Egf

• Egf suits a nonprofit leader working full-time on educational disparity, career outcomes or nonprofit leadership for young people from low-income backgrounds, particularly where the work touches academic rigour, life or leadership skills, or college-bound information.
• A modest request fits best: half of its 77 grants across its recent filings were $5,000 or less, and about 8 in 10 fall between $1,300 and $70,000, though it has made one grant of about $5,100,000.
• Start with the two-page letter of intent; the IRS filing gives no deadlines, and a full proposal follows only if invited.
• Be aware that 94% of its grant dollars went to organisations it had already funded in the previous two filings, so it looks like a relationship-led funder mostly sustaining existing partners rather than one that spreads money thinly across many new applicants.
• The foundation says applicants must be the entrepreneurial leader and primary decision-maker working full-time on the initiative and must be able to commit no less than three years, so anyone who cannot meet these conditions should not apply.

The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:

• Sponsors for Educational Opportunity · Educational improvement and other general charitable purposes
  $5,122,5002024 tax year
• Good Shepherd Services · Educational improvement and other general charitable purposes
  $265,0002024 tax year
• uAspire · Educational improvement and other general charitable purposes
  $75,0002024 tax year
• The Art of Problem Solving Foundation-BEAM · Educational improvement and other general charitable purposes
  $75,0002024 tax year
• Genesys Works · Educational improvement and other general charitable purposes
  $75,0002024 tax year
• Fund for the City of New York · Educational improvement and other general charitable purposes
  $70,5002024 tax year
• Latino U College Access · Educational improvement and other general charitable purposes
  $50,0002024 tax year
• Education Writers Association · Educational improvement and other general charitable purposes
  $35,0002024 tax year

Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.

Figures from the foundation’s IRS Form 990-PF filings. Assets are at fair market value at year end. The document icon links to each year’s filing on ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer.