Minnesota · Public charity
Search Institute
SEARCH INSTITUTE mission is to cultivate strengths, relationships, and opportunities necessary for young people to learn, grow, contribute, and thrive. This mission is in furtherance of our vision of a world where the inherent value of every young person is known, nurtured, and activated so youth and communities thrive together.
- $164k
- Granted FY2022
- 4
- Itemized grants FY2022
- 4
- Organizations funded FY2022
- 25%
- First-time grantees FY2022
- Itemized, FY2022
- $123k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2022
- $15,856
- Largest grant, FY2022
- $81,901
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 10
- FY2018 to FY2022
- States reached, FY2022
- 2
- Total assets, FY2022
- $3.9M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2022, 25% of the organizations Search Institute funded were first-time grantees, receiving 13% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2022, 87% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $16k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2022 | 4 | $123k | 25% |
| FY2021 | 10 | $396k | 80% |
| FY2020 | 4 | $139k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 4 | $320k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 4 | $403k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2022.
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, FY2018 to FY2022, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Camp Fire | $235,000 | 4 | 3% |
| National Center for Families Learning Inc | $225,372 | 3 | 2% |
| City Year Inc | $224,999 | 3 | 0% |
| Villanova University | $206,176 | 2 | 0% |
| Communities in Schools of San Antonio | $203,567 | 5 | 1% |
| Pennsylvania State University | $135,006 | 1 | n/a |
| Aldine Independent School District | $55,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Big Brothers Big Sisters Of America | $45,000 | 1 | 0% |
| P16 Plus Council of Greater Bexar County Foundation Inc | $15,856 | 1 | 1% |
| University of Lynchburg | $13,900 | 1 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Camp Fire | $235,000 | 4 | 3% |
| National Center for Families Learning Inc | $225,372 | 3 | 2% |
| City Year Inc | $224,999 | 3 | 0% |
| Villanova University | $206,176 | 2 | 0% |
| Communities in Schools of San Antonio | $203,567 | 5 | 1% |
| Pennsylvania State University | $135,006 | 1 | n/a |
| Aldine Independent School District | $55,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Big Brothers Big Sisters Of America | $45,000 | 1 | 0% |
| P16 Plus Council of Greater Bexar County Foundation Inc | $15,856 | 1 | 1% |
| University of Lynchburg | $13,900 | 1 | 0% |
| Kansas State University | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Illinois Youthbuild Coalition Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Sanneh Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Search Institute supplied at peak.
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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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.
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How this is measured
About Search Institute
- How much does Search Institute give?
- Search Institute reported 4 itemized grants totaling $122,757, out of $164,343 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2022 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 10 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2022.
- What does Search Institute fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2022, its largest causes are Education (67%), Youth Development (19%), Public Benefit (14%).
- Who are Search Institute's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2022: Camp Fire ($235k), National Center for Families Learning Inc ($225k), City Year Inc ($225k).
- Does Search Institute fund new organizations?
- In FY2022, 25% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Search Institute?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund.
- Where is Search Institute based?
- Search Institute is based in MN.
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