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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Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities | Coalition of Urban Serving Universities (USU): Scaling SEP Practices and Supporting Systemic Change | 09/27/23 | $840,000.00 | Education |
American University | American University School of Education Dean’s Discretionary Operating Funds | 12/04/23 | $10,000.00 | Education |
Tides Center | PERTS: Strategic Scale-Up of Copilot Ascend and Communities of Practice | 01/01/24 | $1,200,000.00 | Education |
Excelencia in Education | Membership for Latino Student Success Funders Group (2024) | 02/12/24 | $40,000.00 | Education |
American Council on Education | General Operating Support | 02/26/24 | $7,750.00 | Education |
Grantmakers For Education | 2021 Annual Conference Sponsorship | 06/11/21 | $7,500.00 | Education |
Valencia College Foundation | General Operating Support | 02/28/24 | $10,000.00 | Education |
Grantmakers For Education | 2022 Annual Membership | 04/05/22 | $3,700.00 | Education |
The Seattle Foundation | Grantmakers for Thriving Youth Policy Working Group Collaborative (2021-2022) | 05/20/21 | $1,600,000.00 | Education |
Policy Innovators in Education Network Inc. | General Operating Support | 10/25/21 | $50,000.00 | Education |
The Seattle Foundation | Resource Equity Funders Collaborative (2021-2022) | 05/20/21 | $2,300,000.00 | Education |
National Public Education Support Fund | Education Funders Strategy Group Membership (2022) | 05/04/22 | $25,000.00 | Education |
National Public Education Support Fund | Narrative and Policy Work on Critical Race Theory | 09/16/21 | $50,000.00 | Education |
Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law | General Operating Support | 11/23/21 | $200,000.00 | Education |
Georgetown University | General Operating Support (Edunomic’s Lab) (5/2022 - 5/2025) | 09/08/22 | $300,000.00 | Education |
New York University | NYU Metro Center General Operating Support | 10/25/21 | $50,000.00 | Education |
Policy Innovators in Education Network Inc. | General Operating Support | 06/24/22 | $75,000.00 | Education |
Grantmakers For Education | 2023 Annual Membership | 05/03/23 | $3,700.00 | Education |
Amalgamated Charitable Foundation | Grantmakers for Thriving Youth Policy Working Group - Education Forward Fund (2023) | 12/19/23 | $300,000.00 | Education |
Education Trust Inc. | Alliance for Resource Equity Core Operating Support | 06/07/22 | $900,000.00 | Education |
Education Leaders of Color, Inc. | BELE Network: General Operating Support | 05/12/21 | $175,000.00 | Education |
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities | General Operating Support | 06/21/22 | $900,000.00 | Education |
School Board Partners | BELE Network: General Operating Support | 05/12/21 | $150,000.00 | Education |
Learning Policy Institute | General Operating Support | 05/23/22 | $900,000.00 | 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 |
National Equity Project | BELE Network: Equipping Chief Equity Officers to Drive Transformation (2021-2023) | 07/26/21 | $150,000.00 | Education |
National Center for Youth Law | General Operating Support | 05/24/22 | $750,000.00 | Education |
The Board Of Trustees Of The Leland Stanford Junior University | Student Experience Project: College Transition Collaborative Design, Implementation, Research & Tool Development | 05/12/21 | $1,094,980.00 | Education |
Digital Promise Global | BELE Network: Toronto Anti-Racist Collaboration (District Network) (2021-2023) | 07/22/21 | $250,000.00 | Education |
New Venture Fund | Seek Common Ground: Student Action Network for Equity | 07/07/22 | $25,000.00 | Education |
University of Toledo | Student Experience Project (SEP) Learning Partners Facilitation & Planning | 10/29/21 | $20,000.00 | Education |
Surge Institute | BELE Network: General Operating Support | 05/10/21 | $300,000.00 | Education |
Amalgamated Charitable Foundation | Grantmakers for Thriving Youth Policy Working Group Collaborative (2023 Core) | 06/23/23 | $500,000.00 | Education |
Colorado State University | Reinvention Collaborative Annual Conference | 09/20/21 | $7,500.00 | Education |
Council of Chief State School Officers | BELE Network: Equipping State Teams to Drive Equity Transformation | 07/26/21 | $300,000.00 | Education |
Amalgamated Charitable Foundation | Resource Equity Funders Collaborative (2023 & 2024) | 08/04/23 | $2,000,000.00 | Education |
Young Invincibles | Young Advocates Program College Student Success Cohort | 09/01/21 | $150,000.00 | Education |
American Association of School Administrators Inc | BELE Network: AASA Equipping Districts to Advance Educational Equity via ESSER Plans & Implementation (2021-2022) | 07/22/21 | $50,000.00 | Education |
Policy Innovators in Education Network Inc. | General Operating Support | 09/01/23 | $100,000.00 | Education |
Colorado State University | Boyer Commission 2040: Blueprint for Excellence & Equity in Undergraduate Education | 10/08/21 | $50,000.00 | Education |
New Venture Fund | BELE Network: Communities for Just Schools General Operating Support (2021-2023) | 09/17/21 | $500,000.00 | Education |
Southern Education Foundation | Brown’s Promise: Communications Research Project | 09/27/23 | $55,000.00 | Education |
The Institute for Higher Education Policy | General Operating Support | 12/02/22 | $50,000.00 | Education |
Education Resource Strategies Inc. | BELE Network: Equipping Chief Equity Officers to Drive Transformation (2021-2023) | 07/26/21 | $200,000.00 | Education |
Southern Education Foundation | Brown’s Promise General Operating Support | 01/01/24 | $150,000.00 | Education |
National Center for Civic Innovation Inc. | Equity Accelerator: Institutional Transformation for Equitable Student Success in Higher Education Core Operations | 07/01/22 | $560,000.00 | Education |
Kingmakers of Oakland | BELE Network: Organizational Development and Operating Support (2021-2022) | 08/18/21 | $350,000.00 | Education |
Amalgamated Charitable Foundation | Grantmakers for Thriving Youth Policy Working Group Collaborative (2024 Core) | 02/20/24 | $800,000.00 | Education |
Foundation for California Community Colleges | California Learning Lab: First Inaugural Annual Conference | 07/19/22 | $10,000.00 | Education |
School Board Partners | General Operating Support | 11/03/22 | $650,000.00 | Education |