Lumina Foundation for Education Inc.
Type: Private foundation · EIN: 35-1813228 · Headquarters: Indianapolis, IN 46204-2441 · Website
NTEE code: T20 · Applications: Accepts applications
Total grants paid: $561,228,104.00 (2018–2024, all fiscal years on file). This total comes from the GetFunded foundation-years file (grants_paid), never from adding up the grants below.
Only 1627 of this foundation's grants on file were matched to a named recipient ($397,697,723.00); $163,530,381.00 across 2347 grants was not linked to a named recipient and is counted in the total above, not listed below. The 20 largest matched grants shown here total $25,156,983.00 — a subset of the total, not the total itself.
Foundation data: grants paid, latest complete year 2023 (2024 partial — included, each grant labelled by fiscal year). Each grant below shows its fiscal year plainly. 990-PF grant rows carry no recipient EIN — the recipient name shown is the organisation GetFunded matched the row to; matches can be wrong, so check the filing object ID against the source filing.
| Recipient | City / State | Amount | Fiscal year | Filing object ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Columbus Learning Center Management Corporation | Columbus, IN | $2,000,000.00 | FY2020 | 202113199349109186 |
| Georgetown University | Washington, DC | $2,000,000.00 | FY2021 | 202213199349107686 |
| Georgetown University | Washington, DC | $2,000,000.00 | FY2023 | 202443209349104529 |
| New America Foundation | Washington, DC | $1,850,000.00 | FY2020 | 202113199349109186 |
| Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc. | New York, NY | $1,562,500.00 | FY2021 | 202213199349107686 |
| Us Chamber of Commerce Foundation | Washington, DC | $1,500,000.00 | FY2021 | 202213199349107686 |
| American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers | Washington, DC | $1,450,000.00 | FY2021 | 202213199349107686 |
| National Skills Coalition | Washington, DC | $1,300,000.00 | FY2021 | 202213199349107686 |
| Association of Chamber of Commerce Executives Foundation | Alexandria, VA | $1,297,826.00 | FY2021 | 202213199349107686 |
| National Skills Coalition | Washington, DC | $1,200,000.00 | FY2023 | 202443209349104529 |
| Georgetown University | Washington, DC | $1,000,000.00 | FY2019 | 202003189349100520 |
| Foundation for California Community Colleges | Sacramento, CA | $1,000,000.00 | FY2021 | 202213199349107686 |
| Association of Chamber of Commerce Executives Foundation | Alexandria, VA | $994,000.00 | FY2023 | 202443209349104529 |
| National Skills Coalition | Washington, DC | $950,000.00 | FY2019 | 202003189349100520 |
| American Council on Education | Washington, DC | $900,000.00 | FY2022 | 202313199349101271 |
| Georgetown University | Washington, DC | $900,000.00 | FY2024 | 202533219349105458 |
| Us Chamber of Commerce Foundation | Washington, DC | $835,000.00 | FY2023 | 202443209349104529 |
| Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities | Washington, DC | $818,000.00 | FY2021 | 202213199349107686 |
| Foundation for California Community Colleges | Sacramento, CA | $800,000.00 | FY2023 | 202443209349104529 |
| Shift Work Forward Inc. | Washington, DC | $799,657.00 | FY2021 | 202213199349107686 |
| Total of grants shown on this page (matched grants only) | $25,156,983.00 | |||
Grants paid by fiscal year
From the foundation-years file. "Not linked" grants are counted here and in the total above, but have no named recipient to list. "Basis" is which 990-PF line the grants-paid figure was read from — qualifying distributions or disbursements for charitable purposes; the two lines are not the same measure. Years after FY2024, where present, are totals only — the matched-grant files end at FY2024, so no named grants are shown for those years.
| Fiscal year | Grants paid | Basis | Grants on file | Linked | Not linked | Amount not linked |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024 | $73,462,589.00 | qualifying_distributions | 357 | 192 | 165 | $17,141,461.00 |
| FY2023 | $89,865,542.00 | qualifying_distributions | 335 | 173 | 162 | $25,659,673.00 |
| FY2022 | $69,151,951.00 | qualifying_distributions | 337 | 171 | 166 | $18,760,305.00 |
| FY2021 | $82,845,134.00 | qualifying_distributions | 425 | 195 | 230 | $26,099,783.00 |
| FY2020 | $70,556,639.00 | qualifying_distributions | 843 | 302 | 541 | $20,275,407.00 |
| FY2019 | $92,662,132.00 | qualifying_distributions | 828 | 328 | 500 | $29,903,870.00 |
| FY2018 | $82,684,117.00 | qualifying_distributions | 849 | 266 | 583 | $25,689,882.00 |
| All years on file | $561,228,104.00 | 3974 | 1627 | 2347 | $163,530,381.00 |
Sources
Foundation profile on GetFunded: https://getfunded.ai/funder/f5af8f8e-fc7a-47cc-85f1-b017df5af1fc
Foundation data: GetFunded Open Foundation List (release data-2026-10-08), CC BY 4.0 — Open Funder Database contributors (GetFunded), from IRS e-file data. Built from IRS Form 990-PF e-file data. Also listed on ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer: EIN 35-1813228.
Each grant above names its filing object ID so it can be checked against the source filing. No purpose text is published with these grants (the source withholds it pending a privacy review).