Avenue Scholars
Funding Overview
From IRS Form 990 filings · 2019–2025
Total received
$14.8M
Foundation funders
26
Grants recorded
62
Years covered
2019–2025
Who funds Avenue Scholars?
Avenue Scholars is funded by 26 grantmakers, led by Suzanne & Walter Scott Foundation ($4.2M), The Sherwood Foundation ($3.7M), Weitz Family Foundation ($2.0M). In total, IRS Form 990 filings record $14.8M in grants to Avenue Scholars between 2019–2025.
Show all 26 funders
| Growing Good Foundation | $500 | 1 | 2024 |
Funding over time
Grant dollars and counts received per year
From 2019 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $39K (2019) to $6.4M (2024). In 2025 it made 14 grants totaling $1.6M.
What grants has Avenue Scholars received?
Individual grants from IRS Form 990 filings, newest first
| Year | Funder | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | The Sherwood Foundation | 2024/2025 OPERATING GRANT | $850,000 |
| 2025 | Weitz Family Foundation | GENERAL OPERATING | $225,000 |
| 2025 | Richard Brooke Foundation | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT | $150,000 |
| 2025 | The Sherwood Foundation | EXECUTIVE DISCRETIONARY FUND | $105,000 |
| 2025 | Rebecca Susan Buffett Foundation | GENERAL OPERATING | $100,000 |
| 2025 | CL Werner Foundation | GENERAL SUPPORT | $45,000 |
| 2025 | The Sherwood Foundation | CAPACITY BUILDING | $40,000 |
| 2025 | Gilbert M and Martha H Hitchcock Foundation | To further thecharitable purposeof the recipient | $25,000 |
| 2025 | Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Nebraska | AVENUE SCHOLARS HEALTHCARE CAREER PATHWAY SUPPORT | $10,000 |
| 2025 | Leon J Millard | GENERAL SUPPORT | $10,000 |
| 2025 | Simon Manota E Fdn | GENERAL OPERATING | $5,000 |
| 2025 | The Charles and Mary Heider | CHARITABLE | $5,000 |
| 2025 | H&H Family Foundation | Support Charitable Purpose | $5,000 |
| 2025 | The Landen Foundation | CHARITABLE | $3,000 |
| 2024 | Suzanne & Walter Scott Foundation | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT | $2,230,000 |
| 2024 | Charles E Lakin Foundation Inc | CONTRIBUTION FOR GENERAL PURPOSES | $1,922,403 |
| 2024 | The Sherwood Foundation | 2023/2024 OPERATING GRANT | $850,000 |
| 2024 | Weitz Family Foundation | GENERAL OPERATING | $350,000 |
| 2024 | The Lozier Foundation | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT | $200,000 |
| 2024 | The Dorothy B Davis Foundation | General & Unrestricted | $200,000 |
| 2024 | Leland J & Dorothy H Olson Charitable Foundation | PROGRAM SUPPORT | $150,000 |
| 2024 | Richard Brooke Foundation | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT | $150,000 |
| 2024 | Thomas & Linda Koehn Foundation | GENERAL OPERATING FUND | $147,100 |
| 2024 | Rebecca Susan Buffett Foundation | GENERAL OPERATING | $100,000 |
| 2024 | CL Werner Foundation | GENERAL SUPPORT | $45,000 |
| 2024 | Gilbert M and Martha H Hitchcock Foundation | To further thecharitable purposeof the recipient | $25,000 |
| 2024 | Enterprise Holdings Foundation | Program Support | $10,000 |
| 2024 | Union Pacific Foundation | VOCATIONAL AND CAREER TRAINING/ UPSKILLING PROGRAMS | $10,000 |
| 2024 | Paideia Foundation | CHARITABLE | $10,000 |
| 2024 | The Landen Foundation | CHARITABLE | $3,000 |
Showing 30 most recent of 62 recorded grants.
Frequently Asked Questions
Who funds Avenue Scholars?
Avenue Scholars is funded by 26 grantmakers, led by Suzanne & Walter Scott Foundation ($4.2M), The Sherwood Foundation ($3.7M), Weitz Family Foundation ($2.0M). In total, IRS Form 990 filings record $14.8M in grants to Avenue Scholars between 2019–2025.
Who is Avenue Scholars's largest funder?
Suzanne & Walter Scott Foundation is the largest recorded funder of Avenue Scholars, with $4.2M across 4 grants (2019–2024).
How much grant funding has Avenue Scholars received?
IRS 990 filings record $14.8M in grants to Avenue Scholars across 62 grants from 26 funders between 2019–2025. Filings are published on a delay, so recent grants may not appear yet.
Looking for funders like Avenue Scholars's?
Grantable's AI matches your organization against 200,000+ grantmakers — including every funder on this page — using their real giving history.
You, clicking into all 26 funders
~3 hrs
at ~7 min per funder profile
Your agents, the same 26
~1 min
every profile evaluated and scored, with reasoning
Grant data is drawn from IRS Form 990 filings via Grantable's GrantGraph™. Filings are published on a delay; recent grants may not appear yet.
Looking for funders like Avenue Scholars's?