Funding search · EIN 237825575 · Jenkintown, PA

National Philanthropic Trust

Name: National Philanthropic Trust grants, 2021–2024
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.

71,313
grants reported: $20.58B
total given: 2021–2024
filing years: $22,500
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

human services religion education benefit public societal arts

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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

Transfers to peer DAF sponsors: Fidelity Charitable, Silicon Valley, Jewish Communal Fund
CDFI and community development finance: LISC, Self-Help, Grameen America, Inclusiv
Climate and environment: ClimateWorks, Grantham Environmental Trust, Windward Fund
Private research universities: Stanford, Harvard, Johns Hopkins, Cornell, Yale, Duke
K-12 education reform and college access: XQ, 50CAN, TN SCORE, College Track
Effective-altruism global health: Founders Pledge, Against Malaria, Lead Exposure Elimination

Typical grant

Median grant is $22,500, with the middle half between $10,000 and $61,303. That is the real number for a single donor recommendation; the eight- and nine-figure lines at the top are account-to-account transfers to other sponsors like Fidelity Charitable and Silicon Valley Community Foundation, or single mega-donors routing through NPT, and neither reflects a discretionary program. With 71,313 grants to 37,237 recipients over four years, the average recipient sees roughly two checks, so repeat support happens but it tracks one donor's habit rather than an institutional renewal cycle.

Their words

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

“PUBLIC, SOCIETAL BENEFIT”
“HUMAN SERVICES”
“ENVIRONMENT, ANIMALS”
“CULTURE & ARTS”
“INTERNATIONAL”

Positioning adjacent work

Do not pitch NPT staff. Identify the individual donor behind a comparable grant and cultivate them directly.
Size the first ask at $10,000 to $60,000, matching the median band, not the headline transfers.
For climate or global health work, mirror ClimateWorks and Against Malaria framing: measurable, cost-per-outcome results.
Community finance and housing draw the largest non-transfer checks. Frame research as supporting CDFI or supportive-housing practice.

Worth knowing: New York and California recipients account for over 18,000 of the 37,237 organizations funded, and the top lines are dominated by movement of money between DAF sponsors rather than programmatic choices. The NTEE labels in these filings are unreliable, with Partners in Health coded RELIGION and the Lucas Museum coded HEALTH, so read the recipient name, not the category.

Top recipients

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

Silicon Valley Community Foundation4 grants · $1.19B
Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund4 grants · $799.7M
Renaissance Charitable Foundation4 grants · $358.3M
Johns Hopkins University4 grants · $316.0M
Lucas Museum of Narrative Art3 grants · $297.5M
Schwab Charitable Fund2 grants · $262.0M
Xq Institute4 grants · $255.6M
Jewish Communal Fund4 grants · $207.4M
Jeremy and Hannelore Grantham Environmental Trust4 grants · $202.0M
Blue Meridian Partners2 grants · $200.0M

Giving over time

$5.35B

2021

$4.09B

2022

$5.14B

2023

$5.99B

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 71,313 grants.

$366.4M
Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Mountain View, CA · 2023
Public, societal benefit
$302.1M
Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Mountain View, CA · 2021
Public, societal benefit
$284.9M
Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Cincinnati, OH · 2024
Public, societal benefit
$265.8M
Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Mountain View, CA · 2024
Human services
$257.1M
Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Mountain View, CA · 2022
Public, societal benefit
$250.0M
Lucas Museum of Narrative Art · San Francisco, CA · 2021
Culture & arts
$242.5M
Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Durham, NC · 2023
Public, societal benefit
$232.2M
Renaissance Charitable Foundation · Indianapolis, IN · 2023
Education
$209.0M
Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Cincinnati, OH · 2021
Public, societal benefit
$188.2M
Johns Hopkins University · Baltimore, MD · 2023
Human services
$185.2M
Schwab Charitable Fund · Orlando, FL · 2021
Public, societal benefit
$162.7M
Greater Horizons · Kansas City, MO · 2022
Public, societal benefit
$150.0M
Blue Meridian Partners · New York, NY · 2023
Environment, animals
$110.0M
Jewish Communal Fund · New York, NY · 2021
Public, societal benefit
$104.6M
Climate Imperative Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Culture & arts
$98.8M
Renaissance Charitable Foundation · Indianapolis, IN · 2022
Public, societal benefit
$91.7M
Jewish Communal Fund · New York, NY · 2024
Public, societal benefit
$90.2M
Jeremy and Hannelore Grantham Environmental Trust · Boston, MA · 2024
Public, societal benefit
$85.2M
Los Altos Community Foundation · Los Altos, CA · 2024
Public, societal benefit
$83.1M
Bm-a Institute · Palo Alto, CA · 2023
Public, societal benefit
$82.1M
New Venture Fund · Washington, DC · 2023
Public, societal benefit
$78.8M
Founders Pledge · New York, NY · 2024
Public, societal benefit
$76.8M
Schwab Charitable Fund · Orlando, FL · 2022
Public, societal benefit
$75.7M
Climateworks Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Environment, animals
$73.9M
Xq Institute · Palo Alto, CA · 2022
Education
$72.1M
Donor Advised Charitable Giving · Omaha, NE · 2023
Education
$71.3M
Xq Institute · Palo Alto, CA · 2024
Environment, animals
$68.8M
Johns Hopkins University · Baltimore, MD · 2022
Education
$66.3M
Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Jr University · Stanford, CA · 2023
Education
$65.4M
Stanford University · Stanford, CA · 2024
Education
$65.0M
Local Initiatives Support Corporation · New York, NY · 2024
Culture & arts
$65.0M
Latino Community Development Center · Durham, NC · 2024
Human services
$64.0M
The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University · Stanford, CA · 2022
Education
$63.2M
Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Cincinnati, OH · 2022
Public, societal benefit
$63.0M
The Seminar Network · Arlington, VA · 2021
Public, societal benefit
$62.3M
Stanford University Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Jr University · Stanford, CA · 2021
Education
$61.6M
The Rand Corporation · Santa Monica, CA · 2024
Culture & arts
$60.2M
Xq Institute · Palo Alto, CA · 2023
Education
$60.0M
Self Help Ventures Fund · Durham, NC · 2024
Human services
$57.3M
Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust · Little Falls, NJ · 2021
Public, societal benefit
$55.2M
Grameen America · Jackson Heights, NY · 2024
Public, societal benefit
$54.2M
President and Fellows of Harvard College · Boston, MA · 2024
Education
$53.3M
Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation · Boston, MA · 2024
Religion
$52.4M
American Endowment Foundation · Hudson, OH · 2024
Public, societal benefit
$51.1M
New Venture Fund · Washington, DC · 2021
Public, societal benefit
$51.0M
Partners in Health · Frederick, MD · 2021
Health
$50.5M
Johns Hopkins University · Baltimore, MD · 2024
Education
$50.2M
Xq Institute · Palo Alto, CA · 2021
Education
$50.0M
Coefficient Giving Advisors · Palo Alto, CA · 2024
Public, societal benefit
$50.0M
Blue Meridian Partners · New York, NY · 2021
Human services
$50.0M
National 4-H Council · Chevy Chase, MD · 2021
Environment, animals
$44.5M
President and Fellows of Harvard College · Boston, MA · 2022
Education
$43.8M
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors · New York, NY · 2021
Public, societal benefit
$43.6M
Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc - Dafgiving360 · Omaha, NE · 2024
Public, societal benefit
$42.0M
Rockefeller University · Bronx, NY · 2023
Environment, animals
$41.3M
Inkomoko · Clinton, WA · 2024
Human services
$41.2M
Jeremy and Hannelore Grantham Environmental Trust · Boston, MA · 2022
Environment, animals
$40.6M
Impact Assets · Bethesda, MD · 2024
Public, societal benefit
$40.0M
Jeremy and Hannelore Grantham Environmental Trust · Boston, MA · 2023
Education
$40.0M
Corporation for Supportive Housing · New York, NY · 2024
Public, societal benefit
$39.3M
50can · Washington, DC · 2023
Education
$38.7M
Harvard Medical School · Boston, MA · 2023
Education
$37.8M
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors · New York, NY · 2024
Public, societal benefit
$36.3M
Sterling Donor Advised Fund · Reston, VA · 2024
Human services
$35.0M
Nurse-Family Partnership · Denver, CO · 2021
Health
$35.0M
Lucas Museum of Narrative Art · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Culture & arts
$35.0M
New Schools Fund · Oakland, CA · 2021
Education
$34.3M
President and Fellows of Harvard College · Boston, MA · 2021
Education
$34.3M
New Venture Fund · Washington, DC · 2022
Environment, animals
$34.2M
Windward Fund · Washington, DC · 2024
Environment, animals
$33.4M
Vital Strategies · New York, NY · 2023
Education
$31.9M
Gavi Alliance · Washington, DC · 2021
International
$31.6M
Christel House International · Indianapolis, IN · 2024
Education
$31.5M
Vital Strategies · New York, NY · 2024
Health
$31.2M
Robin Hood Foundation · New York, NY · 2024
International
$30.6M
Jeremy and Hannelore Grantham Environmental Trust · Boston, MA · 2021
Environment, animals
$30.5M
Cornell University · Boone, IA · 2024
Education
$30.0M
Nami · Baltimore, MD · 2022
Public, societal benefit
$30.0M
Avina Americas · Washington, DC · 2024
International
$30.0M
Rural Community Assistance · West Sacramento, CA · 2024
Human services
$30.0M
Upstream USA · Oakland, CA · 2021
Health
$28.6M
Boys & Girls Clubs of America · Atlanta, GA · 2021
Human services
$28.6M
Year Up · Boston, MA · 2023
Human services
$27.5M
Slough Farm Foundation · Edgartown, MA · 2024
Human services
$27.3M
Goldman Sachs Philanthropy Fund · Albany, NY · 2021
Public, societal benefit
$26.3M
The Middle East Media Research Institute · Washington, DC · 2021
International
$25.6M
Northwestern Memorial Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2021
Health
$25.5M
Boston Foundation · Boston, MA · 2024
Public, societal benefit
$25.4M
City Year · Boston, MA · 2021
Human services
$25.3M
Center for Employment Opportunities · New York, NY · 2023
Education
$25.3M
Teach for America · Boston, MA · 2022
Education
$25.2M
Stand Together Foundation · Arlington, VA · 2021
Human services
$25.1M
Ted Foundation · New York, NY · 2023
Human services
$25.0M
Youth Villages · Memphis, TN · 2022
Health
$25.0M
United Way Worldwide · Alexandria, VA · 2021
Public, societal benefit
$25.0M
Big Brothers Big Sisters of America · Tampa, FL · 2021
Human services
$25.0M
Root Capital · Cambridge, MA · 2021
Public, societal benefit
$25.0M
University of New Mexico Foundation Incorporated · Albuquerque, NM · 2021
Education
$25.0M
Food for Education Foundation · New York, NY · 2024
Culture & arts
$25.0M
Last Mile Health · Boston, MA · 2022
Health

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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.