Grants made by City Fund
City Fund (EIN 82-4938743) reported 121 grants totaling $109.3M in FY2024 on Schedule I of its IRS Form 990 — the 100 largest are listed below. See the full financial profile for revenue, ratings and leadership.
Grant recipients (FY2024) · $109.3M total
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| New Schools For New Orleans Inc | To support nsnos work to increase high-quality seats, support teacher and leader development programs, and improve communications strategies and advocacy regarding their unique ecosystem of school | $10,416,000 |
| The Mind Trust Inc | To support the expansion of high-quality public schools for students in indianapolis | $10,000,000 |
| New Jersey Childrens Foundation | To support the expansion of high-quality public schools for students in newark, nj | $9,410,000 |
| The Opportunity Trust | To support the opportunity trusts strategic plan to increase high-quality school options for st. louis students and families. | $8,900,000 |
| Camden Education Fund Inc | To increase the share of high-quality seats in the city of camden, support schools in their recovery from the pandemic and ability to meet all students needs, invest in the local and statewide ecosystems to help families choose the best schools with the ultimate goal of driving accelerated and sustainable improvements in the citys public education system | $8,150,000 |
| Education Forward Dc | To expand access to high-quality schools for district of columbia students and families and continue to solidify and increase autonomous seats market share in dc so the nations capital can serve as a proof point for what is possible around the country | $5,465,000 |
| Rochester Education Association For the Development of Youth Inc | To support increasing quality charter growth in rochester and improving the education and life outcomes for rochester students | $5,262,000 |
| New Schools For Baton Rouge | To expand successful local and regional charter operators including creating new high-quality seats, to attract high-performing national networks, and to incubate innovative models | $5,000,000 |
| Rooted | To support growing seats in non-profit schools, support advocacy, invest in communications capacity, and provide leadership to the denver education ecosystem | $4,743,000 |
| San Antonio Area Foundation | To support new seats, improve quality at several early stage operators and develop merger and closure strategies if performance does not improve, and build communications and advocacy strength | $4,324,000 |
| Equitable Facilities Fund Inc | To support low-cost facility financing for high-performing and high-potential charter schools across missouri seeking to grow, replicate, or launch. | $4,000,000 |
| Every Student Every Community Inc | To support redefined atlanta's work to grow the impact of quality autonomous school options for atlanta's most historically marginalized and under-resourced communities by strengthening authorization pathways and supporting education-focused grassroots mobilizing efforts, driving school leader pipelines, and launching new charter schools | $3,195,000 |
| Rhode Island Education Collective Inc | To develop and support a positive education ecosystem that advances the mission of more high-quality charter options for students in providence | $2,700,000 |
| City Forward Collective Inc | To support its strategic plan to expand the growth of quality charter schools and improve academic outcomes for milwaukee students | $2,200,000 |
| Blaque Dated 5-25-2020 | To re-launch charter school growth in kansas city to increase charter share and expand quality; to continue coalition building and non-lobby advocacy to build the education ecosystem in kansas city. | $2,000,000 |
| Baton Rouge Alliance For Students | To support efforts to ensure students are at the forefront of school improvement decisions in baton rouge | $1,437,262 |
| Dc Charter School Alliance | To enable dc charter school alliance to better target the following gaps: a stronger parent and community advocacy dedicated to supporting public charters, a dedicated strategy for a strong public narrative for public charter schools, more leaders and educators who are prepared to lead and operate high quality schools, and an ecosystem-level approach to support struggling schools and collaborate on quality, which involves both closures and mergers, as well as the growth of high-quality seats | $1,400,000 |
| Rooted | To provide general support | $1,130,000 |
| Project Ready | To support project ready as it launches its literacy accelerator program to engage parents in their childs literacy education | $1,000,000 |
| Fuel Okc Inc | To support the advance educational quality and equity in oklahoma city | $1,000,000 |
| Texas Charter Schools Association | To provide general support | $900,000 |
| National Alliance For Public Charter Schools | To support its non-lobby work whch aims to open and strengthen new markets for charter school growth, and support and increase the capacity of charter support organizations | $850,000 |
| Excellent Schools New Mexico | To support grantees charitable purpose of improving public education outcomes in new mexico | $800,000 |
| Blaque Dated 5-25-2020 | To support the grantees charitable and non-lobby work which aims to increase charter school growth and expand access to quality public schools in kansas city | $750,000 |
| Future Ready Cleveland | To support efforts to expand access to high-quality schools in cleveland | $729,200 |
| Future Ready Cleveland | To expand access to high-quality education in cleveland | $650,000 |
| Association of Missouri Charterschools | To support mcpsas policy goals and activities advocating for high quality public charter schools | $600,000 |
| Denver Families For Public Schools | To provide general support | $500,000 |
| Media Matters For America | To support the opening of a high school in stockton in august 2025 | $500,000 |
| Great Public Schools For Indy Inc | To develop and implement a comprehensive communications strategy towards improving educational outcomes in indianapolis | $500,000 |
| Equity In Education | To support the grantee's charitable operations | $450,000 |
| Tennessee Charter School Incubator Inc | To provide general support | $425,000 |
| Volunteer Schools | To provide general support for the nashville incubator | $375,000 |
| Future Ready Cleveland | To support future ready clevelands efforts to expand access to high-quality schools in cleveland | $300,000 |
| Great Schools Nc | To support the launch of a statewide communications and messaging research project to improve charter messaging across north carolina | $300,000 |
| Indiana Charter Innovation Center | To support the operations of the indiana charter innovation center through the first two years of its operation | $300,000 |
| Kipp Nashville | To support sy24-25 seat growth at kipp nashville | $290,000 |
| Greater Education Opportunities Foundation | To support planning for the launch of geo academies cleveland | $250,000 |
| Blueprint Texas | To provide support for tcsd's expansion in san antonio and ft. worth | $250,000 |
| Education Reform Now Inc | To provide general support | $250,000 |
| Edward Charles Foundation | To support opportunity for all orange county in their work to open and grow high quality schools. | $225,000 |
| Lost Debate Inc | To support the development of a podcast series on the history, present and future of new orleans public school system | $200,000 |
| Alabama Public Charter Schools Association | General operating support for the launch and ongoing operations of the newly-formed alabama public charter school association (apcsa) | $200,000 |
| Bluum Inc | To support the ongoing efforts in idaho to support and strengthen the states public charter school sector | $200,000 |
| Indiana Charter Innovation Center | To support the leadership and staff positions to advocate for equitable funding for charter schools in indiana to enable substantial growth of the sector | $200,000 |
| Greenhouse E3 | To support recruitment, cultivation, and development of charter management organization leaders | $200,000 |
| New Jersey Charter Public Schools Association A New Jersey Non-profi | To support the expansion of high-quality public charter schools in new jersey | $180,000 |
| New Leaders | To scale its national aspiring principals fellowship, build infrastructure to match graduating fellows and alumni with roles in city fund regions, and integrate some charter-specific programming into the fellowship | $180,000 |
| Alabama Public Charter Schools Association | To support grantees non-lobbying advocacy and strategic communication efforts to educate about the funding gap between charters and district schools to support supplemental allocation for the charter schools in the 2025 budget | $175,000 |
| Philadelphia Charters For Excellence | To support the expansion of educational opportunities and outcomes for students in philadelphia, pa | $175,000 |
| Memphis Education Fund Inc | Of supporting the grantee's continued focus on improving academic achievement and access to better school options for memphis-shelby county students with a comprehensive approach to effective policy advocacy, accountability, and data & research and of supporting its summer boost initiative. | $175,000 |
| Education Pioneers Inc | To develop alumni infrastructure, pilot talent matching services, and create opportunities to connect ep alumni to city fund regions | $160,000 |
| National Association of Charter School Authorizers | To develop and disseminate evidence-based messaging around issues related to school accountability | $152,000 |
| 50can Inc | To support 50can's project georgiacan to continue its current operations, support charter schools and fully execute increased charter school engagement | $150,000 |
| National Parents Union Inc | To support lifting parent voices to be part of critical policy discussions and that parental support for public charter schools is part of the national narrative | $150,000 |
| Kipp Nashville | To support continued seat growth in nashville | $150,000 |
| Persist Nashville Inc | To support nashville charter college access and success institute's which aim to increase college enrollment and persistence by supporting coaching participants and school leaders | $150,000 |
| 50can Inc | To support communications and polling endeavors to increase awareness of marginalized opinions on charters and school options | $150,000 |
| Tennessee State Collaborative On Reforming Education | To advance the state and local policy and advocacy environment to ensure high quality public charter schools can thrive and grow, particularly those serving low-income and students of color | $150,000 |
| The Third Way Foundation Inc | To support the production, publication, and amplification of a research study on the impact of charter growth in cities | $150,000 |
| Nashville Charter Collaborative | To support a non-partisan voter registration pilot in school board district 1 in compliance with applicable law | $145,000 |
| Paterson Charter School Fund | To support the paterson charter school roundtable to improve the ecosystem and address challenges relevant for high quality charter schools in paterson | $140,000 |
| San Joaquin A Plus Inc | To support high-quality school operators in stockton through coalition-building, communications, and family engagement | $140,000 |
| Nashville Classical | To support sy24-25 enrollment growth at nashville classical - west | $120,000 |
| Tennessee Nature Academy | To support sy24-25 enrollment growth | $120,000 |
| Opportunity 180 | To establish the city of north las vegas as a charter school authorizer | $115,000 |
| Invictus Nashville Charter School | To support startup and implementation of the new charter school | $110,000 |
| Heights Academy | To support the schools launch and early operations | $100,000 |
| Center For Black Educator Development | To support the center for black educator developments plans for scale and sustainability | $100,000 |
| San Antonio Area Foundation | To support grantee's non-lobby advocacy work, increase quality seats, stronger talent, better communications, and general operations | $100,000 |
| Colorado Schools Fund | To support grantee's charitable purpose to accelerate charter school growth in colorado | $100,000 |
| Education Reform Now Inc | To support high-quality charter schools in texas | $100,000 |
| Stop the Wait Ri | To provide organizational support for non-lobbying and charitable activities | $100,000 |
| Libertas School | To support the startup of a new middle school in memphis | $100,000 |
| Lost Debate Inc | To build a platform that hosts important, nuanced conversations about education | $100,000 |
| Permian Strategic Partnership Inc | To support the creation of a high-quality seats dashboard for the permian basin | $100,000 |
| Nashville Propel Parent Institute Inc | To support the launch of a parent counselor program that focuses on supporting parents in navigating and making an informed decision about their nashville public school options | $87,500 |
| Nashville Charter Collaborative | To support two local advocacy campaigns aimed at increasing enrollment in high-performing charter schools, and securing access to vacant and under-utilized mnps facilities for charter school use | $85,000 |
| Aventura Community Schools | To support enrollment growth for sy24-25 | $85,000 |
| The Third Way Foundation Inc | To support expanded communication efforts about innovation and accountability in public education | $80,000 |
| Journey Community Schools Inc | To support journey northeast academys charitable operations including support staffing and recruitment | $75,000 |
| Georgia Charter Schools Association Inc | To support a partnership with the national charter collaborative in which ncc supports and facilitates a professional learning cohort comprised of single-site school leaders in metro-atlanta seeking to amplify best practices and improve outcomes for students, families, and communities | $75,000 |
| Lead Public Schools Inc | Of supporting the launch of lead public schools first elementary school campus | $75,000 |
| Memphis Grizzlies Preparatory Charter School Inc | To provide start-up support for the newly approved memphis grizzlies preparatory steam school for girls | $75,000 |
| Kipp Team and Family Schools Inc | To support the exploration and planning of kipp njs expansion to paterson | $75,000 |
| 50can Inc | To support freedom coalition for charter schools' work to create a public awareness campaign designed to highlight and educate all stakeholders about inequities in charter funding | $75,000 |
| Encompass Community School | To support the successful launch of encompass community school | $75,000 |
| Colorado League of Charter Schools | To provide general support | $75,000 |
| Memphis Lift Parent Institute | To support its general operations including the surge team, policy department, and senior leadership team | $75,000 |
| Future Ready Cleveland | To support future ready clevelands charitable mission and start-up operations | $73,000 |
| Elevate 215 | To support communications, advocacy and technical assistance for the charter school sector in philadelphia | $70,000 |
| 50can Inc | To provide general support | $65,000 |
| Policy Innovators In Education Network Inc | To support the pie network's capacity and collaboration efforts to develop network leaders | $55,000 |
| New Schools For New Orleans Inc | To support communications and positive storytelling about new orleans public schools in commemoration of the 20 year anniversary of hurricane katrina | $50,000 |
| Agency Inc | To amplify the performance of and demand for public charter schools through creative communication campaigns | $50,000 |
| Rocketship Education | To support sy25-26 enrollment growth in nashville | $50,000 |
| Latinx Education Collaborative | To amplify the voices, stories, and experiences of latino students, families, and leaders in the charter school movement | $50,000 |
| Teach For America Inc | To ensure high-quality educator talent is present in nashville to support ongoing operations and growth of local charter school partners | $50,000 |
| Invictus Nashville Charter School | To support invictus nashville's start-up activities | $50,000 |
| Intergenerational Cleveland | To sustain and enhance the strategic efforts of the intergenerational schools | $50,000 |
Grant data comes from Schedule I of City Fund's e-filed Form 990, via CharityIndex. Recipients link to their own profiles where the EIN matches our directory.