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 on Budget and Policy Priorities | General Operating Support | 06/21/22 | $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 |
Grantmakers For Education | 2023 Annual Membership | 05/03/23 | $3,700.00 | 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 |
Amalgamated Charitable Foundation | Grantmakers for Thriving Youth Policy Working Group Collaborative (2024 Core) | 02/20/24 | $800,000.00 | Education |
New Venture Fund | BELE Network: Communities for Just Schools General Operating Support (2021-2023) | 09/17/21 | $500,000.00 | Education |
Amalgamated Charitable Foundation | Grantmakers for Thriving Youth Policy Working Group - Education Forward Fund (2023) | 12/19/23 | $300,000.00 | Education |
Education Resource Strategies Inc. | BELE Network: Student Experience-centered, Equity-embedded, Data-driven (SEED) District Strategic Planning Project | 10/01/23 | $150,000.00 | Education |
Foundation for California Community Colleges | California Learning Lab: First Inaugural Annual Conference | 07/19/22 | $10,000.00 | Education |
National Public Education Support Fund | Narrative and Policy Work on Critical Race Theory | 09/16/21 | $50,000.00 | Education |
Third Way Institute | General Operating Support | 12/01/22 | $50,000.00 | Education |
National Equity Project | BELE Network: Equipping Chief Equity Officers to Drive Transformation (2021-2023) | 07/26/21 | $150,000.00 | Education |
Grantmakers For Education | 2022 Annual Membership | 04/05/22 | $3,700.00 | 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 |
Digital Promise Global | BELE Network: Toronto Anti-Racist Collaboration (District Network) (2021-2023) | 07/22/21 | $250,000.00 | 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 |
Council of Chief State School Officers | BELE Network: Equipping State Teams to Drive Equity Transformation | 07/26/21 | $300,000.00 | Education |
Excelencia in Education | Membership for Latino Student Success Funders Group (2024) | 02/12/24 | $40,000.00 | Education |
Tides Center | PERTS: Strategic Scale-Up of Copilot Ascend & Communities of Practice | 01/23/23 | $400,000.00 | Education |
Southern Education Foundation | Brown’s Promise: Communications Research Project | 09/27/23 | $55,000.00 | Education |
The Seattle Foundation | Grantmakers for Thriving Youth Policy Working Group Collaborative (2021-2022) | 05/20/21 | $1,600,000.00 | Education |
National Center for Civic Innovation Inc. | Equity Accelerator Higher Education Project and Partnership Operational Capacity Support | 05/02/24 | $900,000.00 | Education |
The Seattle Foundation | Resource Equity Funders Collaborative (2021-2022) | 05/20/21 | $2,300,000.00 | Education |
Southern Education Foundation | Brown’s Promise General Operating Support | 01/01/24 | $150,000.00 | 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 |
The Institute for Higher Education Policy | General Operating Support | 09/01/23 | $150,000.00 | Education |
Tides Center | PERTS: Strategic Scale-Up of Copilot Ascend and Communities of Practice | 01/01/24 | $1,200,000.00 | Education |
National Association of System Heads | Equity Action Initiative | 12/15/22 | $100,000.00 | Education |
National Public Education Support Fund | Education Funders Strategy Group Membership (2022) | 05/04/22 | $25,000.00 | Education |
Third Way Institute | General Operating Support | 07/11/23 | $50,000.00 | Education |
Amalgamated Charitable Foundation | Higher Ed Forward Fund (2023) | 11/30/23 | $40,000.00 | Education |
NewSchools Fund | NewSchools Summit Sponsorship (2022) | 05/10/22 | $10,000.00 | 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 |
American Council on Education | Carnegie Classifications Project | 10/01/23 | $250,000.00 | Education |
Learning Policy Institute | General Operating Support | 05/23/22 | $900,000.00 | Education |
American University | American University School of Education Dean’s Discretionary Operating Funds | 12/04/23 | $10,000.00 | Education |
Kent State University Foundation | Student Experience Project Strategic Planning and Partnership for Scaling Advisor | 08/09/23 | $118,421.00 | Education |
School Board Partners | General Operating Support | 11/03/22 | $650,000.00 | Education |
Grantmakers For Education | 2021 Annual Conference Sponsorship | 06/11/21 | $7,500.00 | Education |
Amalgamated Charitable Foundation | Higher Ed Forward Fund (2023-2024) | 11/21/23 | $1,000,000.00 | Education |
Amalgamated Charitable Foundation | Grantmakers for Thriving Youth Policy Working Group Collaborative (2023 Core) | 06/23/23 | $500,000.00 | Education |
National Center for Youth Law | General Operating Support | 05/24/22 | $750,000.00 | Education |
Education Resource Strategies Inc. | BELE Network: Equipping Chief Equity Officers to Drive Transformation (2021-2023) | 07/26/21 | $200,000.00 | Education |
Amalgamated Charitable Foundation | Resource Equity Funders Collaborative (2023 & 2024) | 08/04/23 | $2,000,000.00 | Education |
Policy Innovators in Education Network Inc. | General Operating Support | 09/01/23 | $100,000.00 | Education |
Colorado State University | Reinvention Collaborative Annual Conference | 09/20/21 | $7,500.00 | Education |
American Council on Education | General Operating Support | 02/26/24 | $7,750.00 | Education |
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 |
Kingmakers of Oakland | BELE Network: Organizational Development and Operating Support (2021-2022) | 08/18/21 | $350,000.00 | Education |
Georgetown University | General Operating Support (Edunomic’s Lab) (5/2022 - 5/2025) | 09/08/22 | $300,000.00 | Education |