Funding search · EIN 060726487 · Fairfield, CT

Save the Children Federation

Name: Save the Children Federation grants, 2022–2024
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A grantmaking public charity (files IRS Form 990, Schedule I). Charities like this often run real grant programs with application cycles.

978
grants reported: $186.0M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $43,663
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

multiple education actvy prgm health child livelihoods protection

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

Where the money goes

Rural school district partnerships in Appalachia and the Deep South
Early childhood and literacy programming through county boards of education
Sub-awards to international research and evaluation firms
Advocacy through Save the Children Action Network
Rural food access and hunger relief tied to school communities

Typical grant

Median grant is $43,663, with the middle half between $15,000 and $157,722. The big checks, over $1 million, go to the affiliated Action Network, to research and evaluation partners like TANGO International and Innovation for Poverty Action, and to a handful of anchor Kentucky and Tennessee school districts. Small and mid-size awards flow to individual rural districts and appear to renew year over year as part of ongoing programming.

Their words

Phrases from their own grant descriptions, worth speaking back to them.

“EDUCATION ACTIVITY”
“MULTIPLE PROGRAM ACTIVITY”
“ADVOCACY ACTIVITY”

Positioning adjacent work

Anchor to their rural US education work in KY, TN, MS, SC, WV rather than global themes.
Universities get funded as evaluation and research partners, not as program grantees. Position accordingly.
Ask in the $150,000 to $550,000 band if partnering with named districts; above that needs multi-district scale.
Emphasize direct partnership with a specific county board of education or school district.

Worth knowing: This is an operating charity passing funds to implementation partners, not an endowed foundation making open grants, so nearly everything reflects existing program relationships. Kentucky alone accounts for 128 of 978 grants, and money concentrates in persistently poor rural counties plus a small set of DC-area research and consulting firms.

3 grants matching “cowan” · $102,000

$12,000
Cowan Community Action Group · Whitesburg, KY · 2024
Education activity
$30,000
Cowan Community Action Group · Whitesburg, KY · 2023
Child poverty activity
$60,000
Cowan Community Action Group · Whitesburg, KY · 2022
Livelihoods activity

Top recipients

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

Save the Children Action Network3 grants · $18.8M
Tango International3 grants · $13.7M
Mercy Corps3 grants · $8.6M
Scus Head Start Programs3 grants · $7.1M
Innovation for Poverty Action3 grants · $5.0M
Perry Co Board of Education3 grants · $4.6M
Louisville Urban League3 grants · $4.2M
Clay County Board of Education3 grants · $4.0M
Causal Design3 grants · $4.0M
Berea College Offc of Fn'L Aff3 grants · $3.6M

Giving over time

$67.1M

2022

$63.4M

2023

$55.5M

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 978 grants.

$6.7M
Save the Children Action Network · Washington, DC · 2024
Advocacy activity
$6.3M
Save the Children Action Network · Washington, DC · 2023
Advocacy activity
$5.7M
Save the Children Action Network · Washington, DC · 2022
Advocacy activity
$5.5M
Tango International · Tucson, AZ · 2023
Multiple prgm actvy
$4.3M
Tango International · Tuscon, AZ · 2022
Livelihoods activity
$3.9M
Tango International · Tuscon, AZ · 2024
Multiple program activity
$3.6M
Mercy Corps · Portland, OR · 2022
Multiple prgm actvy
$3.1M
Scus Head Start Programs · Fairfield, CT · 2023
Education activity
$3.0M
Mercy Corps · Portland, OR · 2023
Multiple prgm actvy
$2.2M
Innovation for Poverty Action · Washington, DC · 2024
Multiple program activity
$2.1M
Scus Head Start Programs · Fairfield, CT · 2022
Education activity
$2.0M
Mercy Corps · Portland, OR · 2024
Multiple program activity
$2.0M
Causal Design · Wheat Ridge, CO · 2024
Multiple program activity
$2.0M
Innovation for Poverty Action · Washington, DC · 2022
Livelihoods activity
$2.0M
Louisville Urban League · Louisville, KY · 2023
Multiple prgm actvy
$1.9M
Scus Head Start Programs · Fairfield, CT · 2024
Education activity
$1.7M
Perry Co Board of Education · Hazard, KY · 2022
Multiple prgm actvy
$1.6M
Perry Co Board of Education · Hazard, KY · 2023
Multiple prgm actvy
$1.6M
Clay County Board of Education · Manchester, KY · 2023
Multiple prgm actvy
$1.5M
Creative Associates International · Chevy Chase, MD · 2023
Education activity
$1.5M
Louisville Urban League · Louisville, KY · 2022
Education activity
$1.4M
Creative Associates International · Chevy Chase, MD · 2022
Education activity
$1.4M
Berea College Offc of Fn'L Aff · Berea, KY · 2022
Education activity
$1.3M
Perry Co Board of Education · Hazard, KY · 2024
Multiple program activity
$1.2M
Clay County Board of Education · Manchester, KY · 2024
Education activity
$1.2M
Johns Hopkins University Central · Baltimore, MD · 2023
Multiple prgm actvy
$1.2M
Greene County Schools · Greeneville, TN · 2022
Multiple prgm actvy
$1.2M
Berea College Offc of Fn'L Aff · Berea, KY · 2023
Multiple prgm actvy
$1.2M
Greene County Schools · Greeneville, TN · 2023
Education activity
$1.2M
Cocke Co Board of Education · Newport, TN · 2023
Multiple prgm actvy
$1.2M
Clay County Board of Education · Manchester, KY · 2022
Multiple prgm actvy
$1.2M
Causal Design · Wheat Ridge, CO · 2022
Livelihoods activity
$1.1M
Whitley Co Board of Ed · Williamsburg, KY · 2024
Education activity
$1.1M
Whitley Co Board of Ed · Williamsburg, KY · 2022
Multiple prgm actvy
$1.1M
Berea College Offc of Fn'L Aff · Berea, KY · 2024
Education activity
$1.1M
Greene County Schools · Greeneville, TN · 2024
Multiple program activity
$1.0M
Cocke Co Board of Education · Newport, TN · 2022
Multiple prgm actvy
$1.0M
Cocke Co Board of Education · Newport, TN · 2024
Multiple program activity
$988,204
The George Washington University · Ashburn, VA · 2024
Multiple program activity
$982,016
County of Yakima 200 School District · Grandview, WA · 2022
Multiple prgm actvy
$960,445
Whitley Co Board of Ed · Williamsburg, KY · 2023
Multiple prgm actvy
$936,990
Morgan Co Board of Education · Wartburg, TN · 2022
Multiple prgm actvy
$925,805
County of Yakima 200 School District · Grandview, WA · 2023
Education activity
$905,689
International Food Policy Research Institute · Washington, DC · 2023
Child poverty activity
$894,661
Dillon School District Four · Dillon, SC · 2022
Education activity
$893,554
Causal Design · Wheat Ridge, CO · 2023
Child poverty activity
$877,903
Morgan Co Board of Education · Wartburg, TN · 2023
Multiple prgm actvy
$861,663
Innovation for Poverty Action · Washington, DC · 2023
Child poverty activity
$800,000
Louisville Urban League · Louisville, KY · 2024
Education activity
$782,280
Johns Hopkins University Central · Baltimore, MD · 2022
Multiple prgm actvy
$751,482
Letcher County Schools · Whitesburg, KY · 2023
Multiple prgm actvy
$733,947
Dillon School District Four · Dillon, SC · 2023
Education activity
$702,934
Letcher County Schools · Whitesburg, KY · 2024
Education activity
$679,670
Bell County Board of Education · Pineville, KY · 2023
Education activity
$672,961
Morgan Co Board of Education · Wartburg, TN · 2024
Education activity
$612,990
Karnes City Isd · Karnes City, TX · 2024
Multiple program activity
$575,321
Keppel Union School District · Pearblossom, CA · 2023
Multiple prgm actvy
$563,033
Wilsona School District · Palmdale, CA · 2022
Multiple prgm actvy
$556,305
County of Yakima 200 School District · Grandview, WA · 2024
Education activity
$556,076
Knox County Board of Education · Barbourville, KY · 2023
Education activity
$552,465
Batesville School District · Batesville, AR · 2024
Education activity
$547,706
Dillon School District Four · Dillon, SC · 2024
Education activity
$547,470
Rockcastle County School District · Mt Vernon, KY · 2023
Education activity
$538,343
Regents of the University of Ca · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Multiple program activity
$533,618
Calhoun County Board of Education · Mt Zion, WV · 2022
Multiple prgm actvy
$517,836
Heritage University · Toppenish, WA · 2023
Multiple prgm actvy
$516,050
Calhoun County Board of Education · Mt Zion, WV · 2023
Education activity
$507,783
Administrators of Tulane Educational Fund · New Orleans, LA · 2024
Multiple program activity
$500,689
Johns Hopkins University Central · Baltimore, MD · 2024
Multiple program activity
$497,963
Harlan County Board of Education · Harlan, KY · 2022
Education activity
$491,786
McCreary Co Board of Education · Stearns, KY · 2023
Education activity
$482,591
McCreary Co Board of Education · Stearns, KY · 2024
Education activity
$479,336
Orangeburg County School District · Orangeburg, SC · 2024
Education activity
$479,256
Mabton School District #120 · Mabton, WA · 2023
Multiple prgm actvy
$476,390
Jefferson Davis School District · Prentiss, MS · 2022
Multiple prgm actvy
$476,088
Channelview Independent School District · Channelview, TX · 2022
Multiple prgm actvy
$475,539
Bell County Board of Education · Pineville, KY · 2024
Education activity
$475,275
Knott Co Board of Education · Hindman, KY · 2022
Multiple prgm actvy
$471,984
Calhoun County Board of Education · Mt Zion, WV · 2024
Education activity
$469,583
Fayette County Board of Education Wv · Fayetteville, WV · 2023
Multiple prgm actvy
$468,121
Harlan County Board of Education · Harlan, KY · 2023
Education activity
$463,601
Marion County Board of Education · Columbia, MS · 2024
Education activity
$461,109
Nicholas Board of Education · Summersville, WV · 2023
Multiple prgm actvy
$458,154
Knox County Board of Education · Barbourville, KY · 2024
Education activity
$456,155
Jackson County Board of Education · McKee, KY · 2023
Education activity
$454,197
Jefferson Davis School District · Prentiss, MS · 2024
Education activity
$453,436
Knott Co Board of Education · Hindman, KY · 2023
Multiple prgm actvy
$452,271
Arcare · Augusta, AR · 2022
Multiple prgm actvy
$449,021
Knox County Board of Education · Barbourville, KY · 2022
Multiple prgm actvy
$446,000
Jackson County Board of Education · McKee, KY · 2022
Multiple prgm actvy
$442,096
Mabton School District #120 · Mabton, WA · 2024
Education activity
$440,978
Wilsona School District · Palmdale, CA · 2023
Multiple prgm actvy
$440,909
Nicholas Board of Education · Summersville, WV · 2022
Multiple prgm actvy
$438,618
Bell County Board of Education · Pineville, KY · 2022
Multiple prgm actvy
$436,675
Wilsona School District · Palmdale, CA · 2024
Multiple program activity
$434,164
Keppel Union School District · Pearblossom, CA · 2022
Multiple prgm actvy
$426,827
Orangeburg County School District · Orangeburg, SC · 2023
Multiple prgm actvy
$426,798
Mabton School District #120 · Mabton, WA · 2022
Multiple prgm actvy
$421,451
Harlan County Board of Education · Harlan, KY · 2024
Education activity
$420,036
Batesville School District · Batesville, AR · 2023
Education activity

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Source: IRS Form 990, Schedule I, as filed by this organization. These are grants already paid. Grants paid directly to individuals are reported to the IRS only as totals, so they do not appear as named lines here.