How much does Great Public Schools Now give?

Great Public Schools Now reported 82 grants totaling $9,764,470 in its FY2022 IRS filing. It funded between 33 and 106 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2022.

What does Great Public Schools Now fund?

By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2022, its largest causes are Education (79%), Youth Development (8%), Human Services (3%).

Who are Great Public Schools Now's largest grantees?

By total granted over FY2017 to FY2022: California Charter Schools Association ($5.4M), Kipp Socal Public Schools ($4.8M), Teach for America Inc ($4.0M).

Does Great Public Schools Now fund new organizations?

In FY2022, 20% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.

Which funders back the same organizations as Great Public Schools Now?

Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Ralph M Parsons Foundation, Joseph Drown Foundation, Weingart Foundation.

Where is Great Public Schools Now based?

Great Public Schools Now is based in CA.

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California · Public charity

Great Public Schools Now

The organization invests in schools, organizations and initiatives that catalyze excellence in public education, convenes leaders and uplifts public understanding to advocate for great public schools.

$9.8M
Granted FY2022: 82
Grants FY2022: 81
Organizations funded FY2022: 20%
First-time grantees FY2022

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Median grant, FY2022: $75,000
Largest grant, FY2022: $676,934
Organizations funded a year: 33 to 106; FY2017 to FY2022
States reached, FY2022: 5
Total assets, FY2022: $7.0M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2022, 20% of the organizations Great Public Schools Now funded were first-time grantees, receiving 10% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2022, 90% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $988k went to new ones.

RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

EducationHuman ServicesArts & CultureYouth DevelopmentEmploymentCommunity ImprovementOther

How this is measured

First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

The numbers by year

Fiscal year	Organizations funded	To those organizations	First-time grantees
FY2022	81	$9.7M	20%
FY2021	106	$13M	65%
FY2020	52	$9.7M	42%
FY2019	33	$14M	39%
FY2018	55	$18M	49%
FY2017	35	$12M	n/a

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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2022.

Education$61MYouth Development$6.0MHuman Services$2.3MCivil Rights$1.7MCommunity Improvement$1.3MPublic Benefit$1.2MRecreation & Sports$884kArts & Culture$793kOther$0

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 FY2022, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
California Charter Schools Association	$5,390,000	9	8%
Kipp Socal Public Schools	$4,804,277	8	2%
Teach for America Inc	$4,000,000	3	1%
Equitas Academy Charter School	$3,597,500	6	11%
Ednovate Inc	$3,228,484	5	7%
Los Angeles Unified School District	$3,092,410	8	n/a
Citizens of the World Charter Schools Los Angeles	$2,762,400	5	5%
Parent Revolution Inc	$2,254,712	5	53%
La's Best	$1,744,824	4	13%
Tntp Inc	$1,581,622	3	1%

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All grantees of Great Public Schools Now by total granted
Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
California Charter Schools Association	$5,390,000	9	8%
Kipp Socal Public Schools	$4,804,277	8	2%
Teach for America Inc	$4,000,000	3	1%
Equitas Academy Charter School	$3,597,500	6	11%
Ednovate Inc	$3,228,484	5	7%
Los Angeles Unified School District	$3,092,410	8	n/a
Citizens of the World Charter Schools Los Angeles	$2,762,400	5	5%
Parent Revolution Inc	$2,254,712	5	53%
La's Best	$1,744,824	4	13%
Tntp Inc	$1,581,622	3	1%
United Parents and Students	$1,518,010	9	27%
Alder Graduate School of Education	$1,500,000	3	8%
Blueprint	$1,500,000	1	22%
Hightech La	$1,500,000	1	33%
Innovate Public Schools	$1,494,684	8	4%
Relay Graduate School of Education	$1,480,000	4	1%
Aspire Public Schools	$1,472,400	5	0%
Bright Star Education Group	$1,448,155	2	21%
Accelerate Institute	$1,250,000	2	26%
Green Dot Public Schools	$1,188,460	3	0%
Partnership for Los Angeles Schools	$1,187,000	6	3%
After-School All-Stars Los Angeles	$1,116,188	5	6%
Speak Up Foundation	$1,001,190	5	33%
Educare Foundation	$992,984	3	6%
Alliance for a Better Community	$968,764	9	43%
Innercity Struggle	$938,055	8	5%
Alliance for College-Ready Public Schools	$845,000	3	1%
Woodcraft Rangers	$819,032	5	4%
Para Los Ninos	$806,329	6	1%
Young Men's Christian Association of Metropolitan Los Angeles	$711,272	5	1%
Los Angeles Parks Foundation	$617,372	5	18%
Center for Powerful Public Schools	$595,000	4	45%
Bright Star Schools	$572,748	2	1%
Families in Schools	$542,800	9	7%
Star Sports Theatre Arts & Recreation Inc	$541,928	2	4%
Educators for Excellence Inc	$522,000	7	2%
Boys & Girls Club of Carson Inc	$518,950	3	9%
STEM Preparatory Schools Inc	$506,400	3	3%
Bes Inc	$500,000	1	3%
Community Partners	$493,800	6	0%
Rainbow Labs Mentoring Inc	$482,466	2	57%
Think Together	$470,595	2	0%
Communities in Schools of Los Angeles Inc	$414,308	6	6%
Advancement Through Opportunity & Knowledge Inc	$376,549	3	14%
Laurel Leadership Institute	$376,000	6	30%
Our Turn Inc	$375,000	5	5%
United Way Inc	$340,000	4	0%
Los Angeles Conservation Corps	$332,984	3	1%
Environmental Charter Schools	$330,000	4	1%
La Coalition for Excellent Public School	$325,000	6	40%
Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights	$300,000	3	2%
Los Angeles Urban League	$300,000	4	5%
Loyola Marymount University	$277,100	6	0%
Reframe Labs Inc	$275,000	2	11%
Boys & Girls Clubs of Los Angeles Harbor	$251,236	4	2%
CWCLA Support Corporation	$250,000	1	n/a
Los Angeles Sports Council Foundation	$241,500	4	35%
El Centro del Pueblo	$238,800	1	n/a
Pacoima Beautiful	$237,200	3	1%
Camino Nuevo Charter Academy	$230,000	5	0%
The 74 Media Inc	$225,000	5	4%
La Promise Fund	$217,088	3	2%
Teach Plus Inc	$214,800	5	1%
Extera Public Schools	$214,000	4	1%
Institute for Education Research & Scholarships	$207,025	2	23%
The Education Trust Inc	$199,000	2	1%
Team Prime Time Inc	$184,906	2	11%
Inner City Education Foundation	$179,000	4	0%
No Limits Theater Group Inc	$175,000	1	11%
Phoenix Houses of California Inc	$175,000	1	1%
Partnerships to Uplift Communities Los Angeles	$173,000	2	1%
Granada Hills Charter	$166,443	2	0%
Central American Resource Center - CARECEN - of California	$166,050	2	1%
Ps Arts	$165,000	5	2%
THE H E ART PROJECT dba ARTWORXLA	$164,975	3	10%
Alliance College-Ready Public Schools Foundation	$163,800	3	1%
Green Dot Public Schools National	$160,000	5	1%
Legacy la Youth Development Corp	$155,000	1	6%
Keep Youth Doing Something Inc	$154,970	2	4%
Pueblo Nuevo Education and Development G	$154,900	1	2%
Achievement First Inc	$150,000	1	0%
Collegiate Charter High School of Los Angeles	$145,000	2	3%
Excellent Education Development	$144,900	2	1%
Woodland Hills Rotary Club Foundation	$140,000	3	76%
Oceanographic Teaching Stations Inc	$136,400	4	10%
City Charter School	$135,000	2	1%
A World Fit for Kids	$132,309	3	4%
The Center for Better Schools	$125,000	1	6%
El Centro del Pueblo Inc	$120,000	5	1%
PS Science	$115,100	5	11%
Magnolia Educational and Research Foundation	$109,428	3	0%
Friends of the Los Angeles River	$102,100	2	4%
Music & Arts Foundation in America	$101,640	3	100%
City Year Inc	$100,000	1	0%
The Wayfinder Foundation	$100,000	1	7%
School on Wheels Inc	$100,000	1	3%
Naleo Educational Fund	$98,000	2	1%
Partnership for Children & Youth	$97,460	1	4%
Lift Inc	$92,138	1	2%
Heart of Los Angeles Youth Inc	$90,000	1	2%
A Place Called Home	$76,205	1	1%
Vista del Mar Child and Family Services	$75,000	1	0%
Campaign for College Opportunity	$75,000	2	3%
The Children's Partnership	$75,000	1	3%
Hub Cities Career Center Corporation	$72,500	1	n/a
Vista Charter Public Schools Inc	$68,000	2	1%
Gabriella Charter Schools	$66,000	2	0%
Schools in Action	$65,000	4	0%
Bet Tzedek	$60,000	1	0%
Regents Univ of California	$58,000	1	n/a
Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History Foundation	$57,175	2	0%
New Economics for Women	$50,000	1	1%
The Seed Foundation	$50,000	1	1%
Central City Neighborhood Partners	$50,000	1	2%
Lashon Academy	$50,000	1	1%
Semillas Sociedad Civil	$50,000	1	1%
Proyecto Pastoral	$50,000	1	1%
Power California	$50,000	1	1%
Parent Institute for Quality Education Inc	$50,000	1	1%
Scholarship Prep Charter School	$50,000	1	1%
Enrich La	$50,000	1	n/a
High School for Recording Arts	$50,000	1	1%
New Earth Organization	$50,000	1	1%
Altamed Health Services Corporation	$50,000	2	0%
Da Vinci Schools	$50,000	1	0%
Dharma Educational Institute	$50,000	1	1%
Shadetree Multicultural Foundation	$50,000	1	n/a
National Alliance for Public Charter Schools	$50,000	1	0%
Waterfront Education	$45,566	2	17%
The Boys & Girls Club of Burbank and Greater East Valley Inc	$45,000	1	1%
Harbor Area Gang Alternatives Program	$43,802	2	1%
Transcend Inc	$40,000	2	0%
Kids 4 College	$38,890	2	6%
New Heights Charter School	$36,000	4	0%
Arts for Healing and Justice Network	$35,000	1	1%
Latino Media Collaborative	$35,000	1	9%
Los Angeles Leadership Academy	$34,660	2	0%
Girls in Focus	$34,000	4	n/a
Treepeople Inc	$32,250	1	0%
Larchmont Schools	$30,000	1	0%
Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Los Angeles	$30,000	1	1%
Puente Learning Center	$28,625	4	0%
Latino Heritage Foundation	$25,000	1	n/a
March on Washington Film Festival	$25,000	1	2%
All Peoples Community Center	$25,000	1	1%
Mothers-In-Action Inc	$25,000	1	6%
Latino Educators Advancing Leadership (LEAL)	$25,000	1	n/a
One Archives Foundation	$25,000	2	3%
Variety Boys & Girls Club	$25,000	1	1%
Designated Exceptional Services for Independence	$25,000	1	3%
Chime Institute	$25,000	1	0%
Inner-City Arts	$23,000	3	0%
Salvadoran American Leadership & Educational Fund	$22,000	1	2%
STUDENT HEALTH SERVICES SUPPORT FUND INC dba The LA Trust	$20,000	1	0%
North Valley Caring Services	$19,000	2	1%
Avance Schools Inc	$19,000	2	0%
Multicultural Learning Center	$19,000	4	0%
Santa Monica Mountains Rcd	$17,100	2	n/a
Learning by Design Inc	$15,500	2	1%
Los Angeles Academy of Arts and Enterprise	$15,000	1	0%
Boys & Girls Club of San Fernando Valley	$15,000	1	2%
PowerMyLearning Inc	$15,000	4	0%
Los Angeles Boys and Girls Club Foundation	$15,000	1	n/a
Boys and Girls Club of Santa Monica Inc	$15,000	1	0%
Charter Board Partners D/B/A Education Board Partners	$15,000	1	2%
Boys and Girls Club of Venice	$15,000	1	1%
Aquarium of the Pacific Corporation	$13,000	3	0%
Pacific Battleship Center	$12,875	3	0%
Greater Los Angeles Education Foundation	$12,500	1	1%
New Village Charter School Inc	$12,325	2	0%
Girls Athletic Leadership School Los Angeles	$11,550	2	0%
Linked Learning Alliance	$10,500	2	0%
Good Plus Foundation Inc	$10,000	1	0%
Policy Innovators in Education Network Inc	$10,000	1	1%
The Big Picture Company	$8,500	2	0%
The Columbia Memorial Space Science Lear Columbia Memorial Science Center	$8,200	2	4%
Lacer Afterschool Programs	$7,400	1	0%
Ypi Charter Schools Inc	$7,300	1	0%
Ararat Charter School	$6,000	1	0%
United in Harmony	$5,000	1	1%
Excelencia Academy Inc	$5,000	1	2%
Soleil Academy Inc	$5,000	1	2%

Great Public Schools Now supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 13 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 170 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

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How this is measured

Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 170.

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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.

The Ralph M Parsons FoundationCA109× affinity64 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Ralph M Parsons Foundation · Joseph Drown Foundation · Weingart Foundation · The Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation · The Ahmanson Foundation · California Community Foundation · Elbridge Stuart Foundation Dba Stuart Foundation · The Annenberg Foundation · The Rose Hills Foundation · United Way Inc · Walton Family Foundation Inc · Charter Fund Inc D/B/A Charter School Growth Fund

How this is measured

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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About Great Public Schools Now

How much does Great Public Schools Now give?: Great Public Schools Now reported 82 grants totaling $9,764,470 in its FY2022 IRS filing. It funded between 33 and 106 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2022.
What does Great Public Schools Now fund?: By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2022, its largest causes are Education (79%), Youth Development (8%), Human Services (3%).
Who are Great Public Schools Now's largest grantees?: By total granted over FY2017 to FY2022: California Charter Schools Association ($5.4M), Kipp Socal Public Schools ($4.8M), Teach for America Inc ($4.0M).
Does Great Public Schools Now fund new organizations?: In FY2022, 20% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as Great Public Schools Now?: Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Ralph M Parsons Foundation, Joseph Drown Foundation, Weingart Foundation.
Where is Great Public Schools Now based?: Great Public Schools Now is based in CA.