Grants & Programs


 

The Wallace Foundation is currently active in three focus areas.  The Foundation solicits proposals from organizations it identifies for programs it initiates, and unsolicited proposals are rarely funded.

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Focus Areas & Programs

Building Appreciation and Demand for the Arts

Make the arts a part of many more people's lives working with exemplary arts organizations and through more opportunities for arts learning.

View Current Building Appreciation and Demand for the Arts Programs

Education Leadership

Develop effective education leadership, especially among principals and superintendents, to improve student learning.

View Current Education Leadership Programs

Out-Of-School Learning

Improve the quality of out-of-school learning opportunities for children and families and promote learning as a core community value.

View Current Out-Of-School Learning Programs

Other Current Programs

This category captures work that crosses our current program areas, serves the interests of the Foundation as a whole, or "incubates" new ideas for future strategy directions.

View Current Other Current Programs Programs

Grant Approach

The Wallace Foundation is a national foundation that supports programs in the United States. Grants are awarded to nonprofit public charitable organizations that are tax exempt under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.

Funding Guidelines
Guide for Grantees

Grantees

Wallace grant recipients.

Grant Recipients

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Notable and Quotable

“As much as anyone in public education, it is the principal who is in a position to ensure that good teaching and learning spreads beyond single classrooms, and that ineffective practices aren’t simply allowed to fester.”

--Preparing School Leaders for a Changing World: Lessons from Exemplary Leadership Development Programs – Final Report