Strivetogether Inc
Cincinnati, OH · EIN 81-3380647. Reported 261 grants totalling $64.6M to 90 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 Strivetogether Inc, the IRS classifies it as a private grantmaking foundation (NTEE T20).
- How spread out its giving is. 90 distinct organizations, with 7% 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. 59% 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 $200,000. Half of what it reported fell between $75,000 and $250,000; the smallest was $5,200 and the largest $2,400,000. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seeding Success | Memphis, TN | $4,785,000 | 6 | 5 | 2025 |
| Learn to Earn Dayton | Dayton, OH | $4,300,610 | 10 | 5 | 2025 |
| Utahs Promise | Salt Lake Cty, UT | $3,575,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Partners for Rural Impact Inc | Berea, KY | $3,395,000 | 6 | 4 | 2025 |
| E3 Alliance | Austin, TX | $3,385,000 | 6 | 5 | 2025 |
| COMMIT2DALLAS | Dallas, TX | $3,180,800 | 7 | 4 | 2025 |
| Fund for Educational Excellence Inc | Baltimore, MD | $2,675,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Rocky Mountain Partnership Cradle to Career | Thornton, CO | $2,600,000 | 10 | 5 | 2025 |
| Impacttulsa Inc | Tulsa, OK | $2,360,000 | 4 | 3 | 2025 |
| Spartanburg Academic Movement | Spartanburg, SC | $2,050,000 | 7 | 5 | 2025 |
| Greater Milwaukee Foundation Inc | Milwaukee, WI | $1,635,000 | 10 | 5 | 2025 |
| P16PLUS Council of Greater Bexar County Foundation Inc | San Antonio, TX | $1,600,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Greater Twin Cities United Way | Minneapolis, MN | $1,450,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Boston Foundation Inc | Boston, MA | $1,435,000 | 6 | 5 | 2025 |
| Marin Promise Partnership | San Rafael, CA | $1,380,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Grace | Pasadena, CA | $1,272,800 | 8 | 5 | 2025 |
| United Way of Coastal and Western Connecticut Inc | Danbury, CT | $1,130,200 | 6 | 5 | 2025 |
| Childrens Institute Inc | Rochester, NY | $1,000,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Good Reason Houston Inc | Houston, TX | $1,000,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Norwalk Acts Inc | Norwalk, CT | $950,000 | 4 | 3 | 2023 |
| The Foundation at Fcoe | Fresno, CA | $895,000 | 6 | 5 | 2025 |
| Delta Health Alliance Inc | Stoneville, MS | $850,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Northfield Healthy Community Initiative | Northfield, MN | $825,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Thrive Chicago Nfp | Chicago, IL | $764,000 | 5 | 2 | 2022 |
| United Way of Tucson and Southern Arizona Inc | Tucson, AZ | $760,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Summit Education Initiative | Akron, OH | $750,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| United Way of Racine County Inc | Racine, WI | $725,000 | 4 | 3 | 2023 |
| Mission Economic Development Agency | San Francisco, CA | $654,350 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Community Center for Education Results | Renton, WA | $620,000 | 4 | 3 | 2023 |
| Foundation for Tacoma Students | Tacoma, WA | $620,000 | 4 | 3 | 2023 |
| Eastside Pathways | Bellevue, WA | $588,000 | 6 | 3 | 2023 |
| Tri-County Cradle-to-Career Collaborative | N Charleston, SC | $551,000 | 6 | 3 | 2023 |
| Better Together Central Oregon | Redmond, OR | $500,000 | 3 | 2 | 2023 |
| K-Connect | Grand Rapids, MI | $500,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Stanislaus County Office of Education | Modesto, CA | $500,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| United Way of Central Minnesota | Saint Cloud, MN | $500,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Waterbury Bridge to Success Partnership Inc | Waterbury, CT | $500,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| All Hands Raised | Portland, OR | $475,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta Inc | Atlanta, GA | $475,000 | 3 | 2 | 2023 |
| The United Way of Greater Waterbury Inc | Waterbury, CT | $475,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Bridgeport Prospersunited Way of Coastal Fairfield County | Bridgeport, CT | $460,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Stanislaus Community Foundation | Modesto, CA | $375,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Berea College | Berea, KY | $360,000 | 3 | 2 | 2022 |
| The Childrens Aid Society | New York, NY | $300,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| 10000 Degrees | San Rafael, CA | $260,000 | 2 | 1 | 2021 |
| Communities Foundation of Texas | Dallas, TX | $260,000 | 2 | 1 | 2021 |
| Kenosha Area Business Alliance Foundation Inc | Kenosha, WI | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Raise Dcventure Philanthropy Partners | Washington, DC | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| United Way of Central New Mexico | Albuquerque, NM | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| University Corporation at Monterey Bay | Monterey, CA | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Young Mens Christian Association of Greater Cincinnati | Cincinnati, OH | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Achieve Brown County Inc | Green Bay, WI | $230,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Community Partners | Los Angeles, CA | $225,000 | 4 | 3 | 2023 |
| Hartnell College Foundation | Salinas, CA | $225,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Childrens Funding Project | Washington, DC | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Austin Aspires Inc | Austin, MN | $190,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| United Way of Muscatine Iowa Incorporated | Muscatine, IA | $190,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Rochester Area Foundation | Rochester, MN | $155,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Alamance Community Foundation | Burlington, NC | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Child Poverty Action Lab | Dallas, TX | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Hobart and William Smith Colleges | Geneva, NY | $150,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| United Way of Central Alabama Inc | Birmingham, AL | $130,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| United Way of Kenosha County | Kenosha, WI | $125,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Communities Foundation of Texasrgv Focus | Dallas, TX | $115,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Educational Service Center of Central Ohio | Columbus, OH | $115,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Kitsap Community Foundation | Silverdale, WA | $103,000 | 3 | 2 | 2023 |
| Cradle to Career Alliance | Columbia, MO | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| United Way of Southeastern Idaho Inc | Pocatello, ID | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Red Wing Youth Outreach Program Inc | Red Wing, MN | $90,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Treasure Valley Education Partnership | Boise, ID | $90,000 | 2 | 1 | 2021 |
| Heritage University | Toppenish, WA | $83,000 | 3 | 2 | 2023 |
| Sonoma County Community Foundation | Santa Rosa, CA | $80,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Community Foundation of North Louisiana | Shreveport, LA | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Park Partnership for Successindependent School District 283CHILDREN First | St Louis Park, MN | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Shasta College Foundation | Redding, CA | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Achieve Escambia Inc | Pensacola, FL | $52,500 | 2 | 1 | 2021 |
| Fii - National | Concord, CA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Rochester Area Community Foundation | Rochester, NY | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Ontrack Washington County Inc | Hagerstown, MD | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| True North Organizing Network | Eureka, CA | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Lehigh Valley Public Telecommunications Corp | Bethlehem, PA | $34,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| North East Community Center Association | Spokane, WA | $33,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Rvc Seattle | Seattle, WA | $33,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| United Way of the Blue Mountains | Walla Walla, WA | $33,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Communities in Schools of Memphis Inc | Memphis, TN | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Community Solutions International Inc | New York, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Pewa Project LLC | Kaneohe, HI | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Tulsa Community Foundation | Tulsa, OK | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Social Good Fund Inc | Richmond, CA | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Oakland University | Rochester, MI | $7,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
53 of 90 (59%) 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.
- Seeding Success
place matters grant & TN Policy Coalition - Learn to Earn Dayton
Transform Impact Grant & Kentucky Policy Coalition Grant - Promise Partnership of Salt Lakeutah's Promise
Transform Impact Grant & Utah Policy Coalition Grant - E3 Alliance
Transform Impact Grant & Texas Policy Coalition Grant - Partners for Rural Impact Inc
Transform Impact Grant & Kentucky Policy Coalition - Promise Partnership of Salt Lake Utah's Promise
Transform Impact Grant & Utah Policy Coalition
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 73 of 90 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 | 74 | $11.4M | $125,000 |
| 2022 | 73 | $10.9M | $125,000 |
| 2023 | 61 | $9,213,150 | $150,000 |
| 2024 | 25 | $15.1M | $300,000 |
| 2025 | 28 | $18.0M | $350,000 |
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
15% of its giving went to organizations in Texas. 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.
Down to the city
Foundations that fund only organizations they pick gave to this one
10 private foundations that told the IRS they contribute only to organizations they select themselves reported 28 grants totalling $4,656,560 to Strivetogether Inc. That is 48% of the 21 funders we can see giving to it. Those 10 foundations do not take unsolicited requests -- their own returns say so. The IRS classifies this organization as a grantmaking organization.
3 of them gave in more than one tax year, which is the only durability signal the filings carry.
What that does not mean. It does not mean an application here reaches that money. A grant from a closed foundation is often a designated gift or a donor-advised fund earmarked by whoever gave it, and has nothing to do with any open programme this organization runs. Neither tax return says which, so neither do we. The list below is who put money in. It is not a route to it.
| Foundation | State | Reported | Grants | Years | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annie E Casey Foundation Inc | Maryland | $2,533,534 | 14 | 4 | 2024 |
| Walton Family Foundation Inc | Arkansas | $750,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Pritzker Family Foundation | Illinois | $700,000 | 4 | 3 | 2023 |
| The Wallace Foundation | New York | $500,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Purpose Built Communities Foundationinc | Georgia | $123,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Centerpoint Energy Foundation Inc | Texas | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Adam R Scripps Foundation | Kentucky | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| I Dream a World Foundation Inc | New York | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Buffett Early Childhood Fund | Nebraska | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Amazonsmile Foundation | Washington | $26 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
A linked name has a page of its own. We publish one for a foundation that takes no unsolicited requests only when a real share of its giving goes to organizations that make grants themselves, and that page opens by saying it does not take requests.
Both the count and the total are floors. A foundation appears here only where its return named this organization clearly enough for us to match the name to an EIN, which we manage for about two thirds of 990-PF grant rows. There are more; we cannot name them.
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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 $200,000 -- 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 Texas.
- 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.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Strivetogether 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 28 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: 125 East 9TH St 2ND Fl, Cincinnati, OH, 45202.
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