dental of Wisconsin
Delta Dental of Wisconsin Foundation	$3,500,000	Cash Value	Delta Dental of Wisconsin
Children Scholarship Fund Philadelphia (CSFP)	$3,000,000	General Fund	Susquehanna Foundation
Scholarship Foundation of St Louis	$2,803,200	Annual Fund - Support	The Crawford Taylor Foundation
The Scholarship Foundation of the Union League of Philadelphia	$5,000	Assistance for Charitable Purpose	Foundation for Individual Liberty
Pueblo Hispanic Education Foundation	$5,000	Scholarships for Low-Moderate Income Students	Buell Foundation
Stephen Siller Tunnel To Towers Foundation	$5,000	Supporting First Responders	The Elias Genevieve and Georgianna Atol Charitable Trust
Hualalai Ohana Foundation	$5,000	Education/medical Assistance	Tim and Mary Boyle Charitable Trust
uAspire	$5,000	Financial Literacy	TFC Financial Charitable Foundation
Fighting Back Scholarship Program	$5,000	Charitable	The Beeman Family Foundation
Page Education Foundation	$5,000	Support of Charitable Activities	Bieber Family Foundation
The Scholarship Fund of Alexandria	$5,000	General Operating Support	Bruhn-Morris Family Foundation
Quaker Ridge Employee Charity Fund	$5,000	Charitable	Targoff Family Foundation
Harrison Ruritan Foundation	$5,000	2018 HWB Outstanding Community Service Awards	H and R Block Foundation
Malibu Womans Club	$5,000	Financial Support	Robert and Joan Blackman Family Foundation
The Unit Foundation	$5,000	General Support	Live Oak Foundation
University Academy Foundation	$5,000	MHBFF Board of Directors Matching Gift Program	Marion and Henry Bloch Family 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 "Scholarship organizations" category for this page is determined by the "B82: Scholarships, Student Financial Aid Services" National Taxonomy of Exempt Entities (NTEE) code. Cause IQ determines NTEEs for organizations by its own internally-developed secret-sauce algorithms.