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Foundations that fund rural education research
15 private foundations with a record of paying for rural education, taken from their IRS Form 990-PF filings. These are grants already made — evidence of what a funder backs, not an open call.
Where the money went
Largest: $619,806 to KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY — rural educator capacity & training grant (rural education)
Largest: $262,571 to BLINN COLLEGE — to support rural school districts in south central texas to increase completion of high school dual credit classes and to create a seamless transition to post-secondary study.
Largest: $100,000 to ADVOCATES FOR COMMUNITY AND RURAL EDUCATION - LITTLE ROCK AR — to support the rural community alliances to carry out its mission to help rural schools and communities thrive through parent and youth organizing, parent and resident engagement, …
Largest: $148,000 to Fundacion para el Desarrollo Agrario — rural schools and smallholder agriculture in the andes: an alliance for changing time
Largest: $1.4M to National Institute for Excellence in Teaching — to support a state-wide network of rural school districts with high-quality remote and in-person learning. the arkansas rural acceleration and innovation network will launch during…
Community Foundation of the OzarksSpringfield, MOCharity · may take applications
5 matching grants · $328,557 · through 2022Largest: $110,000 to NATIONAL RURAL EDUCATION ASSOCIATION — specific program
Largest: $275,000 to Children's Institute — support for instructional alignment for rural schools districts
Largest: $671,639 to Fundacion ServYr — family planning humanitarian aid primarily medical rural education rural development and agriculture
Largest: $20,000 to LEWIS & CLARK FOUNDATION — rural schools scholarship program
Largest: $1.3M to MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY — advancing support, preparation, & innovation in rural education
Largest: $25,000 to HOPE RURAL SCHOOL — religious education
Largest: $325,000 to TRANSCEND INC — for catalyzing innovation and learning in rural school communities
United Way of Martin CountyStuart, FLCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $84,000 · through 2024Largest: $22,000 to HOPE RURAL SCHOOL — parent outreach program
Largest: $20,000 to COLLEGE DREAMS INC DBA PROJECT YOUTH — college+ and whatever it takes programming in rural schools
Largest: $200,000 to NATIONAL RURAL EDUCATION ASSOCIATION — public awareness and analysis
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Start with one paperSource: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, filing years 2019–2025. Foundations rarely accept unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.