The Raikes Foundation makes grants in three core program areas: Education, Youth Homelessness, and Impact-Driven Philanthropy. We also make a limited number of community grants and grants for special projects. Proposals are by invitation only. We make the majority of our grants to organizations we have identified. We do not accept unsolicited proposals.
To be eligible for a grant, applicants must be classified as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and as public charities under section 509(a)(1), (2) or (3) of the Code. Public organizations designated under section 170(c) of the Code are also eligible. The Raikes Foundation does not make grants to individuals or to organizations outside the United States.
The Raikes Foundation does not fund: individuals; organizations that discriminate on the basis of age, race, national origin or citizenship, ethnicity, gender, disability, sexual orientation, political affiliation or religious belief; or religious purposes unless grant activities address the needs of the wider community without regard to religious beliefs.
Organization | Requests | Award Date | Amount | Program |
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Center for Effective Philanthropy | Longitudinal Study of Effects of Large Unrestricted Gifts | 04/15/22 | $200,000.00 | Impact Driven Philanthropy |
Education Resource Strategies Inc. | BELE Network: Equipping Chief Equity Officers to Drive Transformation (2021-2023) | 07/26/21 | $200,000.00 | Education |
Stand Up For Equity | **N40 FUNDED** General Operating Support | 03/01/22 | $200,000.00 | RED Base |
Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law | General Operating Support | 11/23/21 | $200,000.00 | Education |
SchoolHouse Connection | Improving Educational Outcomes Vulnerable Students: Supporting and Strengthening Federal Agency Action | 12/06/22 | $200,000.00 | Youth Homelessness |
Proteus Fund Inc. | Impact Driven Philanthropy Collaborative Fund | 08/09/23 | $200,000.00 | Impact Driven Philanthropy |
JustFund US | Donor Engagement Experimentation | 02/14/22 | $200,000.00 | Impact Driven Philanthropy |
Panorama Global | We Are In: King County Regional Homelessness Authority Data Infrastructure Development | 12/08/23 | $200,625.00 | Regional Homelessness |
U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness | United States Interagency Council on Homelessness (USICH) Youth Homelessness Staffing | 03/07/24 | $204,000.00 | Youth Homelessness |
Point Source Youth Inc. | Prevention Direct Cash Transfers | 11/04/22 | $225,000.00 | Youth Homelessness |
Legal Counsel for Youth and Children | General Operating Support | 08/07/23 | $225,000.00 | Youth Homelessness |
Thousand Currents | Center for Transforming Philanthropy | 11/14/22 | $250,000.00 | Impact Driven Philanthropy |
The Schott Foundation for Public Education | General Operating Support | 08/01/23 | $250,000.00 | Special Initiatives |
Amalgamated Charitable Foundation | Grantmakers for Thriving Youth Policy Working Group - Education Forward Fund (2023) | 07/31/23 | $250,000.00 | RED Base |
The Schott Foundation for Public Education | Anti-Racist and Culturally Responsive Schools Organizing Partnership | 11/15/21 | $250,000.00 | RED - IDPI Cross Cut |
President And Fellows Of Harvard College | BELE Network: False Prophets and Wise Choices: A Humane Approach to School Reform | 09/01/23 | $250,000.00 | Education |
New Venture Fund | Campaign for Our Shared Future: General Operating Support | 08/14/23 | $250,000.00 | RED 1 - National Strategy |
Amalgamated Charitable Foundation | Fund for the Education Success of Students Experiencing Homelessness, Child Welfare and Juvenile Justice | 06/23/23 | $250,000.00 | Youth Homelessness |
Proteus Fund Inc. | Impact-Driven Philanthropy Collaborative Fund | 04/04/23 | $250,000.00 | Impact Driven Philanthropy |
Digital Promise Global | BELE Network: Toronto Anti-Racist Collaboration (District Network) (2021-2023) | 07/22/21 | $250,000.00 | Education |
American Council on Education | Carnegie Classifications Project | 10/01/23 | $250,000.00 | Education |
Council of Chief State School Officers | Council of Chief State School Officers Community of Practice for Improving School Climate | 11/01/23 | $262,700.00 | Education |
Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities | Coalition of Urban Serving Universities (USU): Increasing Adoption of SEP Approach to Equitable College Classrooms | 02/21/23 | $280,000.00 | Education |
Possibility Labs | Radiant Strategies: Freedom School for Healing & Justice in Philanthropy Core Operating Support | 07/28/22 | $300,000.00 | Impact Driven Philanthropy |
Social Justice Fund Northwest | General Operating Support | 05/06/22 | $300,000.00 | Impact Driven Philanthropy |
Amalgamated Charitable Foundation | Grantmakers for Thriving Youth Policy Working Group - Education Forward Fund (2023) | 12/19/23 | $300,000.00 | Education |
North Star Fund Inc. | Giving Project Network: General Operating Support | 05/06/22 | $300,000.00 | Impact Driven Philanthropy |
Third Sector New England Inc. | A Way Home America: Stakeholder Convening & Advocacy Education | 12/01/23 | $300,000.00 | Youth Homelessness |
The Seattle Foundation | Funders for Adolescent Science Translation (FAST) Collaborative (2023) | 07/18/23 | $300,000.00 | YSS Cross Cutting - Nat'l FB/Adv/Learning |
Amalgamated Charitable Foundation | Democracy Alliance Pooled Fund General Operating Support | 03/06/23 | $300,000.00 | RED - IDPI Cross Cut |
Surge Institute | BELE Network: General Operating Support | 05/10/21 | $300,000.00 | Education |
Georgetown University | General Operating Support (Edunomic’s Lab) (5/2022 - 5/2025) | 09/08/22 | $300,000.00 | Education |
Council of Chief State School Officers | BELE Network: Equipping State Teams to Drive Equity Transformation | 07/26/21 | $300,000.00 | Education |
JustFund US | General Operating Support | 09/29/22 | $300,000.00 | Impact Driven Philanthropy |
Third Sector New England Inc. | A Way Home America: General Operating Support | 12/01/21 | $300,000.00 | Youth Homelessness |
Mockingbird Society | General Operating Support | 11/08/23 | $322,500.00 | Youth Homelessness |
Third Sector New England Inc. | A Way Home Washington: General Operating Support | 04/27/23 | $322,500.00 | Youth Homelessness |
Point Source Youth Inc. | National Prevention Learning Collaborative | 12/12/23 | $330,000.00 | Youth Homelessness |
YMCA of Greater Seattle | Prevention Youth Engagement Team | 12/06/22 | $342,000.00 | Youth Homelessness |
The University of Chicago | BELE Network: UC Consortium Large Scale, Multi-District Validation of the Cultivate Survey Instrument | 08/01/23 | $350,000.00 | Education |
Kingmakers of Oakland | BELE Network: Organizational Development and Operating Support (2021-2022) | 08/18/21 | $350,000.00 | Education |
The Seattle Foundation | General Operating Support | 12/07/22 | $375,000.00 | Impact Driven Philanthropy |
Solidaire Network | General Operating Support | 11/10/22 | $375,000.00 | Impact Driven Philanthropy |
Tides Center | PERTS: Strategic Scale-Up of Copilot Ascend & Communities of Practice | 01/23/23 | $400,000.00 | Education |
National Conference of State Legislatures | Engaging Legislators in the Fight to End Youth Homelessness | 11/27/23 | $410,000.00 | Youth Homelessness |
Third Sector New England Inc. | A Way Home Washington: General Operating Support | 12/01/21 | $430,000.00 | Youth Homelessness |
Mockingbird Society | General Operating Support | 12/01/21 | $450,000.00 | Youth Homelessness |
National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy | General Operating Support | 05/06/22 | $450,000.00 | Impact Driven Philanthropy |
Amalgamated Charitable Foundation | Grantmakers for Thriving Youth Policy Working Group - Education Forward Fund (2023) | 06/23/23 | $500,000.00 | Education 1 - Field Building |
Tides Center | BELE Network: PERTS Building & Scaling the Student Experience Knowledge Base | 08/01/23 | $500,000.00 | Education |