Revson Foundation: Education Grant Program
Funding Amount
Not stated
Deadline
Deadline not published
Grant Type
Foundation
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Eligible organizations
- The Revson Foundation makes grants to registered nonprofits in the United States.
Not eligible / not funded
- Not eligible: Eligible applicants are registered nonprofits in the U.S., while individuals and certain project types, such as film or biomedical research, are ineligible for funding.
- Not eligible: Individuals
- Not eligible: Film projects.
- Not eligible: Book projectsEndowments.
- Not eligible: Capital or building campaigns.
- Not eligible: Fundraising dinner events.
- Not eligible: National or local health appeals.
- Not eligible: Projects located outside of the United States or Israel.
- Not eligible: Research grants or scholarships for individuals (except within our fellowships programs)Biomedical research projects (except within our fellowships programs)
Overview
The Charles H. Revson Foundation's Education Grant Program promotes equitable access to knowledge and resources, supporting innovative projects in public libraries, community news publications, and the education of discerning news consumers. This program aims to empower students and strengthen community engagement through education. Eligible applicants are registered nonprofits in the U.S., while individuals and certain project types, such as film or biomedical research, are ineligible for funding.
The Charles H. Revson Foundation operates grant programs in Urban Affairs, Jewish Life, Biomedical Research, and Education.
The Education program supports institutions and projects that seek to provide broad access to knowledge, information, and resources that sustain an informed and engaged citizenry.
Areas of focus include:
supporting innovation in access to digital and online materials in public libraries, bolstering the financial and editorial capacities of ethnic and community news publications, encouraging the education and participation of students as discerning readers of news media, and strengthening college and postgraduate fellows who are pursuing careers in the public interest.
Eligibility
The Revson Foundation makes grants to registered nonprofits in the United States.
Ineligibility
Please note that we currently do not fund:IndividualsFilm projectsBook projectsEndowmentsCapital or building campaignsFundraising dinner eventsNational or local health appealsProjects located outside of the United States or IsraelResearch grants or scholarships for individuals (except within our fellowships programs)Biomedical research projects (except within our fellowships programs)
What Charles H Revson Foundation Inc actually gave
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, 2024
- Grants in 2024
- 94
- Total given
- $7.11M
- Median grant
- $80K
- Range
- $5,000–$250K
- By dollars: New York 83%, California 2%, Nevada <1%. Top recipient cities: New York, NY; Brooklyn, NY; Albany, NY.
- 20% of grants with a stated purpose were for general or operating support.
- 30% of recipients were new grantees, not repeat recipients.
Example grants
American Friends of Hebrew University · New York, NY
Scholarships and opportunities for professional enrichment
$250K
City Report · New York, NY
To support THE CITY and its local journalism
$200K
YMCA of Greater New York · New York, NY
Addressing New York Citys lifeguard shortage
$200K
The Arab Center for Alternative Planning
Support planning capacity of Arab municipalities
$196K
Edmond De Rothschild Partnership
Affordable Housing and urban renewal
$170K
Focus Areas & Funding Uses
Fields of Work
- Education
- Literacy
- Community services
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