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Funding search · EIN 110303001 · Boston, MA

Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund

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

372,088
grants reported
$56.51B
total given
2021–2024
filing years
$20,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2021–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

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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

  • Higher education: universities, foundations, medical schools, alumni-directed gifts
  • Transfers to other donor-advised fund sponsors and community foundations
  • Hospitals, cancer centers, and disease-specific research institutes
  • Religious institutions: LDS church, Jewish federations, Christian ministries
  • International relief and global health: MSF, IRC, Partners In Health
  • Environment and civil liberties advocacy: EDF, NRDC, Nature Conservancy, ACLU

Typical grant

Median grant is $20,000 and the middle half runs $10,000 to $52,500, so the overwhelming volume is small donor-directed gifts. The nine-figure checks go to other DAF sponsors and to a handful of large universities, and those totals are aggregates of thousands of separate donor recommendations, not single institutional awards. Repeat giving is the norm at the recipient level, but it repeats because individual donors renew, not because a program officer renewed anything.

Their words

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

  • “For grant recipient's exempt purposes”
  • “donor advised”
  • “charitable gift fund”
  • “exempt purposes”

Positioning adjacent work

  • Treat this as a payment channel, not a funder. Cultivate individual DAF holders and ask them to recommend your organization.
  • Confirm your 501(c)(3) status and EIN are clean and searchable; Fidelity's grant tool is how donors find you.
  • Size asks to donor capacity, not to the aggregate totals. Most gifts here land between $10,000 and $52,500.
  • Lean on themes their donors already fund heavily: university research, cancer and disease research, global relief, environment.

Worth knowing: This is the largest DAF sponsor in the country, and the giving reflects tens of thousands of individual donor choices rather than any foundation strategy. California, New York, Texas, Massachusetts and Florida dominate the recipient counts, and hundreds of millions flow sideways to Vanguard Charitable, National Philanthropic Trust and ImpactAssets, which tells you nothing about program priorities.

Top recipients

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

  • National Philanthropic Tr5 grants · $1.31B
  • The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints5 grants · $850.2M
  • Schwab Charitable Fund4 grants · $754.7M
  • Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program5 grants · $550.8M
  • New Venture Fund5 grants · $457.5M
  • President and Fellows of Harvard College5 grants · $433.1M
  • Impactassets5 grants · $376.1M
  • Johns Hopkins University12 grants · $353.6M
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology5 grants · $327.9M
  • Cornell University5 grants · $285.0M

Giving over time

$19.97B
2021
$9.31B
2022
$12.32B
2023
$14.91B
2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 372,088 grants.

  • $480.1M

    Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Warwick, RI · 2024

    For grant recipient's exempt purposes

  • $346.8M

    National Philanthropic Tr · Jenkintown, PA · 2024

    For grant recipient's exempt purposes

  • $308.4M

    National Philanthropic Tr · Jenkintown, PA · 2021

    For grant recipient's exempt purposes

  • $308.4M

    National Philanthropic Tr · Jenkintown, PA · 2021

    For grant recipient's exempt purposes

  • $235.3M

    Schwab Charitable Fund · Orlando, FL · 2021

    For grant recipient's exempt purposes

  • $235.3M

    Schwab Charitable Fund · Orlando, FL · 2021

    For grant recipient's exempt purposes

  • $219.7M

    Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center · New York, NY · 2023

    For grant recipient's exempt purposes

  • $209.0M

    Johns Hopkins University · Baltimore, MD · 2024

    For grant recipient's exempt purposes

  • $203.7M

    Impactassets · Bethesda, MD · 2024

    For grant recipient's exempt purposes

  • $195.0M

    The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints · Salt Lake Cty, UT · 2021

    For grant recipient's exempt purposes

  • $195.0M

    The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints · Salt Lake Cty, UT · 2021

    For grant recipient's exempt purposes

  • $195.0M

    National Philanthropic Tr · Jenkintown, PA · 2022

    For grant recipient's exempt purposes

  • $189.1M

    The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints · Salt Lake Cty, UT · 2024

    For grant recipient's exempt purposes

  • $183.1M

    Schwab Charitable Fund · Orlando, FL · 2022

    For grant recipient's exempt purposes

  • $159.9M

    Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Mana · Albany, NY · 2024

    For grant recipient's exempt purposes

  • $153.3M

    National Philanthropic Tr · Jenkintown, PA · 2023

    For grant recipient's exempt purposes

  • $147.5M

    Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Mountain View, CA · 2024

    For grant recipient's exempt purposes

  • $145.2M

    The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints · Salt Lake Cty, UT · 2023

    For grant recipient's exempt purposes

  • $137.9M

    Stifel Charitable · Saint Louis, MO · 2023

    For grant recipient's exempt purposes

  • $125.8M

    The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints · Salt Lake Cty, UT · 2022

    For grant recipient's exempt purposes

  • $122.9M

    Cornell University · Boone, IA · 2024

    For grant recipient's exempt purposes

  • $117.8M

    Donor Advised Charitable Giving · Omaha, NE · 2024

    For grant recipient's exempt purposes

  • $116.8M

    California Institute of Technology · Pasadena, CA · 2023

    For grant recipient's exempt purposes

  • $113.8M

    President and Fellows of Harvard College · Cambridge, MA · 2024

    For grant recipient's exempt purposes

  • $110.9M

    New Venture Fund · Washington, DC · 2023

    For grant recipient's exempt purposes

  • $104.2M

    Goldman Sachs Philanthropy Fund · Cohoes, NY · 2021

    For grant recipient's exempt purposes

  • $104.2M

    Goldman Sachs Philanthropy Fund · Cohoes, NY · 2021

    For grant recipient's exempt purposes

  • $101.4M

    North Carolina State University Foundation · Raleigh, NC · 2024

    For grant recipient's exempt purposes

  • $101.0M

    President and Fellows of Harvard College · Cambridge, MA · 2022

    For grant recipient's exempt purposes

  • $100.9M

    Schwab Charitable Fund · Orlando, FL · 2023

    For grant recipient's exempt purposes

  • $99.4M

    American Online Giving Foundation · Pittsburgh, PA · 2024

    For grant recipient's exempt purposes

  • $98.2M

    Climateworks Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2023

    For grant recipient's exempt purposes

  • $97.2M

    President and Fellows of Harvard College · Cambridge, MA · 2023

    For grant recipient's exempt purposes

  • $95.5M

    Johns Hopkins University · Baltimore, MD · 2023

    For grant recipient's exempt purposes

  • $92.8M

    New Venture Fund · Washington, DC · 2024

    For grant recipient's exempt purposes

  • $90.8M

    New Venture Fund · Washington, DC · 2022

    For grant recipient's exempt purposes

  • $87.8M

    Impactassets · Bethesda, MD · 2023

    For grant recipient's exempt purposes

  • $87.3M

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology · Cambridge, MA · 2021

    For grant recipient's exempt purposes

  • $87.3M

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology · Cambridge, MA · 2021

    For grant recipient's exempt purposes

  • $84.7M

    United States Energy Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2023

    For grant recipient's exempt purposes

  • $82.1M

    Planned Parenthood Federation of America · New York, NY · 2021

    For grant recipient's exempt purposes

  • $82.1M

    Planned Parenthood Federation of America · New York, NY · 2021

    For grant recipient's exempt purposes

  • $81.5M

    New Venture Fund · Washington, DC · 2021

    For grant recipient's exempt purposes

  • $81.5M

    New Venture Fund · Washington, DC · 2021

    For grant recipient's exempt purposes

  • $81.5M

    Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated · New York, NY · 2024

    For grant recipient's exempt purposes

  • $80.1M

    Arizona State University Foundation for a New Amer · Tempe, AZ · 2024

    For grant recipient's exempt purposes

  • $75.4M

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology · Cambridge, MA · 2023

    For grant recipient's exempt purposes

  • $71.8M

    Our American Future Foundation · Washington, DC · 2023

    For grant recipient's exempt purposes

  • $70.5M

    Jewish Communal Fund · New York, NY · 2023

    For grant recipient's exempt purposes

  • $70.1M

    Cornell University · Boone, IA · 2023

    For grant recipient's exempt purposes

  • $65.3M

    Edesia · N Kingstown, RI · 2023

    For grant recipient's exempt purposes

  • $65.1M

    Enterprise Community Partners · Columbia, MD · 2024

    For grant recipient's exempt purposes

  • $64.5M

    Ahavas Zion · Brooklyn, NY · 2024

    For grant recipient's exempt purposes

  • $62.3M

    Greater Horizons · Kansas City, MO · 2022

    For grant recipient's exempt purposes

  • $62.1M

    Charter Fund · Denver, CO · 2024

    For grant recipient's exempt purposes

  • $60.8M

    The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junio · Redwood City, CA · 2023

    For grant recipient's exempt purposes

  • $60.6M

    President and Fellows of Harvard College · Cambridge, MA · 2021

    For grant recipient's exempt purposes

  • $60.6M

    President and Fellows of Harvard College · Cambridge, MA · 2021

    For grant recipient's exempt purposes

  • $60.1M

    Brown University of Providence · Providence, RI · 2024

    For grant recipient's exempt purposes

  • $60.0M

    Iff · Chicago, IL · 2024

    For grant recipient's exempt purposes

  • $58.4M

    Hopewell Fund · Washington, DC · 2023

    For grant recipient's exempt purposes

  • $58.3M

    Hopewell Fund · Washington, DC · 2021

    For grant recipient's exempt purposes

  • $58.3M

    Hopewell Fund · Washington, DC · 2021

    For grant recipient's exempt purposes

  • $57.8M

    American Endowment Foundation · Hudson, OH · 2022

    For grant recipient's exempt purposes

  • $53.2M

    Renaissance Charitable Foundation · Indianapolis, IN · 2024

    For grant recipient's exempt purposes

  • $53.1M

    Founders Pledge · New York, NY · 2024

    For grant recipient's exempt purposes

  • $52.2M

    Id Insight · Princeton, NJ · 2024

    For grant recipient's exempt purposes

  • $50.8M

    Medical Debt Resolution · Long Island City, NY · 2024

    For grant recipient's exempt purposes

  • $50.7M

    The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junio · Palo Alto, CA · 2021

    For grant recipient's exempt purposes

  • $50.7M

    The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junio · Palo Alto, CA · 2021

    For grant recipient's exempt purposes

  • $49.8M

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology · Cambridge, MA · 2024

    For grant recipient's exempt purposes

  • $48.2M

    The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junio · Redwood City, CA · 2024

    For grant recipient's exempt purposes

  • $46.7M

    The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junio · Redwood City, CA · 2022

    For grant recipient's exempt purposes

  • $46.1M

    Independent Charitable Gift Fund · Hudson, OH · 2023

    For grant recipient's exempt purposes

  • $45.9M

    Mass General Brigham Incorporated · Boston, MA · 2024

    For grant recipient's exempt purposes

  • $45.3M

    Npt Charitable Asset Tr · Jenkintown, PA · 2021

    For grant recipient's exempt purposes

  • $45.3M

    Npt Charitable Asset Tr · Jenkintown, PA · 2021

    For grant recipient's exempt purposes

  • $44.6M

    Our American Future Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024

    For grant recipient's exempt purposes

  • $44.6M

    Medecins Sans Frontieres USA · New York, NY · 2024

    For grant recipient's exempt purposes

  • $43.8M

    Trustees of Dartmouth College · Hanover, NH · 2024

    For grant recipient's exempt purposes

  • $43.8M

    Founders Pledge · New York, NY · 2023

    For grant recipient's exempt purposes

  • $42.9M

    Cornell University · Boone, IA · 2022

    For grant recipient's exempt purposes

  • $42.8M

    Medecins Sans Frontieres USA · New York, NY · 2023

    For grant recipient's exempt purposes

  • $42.5M

    Ahavas Zion · Brooklyn, NY · 2023

    For grant recipient's exempt purposes

  • $41.9M

    Hopewell Fund · Washington, DC · 2022

    For grant recipient's exempt purposes

  • $41.8M

    Lucile Packard Foundation for Childrens Health · Palo Alto, CA · 2022

    For grant recipient's exempt purposes

  • $41.2M

    Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art · Bentonville, AR · 2021

    For grant recipient's exempt purposes

  • $41.2M

    Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art · Bentonville, AR · 2021

    For grant recipient's exempt purposes

  • $41.2M

    Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated · New York, NY · 2023

    For grant recipient's exempt purposes

  • $41.1M

    University of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2021

    For grant recipient's exempt purposes

  • $41.1M

    University of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2021

    For grant recipient's exempt purposes

  • $40.6M

    Samaritans Purse · Boone, NC · 2024

    For grant recipient's exempt purposes

  • $40.2M

    Ransom Everglades School · Coconut Grove, FL · 2023

    For grant recipient's exempt purposes

  • $40.0M

    Follow Your Dream Foundation · New York, NY · 2024

    For grant recipient's exempt purposes

  • $40.0M

    Climate Imperative Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2023

    For grant recipient's exempt purposes

  • $40.0M

    Beygood Foundation · Encino, CA · 2022

    For grant recipient's exempt purposes

  • $38.5M

    American National Red Cross · Washington, DC · 2024

    For grant recipient's exempt purposes

  • $38.2M

    International Rescue Committee · Albert Lea, MN · 2021

    For grant recipient's exempt purposes

  • $38.2M

    International Rescue Committee · Albert Lea, MN · 2021

    For grant recipient's exempt purposes

  • $38.1M

    American Civil Liberties Union Foundation · New York, NY · 2024

    For grant recipient's exempt purposes

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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.