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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Bend the Arc: A Jewish Partnership for Justice | Funder's Collaborative on Youth Organizing: General Operating Support | 11/06/23 | $25,000.00 | RED Base |
Proteus Fund Inc. | Reframe: General Operating Support | 11/06/23 | $25,000.00 | RED Base |
NEO Philanthropy | Funders' Committee for Civic Participation: General Operating Support | 11/10/23 | $25,000.00 | RED Base |
Tides Center | 22nd Century Initiative: General Operating Support | 11/02/23 | $25,000.00 | RED Base |
Grassroots Power Project | General Operating Support | 11/13/23 | $1,500.00 | RED Base |
Equality Federation Institute | General Operating Support | 11/17/23 | $1,000.00 | RED Base |
Hopewell Fund | Galvanize USA: General Operating Support | 12/01/23 | $1,000.00 | RED Base |
Color of Change Education Fund Inc. | Winning Against the Backlash National Campaign | 12/01/21 | $200,000.00 | RED Base |
New Venture Fund | Leading Now: Responsive Communications Support for System Leaders | 04/13/22 | $150,000.00 | RED Base |
Good Information Foundation | General Operating Support | 09/21/22 | $30,000.00 | RED Base |
Think of Us | Envisioning and Co-Creating an Anti-Racist Legal System for Children | 11/16/22 | $100,000.00 | RED Base |
Tides Foundation | Core Operating Support - Center for Working Families Fund | 11/03/22 | $100,000.00 | RED Base |
Panorama Global | Hyphen Partnerships: General Operating Support | 11/15/22 | $200,000.00 | RED Base |
Common Counsel Foundation | Movement for Black Lives: Black Power Rising Vision 2024 Initiative | 12/07/22 | $50,000.00 | RED Base |
Whitman-Walker Foundation | Whitman-Walker Institute General Operating Support | 11/17/23 | $1,000.00 | RED Base |
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc. | Grantmakers for Girls of Color: Black Girl Freedom Fund | 12/07/22 | $50,000.00 | RED Base |
Amalgamated Charitable Foundation | Reimagining Capacity and Capital for Communities (RC3) Initiative | 01/03/23 | $30,000.00 | RED Base |
Stand Up For Equity | **N40 FUNDED** General Operating Support | 03/01/22 | $200,000.00 | RED Base |
Amalgamated Charitable Foundation | Grantmakers for Thriving Youth Policy Working Group - Education Forward Fund (2023) | 07/31/23 | $250,000.00 | RED Base |
Local Progress Policy Institute | General Operating Support | 10/25/23 | $25,000.00 | RED Base |
People's Action Institute | General Operating Support | 10/18/23 | $25,000.00 | RED Base |
We Are Down Home | Down Home NC General Operating Support | 03/25/24 | $25,000.00 | RED 2 - State-Based Organizing |
Take Action Minnesota Education Fund | General Operating Support | 03/25/24 | $25,000.00 | RED 2 - State-Based Organizing |
Faith in Florida | General Operating Support | 03/25/24 | $25,000.00 | RED 2 - State-Based Organizing |
482 Forward | General Operating Support | 03/25/24 | $25,000.00 | RED 2 - State-Based Organizing |
Johns Hopkins University | SNF Agora Institute P3 Labs General Operating Support | 10/20/23 | $50,000.00 | RED 1 - National Strategy |
Faith in Action Network | General Operating Support | 10/17/23 | $25,000.00 | RED 1 - National Strategy |
Alliance for A Just Society | Native Organizers Alliance: General Operating Support | 10/18/23 | $25,000.00 | RED 1 - National Strategy |
482 Forward | General Operating Support | 01/31/24 | $1,500.00 | RED 1 - National Strategy |
Alliance for A Just Society | Native Organizers Alliance General Operating Support | 04/02/24 | $150,000.00 | RED 1 - National Strategy |
Equality Federation Institute | General Operating Support | 04/02/24 | $150,000.00 | RED 1 - National Strategy |
People's Action Institute | People's Action Education Fund General Operating Support | 04/02/24 | $150,000.00 | RED 1 - National Strategy |
BVM (Black Voters Matter) Capacity Building Institute | General Operating Support | 03/27/24 | $150,000.00 | RED 1 - National Strategy |
Hopewell Fund | Galvanize USA General Operating Support | 04/02/24 | $150,000.00 | RED 1 - National Strategy |
State Voices | General Operating Support | 04/02/24 | $150,000.00 | RED 1 - National Strategy |
New Venture Fund | AAPI Civic Engagement Fund General Operating Support | 04/01/24 | $150,000.00 | RED 1 - National Strategy |
Public Rights Project | General Operating Support | 04/04/24 | $150,000.00 | RED 1 - National Strategy |
Mijente Support Committee | General Operating Support | 04/04/24 | $150,000.00 | RED 1 - National Strategy |
SD Foundation dba Voting Rights Lab | General Operating Support | 04/04/24 | $150,000.00 | RED 1 - National Strategy |
Alliance for Youth Organizing | General Operating Support | 04/01/24 | $150,000.00 | RED 1 - National Strategy |
New Venture Fund | Campaign for Our Shared Future: General Operating Support | 08/14/23 | $250,000.00 | RED 1 - National Strategy |
State Power Fund | General Operating Support | 11/16/23 | $25,000.00 | RED 1 - National Strategy |
The Roosevelt Institute | General Operating Support | 10/18/23 | $50,000.00 | RED 1 - National Strategy |
Race Forward | General Operating Support | 10/24/23 | $25,000.00 | RED 1 - National Strategy |
Proteus Fund Inc. | Piper Fund Collaborative Fund | 10/18/23 | $25,000.00 | RED 1 - National Strategy |
African American Policy Forum | General Operating Support | 12/01/21 | $100,000.00 | RED - IDPI Cross Cut |
The Schott Foundation for Public Education | Anti-Racist and Culturally Responsive Schools Organizing Partnership | 11/15/21 | $250,000.00 | RED - IDPI Cross Cut |
Amalgamated Charitable Foundation | Democracy Alliance Pooled Fund General Operating Support | 03/06/23 | $300,000.00 | RED - IDPI Cross Cut |
Solidaire Network | Movement Protection Fund | 11/10/22 | $125,000.00 | RED - IDPI Cross Cut |
National Center for Family Philanthropy | General Operating Support | 09/06/23 | $100,000.00 | RED - IDPI Cross Cut |