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Who funds Thomas B Fordham Institute?

Washington, District of Columbia

13 private foundations reported grants to Thomas B Fordham Institute in Washington, District of Columbia totaling $1.7 million across 16 grants in tax years 2023 to 2025. The largest funder was Gates Foundation, with $600,000.

From the funders' IRS Form 990-PF filings.

Foundations that fund Thomas B Fordham Institute

All 13 funders, by amount
FoundationPurpose givenGrantsAmount
Gates Foundation
Washington · 2024 · accepts applications
K-12 education; postsecondary education2$600,000
Walton Family Foundation Inc
Arkansas · 2024
To provide support to reach, educate and influence broad audiences about the need to reinvent learning and create new solutions to address learning loss.1$500,000
Sarah Scaife Foundation Incorporated
Pennsylvania · 2024 · accepts applications
Project support1$154,000
Charter Fund Inc D/B/A Charter School Growth Fund
Colorado · 2023 · accepts applications
Charter school capacity-building3$127,666
The Kovner Foundation
Florida · 2024
General support1$100,000
The Haslam 3 Foundation Inc
Tennessee · 2024 · accepts applications
Advancing educational excellence1$100,000
The Nord Family Foundation
Ohio · 2024 · accepts applications
Continued support of improving education for all ohio students1$50,000
The Wallace Foundation
New York · 2024
To support the institute's study on school board leadership and partisanship.1$38,324
The Achelis & Bodman Foundation
New York · 2024 · accepts applications
A study, state of the unions: updated state-by-state rankings of teacher union strength1$25,000
Beth and Ravenel Curry Foundation
Pennsylvania · 2025
Unrestricted1$25,000
ONE8 Foundation
Massachusetts · 2024
Education1$10,000
Lovett & Ruth Peters Foundation
Ohio · 2024
General support1$10,000
Amazonsmile Foundation
Washington · 2023
General support1$35

Amounts are grants paid as each foundation reported them. Names are matched across filings, so a grant written under a different name for the same organization may be missing.

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Questions people ask

Who funds Thomas B Fordham Institute?

Gates Foundation, Walton Family Foundation Inc, Sarah Scaife Foundation Incorporated, Charter Fund Inc D/B/A Charter School Growth Fund and The Kovner Foundation, and 8 more, according to their IRS Form 990-PF filings.

How much does Thomas B Fordham Institute get from foundations?

$1.7 million in 16 reported grants from 13 private foundations in tax years 2023 to 2025. Government grants and gifts from individuals are not included.

Which of these funders accept applications?

Gates Foundation, Sarah Scaife Foundation Incorporated, Charter Fund Inc D/B/A Charter School Growth Fund, The Haslam 3 Foundation Inc and The Nord Family Foundation say in their filings that they accept applications.

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