Average grant size at major employment & workforce foundations
The typical grant from the 20 largest employment & workforce foundations is about $25K. Across all 118 employment & workforce funders on file, the typical grant is about $6K. THE HAROLD HAMM FOUNDATION gives the most in this field.
Every figure comes from the foundations’ own IRS filings. The largest funders in a field usually give far more per grant than the field as a whole, because they make fewer, larger awards to organizations and projects big enough to absorb that much money at once. Check before you ask. Open any foundation to see who it has funded, where and for how much.
The 20 largest employment & workforce funders
| Foundation | State | Typical grant | Grants a year | Total giving |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| THE HAROLD HAMM FOUNDATION | OK | $5K | 10 | $4.5M |
| THE CHRISTOPHER FAMILY FOUNDATION | IL | $50K | 81 | $4.5M |
| The Jane Coffin Childs Memorial Fund for | CT | $74K | 58 | $4.1M |
| MASONIC CHARITY FOUNDATION OF OKLAHOMA | OK | $25K | 40 | $3.8M |
| CHESMAR FOUNDATION | TX | $9K | 65 | $3.7M |
| THE CHARLOTTE R SCHMIDLAPP FUND FIFTH THIRD | OH | $125K | 13 | $2.1M |
| DBJ FOUNDATION | OH | $25K | 18 | $2.0M |
| POTOFF PRIVATE PHILANTHROPY | AZ | $200K | 5 | $1.6M |
| PFAU CHARITABLE FOUNDATION | PA | $25K | 50 | $1.6M |
| OReilly Automotive Foundation Inc | MO | $20K | 51 | $1.5M |
| RICHARD S SHINEMAN FOUNDATION | NY | $2K | 98 | $1.4M |
| THE BELLE JAR FOUNDATION | CA | $10K | 24 | $1.3M |
| KATE SPADE NEW YORK FOUNDATION | NY | $130K | 11 | $1.2M |
| SACCOMANNO HIGHER EDUCATION FOUNDATION | CO | $7K | 52 | $888K |
| PAUL LAUZIER SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION | WA | $3K | 272 | $866K |
| CLAY BLAIR FOUNDATION | KS | $20K | 35 | $852K |
| PENDLETON AND ELISABETH CAREY MILLER | WA | $25K | 17 | $817K |
| BERNARD E AND ALYCE G DAHLIN FOUNDATION | WI | $30K | 15 | $802K |
| THE ROMNEY FOUNDATION FOR CHILDREN | UT | $30K | 11 | $801K |
| THE DONALD F WOOD AND DARLENE M | IN | $15K | 39 | $700K |
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