Connecticut · Public charity
Say Yes to Education Inc
To partner with communities to provide academic and non-academic services to children to support education kindergarten through college.
- $4.5M
- Granted FY2023
- 1
- Grants FY2023
- 1
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2023
- $4,465,527
- Largest grant, FY2023
- $4,465,527
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 42
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2023
- 1
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 0% of the organizations Say Yes to Education Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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 | 1 | $4.5M | 0% |
| FY2021 | 4 | $4.1M | 50% |
| FY2020 | 6 | $5.9M | 67% |
| FY2019 | 3 | $5.3M | 67% |
| FY2018 | 9 | $1.2M | 44% |
| FY2017 | 42 | $6.0M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 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, FY2017 to FY2023, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weiss Family Foundation | $5,180,191 | 2 | 43% |
| Say Yes Buffalo Scholarship Inc | $4,914,551 | 3 | 36% |
| Child and Family Services of Erie County | $4,477,047 | 1 | 15% |
| Guilford Education Alliance | $3,292,220 | 4 | 67% |
| Teachers College Columbia University | $2,572,917 | 2 | 1% |
| Shift Education | $1,951,324 | 1 | 55% |
| America's Promise the Alliance for Youth | $1,025,000 | 2 | 9% |
| College Now Greater Cleveland Inc | $879,076 | 1 | 5% |
| Promise Pathways Inc | $865,837 | 1 | 98% |
| Community Action Organization of Western New York Inc | $455,041 | 2 | n/a |
Show all 54 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weiss Family Foundation | $5,180,191 | 2 | 43% |
| Say Yes Buffalo Scholarship Inc | $4,914,551 | 3 | 36% |
| Child and Family Services of Erie County | $4,477,047 | 1 | 15% |
| Guilford Education Alliance | $3,292,220 | 4 | 67% |
| Teachers College Columbia University | $2,572,917 | 2 | 1% |
| Shift Education | $1,951,324 | 1 | 55% |
| America's Promise the Alliance for Youth | $1,025,000 | 2 | 9% |
| College Now Greater Cleveland Inc | $879,076 | 1 | 5% |
| Promise Pathways Inc | $865,837 | 1 | 98% |
| Community Action Organization of Western New York Inc | $455,041 | 2 | n/a |
| Medaille University | $407,750 | 2 | 0% |
| The Cleveland Play House | $159,116 | 1 | 1% |
| Center for Arts-Inspired Learning | $76,144 | 1 | 5% |
| Buffalo State College Foundation Inc | $74,710 | 2 | 0% |
| Boys and Girls Clubs of Northeast Ohio | $70,369 | 1 | 1% |
| Villa Maria College of Buffalo | $60,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of Buffalo Inc | $50,380 | 1 | 1% |
| The Wellness Institute of Greater Buffalo | $46,860 | 1 | n/a |
| Buffalo Wind Symphony Inc | $33,880 | 1 | n/a |
| Erie Regional Housing Development Corpor | $31,460 | 1 | 2% |
| Mt Olive Development Corp | $25,960 | 1 | 43% |
| Tru Way Community Center | $25,740 | 1 | n/a |
| Polish Community Center of Buffalo Inc | $25,280 | 1 | 0% |
| The Fellowship Bmec Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Metro Community Development Corporation | $19,800 | 1 | 9% |
| Young Men's Christian Association Buffalo Niagara | $19,360 | 1 | 0% |
| Child & Adolescent Treatment Services | $18,700 | 1 | n/a |
| The Thankful Missionary Baptist | $16,720 | 1 | n/a |
| Police Athletic League of Buffalo | $16,500 | 1 | 2% |
| The Boys & Girls Club Of The Northtowns Inc | $16,280 | 1 | 1% |
| University District Community Developmen | $15,620 | 1 | 1% |
| Grace United Church of Christ | $14,080 | 1 | n/a |
| New Beginning Church of God | $12,980 | 1 | n/a |
| Buffalo Prep Inc | $11,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Diversity Center of Northeast Ohio | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| El Education Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Macedonia Baptist Church | $9,680 | 1 | n/a |
| 1415 Community Organizations Inc | $9,680 | 1 | n/a |
| Concerned Ecumenical Ministry to the Upper West Side of Buffalo Ny | $9,020 | 1 | n/a |
| True Community Development Corporation | $8,800 | 1 | 2% |
| Crucial Inc | $7,700 | 1 | n/a |
| Berea Church of God in Christ | $7,480 | 1 | n/a |
| Buffalo Emmanuel Temple Church of God | $7,040 | 1 | n/a |
| The Teachers Desk Inc | $7,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Somali Bantu Community Organization of W | $6,600 | 1 | n/a |
| Seventh Day Church of God Outreach Ministries Inc | $6,380 | 1 | n/a |
| Cold Spring Bible Chapel Inc | $6,380 | 1 | n/a |
| Love Alive Fellowship Baptist Church | $5,940 | 1 | n/a |
| Metropolitan United Methodist Church | $5,500 | 1 | n/a |
| New Mt Ararat Temple of Prayer | $5,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Mount Moriah Missionary Baptist | $5,500 | 1 | n/a |
| The United Church of Christ | $5,280 | 1 | n/a |
| Juneteenth Festival Inc | $5,060 | 1 | 4% |
| Greensboro Police Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
Where it is load-bearing
Say Yes to Education Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 6 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 31 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: Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo Inc · United Way of Buffalo and Erie County · Cullen Foundation · The John R Oishei Foundation · First Niagara Foundation · The Peter and Elizabeth C Tower Foundation · Cullen Foundation of Western New York Inc · James H Cummings Foundation Inc · Buffalo Bills Foundation Inc · Rich Family Foundation · Feedmore Western New York Inc · Buffalo Sabres Foundation
How this is measured
About Say Yes to Education Inc
- How much does Say Yes to Education Inc give?
- Say Yes to Education Inc reported 1 grants totaling $4,465,527 in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 42 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Say Yes to Education Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2023, its largest causes are Education (55%), Philanthropy (28%), Human Services (13%).
- Who are Say Yes to Education Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2023: Weiss Family Foundation ($5.2M), Say Yes Buffalo Scholarship Inc ($4.9M), Child and Family Services of Erie County ($4.5M).
- Does Say Yes to Education Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Say Yes to Education Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo Inc, United Way of Buffalo and Erie County, Cullen Foundation.
- Where is Say Yes to Education Inc based?
- Say Yes to Education Inc is based in CT.
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