Scripps Family Fund for Education and the Arts
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About Scripps Family Fund for Education and the Arts
The Scripps Family Fund focuses its giving almost exclusively on higher education, demonstrated by two sizable grants to Talladega College to create a cybersecurity center. Their support is program- and capacity-building oriented, funding infrastructure and curriculum development in STEM-related fields. The foundation appears to make concentrated, strategic gifts rather than broadly distributed small grants.
Focus Areas
Cybersecurity education programs at historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs)Undergraduate STEM capacity-building and workforce developmentHigher education program creation and infrastructure (centers, labs, curriculum)
Who They Fund
NYC public school students (including middle schoolers)students in Northeast Connecticut (including Alliance District and Windham schools)Title I / low-income school students and familiesfifth graders (elementary students)young people participating in after-school and summer programs
About Scripps Family Fund for Education and the Arts
A defining feature of The Scripps Family Fund for Education and the Arts is its large, repeated support for Talladega College to create a cybersecurity center. The foundation gave $438,413 in 2024 and $376,827 in 2023 for that work, pointing to a strategy that favors multi-year, program-specific investments over scattered one-off awards. Beyond that higher-education emphasis, the fund has backed Connecticut Public Broadcasting Inc for Latino educational programming and for expanding the Fellows program, showing an interest in education content as well as institutional capacity. Recent grants also show support for college access, STEM education, tutoring, literacy, and arts enrichment. The Children’s Village received funding for tutoring and creative arts programs, while the National Museum of Mathematics was supported for expanded mathematics programming and programming for NYC Title I schools. Grants to Horizons National Student Enrichment Program Inc, Building One Community, and Leadership Education and Athletics Partnership Inc suggest a consistent interest in academic enrichment and student success. The pattern is selective and focused, with several recurring grantees receiving support across multiple years and purposes tied to program expansion or new initiatives.
What Scripps Family Fund for Education and the Arts Funds
In higher education and workforce-linked STEM, the fund supported Talladega College for creation of a cybersecurity center in both 2023 and 2024. It also backed New England Science & Sailing Foundation Inc for development of curricular units and Sea Research Foundation Inc for STEM education programming, including work for EastCONN schools. In college access and student enrichment, Leadership Education and Athletics Partnership Inc received grants for a college access program in 2023 and 2024, while Horizons National Student Enrichment Program Inc was funded for affiliate support and expansion. The Children’s Village was also supported for tutoring and creative arts programs, showing that academic support and arts enrichment can appear together in its portfolio. On literacy and arts, the fund gave to Read to Grow Inc for early childhood literacy and book distribution, and to Hartford Stage Company for the Connections Classroom literacy program. Connecticut Public Broadcasting Inc was funded for Latino educational programming, adding media-based educational content to the mix.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$3.4M
Total Assets
$28M
Total Revenue
$1.8M
Total Expenses
$3.7M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $800 and $10K, with a median of $10K.
25th Percentile
$800
Median
$10K
75th Percentile
$10K
Geographic Reach
National11 states funded
About 0% of grants go to recipients in CT.
Funding intensity
LowHigh
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