Funding search · EIN 530115260 · Washington, DC

National Education Association of the

Name: National Education Association of the grants, 2021–2023
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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.

616
grants reported: $389.2M
total given: 2021–2023
filing years: $91,200
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2021–2023. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

financial elevating profession justice racial social healthy safe

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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

Financial assistance to NEA state affiliates in all 50 states
Local education association affiliates and bargaining units
Progressive infrastructure and electoral/ballot advocacy groups
Education policy research under "Elevating the Profession"
School climate work under "Safe, Healthy, Future-Focused Learning Environments"
Racial and social justice organizations in education

Typical grant

Median grant is $91,200, with the middle half between $25,000 and $662,290. The multimillion-dollar checks are almost entirely "FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE" to state affiliates, from $656,484 for Arkansas up to $13.5 million for the California Teachers Association, and those repeat annually. Everything outside the affiliate network sits in a narrow band: named program grants to research centers, universities and advocacy groups run $110,000 to $310,000, with $150,000 to $225,000 the most common size.

Positioning adjacent work

Ask $150,000 to $225,000, the band used for RAND, UC Berkeley, Rutgers and CU Foundation.
Map your work to one named theme, ideally "ELEVATING THE PROFESSION" or "SAFE, HEALTHY, FUTURE-FOCUSED LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS".
Route interest through a state affiliate or the Great Lakes Center; both are inside the network.
Frame findings as usable by organized educators, not as neutral academic inquiry.

Worth knowing: The overwhelming majority of the $389 million is internal transfer to state and local affiliates, so the real discretionary pool for outside organizations is a few million a year spread across roughly two dozen groups. Recipients outside the affiliate network are largely long-standing allies in DC and California such as the Economic Policy Institute, Race Forward and Democracy Alliance, which makes this giving relationship-driven rather than open.."."THING".\

Top recipients

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

California Teachers Association3 grants · $36.6M
Michigan Education Association3 grants · $18.1M
Pennsylvania State Education Assn3 grants · $17.1M
Ohio Education Association3 grants · $16.3M
Illinois Education Association-Nea3 grants · $14.0M
Massachusetts Teachers Association3 grants · $13.9M
New Jersey Education Association3 grants · $13.8M
Florida Education Association3 grants · $12.1M
Washington Education Association3 grants · $11.1M
Maryland State Education Association3 grants · $10.2M

Giving over time

$142.5M

2021

$111.4M

2022

$135.3M

2023

Grant history

The 100 largest of 616 grants.

$13.6M
California Teachers Association · Burlingame, CA · 2023
Financial assistance
$11.6M
California Teachers Association · Burlingame, CA · 2021
Financial assistance
$11.4M
California Teachers Association · Burlingame, CA · 2022
Financial assistance
$7.7M
Michigan Education Association · East Lansing, MI · 2021
Financial assistance
$7.6M
New Jersey Education Association · Trenton, NJ · 2021
Financial assistance
$6.2M
Ohio Education Association · Columbus, OH · 2023
Financial assistance
$6.0M
State Engagement Fund · Washington, DC · 2021
Financial assistance
$5.9M
Michigan Education Association · East Lansing, MI · 2023
Financial assistance
$5.9M
Pennsylvania State Education Assn · Harrisburg, PA · 2023
Financial assistance
$5.8M
Pennsylvania State Education Assn · Harrisburg, PA · 2021
Financial assistance
$5.8M
Nea New Mexico · Santa Fe, NM · 2022
Financial assistance
$5.4M
Pennsylvania State Education Assn · Harrisburg, PA · 2022
Financial assistance
$5.3M
Illinois Education Association-Nea · Springfield, IL · 2023
Financial assistance
$5.1M
Ohio Education Association · Columbus, OH · 2021
Financial assistance
$5.1M
Ohio Education Association · Columbus, OH · 2022
Financial assistance
$5.1M
New Jersey Education Association · Trenton, NJ · 2023
Financial assistance
$4.9M
Massachusetts Teachers Association · Quincy, MA · 2023
Financial assistance
$4.7M
Massachusetts Teachers Association · Quincy, MA · 2021
Financial assistance
$4.6M
Florida Education Association · Tallahassee, FL · 2021
Financial assistance
$4.6M
Michigan Education Association · East Lansing, MI · 2022
Financial assistance
$4.4M
Illinois Education Association-Nea · Springfield, IL · 2021
Financial assistance
$4.3M
Illinois Education Association-Nea · Springfield, IL · 2022
Financial assistance
$4.3M
Massachusetts Teachers Association · Quincy, MA · 2022
Financial assistance
$3.9M
Florida Education Association · Tallahassee, FL · 2023
Financial assistance
$3.9M
Washington Education Association · Federal Way, WA · 2021
Financial assistance
$3.7M
Washington Education Association · Federal Way, WA · 2022
Financial assistance
$3.6M
Maryland State Education Association · Annapolis, MD · 2023
Financial assistance
$3.5M
Florida Education Association · Tallahassee, FL · 2022
Financial assistance
$3.5M
Washington Education Association · Federal Way, WA · 2023
Financial assistance
$3.3M
Maryland State Education Association · Annapolis, MD · 2021
Financial assistance
$3.3M
Colorado Education Association · Denver, CO · 2023
Financial assistance
$3.3M
Maryland State Education Association · Annapolis, MD · 2022
Financial assistance
$2.9M
Virginia Education Association · Richmond, VA · 2023
Financial assistance
$2.9M
Alabama Education Association · Montgomery, AL · 2021
Financial assistance
$2.9M
Alabama Education Association · Montgomery, AL · 2023
Financial assistance
$2.6M
Texas State Teachers Association · Austin, TX · 2023
Financial assistance
$2.5M
Virginia Education Association · Richmond, VA · 2021
Financial assistance
$2.5M
Virginia Education Association · Richmond, VA · 2022
Financial assistance
$2.4M
Alabama Education Association · Montgomery, AL · 2022
Financial assistance
$2.4M
Indiana State Teachers Association · Indianapolis, IN · 2021
Financial assistance
$2.2M
Oregon Education Association · Portland, OR · 2023
Financial assistance
$2.2M
Education Minnesota · St Paul, MN · 2022
Financial assistance
$2.2M
Education Minnesota · St Paul, MN · 2023
Financial assistance
$2.2M
Colorado Education Association · Denver, CO · 2022
Financial assistance
$2.2M
Education Minnesota · St Paul, MN · 2021
Financial assistance
$2.0M
Arizona Education Association · Phoenix, AZ · 2021
Financial assistance
$2.0M
Texas State Teachers Association · Austin, TX · 2021
Financial assistance
$2.0M
New York State United Teachers · Latham, NY · 2023
Financial assistance
$2.0M
New York State United Teachers · Latham, NY · 2021
Financial assistance
$2.0M
North Carolina Assoc of Educators · Raleigh, NC · 2023
Financial assistance
$1.9M
Oregon Education Association · Portland, OR · 2021
Financial assistance
$1.9M
Wisconsin Education Assoc Council · Madison, WI · 2023
Financial assistance
$1.9M
Nea New Mexico · Santa Fe, NM · 2021
Financial assistance
$1.9M
Iowa State Education Association · Des Moines, IA · 2023
Financial assistance
$1.9M
Oklahoma Education Association · Oklahoma City, OK · 2023
Financial assistance
$1.8M
Nea Foundation for the Improvement of Education · Washington, DC · 2021
Financial assistance
$1.8M
Colorado Education Association · Denver, CO · 2021
Financial assistance
$1.8M
Texas State Teachers Association · Austin, TX · 2022
Financial assistance
$1.8M
New York State United Teachers · Latham, NY · 2022
Financial assistance
$1.8M
Wisconsin Education Assoc Council · Madison, WI · 2021
Financial assistance
$1.8M
Tennessee Education Association · Nashville, TN · 2023
Financial assistance
$1.8M
Nea Foundation for the Improvement of Education · Washington, DC · 2023
Financial assistance
$1.8M
Kansas Nea · Topeka, KS · 2021
Financial assistance
$1.8M
Nea Foundation for the Improvement of Education · Washington, DC · 2022
Financial assistance
$1.8M
Nebraska State Education Assoc · Lincoln, NE · 2021
Financial assistance
$1.8M
Arizona Education Association · Phoenix, AZ · 2023
Financial assistance
$1.7M
Idaho Education Association · Boise, ID · 2023
Financial assistance
$1.7M
Oklahoma Education Association · Oklahoma City, OK · 2021
Financial assistance
$1.7M
Oregon Education Association · Portland, OR · 2022
Financial assistance
$1.7M
Indiana State Teachers Association · Indianapolis, IN · 2023
Financial assistance
$1.7M
South Carolina Education Association · Columbia, SC · 2023
Financial assistance
$1.7M
Nebraska State Education Assoc · Lincoln, NE · 2023
Financial assistance
$1.7M
Connecticut Education Association · Hartford, CT · 2023
Financial assistance
$1.6M
Connecticut Education Association · Hartford, CT · 2021
Financial assistance
$1.6M
Nea New Hampshire · Concord, NH · 2023
Financial assistance
$1.6M
Indiana State Teachers Association · Indianapolis, IN · 2022
Financial assistance
$1.6M
Iowa State Education Association · Des Moines, IA · 2021
Financial assistance
$1.5M
Tennessee Education Association · Nashville, TN · 2022
Financial assistance
$1.5M
For Our Future Action Fund · Washington, DC · 2021
Financial assistance
$1.5M
Kentucky Education Association · Frankfort, KY · 2022
Financial assistance
$1.4M
North Carolina Assoc of Educators · Raleigh, NC · 2021
Financial assistance
$1.4M
Idaho Education Association · Boise, ID · 2021
Financial assistance
$1.4M
South Dakota Education Association · Pierre, SD · 2023
Financial assistance
$1.4M
Wyoming Education Association · Cheyenne, WY · 2023
Financial assistance
$1.4M
Connecticut Education Association · Hartford, CT · 2022
Financial assistance
$1.4M
Iowa State Education Association · Des Moines, IA · 2022
Financial assistance
$1.4M
Oklahoma Education Association · Oklahoma City, OK · 2022
Financial assistance
$1.4M
Tennessee Education Association · Nashville, TN · 2021
Financial assistance
$1.4M
Kansas Nea · Topeka, KS · 2023
Financial assistance
$1.4M
Development Now for Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
Financial assistance
$1.4M
Georgia Association of Educators · Tucker, GA · 2023
Financial assistance
$1.4M
Montana Federation of Public Employees · Helena, MT · 2021
Financial assistance
$1.3M
Wisconsin Education Assoc Council · Madison, WI · 2022
Financial assistance
$1.3M
Kentucky Education Association · Frankfort, KY · 2021
Financial assistance
$1.3M
Kentucky Education Association · Frankfort, KY · 2023
Financial assistance
$1.2M
Utah Education Association · Murray, UT · 2023
Financial assistance
$1.2M
South Carolina Education Association · Columbia, SC · 2021
Financial assistance
$1.2M
North Carolina Assoc of Educators · Raleigh, NC · 2022
Financial assistance
$1.2M
Missouri National Education Assoc · Jefferson City, MO · 2023
Financial assistance
$1.2M
Wyoming Education Association · Cheyenne, WY · 2021
Financial assistance

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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.