Funding search · economic mobility and poverty · Washington DC
Who funds economic mobility and poverty work in Washington DC
15 funders have a record of paying for economic mobility and poverty work by Washington DC recipients: 250 grants totaling $235.9M, most recently in 2024 — mostly private foundations, plus grantmaking charities. The largest by matched giving are Gates Foundation ($168.7M), The Joyce Foundation ($11.0M) and Jpmorgan Chase Foundation ($20.3M).
From IRS Form 990-PF and 990 Schedule I filings, 2019–2025. Grants already paid to Washington DC recipients — evidence of what these funders back, not open calls.
Largest: $1.6M to US CHAMBER OF COMMERCE FOUNDATION — research and learning opportunities; u.s. economic mobility & opportunity
Largest: $600,000 to The Aspen Institute Inc — education & economic mobility
Largest: $2.5M to THE ASPEN INSTITUTE INC — in support of creating economic mobility and career pathways
Largest: $250,000 to ASSOCIATION FOR ENTERPRISE OPPORTUNITY INC — this grant will help grow aeos research engine and capabilities, generate a greater understanding of how business ownership can serve as a critical driver for social and economic m…
Largest: $522,000 to LULAC NATIONAL EDUCATIONAL SERVICE CENTERS INC — economic mobility
Largest: $497,769 to Urban Institute — to create a learning agenda and grants program designed to support research that addresses critical gaps in what is known about the relationship between k-12 education and long-ter…
Wk Kellogg FoundationBattle Creek, MI
5 matching grants · $810,000 · through 2022Largest: $400,000 to NATIONAL SKILLS COALITION — support state and national educational policy reform in higher education to address the needs, career aspirations, and economic mobility of working people and families
Share Our StrengthWashington, DCCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $1.5M · through 2024Largest: $1.0M to LIFT INC — family economic mobility
Largest: $125,000 to THE ASPEN INSTITUTE INC — support to improve federal policies and accelerate innovative systems to support family economic mobility
Blue Meridian PartnersNew York, NYCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $21.0M · through 2023Largest: $9.5M to RESULTS FOR AMERICA — to support economic mobility
Largest: $1.2M to BROOKINGS INSTITUTION — 82235 supporting the center for community uplift in using wellbeing as an anchor in addressing issues of economic mobility and the racial wealth gap
Largest: $250,000 to NEW VENTURE FUND — to support funders for housing and opportunity, a collaboration of national funders from various sectors working to ensure renters have access to affordable homes in communities th…
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