Who funds Urban Institute?
60 private foundations reported grants to Urban Institute in Washington, District of Columbia totaling $48.3 million across 149 grants in tax years 2023 to 2025. The largest funder was Gates Foundation, with $13.4 million.
From the funders' IRS Form 990-PF filings.
- Foundation funders60
- Grants reported149
- Total received$48.3 million
- Funders taking applications23
Funders of Urban Institute that accept applications
If your organization does similar work, these foundations are prospects: they already fund work like Urban Institute's and say in their IRS filings that they accept applications.
- Gates Foundation
- The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
- The Kresge Foundation
- Conrad N Hilton Foundation
- Wal-Mart Foundation
- The David and Lucile Packard Foundation
- Peter G Peterson Foundation
- The Andrew W Mellon Foundation
- William T Grant Foundation Inc
- WK Kellogg Foundation
- Price Philanthropies Foundation
- Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Inc
- Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation
- The Ford Foundation
- The Joyce Foundation
Foundations that fund Urban Institute
| Foundation | Purpose given | Grants | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gates Foundation | U.s. Economic mobility & opportunity | 8 | $13.4 million |
| The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation | 81601 providing technical assistance and direction for rwjf's policies for action research program, 2024 | 17 | $5.5 million |
| John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation | To serve as the coordinator and technical assistance provider for the just home project to advance targeted housing solutions to break the link between housing instability and incarceration under the safety and justice challenge | 4 | $5.1 million |
| Laura and John Arnold Foundation | To conduct research and analysis to inform policy discussions on key aspects of the medicare program related to competition and spending including (i) reforms to medicare advantage payment benchmarks, (ii) oversight of agents and brokers, and (iii) benefit redesign in traditional medicare. | 21 | $4.1 million |
| Annie E Casey Foundation Inc | Support development of estimates on eligibility and participation of youth and young adults in SNAP, TANF, and public and subsidized housing | 15 | $2.0 million |
| Jpmorgan Chase Foundation | In support of financial health | 4 | $1.8 million |
| The Kresge Foundation | Project support grant to support local leaders in under-resourced cities | 3 | $1.5 million |
| The Commonwealth Fund | Modeling Policies That Could Expand and Improve Health Coverage and Affordability - or Roll Back Progress | 9 | $1.4 million |
| Conrad N Hilton Foundation | To support research on the needs of youth and young workers at workrise, a pooled fund and research institute that focuses on economic mobility | 2 | $1.3 million |
| Wells Fargo Foundation | Worth Evaluation Extension | 4 | $1.2 million |
| Citi Foundation | Community progress makers learning community initiative | 1 | $1.0 million |
| Wal-Mart Foundation | Healthier food for all | 1 | $902,426 |
| The David and Lucile Packard Foundation | Families and Communities | 2 | $900,000 |
| Peter G Peterson Foundation | To support tax policy center's federal tax model and research and analysis of fiscal policy developments. | 5 | $853,000 |
| The Andrew W Mellon Foundation | To support a research project | 2 | $670,000 |
| William T Grant Foundation Inc | Redesigning the child tax credit to reduce economic inequality: changes to benefits and administration | 2 | $604,522 |
| WK Kellogg Foundation | Promise of an Equitable Future | 1 | $550,000 |
| Freedom Together Foundation | The housing matters initiative: advancing improvements in community health, education, and environment through a stable home | 1 | $500,000 |
| Pritzker Family Foundation | Research and education on family economic stability | 2 | $450,000 |
| The Bloomberg Family Foundation Inc | To support economic development | 1 | $325,000 |
| Price Philanthropies Foundation | General support | 1 | $300,000 |
| Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Inc | New frontiers in child safety net policy: an initiative to promote innovation and effectiveness in the delivery of cash assistance to families with children | 2 | $280,000 |
| Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation | Support for 2024 general operating expenses. 202402-14748 | 2 | $260,000 |
| Capital One Foundation Inc | Asset building/financial capability | 1 | $250,000 |
| The Prudential Foundation | To support the urban institute in a research study examining how macroeconomic shocks impact the ability of people of color to build and preserve wealth. | 1 | $240,000 |
| Valhalla Foundation | Impact measurement initiative | 1 | $230,951 |
| The Ford Foundation | Core support for the disability equity policy initiative to grow the disability lens across the organization's work on immigration, housing, and poverty/inequality | 1 | $200,000 |
| The Joyce Foundation | Education & economic mobility | 1 | $200,000 |
| Clark Charitable Foundation Inc DBA A James & Alice B Clark Foundation | General operating support for the dc education research collaborative | 1 | $200,000 |
| Alfred P Sloan Foundation | To build synthetic tax datasets for use in social science research | 1 | $182,824 |
| The Rockefeller Foundation | In support of quantifying the potential impact of baby bonds on wealth inequities experienced by historically underserved communities | 1 | $170,914 |
| The Heising-Simons Foundation | To fill gaps in the existing body of prekindergarten research by evaluating a large and diverse program in washington, d.c. | 1 | $163,305 |
| Charles Stewart Mott Foundation | To support a research program on state and federal regulations and their impact on the nonprofit and philanthropic sector. | 2 | $160,000 |
| The Ford Family Foundation | Data-to-Action for Parenting Students at Rural Oregon Colleges | 1 | $151,285 |
| Bainum Family Foundation | Impact of healthcare4childcare in the district of columbia | 1 | $150,000 |
| Lumina Foundation for Education Inc | To support the development of a set of community impact measures that demonstrate community colleges' social value | 1 | $150,000 |
| Imaginable Futures Foundation | To support the advancement of student parent research | 1 | $150,000 |
| Huron Philanthropies Incorporated | Charity | 1 | $130,000 |
| Transitcenter Inc | Public transit workforce analysis | 1 | $122,720 |
| The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation | For support of the history of philanthropy program at urban's center on nonprofits and philanthropy | 2 | $120,000 |
| Surdna Foundation Inc | General support | 1 | $100,000 |
| Rowe Family Foundation | annual fund | 1 | $100,000 |
| CO2 Foundation | Provides rapid, equity-focused analysis on disasters and disaster recovery needs in the days before, and after, those events, to that expand public conversations to include key equity topics and support community advocates and policy-makers who are prioritizing these important issues. | 1 | $95,000 |
| The Tepper Foundation | General support | 1 | $60,000 |
| Catena Foundation | Crisis response | 1 | $49,537 |
| Margaret A Cargill Foundation | Other operating support | 1 | $30,000 |
| Tara Health Foundation | Board discretionary - the lancet commission on antiracism in solidarity - maternal health working group | 1 | $30,000 |
| The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation | Community services | 1 | $30,000 |
| The Leonard & Sophie Davis Fund | Support for social service programs or educational programs | 1 | $28,000 |
| Assurant Foundation | Financial Assistance | 1 | $25,000 |
| Clark and Christine Ivory Foundation | General fund | 1 | $25,000 |
| Carnegie Corporation of New York | For a final grant to support a web publication on the history and social impact of philanthropy, nonprofits, and civil society | 1 | $18,900 |
| T Rowe Price Foundation | Financial well-being | 1 | $15,000 |
| Bill and Crissy Haslam Foundation | General operating support | 1 | $10,000 |
| The Brewster Foundation | General | 1 | $5,000 |
| Bram & Elaine Goldsmith Family Charitable Trust | General support | 1 | $5,000 |
| Posner-Wallace Foundation | Emerging Researchers support | 1 | $3,000 |
| Andre Elkon Family Foundation | Current use for charitable purposes | 1 | $2,000 |
| Lydia & Rob Petty Family Foundation | General | 1 | $1,000 |
| Amazonsmile Foundation | General support | 1 | $23 |
Using this list
A foundation that already gives to Urban Institute gives in its field and region, so the list doubles as a prospect list for similar organizations in Washington. Open a foundation to see its application rules, typical grant and every other grant it paid.
Questions people ask
Who funds Urban Institute?
Gates Foundation, The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation, Laura and John Arnold Foundation and Annie E Casey Foundation Inc, and 55 more, according to their IRS Form 990-PF filings.
How much does Urban Institute get from foundations?
$48.3 million in 149 reported grants from 60 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, The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, The Kresge Foundation, Conrad N Hilton Foundation and Wal-Mart Foundation say in their filings that they accept applications.