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CURRENT GRANTS - AUGUST 2025
Joyce Foundation: Education & Economic Mobility Grants
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The Joyce Foundation's Education & Economic Mobility Grants support organizations that are working to advance racial equity in education and economic mobility. BIPOC-led organizations are encouraged to apply.
Granting Organization
Joyce Foundation: Education & Economic Mobility Grants
Website
Joyce Foundation: Education & Economic Mobility Grants
Status (Profit/Nonprofit)
Nonprofit
Eligibility Criteria
We generally make grants only to nonprofit organizations. However, we occasionally fund government initiatives that promise to lead to school district/statewide system or policy changes.
The Foundation funds efforts to address state and local public policy in the Great Lakes region, which we define as Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, and Wisconsin; and national public policy designed to have an impact on these Great Lakes states.
In the K-12 portfolio, we focus mainly on Illinois, Indiana, and Minnesota at the state level. At the district level, we focus on Chicago, Indianapolis, and Minneapolis. We also fund limited college and career readiness work in Ohio. In the post-secondary success portfolio, we focus on Ohio, Minnesota, Illinois, and Michigan, but will consider select grants in Wisconsin.
In general, our investments are focused along the Joyce grant-making continuum, strongly emphasizing research, policy development, advocacy, and policy implementation. The Foundation seeks through its grantmaking to improve public policy in, and for the benefit of residents in, the Great Lakes region. Those efforts include: research and analysis; policy development; communications, media outreach, and public engagement strategy; policy advocacy; coalition and constituency building and grassroots organizing; implementation and enforcement; and evaluation.
Deadline
Letter of inquiry: June 6, 2024
Full proposal (invite only): August 1, 2024
Letter of inquiry: October 7, 2024
Full proposal (invite only): December 2, 2024
Focus Area
Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, Wisconsin
