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Who funds Research for Action Inc?

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania · EIN 232710950

9 private foundations reported grants to Research for Action Inc in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania totaling $2.0 million across 13 grants in tax years 2024 to 2025. The largest funder was Lumina Foundation for Education Inc, with $550,000.

From the funders' IRS Form 990-PF filings.

Foundations that fund Research for Action Inc

All 9 funders, by amount
FoundationPurpose givenGrantsAmount
Lumina Foundation for Education Inc
Indiana · 2024 · accepts applications
To conduct research and evaluation on Lumina's Great Admissions Redesign Challenge grantees.1$550,000
The William Penn Foundation
Pennsylvania · 2024 · accepts applications
K-12 education research3$517,625
The Heinz Endowments
Pennsylvania · 2024 · accepts applications
To support research for action inc's work to highlight and address existing disparities within pennsylvania's public education system, particularly allegheny county1$450,000
The Wallace Foundation
New York · 2024
To study how cities used out-of-school-time efforts to support young people and communities during the Covid-19 pandemic.3$234,262
The Barra Foundation Inc
Pennsylvania · 2024 · accepts applications
Catalyst fund grant1$118,000
The Horace W Goldsmith Foundation
New York · 2024
General operations1$60,000
The Patricia Kind Family Foundation
Pennsylvania · 2024
Trustee grant - valerie1$15,000
Independence Public Media of Philadelphia Inc
Pennsylvania · 2024 · accepts applications
To support research for action's digital archive and podcast about black educators in philadelphia and detroit1$8,500
Jpmorgan Chase Foundation
New York · 2025
Matching contribution (general operating support)1$1,000

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 Research for Action Inc?

Lumina Foundation for Education Inc, The William Penn Foundation, The Heinz Endowments, The Wallace Foundation and The Barra Foundation Inc, and 4 more, according to their IRS Form 990-PF filings.

How much does Research for Action Inc get from foundations?

$2.0 million in 13 reported grants from 9 private foundations in tax years 2024 to 2025. Government grants and gifts from individuals are not included.

Which of these funders accept applications?

Lumina Foundation for Education Inc, The William Penn Foundation, The Heinz Endowments, The Barra Foundation Inc and Independence Public Media of Philadelphia Inc say in their filings that they accept applications.

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