Alabama · Public charity
Propel Education
Propel Education (d/b/a "ed farm") equips educators in schools and commmunities with innovative tools and strategies that support active learning for all students. Propel has a mission to provide hbcu students with the knowledge, skills, tools and resources necessary to transform our nation's talent pipeline and workforce. Ed farm…
- $1.5M
- Granted FY2023
- 5
- Itemized grants FY2023
- 4
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 75%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2023
- $1.0M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2023
- $200,000
- Largest grant, FY2023
- $200,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 14
- FY2019 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2023
- 5
- Total assets, FY2023
- $26M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 75% of the organizations Propel Education funded were first-time grantees, receiving 75% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 25% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $600k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | 4 | $800k | 75% |
| FY2021 | 14 | $2.8M | 100% |
| FY2020 | 2 | $69k | 50% |
| FY2019 | 1 | $28k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2023.
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, FY2019 to FY2023, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morehouse School of Medicine | $400,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Wiley College | $200,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Bishop State Community College Foundation | $200,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Simmons College of Kentucky Inc | $200,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Harris-Stowe Foundation Inc | $200,000 | 1 | 7% |
| Delaware State University Foundation Inc | $200,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Jackson State University | $200,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Cheyney Foundation | $200,000 | 1 | 30% |
| Benedict College | $200,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Edward Waters University Inc | $200,000 | 1 | 1% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morehouse School of Medicine | $400,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Wiley College | $200,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Bishop State Community College Foundation | $200,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Simmons College of Kentucky Inc | $200,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Harris-Stowe Foundation Inc | $200,000 | 1 | 7% |
| Delaware State University Foundation Inc | $200,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Jackson State University | $200,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Cheyney Foundation | $200,000 | 1 | 30% |
| Benedict College | $200,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Edward Waters University Inc | $200,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Southern Environmental Law Center | $200,000 | 1 | 0% |
| University of DC Foundation Inc | $200,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Alabama State University Foundation Inc | $200,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Prairie View A&M Foundation | $200,000 | 1 | 8% |
| Virginia State University Foundation | $200,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Miles College Inc | $200,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Bethune-Cookman University | $200,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Propel Education | $86,679 | 2 | 2% |
| Lawson State Community College | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
Where it is load-bearing
Propel Education supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 15 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: Tom Joyner Foundation Inc · Strada Education Foundation Inc · Enterprise Holdings Foundation · Thurgood Marshall College Fund · United Negro College Fund Inc · Educational Credit Management Corporation · Wells Fargo Foundation · Pga Tour Inc · Annie E Casey Foundation Inc · Truist Foundation Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Charities Aid Foundation America
How this is measured
About Propel Education
- How much does Propel Education give?
- Propel Education reported 5 itemized grants totaling $1,000,000, out of $1,457,077 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 14 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2023.
- What does Propel Education fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2023, its largest causes are Education (80%), Health (10%), Environment (5%).
- Who are Propel Education's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2023: Morehouse School of Medicine ($400k), Wiley College ($200k), Bishop State Community College Foundation ($200k).
- Does Propel Education fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 75% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Propel Education?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Tom Joyner Foundation Inc, Strada Education Foundation Inc, Enterprise Holdings Foundation.
- Where is Propel Education based?
- Propel Education is based in AL.
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