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The Pew Charitable Trusts

Name: The Pew Charitable Trusts 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.

1,692
grants reported: $571.8M
total given: 2021–2024
filing years: $62,877
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

policy matching gift civic life sponsorship gifts information

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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

Public opinion research and data journalism (Pew Research Center, ProPublica)
State and federal policy research: elections, fiscal, broadband, health
Marine and coastal conservation, fisheries, ocean policy
Philadelphia arts, culture, and heritage organizations (repeat $330K-$440K grants)
Philadelphia human services: health centers, youth, legal aid
Biomedical and university science awards, mostly $225K-$270K

Typical grant

Median grant is about $63,000, with the middle half falling between $20,000 and $200,000. The very large checks are internal or near-internal: $38.1 million to Pew Research Center, and multi-million awards to a handful of Philadelphia anchors like Esperanza Health Center and Children's Crisis Treatment Center. University and hospital grants cluster tightly at $225,000 to $270,000, which looks like a standardized multi-year research award, and Philadelphia arts grants repeat at nearly identical amounts across years, so renewal is normal once you are in.

Their words

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

“Policy”
“Civic Life”
“Information”
“DAF grant”

Positioning adjacent work

Pitch into the Policy bucket with a state-level angle: elections administration, fiscal health, broadband, or coastal management.
For university researchers, size the ask at $225,000 to $270,000, matching their standing award band.
Marine and fisheries work should name specific coastal jurisdictions, as with Native Conservancy and NC Coastal Federation.
If Philadelphia-based, connect to Civic Life and expect $330,000 rather than a one-time large capital ask.

Worth knowing: This is a hybrid: Pew Research Center absorbs a very large share of dollars, and Philadelphia gets 277 grants, so an outside applicant with no PA tie is competing for the Policy slice. Policy grantees skew heavily toward Washington intermediaries like NCSL, Council of State Governments, and Bipartisan Policy Center, which suggests giving flows through established institutional relationships rather than cold proposals.

Top recipients

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

Pew Research Center16 grants · $163.3M
Middlebury College3 grants · $28.3M
University of the Arts2 grants · $26.4M
Conservation International Foundation7 grants · $16.4M
The University of the Arts1 grant · $13.6M
Massachusetts Institute of Technology11 grants · $11.4M
National Conference of State Legislatures13 grants · $10.9M
Cp 20233 grants · $9.0M
10000 Degrees1 grant · $7.9M
The Ocean Foundation15 grants · $7.4M

Giving over time

$159.3M

2021

$136.4M

2022

$137.1M

2023

$139.0M

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 1,692 grants.

$38.1M
Pew Research Center · Washington, DC · 2024
Information
$38.0M
Pew Research Center · Washington, DC · 2022
Information
$38.0M
Pew Research Center · Washington, DC · 2021
Information
$34.2M
Pew Research Center · Washington, DC · 2023
Information
$25.0M
Middlebury College · Middlebury, VT · 2021
DAF Grant
$13.7M
University of the Arts · Philadelphia, PA · 2021
Civic Life
$13.6M
The University of the Arts · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
Civic Life
$12.7M
University of the Arts · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Civic Life
$7.9M
10000 Degrees · San Rafael, CA · 2021
DAF Grant
$7.0M
Pew Research Center · Washington, DC · 2023
Information
$6.9M
Resources Legacy Fund · Sacramento, CA · 2023
Policy
$6.4M
Bipartisan Policy Center · Washington, DC · 2023
Policy
$6.4M
Conservation International Foundation · Arlington, VA · 2024
Policy
$5.6M
Massachusetts Institute of Technology · Cambridge, MA · 2024
Policy
$5.3M
New Venture Fund · Washington, DC · 2021
DAF Grant
$4.5M
Cp 2023 · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Policy
$4.2M
Conservation International Foundation · Arlington, VA · 2022
Policy
$4.0M
Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival · Cold Spring, NY · 2021
DAF Grant
$4.0M
Propublica · New York, NY · 2023
DAF grant
$3.5M
The Election Center · Katy, TX · 2022
Policy
$3.5M
Conservation International Foundation · Arlington, VA · 2023
Policy
$3.5M
Children'S Crisis Treatment Center · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Civic Life
$3.3M
Cp 2023 · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Policy
$3.2M
Esperanza Health Center · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Civic Life
$3.2M
Benefits Data Trust · Philadelphia, PA · 2021
Civic Life
$3.1M
Propublica · New York, NY · 2024
DAF grant
$3.0M
Pew Research Center · Washington, DC · 2022
Information
$3.0M
States Newsroom · Chapel Hill, NC · 2022
Policy
$3.0M
Planned Parenthood Federation of America · New York, NY · 2021
DAF Grant
$2.7M
University City District · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
Civic Life
$2.7M
Project Home · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Civic Life
$2.7M
Massachusetts Institute of Technology · Cambridge, MA · 2021
Policy
$2.5M
Pew Research Center · Washington, DC · 2024
Information
$2.4M
National Conference of State Legislatures · Denver, CO · 2023
Policy
$2.3M
Heights Philadelphia · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Civic Life
$2.0M
Ducks Unlimited · Memphis, TN · 2021
Policy
$2.0M
Compass Working Capital · Boston, MA · 2022
Civic Life
$2.0M
National Lead for America · Dodge City, KS · 2021
DAF Grant
$2.0M
School of Leadership Afghanistan · West Palm Beach, FL · 2021
DAF Grant
$1.9M
Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Policy
$1.8M
The Ocean Foundation · Washington, DC · 2021
Policy
$1.8M
National Conference of State Legislatures · Denver, CO · 2021
Policy
$1.7M
National Conference of State Legislatures · Denver, CO · 2022
Policy
$1.7M
Conservation International Foundation · Arlington, VA · 2021
Policy
$1.7M
National Conference of State Legislatures · Denver, CO · 2023
Policy
$1.6M
National Conference of State Legislatures · Denver, CO · 2024
Policy
$1.6M
Middlebury College · Middlebury, VT · 2024
DAF grant
$1.6M
Middlebury College · Middlebury, VT · 2023
DAF grant
$1.6M
Community Resources for Justice · Boston, MA · 2021
Policy
$1.6M
The Elections Group Llc · Indian Head Park, IL · 2022
Policy
$1.5M
Massachusetts Institute of Technology · Cambridge, MA · 2023
Policy
$1.5M
R Street Institute · Washington, DC · 2024
Policy
$1.5M
William J Brennan Jr Center for Justice · New York, NY · 2023
Policy
$1.5M
Metropolitan Area Neighborhood Nutrition Alliance · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Civic Life
$1.5M
The Carter Center · Atlanta, GA · 2023
Policy
$1.4M
Pennsylvania State University · University Park, PA · 2021
Policy
$1.4M
National Center for State Courts · Williamsburg, VA · 2021
Policy
$1.4M
The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University · Redwood City, CA · 2022
Policy
$1.3M
Bryn Mawr College · Bryn Mawr, PA · 2023
Civic Life
$1.3M
Cornell University · Ithaca, NY · 2022
Civic Life
$1.3M
Cp 2023 · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
Policy
$1.2M
Natural Resources Defense Council · New York, NY · 2022
DAF grant
$1.2M
Peg'S Foundation · Hudson, OH · 2022
Policy
$1.2M
Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Civic Life
$1.2M
The Ocean Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024
Policy
$1.2M
Windward Fund · Washington, DC · 2023
Policy
$1.1M
Verified Voting Foundation · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
Policy
$1.1M
Maternity Care Coalition · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
Civic Life
$1.1M
The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University · Redwood City, CA · 2022
Policy
$1.0M
Center for Families and Relationships · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Civic Life
$1.0M
William & Mary Law School Foundation · Williamsburg, VA · 2023
Policy
$1.0M
Greater Philadelphia Tourism Marketing Dba Visit Philadelphia · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Civic Life
$1.0M
National Philanthropic Trust · Jenkintown, PA · 2024
Civic Life
$1.0M
National Philanthropic Trust · Jenkintown, PA · 2023
Civic Life
$1.0M
Free Library of Philadelphia Foundation · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Civic Life
$1.0M
Global Fishing Watch · Washington, DC · 2022
Policy
$1.0M
Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival · Garrison, NY · 2022
DAF grant
$1.0M
The Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Civic Life
$1.0M
World Wildlife Fund · Washington, DC · 2022
Policy
$1.0M
Weta · Arlington, VA · 2021
Civic Life
$999,996
Meadows Mental Health Policy Institute for Texas · Dallas, TX · 2022
Policy
$985,689
The Ocean Foundation · Washington, DC · 2022
Policy
$939,396
Brigham and Women'S Hospital · Boston, MA · 2024
DAF grant
$850,000
Drexel University · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Civic Life
$848,702
Brookings Institution · Washington, DC · 2024
Civic Life
$835,218
University of Washington · Seattle, WA · 2022
Policy
$821,819
Native Conservancy · Cordova, AK · 2024
Policy
$812,825
Fauna & Flora International USA · Washington, DC · 2023
Policy
$800,000
Rightcount · Alexandria, VA · 2024
Policy
$800,000
Grove City College · Grove City, PA · 2023
Civic Life
$800,000
Esperanza Health Center · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Civic Life
$800,000
Project Home · Philadelphia, PA · 2021
Civic Life
$790,989
The Ocean Foundation · Washington, DC · 2023
Policy
$780,854
Massachusetts Institute of Technology · Cambridge, MA · 2022
Policy
$775,000
University City District · Philadelphia, PA · 2021
Civic Life
$766,000
Partnership for Large Election Jurisdictions · Washington, DC · 2024
Policy
$759,325
Center for Families and Relationships · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Civic Life
$757,500
New York University · New York, NY · 2023
Policy
$750,000
Council of State Governments · Lexington, KY · 2024
Policy
$750,000
Heights Philadelphia · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Civic Life

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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.