New York · Public charity
Scratch Foundation
See Schedule OThe Scratch Foundation (the Foundation) is a nonprofit organization that develops and supports the Scratch creative coding website and online community. The Foundation's mission is to help kids everywhere create what they imagine. As children use Scratch to make and share stories, games, and animations, they learn to think…
- $939k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 21
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 28
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 89%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $556k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $11,500
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $210,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 28
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 15
- Total assets, FY2024
- $14M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 89% of the organizations Scratch Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 53% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 47% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $385k 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 | 20 | $500k | 55% |
| FY2023 | 28 | $725k | 89% |
| FY2022 | 13 | $290k | 100% |
| FY2021 | 2 | $45k | 100% |
| FY2020 | 2 | $13k | 100% |
| FY2019 | 1 | $100k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 1 | $100k | 0% |
| FY2017 | 2 | $100k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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 FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trustees of Boston College | $550,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Trustees of Tufts College | $280,000 | 3 | 0% |
| The Clubhouse Network Inc | $100,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Center for the Innovative Training of Youth Inc | $95,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Steam for Vietnam Foundation | $55,000 | 2 | 24% |
| Mississippi State University | $45,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Dev Color | $35,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Hampton University | $30,000 | 1 | 0% |
| People for Public Leadership Inc | $30,000 | 1 | 6% |
| University of Maryland College Park | $25,000 | 2 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trustees of Boston College | $550,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Trustees of Tufts College | $280,000 | 3 | 0% |
| The Clubhouse Network Inc | $100,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Center for the Innovative Training of Youth Inc | $95,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Steam for Vietnam Foundation | $55,000 | 2 | 24% |
| Mississippi State University | $45,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Dev Color | $35,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Hampton University | $30,000 | 1 | 0% |
| People for Public Leadership Inc | $30,000 | 1 | 6% |
| University of Maryland College Park | $25,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Stanislaus County Office of Education | $23,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Bridges to Science | $21,000 | 2 | 29% |
| Moco Kidsco Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Codecrew | $17,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Girls Who Code Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Hayward Unified School District | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Panucation | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| University of North Florida | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| University of Texas | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Nextechorg Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Maker Prep a Nj Nonprofit Corporation | $15,000 | 1 | 68% |
| Code Savvy | $15,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Humble ISD | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Maine Mathematics & Science Alliance | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Somerset Community Action Program Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Boolean Girl Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Cornell University | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| New York Hall of Science | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Regents of the University of California at San Diego | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| St Vrain Valley Schools | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Clark County School District | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Trussville City Schools | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| East Fort Worth Montessori School | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Avid Center | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Brstem Institute | $15,000 | 1 | 13% |
| Youth for Technology | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Hidden Genius Project | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Museum of Science | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Friends of Lindblom | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| University of St Thomas | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Televisa Foundation Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Codeva Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Ausometech Industries LLC | $11,500 | 1 | n/a |
| InspireHER STEM | $10,000 | 1 | 29% |
| Codeart Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Winrock International Institute for Agricultural Development | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Northeast Florida Regional Stem2 Hub Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Erie Center for Arts and Technology Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| DC Health and Wellness | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Deaf Kids Code | $9,500 | 1 | 14% |
| Violence in Boston | $6,650 | 1 | n/a |
| The Conscious Kid | $6,550 | 1 | n/a |
| Maine Indian Education (Pleasant Point Assembly Passamaquoddy School Commit | $6,500 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($10k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Scratch Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 3 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 34 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: Infosys Foundation USA · Codeorg · GenYOUTH Incorporated · For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology (FIRST) · Tides Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Charities Aid Foundation America · Network for Good · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc
How this is measured
About Scratch Foundation
- How much does Scratch Foundation give?
- Scratch Foundation reported 21 itemized grants totaling $555,500, out of $939,000 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 28 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Scratch Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (88%), Youth Development (5%), Science & Tech (2%).
- Who are Scratch Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Trustees of Boston College ($550k), Trustees of Tufts College ($280k), The Clubhouse Network Inc ($100k).
- Does Scratch Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 89% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Scratch Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Infosys Foundation USA, Codeorg, GenYOUTH Incorporated.
- Where is Scratch Foundation based?
- Scratch Foundation is based in NY.
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