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The Wallace Foundation

$199.8M
in grants paid: 779
grants: 359
recipients: 2022–2024
filing years

Recent grants

The 100 largest recent grants from this foundation’s filings, newest year first.

$3.0M
Alternate Roots · Atlanta, GA · 2024
To participate in Wallace's Advancing Well-Being in the Arts initiative.
$3.0M
National Association of Latino Arts and Culture · San Antonio, TX · 2024
To participate in Wallace's Advancing Well-Being in the Arts initiative.
$3.0M
First Peoples Fund · Rapid City, SD · 2024
To participate in Wallace's Advancing Well-Being in the Arts initiative.
$2.3M
Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System · Madison, WI · 2024
To study the work of districts participating in Wallace's ECPI.
$1.3M
Board of Education of Jefferson County Kentucky · Louisville, KY · 2024
To participate in Wallace's ECPI.
$1.3M
Columbus City Schools · Columbus, OH · 2024
To participate in Wallace's ECPI.
$1.3M
School District No 1j Multnomah County Oregon · Portland, OR · 2024
To participate in Wallace's ECPI.
$1.3M
Winston Salem Forsyth County · Winston Salem, NC · 2024
To participate in Wallace's ECPI.
$1.3M
Fresno Unified School District · Fresno, CA · 2024
To participate in Wallace's ECPI.
$1.3M
San Antonio Independent School District · San Antonio, TX · 2024
To participate in Wallace's ECPI.
$1.3M
Dc Public Education Fund · Washington, DC · 2024
For D.C. Public Schools to participate in Wallace's ECPI.
$1.2M
Fund for Educational Excellence · Baltimore, MD · 2024
To support the participation of Baltimore City Public Schools in Wallace's ECPI.
$1.2M
Chicago Sinfonietta · Chicago, IL · 2024
To participate in Wallace's Advancing Well-Being in the Arts Initiative.
$891,000
Pillsbury United Communities Inc Dba Pillsbury House Theatre · Minneapolis, MN · 2024
To participate in Wallace's Advancing Well-Being in the Arts initiative.
$850,442
Family Health International · Durham, NC · 2024
To support Wallace's District Summer Learning Network.
$820,462
The Regents of the University of California at Irvine · Irvine, CA · 2024
To study the long-term effects of out-of-school arts education programs serving young people from marginalized communities.
$800,000
The Aspen Institute · Washington, DC · 2024
To support districts participating in Wallace's ECPI.
$778,026
Social Science Research Council · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
To match research fellows with organizations participating in Wallace's Advancing Well-Being in the Arts initiative and to support their work.
$668,487
Museo De Arte Contemporaneo De Puerto Rico · 2024
To participate in Wallace's Advancing Well-Being in the Arts initiative.
$653,372
Learning Policy Institute · Palo Alto, CA · 2024
To study the professional-development needs and experiences of principals.
$650,000
Editorial Projects in Education · Bethesda, MD · 2024
To support Education Week.
$638,232
The Regents of the University of Colorado · Denver, CO · 2024
To study and coordinate the use of research among districts participating in Wallace's ECPI.
$628,000
Afro-American Cultural Center Inc Dba Harvey B Gantt Center for African- · Charlotte, NC · 2024
To participate in Wallace's Advancing Well-Being in the Arts initiative.
$570,000
Pregones Puerto Rican Traveling Theater · Bronx, NY · 2024
To participate in Wallace's Advancing Well-Being in the Arts initiative.
$569,000
Arab Community Center for Economic & Social Services · Dearborn, MI · 2024
To participate in Wallace's Advancing Well-Being in the Arts initiative.
$562,000
Rand Corporation · Santa Monica, CA · 2024
To study work done in Wallace's Partnerships for Social and Emotional Learning Initiative.
$549,730
North Carolina State University · Raleigh, NC · 2024
To develop a tool to help equitably recruit and prepare teachers to enter principal pipelines.
$542,504
National Arts Strategies · Alexandria, VA · 2024
To organize and run learning community meetings for Wallace's Advancing Well-Being in the Arts initiative
$518,010
The University of Texas at Austin · Austin, TX · 2024
To study the work of districts participating in Wallace's ECPI.
$500,000
Afterschool Alliance · Washington, DC · 2024
To produce survey-based report on summer learning and other products that assist the out-of-school-time field.
$455,000
The Union for Contemporary Art · Omaha, NE · 2024
To participate in Wallace's Advancing Well-Being in the Arts initiative.
$425,000
The Rebuild Foundation Nfp · Chicago, IL · 2024
To participate in Wallace's Advancing Well-Being in the Arts initiative.
$410,000
Blackstar Projects · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
To participate in Wallace's Advancing Well-Being in the Arts initiative.
$400,000
STEM Next Opportunity Fund · San Diego, CA · 2024
To support fellowships to spread expertise about out-of-school-time programs and STEM education.
$400,000
The Philadelphia Dance Company · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
To participate in Wallace's Advancing Well-Being in the Arts initiative.
$399,000
Eastside Arts Alliance · Oakland, CA · 2024
To participate in Wallace's Advancing Well-Being in the Arts Initiative.
$382,000
The Laundromat Project · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
To participate in Wallace's Advancing Well-Being in the Arts initiative.
$363,789
New York University · New York, NY · 2024
To update The Cost of Quality Out-of-School-Time Programs and that report's online cost calculator.
$350,000
Afterschool Alliance · Washington, DC · 2024
To support the America After 3PM survey.
$327,000
1hood Media Academy · Pittsburgh, PA · 2024
To participate in Wallace's Advancing Well-Being in the Arts initiative.
$325,000
The Aspen Institute · Washington, DC · 2024
To support districts participating in Wallace's ECPI.
$323,793
American Institutes for Research in the Behavioral Sciences · Washington, DC · 2024
To help explore options for new Wallace initiatives focused on out-of-school-time programs.
$300,830
American Institutes for Research in the Behavioral Sciences · Washington, DC · 2024
To study the costs and revenues of high-quality afterschool and summer programs.
$300,000
President and Fellows of Harvard College · Cambridge, MA · 2024
To help fund a randomized controlled trial of social-emotional learning practices in federally funded afterschool programs in Nebraska.
$294,000
Self-Help Graphics and Art · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
To participate in Wallace's Advancing Well-Being in the Arts initiative.
$277,500
Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
To manage a professional learning community for school leaders participating in Wallace's ECPI.
$274,000
Ragamala Dance · Minneapolis, MN · 2024
To participate in Wallace's Advancing Well-Being in the Arts initiative.
$266,866
Mosaic America · Saratoga, CA · 2024
To survey and map artists and culture bearers of color in Santa Clara, San Francisco, and San Mateo Counties.
$264,107
University of Delaware · Newark, DE · 2024
To explore whether and how Wallace's audiences use research the foundation supports.
$250,000
Independent Sector · Washington, DC · 2024
To support a meeting of funders to update the organization's Principles for Good Governance and Ethical Practice.
$250,000
Federation of American Scientists · Washington, DC · 2024
To support the Alliance for Learning Innovation's state and local task force.
$250,000
McEl United · Riverview, FL · 2024
To support the Leaders Developing Leaders conference and a professional learning community of educators working to improve school leadership
$250,000
President and Fellows of Harvard College · Cambridge, MA · 2024
To support the Institute for Success Planning at Harvard's University Graduate School of Education.
$250,000
Center for Disaster Philanthropy · Washington, DC · 2024
To support humanitarian aid efforts in the wake of Hurricane Helene.
$250,000
San Diego State University Foundation · San Diego, CA · 2024
To manage a learning community for faculty members participating in Wallace's ECPI.
$222,000
Theater Mu · Saint Paul, MN · 2024
To participate in Wallace's Advancing Well-Being in the Arts initiative.
$211,130
Arizona State University · Tempe, AZ · 2024
To study the landscape of arts organizations serving communities of color in the Southwest.
$206,000
Clemmons Family Farm · Charlotte, VT · 2024
To investigate the role of nonprofits led by Black women in cross-sectoral collaborations to improve outcomes for Black artists.
$200,233
American Institutes for Research in the Behavioral Sciences · Washington, DC · 2024
To study how Texas school districts incorporate evidence-based strategies into summer learning programs.
$200,000
Suny Impact Foundation · New York, NY · 2024
To participate in Wallace's Rural District Learning Community.
$200,000
Learning Policy Institute · Palo Alto, CA · 2024
To support the organization's Whole Child Policy Table.
$200,000
Education Resource Strategies · Watertown, MA · 2024
To support districts participating in Wallace's ECPI.
$200,000
The Center for Cultural Power · Oakland, CA · 2024
To study approaches to support artists of color working to promote social justice.
$190,094
Rand Corporation · Santa Monica, CA · 2024
To review literature on arts and youth well-being.
$175,000
National Association of Secondary School Principals · Reston, VA · 2024
To serve as a Wallace communications partner.
$175,000
Afterschool Alliance · Washington, DC · 2024
To serve as a Wallace communications partner.
$175,000
Learning Forward · Richardson, TX · 2024
To serve as a Wallace communications partner.
$175,000
American Association of School Administrators · Alexandria, VA · 2024
To serve as a Wallace communications partner.
$175,000
National Afterschool Association · Oakton, VA · 2024
To serve as a Wallace communications partner.
$175,000
The Education Trust · Washington, DC · 2024
To serve as a Wallace communications partner.
$174,912
The University of Texas at Austin · Austin, TX · 2024
To study work done in Wallace's Building Audiences for Sustainability initiative.
$174,000
Morehouse College · Atlanta, GA · 2024
To study challenges facing ring shout traditions and their leading practitioners as part of Wallace's Advancing Well-Being in the Arts initiative.
$171,466
University of Pittsburgh · Pittsburgh, PA · 2024
To study ways in which community-based programs use the arts to support the well-being of youth.
$165,440
Vanderbilt University · Nashville, TN · 2024
To study the work of districts participating in Wallace's Principal Pipeline Learning Community.
$165,377
Emerson College · Boston, MA · 2024
To study frameworks used to archive Latin American theater in the U.S. and propose new methods to preserve its history.
$160,000
Education Development Center · Waltham, MA · 2024
To help develop a rural-district learning community for education leadership programs at the State University of New York.
$159,763
Texas Education Agency · Austin, TX · 2024
To support efforts to strengthen summer learning programs in Texas.
$152,409
First Peoples Fund · Rapid City, SD · 2024
To identify measures for arts participation that correspond to Native populations' understanding and experience of art.
$151,330
National Policy Board for Educational Administration · Reston, VA · 2024
To test the organization's field guide.
$150,000
The University Council for Educational Administration · East Lansing, VA · 2024
To serve as a Wallace communications partner.
$150,000
The Leadership Academy · Long Island City, NY · 2024
To support Wallace's ECPI.
$150,000
National Summer Learning Association · Washington, MD · 2024
To help the organization develop a multi-year strategic plan
$150,000
Expanded Schools · New York, NY · 2024
To support Every Hour Counts' work as a Wallace communications partner.
$150,000
National Summer Learning Association · Washington, MD · 2024
To serve as a Wallace communications partner.
$150,000
Council of Chief State School Officers · Washington, DC · 2024
To serve as a Wallace communications partner.
$150,000
National Association of State Boards of Education · Alexandria, VA · 2024
To serve as a Wallace communications partner.
$150,000
National Conference of State Legislatures · Denver, CO · 2024
To serve as a Wallace communications partner.
$150,000
Center for Disaster Philanthropy · Washington, DC · 2024
To support humanitarian aid efforts in the wake of Hurricane Milton.
$150,000
Learning Policy Institute · Palo Alto, CA · 2024
To commission a think piece exploring links among chronic student absenteeism, teacher workforces, and school leaders.
$135,994
American Institutes for Research in the Behavioral Sciences · Washington, DC · 2024
To study of how Texas school districts incorporate evidence-based strategies into summer learning programs.
$134,000
Terc · Cambridge, MA · 2024
To explore ways in which youth-centered dance organizations can influence their communities.
$133,983
Cave Canem Foundation · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
To investigate the needs of Black literary arts service organizations and strategies that help such organizations thrive.
$133,269
American Institutes for Research in the Behavioral Sciences · Washington, DC · 2024
To support a national study of the youth development workforce.
$131,147
Soa Village Housing · Oakland, CA · 2024
To explore the role the arts play in the establishment of Black cultural institutions, networks, and spaces.
$127,067
Northwestern University · Evanston, IL · 2024
To help explore barriers to emloyment for people of color in media in the Midwest.
$125,250
World Arts West · San Francisco, CA · 2024
To learn more about dance groups rooted in communities of colors and how organizations such as World Arts West could better support such groups.
$125,000
Chiefs for Change · Washington, DC · 2024
To support districts participating in Wallace's ECPI.
$125,000
American Association of School Administrators · Alexandria, VA · 2024
To develop networks of principal supervisors from districts participating in Wallace's ECPI.
$115,000
Children'S Funding Project · Washington, DC · 2024
To help the out-of-school-time sector prepare to advocate for funding from settlements from lawsuits that accuse social-media giants of harming young people.
$114,000
Centro De Economia Creativa · San Juan, PR · 2024
To study the management practices and business models of Puerto Rican arts groups.

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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call. Most private foundations do not accept unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.