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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Education Resource Strategies Inc. | BELE Network: Equipping Chief Equity Officers to Drive Transformation (2021-2023) | 07/26/21 | $200,000.00 | Education |
American University | American University School of Education Dean’s Discretionary Operating Funds | 12/04/23 | $10,000.00 | Education |
Kingmakers of Oakland | BELE Network: Organizational Development and Operating Support (2021-2022) | 08/18/21 | $350,000.00 | Education |
Tides Center | PERTS: Strategic Scale-Up of Copilot Ascend and Communities of Practice | 01/01/24 | $1,200,000.00 | Education |
School Board Partners | General Operating Support | 11/03/22 | $650,000.00 | Education |
Excelencia in Education | Membership for Latino Student Success Funders Group (2024) | 02/12/24 | $40,000.00 | Education |
NewSchools Fund | NewSchools Summit Sponsorship (2022) | 05/10/22 | $10,000.00 | Education |
American Council on Education | General Operating Support | 02/26/24 | $7,750.00 | Education |
American Association of School Administrators Inc | BELE Network: Enlistment & Influence for Equity w/ ARPA Guidance | 11/03/22 | $150,000.00 | Education |
Valencia College Foundation | General Operating Support | 02/28/24 | $10,000.00 | Education |
Tides Center | BELE Network: PERTS Building & Scaling the Student Experience Knowledge Base | 08/01/23 | $500,000.00 | Education |
The Seattle Foundation | Grantmakers for Thriving Youth Policy Working Group Collaborative (2021-2022) | 05/20/21 | $1,600,000.00 | Education |
National Equity Project | BELE Network: District Network & Field Catalyst Strategy Development | 08/01/23 | $1,500,000.00 | Education |
The Seattle Foundation | Resource Equity Funders Collaborative (2021-2022) | 05/20/21 | $2,300,000.00 | 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 |
Collaborative For Academic Social and Emotional Learning | BELE Network: CASEL District Network & Field Leadership | 08/01/23 | $750,000.00 | Education |
National Public Education Support Fund | Narrative and Policy Work on Critical Race Theory | 09/16/21 | $50,000.00 | 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 |
Georgetown University | General Operating Support (Edunomic’s Lab) (5/2022 - 5/2025) | 09/08/22 | $300,000.00 | 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 |
Policy Innovators in Education Network Inc. | General Operating Support | 06/24/22 | $75,000.00 | 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 |
Education Trust Inc. | Alliance for Resource Equity Core Operating Support | 06/07/22 | $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 |
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities | General Operating Support | 06/21/22 | $900,000.00 | Education |
Learning Policy Institute | General Operating Support | 05/23/22 | $900,000.00 | 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 |
National Center for Youth Law | General Operating Support | 05/24/22 | $750,000.00 | Education |
University of Toledo | Student Experience Project (SEP) Learning Partners Facilitation & Planning | 10/29/21 | $20,000.00 | Education |
Grantmakers For Education | 2021 Annual Conference Sponsorship | 06/11/21 | $7,500.00 | Education |
New Venture Fund | Seek Common Ground: Student Action Network for Equity | 07/07/22 | $25,000.00 | Education |
Colorado State University | Reinvention Collaborative Annual Conference | 09/20/21 | $7,500.00 | Education |
Grantmakers For Education | 2022 Annual Membership | 04/05/22 | $3,700.00 | Education |
Amalgamated Charitable Foundation | Grantmakers for Thriving Youth Policy Working Group Collaborative (2023 Core) | 06/23/23 | $500,000.00 | Education |
Young Invincibles | Young Advocates Program College Student Success Cohort | 09/01/21 | $150,000.00 | Education |
Policy Innovators in Education Network Inc. | General Operating Support | 10/25/21 | $50,000.00 | Education |
Amalgamated Charitable Foundation | Resource Equity Funders Collaborative (2023 & 2024) | 08/04/23 | $2,000,000.00 | Education |
Colorado State University | Boyer Commission 2040: Blueprint for Excellence & Equity in Undergraduate Education | 10/08/21 | $50,000.00 | Education |
National Public Education Support Fund | Education Funders Strategy Group Membership (2022) | 05/04/22 | $25,000.00 | Education |
Policy Innovators in Education Network Inc. | General Operating Support | 09/01/23 | $100,000.00 | 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 |
Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law | General Operating Support | 11/23/21 | $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 |
New York University | NYU Metro Center General Operating Support | 10/25/21 | $50,000.00 | 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 |
Grantmakers For Education | 2023 Annual Membership | 05/03/23 | $3,700.00 | Education |
Third Way Institute | General Operating Support | 12/01/22 | $50,000.00 | Education |