About Argosy Foundation
The Argosy Foundation appears to prioritize scalable youth STEM education, demonstrated by a single large grant to Hack Club for a STEM project. Their giving indicates interest in student-led, extracurricular computer science and technology access rather than small community projects. The grant suggests a preference for programs with national reach and capacity to engage teens in hands-on coding and tech leadership.
Focus Areas
High-school student coding clubs / student-led tech clubsOut-of-school STEM enrichment for teensScalable, national youth technology programsDigital literacy and computer science access for underserved adolescentsYouth leadership development through technology
Who They Fund
students and youth (K-12 and postsecondary scholarship recipients)researchers and STEM institutions/programsreproductive-age individuals and reproductive health service userscommunity-based nonprofits responding to disasters
About Argosy Foundation
The Argosy Foundation’s largest recent grant went to Hack Club for a $1,355,000 STEM project, which fits a broader pattern of backing youth technology programs that are built to scale. Their recent awards also include repeated support for For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology (FIRST), showing continued interest in student robotics and hands-on STEM engagement. The foundation’s portfolio reaches beyond coding clubs into science education, health, food systems, housing, climate, and reproductive equity, but the common thread is support for organizations that can use capital, planning, or program support to build durable capacity. The foundation gives at national scale, with a mix of seven-figure awards and smaller strategic grants. Some of the most visible recent commitments include multi-year support for Boys & Girls Clubs of America and several grants to science and technology-focused organizations. The pattern suggests a funder that works through invited partnerships and targeted due diligence rather than open competition. Its grants often back organizations positioned to deliver programs across regions or through replicated models, especially where youth development and STEM access overlap.
What Argosy Foundation Funds
In youth STEM education, The Argosy Foundation has backed hands-on programming at scale, including a $1,000,000 grant to For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology (FIRST) for a STEM project and a $225,000 grant to First in Michigan for a STEM project. It also supported Hack Club with $300,000 for a STEM project, reinforcing interest in student-led tech learning. The foundation also funds education infrastructure and institutional capacity. It gave the Association of American Colleges and Universities $666,667 for an education project, then followed with $333,333 in 2023 for the same purpose. In science education, Beyond Benign Inc received $500,000 for general support in 2024 and $250,000 in 2025 for a research project. Outside education, the foundation has made grants in food systems and environmental work, including $500,000 to 412 Food Rescue Inc for food and agriculture and $290,000 to the Minneapolis Foundation for an environmental policy project.
How Argosy Foundation Gives
Typical grants cluster around a median of $28,750, with the 25th percentile at $10,000 and the 75th percentile at $55,000, even though the recent list also includes several seven-figure awards. The same organizations can appear across multiple years: Boys & Girls Clubs of America received grants in 2023, 2024, and 2025, and the foundation also returned to several other recipients for follow-on support. The Argosy Foundation is a regular funder with invite-only, trustee-directed and due-diligence-driven partnership programs; its active grant programs explicitly say they do not accept unsolicited applications. The foundation also funds individuals and makes program-related investments.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$16.8M
Total Assets
$74M
Total Revenue
$26.1M
Total Expenses
$19.5M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $10K and $55K, with a median of $29K.
25th Percentile
$10K
Median
$29K
75th Percentile
$55K
Geographic Reach
National45 states funded
About 9% of grants go to recipients in VT.
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Headquarters
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Where Argosy Foundation Funds
Top 2 recipient countries by grant volume for Argosy Foundation.
| Rank | Country | Grants | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United StatesDomestic | 770 | $43.8M | 99.7% |
| 2 | Canada | 2 |
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