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Grant recipient EIN 04-3534001Education

Who funds Empower Schools Inc?

19 private foundations gave Empower Schools Inc in Boston, MA $2.6 million across 29 grants, in tax years 2018 to 2025.

Grants listed on funders’ 990-PF returns for tax years 2018 to 2025, read from the IRS e-file on Nov 11, 2026. Returns reach the IRS 5 to 18 months after the year they describe.

Grants received by year

Grants from private foundations by the funder’s tax year. The latest year is in blue; it is not complete until all its returns reach the IRS.

Every foundation grant, by year

29 grants

Each line as the funder listed it on its return, newest year first, then largest.

  1. Gates Family FoundationDenver, CO 2025

    Project support

    $75,000
  2. Outcomes Research InstituteStanford, CA 2025

    Empower Schools partners with communities to help them get the schools they want with the results their students need. It holds an annual innovation conference. ORI provided sponsorship for the event.

    $5,000
  3. Carnegie Corporation of New YorkNew York, NY 2024

    For project support of the New York Alliance for Early College Pathways to advance State policy to expand early college pathways in New York

    $315,000
  4. Gates FoundationSeattle, WA 2024

    K-12 education; postsecondary education

    $200,100
  5. The Moody FoundationGalveston, TX 2024

    Assistance with the Scaling Rural Pathway Excellence Partnerships project in the State of Texas

    $200,000
  6. Rainwater Charitable FoundationFort Worth, TX 2024

    Program support - fort worth

    $135,000
  7. The Carroll and Milton Petrie Foundation IncNew York, NY 2024

    New York Early College Pathways

    $90,000
  8. Greater Texas FoundationBryan, TX 2024

    To support the design and launch of one new rural, multi-district, cross sector, collaborative pilot in the permian basin.

    $10,000
  9. Greater Texas FoundationBryan, TX 2023

    To support a pilot project in the permian basin to expand opportunities for underserved students.

    $104,000
  10. Rainwater Charitable FoundationFort Worth, TX 2023

    Program support - fort worth

    $100,000
  11. Gates Family FoundationDenver, CO 2023

    Project support

    $30,000
  12. Carl & Marilynn Thoma FoundationDallas, TX 2022

    General support

    $200,000
  13. Meadows Foundation IncDallas, TX 2022

    Toward support for innovative partnerships in rural education systems

    $150,000
  14. Gates Family FoundationDenver, CO 2022

    Project support

    $145,000
  15. Rainwater Charitable FoundationFort Worth, TX 2022

    Accelerating, building, and convening the texas ecosystem to drive sustainable outcomes

    $100,000
  16. The Powell FoundationHouston, TX 2022

    Quality K-12 Public Schools: Quality schools and innovative school models

    $30,000
  17. Houston Endowment IncHouston, TX 2022

    Project Support for Texas School Partnership Strategies

    $20,000
  18. Greater Texas FoundationBryan, TX 2022

    To support a pilot project in the permian basin to expand opportunities for underserved students.

    $15,000
  19. Walton Family Foundation IncBentonville, AR 2021

    Improve the narrative and elevate proof points for SB1882 partnership schools in Texas.

    $150,000
  20. The Lynch FoundationBoston, MA 2021

    Early college alliance

    $100,000
  21. Rainwater Charitable FoundationFort Worth, TX 2021

    Expanded support of autonomous public district schools in north texas

    $50,000
  22. Amazonsmile FoundationSeattle, WA 2021

    General support

    $5
  23. Walton Family Foundation IncBentonville, AR 2020

    Supporting and Cultivating Innovation Management Organizations in Texas

    $150,000
  24. GLFF IncLarchmont, NY 2020

    General Unrestricted

    $100,000
  25. Give Forward FoundationSan Francisco, CA 2020

    General operating support, ca coalition for empowered district schools

    $95,000
  26. Rainwater Charitable FoundationFort Worth, TX 2020

    North texas partnership expansion

    $50,000
  27. Eastern Bank FoundationWakefield, MA 2020

    Exempt purpose

    $2,500
  28. Amazonsmile FoundationSeattle, WA 2020

    General support

    $15
  29. Longfield Family Foundation IncCambridge, MA 2018

    Education

    $5,000

Funders of similar organizations nearby

Foundations that gave to other education organizations in Boston, MA and are not among Empower Schools Inc’s funders above.

  1. The Bank of America Charitable Foundation IncCharlotte, NC 337 grants Accepts applications $6,934,816 to similar organizations
  2. Fidelity FoundationBoston, MA 343 grants Accepts applications $10,022,469 to similar organizations
  3. Liberty Mutual Foundation IncBoston, MA 203 grants Accepts applications $11,542,500 to similar organizations
  4. JPMorgan Chase FoundationNew York, NY 77 grants Preselected only $8,283,748 to similar organizations
  5. The Pfizer Foundation IncNew York, NY 54 grants Preselected only $320,689 to similar organizations
  6. Cummings Foundation Grants Inc (fka Oneworld Boston Inc)Woburn, MA 84 grants Accepts applications $5,655,333 to similar organizations
  7. Riley Mabel Louise TR UwillPittsburgh, PA 30 grants Accepts applications $1,650,000 to similar organizations
  8. Verizon FoundationBasking Ridge, NJ 149 grants Preselected only $328,765 to similar organizations

About this match

Funders write a recipient’s name and address, not its EIN. We matched these grants to EIN 04-3534001 by name and ZIP code, or by name, city and State against the IRS list of exempt organizations and our list of filers. Grants we could not tie to one organization are not counted here.