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Imaginable Futures Foundation

Name: Imaginable Futures Foundation grants, 2022–2024
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

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

258
grants reported: $85.9M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $222,500
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

directed giving education employee parents student research equitable

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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.

4 grants matching “ascend” · $4.7M

$1.2M
The Aspen Institute · Washington, DC · 2024
Project grant to support Grantee?s Ascend Program?s Postsecondary Success for Parents Initiative
$1.2M
The Aspen Institute · Washington, DC · 2024
Project grant to support Grantee?s Ascend Program?s Postsecondary Success for Parents Initiative
$1.2M
The Aspen Institute · Washington, DC · 2023
To support Grantees Ascend Programs Postsecondary Success Parents Initiative
$1.2M
The Aspen Institute · Washington, DC · 2022
Support Grantee's Ascend Program's Postsecondary Success for Parents Initiative

Top recipients

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

Firelight Foundation6 grants · $4.8M
The Aspen Institute4 grants · $4.7M
All Our Kin3 grants · $4.6M
Alliance for Early Success4 grants · $4.5M
Generation Hope4 grants · $3.3M
Fundo Socioambiental Casa4 grants · $3.0M
National Black Child Development Institute2 grants · $3.0M
The Wildflower Foundation6 grants · $2.6M
President and Fellows of Harvard College3 grants · $2.5M
Smartstart Early Learning (Rf) Npc4 grants · $2.1M

Giving over time

$21.8M

2022

$21.1M

2023

$43.0M

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 258 grants.

$1.6M
All Our Kin · New Haven, CT · 2022
General Operating Support
$1.5M
All Our Kin · New Haven, CT · 2024
General support
$1.5M
All Our Kin · New Haven, CT · 2024
General support
$1.5M
Alliance for Early Success · Washington, DC · 2024
To support early childhood education
$1.5M
Alliance for Early Success · Washington, DC · 2024
To support early childhood education
$1.5M
National Black Child Development Institute · Silver Spring, MD · 2024
General support
$1.5M
National Black Child Development Institute · Silver Spring, MD · 2024
General support
$1.5M
President and Fellows of Harvard College · Cambridge, MA · 2022
Support Grantee's project, the Harvard Center on the Developing Child
$1.4M
Fundo Socioambiental Casa · 2024
To support equitable education
$1.4M
Fundo Socioambiental Casa · 2024
To support equitable education
$1.2M
Firelight Foundation · Scotts Valley, CA · 2024
To support income security
$1.2M
Firelight Foundation · Scotts Valley, CA · 2024
To support income security
$1.2M
Third Sector New England · Boston, MA · 2023
To support community-based groups focused child care
$1.2M
The Aspen Institute · Washington, DC · 2024
Project grant to support Grantee?s Ascend Program?s Postsecondary Success for Parents Initiative
$1.2M
The Aspen Institute · Washington, DC · 2024
Project grant to support Grantee?s Ascend Program?s Postsecondary Success for Parents Initiative
$1.2M
The Aspen Institute · Washington, DC · 2023
To support Grantees Ascend Programs Postsecondary Success Parents Initiative
$1.2M
The Aspen Institute · Washington, DC · 2022
Support Grantee's Ascend Program's Postsecondary Success for Parents Initiative
$1.1M
Smartstart Early Learning (Rf) Npc · 2022
General Operating Support
$1.1M
The Education Trust · Washington, DC · 2023
To support student parent policy implementation and research in Texas
$1.0M
Maharishi Invincibility Institute-Npc · 2022
General Operating Support
$1.0M
Teach for All · New York, NY · 2022
General Operating Support
$850,000
Generation Hope · Washington, DC · 2024
General support
$850,000
Generation Hope · Washington, DC · 2024
General support
$850,000
Generation Hope · Washington, DC · 2023
General support
$800,000
New America Foundation · Washington, DC · 2023
To support higher education for student parents
$750,000
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill · Chapel Hill, NC · 2024
To support education research
$750,000
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill · Chapel Hill, NC · 2024
To support education research
$750,000
Alliance for Early Success · Washington, DC · 2023
To support the Child Care NEXT Initiative
$750,000
Alliance for Early Success · Washington, DC · 2022
Support Grantee's project, Child Care NEXT
$750,000
Generation Hope · Washington, DC · 2022
General Operating Support
$750,000
Imagine Worldwide · Mill Valley, CA · 2022
General Operating Support
$675,000
The Health Federation of Philadelphia · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Support Grantee's project, Home Grown
$650,000
Smartstart Early Learning (Rf) Npc · 2023
General support
$602,000
Firelight Foundation · Scotts Valley, CA · 2024
To support income security
$602,000
Firelight Foundation · Scotts Valley, CA · 2024
To support income security
$600,000
The Wildflower Foundation · Minneapolis, MN · 2024
To support the Black Wildflowers Fund
$600,000
The Wildflower Foundation · Minneapolis, MN · 2024
To support the Black Wildflowers Fund
$600,000
Educate · Denver, CO · 2023
General support
$600,000
Zizi Afrique Foundation · 2023
General support
$600,000
Centering Healthcare Institute · Boston, MA · 2022
General Operating Support
$600,000
Educate · Denver, CO · 2022
General Operating Support
$595,340
Firelight Foundation · Scotts Valley, CA · 2022
Support community-based organizations in Kenya
$563,454
Firelight Foundation · Scotts Valley, CA · 2023
To support Grantee project for four community-based organizations Southern Kenya.
$550,000
Ubongo International · Austin, TX · 2023
General support
$520,000
Instituto Elos Brazil · 2022
General Operating Support
$500,000
Association of Community College Trustees · Washington, DC · 2024
To support student parents
$500,000
Association of Community College Trustees · Washington, DC · 2024
To support student parents
$500,000
Lift · Washington, DC · 2024
General support
$500,000
Lift · Washington, DC · 2024
General support
$500,000
Pelotonu · Austin, TX · 2024
General support
$500,000
Pelotonu · Austin, TX · 2024
General support
$500,000
President and Fellows of Harvard College · Cambridge, MA · 2024
To support education research
$500,000
President and Fellows of Harvard College · Cambridge, MA · 2024
To support education research
$500,000
Usawa Agenda · 2024
General support
$500,000
Usawa Agenda · 2024
General support
$500,000
Zlto Npc · 2024
General support
$500,000
Zlto Npc · 2024
General support
$500,000
Americal Council On Education · Washington, DC · 2023
To support Carnegie Classifications
$500,000
Shining Hope for Communities · Hartford, CT · 2023
General support
$500,000
Teach for All · New York, NY · 2023
General support
$500,000
The Wildflower Foundation · Minneapolis, MN · 2023
General support
$500,000
Khan Academy · Mountain View, CA · 2022
Support the Khan Academy Kids program
$500,000
Lift · Washington, DC · 2022
General Operating Support
$500,000
National Black Child Development Institute (Nbcdi) · Silver Spring, MD · 2022
General Operating Support
$500,000
The Wildflower Foundation · Minneapolis, MN · 2022
General Operating Support
$475,000
Virginia Foundation for Community College Education · Richmond, VA · 2024
To support student parents
$475,000
Virginia Foundation for Community College Education · Richmond, VA · 2024
To support student parents
$475,000
National Public Radio · Washington, DC · 2023
To support the operations of Grantee's Education Desk
$475,000
Robin Merger Corporation Inc Dba Association for Supervision · Arlington, VT · 2023
To support Grantee's project, EdSurge
$475,000
Teachers College Columbia University · New York, NY · 2023
To support Grantee's Hechinger Report
$450,000
Jeremiah Program · Minneapolis, MN · 2024
To support student parents
$450,000
Jeremiah Program · Minneapolis, MN · 2024
To support student parents
$450,000
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill · Chapel Hill, NC · 2022
Support Grantee's Equity Coalition Research
$420,000
Centro De Estudos Das Relacoes De Trabalho E Desigualdades - Ceert · 2024
General support
$420,000
Centro De Estudos Das Relacoes De Trabalho E Desigualdades - Ceert · 2024
General support
$400,000
Baoba - Fundo Para Equidade Racial · 2022
Promote racial equity in education in Brazil
$400,000
Innovation Edge Foundation (Rf) Npc · 2022
General Operating Support
$350,000
Swahilipot Hub Foundation · 2024
General support
$350,000
Swahilipot Hub Foundation · 2024
General support
$350,000
Emerging Leaders Foundation · 2023
General support
$350,000
The Education Trust · Washington, DC · 2023
To support student parent policy implementation and research in Texas
$350,000
The King Baudouin Foundation United States · New York, NY · 2023
To support the African Visionary Fund
$350,000
The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanfod Junior University · Stanford, CA · 2022
Support research on the impact of COVID-19 on children, families, and caregivers
$335,800
Ensina Brazil · 2022
General Operating Support
$320,000
Geledes Instituto Da Mulher Negra · 2024
General support
$320,000
Geledes Instituto Da Mulher Negra · 2024
General support
$310,000
Zizi Afrique Foundation · 2022
Support Grantee's project, Assessment of Life Skills and Values in East Africa
$300,000
American Council On Education · Washington, DC · 2024
To support student parents
$300,000
American Council On Education · Washington, DC · 2024
To support student parents
$300,000
Innovation Edge Foundation (Rf) Npc · 2024
General support
$300,000
Innovation Edge Foundation (Rf) Npc · 2024
General support
$300,000
Instituto Elos Brasil · 2024
General support
$300,000
Instituto Elos Brasil · 2024
General support
$300,000
The Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska · Omaha, NE · 2024
To support early childhood education
$300,000
The Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska · Omaha, NE · 2024
To support early childhood education
$300,000
African Population and Health Research Center (Aphrc) · 2023
To support research and policy work in Grantee's Human Development Unit
$300,000
Asociacion Mexicana Para Las Naciones Unidas De Jovenes Amnu Jovenes Asocia · 2023
General support
$300,000
Capita Social · Greenville, SC · 2023
General support
$300,000
Ensina Brazil · 2023
General support
$300,000
Innovation Edge Foundation (Rf) Npc · 2023
General support

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