Wellington Management Foundation: Annual Grant

The Wellington Management Foundation, established in 1992, focuses on providing annual grants to nonprofit organizations that enhance educational opportunities for youth in under-resourced communities across North America and Asia-Pacific. With a commitment to reducing achievement gaps, the foundation prioritizes organizations that support academic improvement, educational transitions, and career readiness. Grants are awarded to those demonstrating effective leadership and a measurable impact, fostering social and economic mobility for traditionally underserved youth.

NOTE: The Foundation will not be considering new organizations for Annual Grants in 2025. If your not-for-profit organization is interested in applying for an Annual Grant, please check back in May 2026 for more information.
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In addition, the Foundation relies on employee volunteers each year to conduct due diligence on grant applications and build long-term relationships with the community organizations funded.
Our Portfolio
We support organizations across the full educational life-cycle of a student, from early education to career readiness programs, independent and charter schools, district-wide school-based programs, and after-school and summer programs, as well as college access and persistence programs.
Every year we award grants to growth orientated small to medium organizations working to close the opportunity and achievement gaps for youth in traditionally underserved communities in North America and Asia-Pacific cities where Wellington has offices.
Our US Foundation funds programs that provide youth from traditionally under-resourced communities with access to high-quality academic programs and educational opportunities. Accordingly, the US Foundation primarily aims to select organizations and programs that support:

• Academic improvement:Educational tutoring and mentoring
• Study skills programs
• Technology-based initiatives
• Mental health supportEducational transitions:School readiness programs
• High school access and success programs
• College access and success programsExtended learning time:Out-of-school-time programs
• Schools that operate extended hours
• Programs that operate within schools to enhance curriculaCareer readiness:Career and technical training models for linked learning
• Workforce development programs

The US-based Wellington Management Foundation gives annual grants to programs that improve the educational opportunities for youth in traditionally underserved and economically challenged communities in eastern Massachusetts, the greater Philadelphia area, Chicago, the San Francisco Bay area, Toronto, Tokyo, Hong Kong, Singapore, and Sydney. The Grant Recommendation Committee (GRC), which engages employee volunteers to conduct a review of each new applicant and long-term grantee we fund, begins each year in September. Grants are made each December.

Eligibility

Therefore, we fund organizations that provide access for all youth in our communities to educational experiences that will enhance their chances for future success.Eligible not-for-profit organizations must be within the greater metropolitan area of one of our North American or Asia/Pacific offices, and approximately 70% of program participants must qualify as low income and be under the age of 26.We fund organizations of various sizes but are primarily interested in those with budgets under US$3 million. We want to support organizations where our grants have a meaningful impact on youth, as well as the organization itself.
We fund newer and more established organizations. We fund religiously affiliated organizations that are inclusive of all participants regardless of religious background and beliefs.
Organizations that receive funding must affirm and agree that it does not discriminate in its recruiting, hiring, training or promotion practices or in any other of the recipient’s employment or operational policies or practices on the basis of any person’s protected characteristic or attribute, including but not limited to, race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, religion (observations, beliefs and practices), creed, national origin, age, ancestry, disability (physical or mental), medical condition, citizenship, political affiliation, marital status, pregnancy, veteran or military status, genetic information or any other characteristic or attribute protected by applicable law.

Ineligibility

Scholarship programs are not eligible for funding.