Edchoice Inc
Indianapolis, IN · EIN 35-1978359. Reported 104 grants totalling $5,697,000 to 51 organizations across tax years 2021-2025, on Form 990 Schedule I.
Does this grantmaker accept applications?
Its tax return does not say, and we will not guess. Private foundations file Form 990-PF, which asks outright whether they fund only organizations they select themselves -- 78% say yes, and that one answer is what lets the rest of this site tell you which foundations are worth approaching. Grantmaking charities like this one file a regular Form 990 instead, and the IRS never puts the question to them. Anyone claiming to know the answer from the filing is inventing it.
Three things in the filing do bear on it:
- What kind of organization it is. For Edchoice Inc, the IRS classifies it under education rather than as a grantmaker (NTEE B90) -- it is an operating charity that also makes grants.
- How spread out its giving is. 51 distinct organizations, with 11% of the dollars going to the largest single recipient. That is genuinely spread out -- the mark of a funder making many independent decisions rather than underwriting one institution.
- How much its list changes. 58% of one year's grantees are funded again the next, across 4 year-to-year transitions. That is about the 56% median for grantmaking charities -- lower than the 67% median for private foundations. It describes the organizations it already funds, not whether it would consider a new one.
How big are its grants?
The median reported grant is $50,000. Half of what it reported fell between $30,000 and $75,000; the smallest was $7,500 and the largest $165,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong organization.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by the EIN the filer reported, not by name, so an organization that was typed differently in two years appears once rather than twice.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Institute for Quality Education Inc | Indianapolis, IN | $600,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Love Your School | Scottsdale, AZ | $455,000 | 6 | 5 | 2025 |
| Cardinal Institute for West Virginia Policy Inc | Charleston, WV | $390,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| National Microschooling Center | Las Vegas, NV | $382,000 | 9 | 5 | 2025 |
| The Childrens Scholarship Fund | New York, NY | $320,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Iowa Alliance for Choice in Education | Des Moines, IA | $235,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| National Urban League Inc | New York, NY | $225,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Opportunity Arkansas Foundation | Conway, AR | $190,000 | 4 | 3 | 2025 |
| Empower Mississippi Foundation | Ridgeland, MS | $165,000 | 4 | 3 | 2025 |
| The Foundation for American Innovation | Washington, DC | $160,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Edfit Indiana | Indianapolis, IN | $155,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| The Oaks Community Center Inc | Indianapolis, IN | $150,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Utah Education Fits All | Draper, UT | $150,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Kuriosed Inc | Indianapolis, IN | $140,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| National Black Caucus of State Legislators | Washington, DC | $140,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Pa Families for Education Choice Inc | Pittsburgh, PA | $140,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Pelican Institute for Public Policy | New Orleans, LA | $125,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Innovate-Educate | Santa Fe, NM | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Iowa Association of Christian Schools Foundation | West Des Moines, IA | $100,000 | 2 | 1 | 2024 |
| Josiah Bartlett Center for Public Policy | Concord, NH | $75,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Palmetto Promise Institute | Columbia, SC | $75,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Diocese of Charleston | Charleston, SC | $70,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Parents for Educational Freedom in North Carolina Inc | Raleigh, NC | $65,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| The Policy Circle Co | Wilmette, IL | $65,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Montana Higher Education Student Assistance Corporation | Helena, MT | $56,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| 100 Black Men of America Inc | Atlanta, GA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Better Outcomes for Our Kids Inc | Atlanta, GA | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Every Kid Counts Oklahoma Inc | Oklahoma City, OK | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Future Focused Education | Albuquerque, NM | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Hispanic Access Foundation | Washington, DC | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Kuriosed Inc | Indianapolis, IN | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Libertas Network | Lehi, UT | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Mackinac Center | Midland, MI | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs Inc | Oklahoma City, OK | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| School Choice Wisconsin Inc | Brookfield, WI | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Youth Entrepreneurs Inc | Wichita, KS | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Oklahoma Parents for Student Achievement Inc | Oklahoma City, OK | $46,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Iowa Association of Christian Schools | Des Moines, IA | $45,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Pride and Prejudice Inc | Meriden, CT | $45,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Harrisburg Families United | Harrisburg, PA | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Alabama Policy Institute Inc | Hoover, AL | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| American Jobs for Americas Youth-Montana | Helena, MT | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Rio Grande Foundation Inc | Albuquerque, NM | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| School Services of Montana | Bozeman, MT | $28,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Boys & Girls Club of Yellowstone County | Billings, MT | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Indianapolis Urban League Inc | Indianapolis, IN | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Outcomes Research Institute | Stanford, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Spreading Hope Inc | Minneapolis, MN | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Tax Education Foundation | Waukee, IA | $12,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| United States Catholic Conference | Washington, DC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| National Association of Black Microschool Leaders | Bartow, FL | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
24 of 51 (47%) received money in more than one year over the 5 years we hold. Remember the $5,000 floor: an organization funded every year at $3,000 shows up here as never funded at all.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose column of its filings, largest first. This is the closest thing to a statement of what it funds, in its own words.
- Institute for Quality Education
General operating support with the intention of continuing to improve the quality of education for all Indiana students by: engaging and informing parents, educators, and policy makers; analyzing data; and promoting and implementing policies that work. - Institute for Quality Education Inc
Support to help improve the quality of education in Indiana by engaging and informing parents about their educational options, educating policymakers on the benefits of education choice in Indiana, analyzing date related to education choice In Indiana, and successfully implementing education choice policies. - Love Your School
Support for educational outreach to Arizona parents to increase their awareness of educational options and help them become school choice consumers. - Cardinal Institute for West Virginia Policy Inc
Support to continue and expand an awareness campaign for the Hope Scholarship, lead the charge to increase investment in the West Virginia native" education infrastructure, engage potential new providers, and facilitate innovation and the sharing of successful ideas across West Virginia. - Utah Education Fits All
Support for educational activities including marketing and parent engagement for the Utah Fits All Choice program. - National Urban League Inc
Support for the Young Professionals Education Leadership Institute which will educate and inform cohort participants on educational opportunity from both a national and local perspective while also providing dialogue and activities to help participants gain a greater understanding of the educational landscape and available educational options in their respective communities.
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 44 of 51 recipients we could match to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's, not ours -- Schedule I reports the recipient's EIN, so this is a lookup rather than a name match.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants reported | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 15 | $1,052,500 | $50,000 |
| 2022 | 31 | $1,560,000 | $50,000 |
| 2023 | 18 | $1,019,000 | $50,000 |
| 2024 | 24 | $1,238,000 | $50,000 |
| 2025 | 16 | $827,500 | $50,000 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- Form 990 arrives about a year after the year it covers, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a grantmaker winding down.
Where its money goes
20% of its giving went to organizations in Indiana. Community foundations and federated funds are usually the most geographically bounded funders there are -- being outside the footprint is normally disqualifying in a way that a weak programme fit is not.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These grantmakers and private foundations gave to organizations this one also funded. Shared grantees are a sign of overlapping priorities and nothing more: they do not show that any of these funders would consider a new organization. Each page says what its filings show.
How to approach this grantmaker
- Look for a published programme first. Unlike most private foundations, organizations of this kind often do run open, deadlined grant cycles with written guidelines. Its own website is the authority on that; this page is the authority on who it has actually paid.
- Check you are its size. The median reported grant is $50,000 -- and because grants under $5,000 need not be reported, it very likely writes smaller cheques than this page can see.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving concentrates in Indiana.
- Read the recipient list for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer and a cheap one to get.
Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Edchoice Inc's own Form 990 Schedule I filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2021-2025). Grant figures are from its returns. Recipient classifications, the concentration and retention figures and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations from them, described in how we build this.
On its most recent return it told the IRS it made grants to 16 section 501(c)(3) organizations and 0 other organizations. That is the filer's own count for one year; the totals above cover every year we hold.
Address of record on the latest return: 111 Monument Circle Suite 2650, Indianapolis, IN, 46204.
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