Funders to approach for The Opportunity Trust D/B/A Zest Education
The opportunity trust invests in educators and school systems eager to build the capacity required to make significant and measurable change.
Your prospects by chance and grant size
a funder to approacha funder you already have
Best betsLikely, smaller grants1 in 40$79k, your typical grantunder 1 in 1001 in 1001 in 401 in 20$10k$30k$100k$300kChance of a first grant within two years →Likely grant for you →
Expected from this list$240k–$1.4Mover two years, from 4–7 new funders
Last two years (2023–24)$1.3Mfrom 5 new funders
Half the value is in your top 7 funders, of 149
FunderWay inChanceLikely grant
- 1Gates FoundationSimilar grantees: Charter Fund Inc D/B/A Charter School Growth Fund ($5.9M/yr), Community Foundation of the Ozarks Inc ($410k/yr), Empower Schools Inc ($200k/yr)1 in 15$450k
- Charter Fund Inc D/B/A Charter School Growth FundAlready funds you$220k
- Berges Family FoundationAlready funds you$130k
- Silicon Valley Community FoundationAlready funds you$94k
- 2James S McDonnell FoundationNo similar grantees yet1 in 30$270k
- 3Walton Family Foundation IncSimilar grantees: School Smart KC Inc ($1.7M/yr), Charter Fund Inc D/B/A Charter School Growth Fund ($19M/yr), Empower Schools Inc ($150k/yr)1 in 30$200k
- 4The Center for Education ReformSimilar grantees: Success Academy Charter Schools Inc ($100k/yr), Parents Challenge ($200k/yr), Partnership for Inner City Education Dba Partnership Schools ($100k/yr)1 in 31$180k
- United Way of Greater ST Louis IncAlready funds you$62k
- 5Washington UniversitySimilar grantees: Community Health Commission of Missouri ($8k/yr)1 in 13$26k
- 6The William & Flora Hewlett FoundationSimilar grantees: Stand for Children Leadership Center Inc ($800/yr), Open Up Resources ($430k/yr), The Nea Foundation for the Improvement of Education ($1.0M/yr)1 in 24$79k
- William T Kemper Foundation Commerce Bank TrusteeAlready funds you$67k
- 7Carnegie Corporation of New YorkSimilar grantees: Charter Fund Inc D/B/A Charter School Growth Fund ($960k/yr), DC Public Education Fund ($100k/yr), The Schott Foundation for Public Education ($75k/yr)1 in 40$200k
- New Schools FundAlready funds you$200k
- 8WK Kellogg FoundationSimilar grantees: DC Public Education Fund ($10k/yr), Mississippi First Inc ($320k/yr), Center for the Study of Social Policy ($530k/yr)1 in 23$61k
- 9The Ford FoundationSimilar grantees: Success Academy Charter Schools Inc ($300/yr), The Schott Foundation for Public Education ($100k/yr), National Public Education Support Fund ($130k/yr)1 in 27$70k
- 10William Randolph Hearst FoundationSimilar grantees: Partnership for Inner City Education Dba Partnership Schools ($330k/yr)1 in 37$120k
- 11The Kresge FoundationSimilar grantees: Community Foundation of the Ozarks Inc ($130k/yr), Stand for Children Leadership Center Inc ($180k/yr), The Education Trust Inc ($290k/yr)1 in 38$130k
- 12Health Forward FoundationGives in Missouri (210 of 356)Similar grantees: Connections to Success ($25k/yr), Be Great Together ($140k/yr)1 in 36$110k
- 13BJC Health System Dba BJC HealthcareGives in Missouri (70 of 93)Similar grantees: ST Louis Public Schools Foundation ($13k/yr), The Scholarship Foundation of ST Louis ($560k/yr)1 in 17$24k
- 14The Crawford Taylor FoundationGives in Missouri (58 of 66)Similar grantees: The Scholarship Foundation of ST Louis ($1.3M/yr)1 in 32$81k
- 15Pershing Charitable TrustGives in Missouri (91 of 104)Similar grantees: The Scholarship Foundation of ST Louis ($100k/yr)1 in 22$36k
- 16Ewing Marion Kauffman FoundationSimilar grantees: School Smart KC Inc ($3.7M/yr), Association of Missouri Charter Schools ($130k/yr), Kansas City Girls Preparatory Academy ($58k/yr)1 in 30$67k
- 17The HWS Charitable Foundation IncSimilar grantees: Community Foundation of the Ozarks Inc ($43k/yr), United Way of Southeast Missouri Inc ($52k/yr), The Scholarship Foundation of ST Louis ($96k/yr)1 in 39$110k
- ST Louis Community Foundation IncAlready funds you$27k
- The Chicago Community TrustAlready funds you$78k
- 18Annie E Casey Foundation IncSimilar grantees: Stand for Children Leadership Center Inc ($100k/yr), The Schott Foundation for Public Education ($6k/yr), Center for the Study of Social Policy ($490k/yr)1 in 18$18k
- 19Brown Dana Charitable TrustGives in Missouri (62 of 66) · First year of givingNo similar grantees yet1 in 22$26k
- 20PWC Foundation IncSimilar grantees: ST Louis Public Schools Foundation ($25k/yr), Citizen Schools Inc ($100k/yr), Communities in Schools of Greater Tarrant County Inc ($25k/yr)1 in 26$31k
- 21Regional Cultural and Performing Arts Development CommissionGives in Missouri (185 of 247)No similar grantees yet1 in 26$31k
- 22Bellwether Education Partners IncSimilar grantees: Stand for Children Leadership Center Inc ($15k/yr), The Education Trust Inc ($23k/yr), Cityschools Collaborative ($150k/yr)1 in 34$48k
- 23The Robert Wood Johnson FoundationSimilar grantees: Community Health Commission of Missouri ($190k/yr), National Public Education Support Fund ($15k/yr), Community Foundation of Tampa Bay Inc ($300k/yr)1 in 20$14k
- 24John D and Catherine T Macarthur FoundationSimilar grantees: Children First Fund the Chicago Public Schools Foundation ($2k/yr), The Schott Foundation for Public Education ($3k/yr), Opportunity International Inc D/B/A Opportunity International-Us ($1k/yr)1 in 30$29k
- 25SSM Health Care CorporationNo similar grantees yet1 in 26$19k