Delaware · Private foundation
Chime Scholars Foundation
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.
- $2.0M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 267
- Grants FY2025
- 87
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 97%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $118,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 87
- FY2022 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 40
- Total assets, FY2025
- $812k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 97% of the organizations Chime Scholars Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 79% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 21% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $627k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 265 | $2.0M | 78% |
| FY2024 | 87 | $796k | 97% |
| FY2023 | 8 | $665k | 63% |
| FY2022 | 3 | $191k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 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, FY2022 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thurgood Marshall College Fund | $354,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Scholarshot | $249,000 | 3 | 7% |
| Oakland Promise | $200,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Hispanic Association of Colleges & Universities | $167,225 | 2 | 1% |
| Kipp Metro Atlanta Collaborative Inc | $148,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Bay Area Hybrid College Initiative DBA Rivet School | $127,650 | 2 | 1% |
| The Bottom Line Inc | $125,000 | 2 | 1% |
| The New York Opportunity Network Inc Dba the Opportunity Network | $110,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Achieve Atlanta Inc | $94,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Uaspire Inc | $88,000 | 2 | 1% |
Show all 18 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thurgood Marshall College Fund | $354,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Scholarshot | $249,000 | 3 | 7% |
| Oakland Promise | $200,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Hispanic Association of Colleges & Universities | $167,225 | 2 | 1% |
| Kipp Metro Atlanta Collaborative Inc | $148,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Bay Area Hybrid College Initiative DBA Rivet School | $127,650 | 2 | 1% |
| The Bottom Line Inc | $125,000 | 2 | 1% |
| The New York Opportunity Network Inc Dba the Opportunity Network | $110,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Achieve Atlanta Inc | $94,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Uaspire Inc | $88,000 | 2 | 1% |
| The Memorial Foundation Inc | $68,500 | 3 | 2% |
| The Administrators of the Tulane Educational Fund | $62,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Beyond 12 Education Inc | $32,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Columbus State Community College Development Foundation Inc | $30,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Urban Strategies Council | $20,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Foundation | $19,825 | 1 | n/a |
| Making Waves Foundation Inc Aka Making Waves Education Foundation | $18,125 | 1 | 0% |
| A Vaughn Williams and Mary H Williams Private Foundation Inc | $5,000 | 2 | n/a |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 281 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.7M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Chime Scholars Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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: Marin Community Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Chime Scholars Foundation
- How much does Chime Scholars Foundation give?
- Chime Scholars Foundation reported 267 grants totaling $1,971,277 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 87 organizations a year over FY2022 to FY2024.
- What does Chime Scholars Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2022 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (91%), Employment (7%), Arts & Culture (2%).
- Who are Chime Scholars Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2022 to FY2025: Thurgood Marshall College Fund ($354k), Scholarshot ($249k), Oakland Promise ($200k).
- Does Chime Scholars Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 97% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Chime Scholars Foundation 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 Chime Scholars Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Marin Community Foundation, National Philanthropic Trust, American Online Giving Foundation Inc.
- Where is Chime Scholars Foundation based?
- Chime Scholars Foundation is based in DE.
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