California · Public charity
The Learning Accelerator
THE LEARNING ACCELERATOR is building an education field where practitioners, leaders, and policy makers learn faster and change systems together to ensure every child receives the effective, equitable, and engaging education they need to reach their full and unique potential. Our mission is to accelerate individual, organizational, and…
- $1.3M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 12
- Grants FY2024
- 1
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $152,500
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $152,500
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 2
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 10
- Total assets, FY2024
- $2.6M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 0% of the organizations The Learning Accelerator funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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 | 12 | $1.3M | 100% |
| FY2023 | 1 | $125k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 1 | $61k | 100% |
| FY2019 | 1 | $172k | 100% |
| FY2018 | 1 | $64k | 100% |
| FY2017 | 2 | $984k | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Up Resources | $577,811 | 1 | n/a |
| Masterytrack | $406,531 | 1 | 100% |
| Catalyst Education Inc | $297,000 | 2 | 6% |
| Building 21 | $152,500 | 1 | 5% |
| Rock by Rock LLC | $152,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Mindprint Learning Inc | $152,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Asu Preparatory Academy Inc | $152,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Coursemojo Inc | $152,500 | 1 | n/a |
| The Lab School of Memphis Inc | $152,500 | 1 | 45% |
| University of Kentucky Research Foundation | $152,152 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 17 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Up Resources | $577,811 | 1 | n/a |
| Masterytrack | $406,531 | 1 | 100% |
| Catalyst Education Inc | $297,000 | 2 | 6% |
| Building 21 | $152,500 | 1 | 5% |
| Rock by Rock LLC | $152,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Mindprint Learning Inc | $152,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Asu Preparatory Academy Inc | $152,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Coursemojo Inc | $152,500 | 1 | n/a |
| The Lab School of Memphis Inc | $152,500 | 1 | 45% |
| University of Kentucky Research Foundation | $152,152 | 1 | 0% |
| Cambiar Education | $77,500 | 1 | 0% |
| PowerMyLearning Inc | $77,500 | 1 | 1% |
| LEAP Innovations | $77,500 | 1 | 16% |
| Imagine Worldwide | $64,320 | 1 | 2% |
| Givethx Inc | $61,428 | 1 | 28% |
| Da Vinci Schools | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Novi Community School District | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
Where it is load-bearing
The Learning Accelerator supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 3 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 12 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: New Schools Fund · Gates Foundation · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Michael & Susan Dell Foundation · Walton Family Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About The Learning Accelerator
- How much does The Learning Accelerator give?
- The Learning Accelerator reported 12 grants totaling $1,327,152 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 2 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Learning Accelerator fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (78%), Science & Tech (22%).
- Who are The Learning Accelerator's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Open Up Resources ($578k), Masterytrack ($407k), Catalyst Education Inc ($297k).
- Does The Learning Accelerator fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Learning Accelerator?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include New Schools Fund, Gates Foundation, Silicon Valley Community Foundation.
- Where is The Learning Accelerator based?
- The Learning Accelerator is based in CA.
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