Grants for student service providers

Name: Top 25 grants made to student service organizations
Creator: Cause IQ
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3,337 student service organizations received at least $460.0 million in grants for the most recent fiscal year. This includes 3,155 grants made from 2,063 grantmaking organizations, with a median grant amount of $1,200. Of these 2,063 foundations, 83% made just a single grant to student service orgs, and 3% made grants to four or more student service orgs. This analysis is based on grantmakers that e-file their Form 990s, and likely is an undercount of grants.

$460,017,916

Total grant dollars given to student service providers

3,155

Number of grants made annually to student service providers

2,063

Number of grantmakers funding student service providers

$1,200

Median grant size to student service providers

Foundations that support student service organizations

Out of all grants made to student service providers, 77% came from small foundations with less than $10 million in assets. The top 10 grantmakers accounted for 86% of the dollar-value of grants to student service orgs. Foundations funding student service orgs also made grants to scholarship organizations, multiservice human service organizations, educational service providers, and colleges.

Foundation size

Foundation size	Number of grantmakers
Small	1,593
Medium	258
Large	210

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	52
Private	1,711
Corporate	109
Other	191

Grants made

Grants made to student service orgs	Number of grantmakers
1	1,727
2-3	266
4-10	43
11+	27

Top 10 foundations supporting student service organizations

Grantmaker	State	Geographic focus	Percent of grant dollars to student service orgs	Number of grants made to student service orgs	Median grant size
Abbvie Foundation	IL	National	0.1%	73	$200
Shell Oil Company Foundation	TX	National	0.3%	49	$450
Westrock Foundation	GA	National	0.1%	44	$21
Arkansas Community Foundation	AR	State	0.1%	39	$1,000
Baird Foundation	WI	National	0.7%	38	$500
Chubb Charitable Foundation	PA	National	0.3%	29	$150
Synchrony Foundation	CT	National	0.1%	27	$250
JP Morgan Chase Foundation	NY	National	0.0%	25	$500
Carmax Foundation	VA	National	0.2%	23	$1,000
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation	WA	National	4.6%	22	$5,074,232

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Student service organizations grantees

Student service providers with more than $5 million in total revenues received 91% of all grant dollars. These larger organizations accounted for 24% of all student service orgs.

Grant amounts

Size of grant	Number of grants
<$10k	3,102
$10k-$25k	0
$25k-$100k	0
$100k+	53

Grant amount by grantee size

Grantee annual revenue	Median grant size
<$100k	$1,000
$100k-$500k	$1,500
$500k-$1M	$1,000
$1M-$5M	$1,869
>$5M	$1,000

Grantee states

State of grantee	Number of grants
New York	358
California	274
Texas	173
Florida	167
Other	2,183

Grantee metros

Metro area of grantee	Number of grants
New York City	320
Washington DC	238
Chicago	120
Los Angeles	107
Other	2,088

Top 25 grants made to student service providers

Grantee	Grant size	Purpose	Grantmaker
Say Yes Cleveland Scholarship	$51,136,872	Endowment Distribution	The Cleveland Foundation
American Mock World Health Organization	$40,346,612	Polio	Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
University of Georgia Athletic Assn	$30,838,265	Cash	The University of Georgia Foundation
American Mock World Health Organization	$28,914,406	Polio	Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
American Mock World Health Organization	$24,599,053	Polio	Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Hispanic Scholarship Fund	$22,475,758	Grants & Scholarships	United Negro College Fund
American Mock World Health Organization	$21,000,000	Polio	Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
University of Mo Rolla Engineering MGMT	$12,756,885	Funding for Endowed Scholarships/chairs/progr Fellows and Scholars Program.	UMKC Foundation
American Mock World Health Organization	$12,000,000	Development of Solutions To Improve Global Health	Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Purdue Foundation of Elkhart County	$11,200,000	Final Payment of Intercollegiate Athletics Grant	Spartan Trail Foundation
American Mock World Health Organization	$10,000,000	Delivery of Solutions To Improve Global Health	Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
American Mock World Health Organization	$10,000,000	Polio	Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Asian and Pacific Islander American Scholarship Fund (APIASF)	$9,235,853	Grants & Scholarships	United Negro College Fund
American Mock World Health Organization	$8,733,719	Malaria	Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Roadtripnationorg Nation	$7,733,637	FMV	Strada Education Network
Roadtripnationorg Nation	$7,733,637	Loan Forgiveness and Matching Grant	Strada Education Network
American Mock World Health Organization	$7,500,000	Enteric and Diarrheal Diseases; MNCH Discovery and Tools	Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
American Mock World Health Organization	$6,667,000	Polio	Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
American Mock World Health Organization	$6,000,000	MNCH Discovery and Tools	Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Roadtripnationorg Nation	$6,000,000	FMV	Strada Education Network
The University Corporationsan Francisco State	$5,453,931	Scholarships and Campus Programs	San Francisco State University Foundation
University of Mo Rolla Engineering MGMT	$5,269,442	Develop Educational Resources and Training	American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry (AAAP)
United Negro College Fund	$5,000,000	To Endow Achievement Capstone Program	National Merit Scholarship Corporation
Oakland Promise	$5,000,000	Project Support	Kaiser Permanente
Washington University School of Medicine Health Admin Program	$5,000,000	Support Medical Education, Research, & Patient Care Needs in the BJH Communities	BJC Health System

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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 "Student service providers" category for this page is determined by the "B80: Student Services and Organizations of Students" National Taxonomy of Exempt Entities (NTEE) code. Cause IQ determines NTEEs for organizations by its own internally-developed secret-sauce algorithms.