Funding search · EIN 043530777 · Cambridge, MA

Akamai Foundation

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

332
grants reported
$8.3M
total given
2022–2024
filing years
$10,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20222024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

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1 grant matching “bedouin · $25,000

  • $25,000

    P E F Israel Endowment Funds · New York, NY · 2024

    Atid Bamidbar, for Gate to the Future: Robotics and science for Bedouin children and youth

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

  • Northeastern University3 grants · $600,000
  • Givinga Foundation6 grants · $597,726
  • Emergency Assistance Foundation3 grants · $379,640
  • Hidden Genius Project4 grants · $355,000
  • Npower Ny3 grants · $350,000
  • Ffwd3 grants · $325,000
  • Per Scholas3 grants · $300,000
  • Society for Science and the Public3 grants · $300,000
  • United Negro College Fund3 grants · $275,000
  • Charities Aid Foundation America17 grants · $197,260

Giving over time

$2.7M
2022
$2.9M
2023
$2.7M
2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 332 grants.

  • $250,000

    Northeastern University · Boston, MA · 2023

    Akamai Foundation A2M4Tech Fund

  • $250,000

    Northeastern University · Boston, MA · 2022

    Akamai Foundation A2M4Tech Fund

  • $225,000

    Givinga Foundation · Wellesley, MA · 2024

    Employee Matching Gifts program

  • $200,000

    Givinga Foundation · Wellesley, MA · 2023

    25th Anniversary fund

  • $129,640

    Emergency Assistance Foundation · Dallas, TX · 2024

    The grant payment is intended for the Akamai Compassion Fund

  • $125,000

    Ffwd · San Francisco, CA · 2024

    Continued support for vertical of Fast Forward alumni tech nonprofits

  • $125,000

    Npower Ny · Brooklyn, NY · 2024

    Support for Advanced Training Programs

  • $125,000

    Emergency Assistance Foundation · West Palm Bch, FL · 2023

    Akamai Compassion fund

  • $125,000

    Npower Ny · Brooklyn, NY · 2023

    Advanced Trainings Programs

  • $125,000

    Emergency Assistance Foundation · West Palm Bch, FL · 2022

    Akamai Compassion Fund

  • $121,726

    Givinga Foundation · Wellesley, MA · 2022

    Ukraine fund

  • $100,000

    Fab Foundation · Boston, MA · 2024

    Fab In A Box program (FIAB)

  • $100,000

    Hidden Genius Project · Oakland, CA · 2024

    Support of the Immersion Program

  • $100,000

    Northeastern University · Boston, MA · 2024

    Support A2M4Tech Fund

  • $100,000

    Per Scholas · Bronx, NY · 2024

    information technology training and professional development

  • $100,000

    Society for Science and the Public · Washington, DC · 2024

    Grand Award Category in Mathematics at the International Science and Engineering Fair

  • $100,000

    Ffwd · San Francisco, CA · 2023

    Continued support for vertical of Fast Forward alumni tech nonprofits

  • $100,000

    Hidden Genius Project · Oakland, CA · 2023

    Support to scale the Immersion Program

  • $100,000

    Per Scholas · Bronx, NY · 2023

    General & Unrestricted

  • $100,000

    Society for Science and the Public · Washington, DC · 2023

    Grand Award Category in Mathematics at the 2023-2025 International Science and Engineering Fair

  • $100,000

    United Negro College Fund · Washington, DC · 2023

    Continued development of Tech Hub

  • $100,000

    Ffwd · San Francisco, CA · 2022

    women and BIPOC Fast Forward alumni tech nonprofit founders for further wraparound support

  • $100,000

    Hidden Genius Project · Oakland, CA · 2022

    Intensive Immersion Program

  • $100,000

    International Medical Corps · Los Angeles, CA · 2022

    Ukraine Crisis Response

  • $100,000

    Npower Ny · Brooklyn, NY · 2022

    Advanced Trainings Program

  • $100,000

    Per Scholas · Bronx, NY · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

  • $100,000

    Society for Science and the Public · Washington, DC · 2022

    Grand Award Category fund in Mathematics at the International Science and Engineering Fair

  • $100,000

    United Negro College Fund · Washington, DC · 2022

    UNCF TechHub

  • $83,334

    American Friends of Natal · New York, NY · 2023

    Israel Response fund

  • $83,333

    American Friends of Magen David Adom · New York, NY · 2023

    AFMDA Israel Humanitarian Aid / Israel Emergency Fund for MDA Israel

  • $83,333

    Friends of United Hatzalah · New York, NY · 2023

    Israel Humanitarian Aid fund

  • $75,000

    Digital Promise Global · Washington, DC · 2024

    Supporting cybersecurity pathways for the Opportunity Youth initiative

  • $75,000

    United Negro College Fund · Washington, DC · 2024

    UNCF Tech Hub

  • $75,000

    Digital Promise Global · Washington, DC · 2023

    supporting cybersecurity pathways for the Opportunity Youth initiative

  • $75,000

    Women Who Code · Atlanta, GA · 2023

    Technical Track Communities support and development of cybersecurity track

  • $65,000

    Asociacion Rocket Girls · 2022

    Expenditure Responsibility Grant

  • $60,000

    Asociacion Rocket Girls · 2023

    Expenditure Responsibility Grant

  • $60,000

    Fundacja Uniwersytet Dzieci · 2023

    Expenditure Responsibility Grant

  • $57,000

    American India Foundation · New York, NY · 2024

    DE STEMpowering Students

  • $55,250

    Boston Cares · Charlestown, MA · 2024

    Hands at Work - September and October Volunteer events

  • $55,000

    Hidden Genius Project · Oakland, CA · 2022

    Intensive Immersion Program & Catalyst Programs

  • $50,400

    Boston Cares · Charlestown, MA · 2022

    Hands at Work Akamai Service Days

  • $50,000

    Cybertrust Massachusetts · Waltham, MA · 2024

    Expansion of Existing CyberTrust programs

  • $50,000

    Fundacja Instytut Cyfrowego Obywatelstwa · 2024

    Screen Education Program

  • $50,000

    Fundacja Mamo Pracuj · 2024

    Expenditure Responsibility Grant

  • $50,000

    Hack the Hood · Oakland, CA · 2024

    Support for three core (Hustle, Build & Drive) technical skill-building and career pathway programs

  • $50,000

    It Women Foundation · Weston, FL · 2024

    Virtual Mentoring Program

  • $50,000

    American India Foundation · New York, NY · 2023

    DE-STEMPowering Students Project in India

  • $50,000

    Hack the Hood · Oakland, CA · 2023

    Support for three-pronged career pathways program

  • $50,000

    Akshara Foundation · 2022

    Expenditure Responsibility Grant

  • $50,000

    Fundacja Uniwersytet Dzieci · 2022

    Expenditure Responsibility Grant

  • $50,000

    Hack the Hood · Oakland, CA · 2022

    Hustle, Build and Drive programs

  • $50,000

    Interise · Boston, MA · 2022

    StreetWise and Small Business Stronger

  • $50,000

    Katalyst Education · 2022

    Expenditure Responsibility Grant

  • $50,000

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology · Cambridge, MA · 2022

    MIT Open Learning - MIT ReACT /NET

  • $50,000

    Project Tf · San Francisco, CA · 2022

    Code2040 Fellows Program and Movement Building to create a more equitable and diverse tech ecosystem

  • $50,000

    Resilient Coders · Boston, MA · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

  • $44,500

    Katalyst Education · 2023

    Expenditure responsibility grant

  • $40,000

    Chicktech · Portland, OR · 2024

    Mentoring the Next Generation of Technologists

  • $40,000

    Fundacion Ellaes Sheis · 2024

    Expenditure Responsibility Grant

  • $40,000

    Chicktech · Portland, OR · 2023

    Gender Equity in STEM through ChickTech: High School

  • $40,000

    Fundacion Fundavida · 2023

    Expenditure Responsibility Grant

  • $35,000

    Fundacja Try It · 2024

    Expenditure Responsibility Grant

  • $35,000

    Innovators for Purpose · Acton, MA · 2024

    iFp Studios

  • $35,000

    Science Club for Girls · Cambridge, MA · 2024

    Science Club for Girls' K-12 STEM Education and Mentorship Programs

  • $35,000

    America Gives · New York, NY · 2023

    Israeli Children's Fund- STEM Education

  • $35,000

    Fundacja Instytut Cyfrowego Obywatelstwa · 2023

    "Eye Monger" - a school program on cyber security and privacy based on the book

  • $35,000

    Science Club for Girls · Cambridge, MA · 2023

    Science Club for GirlsMode Programming: Virtual and In-Person

  • $35,000

    Fundacion Fundavida · 2022

    Expenditure Responsibility Grant

  • $34,625

    Boston Cares · Charlestown, MA · 2023

    Danny Lewin Community Care Days 2023

  • $30,000

    Fundacja Uniwersytet Dzieci · 2024

    Expenditure Responsibility Grant

  • $30,000

    Innovators for Purpose · Acton, MA · 2023

    iFp Studios fund

  • $30,000

    Fundacja Sarigato · 2022

    Expenditure Responsibility Grant

  • $30,000

    Science Club for Girls · Cambridge, MA · 2022

    Science Club for GirlsMode Programming

  • $28,000

    Chicktech · Portland, OR · 2022

    Intergenerational Community through ChickTech

  • $27,391

    Charities Aid Foundation America · Alexandria, VA · 2024

    The Turing Trust: Digital Equity for All

  • $27,000

    Learning Links Foundation · 2024

    Steam Smart Program

  • $25,000

    Brookview House · Dorchester, MA · 2024

    Closing the Digital Divide: Digital Learning For Brookview Above and Beyond

  • $25,000

    Center for Excellence in Education · McLean, VA · 2024

    STEM Teacher Enrichment Program and STEM Student Lyceums

  • $25,000

    Israel Venture Network · Menlo Park, CA · 2024

    Amitim Lemada

  • $25,000

    P E F Israel Endowment Funds · New York, NY · 2024

    Atid Bamidbar, for Gate to the Future: Robotics and science for Bedouin children and youth

  • $25,000

    Scientific Adventures · Oakland, CA · 2024

    Scientific Adventures for Girls in TK-6th Grade: San Francisco East Bay Afterschool STEM Programs

  • $25,000

    The Possible Project · Boston, MA · 2024

    Cybersecurity Innovation Pathway

  • $25,000

    Young Peoples Project · Cambridge, MA · 2024

    Greater Boston Programming

  • $25,000

    Breakthrough Greater Boston · Cambridge, MA · 2023

    Full STEAM Ahead fund

  • $25,000

    Brookview House · Dorchester, MA · 2023

    21st Century Careers in STEM

  • $25,000

    Calculus Project · Randolph, MA · 2023

    The Calculus Project & Leadership Academy

  • $25,000

    Center for Excellence in Education · McLean, VA · 2023

    STEM Teacher Enrichment Program and STEM Lyceums

  • $25,000

    Givinga Foundation · Wellesley, MA · 2023

    25th Anniversary fund

  • $25,000

    Kids in Tech · Lowell, MA · 2023

    Afterschool Tech Club Program

  • $25,000

    Latino STEM Alliance · Boston, MA · 2023

    Project-based Learning and STEM Exploration fund

  • $25,000

    Mathematical Association of America Incorporated · Washington, DC · 2023

    AMC 4 All & Engaging Young Women in Mathematics

  • $25,000

    Resilient Coders · Boston, MA · 2023

    General & Unrestricted

  • $25,000

    Breakthrough Greater Boston · Cambridge, MA · 2022

    Full STEAM Ahead

  • $25,000

    Calculus Project · Randolph, MA · 2022

    The Calculus Project & Leadership Academy

  • $25,000

    Center for Excellence in Education · McLean, VA · 2022

    STEM Teacher Enrichment Program and STEM Lyceums

  • $25,000

    Girls Who Code · New York, NY · 2022

    2022 GWC Clubs

  • $25,000

    Innovators for Purpose · Acton, MA · 2022

    iFp Studios

  • $25,000

    Kids in Tech · Lowell, MA · 2022

    After School Technology Clubs

  • $25,000

    Latino STEM Alliance · Boston, MA · 2022

    Project-based Robotic and STEM Exploration

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