Educational Ventures Inc
Princeton, NJ · EIN 22-3133067. Reported 188 grants totalling $3,411,530 to 120 recipients across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation told the IRS it does not accept unsolicited requests: it contributes only to organizations it selects itself.
Does this foundation accept applications?
No -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation to check a box if it "only makes contributions to preselected charitable organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests for funds". Educational Ventures Inc checked it on its most recent filing, as 78% of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered did. An unsolicited request is unlikely to go anywhere.
Organizations it funds that make grants of their own
3 of the organizations Educational Ventures Inc funded make grants themselves, and it reported 4 grants totalling $80,800 to them. That is 4% of the $2,012,600 of its giving we could match to a registered organization. Each is classified by the IRS as a philanthropy or grantmaking organization, reported grants to at least 25 organizations of its own, and has at least 10 funders behind it.
All of them file Form 990, which never asks whether an organization funds only groups it picks, so there is no answer on record either way.
What that does not mean. It does not mean an application to any of them reaches this foundation's money. A private foundation's grant to a community foundation or a federated campaign is often a donor-advised fund or a gift designated for a purpose the foundation chose, and has nothing to do with any open programme the receiving organization runs. Its return's purpose text sometimes names a family fund or a designated purpose, which is the plainest case of money no applicant can reach; where it names none, neither return says which. The list is who this foundation paid that also makes grants. Whether any of them would fund you is a question for its own page.
| Grantmaker | Kind | State | Received | Grants | Years | Last | Only funds organizations it picks? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Community Foundation of Northern Nevada | community foundation | Nevada | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 | Its form does not ask |
| Hopewell Fund | grantmaking organization | District of Columbia | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 | Its form does not ask |
| Princeton Area Community Foundation Inc | community foundation | New Jersey | $800 | 2 | 2 | 2024 | Its form does not ask |
A floor, not a full list. A grantmaker appears here only where this foundation's return named it clearly enough for us to match the name to an EIN, which we manage for about two thirds of 990-PF grant rows, and only where that grantmaker has a page on this site. There may be more. Dollars here are summed by EIN across every spelling on its returns, so a figure can differ from the matching row in the full list below, which groups names as written. And the IRS classification cannot tell a grantmaker from a funders' association or a donor-advised fund sponsor, so a payment to one of these may be dues or an account rather than support for a grants programme.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $1,500. Half of everything it gave fell between $500 and $15,000; the smallest was $30 and the largest $225,000.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by name and state as they were written on the returns, so an organization entered under two different names appears twice. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which that name received money.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wellesley College | Wellesley, MA | $517,350 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Issue One | Washington, DC | $350,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Jed Foundation | New York, NY | $220,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Electoral Innovation Lab Via Panorama Global | Princeton, NJ | $185,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Brennan Center for Justice | New York, NY | $160,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Petey Greene | Princeton, NJ | $155,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Princeton Day School | Princeton, NJ | $150,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Princeton University Office of Development | Princeton, NJ | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Healing Well Community Initiative | Oakland, CA | $135,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Trustees of Boston College | Chestnut Hill, MA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Northeastern University | Boston, MA | $90,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Truckee Meadow | Reno, NV | $90,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Princeton University Annual Giving | Princeton, NJ | $66,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Community Inititaves (healing Well) | Oakland, CA | $60,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Northeastern Univeristy | Boston, MA | $60,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Williams College | Williamstown, MA | $60,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Accelerate Change | Boston, MA | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Citizens Climate | Coronado, CA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Citizens Climate Education | Coronado, CA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Community Foundation of Northern Nevada | Reno, NV | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Jhu-Cty | Baltimore, MD | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Meto Inc | Washington, DC | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Working American Education Fund Focus 4 Democracy | Washington, DC | $45,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Truckee Meadows Community College Fdn | Reno, NV | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Hopewell Fund | Washington, DC | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Truckee Meadows Community College Tmcc Foundation | Reno, NV | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Citizens & Scholars | Princeton, NJ | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Healing Well | San Francisco, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Trustee of Princeton University | Princeton, NJ | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Volunteers of America | Reno, NV | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Wellesley Center for Womens - Wellesley College | Wellesley, MA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Planned Parenthood | Washington, DC | $24,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Lawrenceville School | Lawrenceville, NJ | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Register Vote Fund | Washington, DC | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Ground Game Fund Focus 4 Democracy | Manchaca, TX | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Friends of Foundation Academies | Trenton, NJ | $12,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Answer | Piscataway, NJ | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Focus for Democracy | Manchaca, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Foundation Academies | Trenton, NJ | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Stand Together | Arlington, VA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Lawrenceville Fund | Lawrenceville, NJ | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Working Money Foundations | Milwaukee, WI | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Homeless Prenatal Program | San Francisco, CA | $9,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Planned Parenthood Federation of America | Washinton, DC | $9,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Institute for Advanced Study | Princeton, NJ | $7,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Princeton University Art Museum | Princeton, NJ | $6,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Homey | San Francisco, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Institute for Advanced Study (robert Hillas Fund) | Princeton, NJ | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| International Planned Parenthood | Washington, DC | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Jed Foundation | Boston, MA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Mccarter Theater | Princeton, NJ | $5,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Partners in Health | Boston, MA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Princeton Medical Center Foundation Penn Medicine | Plainsboro Township, NJ | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Princeton Symphony Orchestra | Princeton, NJ | $5,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Storm King Art Center | New Windsor, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Wellesley Centers for Women | Wellesley, MA | $5,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Foundation Fighting Blindness | Princeton, NJ | $3,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Sierra Club Foundation | Merrifield, VA | $3,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Mass General Development | Boston, MA | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| PBS Reno | Reno, NV | $3,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Assistance League | Reno, NV | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| College of the Atlantic | Bar Harbor, ME | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Foodbank Northern Nevada | Sparks, NV | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Nevada Women's Fund | Reno, NV | $2,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Princeton University | Princeton, NJ | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Trenton Area Soup Kitchen | Trenton, NJ | $1,800 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Whyy | Greencastle, PA | $1,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Wwfm | West Windsor, NJ | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Wwfm - Classical Radio | West Windsor, NJ | $1,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Princeton First Aid & Rescue | Princeton, NJ | $1,200 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Thirteen PBS | York, NY | $1,200 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| New York University | Hagerstown, MD | $1,150 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Homefront | Lawrenceville, NJ | $1,100 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Assistance League of Reno-Sparks | Reno, NV | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Services | Baltimore, MD | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Partners in Health | Frederick, MD | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Planned Parenthood of New Jersey | Trenton, NJ | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Planned Parenthood of Nj | Trenton, NJ | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Princeton University - Annual Fund | Princeton, NJ | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Thirteen WNET | New York, NY | $1,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Whyy - PBS | Greencastle, PA | $1,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Wikipedia Foundation | Washington, DC | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Working America Education Fund | Washington, DC | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Anchor House | Trenton, NJ | $800 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Princeton Area Community Foundation | Philadelphia, PA | $800 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Arm in Arm | Hamilton, NJ | $750 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Assistance League Reno - Sparks | Reno, NV | $700 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| D&r Greenway Land Trust | Princeton, NJ | $600 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Meals on Wheels of Mercer County | Ewing, NJ | $600 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Boys & Girls Club of Mercer County | Trenton, NJ | $550 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Mercer Street Friends | Trenton, NJ | $550 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Afghan Girls Financial Assistance Fund | Skillman, NJ | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Channel 5 Public | Reno, NV | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Colorado Photographic Arts Center | Denver, CO | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Food Bank of Northern Nevada | Sparks, NV | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Planned Parenthood Northern New Jersey | Trenton, NJ | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Princeton Art Museum | Princeton, NJ | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Princeton Resource Center | Princeton, NJ | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Rescue Mission of Trenton | Trenton, NJ | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Thirteenwnet | New York, NY | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Wqrx Radio | New York, NY | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Young Audiences | Princeton, NJ | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Nevada Food Bank | Sparks, NV | $400 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Answer Rutgers University Foundation | New Brunswick, NJ | $300 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Hitops | Princeton, NJ | $300 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Meals on Wheels - Mercer | Ewing, NJ | $300 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Metropolitan Museum of Art | New York, NY | $300 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Princeton Public Library | Princeton, NJ | $300 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Watershed Institute | Pennington, NJ | $300 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Hill School (rick Templeton) | Pottstown, PA | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Princeton Area Coummunity Foundation | Philadelphia, PA | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Princeton University Art Museum (friends Of) | Princeton, NJ | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Wellesley Davis Museum Friends of Art | Wellesley, MA | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Marquand Park Foundation | Princeton, NJ | $200 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Musuem of Modern Art | New York, NY | $200 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Nature Conservancy | Merrifield, VA | $200 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Princton Mobile Food Pantry | Princeton, NJ | $200 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Wikimedia Foundation | Washington, DC | $200 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| League of Women Voters of US | Lewiston, ME | $150 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| AARP Foundation | Long Beach, CA | $30 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
41 of 120 (34%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold.
Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 45%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. This measures how often it paid the same organizations again. It says nothing about whether it would consider a new one, and this foundation told the IRS it does not.
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 94 grants where we could match the recipient to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's. The match, made from the name and address on the return, is ours.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 56 | $942,000 | $600 |
| 2022 | 51 | $962,250 | $1,500 |
| 2023 | 43 | $983,780 | $2,000 |
| 2024 | 38 | $523,500 | $2,000 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.
Where its money goes
27% of its giving went to organizations in Massachusetts.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are a sign of overlapping priorities and nothing more. Unlike this foundation, none of them is on record as funding only organizations it picks, and each page says what its filings show.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Educational Ventures Inc's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Grant figures are from its returns. Matching recipients to registered organizations, their IRS classifications, the retention rate and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations, described in how we build this.
Address of record on the latest return: 155 Lambert Drive, Princeton, NJ, 08540. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS.
EIN 22-3133067 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this
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