California · Public charity
HBCU Founders Initiative
The corporation is organized and operated for charitable and educational purposes, including without limitation, inspiring and supporting women and minorities to pursue entrepreneurship
- $178k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 4
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 1
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 100%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $39k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 7
- FY2022 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $197k
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 100% of the organizations HBCU Founders Initiative funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $7k 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 | 4 | $39k | 50% |
| FY2024 | 1 | $7k | 100% |
| FY2023 | 7 | $70k | 100% |
| FY2022 | 1 | $123k | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spelman College | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Oakwood University | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Bowie State University Foundation Inc | $8,600 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 8 recipients with no EIN on record ($200k), not named here.
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About HBCU Founders Initiative
- How much does HBCU Founders Initiative give?
- HBCU Founders Initiative reported 4 itemized grants totaling $38,600, out of $177,855 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 7 organizations a year over FY2022 to FY2024.
- What does HBCU Founders Initiative fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2022 to FY2025, its largest causes are Community Improvement (54%), Education (46%).
- Who are HBCU Founders Initiative's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2022 to FY2025: Spelman College ($20k), Oakwood University ($10k), Bowie State University Foundation Inc ($9k).
- Does HBCU Founders Initiative fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Where is HBCU Founders Initiative based?
- HBCU Founders Initiative is based in CA.
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