New Jersey · Public charity
Institute for Citizens and Scholars
Prepares leaders and engages networks of people and organizations to develop young people as informed, productively engaged, and hopeful citizens.
- $2.6M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 23
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 11
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 55%
- First-time grantees FY2023
Read this first · the figures below need context
52% of Institute for Citizens and Scholars’s FY2025 grant dollars went to Trustees Of The University Of Pennsylvania, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2025 names 2 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2024, the last year Institute for Citizens and Scholars named its own grantees at scale: 21 organizations, $506k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Itemized, FY2024
- $506k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $15,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $119,719
- Organizations funded a year
- 11 to 23
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 9
- Total assets, FY2024
- $20M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 55% of the organizations Institute for Citizens and Scholars funded were first-time grantees, receiving 41% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 59% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $213k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 21 | $376k | 76% |
| FY2023 | 11 | $515k | 55% |
| FY2022 | 16 | $673k | 81% |
| FY2021 | 20 | $795k | 60% |
| FY2019 | 14 | $3.1M | 14% |
| FY2018 | 16 | $9.8M | 6% |
| FY2017 | 23 | $2.4M | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| High Meadows Graduate School of Teaching and Learning Inc | $10,197,746 | 2 | n/a |
| Indiana University School of Medicine | $883,450 | 3 | n/a |
| Piedmont University Inc | $559,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Duquesne University of the Holy Spirit | $530,000 | 6 | 0% |
| University of Indianapolis | $393,450 | 3 | 0% |
| The Robert O Anderson School and Graduate School of Management Foundation | $355,630 | 2 | 6% |
| Montclair State University Foundation Inc | $318,000 | 3 | 2% |
| West Chester University | $295,000 | 3 | n/a |
| The College of New Jersey Foundation Inc | $293,548 | 4 | 0% |
| The Institute of Play | $288,906 | 2 | n/a |
Show all 72 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| High Meadows Graduate School of Teaching and Learning Inc | $10,197,746 | 2 | n/a |
| Indiana University School of Medicine | $883,450 | 3 | n/a |
| Piedmont University Inc | $559,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Duquesne University of the Holy Spirit | $530,000 | 6 | 0% |
| University of Indianapolis | $393,450 | 3 | 0% |
| The Robert O Anderson School and Graduate School of Management Foundation | $355,630 | 2 | 6% |
| Montclair State University Foundation Inc | $318,000 | 3 | 2% |
| West Chester University | $295,000 | 3 | n/a |
| The College of New Jersey Foundation Inc | $293,548 | 4 | 0% |
| The Institute of Play | $288,906 | 2 | n/a |
| Columbus State University | $282,503 | 3 | n/a |
| William Paterson University of New Jersey | $275,548 | 4 | n/a |
| Rutgers the State University | $229,667 | 5 | n/a |
| Georgia State University Research Foundation Inc | $189,053 | 2 | 0% |
| Milwaukee School of Engineering | $172,217 | 1 | 0% |
| Kennesaw State University Research and Service Foundation Inc | $160,304 | 2 | 1% |
| Indiana State University Foundation Inc | $160,000 | 1 | 1% |
| The Lutheran University Association Inc | $124,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Rowan University | $111,738 | 3 | n/a |
| Cultivate the Karass | $111,333 | 2 | n/a |
| Grand Valley State University | $100,529 | 1 | n/a |
| High Resolves America | $100,000 | 1 | 17% |
| Youthprise | $90,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Saint Joseph's University | $84,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Trustees of Purdue University | $82,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Wayne State University Foundation | $69,152 | 2 | 0% |
| Ball State University | $64,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Regents of the University of Michigan | $62,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Western Michigan University | $60,181 | 2 | n/a |
| Msd of Washington Township | $59,529 | 1 | n/a |
| Groundwork Elizabeth Inc | $53,626 | 1 | 9% |
| Education Writers Association | $50,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Kinston Teens Inc | $49,400 | 1 | 41% |
| The Corporation of Mercer University | $44,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Msd of Wayne Township | $39,100 | 1 | n/a |
| Montclair State University | $36,400 | 1 | n/a |
| Eastern Michigan University Foundation | $36,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Perry Township Schools | $30,166 | 1 | n/a |
| Georgia State University Foundation Inc | $30,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Carolina University | $26,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Benton County Schools | $25,566 | 1 | n/a |
| Indianapolis Public Schools | $25,566 | 1 | n/a |
| School District of Philadelphia | $25,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Granite Edvance Corporation | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Ivy Tech Community College of In | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Tennessee Board of Regents | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| University of Minnesota | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| New Orleans Educational Telecommunications Consortium | $25,000 | 1 | 13% |
| Springfield Empowerment Zone Partnership Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
| James Madison University | $20,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Schools Care Incorporated | $15,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Avon Community School Corporation | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Western School Corp | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Monroe County Community School Corporation | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Hamilton Southeastern School Corp | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Christel House Academy Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Northeast Dubois County School Corp | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Nineveh-Hensley-Jackson United School | $14,926 | 1 | n/a |
| Muncie Community Schools | $14,782 | 1 | n/a |
| Student Voice Inc | $13,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Youth Activism Project | $12,500 | 1 | 5% |
| University of Chicago | $12,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Earth Care International Earth Care New Mexico | $12,500 | 1 | 2% |
| American Friends Service Committee | $12,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Build Our Lives Together Inc | $12,500 | 1 | 46% |
| Westfield Washington Schools | $12,207 | 1 | n/a |
| Michigan State University | $11,419 | 1 | n/a |
| Wesleyan University | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Georgetown University | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Wellesley College | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| National Association of State Directors of Career Technical Education Consortium | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| President and Fellows of Middlebury College | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($7k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Institute for Citizens and Scholars supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 37 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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: University of Indianapolis · Project Lead the Way Inc · Lilly Endowment Inc · American Chemical Society · Folds of Honor Foundation · The Indianapolis Foundation Inc · Tulsa Community Foundation · Early Learning Indiana Inc · For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology (FIRST) · Cicp Foundation Inc · Teachers Treasures Inc · National Collegiate Athletic Association
How this is measured
Compare Institute for Citizens and Scholars with peer funders
About Institute for Citizens and Scholars
- How much does Institute for Citizens and Scholars give?
- Institute for Citizens and Scholars reported 23 itemized grants totaling $506,033, out of $2,590,562 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 11 and 23 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Institute for Citizens and Scholars fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (97%), Public Benefit (3%).
- Who are Institute for Citizens and Scholars's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: High Meadows Graduate School of Teaching and Learning Inc ($10M), Indiana University School of Medicine ($883k), Piedmont University Inc ($559k).
- Does Institute for Citizens and Scholars fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 55% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Institute for Citizens and Scholars?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include University of Indianapolis, Project Lead the Way Inc, Lilly Endowment Inc.
- Where is Institute for Citizens and Scholars based?
- Institute for Citizens and Scholars is based in NJ.
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