About Kipp Foundation
Together with families and communities, we create joyful, academically excellent schools that prepare students with the skills and confidence to pursue the paths they choose—college, career, and beyond.
Focus Areas
K-12 educationcollege access and successleadership developmentscholarshipsschool growth and replication
Who They Fund
K-12 students (including early literacy and CS learners)prospective and enrolled college students (postsecondary transfer/re-enrollment)school leaders and founding principals (leadership development)recent high-school graduates seeking college persistence/career pathwaysschool staff/educators (principal pipeline, executive director support)
About Kipp Foundation
Kipp Foundation’s grantmaking centers on building and expanding KIPP schools, with the largest recent award going to Kipp Texas Public Schools for new school start-up, GPA and Advanced Placement work, and postsecondary transfer, reenrollment, career, match, and nudge supports. That pattern runs through the portfolio: the foundation funds school growth, leadership development, and student persistence programs inside the KIPP network rather than one-off projects outside it. Recent awards also show support for academic systems and student services, including data infrastructure, early literacy, computer science, and mental-health and healing assistance. The foundation’s grants often combine multiple operating needs in a single award, linking school launch or regional expansion with college access and success work. In Houston, New York, Los Angeles, Newark, Nashville, Washington, DC, Oakland, and other KIPP regions, grants are tied to the organizational work required to open schools, strengthen leadership pipelines, and help students move from K-12 into college and careers. The result is a portfolio focused on institutional capacity and student outcomes across the KIPP network.
What Kipp Foundation Funds
In school growth, Kipp Foundation backed Kipp NYC Public Schools with $6,807,527 for school start-up, COVID-19 assistance, college persistence, postsecondary match, career integration, postsecondary counseling collaborative, and marketing. Kipp Southern California Public Schools received $4,539,489 for academic one KIPP initiatives, advocacy and community outreach, postsecondary nudge program, and school start-up. Leadership development appears repeatedly in the grants. Kipp Northern California Public Schools got $3,239,720 for principal pipeline and development, executive director support, postsecondary readiness support, and postsecondary nudge program, while Kipp New Jersey’s Team Academy Charter Schools received $2,269,306 for school start-up, college persistence, career integration, computer science, and principal pipeline and development. The foundation also funds student academic support and data systems. Kipp Nashville received $3,191,970 for college match, GPA academic health, computer science, data infrastructure, and early literacy, and Kipp Texas Public Schools received $3,032,196 for postsecondary career pathways, student recruitment support, executive director support, readiness support, and GPA data infrastructure management.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$40M
Total Assets
$181.6M
Total Revenue
$145.5M
Total Expenses
$107.3M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $320K and $1.8M, with a median of $692K.
25th Percentile
$320K
Median
$692K
75th Percentile
$1.8M
Geographic Reach
National23 states funded
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Headquarters
Leadership
SHAVAR JEFFRIES
Accepts unsolicited proposals
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