Funding search · math and science education · New York
Who funds math and science education work in New York
15 funders have a record of paying for math and science education work by New York recipients: 43 grants totaling $14.6M, most recently in 2025 — mostly private foundations, plus grantmaking charities. The largest by matched giving are Infosys Foundation USA ($415,000), Martini-Welch Family Foundation ($815,001) and The Anne Hendricks Bass Foundation ($600,000).
From IRS Form 990-PF and 990 Schedule I filings, 2019–2025. Grants already paid to New York recipients — evidence of what these funders back, not open calls.
Largest: $150,000 to NY City Foundation for Comp Science Education Inc — teacher training
Largest: $500,000 to SHOALS MARINE LABORATORY CORNELL UNIVERSITY — to support marine science education, research, and outreach through academic programming and innovative collaborations.
Largest: $150,000 to THE NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN — advance mission to connect people with plants and nature through science, education, and community horticulture
Largest: $44,312 to THIRTEENWNET — science education
Tides FoundationSan Francisco, CACharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $190,000 · through 2024Largest: $60,000 to NEW YORK CITY FOUNDATION FOR COMPUTER SCIENCE EDUCATION — quality education
Largest: $3.0M to American Committee for the Weizmann Institute of Science Inc — to support the creation of a new campus for the davidson institute of science education and the davidson institute of science education endowment
Shure Charitable Trust Created Uw of Sidney N ShureChicago, ILCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $75,000 · through 2024Largest: $25,000 to american Committee for Weizmann Institute of Science — for davidson institute of science education and feinberg graduate school
Largest: $5,000 to NEW YORK MATH CIRCLE — to enrich & supplement math education in nyc
Largest: $2.0M to National Center for Civic Innovation Inc — to support openscied, a project which will set a new bar for k-12 science education focused on meeting the needs of students, teachers, and the workforce.
Largest: $800,000 to NATIONAL CENTER FOR CIVIC INNOVATION — coursekata, a data science education initiative
Largest: $2.0M to TEACH FOR AMERICA — expansion of computer science education and support for educators
Largest: $100,000 to CENTER FOR CURATORIAL STUDIES BARD COLLEGE — to support education and civil society, extending liberal arts and sciences education to communities in which it has been underdeveloped, inaccessible, or absent.
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