Funding search · EIN 050620063 · Denver, CO

Charter Fund

Name: Charter Fund grants, 2022–2024
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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.

943
grants reported: $300.7M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $200,000
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

charter school growth building capacity impact innovation

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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

Capacity-building grants to existing charter networks and CMOs
Growth and replication capital for high-performing charter operators
Regional and statewide charter funds (Colorado, Texas, Memphis)
Classical and specialty charter school networks
Charter talent, advocacy and school-launch intermediaries
Small "impact and innovation" bets on new models and tools

Typical grant

Median grant is $200,000 and the middle half runs $75,000 to $300,000, so most checks are modest by this foundation's total. The seven-figure and eight-figure grants go to large charter management organizations (Success Academy at $8.6M, Harmony at $3M, KIPP affiliates, Great Hearts) and to pooled regional funds like Colorado Schools Fund at $7M and Texas Charter School Development at $5M. Giving repeats heavily: 943 grants to 372 recipients over three years, and many operators receive a growth grant and a capacity-building grant in the same year.

Their words

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

“CHARTER SCHOOL GROWTH”
“CHARTER SCHOOL CAPACITY-BUILDING”
“IMPACT AND INNOVATION”

Positioning adjacent work

Tie adjacent work to "impact and innovation," the line that funded Cambiar Education and Alliance of AI for Equity.
Ask in the $200,000 to $500,000 range for a first grant; seven figures follows track record.
Pair with a named charter operator or regional fund; they fund schools, not standalone research shops.
Frame outcomes as seats added or operator capacity built, matching their two dominant grant codes.

Worth knowing: Almost every dollar goes to charter school operators or charter-sector intermediaries, with CA, NY, TX, TN and CO taking the bulk; Murmuration Research Institute at $2M is the closest thing to a research grant and it is still coded capacity-building. A small set of repeat grantees, especially the big CMOs and the state-level funds, absorbs most of the money, and the pattern of multiple grants per recipient per year suggests deep existing relationships rather than open competition.

Top recipients

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

Texas Charter School Development3 grants · $14.0M
Harmony Public Schools6 grants · $9.8M
Third Future Schools7 grants · $8.7M
Success Academy Charter Schools1 grant · $8.6M
Colorado Schools Fund1 grant · $7.0M
Yes Prep Public Schools8 grants · $4.9M
Bes6 grants · $3.8M
Memphis Education Fund5 grants · $3.8M
Zeta Charter Schools6 grants · $3.6M
Coral Academy of Science Las Vegas5 grants · $3.5M

Giving over time

$66.5M

2022

$91.1M

2023

$143.1M

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 943 grants.

$8.6M
Success Academy Charter Schools · New York, NY · 2024
Charter school growth
$7.0M
Colorado Schools Fund · Denver, CO · 2024
Charter school capacity-building
$5.0M
Texas Charter School Development · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Charter school capacity-building
$5.0M
Texas Charter School Development · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Charter school capacity-building
$4.5M
Harmony Public Schools · Houston, TX · 2022
Charter school growth
$4.0M
Texas Charter School Development · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Charter school capacity-building
$3.4M
Memphis Education Fund · Memphis, TN · 2024
Charter school capacity-building
$3.2M
Third Future Schools · Aurora, CO · 2023
Charter school growth
$3.0M
Harmony Public Schools · Houston, TX · 2024
Charter school growth
$3.0M
Texas Charter Schools Association · Austin, TX · 2023
Charter school capacity-building
$2.5M
The City Fund · Beaverton, OR · 2023
Charter school capacity-building
$2.5M
National Alliance for Public Charter Schools · Washington, DC · 2022
Charter school capacity-building
$2.2M
Dove Schools · Oklahoma City, OK · 2024
Charter school growth
$2.1M
Valor Texas Education Foundation · Austin, TX · 2024
Charter school growth
$2.0M
Democracy Prep Public Schools · New York, NY · 2024
Charter school growth
$2.0M
Murmuration Research Institute · New York, NY · 2024
Charter school capacity-building
$2.0M
The Great Hearts Foundation · Phoenix, AZ · 2024
Charter school growth
$2.0M
Georgia Charter Schools Association · Atlanta, GA · 2023
Charter school capacity-building
$1.9M
Third Future Schools · Aurora, CO · 2023
Charter school growth
$1.8M
Wallace Stegner Academy · Salt Lake City, UT · 2024
Charter school growth
$1.8M
Rocketship Public Schools Texas · Redwood City, CA · 2024
Charter school growth
$1.8M
Yes Prep Public Schools · Houston, TX · 2024
Charter school growth
$1.6M
Cambiar Education · San Diego, CA · 2024
Impact and innovation
$1.6M
The Academy Charter School · Hempstead, NY · 2024
Charter school capacity-building
$1.5M
Movement Schools · Charlotte, NC · 2024
Charter school growth
$1.5M
Great Hearts America · Phoenix, AZ · 2024
Charter school growth
$1.5M
Kipp Texas · Houston, TX · 2024
Charter school capacity-building
$1.5M
Riverwalk Education Foundation · San Antonio, TX · 2024
Charter school capacity-building
$1.5M
Rocketship Education · Redwood City, CA · 2024
Charter school capacity-building
$1.5M
Uplift Education · Dallas, TX · 2024
Charter school capacity-building
$1.5M
Coral Academy of Science Las Vegas · Las Vegas, NV · 2023
Charter school growth
$1.5M
Santa Fe South Schools · Oklahoma City, OK · 2023
Charter school growth
$1.4M
Liberty Classical Schools Educational Services · Atlanta, GA · 2024
Charter school growth
$1.4M
Entrepreneurial Ventures in Education · Quincy, MA · 2022
Charter school growth
$1.4M
Noble Network of Charter Schools · Chicago, IL · 2024
Charter school capacity-building
$1.4M
Kipp Socal Public Schools · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Charter school capacity-building
$1.3M
James Irwin Charter Schools · Colorado Springs, CO · 2024
Charter school growth
$1.3M
Third Future Schools · Aurora, CO · 2022
Charter school growth
$1.3M
Rocketship Public Schools Texas · Fort Worth, TX · 2022
Charter school growth
$1.3M
Magnolia Educational & Research Foundation · Gardena, CA · 2024
Charter school growth
$1.3M
Third Future Schools · Aurora, CO · 2024
Charter school growth
$1.2M
Tejano Center for Community Concerns · Houston, TX · 2024
Charter school growth
$1.1M
Bes · Boston, MA · 2024
Charter school capacity-building
$1.1M
Ips Enterprises · Weslaco, TX · 2024
Charter school capacity-building
$1.1M
Dove Schools · Oklahoma City, OK · 2024
Charter school capacity-building
$1.0M
Rex and Margaret Fortune School of Education · Sacramento, CA · 2024
Charter school capacity-building
$1.0M
Kipp New York · New York, NY · 2024
Charter school capacity-building
$1.0M
Kipp Nashville Foundation · Nashville, TN · 2024
Charter school capacity-building
$1.0M
Riverwalk Education Foundation · San Antonio, TX · 2024
Charter school growth
$1.0M
Zeta Charter Schools · Bronx, NY · 2024
Charter school growth
$1.0M
Harmony Public Schools · Houston, TX · 2023
Charter school growth
$1.0M
Kipp Texas · Houston, TX · 2023
Charter school growth
$1.0M
Tejano Center for Community Concerns · Houston, TX · 2023
Charter school growth
$1.0M
Yes Prep Public Schools · Houston, TX · 2023
Charter school growth
$1.0M
The Greathearts Foundation · Phoenix, AZ · 2022
Charter school growth
$1.0M
Yes Prep Public Schools · Houston, TX · 2022
Charter school growth
$975,000
Ednovate · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Charter school capacity-building
$971,666
50can · Washington, DC · 2024
Charter school capacity-building
$970,000
Zeta Charter Schools · Bronx, NY · 2024
Charter school capacity-building
$952,050
Vista College Preparatory · Phoenix, AZ · 2024
Charter school capacity-building
$950,000
Coral Academy of Science Las Vegas · Las Vegas, NV · 2024
Charter school capacity-building
$930,000
Friends of Discovery Health Sciences Foundation · Kenner, LA · 2024
Charter school growth
$921,500
Valor Texas Education Foundation · Austin, TX · 2024
Charter school capacity-building
$900,000
Democracy Prep Public Schools · New York, NY · 2024
Charter school capacity-building
$900,000
Freedom Preparatory Academy · Memphis, TN · 2024
Charter school capacity-building
$900,000
Mission Achievement and Success Education Foundation · Albuquerque, NM · 2024
Charter school capacity-building
$900,000
Capstone Education Group · Memphis, TN · 2022
Charter school growth
$900,000
Third Future Schools · Aurora, CO · 2022
Charter school growth
$887,500
Navigator Schools · Hollister, CA · 2024
Charter school capacity-building
$875,000
Dream Charter School · New York, NY · 2024
Charter school capacity-building
$869,256
Bes · Boston, MA · 2023
Charter school capacity-building
$865,000
Harmony Public Schools · Houston, TX · 2022
Charter school growth
$850,000
Grow Public Schools · Bakersfield, CA · 2024
Charter school growth
$850,000
Hughen Center · Port Arthur, TX · 2024
Charter school growth
$850,000
50can · Washington, DC · 2023
Charter school capacity-building
$850,000
Hughen Center · Port Arthur, TX · 2022
Charter school growth
$850,000
True North Classical Academy · Miami, FL · 2022
Charter school growth
$845,475
New Paradigm for Education · Detroit, MI · 2024
Charter school capacity-building
$825,000
Ascend Learning · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
Charter school capacity-building
$800,000
Santa Fe South Schools · Oklahoma City, OK · 2024
Charter school capacity-building
$800,000
Tejano Center for Community Concerns · Houston, TX · 2023
Charter school growth
$780,000
Goodwill Education Initiatives · Indianapolis, IN · 2024
Charter school growth
$768,000
Edfuel · Washington, DC · 2023
Impact and innovation
$750,000
Herron High School · Indianapolis, IN · 2024
Charter school capacity-building
$750,000
Mission Achievement and Success Charter School · Albuquerque, NM · 2023
Charter school growth
$750,000
Zeta Charter Schools · Bronx, NY · 2023
Charter school growth
$735,000
Paramount School of Excellence · Indianapolis, IN · 2024
Charter school capacity-building
$725,000
Alliance of Ai for Equity · Alexandria, VA · 2024
Impact and innovation
$716,494
Bes · Boston, MA · 2023
Charter school capacity-building
$700,000
Brooke School Foundation · Roslindale, MA · 2024
Charter school capacity-building
$700,000
Creation Foundation · Port Richey, FL · 2024
Charter school capacity-building
$700,000
Henderson Collegiate · Henderson, NC · 2024
Charter school capacity-building
$700,000
Prospect Schools · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
Charter school capacity-building
$700,000
Valor Collegiate Academies · Nashville, TN · 2024
Charter school capacity-building
$700,000
Achievement First · New Haven, CT · 2022
Charter school growth
$700,000
Elevate Academy · Caldwell, ID · 2022
Charter school growth
$700,000
Rocketship Education · Redwood City, CA · 2022
Charter school growth
$650,000
Creation Foundation · Port Richey, FL · 2024
Charter school growth
$650,000
Amber Charter School · New York, NY · 2023
Charter school growth
$650,000
Creation Foundation · Port Richey, FL · 2023
Charter school growth

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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.