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Grant recipient EIN 81-3333541Public affairs

Who funds Policy Academies?

8 private foundations gave Policy Academies in Washington, DC $4.9 million across 26 grants, in tax years 2018 to 2024.

Grants listed on funders’ 990-PF returns for tax years 2018 to 2024, 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

26 grants

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

  1. WK Kellogg FoundationBattle Creek, MI 2024

    Promise of an Equitable Future

    $300,000
  2. Wayfarer FoundationHighland Park, IL 2024

    General operating support

    $200,000
  3. Freedom Together FoundationNew York, NY 2024

    Academy fellowships and training

    $100,000
  4. The Ford FoundationNew York, NY 2023

    General support

    $300,000
  5. WK Kellogg FoundationBattle Creek, MI 2023

    Promise of an Equitable Future

    $250,000
  6. Freedom Together FoundationNew York, NY 2023

    Academy fellowships and training

    $150,000
  7. Omidyar Network Fund IncRedwood City, CA 2023

    General operating support

    $100,000
  8. The William & Flora Hewlett FoundationMenlo Park, CA 2023

    For financial planning support

    $60,000
  9. Wayfarer FoundationHighland Park, IL 2023

    General operating support

    $50,000
  10. Gates FoundationSeattle, WA 2022

    U.s. Economic mobility & opportunity

    $700,000
  11. WK Kellogg FoundationBattle Creek, MI 2022

    provide general operating support to help organization advance its mission of cultivating a pipeline of diverse public policy researchers so that policy solutions more effectively change narrative, expand opportunity, and create an equitable and inclusive society

    $250,000
  12. The Henry Luce Foundation IncNew York, NY 2022

    Cultivating and Supporting Talent Pipelines to Create Public Policy Grounded in Racial Equity

    $150,000
  13. Freedom Together FoundationNew York, NY 2022

    Academy fellowships and training

    $150,000
  14. Wayfarer FoundationHighland Park, IL 2022

    General operating support

    $50,000
  15. Gates FoundationSeattle, WA 2021

    U.s. Economic mobility & opportunity

    $700,000
  16. WK Kellogg FoundationBattle Creek, MI 2021

    enable the organization to achieve its mission of cultivating a pipeline of diverse public policy researchers so that policy solutions more effectively change narrative, expand opportunity and create an equitable and inclusive society by providing general operating support

    $250,000
  17. The Henry Luce Foundation IncNew York, NY 2021

    Cultivating and Supporting Talent Pipelines to Create Public Policy Grounded in Racial Equity

    $150,000
  18. The Ford FoundationNew York, NY 2021

    General support

    $143,000
  19. The William & Flora Hewlett FoundationMenlo Park, CA 2021

    For support of early career education policy analysis and research programming

    $100,000
  20. The William & Flora Hewlett FoundationMenlo Park, CA 2021

    For support of increased financial and human resource capacity

    $60,000
  21. WK Kellogg FoundationBattle Creek, MI 2020

    enable the organization to achieve its mission of cultivating a pipeline of diverse public policy researchers so that policy solutions more effectively change narrative, expand opportunity and create an equitable and inclusive society by providing general operating support

    $250,000
  22. The William & Flora Hewlett FoundationMenlo Park, CA 2020

    For support of early career education policy analysis and research programming

    $100,000
  23. Gates FoundationSeattle, WA 2020

    Public awareness and analysis

    $15,000
  24. The Ford FoundationNew York, NY 2019

    General support to build and sustain meaningful diversity in public policy analysis and research by cultivating the careers of students of color and working with leading policy institutions to ensure research practice is grounded in racial

    $305,000
  25. The Ford FoundationNew York, NY 2019

    To cultivate the policy careers of underrepresented students through professional trainings attendance at conferences on philanthropy and public policy research and an Alumni Leadership Council Retreat

    $50,000
  26. The Ford FoundationNew York, NY 2018

    $50,000 To cover attendance at several annual conferences of professional associations in philanthropy and public policy research as well organizing an Alumni Reunion and Summit for The Policy Academies at the Association of Public Policy Analysis and G12818

    $0

Funders of similar organizations nearby

Foundations that gave to other public affairs organizations in Washington, DC and are not among Policy Academies’s funders above.

  1. Amazonsmile FoundationSeattle, WA 258 grants Preselected only $295,086 to similar organizations
  2. Democracy Fund IncWashington, DC 116 grants Preselected only $26,650,000 to similar organizations
  3. The David and Lucile Packard FoundationLos Altos, CA 72 grants Accepts applications $21,774,037 to similar organizations
  4. Carnegie Corporation of New YorkNew York, NY 95 grants Accepts applications $17,090,000 to similar organizations
  5. JPMorgan Chase FoundationNew York, NY 66 grants Preselected only $1,654,453 to similar organizations
  6. The Robert Wood Johnson FoundationPrinceton, NJ 80 grants Accepts applications $27,864,345 to similar organizations
  7. Wellspring Philanthropic Fund IncNew York, NY 115 grants Preselected only $61,357,500 to similar organizations
  8. John D and Catherine T MacArthur FoundationChicago, IL 84 grants Preselected only $24,322,603 to similar organizations

About this match

Funders write a recipient’s name and address, not its EIN. We matched these grants to EIN 81-3333541 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.