How much does The Center for Education Reform give?

The Center for Education Reform reported 29 itemized grants totaling $8,615,500, out of $14,911,728 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 21 and 113 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2023.

What does The Center for Education Reform fund?

By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (85%), Arts & Culture (5%), Youth Development (3%).

Who are The Center for Education Reform's largest grantees?

By total granted over FY2021 to FY2024: Arizona Autism Charter Schools Inc ($3.0M), National Constitution Center ($1.5M), Khan Academy Inc ($1.5M).

Does The Center for Education Reform fund new organizations?

In FY2023, 86% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.

Which funders back the same organizations as The Center for Education Reform?

Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Charter Fund Inc D/B/A Charter School Growth Fund, New Schools Fund, 50can Inc.

Where is The Center for Education Reform based?

The Center for Education Reform is based in DC.

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Washington, D.C. · Public charity

The Center for Education Reform

To expand educational opportunities that lead to improved economic outcomes for all americans, particularly our children, ensuring that the conditions are ripe for innovation, freedom, and flexibility throughout u.s. Education.

$15M
Granted FY2024(still arriving): 29
Itemized grants FY2024: 51
Organizations funded FY2023: 86%
First-time grantees FY2023

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Itemized, FY2024: $8.6M; The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2024: $200,000
Largest grant, FY2024: $975,000
Organizations funded a year: 21 to 113; FY2021 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024: 23
Total assets, FY2024: $5.7M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 86% of the organizations The Center for Education Reform funded were first-time grantees, receiving 85% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 15% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $13M went to new ones.

RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

EducationHuman ServicesArts & CultureYouth DevelopmentCommunity ImprovementRecreation & SportsOther

How this is measured

First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

The numbers by year

Fiscal year	Organizations funded	To those organizations	First-time grantees
FY2024still arriving	29	$8.6M	90%
FY2023	51	$15M	86%
FY2022	113	$26M	96%
FY2021	21	$3.5M	n/a

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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2024.

Education$45MArts & Culture$2.9MYouth Development$1.8MScience & Tech$1.5MRecreation & Sports$771kHuman Services$400kInternational$258kCivil Rights$250kOther$0

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, FY2021 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
Arizona Autism Charter Schools Inc	$2,975,000	3	6%
National Constitution Center	$1,500,000	1	7%
Khan Academy Inc	$1,500,000	1	3%
Aera Foundation Inc	$1,500,000	1	99%
Sailfuture Inc	$1,270,500	2	23%
unCommon Construction Inc	$1,250,000	2	65%
EdChoice Inc	$1,000,000	1	9%
Urban Preparatory Academy Wichita	$1,000,000	2	36%
Neurodiversity Education Research Center	$1,000,000	1	n/a
Valiant Cross Academy	$1,000,000	1	35%

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All grantees of The Center for Education Reform by total granted
Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
Arizona Autism Charter Schools Inc	$2,975,000	3	6%
National Constitution Center	$1,500,000	1	7%
Khan Academy Inc	$1,500,000	1	3%
Aera Foundation Inc	$1,500,000	1	99%
Sailfuture Inc	$1,270,500	2	23%
unCommon Construction Inc	$1,250,000	2	65%
EdChoice Inc	$1,000,000	1	9%
Urban Preparatory Academy Wichita	$1,000,000	2	36%
Neurodiversity Education Research Center	$1,000,000	1	n/a
Valiant Cross Academy	$1,000,000	1	35%
Discovery Center of Springfield Inc	$1,000,000	1	n/a
Friendship Public Charter School Inc	$600,000	2	0%
Rapunzl	$580,000	1	n/a
Globaled Solutions Incpbc	$525,000	2	n/a
National Fellowship for Black and Latino Male Educators	$500,000	1	n/a
Soar Academy Augusta Inc	$500,000	1	n/a
Odyssey	$500,000	1	n/a
Black Pastors United for Education	$500,000	1	n/a
St George Municipal School Unit	$500,000	1	n/a
Detroit Achievement Academy Foundation	$500,000	1	22%
West Virginia Academy Ltd	$500,000	1	20%
Primer Microschools Foundation	$500,000	1	n/a
Odyssey Charter School	$500,000	1	1%
Melanin Village	$500,000	1	n/a
Cristo Rey Network	$500,000	1	3%
Capital Preparatory Schools Inc	$500,000	1	9%
Oakmont Academic Knowledge	$500,000	1	n/a
Rock by Rock LLC	$400,000	1	n/a
Da Vinci Schools LA County	$400,000	2	5%
Kaipod Learning	$400,000	1	n/a
Young Women's Preparatory Network	$400,000	2	8%
De Lasalle Institute	$375,000	1	n/a
Community Education Network	$366,600	1	n/a
Distinctive Schools of Illinois	$350,000	1	1%
Classequity	$338,000	2	n/a
Indi-Ed Foundation Inc	$300,000	1	35%
Brother Rice High School Foundation Inc	$300,000	1	n/a
Care Elementary School Inc	$250,000	1	12%
4 Learning	$250,000	1	49%
Perspectives Charter Schools	$250,000	1	1%
St Marys Academy	$250,000	1	n/a
Dallas Education Foundation	$250,000	1	9%
Black Mothers Forum Inc	$250,000	2	21%
Louisiana Key Academy	$250,000	1	4%
Boddle Learning	$250,000	1	n/a
The Big Picture Company	$250,000	1	2%
Chicago Hope Academy	$250,000	1	3%
Rural Schools Innovation Zone	$250,000	1	n/a
Altus Academy	$250,000	1	21%
Rock Church	$242,667	1	n/a
Denver School of Science and Technology Inc	$225,000	1	0%
Cafe Momentum	$210,000	1	6%
The Learning Center for the Deaf Inc	$205,000	1	1%
Jumoke Academy Inc	$200,000	1	2%
Open Sky Education Inc	$200,000	1	1%
Build Up	$200,000	1	13%
Friends of Father Judge High School Inc	$200,000	1	9%
Gem Innovation Schools of Idaho Inc	$200,000	1	13%
Lutheran Urban Mission Initiative Inc	$200,000	1	n/a
Central Arkansas Christian Schools Inc	$200,000	1	2%
Purdue Polytechnic High School of Indianapolis Inc	$200,000	1	2%
The Eco-Collective Farm School Inc	$200,000	1	42%
Penn Hills Charter School of Entrepreneurship	$200,000	1	2%
Be More Colorful	$200,000	1	n/a
An Achievable Dream Inc	$200,000	1	12%
The Hughen Center Inc	$200,000	1	1%
Urban Assembly Charter School for Computer Science	$200,000	1	2%
Coded By	$200,000	1	9%
Old Sturbridge Academy	$200,000	1	n/a
College Achieve Public Charter Schools Inc	$200,000	1	1%
Create Conservatory Inc	$200,000	1	82%
Notre Dame School of Milwaukee Inc	$200,000	1	n/a
Kind Academy Corporation	$200,000	1	n/a
Thales Academy	$200,000	1	0%
Prichard Preparatory School Inc	$200,000	1	20%
Bridgeway Academy	$200,000	1	2%
St Procopius Parish & School	$200,000	1	n/a
Leaders to Legends	$200,000	1	n/a
City of Chickasaw Board of Education	$200,000	1	n/a
The Lab School of Memphis Inc	$200,000	1	n/a
Ash Tree Organization Inc	$200,000	1	65%
Cambridge Classical Academy	$200,000	1	32%
Redlands Christian Migrant Association Inc	$200,000	1	0%
Freedom Preparatory Academy Inc	$200,000	1	1%
Onward Learning	$200,000	1	33%
Sora Schools	$200,000	1	n/a
Families Empowered	$200,000	1	13%
Short Answer	$200,000	1	n/a
Asu Prep Global Academy	$200,000	1	1%
Earl Monroe New Renaissance Basketball Charter School	$200,000	1	2%
Kaipod Learning	$200,000	1	n/a
Randolph Eastern School Corporation	$200,000	1	n/a
Optimaed or Optima Academy Online	$200,000	1	n/a
Northeast Academy for Aerospace and Advanced Technologies	$200,000	1	2%
Our Lady of the Lake Roman Catholic Parish Lake Havasu City	$200,000	1	n/a
Launch Expeditionary Learning Charter School	$200,000	1	3%
Parents Challenge	$200,000	1	24%
Spark Academy of Advanced Technologies	$200,000	1	11%
Hope Youth Ranch Inc	$200,000	1	11%
Victoryxr	$200,000	1	n/a
Brilla New Jersey Charter School	$200,000	1	n/a
BridgeValley Community and Technical College	$200,000	1	n/a
Chesapeake Bay Academy	$200,000	1	5%
Brothers Liberating Our Communities Inc	$200,000	1	44%
The Freedom Institute Inc	$200,000	1	23%
Tutwiler Community Education Center	$200,000	1	64%
Liberty Steam Charter School	$200,000	1	1%
Love Your School	$200,000	1	52%
Burbrella Learning Academy	$200,000	1	n/a
Cambiar Education	$200,000	1	1%
Workshop Project Inc	$200,000	2	13%
Engaged Detroit	$200,000	1	n/a
Vimenti LLC	$200,000	1	24%
St Patrick High School	$200,000	1	n/a
Liguori Inc	$200,000	1	3%
Kino Learning Center Dba Kino Schools	$200,000	1	48%
Mission Achievement and Success Education Foundation Inc	$200,000	1	5%
The Rock Church	$193,250	1	n/a
Full Steam Forward Inc	$150,000	2	44%
Holy Angels School	$145,000	1	n/a
St Genevieve School	$130,000	1	n/a
St Angela School	$125,000	1	n/a
New Way Global	$120,000	2	27%
Chicago West Side Christian School Association	$120,000	1	6%
St Benedict the African	$100,000	1	n/a
Austin Achieve Public Schools Inc	$100,000	1	0%
St Ann School	$100,000	1	n/a
Brookstone Schools of Mecklenburg County	$100,000	1	3%
Leading Little Arrows	$100,000	1	n/a
Colossal Academy LLC	$100,000	1	n/a
I Dream Public Charter School	$100,000	1	n/a
Mountaineer Homeschool Hub Inc	$100,000	1	n/a
Neighborhood Schools Inc	$100,000	1	23%
Catalyst Academy Charter School	$100,000	1	4%
High School for Recording Arts	$100,000	1	1%
Living School Inc	$100,000	1	5%
The Trivium Academy of Classical Education	$100,000	1	1%
Success Academy Charter Schools Inc	$100,000	1	0%
Jackson Hole Classical Academy Inc	$100,000	1	3%
Libertas School of Memphis	$100,000	1	1%
Vertex Partnership Academies Inc	$100,000	1	4%
One City Schools Foundation Inc	$100,000	1	1%
Great Oaks Foundation Inc	$100,000	1	1%
Logos Academy	$100,000	1	2%
St Philip the Apostle Church	$100,000	1	n/a
Maryville Academy	$100,000	1	0%
McPreparatory School of Wisconsin Inc	$100,000	1	0%
Partnership for Inner City Education Dba Partnership Schools	$100,000	1	0%
League of Young Inventors	$100,000	1	44%
Latitude Learning Resources	$100,000	1	33%
Academica Corporation	$100,000	1	n/a
Atlas Public Schools	$100,000	1	9%
Department of Education	$100,000	1	n/a
Empower Community High School	$100,000	1	3%
Lancaster Science Center	$100,000	1	5%
One Stone Inc	$100,000	1	24%
St Francis Desales Church	$100,000	1	n/a
Esperanza Academy Charter School	$100,000	1	0%
Madrona Folk School	$100,000	1	n/a
New Testament Christian School Inc	$100,000	1	n/a
Prenda	$100,000	1	n/a
National Microschooling Center	$100,000	1	17%
Center for Creative Education	$100,000	1	3%
Greathearts America	$100,000	1	1%
Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater San Diego	$100,000	1	1%
Brooklyn Navy Yard Development Corp	$100,000	1	0%
G-Star School of the Arts Inc	$100,000	1	1%
Step Up for Students - Florida Inc	$100,000	1	0%
Gulfstream Goodwill Academies Inc	$100,000	1	7%
Save the Future LLC	$100,000	1	n/a
Dreamhouse 'Ewa Beach Public Charter School	$100,000	1	n/a
Zeta Charter Schools - New York City	$100,000	1	0%
The Oaks Academy Inc	$100,000	1	1%
Heritage Academy Inc	$100,000	1	4%
The Oakland REACH	$100,000	1	4%
Kairos Academies	$100,000	1	3%
Gentlemens League	$100,000	1	32%
Map Education Inc	$100,000	1	n/a
Pilgrim Lutheran Church English Synod	$94,611	1	n/a
The Field School	$90,000	1	3%
North Lawndale College Preparatory Charter High School Inc	$89,000	1	1%
St Catherine of Siena St Lucy Parish & School	$80,000	1	n/a
St Margaret of Scotland Parish & School	$75,000	1	n/a
St Ethelreda Church	$60,000	1	n/a
Ukrainian Federation of America Inc	$58,175	1	6%
Believe I Can Academy Inc	$50,000	1	9%
Great Lakes Academy Inc	$50,000	1	1%
Namaste Charter School Inc	$50,000	1	1%
Threefold Education Association Inc	$25,000	1	10%
Ryan Banks Academy	$25,000	1	4%
The Grayson School	$25,000	1	0%
Boys Latin of Philadelphia Charter Schoo	$10,000	1	0%

Plus 8 recipients with no EIN on record ($2.3M), not named here.

The Center for Education Reform supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 20 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 125 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

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How this is measured

Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 125.

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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.

Charter Fund Inc D/B/A Charter School Growth FundCO51.6× affinity26 shared granteesties to 9 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Charter Fund Inc D/B/A Charter School Growth Fund · New Schools Fund · 50can Inc · The Drexel Fund · National School Choice Awareness Foundation Inc · Walton Family Foundation Inc · Big Shoulders Fund · Beth and Ravenel Curry Foundation · Louis Calder Foundation · The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation Inc · Bradley Impact Fund Inc · Enchanted Backpack

How this is measured

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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About The Center for Education Reform

How much does The Center for Education Reform give?: The Center for Education Reform reported 29 itemized grants totaling $8,615,500, out of $14,911,728 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 21 and 113 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2023.
What does The Center for Education Reform fund?: By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (85%), Arts & Culture (5%), Youth Development (3%).
Who are The Center for Education Reform's largest grantees?: By total granted over FY2021 to FY2024: Arizona Autism Charter Schools Inc ($3.0M), National Constitution Center ($1.5M), Khan Academy Inc ($1.5M).
Does The Center for Education Reform fund new organizations?: In FY2023, 86% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as The Center for Education Reform?: Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Charter Fund Inc D/B/A Charter School Growth Fund, New Schools Fund, 50can Inc.
Where is The Center for Education Reform based?: The Center for Education Reform is based in DC.