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Private foundation (trust)EIN 136183757Est. 1965-10

The Wallace Foundation

New York, NY 10005

Total Assets

$1.8B

FY 2024

Annual Giving

$54.6M

FY 2024

Grants Made

318

FY 2024

Avg Grant

$172K

FY 2024

Grant Range

$34–$3M

Typical

Deadlines

Applications

Programs & Activities

Program 1

$2.5M

TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE: Provide coordination and facilitation of learning communities and technical assistance to Grantees participating in our Youth Arts, Education Leadership, and Out of School Time initiatives.

Program 2

$1.9M

DISSEMINATION: Through conference presentations, webinars, print advertising and media outreach, share Wallace research findings with non-grantee audiences, who can use the findings to improve their own work.

Program 3

$1.5M

RESEARCH: Commission research and evaluation studies to inform and support the implementation of Wallace initiatives and provide insights about practice improvements for the field.

Program 4

$709K

POLICY: Public policy engagement activities include, within the constraints of the law, sharing evidence of what works and encouraging states to seek ESSA funding for evidence-based leadership work.

Focus Areas

Private Grantmaking Foundations

Financial Snapshot

2024 filing

Total Revenue

$124.1M

Total Expenses

$85.9M

Qualifying Distributions

$78.9M

Distributable Amount

$83.5M

Min. Investment Return

$84.6M

Undistributed Income

$27.2M

Payout rate 94%Arc chart showing what share of IRS distributable amount was paid out as qualifying distributions in the latest filing.94%

Payout rate

Qualifying distributions as a share of distributable amount.

Grant Range

318 grants

Grant sizes from minimum $34 through median $26K to maximum $3M, shown on a logarithmic scale.

Logarithmic scale — typical grant portfolios span orders of magnitude, so distances are proportional to multiplicative change, not dollar gaps.

Giving Over Time

2 years

Giving over time from 2023 to 2024. Peak $61.1M in 2023. Hover bars for details.

Total dollars recorded per filing year. Scale adjusts to the foundation's range.

Top Recipients

500 grants

Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System
$3.6M
2 grants
National Association of Latino Arts and Culture
$3.5M
3 grants
First Peoples Fund
$3.4M
3 grants
Columbus City Schools
$3.0M
3 grants
Fresno Unified School District
$3.0M
3 grants
Board of Education of Jefferson County Kentucky
$3.0M
3 grants
School District No 1J Multnomah County Oregon
$3.0M
3 grants
Winston Salem Forsyth County
$3.0M
3 grants

Grant Size Distribution

500 grants

<$10K
126
grants
$10–50K
81
grants
$50–250K
191
grants
$250K–1M
75
grants
$1–5M
27
grants
$5M+

Geographic Focus

36 states

District of Columbia
$15.6M
13% of total
California
$14.7M
13% of total
New York
$10.2M
9% of total
Texas
$9.1M
8% of total
Maryland
$7.2M
6% of total
North Carolina
$7.1M
6% of total
Minnesota
$4.6M
4% of total
Georgia
$4.6M
4% of total
Pennsylvania
$4.4M
4% of total
Virginia
$4.1M
4% of total

+26 more states

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