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12 funders with a record of paying for “pedagogy”
Where the money went
Largest: $56,226 to Idaho State University — race pedagogies in criminal justice/criminology: influence of faculty habitus and education on racial pedagogies in criminal justice programs
Largest: $374,823 to YALE UNIVERSITY — for support of law and political economy (lpe), emerging work in legal scholarship and pedagogy
United Way of New York CityNew York, NYCharity · may take applications
14 matching grants · $1.2M · through 2024Largest: $246,996 to NATIONAL COUNCIL OF TEACHERS OF ENGLISH — education read write & code- rwc builds upon lessons learned from readnyc, uwnycs decade-long literacy program in mott haven in the bronx, and adds new elements to help prepare chi…
Largest: $500,000 to Mechon Hadar — to support the pedagogy of partnership's midwest fellowship and the children and family division
Largest: $750,000 to SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY — to support the development of critical pacific islands and oceania studies pedagogy and related collaborations
Largest: $117,218 to UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA IRVINE — how ethnic studies teaching reduces racial inequality: identifying effective pedagogy and school efforts to promote it
Largest: $150,000 to Center for Global Asia New York University — port city environments in global asia: research and pedagogy for redesigning studies of asia
Largest: $249,535 to THE CENTER FOR BLACK BROWN AND QUEER STUDIES — to develop tools for effective and equitable virtual pedagogy that improve the experience of traditionally marginalized groups
Davis Educational FoundationYarmouth, MECharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $1.2M · through 2023Largest: $483,324 to University of Massachusetts — the leading, engaging and advising fellows (leaf) program: a strategy for improving student engagement and faculty pedagogy
Largest: $248,098 to NIRANTAR TRUST — for a feminist learning platform to disseminate critical bilingual materials on preventing public space violence using narratives, stories, art and alternative pedagogies to connec…
Prevail FundNewton Highlands, MA
3 matching grants · $2.6M · through 2024Largest: $1.0M to ROOM TO READ — scale up structured pedagogy program in india
Largest: $25,000 to THE WINDWARD SCHOOL — contribution to the 2024-25 windward fund in support of instructional programs that utilizes multisensory curriculum based on scientifically validated research in child development…
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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 →