Funders to approach for The Center for Effective Philanthropy Inc
Cep provides data, feedback, programs, and insights to help individual and institutional donors improve their effectiveness. We do this work because we believe effective donors, working collaboratively and thoughtfully, can profoundly contribute to creating a better and more just…
Your prospects by chance and grant size
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Best betsLikely, smaller grants1 in 40$86k, your typical grant1 in 401 in 201 in 10$10k$30k$100k$300k$1.0MChance of a first grant within two years →Likely grant for you →
Expected from this list$2.2M–$6.0Mover two years, from 16–22 new funders
Last two years (2023–24)$960kfrom 23 new funders
Half the value is in your top 3 funders, of 157
FunderWay inChanceLikely grant
- Gates FoundationAlready funds you$450k
- 1Chan Zuckerberg Initiative FoundationSimilar grantees: National Public Education Support Fund ($1.0M/yr), New Profit Inc ($4.5M/yr), Leading Educators Inc ($700k/yr)1 in 14$1.0M
- 2The Andrew W Mellon FoundationSimilar grantees: Candid ($340k/yr), Nonprofit New York Inc ($110k/yr), Council of Independent Colleges ($940k/yr)1 in 10$520k
- 3Lilly Endowment IncSimilar grantees: Candid ($160k/yr), Council of Independent Colleges ($6.3M/yr), Tax Foundation ($150k/yr)1 in 10$170k
- Walton Family Foundation IncAlready funds you$200k
- The Kresge FoundationAlready funds you$130k
- The William & Flora Hewlett FoundationAlready funds you$79k
- Overdeck Family Foundation IncAlready funds you$240k
- 4Michael & Susan Dell FoundationSimilar grantees: National Public Education Support Fund ($25k/yr), TNTP Inc ($1.2M/yr), DC Public Education Fund ($140k/yr)1 in 10$110k
- 5William Randolph Hearst FoundationSimilar grantees: Candid ($100k/yr), The Greater New Orleans Foundation ($250k/yr), Partnership for Inner City Education Dba Partnership Schools ($330k/yr)1 in 11$120k
- 6Freedom Together FoundationSimilar grantees: Candid ($5k/yr), National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy ($250k/yr), Peak Grantmaking Inc ($11k/yr)1 in 19$340k
- 7Stupski FoundationGives in California (240 of 422)Similar grantees: California Competes ($250k/yr), National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy ($270k/yr), Peak Grantmaking Inc ($280k/yr)1 in 12$120k
- The McKnight FoundationAlready funds you$98k
- The Heising-Simons FoundationAlready funds you$170k
- 8The Joyce FoundationSimilar grantees: Candid ($15k/yr), National Public Education Support Fund ($25k/yr), TNTP Inc ($100k/yr)1 in 10$80k
- California Physicians' Service FDN Dba Blue Shield of California FDNAlready funds you$190k
- WK Kellogg FoundationAlready funds you$61k
- 9Borealis PhilanthropySimilar grantees: Candid ($170k/yr), Association of Small Foundations ($170k/yr), National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy ($290k/yr)1 in 10$66k
- 10John S and James L Knight FoundationSimilar grantees: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace ($190k/yr), Peak Grantmaking Inc ($12k/yr), Community Partners ($160k/yr)1 in 11$89k
- Omidyar Network Fund IncAlready funds you$87k
- Lumina Foundation for Education IncAlready funds you$36k
- 11Marguerite Casey FoundationSimilar grantees: Mightycause Charitable Foundation ($2k/yr), National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy ($100k/yr), National Lgbtq Task Force ($100k/yr)1 in 10$54k
- 12Skyline FoundationSimilar grantees: National Public Education Support Fund ($25k/yr), Leading Educators Inc ($500k/yr)1 in 23$250k
- Doris Duke Charitable Foundation IncAlready funds you$130k
- The David and Lucile Packard FoundationAlready funds you$75k
- 13Salesforce FoundationSimilar grantees: TNTP Inc ($750k/yr), Collaborative for Academic Social and Emotional Learning ($750k/yr)1 in 35$530k
- 14Strada Education Foundation IncSimilar grantees: California Competes ($150k/yr), Council of Independent Colleges ($1.3M/yr), Just Capital Foundation Inc ($350k/yr)1 in 14$86k
- The California EndowmentAlready funds you$79k
- 15Ibis GroupSimilar grantees: Collaborative for Academic Social and Emotional Learning ($250k/yr)1 in 29$360k
- 16Wal-Mart FoundationSimilar grantees: Candid ($1k/yr)1 in 14$85k
- 17Laura and John Arnold FoundationSimilar grantees: Third Way Institute ($320k/yr), Public Policy Institute of California ($300k/yr), City Fund ($15M/yr)1 in 19$150k
- California Healthcare FoundationAlready funds you$41k
- Rockefeller Brothers Fund IncAlready funds you$48k
- 18Ecmc FoundationSimilar grantees: California Competes ($820k/yr), Public Policy Institute of California ($23k/yr), Empower Schools Inc ($450k/yr)1 in 14$80k
- The Arthur M Blank Family FoundationAlready funds you$80k
- 19Builders Vision FoundationSimilar grantees: Center for Disaster Philanthropy Inc ($400k/yr), Just Capital Foundation Inc ($250k/yr), Community Partners ($5k/yr)1 in 20$140k
- 20William T Grant Foundation IncSimilar grantees: National Public Education Support Fund ($50k/yr), Public Policy Institute of California ($200k/yr), Collaborative for Academic Social and Emotional Learning ($10k/yr)1 in 12$46k
- The James Irvine FoundationAlready funds you$32k
- The Eric and Wendy Schmidt Fund for Strategic InnovationAlready funds you$150k
- 21The Nathan Cummings Foundation IncSimilar grantees: Candid ($10k/yr), Center for Disaster Philanthropy Inc ($30k/yr), National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy ($40k/yr)1 in 10$29k
- 22Crankstart FoundationGives in California (319 of 503)Similar grantees: Kipp Foundation ($3.3M/yr), Common Cause Education Fund ($180k/yr)1 in 29$250k
- 23The Bloomberg Family Foundation IncSimilar grantees: Candid ($1.0M/yr), TNTP Inc ($450k/yr), DC Public Education Fund ($1.4M/yr)1 in 37$400k
- 24Wellspring Philanthropic Fund IncSimilar grantees: Center for Disaster Philanthropy Inc ($200k/yr), National Lgbtq Task Force ($450k/yr), Community Partners ($390k/yr)1 in 21$120k
- 25Democracy Fund IncSimilar grantees: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace ($60k/yr), Community Partners ($190k/yr), Convergence Center for Policy Resolution ($100k/yr)1 in 25$170k