About Arrow Impact
Arrow Impact focuses on building and scaling organizations that expand economic opportunity through education, workforce training, and systems-level change. Their portfolio mixes direct support for education and career-pathway programs (from early childhood workforce to adult tech-training) with investments in intermediaries, venture philanthropy and housing policy efforts—particularly in the Bay Area. They favor growth-capital and capacity support for organizations that can be scaled or that influence policy and ecosystem change.
Focus Areas
Technology and job training for adults (e.g., Per Scholas-style workforce development)Education innovation and scale-up supports (venture funds, incubators, and school models)Early childhood workforce and family-facing services (provider support and workforce development)Bay Area affordable housing policy and production (housing coalitions, innovation labs, connector platforms)Nonprofit capacity building and philanthropic intermediaries (venture philanthropy, RFPs, ecosystem builders)
Who They Fund
nonprofit organizations / 501(c)(3) groupscommunity foundations
About Arrow Impact
Arrow Impact’s most distinctive recent pattern is a repeated $2.5 million general operating commitment to Per Scholas in 2023, 2024, and 2025, signaling long-term support for workforce training at scale. Across its portfolio, the foundation backs organizations that expand economic opportunity through education, job training, early childhood supports, housing affordability, and ecosystem-building intermediaries. It pairs operating support with strategic grants for groups that can influence systems or grow their reach. The grant list shows a strong preference for larger, flexible awards to organizations with national or multi-city reach. Arrow Impact also funds philanthropically oriented entities such as New Profit Inc, Echoing Green, and Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors, alongside service providers and policy groups. In education and workforce development, it supports organizations such as Braven, Merit America, and Commonlit. In housing, it backs groups like Housing Connector and Terner Housing Innovation Labs. The overall picture is of a funder using sizable grants to support organizations positioned to expand opportunity for under-resourced communities in the U.S.
What Arrow Impact Funds
In workforce development, Arrow Impact gave $2.5 million to Per Scholas in 2025 for general operating support and $400,000 to Braven in 2025 for the same purpose. Those awards sit alongside support for adult training and career pathways, including $250,000 to Merit America in 2023 and $300,000 to Rivet School in 2025. Education innovation is another major lane. The foundation awarded $750,000 to Newschools Venture Fund in 2025, $300,000 to Commonlit in 2025, and $250,000 to Teachstart in 2025. It also funded early childhood and family-facing work, including $327,500 to All Our Kin in 2025 and $250,000 to Teachstart in 2024. In housing, Arrow Impact supported Terner Housing Innovation Labs with $300,000 in 2025 and Housing Connector with $300,000 in 2025.
How Arrow Impact Gives
Arrow Impact’s typical grant size is tightly clustered at the top end: p25 is $200,000, median is $200,000, and p75 is $250,000. The recent grant list shows a repeat-grant pattern, including Per Scholas across three consecutive years and several other recipients funded in more than one year, such as Talkingpoints, Echoing Green, New Profit Inc, San Francisco Foundation, and Teachstart. The foundation is a regular funder rather than a DAF and does not fund individuals. Its active programs are framed as general operating, core, and strategic grants, and the listed program descriptions say grants are by invitation rather than unsolicited.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$22M
Total Assets
$68.2M
Total Revenue
$16.4M
Total Expenses
$9.3M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $200K and $250K, with a median of $200K.
25th Percentile
$200K
Median
$200K
75th Percentile
$250K
Geographic Reach
National10 states funded
About 36% of grants go to recipients in MO.
Funding intensity
LowHigh
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