California · Private foundation
Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $2.4M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 24
- Grants FY2025
- 1
- Organizations funded FY2019
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2019
- Median grant, FY2025
- $100,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $100,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 5
- FY2017 to FY2019
- States reached, FY2025
- 15
- Total assets, FY2025
- $166M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2019, 0% of the organizations Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2019, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 24 | $2.4M | 100% |
| FY2019 | 1 | $10k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 2 | $454k | 50% |
| FY2017 | 5 | $36k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wested | $444,345 | 1 | n/a |
| Summit Public Schools | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Building 21 | $100,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Mooresville Graded School District | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Aldine Independent School District | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Springfield Empowerment Zone Partnership Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Ednovate Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Austin Community College | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Schools That Lead | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| High Tech High | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 11 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wested | $444,345 | 1 | n/a |
| Summit Public Schools | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Building 21 | $100,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Mooresville Graded School District | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Aldine Independent School District | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Springfield Empowerment Zone Partnership Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Ednovate Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Austin Community College | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Schools That Lead | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| High Tech High | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| James Madison University | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 19 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.8M), not named here.
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: New Schools Fund · Gates Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
Compare Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching with peer funders
About Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching
- How much does Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching give?
- Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching reported 24 grants totaling $2,400,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 5 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2019.
- What does Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (99%), Science & Tech (1%).
- Who are Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Wested ($444k), Summit Public Schools ($100k), Building 21 ($100k).
- Does Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching fund new organizations?
- In FY2019, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include New Schools Fund, Gates Foundation, Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program.
- Where is Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching based?
- Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching is based in CA.
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