Education Design Lab
Funding Overview
From IRS Form 990 filings · 2020–2025
Total received
$38.5M
Foundation funders
27
Grants recorded
60
Years covered
2020–2025
Who funds Education Design Lab?
Education Design Lab is funded by 27 grantmakers, led by Ascendium Education Solutions Inc ($8.5M), GS Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc ($6.0M), Gates Foundation ($4.7M). In total, IRS Form 990 filings record $38.5M in grants to Education Design Lab between 2020–2025.
Show all 27 funders
| Kimsey Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 2020 |
| The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | 2022 |
Funding over time
Grant dollars and counts received per year
From 2020 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $2.2M (2025) to $14.3M (2024). In 2025 it made 2 grants totaling $2.2M.
What grants has Education Design Lab received?
Individual grants from IRS Form 990 filings, newest first
| Year | Funder | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Ascendium Education Solutions Inc | GRANT, TRANSFORMATION OF THE POSTSECONDARY LANDSCAPE | $1,578,600 |
| 2025 | Carnegie Corporation of New York | For project support of the Community College Growth Engine | $585,000 |
| 2024 | GS Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc | EDUCATION | $6,000,000 |
| 2024 | Walton Family Foundation Inc | To expand and evolve the Community College Growth Engine Fund to design and test a more responsive community college model to better serve new majority learners. | $1,250,000 |
| 2024 | Charles Koch Foundation | General operating support | $1,000,000 |
| 2024 | Charles Koch Foundation | General operating support | $762,500 |
| 2024 | Ecmc Foundation | GENERAL SUPPORT | $747,911 |
| 2024 | Gates Foundation | POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION | $671,572 |
| 2024 | Axim Collaborative Inc | GRANT | $554,875 |
| 2024 | The Frederick a Deluca Foundation Inc | DATA COLLABORATIVE | $500,000 |
| 2024 | Dennis & Phyllis Washington Foundation | SCALING LEARNER OPPORTUNITY AND ECONOMIC GROWTH ACROSS MONTANA | $500,000 |
| 2024 | Strada Education Foundation Inc | OPERATING GRANT | $481,039 |
| 2024 | M J Murdock Charitable Trust | PROGRAM EXPANSION | $440,000 |
| 2024 | M J Murdock Charitable Trust | PROGRAM EXPANSION | $440,000 |
| 2024 | The Delaski Family Foundation | TO SUPPORT GENERAL OPERATIONS | $400,000 |
| 2024 | Gates Foundation | RESEARCH AND LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES | $304,798 |
| 2024 | Ellis Center for Educational Excellence | SECOND YEAR OF SUPPORT FOR THE GREATER PHOENIX/MARICOPA COMMUNITY COLLEGES GROWTH ENGINE FUND | $100,000 |
| 2024 | Otto Bremer Trust | SCALING LEARNER OPPORTUNITY AND ECONOMIC GROWTH | $75,000 |
| 2024 | Gianforte Family Charitable Trust | CHARITABLE PURPOSE | $60,000 |
| 2024 | The Urban Institute | Grant Sub-Award | $52,499 |
| 2023 | Ascendium Education Solutions Inc | Transformation of the Postsecondary Landscape Community College Growth Engine Fund Expansion Travel Grant Rural Summit 2023 Catalyzing Rural Community Colleges Through a Design Challenge | $4,476,200 |
| 2023 | Charles Koch Foundation | General operating support | $1,287,000 |
| 2023 | Walton Family Foundation Inc | To support the Community College Growth Engine Fund to design and test a more responsive community college model to better serve new majority learners. | $1,250,000 |
| 2023 | Gates Foundation | RESEARCH AND LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES | $692,994 |
| 2023 | Gates Foundation | POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION | $605,000 |
| 2023 | Dennis & Phyllis Washington Foundation | SCALING LEARNER OPPORTUNITY AND ECONOMIC GROWTH ACROSS MONTANA | $500,000 |
| 2023 | Strada Education Foundation Inc | OPERATING GRANT | $450,000 |
| 2023 | Carnegie Corporation of New York | For core support of the Community College Growth Engine | $250,000 |
| 2023 | WAL-Mart Foundation | RACIAL SOLIDARITY | $245,000 |
| 2023 | Impactassetsinc | GENERAL SUPPORT | $60,000 |
Showing 30 most recent of 60 recorded grants.
Frequently Asked Questions
Who funds Education Design Lab?
Education Design Lab is funded by 27 grantmakers, led by Ascendium Education Solutions Inc ($8.5M), GS Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc ($6.0M), Gates Foundation ($4.7M). In total, IRS Form 990 filings record $38.5M in grants to Education Design Lab between 2020–2025.
Who is Education Design Lab's largest funder?
Ascendium Education Solutions Inc is the largest recorded funder of Education Design Lab, with $8.5M across 5 grants (2020–2025).
How much grant funding has Education Design Lab received?
IRS 990 filings record $38.5M in grants to Education Design Lab across 60 grants from 27 funders between 2020–2025. Filings are published on a delay, so recent grants may not appear yet.
Looking for funders like Education Design Lab'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 27 funders
~3 hrs
at ~7 min per funder profile
Your agents, the same 27
~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 Education Design Lab's?