Washington, D.C. · Public charity
The Education Trust Inc
EdTrust is committed to advancing policies and practices to dismantle the racial and economic barriers embedded in the American education system. Through our research and advocacy, EdTrust improves equity in education from preschool through college, engages diverse communities dedicated to education equity and justice, and increases…
- $2.2M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 42
- Grants FY2025
- 40
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 33%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $60,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $158,333
- Organizations funded a year
- 19 to 66
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 11
- Total assets, FY2025
- $77M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 33% of the organizations The Education Trust Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 31% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 69% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $478k 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 | 42 | $2.2M | 40% |
| FY2024 | 40 | $1.5M | 33% |
| FY2023 | 46 | $2.5M | 39% |
| FY2022 | 63 | $1.5M | 33% |
| FY2021 | 66 | $1.9M | 50% |
| FY2020 | 55 | $2.0M | 55% |
| FY2019 | 35 | $869k | 66% |
| FY2018 | 19 | $473k | 47% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Education Resource Strategies Inc | $2,103,557 | 6 | 6% |
| California Competes | $500,000 | 1 | 23% |
| Partnership for Los Angeles Schools | $365,876 | 4 | 1% |
| Community Partners | $310,091 | 5 | 0% |
| The Children's Agenda Inc | $310,000 | 5 | 7% |
| Schuyler Center for Analysis and Advocacy Inc | $300,000 | 4 | 6% |
| Teach Plus Inc | $281,750 | 4 | 1% |
| Californians Together | $272,585 | 3 | 3% |
| Children Now | $260,876 | 2 | 2% |
| Congregations Organized for Prophetic Engagement | $246,424 | 6 | 13% |
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Where it is load-bearing
The Education Trust Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 4 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 143 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: Gates Foundation · The Sobrato Family Foundation · Carnegie Corporation of New York · The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation · Elbridge Stuart Foundation Dba Stuart Foundation · The California Endowment · Raikes Foundation · Walton Family Foundation Inc · The Joyce Foundation · The Heising-Simons Foundation · Unidosus · WK Kellogg Foundation
How this is measured
About The Education Trust Inc
- How much does The Education Trust Inc give?
- The Education Trust Inc reported 42 grants totaling $2,179,842 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 19 and 66 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Education Trust Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (51%), Human Services (10%), Civil Rights (9%).
- Who are The Education Trust Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Education Resource Strategies Inc ($2.1M), California Competes ($500k), Partnership for Los Angeles Schools ($366k).
- Does The Education Trust Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 33% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Education Trust Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Gates Foundation, The Sobrato Family Foundation, Carnegie Corporation of New York.
- Where is The Education Trust Inc based?
- The Education Trust Inc is based in DC.
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