About Arconic Foundation
Arconic Foundation partners with nonprofit and community organizations to enhance education through skill-building learning experiences and advance environmental sustainability. The Foundation is independently endowed and invests in the communities of Arconic Corporation.
Focus Areas
STEM educationManufacturing workforce developmentEnvironmental protection and recyclingFood securityHealthHousingCommunity safetyDisaster relief
Who They Fund
K-12 students (including afterschool and summer program participants)Teachers and school leaders (curriculum implementers)Opportunity youth and youth in workforce training / YouthBuild participants
About Arconic Foundation
Arconic Foundation’s grantmaking shows a strong tilt toward STEM learning and workforce pathways, paired with environmental sustainability and recycling. Recent awards include repeated support for Project Lead the Way, The Manufacturing Institute, Society for Science, and The Recycling Partnership, pointing to a funder that backs both classroom-to-career programming and practical community infrastructure. The foundation is independently endowed and invests in communities connected to Arconic Corporation. Its recent portfolio also reaches into school-based maker learning and youth engagement. Grants to Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh, First, and Discovery Education support hands-on STEM experiences and program delivery, while funding for Wested and the National Center for Civic Innovation centers on standards implementation and science materials in specific communities. The foundation also supports broader community needs aligned with its mission, including food security, housing, health, community safety, and disaster relief. Across the grants listed here, Arconic Foundation appears to favor organizations that can scale programs across regions or anchor work in communities where Arconic has a significant presence. The mix of national intermediaries and place-based partners suggests a strategy that combines curriculum support, workforce pipeline development, and community-level service.
What Arconic Foundation Funds
In STEM education, Arconic Foundation has funded Project Lead the Way for teacher and student support, Discovery Education for The STEM Careers Coalition, and Society for Science for its Advocate Program. These grants point to an emphasis on structured learning experiences and student engagement. For manufacturing workforce development, the foundation backed The Manufacturing Institute for MI FAME and student engagement work, as well as separate programs and workforce support in earlier years. It also supported North Scott Community School District for Future, Ready, Machining in Iowa, linking education to technical pathways. Environmental sustainability and recycling are another clear thread. The Recycling Partnership received support for enhancing small-town access to recycling and for the Aluminum Recycling Initiative, while One Tree Planted was funded for reforesting landscapes in Europe and for rural and urban forestry. On the science-implementation side, Wested received grants tied to Tennessee Arconic communities and Pennsylvania standards implementation.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$7.2M
Total Assets
$181M
Total Revenue
$31.2M
Total Expenses
$8.4M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $25K and $50K, with a median of $30K.
25th Percentile
$25K
Median
$30K
75th Percentile
$50K
Geographic Reach
National25 states funded
About 29% of grants go to recipients in IA.
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Headquarters
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Where Arconic Foundation Funds
Top 7 recipient countries by grant volume for Arconic Foundation.
| Rank | Country | Grants | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United StatesDomestic | 381 | $19.7M | 84.3% |
| 2 | United Kingdom | 24 |
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