About Fwdus Education Fund
The FWD.us Education Fund is a bipartisan organization that believes America’s families, communities, and economy thrive when everyone has the opportunity to achieve their full potential. Founded by leaders in the technology and business communities, we seek to educate the American public about the impact of the failed immigration and criminal justice systems and empower and support directly impacted communities.
Focus Areas
Criminal JusticeImmigrationResearch & Policy AnalysisPublic Education and CommunicationsEmployer Guides and Workforce Inclusion
Who They Fund
immigrants (including recent arrivals and undocumented individuals)justice-involved individuals (incarcerated, detained, or formerly incarcerated)communities affected by immigration and criminal justice policies
Funding Style
program-restricted grants
About Fwdus Education Fund
Fwdus Education Fund Inc directs most of its recent grantmaking toward immigration education and criminal justice education, with large awards that recur across several years and a clear emphasis on organizations helping immigrants, justice-involved people, and affected communities navigate systems and rights. A 2023 grant of $600,000 to Justice Action Center in Los Angeles stands out as the largest recent award, followed by $415,000 to Tulsa Community Foundation for criminal justice education and $375,000 to Together & Free Inc in New York City for immigration education. The pattern is not limited to single large gifts: Al Otro Lado Inc received multiple immigration education grants across 2023, 2024, and 2025, while DC Justice Lab was supported in three separate years for criminal justice education. The foundation also houses the National Dignity for Families Fund, which is presented as supporting immigrant families and related efforts in the United States. Its overall profile reflects issue-based education funding, with program-restricted grants used for legal information, system navigation, reentry education, orientation, and community outreach.
What Fwdus Education Fund Funds
Immigration education is a central theme in the portfolio. The foundation awarded $310,000 to Good Neighbor Settlement House in Brownsville for an immigration education grant, $307,500 to Border Servant Corps Inc in Las Cruces for the same type of work, and $300,000 to Catholic Community Services of Southern Arizona Inc in Tucson. It also supported groups tied to migrant communities and family support, including Mission Border Hope in Eagle Pass and Sacred Heart Church in El Paso. On the criminal justice side, the foundation backed education-oriented work through $325,000 to Tulsa Community Foundation and $295,000 to Promise of Justice Initiative, both described as criminal justice education grants. Research, policy analysis, and public education also appear in the grant language through organizations such as Duke University and Highander-style network intermediaries, showing that the funder uses education grants to move information through both direct-service and institutional channels.
How Fwdus Education Fund Gives
Grant sizes cluster around a mid-sized program-grant model: the 25th percentile is $22,375, the median is $50,000, and the 75th percentile is $103,125. Recent awards include several much larger grants, but the broader distribution suggests a regular pattern of targeted education grants rather than only headline-size gifts. Recurrence is notable: Al Otro Lado Inc appears in multiple years, and DC Justice Lab received grants in 2023, 2024, and 2025. Fwdus Education Fund Inc is classified as a regular funder, does not fund individuals, and does not make program-related investments. No unsolicited application process is indicated in the provided data.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$2.7M
Total Assets
$18.1M
Total Revenue
$12.3M
Total Expenses
$10.9M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $22K and $103K, with a median of $50K.
25th Percentile
$22K
Median
$50K
75th Percentile
$103K
Geographic Reach
National27 states funded
About 13% of grants go to recipients in NY.
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Headquarters
Leadership
TODD SCHULTE
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