William T Grant Foundation Inc
Accepts applications
William T Grant Foundation Inc is a private foundation in New York, New York. In tax year 2024 it gave $17.2 million in 159 grants; the typical grant was $79,025 and the largest $497,580. It accepts applications; its filing gives the instructions below.
From its IRS Form 990-PF for tax year 2024.
- Grants paid, 2024$17.2 million
- Number of grants159
- Typical grant$79,025
- Largest grant$497,580
- Assets$420 million
- New grantees35%
Giving in 2024 was up from $16.5 million the year before.
35% of its 2024 grantees had not received a grant from it the year before, a mix of repeat and new grantees.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants paid | Number of grants | Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | $16.5 million | 164 | $403 million |
| 2024 | $17.2 million | 159 | $420 million |
How to apply
| Contact | Rosanna Aybar 60 E 42nd Street 43rd Floor, New York, NY 10165-0047 |
|---|---|
| Phone or email | (212) 752-0071 |
| What to submit | Applications must be submitted through the foundation's online application system at wtg.smartsimple.com |
| Deadlines | See http://wtgrantfoundation.org/funding |
| Restrictions | The foundation does not fund general operating support, service expansion or program growth, building campaigns, scholarships, endowments, lobbying, or awards to individuals. The exception to this is the youth service capacity-building grants. Capacity-building needs may include: financial management, board recruitment and development, human resource management, staff training, fundraising, strategic planning, information technology, leadership development, communications, and evaluation systems. Both the youth service capacity-building grants and youth service improvement grants are limited to organizations providing services to youth in the five boroughs of New York. |
Foundation website IRS filings on ProPublica
What William T Grant Foundation Inc funds
Where it gives
Its US grants went to recipients in 25 states, the most to California. It also paid $468,348 in 3 grants to recipients outside the US.
| State | Grants | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| California | 22 | $2.5 million |
| New York | 33 | $2.3 million |
| Pennsylvania | 7 | $1.6 million |
| District of Columbia | 13 | $1.5 million |
| Massachusetts | 12 | $1.4 million |
| Illinois | 9 | $1.2 million |
| North Carolina | 8 | $938,098 |
| Florida | 3 | $630,179 |
| Virginia | 6 | $628,759 |
| Texas | 9 | $599,087 |
Grants paid in 2024
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| The Urban Institute | Redesigning the child tax credit to reduce economic inequality: changes to benefits and administration | $497,580 |
| Santa Clara University | Strengthening a holistic, community-based pre-collegiate and collegiate support system to enhance college matriculation, persistence, and success among latinx students in east san jos, california: preparing racially minoritized students for college during uncertain times | $429,750 |
| University of Pittsburgh | Improving the use of research evidence in multilingual learner policy and practice: research-practice partnership engagement with state education agency leaders | $426,494 |
| Philanthropy New York | Scholars retreat and meeting on mentoring and career development through fiscal sponsor philanthropy new york | $410,006 |
| Drexel University | The promise of marijuana legalization to reduce racial disparities in youth legal system contact in new jersey | $400,219 |
| National Summer Learning Association | Institutional challenge grant convening 2024 and reducing inequality convening 2025 | $360,000 |
| Northeastern University | Community-driven, technology-guided school rezoning to reduce economic segregation | $323,150 |
| Trustees of Boston University | A networked improvement community approach to equitable literacy in urban schools | $309,912 |
| University of South Florida | Utilizing discrete event simulation (des) to improve the use and relevance of research evidence to inform school mental health services | $305,892 |
| Regents of the University of Colorado | Embedding research into organizational routines to deepen the use of evidence | $299,266 |
| Emory University | Understanding the potential of youth participatory action research to improve african american youth mental health outcomes | $298,327 |
| New York University | Directing change: a novel approach to addressing disparities in suicidal behaviors among latinx and lgbtq+ youth | $283,819 |
| William Marsh Rice University | Brokering activities and outcomes among embedded versus informal liaisons in education research-practice partnerships | $267,763 |
| University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | How can state governments most effectively use research evidence when deciding how to spend tax dollars? | $259,573 |
| University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | Improving the use of research evidence to reduce child and youth opioid-related trauma: developing and testing a reflective decision analysis tool | $232,013 |
| University of Delaware | The delaware early literacy research-practice partnership: catalyzing educational equality | $230,260 |
| Pennsylvania State University | State-level interrupted time series of the family impact seminars: a national infrastructure for improving the use of research evidence | $227,305 |
| Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska for the University of Nebras | An online family-based program to reduce inequity among sexual and gender minority youth of color | $224,231 |
| University of Illinois Chicago | Interrogating successive school discipline reforms as levers for promoting racial equity | $221,465 |
| University of California | Youth and undergraduate transformation to harness community change (youth-c2) | $217,120 |
| University of Illinois Chicago | C2-principal preparation | $216,572 |
| University of Southern California | Reducing harm from structural xenophobia for reproductive equity | $215,979 |
| American Institutes for Research in the Behavioral Sciences | A study on the corequisite model in the kentucky community and technical college system (kctcs) | $211,588 |
| University of Illinois Urbana | Unconditional cash transfers and child maltreatment | $209,084 |
| MDRC | The role of community college interventions in reducing racial inequality in students academic progress | $200,615 |
| University of North Carolina at Greensboro | One talk at a time: a racial-ethnic socialization intervention for diverse families to reduce psychosocial inequalities | $200,136 |
| Pennsylvania State University | States as laboratories: experimental trial of the research-to-policy collaboration to improve states use of evidence to benefit youth | $200,000 |
| Regents of the University of California at Irvine | Reducing inequalities in opportunities to learn mathematics through adaptive teacher professional development | $197,913 |
| Wayne State University | How do mixed-income neighborhood initiatives reduce educational inequality for low-income black youth? | $196,802 |
| University of Virginia | Bridging institutions to close youth opportunity gaps | $194,168 |
| The Pew Charitable Trusts | Transforming evidence network | $192,875 |
| Yale University | What drives racial/ethnic disparities in school discipline? Understanding mechanisms to inform policy solutions | $192,101 |
| University of California Los Angeles | Microecological influences of supervision on ure in childrens mental health: secondary analysis of the child steps in california randomized effectiveness trial | $188,656 |
| University of California Irvine | Reducing inequalities for immigrant, multilingual students in secondary schools | $185,829 |
| Florida State University Research Foundation | Fostering number sense development in k-1 ebs through interactive simulations and engagement in math discourse practices | $179,842 |
| University of California Berkeley | Understanding and intervening on inequities in chronic absenteeism and its consequences among high school students | $178,165 |
| University of Toronto | Raising academic achievement in under-performing schools through improved management: a research-practice partnership | $176,304 |
| Brown University | Increasing teacher diversity, supply, and retention through grow your own programs | $171,333 |
| Johns Hopkins University | Enhancing nursing capacity to understand and address the needs of native american youth on the fort belknap reservation | $169,625 |
| Washington University in St Louis | Choosing opportunities: reducing racial inequality with choice neighborhoods, wrap-around services, and case management | $168,791 |
Officers and trustees
- Adam Gamoran
- Scott Evans
- Russell Pennoyer
- Greg Duncan
- Estelle Richman
- Mary Patillo
- Kenji Hakuta
- Mark Soler
- Hirokazu Yoshikawa
- Alex Done
- Elizabeth Moje
- William Hite
- Novisi Nirschl
- Maria Cancian
- Geetanjaki Gupta
Questions people ask
Does William T Grant Foundation Inc accept grant applications?
Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications, with this on deadlines: See http://wtgrantfoundation.org/funding.
How much does William T Grant Foundation Inc give?
$17.2 million in tax year 2024, across 159 grants, with a typical grant of $79,025.
Who runs William T Grant Foundation Inc?
Its 2024 filing lists Adam Gamoran (President), Scott Evans (Chairperson), Russell Pennoyer (Trustee Through 06/2024) and Greg Duncan (Trustee Through 10/2024) among 15 officers and trustees.
What does William T Grant Foundation Inc fund?
Based on its grants, mainly education, youth programs and science and research.