Funding search · EIN 516506426 · Wilmington, DE

American Gift Fund

Name: American Gift Fund grants, 2022–2024
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A grantmaking public charity (files IRS Form 990, Schedule I). Charities like this often run real grant programs with application cycles.

4,670
grants reported: $227.2M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $15,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

Where the money goes

Donor-advised transfers to other sponsoring charities and gift funds
Churches and faith-based ministries, many denominations, unrestricted operating support
Universities, university foundations, and private secondary schools
Human services: shelters, food, disability services, youth camps
Arts and culture: jazz, opera, theatre, orchestras, public media
Health systems, hospital foundations, and disease-specific research groups

Typical grant

Median grant is $15,000 and half of all grants fall between $10,000 and $31,922, so the routine check is small. The seven-figure outliers go to donor-advised fund sponsors (Renaissance, American Endowment, Raymond James, Morgan Stanley, Fidelity, Schwab, National Philanthropic Trust) and to a few large individual commitments like Opportunity Village Foundation at $5 million and Jazz at Aspen Snowmass at $3.6 million. With 4,670 grants to 2,987 recipients over three years, many organizations appear more than once, so repeat support is common at modest levels.

Their words

Phrases from their own grant descriptions, worth speaking back to them.

“OPERATIONS”
“FOUNDATION”
“FUND”
“CHURCH”
“UNIVERSITY”

Positioning adjacent work

Recognize this is a donor-advised fund sponsor; the real decision maker is an individual account holder, not staff.
Find the donor already giving in your field, then ask them to recommend a grant.
Ask in the $10,000 to $30,000 band unless a specific donor relationship supports more.
Frame the request as unrestricted operating support, which is how nearly every grant is coded.

Worth knowing: American Gift Fund is a donor-advised fund sponsor, not a foundation with a program agenda, so the 2,987 recipients reflect thousands of separate donor choices rather than one strategy. Money follows existing donor ties: California, Minnesota, and New York lead, and large gifts cluster in Nevada, North Dakota, and Pennsylvania where individual account holders live.

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

Metropolitan Opera Association1 grant · $6.4M
Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund3 grants · $5.4M
Renaissance Charitable Foundation2 grants · $5.3M
Opportunity Village Foundation1 grant · $5.0M
Jazz at Aspen Snowmass1 grant · $3.6M
League of Vaishnava Entrepreneurs2 grants · $3.0M
American Endowment Foundation3 grants · $1.7M
Tri Deltas Foundation3 grants · $1.6M
Chevy Chase United Methodist Church3 grants · $1.6M
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints2 grants · $1.6M

Giving over time

$65.2M

2022

$63.8M

2023

$98.2M

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 4,670 grants.

$6.4M
Metropolitan Opera Association · New York, NY · 2022
Operations
$5.0M
Opportunity Village Foundation · Las Vegas, NV · 2024
Operations
$4.0M
Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund · Cincinnati, OH · 2022
Operations
$3.6M
Jazz at Aspen Snowmass · Aspen, CO · 2024
Operations
$3.3M
Renaissance Charitable Foundation · Indianapolis, IN · 2023
Operations
$1.9M
Renaissance Charitable Foundation · Indianapolis, IN · 2024
Operations
$1.8M
League of Vaishnava Entrepreneurs · Southborough, MA · 2022
Operations
$1.5M
Social Justice Legal Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Operations
$1.5M
American Endowment Foundation · Hudson, OH · 2024
Operations
$1.5M
Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · St Petersburg, FL · 2024
Operations
$1.4M
Healing Life Guidance Center · Ogden, IA · 2024
Operations
$1.3M
Barstow School · Kansas City, MO · 2023
Operations
$1.3M
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints · Provo, UT · 2023
Operations
$1.2M
League of Vaishnava Entrepreneurs · Southborough, MA · 2024
Operations
$1.1M
Morgan Stanley Gift · Purchase, NY · 2024
Operations
$1.0M
Pennsylvania State University · University Park, PA · 2024
Operations
$1.0M
Penn State University · State College, PA · 2023
Operations
$1.0M
Green Our Planet · Las Vegas, NV · 2024
Operations
$1.0M
Rapid City Club for Boys Foundation · Rapid City, SD · 2024
Operations
$979,875
Eagle Brook Church · Centerville, MN · 2022
Operations
$973,000
New Bridge Baptist Church · Sandston, VA · 2024
Operations
$953,525
St Leo the Great Catholic Church · Lancaster, PA · 2024
Operations
$946,854
National Philanthropic Trust · Jenkintown, PA · 2024
Operations
$930,000
Seattle University · Seattle, WA · 2024
Operations
$915,409
Matter · St Louis Park, MN · 2022
Operations
$851,482
Und Alumni Association and Foundation · Grand Forks, ND · 2024
Operations
$805,500
Salvation Army · Washington, DC · 2022
Operations
$800,250
Tri Deltas Foundation · Dallas, TX · 2022
Operations
$800,000
Chevy Chase United Methodist Church · Chevy Chase, MD · 2022
Operations
$800,000
George Washington University · Washington, DC · 2022
Operations
$784,121
Anoka United Methodist Church · Anoka, MN · 2022
Operations
$779,392
Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust · Purchase, NY · 2023
Operations
$778,605
Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund · Cincinnati, OH · 2024
Operations
$730,732
Annunciation Church · Minneapolis, MN · 2022
Operations
$729,850
Cathedral of St John the Baptist · Paterson, NJ · 2023
Operations
$725,000
Trustees of University of Pennsylvania · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Operations
$724,130
Hearing Speech and Deaf Center · Seattle, WA · 2023
Operations
$696,139
Schwab Charitable Fund · Orlando, FL · 2024
Operations
$692,000
Lighthouse Christian Church · Fond Du Lac, WI · 2024
Operations
$679,205
Cure 4 the Kids Foundation · Las Vegas, NV · 2023
Operations
$659,450
Young Life Lakes Area · Detroit Lakes, MN · 2023
Operations
$641,049
Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund · Cincinnati, OH · 2023
Operations
$600,000
Homefront · Lawrenceville, NJ · 2023
Operations
$568,775
Jewish Community Fdn of Los Angeles · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Operations
$567,629
Kalamazoo Gospel Mission · Kalamazoo, MI · 2022
Operations
$567,629
Pretty Lake Vacation Camp · Mattawan, MI · 2022
Operations
$555,000
Pasadena Playhouse · Pasadena, CA · 2024
Operations
$550,000
Alice Coopers Solid Rock Teen Centers · Phoenix, AZ · 2022
Operations
$546,265
St Marys University of Minnesota · Winona, MN · 2023
Operations
$530,250
University of Arizona Foundation · Tucson, AZ · 2022
Operations
$526,272
Tilton School · Tilton, NH · 2024
Operations
$515,750
Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
Operations
$513,500
The Salvation Army · Midland, TX · 2024
Operations
$510,500
The Olney Theatre Center for the Arts · Olney, MD · 2023
Operations
$510,500
Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences · East Boothbay, ME · 2022
Operations
$500,500
Whyy · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Operations
$500,000
Florida Atlantic University Foundation · Boca Raton, FL · 2024
Operations
$500,000
Homefront · Lawrenceville, NJ · 2024
Operations
$500,000
Joybound People and Pets · Walnut Creek, CA · 2024
Operations
$500,000
The Refined Open Bible Church · Campbellsport, WI · 2024
Operations
$500,000
University of Nevada Reno Foundation · Reno, NV · 2024
Operations
$500,000
Goodie Two Shoes Foundation · Las Vegas, NV · 2023
Operations
$500,000
University of Nevada Reno Foundation · Reno, NV · 2023
Operations
$500,000
Westminster Presbyterian Church · Minneapolis, MN · 2023
Operations
$500,000
Valleywise Health Foundation · Phoenix, AZ · 2022
Operations
$498,382
Corporation of the President · Salt Lake City, UT · 2022
Operations
$494,168
US Charitable Gift Trust · Indianapolis, IN · 2023
Operations
$473,294
Schwab Charitable Fund · Orlando, FL · 2022
Operations
$450,000
Teen Project · Sun Valley, CA · 2024
Operations
$442,950
Lutheran Church of the Redeemer · Saint Paul, MN · 2023
Operations
$440,000
The Aspen Institute · Washington, DC · 2024
Operations
$438,784
Stilwell United Methodist Church · Stilwell, KS · 2024
Operations
$430,000
Eye Care for Kids · Las Vegas, NV · 2023
Operations
$409,748
American Red Cross · Boone, IA · 2024
Operations
$409,550
The George Washington University · Washington, DC · 2024
Operations
$407,980
Indiana University Foundation · Bloomington, IN · 2024
Operations
$407,500
The Salvation Army National Capital Area Command · Washington, DC · 2023
Operations
$406,074
Parkinsons Foundation Minnesota and Dakotas Chapter · Miami, FL · 2024
Operations
$401,000
The George Washington University · Washington, DC · 2023
Operations
$400,500
Tri Deltas Foundation · Dallas, TX · 2024
Operations
$400,250
Tri Deltas Foundation · Dallas, TX · 2023
Operations
$400,000
Chevy Chase United Methodist Church · Chevy Chase, MD · 2024
Operations
$400,000
Chevy Chase United Methodist Church · Chevy Chase, MD · 2023
Operations
$400,000
House of Prayer Eternal Ministries · Tampa, FL · 2022
Operations
$400,000
The Santa Fe Opera · Santa Fe, NM · 2022
Operations
$392,950
Friends of Metro Search and Rescue · North Las Vegas, NV · 2023
Operations
$377,877
Stifel Charitable · St Louis, MO · 2022
Operations
$376,930
World Vision · Federal Way, WA · 2023
Operations
$372,650
University of Minnesota Foundation · Minneapolis, MN · 2024
Operations
$367,000
First Baptist Church Montgomery · Montgomery, AL · 2024
Operations
$360,520
Colgate University Treasurers Office · Hamilton, NY · 2023
Operations
$356,000
Angels Place · Southfield, MI · 2024
Operations
$355,442
Bethlehem Lutheran Church · Mankato, MN · 2022
Operations
$354,000
Eisenhower Medical Center · Rancho Mirage, CA · 2024
Operations
$351,300
First Baptist Church Kilgore · Kilgore, TX · 2023
Operations
$350,000
St Rose Dominican Health Foundation · Henderson, NV · 2024
Operations
$350,000
University of Texas Health Science Center · Houston, TX · 2024
Operations
$350,000
Wounded Warriors Abilities Ranch · Pinellas Park, FL · 2022
Operations
$345,356
University of Nevada Las Vegas Foundation · Las Vegas, NV · 2024
Operations
$343,934
Youthcare · Seattle, WA · 2022
Operations

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Source: IRS Form 990, Schedule I, as filed by this organization. These are grants already paid. Grants paid directly to individuals are reported to the IRS only as totals, so they do not appear as named lines here.