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The Spencer Foundation

$93.9M
in grants paid: 1,043
grants: 597
recipients: 2021–2024
filing years

Recent grants

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

$2.5M
National Academy of Education · Washington, DC · 2024
National academy of education/spencer postdoctoral fellowship programs (cohorts 24-25, 25-26, 26-27)
$1.8M
National Academy of Education · Washington, DC · 2024
National academy of education/spencer dissertation fellowship programs (cohorts 24-25, 25-26, 26-27)
$650,000
William T Grant Foundation · New York, NY · 2024
Support for the 2024 institutional challenge grant program at the william t. Grant foundation
$650,000
William T Grant Foundation · New York, NY · 2024
Support for the 2025 institutional challenge grant program at the william t. Grant foundation
$593,600
Columbia University in the City of New York · New York, NY · 2024
Spencer education journalism fellowship program, 2024 - 2028
$483,044
Michigan State University · East Lansing, MI · 2024
Creating transformative possibility in schools and communities
$392,629
University of California Berkeley · Berkeley, CA · 2024
Linguistic variation and disciplinary action on african american children in schools
$382,906
University of Kansas Center for Research · Lawrence, KS · 2024
The tribal education department capacity building project
$274,540
Flacso Argentina · 2024
History teaching through dialogical controversies
$250,850
Boston University · Boston, MA · 2024
Re-imagining alternative education
$243,904
The University of Texas at Austin · Austin, TX · 2024
Admission, tuition, and housing
$229,772
University of Wisconsin-Madison · Madison, WI · 2024
Supplement for center for philosophical reflection on educational policy and practice
$221,301
Indiana University Bloomington · Bloomington, IN · 2024
Thriving in college
$212,830
North Carolina State University · Raleigh, NC · 2024
Examining rural dual language programs
$209,723
New York University · New York, NY · 2024
Organizing family and community
$202,377
University of Colorado Denver · Denver, CO · 2024
Developing research capacity to support the assessment of student learning and program outcomes
$200,000
Russell Sage Foundation · New York, NY · 2024
Advancing research on the promotion of educational attainment and economic mobility
$199,915
University of Pennsylvania · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Building a living archive
$199,515
American Indian College Fund · Denver, CO · 2024
Building collaborative data capacity and investigating college access, persistence, and graduation success
$193,377
Michigan State University · East Lansing, MI · 2024
Postsecondary education
$190,777
Brown University · Providence, RI · 2024
School-supporting non-profits, school resources, and rising inequality
$189,896
Harvard University · Cambridge, MA · 2024
The black teacher archive
$188,273
The University of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
Evaluating global and local relative effectiveness of educational organizations
$180,760
University of California Berkeley · Berkeley, CA · 2024
The role of social safety net programs in community college student success
$179,586
Stanford University · Redwood City, CA · 2024
Educating for food sovereignty
$175,831
University of Illinois at Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
Investigating experiences of educators in chicago
$170,001
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Cultivating black autistic youth agency
$168,856
Drexel University · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Steaming through dance
$166,220
University of Virginia · Charlottesville, VA · 2024
Leveraging out-of-school cultural learning opportunities
$165,324
Philadelphia Student Union · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
The philadelphia student debt coalition
$162,882
University of Virginia · Charlottesville, VA · 2024
Young african american children animating societal change
$158,134
American Indian Science and Engineering Society · Albuquerque, NM · 2024
Leveraging the aises archival database
$156,431
Arizona State University Foundation for a New American University · Tempe, AZ · 2024
Support early literacy for preschoolers
$156,253
University of Virginia · Charlottesville, VA · 2024
Education for children with autism spectrum disorder
$156,098
University of Illinois at Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
The transformative work of lgbtq+ intergenerational dialogues
$155,690
The Pennsylvania State University · University Park, PA · 2024
Approaches to deaf-nondeaf inclusive bilingual education in france
$153,569
University of Missouri-St Louis · Saint Louis, MO · 2024
Countering the unintended consequences of school reforms
$150,000
Amalgamated Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024
Gty policy working group
$150,000
Amalgamated Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024
Higher ed forward
$148,609
New York University · New York, NY · 2024
Inequalities in academic advising
$148,321
Tulane University · New Orleans, LA · 2024
Engagement of youth voice in the evaluation of trauma-informed schools
$137,805
University of California Santa Cruz · Santa Cruz, CA · 2024
Writing with chatgpt
$137,581
Oakland University · Rochester Hills, MI · 2024
Infant-toddler childcare and resource hub
$137,565
Stanford University · Redwood City, CA · 2024
Educational equity in new york state
$134,529
University of Pittsburgh · Pittsburgh, PA · 2024
Collaborative research
$130,906
University of Michigan · Ann Arbor, MI · 2024
The role of liberal arts education
$129,243
Wake Forest University · Winstonsalem, NC · 2024
Reading self-efficacy, leadership development, and community engagement
$126,806
University Corporation at Monterey Bay · Seaside, CA · 2024
Localization of history and civics in salinas
$125,855
University of Montana · Missoula, MT · 2024
Supporting indigenous children in rural montana
$122,930
University of Virginia · Charlottesville, VA · 2024
Black student experiences
$122,695
Temple University · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Emerging critical infrastructures during covid-19
$122,073
The Education Trust · Washington, DC · 2024
Edtrust research scholar
$120,726
University of Georgia Research Foundation · Athens, GA · 2024
Optimal design of experimental studies
$117,810
University of Nebraska at Omaha · Omaha, NE · 2024
Community curation and storytelling in local museums
$113,729
Brown University · Providence, RI · 2024
The complex logics of childrearing
$109,878
Amplify Girls · Chattanooga, TN · 2024
Can mentoring improve adolescent girls' educational outcomes?
$109,175
University of California Berkeley · Berkeley, CA · 2024
Education policies in a divided, multiracial democracy
$107,835
University of Virginia · Charlottesville, VA · 2024
Waived english learners
$107,607
The Brookings Institution · Washington, DC · 2024
U.s. School boards
$98,230
University of Saskatchewan · 2024
Transdisciplinary sustainability education
$96,600
Northwestern University · Evanston, IL · 2024
Indigenous education salons
$90,880
Regents of the University of Minnesota · Minneapolis, MN · 2024
Indigenous community-based mobile game design
$87,626
Adelphi University · Garden City, NY · 2024
Mapping school buildings
$87,170
The University of Texas at Austin · Austin, TX · 2024
A national study of black women academics health outcomes
$83,014
University of Connecticut · Storrs, CT · 2024
School integration in a multiracial democracy
$79,749
The Ohio State University · Columbus, OH · 2024
Peer social networks and early language development
$79,118
Northwestern University · Evanston, IL · 2024
Human learning and social change
$77,148
The University of Texas at Austin · Austin, TX · 2024
Racial identity and cross-generational support
$75,000
University of Washington · Seattle, WA · 2024
Ai practices in education settings
$75,000
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities · Minneapolis, MN · 2024
Enhancing collaborative research
$75,000
University of California Santa Cruz · Santa Cruz, CA · 2024
Farmworker community education
$75,000
University of San Francisco · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Culture wars, curriculum conflicts & public schools
$75,000
University of Massachusetts Amherst · Amherst, MA · 2024
Production and use of educational data
$75,000
Texas a&M University · College Station, TX · 2024
Girls' education ecosystems in india
$75,000
University of Virginia · Charlottesville, VA · 2024
Coordinating mental health supports
$75,000
Johns Hopkins University · Baltimore, MD · 2024
Advanced institute in critical quantitative, computational and mixed methodology
$75,000
New York University · New York, NY · 2024
Community-research collaborative
$75,000
Rutgers the State University of New Jersey · Piscataway, NJ · 2024
Community-based curriculum collectives
$75,000
Rutgers the State University of New Jersey · Piscataway, NJ · 2024
Ecological knowledge to inform climate justice education
$75,000
Stanford University · Redwood City, CA · 2024
Examining course taking
$75,000
University of California San Diego · La Jolla, CA · 2024
Transforming higher education systems
$75,000
University of Southern California · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Harnessing housing policies
$75,000
University of Southern California · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Connecting eviction-prevention policies and school practices
$75,000
The University of Texas at Austin · Austin, TX · 2024
Enhancing the capacity of higher education professionals
$75,000
The University of Texas at Austin · Austin, TX · 2024
Dialogues on policy
$75,000
University of New Hampshire · Durham, NH · 2024
Transforming literacy
$75,000
The University of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
School organization and support in times of political crisis
$75,000
Chicago State Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2024
Illinois center for education equity
$75,000
Northwestern University · Evanston, IL · 2024
Indigenous education initiative
$75,000
Howard University · Washington, DC · 2024
Hbcu education deans summit
$75,000
Regents of the University of Minnesota · Minneapolis, MN · 2024
Community asset mapping
$75,000
Women Leading Ed · Matthews, NC · 2024
Support for women leading ed
$75,000
Naacp Empowerment Programs · Baltimore, MD · 2024
70th anniversary of brown v. Board of education
$75,000
California Community Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Purpose of education
$75,000
The Pennsylvania State University · University Park, PA · 2024
Connecting interdisciplinary experts
$75,000
The New Press · New York, NY · 2024
Reimagining education
$75,000
Drew University · Madison, NJ · 2024
African-american students explorations of black identity development
$75,000
Brown University · Providence, RI · 2024
Edresearch for action writers fellowship
$75,000
Boston College · Chestnut Hill, MA · 2024
Transformation of measures
$74,999
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign · Urbana, IL · 2024
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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.