Grants for preschools

Name: Top 25 grants made to nurseries, preschools, and kindergartens
Creator: Cause IQ
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889 nurseries, preschools, and kindergartens received at least $11.3 million in grants for the most recent fiscal year. This includes 651 grants made from 511 grantmaking organizations, with a median grant amount of $1,234. Of these 511 foundations, 89% made just a single grant to preschools, and 2% made grants to four or more preschools. This analysis is based on grantmakers that e-file their Form 990s, and likely is an undercount of grants.

$11,334,272

Total grant dollars given to preschools

651

Number of grants made annually to preschools

511

Number of grantmakers funding preschools

$1,234

Median grant size to preschools

Foundations that support nurseries, preschools, and kindergartens

Out of all grants made to preschools, 70% came from small foundations with less than $10 million in assets. The top 10 grantmakers accounted for 89% of the dollar-value of grants to preschools. Foundations funding preschools also made grants to educational service providers, multiservice human service organizations, food banks, scholarship organizations, and theaters.

Foundation size

Foundation size	Number of grantmakers
Small	361
Medium	81
Large	69

Small foundations have <$10M in assets. Medium foundations have $10M to $50M in assets. Large foundations have >$50M in assets.

Foundation type

Foundation type	Number of grantmakers
Community	19
Private	411
Corporate	43
Other	38

Grants made

Grants made to preschools	Number of grantmakers
1	455
2-3	42
4-10	12
11+	2

Top 10 foundations supporting nurseries, preschools, and kindergartens

Grantmaker	State	Geographic focus	Percent of grant dollars to preschools	Number of grants made to preschools	Median grant size
Abbvie Foundation	IL	National	0.1%	26	$255
Baird Foundation	WI	National	0.3%	14	$800
Fidelity Foundation	MA	National	0.0%	8	$2,050
Salesforce Com Foundation	CA	National	0.0%	7	$50
Seattle Foundation	WA	State	0.0%	6	$1,000
Chubb Charitable Foundation	PA	National	0.2%	6	$875
Shell Oil Company Foundation	TX	National	0.0%	6	$310
Tulsa Community Foundation	OK	National	5.1%	5	$5,000
Carmax Foundation	VA	National	0.0%	5	$500
Arthur J Gallagher Foundation	IL	National	0.2%	5	$500

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Nurseries, preschools, and kindergartens grantees

Preschools with more than $5 million in total revenues received 90% of all grant dollars. These larger organizations accounted for 14% of all preschools.

Grant amounts

Size of grant	Number of grants
<$10k	649
$10k-$25k	0
$25k-$100k	0
$100k+	2

Grant amount by grantee size

Grantee annual revenue	Median grant size
<$100k	$2,400
$100k-$500k	$1,000
$500k-$1M	$1,000
$1M-$5M	$1,500
>$5M	$1,500

Grantee states

State of grantee	Number of grants
California	88
Illinois	48
New York	47
Texas	42
Other	426

Grantee metros

Metro area of grantee	Number of grants
New York City	54
Chicago	45
San Francisco	33
Boston	32
Other	436

Top 25 grants made to preschools

Grantee	Grant size	Purpose	Grantmaker
Tulsa Educare	$6,710,240	General Operations	Tulsa Community Foundation
Tulsa Educare	$3,287,324	Early Childhood Programs	Community Action Project of Tulsa (CAP)
Educare New Orleans	$5,000	Charitable	The Mary Freeman Wisdom Foundation
Lumin Education	$5,000	Early Childhood Education	The Baldridge Foundation
Lumin Education	$5,000	Early Childhood Education	The Baldridge Foundation
Montessori Education Trust	$5,000	General Purposes	Charlottesville Area Community Foundation
North Branch School	$5,000	General Purposes	Charlottesville Area Community Foundation
North Branch School	$5,000	General Fund	Charlottesville Area Community Foundation
Storyteller Children's Center	$5,000	General	The Greene Family Foundation
Cape Cod Children's Place	$5,000	Charitable Contribution	Ingeborg Foundation
Hilltop Preschool	$5,000	Education	The Columbus Foundation
Pathways Early Learning Academy	$5,000	Support Organization's Capacity As A Result of Assessment.	Foundation for a Healthy St. Petersburg
The Washington Market School	$5,000	Grant Distribution for the Annual Appeal	Community Foundation of Greater Des Moines
Little Sprouts Learning Center	$5,000	Covid	Mile High United Way
Good Shepherd Catholic Montessori	$5,000	Matching Gifts	Chubb Charitable Foundation
Good Shepherd Catholic Montessori	$5,000	Matching Gifts	Chubb Charitable Foundation
Zaca Center Preschool	$5,000	General Operating Support	Hutton Parker Foundation
Kids on the Move	$5,000	To Sponsor 2020 Heber Half Run for Autism	The Kahlert Foundation
Presidio Childhood Education Coalition	$5,000	Youth Literacy Partner	Dollar General Literacy Foundation
Montclair Community Pre-K (MCPK)	$5,000	General Operating	Credit Suisse Americas Foundation
Knox County Head Start	$5,000	Unrestricted Operating Support	Case Western Reserve University
Lumin Education	$5,000	To Support Their Reading Programs	The Kahn Education Foundation
Garden of Hope Montessori	$5,000	To Achieve the Goals of the Organization	The Johnnie and Shirley Johnson Family Foundation
Little Peaks	$5,000	For the Wonders of the Woods Program	Adirondack Foundation
Lakeside Preschool	$5,000	For Staff and Teacher Professional Development.	Adirondack Foundation

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Methodology: To determine grants and grantees, Cause IQ analyzes electronically-filed Form 990, Form 990-EZ, and Form 990-PF financial disclosure documents, matching grantees to specific organizations using EINs and fuzzy matching logic. The "Preschools" category for this page is determined by the "B21: Nursery School, Early School Admissions, Kindergarten" National Taxonomy of Exempt Entities (NTEE) code. Cause IQ determines NTEEs for organizations by its own internally-developed secret-sauce algorithms.