About Finra Regulation
To support FINRA's mission of investor protection and market integrity through regulatory oversight and rulemaking (company is the FINRA regulatory subsidiary)
Focus Areas
Financial regulationInvestor protectionSecurities markets oversight
Funding Style
general supportunrestricted supportgeneral operating supportcore/core-operational funding
About Finra Regulation
Finra Regulation Inc’s largest recent commitments go to the FINRA Investor Education Foundation, with three grants of $6,980,741 in 2024, $5,860,131 in 2023, and $5,800,910 in 2025 for general support. That pattern points to a funder closely tied to investor education, financial capability, and market integrity rather than a broad philanthropic portfolio. The foundation’s recent grants also reach several smaller organizations working in the securities and consumer-protection space, including SIFMA Foundation for Investor Education Inc, SIFMA Fndt for Investor Protection, Consumer Federation of America, and the Jumpstart Coalition for Personal Financial Literacy. Most awards are general support, which fits the foundation’s stated role supporting FINRA’s mission of investor protection and market integrity through regulatory oversight and rulemaking. Its active grant program, the FINRA Investor Education Foundation Grants, is open to unsolicited applications and is oriented to investor education, financial capability, consumer protection, and research on investor behavior. The recent record suggests a mix of large institutional support and smaller operating grants to organizations aligned with securities markets oversight and financial literacy.
What Finra Regulation Funds
Investor education is the clearest theme in the recent grant record. Finra Regulation Inc gave $60,000 to SIFMA Foundation for Investor Education Inc in 2025 and $50,000 to SIFMA Fndt for Investor Protection in 2024 for general support. Financial capability also appears in grants to the Jumpstart Coalition for Personal Financial Literacy, including $15,000 in 2025 and $15,000 in 2024. Consumer protection shows up through support for Consumer Federation of America, which received $17,500 in 2024, $14,000 in 2025, and $13,500 in 2023. The portfolio also includes $25,000 in 2023 to Directwomen for general support, showing some attention to broader professional or civic capacity outside the core investor-education lane. Across these areas, the grants are framed as unrestricted or general support rather than tightly restricted project funding.
How Finra Regulation Gives
Grant sizes are highly skewed. The p25 is $15,000, the median is $22,500, and the p75 is $227,527, reflecting a handful of very large institutional awards alongside many smaller operating grants. The recent record shows repeated support to the same organizations across multiple years, including the FINRA Investor Education Foundation, American Online Giving, Consumer Federation of America, Jumpstart Coalition, and Sec Historical Society. That repetition suggests ongoing relationships rather than one-off gifts. The funder is a regular funder and makes no program-related investments. It also supports general, unrestricted, and core operating expenses, with general support appearing repeatedly in the grant descriptions.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$6.1M
Total Assets
$94.1M
Total Revenue
$1.4B
Total Expenses
$872.2M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $15K and $228K, with a median of $23K.
25th Percentile
$15K
Median
$23K
75th Percentile
$228K
Geographic Reach
Regional6 states funded
About 14% of grants go to recipients in MD.
Funding intensity
LowHigh
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