About Teagle Foundation
The Teagle Foundation works to support and strengthen liberal arts education, which we see as fundamental to meaningful work, effective citizenship, and a fulfilling life. Our aim is to serve as a catalyst for the improvement of teaching and learning in the arts and sciences while addressing issues of financial sustainability and accountability in higher education.
Focus Areas
Liberal arts educationHumanities in general educationCivic education and civic lifeTransfer pathways and student transfer successFaculty development and curricular reformCommunity college partnerships
Who They Fund
undergraduate college studentscommunity college students / transfer studentsveteranscolleges and universities (faculty and programs)students in justice/criminal-justice programs
About Teagle Foundation
The Teagle Foundation’s clearest throughline is its support for liberal arts education as preparation for meaningful work, effective citizenship, and a fulfilling life. That mission shows up in grants that range from endowment support for Bard College to programmatic funding for colleges, universities, and nonprofit partners working on humanities, civic learning, and transfer pathways. Recent awards also show the foundation backing targeted initiatives rather than one-off sponsorships alone. It gave $200,000 to Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York for Knowledge for Freedom, a program that brings underserved high school students into college-level study of humanity’s deepest questions about purpose and civic responsibility. The foundation also supported the Foundation for City College with $200,000 for Education for American Civic Life, reflecting its interest in civic education tied to higher education. Across its grantmaking, The Teagle Foundation supports undergraduate learning, faculty-led curricular reform, community college partnerships, and student pathways into and through the liberal arts. Its portfolio includes large scholarship and program awards as well as gifts to universities, consortia, and special projects connected to humanities education and civic life.
What Teagle Foundation Funds
In humanities and undergraduate general education, The Teagle Foundation has funded Cornerstone: Learning for Living with awards such as $250,000 to Saint Louis University, $245,000 to California Maritime Academy FDN Inc, and $218,750 to Rochester Institute of Technology. Those grants point to curricular and programmatic work meant to strengthen core humanities experiences for undergraduates. The foundation also backs civic education and place-based learning. It gave $200,000 to Foundation for City College for Education for American Civic Life, and $163,333 to Ashland University for Knowledge for Freedom. Separately, it supported the Warrior-Scholar Project with $150,000 for a Humanities Boot Camp for Veterans at Notre Dame, Princeton, and Brown, showing an interest in veterans’ humanities education. Transfer is another recurring theme. A $175,000 grant to North Carolina Independent Colleges and Universities supported Transfer Pathways to the Liberal Arts, alongside other partnership-oriented work in the same initiative.
How Teagle Foundation Gives
The Teagle Foundation’s typical grant size is $1,500 at the 25th percentile, $25,000 at the median, and $82,000 at the 75th percentile, while recent awards also include much larger program and endowment grants. The foundation is a regular funder, not a donor-advised fund, and it funds individuals as well as institutions. Its recent record shows repeated support to some recipients across multiple years, including International Scholarship & Tuition, Columbia University, Vanderbilt University, and the Foundation for City College. The foundation also accepts unsolicited proposals for several active programs, including Knowledge for Freedom, Transfer Pathways to the Liberal Arts, Civics in the City, and Cornerstone: Learning for Living.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$7.8M
Total Assets
$169.9M
Total Revenue
$30.2M
Total Expenses
$13.1M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $2K and $82K, with a median of $25K.
25th Percentile
$2K
Median
$25K
75th Percentile
$82K
Geographic Reach
National40 states funded
About 31% of grants go to recipients in SC.
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Headquarters
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Where Teagle Foundation Funds
Top 2 recipient countries by grant volume for Teagle Foundation.
| Rank | Country | Grants | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United StatesDomestic | 627 | $29.9M | 99.8% |
| 2 | Puerto Rico | 1 | $200K |
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