Grants for special ed schools

Name: Top 25 grants made to special education schools and programs
Creator: Cause IQ
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2,632 special education schools and programs received at least $24.2 million in grants for the most recent fiscal year. This includes 2,618 grants made from 1,600 grantmaking organizations, with a median grant amount of $1,500. Of these 1,600 foundations, 81% made just a single grant to special ed schools, and 4% made grants to four or more special ed schools. This analysis is based on grantmakers that e-file their Form 990s, and likely is an undercount of grants.

$24,191,127

Total grant dollars given to special ed schools

2,618

Number of grants made annually to special ed schools

1,600

Number of grantmakers funding special ed schools

$1,500

Median grant size to special ed schools

Foundations that support special education schools and programs

Out of all grants made to special ed schools, 78% came from small foundations with less than $10 million in assets. The top 10 grantmakers accounted for 79% of the dollar-value of grants to special ed schools. Foundations funding special ed schools also made grants to religious organizations, multiservice human service organizations, christian organizations, high schools, and scholarship organizations.

Foundation size

Foundation size	Number of grantmakers
Small	1,257
Medium	183
Large	160

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	50
Private	1,347
Corporate	81
Other	122

Grants made

Grants made to special ed schools	Number of grantmakers
1	1,298
2-3	234
4-10	52
11+	16

Top 10 foundations supporting special education schools and programs

Grantmaker	State	Geographic focus	Percent of grant dollars to special ed schools	Number of grants made to special ed schools	Median grant size
Abbvie Foundation	IL	National	0.3%	96	$350
Community Foundation of Greater Des Moines	IA	State	0.1%	60	$550
Chubb Charitable Foundation	PA	National	0.6%	54	$250
Arthur J Gallagher Foundation	IL	National	2.7%	48	$584
Baird Foundation	WI	National	0.8%	42	$500
Tulsa Community Foundation	OK	National	0.1%	29	$5,000
Fidelity Foundation	MA	National	11.2%	27	$750
Shell Oil Company Foundation	TX	National	0.2%	27	$500
Seattle Foundation	WA	State	0.0%	21	$2,000
Carmax Foundation	VA	National	0.3%	21	$1,000

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Special education schools and programs grantees

Special ed schools with more than $5 million in total revenues received 92% of all grant dollars. These larger organizations accounted for 50% of all special ed schools.

Grant amounts

Size of grant	Number of grants
<$10k	2,613
$10k-$25k	0
$25k-$100k	0
$100k+	5

Grant amount by grantee size

Grantee annual revenue	Median grant size
<$100k	$1,000
$100k-$500k	$1,818
$500k-$1M	$2,493
$1M-$5M	$2,000
>$5M	$2,000

Grantee states

State of grantee	Number of grants
New York	245
Illinois	235
California	208
New Jersey	164
Other	1,766

Grantee metros

Metro area of grantee	Number of grants
New York City	296
Chicago	233
Los Angeles	115
Philadelphia	88
Other	1,767

Top 25 grants made to special ed schools

Grantee	Grant size	Purpose	Grantmaker
Carroll School	$6,100,000	Land Acquisition	Fidelity Foundation
The Gateway School of New York	$3,700,000	For the Renovation Project	Friends of the Gateway School
The Gateway School of New York	$3,700,000	Cost	Friends of the Gateway School
Regina Catholic Education Center	$2,751,410	Capital Project	Regina Foundation
Notre Dame High School San Jose	$2,509,140	Education	Silicon Valley Community Foundation (SVCF)
The Dominican Foundation of Dominican Friars Province of St Jo	$5,000	Unrestricted Use	Burleigh Family Foundation
The Gray Academy	$5,000	Employee Matching	Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors Foundation
The Howard School (THS)	$5,000	Contribution	TW Price Gilbert JR Charitable Fund
St James Parish and School	$5,000	X22 Roman Catholic	The Community Foundation of Louisville Depository
Owensboro Consolidated Catholic School System	$5,000	B Educational Institutions	The Community Foundation of Louisville Depository
St John the Baptist Catholic Church	$5,000	X Religion Spiritual Development	The Community Foundation of Louisville Depository
Bodine of Germantown	$5,000	2016 Grant From Kathryn & Jim Gilliland	Gilliland Family Fund
Foundation for the Advancement for Catholic Schools	$5,000	Facs Fund 2017	Rhoda and David Chase Family Foundation
De La Salle North Catholic High School	$5,000	2018 April Luncheon Fund	The Bernice Heffernan Family Foundation
Childhood League	$5,000	Education	The Columbus Foundation
Childhood League	$5,000	Education	The Columbus Foundation
Childhood League	$5,000	Education	The Columbus Foundation
United States Catholic Conference / St Thomas More Newman Center	$5,000	Religion	The Columbus Foundation
Dominican Sisters of Peace	$5,000	Education	The Columbus Foundation
Archdiocese of Newark	$5,000	Religion	The Columbus Foundation
Childhood League	$5,000	Education	The Columbus Foundation
Dominican Sisters of Peace	$5,000	Conservation	The Columbus Foundation
Concordia Learning Center at St Josephs School for the Blind	$5,000	General Operating	Rudolph Williams Charitable Trust
St Malachy School	$5,000	General Purpose	J M Ragen JR Memorial Trust
Catholic Charities of Central Colorado	$5,000	Grant for Family Services	Mabel Horrigan 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 "Special ed schools" category for this page is determined by the "B28: Special Education Institutions, Programs" National Taxonomy of Exempt Entities (NTEE) code. Cause IQ determines NTEEs for organizations by its own internally-developed secret-sauce algorithms.