Illinois · Public charity
Honest Game Foundation
Honest Game Foundations mission is to level the playing filed so that every student has a fair and equitable opportunity to attend college. We do this by partnering with corporations and donors to support schools, students, and families with data solutions and interventions.
- $246k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 6
- Grants FY2025
- 11
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 64%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $20,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $150,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 11
- FY2023 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $43k
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 64% of the organizations Honest Game Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 34% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 6 | $243k | 67% |
| FY2024 | 11 | $274k | 64% |
| FY2023 | 5 | $222k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2023 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, FY2023 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Connected | $450,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Klein Isd Education Foundation | $59,000 | 2 | 9% |
| Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools | $37,000 | 2 | n/a |
| San Antonio Independent School District | $33,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Minneapolis Public School | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Jackson State University | $25,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Fort Worth Isd | $22,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Fresno Unified School District | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Hampton University | $16,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Norfolk State University | $11,500 | 1 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Connected | $450,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Klein Isd Education Foundation | $59,000 | 2 | 9% |
| Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools | $37,000 | 2 | n/a |
| San Antonio Independent School District | $33,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Minneapolis Public School | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Jackson State University | $25,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Fort Worth Isd | $22,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Fresno Unified School District | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Hampton University | $16,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Norfolk State University | $11,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Madera Unified School District Financing Corporation | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Central Unified School District | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Alabama A & M | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Prairie View A&M University | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| North Chicago School District 187 | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Morgan State University | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
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: Share Our Strength · For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology (FIRST) · Reading Is Fundamental Inc · The George W Bush Foundation · Round It Up America Inc · Project Lead the Way Inc · Project Lead the Way Inc · GenYOUTH Incorporated · The Mr Holland's Opus Foundation
How this is measured
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About Honest Game Foundation
- How much does Honest Game Foundation give?
- Honest Game Foundation reported 6 grants totaling $246,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 11 organizations a year over FY2023 to FY2024.
- What does Honest Game Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2023 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (100%).
- Who are Honest Game Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2023 to FY2025: Chicago Connected ($450k), Klein Isd Education Foundation ($59k), Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools ($37k).
- Does Honest Game Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 64% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Honest Game Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Share Our Strength, For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology (FIRST), Reading Is Fundamental Inc.
- Where is Honest Game Foundation based?
- Honest Game Foundation is based in IL.
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