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12 funders with a record of paying for “math”
Where the money went
Largest: $4,000 to PORTLAND EDUCATION FOUNDATION — 2024-25 deering high school math & science prizes program
Largest: $270,360 to NATIONAL MUSEUM OF MATHEMATICS — momath amateur math lecture series (math encounters)
Largest: $37,750 to Episcopal School of Jacksoville — math scholarship and math club support
Largest: $729,764 to NATIONAL MATH AND SCIENCE INITIATIVE - CEDAR HILL DESOTO DUNCANVILLE AND — educational institutions-operation funds, building funds, and scholarships.
Largest: $499,830 to THE TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA — to study impacts of aligned early-grades formative assessment and professional learning for math
Largest: $25,000 to HEART MATH TUTORING — 2024/25 support for math tutoring programs in charlotte, nc and charleston, sc
Largest: $670,698 to JumpStart Foundation — district expansion of early grade math program
EdvestorsBoston, MACharity · may take applications
30 matching grants · $274,854 · through 2024Largest: $12,000 to CENTER FOR COLLABORATIVE EDUCATION — math is for everyone - new mission hs
Largest: $15.0M to Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc — to provide support for the learning engineer virtual institute, a new model for education r&d designed to create technology-enabled solutions that can double the rate of low-income…
Largest: $25,000 to Pace Charter School of Hamilton — teaching math in grades k-5 participation national teachers of math convention
Largest: $23,777 to JENNINGS SUMMER MATH INSTITUTE GRADES 4-5 — institute desgined to improve the skills of oio's mathematics teachers
Association of Children'S MuseumsArlington, VACharity · may take applications
20 matching grants · $326,800 · through 2024Largest: $18,050 to DISCOVERY PLACE — meowseum participation, simons foundation math literacy cohort participation
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Source: IRS Form 990-PF Part XV and Form 990 Schedule I, tax years 2019–2025. These are grants already paid, a record of what an organization funds rather than an open call. Private foundations rarely accept unsolicited applications and the route in is usually a program officer; grantmaking charities and associations more often run real application cycles, so check their website. How this data is built, and its limits →