our grantmaking process

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.

Even if our grants and strategies don’t fully succeed, we only fail if we don’t learn.

– Jeff Raikes

List of Grants

Organization Requests Award Date Amount Program
Northwest African American Museum Inc NAAM's Annual Unity Event (2022) 09/29/22 $10,000.00 Community Giving
OneAmerica Annual Open House (2023) 06/21/23 $5,000.00 Community Giving
National Center for Family Philanthropy Annual Membership (2023) 10/21/23 $10,000.00 Community Giving
Mockingbird Society Annual Luncheon Sponsorship (2023) 09/28/23 $5,000.00 Community Giving
Solidaire Network General Operating Support 06/20/23 $2,500.00 Community Giving
Neighborhood Funders Group Philanthropy Forward 10/21/23 $15,000.00 Community Giving
ISAIAH General Operating Support 06/21/23 $2,500.00 Community Giving
Neighborhood Funders Group General Operating Support 10/21/23 $45,000.00 Community Giving
Southern Education Foundation Brown's Promise: General Operating Support 07/05/23 $5,000.00 Community Giving
Promise54 General Operating Support 04/04/22 $1,000.00 Community Giving
Neighborhood Funders Group Annual Membership (2023) 10/21/23 $15,000.00 Community Giving
Northwest African American Museum Inc NAAM's Annual Unity Event (2023) 09/28/23 $5,000.00 Community Giving
Georgia Budget and Policy Institute, Inc. General Operating Support 06/21/23 $2,500.00 Community Giving
Learning Policy Institute General Operating Support 06/21/23 $1,500.00 Community Giving
OneAmerica Movement Family Reunion (2022) 05/18/22 $5,000.00 Community Giving
Northwest African American Museum Inc NAAM's Annual Unity Event (2024) 09/27/24 $5,000.00 Community Giving
Social Venture Partners (Seattle) Annual Membership (2023) 11/08/23 $18,000.00 Community Giving
Legal Counsel for Youth and Children Annual Luncheon Sponsorship (2023) 10/29/23 $1,000.00 Community Giving
Association of Black Foundation Executives Inc. Annual Membership (2023) 11/30/23 $2,500.00 Community Giving
Johns Hopkins University SNF Agora Institute P3 Labs General Operating Support 07/05/23 $1,500.00 Community Giving
The Seattle Foundation Belonging Gathering with Civic Commons (2022) 04/28/22 $2,500.00 Community Giving
Neighborhood Funders Group General Operating Support 11/13/24 $45,000.00 Community Giving
NW Children's Foundation Community Annual Forum - Healing-Centered Practices & Childhood Trauma Sponsorship (2023) 02/15/23 $5,000.00 Community Giving
Neighborhood Funders Group Philanthropy Forward 11/13/24 $15,000.00 Community Giving
Prospect Schools Inc. Brooklyn Prospect High School General Operating Support 10/18/22 $1,500.00 Community Giving
Alliance For Education 2024 Annual Gala Sponsorship 04/10/24 $8,000.00 Community Giving
Asian Americans/Pacific Islanders in Philanthropy Annual Membership (2024) 02/06/24 $2,500.00 Community Giving
Grantmakers For Effective Organizations Annual Membership (2024) 02/16/24 $8,500.00 Community Giving
Center for Children’s Advocacy Inc. General Operating Support 10/06/22 $1,500.00 Community Giving
National Center for Family Philanthropy Annual Membership (2024) 06/21/24 $10,000.00 Community Giving
Democracy Forward Foundation General Operating Support 06/26/24 $2,500.00 Community Giving
Neighborhood Funders Group Annual Membership (2024) 11/13/24 $15,000.00 Community Giving
Excelencia in Education Membership for Latino Student Success Funders Group (2024 & 2025) 02/12/24 $40,000.00 Education
School Board Partners General Operating Support 11/03/22 $650,000.00 Education
Colorado State University: Association for Undergraduate Education at Research Universities Equitable and Effective Teaching in Undergraduate STEM Education Preconference Convening Sponosrship 08/12/24 $10,000.00 Education
Learning Policy Institute General Operating Support 05/23/22 $900,000.00 Education
National Center for Youth Law General Operating Support 05/24/22 $750,000.00 Education
Tides Center BELE Network: PERTS Building & Scaling the Student Experience Knowledge Base 08/01/23 $500,000.00 Education
American Council on Education General Operating Support 02/26/24 $7,750.00 Education
National Equity Project BELE Network: District Network & Field Catalyst Strategy Development 08/01/23 $1,500,000.00 Education
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
The Institute for Higher Education Policy General Operating Support 12/02/22 $50,000.00 Education
National Equity Project BELE Network: Student Experience-centered, Equity-embedded, Data-driven (SEED) District Strategic Planning Project 10/01/23 $150,000.00 Education
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
Collaborative For Academic Social and Emotional Learning BELE Network: CASEL District Network & Field Leadership 08/01/23 $750,000.00 Education
Tides Center PERTS General Operating Support 09/13/24 $1,500,000.00 Education
Tides Center PERTS: Strategic Scale-Up of Copilot Ascend & Communities of Practice 01/23/23 $400,000.00 Education
Collaborative For Academic Social and Emotional Learning General Operating Support 09/13/24 $1,050,000.00 Education
Georgetown University Edunomic's Lab General Operating Support 09/08/22 $300,000.00 Education
National Center for Civic Innovation Inc. Equity Accelerator Higher Education Project and Partnership Operational Capacity Support 05/02/24 $900,000.00 Education