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The Wallace Foundation

Name: The Wallace Foundation grants, 2022–2024
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A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

779
grants reported: $199.8M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $100,000
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

employee matching gift wallace arts participate communications

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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

Arts organizations of color in Advancing Well-Being in the Arts initiative
School districts participating in Wallace's ECPI leadership work
University and think-tank studies of Wallace's own initiatives
Out-of-school-time, summer learning, and afterschool field research
Retainers for national education associations as "communications partners"

Typical grant

Median grant is $100,000 and the middle half runs $10,990 to $245,188, so most checks are modest while a small number carry the total. The big money is initiative participation: $3,000,000 to arts organizations joining Advancing Well-Being in the Arts and $1,345,000 to each district in the Equity-Centered Pipeline Initiative. Research awards cluster between $150,000 and $850,000, and the same evaluators and intermediaries reappear year after year, often with two to four grants in a single year.

Their words

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

“To participate in Wallace's Advancing Well-Being in the Arts initiative”
“To participate in Wallace's ECPI”
“To study the work of districts participating in”
“To serve as a Wallace communications partner”
“high-quality afterschool and summer programs”

Positioning adjacent work

Pitch as a study of an existing Wallace initiative, not a freestanding project; that is how research money moves.
Ask $150,000 to $650,000 for a single study; reserve larger figures for multi-district evaluation designs.
Anchor to a named theme: principal pipelines, summer learning, arts and youth well-being, or artists of color.
Emphasize products the field will use, like tools, cost calculators, surveys, and think pieces, not journal output.

Worth knowing: Almost every grant describes work Wallace designed and named itself, so entry comes through being recruited into an initiative rather than proposing one. A tight bench of repeat research partners, including RAND, American Institutes for Research, Learning Policy Institute, and a handful of state universities, absorbs most evaluation dollars, and 2024 shows a clear new push into arts organizations rooted in communities of color.

16 grants matching “marginalized” · $4.1M

$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.
$476,931
The Regents of the University of California at Irvine · Irvine, CA · 2023
To conduct a study documenting the long-term effects of participating in out-of-school arts education programs serving young people from marginalized communities.
$80,000
Society for Research in Child Development · Washington, DC · 2023
To help the organization expand and deepen its equity efforts, particularly support of emerging scholars who bring lived experiences of marginalization to their work.
$439,422
The Regents of the University of California at Irvine · Irvine, CA · 2022
To conduct a study documenting the long-term effects of participating in out-of-school arts education programs serving young people from marginalized communities.
$250,000
The Institute for Educational Leadership · Washington, DC · 2022
To support National Organizations for Marginalized Youth as they deepen their youth development efforts.
$250,000
Unidosus · Washington, DC · 2022
To support National Organizations for Marginalized Youth (NOMY) as they deepen their youth development efforts.
$250,000
National Indian Education Association · Washington, DC · 2022
To support National Organizations for Marginalized Youth (NOMY) as they deepen their youth development efforts.
$250,000
National Urban League · New York, NY · 2022
To support National Organizations for Marginalized Youth (NOMY) as they deepen their youth development efforts.
$212,500
Organization of Chinese Americans · Washington, DC · 2022
To support National Organizations for Marginalized Youth (NOMY) as they deepen their youth development efforts.
$212,500
Beyond Differences · San Rafael, CA · 2022
To support National Organizations for Marginalized Youth (NOMY) as they deepen their youth development efforts.
$212,500
Kids Included Together San Diego · San Diego, CA · 2022
To support National Organizations for Marginalized Youth (NOMY) as they deepen their youth development efforts.
$212,500
True Colors United · New York, NY · 2022
To support National Organizations for Marginalized Youth (NOMY) as they deepen their youth development efforts.
$150,000
International Society of the Learning Sciences · Bloomington, IN · 2022
To help ISLS expand and deepen its equity efforts, particularly support of emerging scholars who bring lived experiences of marginalization to their work.
$150,000
Society for Research On Educational Effectiveness · Washington, DC · 2022
To help SREE expand and deepen its equity efforts, particularly support of emerging scholars who bring lived experiences of marginalization to their work.
$75,000
Society for Research in Child Development · Washington, DC · 2022
To help the organization expand and deepen its equity efforts, particularly support of emerging scholars who bring lived experiences of marginalization to their work.
$33,169
Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System · Madison, WI · 2022
To support a study to answer research questions related to engaging young people from historically marginalized communities in out-of-school time learning. (Taken from 20200194, where remaining funds are housed)

Top recipients

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

Communities Foundation of Texas4 grants · $8.9M
Family Health International5 grants · $6.4M
School District No 1j Multnomah County Oregon6 grants · $5.4M
Dc Public Education Fund6 grants · $5.4M
Columbus City Schools6 grants · $5.4M
San Antonio Independent School District6 grants · $5.4M
Board of Education of Jefferson County Kentucky6 grants · $5.4M
Fund for Educational Excellence7 grants · $5.4M
Fresno Unified School District6 grants · $5.4M
Winston Salem Forsyth County6 grants · $5.4M

Giving over time

$84.0M

2022

$61.4M

2023

$54.4M

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 779 grants.

$5.6M
Communities Foundation of Texas · Dallas, TX · 2022
To establish a donor-advised fund to assist Texas in new efforts to improve summer learning through the addition of days to the school year.
$3.0M
Alternate Roots · Atlanta, GA · 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.
$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
Communities Foundation of Texas · Dallas, TX · 2022
To establish a donor-advised fund to assist Texas in new efforts to improve summer learning through the addition of days to the school year. Amends Grant #20200084 - in order add funds approved by board in a subsequent … read allTo establish a donor-advised fund to assist Texas in new efforts to improve summer learning through the addition of days to the school year. Amends Grant #20200084 - in order add funds approved by board in a subsequent year. less
$2.5M
Family Health International · Durham, NC · 2022
To connect districts to resources to support the development of a three-year summer learning plan; plan and facilitate a Summer Learning Community; and curate, assemble and vet related supporting tools. (Years 3 and 4 f… read allTo connect districts to resources to support the development of a three-year summer learning plan; plan and facilitate a Summer Learning Community; and curate, assemble and vet related supporting tools. (Years 3 and 4 funds for grant 20210241) less
$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.
$2.1M
Board of Education of Jefferson County Kentucky · Louisville, KY · 2022
To participate in the Equity-Centered Pipeline Initiative.
$2.1M
Columbus City Schools · Columbus, OH · 2022
To participate in the Equity-Centered Pipeline Initiative.
$2.1M
Dc Public Education Fund · Washington, DC · 2022
For DC Public Schools to participate in the Equity-Centered Pipeline Initiative.
$2.1M
Fresno Unified School District · Fresno, CA · 2022
To participate in the Equity-Centered Pipeline Initiative.
$2.1M
Fund for Educational Excellence · Baltimore, MD · 2022
For Baltimore City Public Schools to participate in the Equity-Centered Pipeline Initiative.
$2.1M
San Antonio Independent School District · San Antonio, TX · 2022
To participate in the Equity-Centered Pipeline Initiative.
$2.1M
School District No 1j Multnomah County Oregon · Portland, OR · 2022
To participate in the Equity-Centered Pipeline Initiative.
$2.1M
Winston Salem Forsyth County · Winston Salem, NC · 2022
To participate in the Equity-Centered Pipeline Initiative.
$2.0M
Arts Midwest Incorporated · Minneapolis, MN · 2022
To fund a broader group of smaller Arts organizations by re-granting through intermediaries.
$2.0M
Mid Atlantic Arts · Baltimore, MD · 2022
To fund a broader group of smaller Arts organizations by re-granting through intermediaries.
$2.0M
Mid-America Arts Alliance · Kansas City, MO · 2022
To fund a broader group of smaller Arts organizations by re-granting through intermediaries.
$2.0M
New England Foundation for the Arts · Boston, MA · 2022
To fund a broader group of smaller Arts organizations by re-granting through intermediaries.
$2.0M
South Arts · Atlanta, GA · 2022
To fund a broader group of smaller Arts organizations by re-granting through intermediaries.
$2.0M
Western States Arts Federation · Denver, CO · 2022
To fund a broader group of smaller Arts organizations by re-granting through intermediaries.
$1.9M
National Public Radio · Washington, DC · 2023
To support NPR's coverage of education issues through a media sponsorship.
$1.6M
Board of Education of Jefferson County Kentucky · Louisville, KY · 2023
To participate in the Equity-Centered Pipeline Initiative for Year 3
$1.6M
Columbus City Schools · Columbus, OH · 2023
To participate in the Equity-Centered Pipeline Initiative for Year 3.
$1.6M
Dc Public Education Fund · Washington, DC · 2023
For DC Public Schools to participate in the Equity-Centered Pipeline Initiative for Year 3
$1.6M
Fresno Unified School District · Fresno, CA · 2023
To participate in the Equity-Centered Pipeline Initiative for Year 3
$1.6M
Fund for Educational Excellence · Baltimore, MD · 2023
For Baltimore City Public Schools to participate in the Equity-Centered Pipeline Initiative for Year 3.
$1.6M
San Antonio Independent School District · San Antonio, TX · 2023
To participate in the Equity-Centered Pipeline Initiative for Year 3
$1.6M
School District No 1j Multnomah County Oregon · Portland, OR · 2023
To participate in the Equity-Centered Pipeline Initiative for Year 3
$1.6M
Winston Salem Forsyth County · Winstonsalem, NC · 2023
To participate in the Equity-Centered Pipeline Initiative for Year 3
$1.5M
The Leadership Academy · Long Island City, NY · 2022
A second glide path grant to enable The Leadership Academy to continue facilitating the ESSA Leadership Learning Community (additional funds for grant 20200187)
$1.5M
Education Development Center · Waltham, MA · 2022
To extend and expand the work of Quality Measures (QM) in Texas.
$1.5M
National Academy of Sciences · Washington, DC · 2022
To produce a consensus report on the evidence for how out-of-school time programs do or could support the learning, development, and well-being of children and youth from low-income households
$1.4M
Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System · Madison, WI · 2023
To support The Comprehensive Assessment of Leadership for Learning - Equity-Centered Leaders Equity-Centered Principal Pipeline Initiative study.
$1.4M
Family Health International · Durham, NC · 2022
To connect districts to resources to support the development of a three-year summer learning plan; plan and facilitate a Summer Learning Community; and curate, assemble and vet related supporting tools. (Funds expected … read allTo connect districts to resources to support the development of a three-year summer learning plan; plan and facilitate a Summer Learning Community; and curate, assemble and vet related supporting tools. (Funds expected to be used for a 2022 amendment to grant 20210241 - $ remaining from up to $4.5M approved from Covid Response Budget for this project) less
$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
Dc Public Education Fund · Washington, DC · 2024
For D.C. Public Schools 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
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
Editorial Projects in Education · Bethesda, MD · 2023
To support Education Week with a media sponsorship.
$1.3M
Family Health International · Durham, NC · 2023
To extend the District Summer Learning Network through March 2025 to enable districts to better sustain their summer learning work and to support five SEAs in integrating summer learning as an educational strategy.
$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.
$1.2M
Social Science Research Council · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
To support the Fellows who will conduct ethnographies/histories of the arts organizations in the new initiative.
$1.1M
New York University · New York, NY · 2023
For general support of The Research Alliance for New York City Schools.
$1.0M
Arts Midwest Incorporated · Minneapolis, MN · 2023
To fund a broader group of smaller Arts organizations by re-granting through intermediaries
$1.0M
Mid Atlantic Arts · Baltimore, MD · 2023
To fund a broader group of smaller Arts organizations by re-granting through intermediaries
$1.0M
Mid-America Arts Alliance · Kansas City, MO · 2023
To fund a broader group of smaller Arts organizations by re-granting through intermediaries
$1.0M
New England Foundation for the Arts · Boston, MA · 2023
To fund a broader group of smaller Arts organizations by re-granting through intermediaries
$1.0M
South Arts · Atlanta, GA · 2023
To fund a broader group of smaller Arts organizations by re-granting through intermediaries
$1.0M
Western States Arts Federation · Denver, CO · 2023
To fund a broader group of smaller Arts organizations by re-granting through intermediaries
$1.0M
National Governors Association Center for Best Practices · Washington, DC · 2022
To deepen gubernatorial expertise in summer/afterschool programming and social-emotional learning.
$1.0M
Rand Corporation · Santa Monica, CA · 2022
To support the RAND American School District Panel.
$982,882
American Institutes for Research in the Behavioral Sciences · Washington, DC · 2022
To support the Youth Fields Workforce Study, including a national survey and and up to 10 case studies.
$975,737
Social Science Research Council · Brooklyn, NY · 2022
To support the Fellows who will conduct ethnographies/histories of the arts organizations in the new 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.
$880,500
Pillsbury United Communities · Minneapolis, MN · 2023
To participate in Year Two of the Advancing Well-Being in the Arts Initiative that will support arts organizations of color.
$859,888
Rand Corporation · Santa Monica, CA · 2023
To conduct an evaluation of the Partnerships for Social and Emotional Learning Initiative.
$850,442
Family Health International · Durham, NC · 2024
To support Wallace's District Summer Learning Network.
$850,000
Boston After School & Beyond · Boston, MA · 2022
To participate in the Partnerships for Social and Emotional Learning Initiative. (Years 5-6 funding for Grant #20180076)
$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.
$808,841
Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System · Madison, WI · 2022
To support The Comprehensive Assessment of Leadership for Learning - Equity-Centered Leaders Equity-Centered Principal Pipeline Initiative study.
$800,000
The Aspen Institute · Washington, DC · 2024
To support districts participating in Wallace's ECPI.
$800,000
Learning Policy Institute · Palo Alto, CA · 2023
To fund phase 3 of Whole Child Policy Table
$800,000
Children'S Funding Project · Washington, DC · 2022
To support the creation of regional hubs to help local communities conduct fiscal mapping to fund and sustain youth development priorities.
$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.
$750,000
Editorial Projects in Education · Bethesda, MD · 2022
To support Education Week's equity news coverage.
$746,072
Learning Forward · Richardson, TX · 2022
To manage the Equity-Centered Pipeline Initiative Learning Community.
$739,177
STEM Next Opportunity Fund · San Diego, CA · 2023
To support the STEM Next Fellows pooled funding project.
$693,050
Museo De Arte Contemporaneo De Puerto Rico · San Juan, PR · 2023
To participate in the Wallace Arts Initiative that will support arts organizations of color
$688,000
Chicago Sinfonietta · Chicago, IL · 2023
To participate in Year Two of the Advancing Well-Being in the Arts Initiative that will support arts organizations of color.
$668,487
Museo De Arte Contemporaneo De Puerto Rico · 2024
To participate in Wallace's Advancing Well-Being in the Arts initiative.
$659,974
American Institutes for Research in the Behavioral Sciences · Washington, DC · 2023
To support the Youth Fields Workforce Study, including a national survey and up to 10 case studies.
$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.
$650,000
National Summer Learning Association · Baltimore, MD · 2023
To support an effort in collaboration with Council of Chief State School Officers to build state expertise in providing summer programs in 2021 and 2022 that help compensate for the disruption to education caused by the… read allTo support an effort in collaboration with Council of Chief State School Officers to build state expertise in providing summer programs in 2021 and 2022 that help compensate for the disruption to education caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. less
$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.
$612,345
Education Development Center · Waltham, MA · 2022
To provide technical assistance to the Texas Education Agency using the Quality Measures process.
$600,000
Arab Community Center for Economic & Social Services · Dearborn, MI · 2023
To participate in the Wallace Arts Initiative that will support arts organizations of color.
$596,388
Rand Corporation · Santa Monica, CA · 2022
To conduct an evaluation of the Partnerships for Social and Emotional Learning Initiative.
$595,000
Pregones Puerto Rican Traveling Theater · Bronx, NY · 2023
To participate in Year Two of the Advancing Well-Being in the Arts Initiative that will support arts organizations of color.
$585,000
Blackstar Projects · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
To participate in Year Two of the Advancing Well-Being in the Arts Initiative that will support arts organizations of color.
$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.
$547,000
Pillsbury United Communities · Minneapolis, MN · 2022
A planning grant to prepare for implementation work as part of a new Arts initiative.
$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
$525,000
The Laundromat Project · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
To participate in the Wallace Arts Initiative that will support arts organizations of color.
$518,010
The University of Texas at Austin · Austin, TX · 2024
To study the work of districts participating in Wallace's ECPI.
$515,000
Afro-American Cultural Center · Charlotte, NC · 2023
To participate in the Wallace Arts Initiative that will support arts organizations of color.
$500,374
American Institutes for Research in the Behavioral Sciences · Washington, DC · 2023
To support a study of how a range of districts from across the state of Texas incorporate evidence-based strategies in the design and implementation of summer learning programs.
$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.
$500,000
New Venture Fund · Washington, DC · 2023
To conduct a study updating IllumiNative's 2016-2018 Reclaiming Native Truth (RNT) research.
$500,000
Rand Corporation · Santa Monica, CA · 2023
To support the RAND American School District Panel.
$500,000
Expanded Schools · New York, NY · 2022
To support 'Every Hour Counts' in its organizational development.

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