New York · Public charity
Teach for America Inc
Children growing up in historically marginalized and disenfranchised communities lack access to a broad spectrum of resources and opportunities, and attend schools that are not equipped to meet their needs. To address this, TFA's mission is to find, develop and support exceptional leaders to teach the nation's most underserved students.…
- $35M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 8
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 8
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 88%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $3.6M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $29,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $2,000,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 8
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 8
- Total assets, FY2025
- $596M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 88% of the organizations Teach for America Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 38% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 62% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.2M 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 8 | $3.6M | 63% |
| FY2024 | 8 | $3.2M | 88% |
| FY2023 | 8 | $6.3M | 75% |
| FY2022 | 2 | $4.2M | 50% |
| FY2021 | 5 | $4.3M | 40% |
| FY2020 | 4 | $5.0M | 75% |
| FY2019 | 3 | $5.8M | 67% |
| FY2018 | 2 | $5.1M | 50% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lee Foundation for Civic Leadership Inc | $36,461,193 | 9 | 67% |
| Board of Regents Nevada System of Higher Education | $3,000,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Center for the Future of Learning | $2,000,000 | 1 | 18% |
| Playlab Education Inc | $735,000 | 1 | 19% |
| DAKM Enterprises Inc | $300,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City and County of San Francisco Finance Corporation | $189,102 | 2 | n/a |
| Phoenix Union High School District | $125,000 | 1 | n/a |
| School Leader Lab | $100,000 | 1 | 3% |
| City and County of San Francisco | $79,578 | 1 | n/a |
| The Linocut LLC | $72,500 | 2 | n/a |
Show all 28 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lee Foundation for Civic Leadership Inc | $36,461,193 | 9 | 67% |
| Board of Regents Nevada System of Higher Education | $3,000,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Center for the Future of Learning | $2,000,000 | 1 | 18% |
| Playlab Education Inc | $735,000 | 1 | 19% |
| DAKM Enterprises Inc | $300,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City and County of San Francisco Finance Corporation | $189,102 | 2 | n/a |
| Phoenix Union High School District | $125,000 | 1 | n/a |
| School Leader Lab | $100,000 | 1 | 3% |
| City and County of San Francisco | $79,578 | 1 | n/a |
| The Linocut LLC | $72,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Edgecombe County Public Schools | $68,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Achieve Miami Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Teach Plus Inc | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| University of Washington | $35,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Educators for Excellence Inc | $31,735 | 1 | 0% |
| Donorschooseorg | $25,004 | 1 | 0% |
| Baltimore City Public Schools | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Transcend Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Socol Moran Partners LLC | $22,292 | 1 | n/a |
| Nashville Public Education Foundation | $18,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Curtis Bay Elementary School | $12,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Long Beach Unified School District | $12,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Fund for Educational Excellence Inc | $12,500 | 1 | 0% |
| New Song Community Learning Center Inc | $12,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Knowledgeworks Foundation | $11,896 | 1 | 0% |
| Eye Thrive | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Urban Ed Academy | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Nevada Grantlab | $7,391 | 1 | 0% |
Where it is load-bearing
Teach for America Inc 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.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
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: Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Walton Family Foundation Inc · Gates Foundation · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Share Our Strength · Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Teach for America Inc
- How much does Teach for America Inc give?
- Teach for America Inc reported 8 itemized grants totaling $3,630,292, out of $35,013,608 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 8 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Teach for America Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (84%), Education (15%), Arts & Culture (1%).
- Who are Teach for America Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Lee Foundation for Civic Leadership Inc ($36M), Board of Regents Nevada System of Higher Education ($3.0M), Center for the Future of Learning ($2.0M).
- Does Teach for America Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 88% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Teach for America Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc, Walton Family Foundation Inc, Gates Foundation.
- Where is Teach for America Inc based?
- Teach for America Inc is based in NY.
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