Funding search · EIN 201450695 · Cranbury, NJ
Thomas D Klingenstein Fund
A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.
- 197
- grants reported
- $34.8M
- total given
- 2019–2024
- filing years
- $25,000
- median grant
Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2019–2024. 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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Top recipients
Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.
- The Claremont Institute5 grants · $13.1M
- Natl Christian Charitable Fdn2 grants · $4.7M
- National Civic Art Society4 grants · $2.1M
- Schwab Daf2 grants · $1.7M
- American Vicarious5 grants · $1.3M
- The Thomas D Klingenstein Charles Schwab Fund1 grant · $1.1M
- American Principles Foundation3 grants · $1.1M
- The American Strategy Group4 grants · $700,000
- The Edmund Burke Foundation5 grants · $552,980
- National Association of Scholars4 grants · $549,976
Giving over time
Grant history
The 100 largest of 197 grants.
- $4.6M
Natl Christian Charitable Fdn · Alpharetta, GA · 2024
General operating support
- $4.3M
The Claremont Institute · Upland, CA · 2024
The american story project
- $3.3M
The Claremont Institute · Upland, CA · 2023
The american story project
- $2.5M
The Claremont Institute · Upland, CA · 2019
John tartovsky
- $1.8M
The Claremont Institute · Upland, CA · 2020
The american story project
- $1.2M
National Civic Art Society · Washington, DC · 2022
Brc travel
- $1.1M
The Claremont Institute · Upland, CA · 2022
The american story project
- $1.1M
The Thomas D Klingenstein Charles Schwab Fund · New York, NY · 2020
Charitable fund
- $1.0M
American Principles Foundation · Arlington, VA · 2023
General operating support
- $862,180
Schwab Daf · Omaha, NE · 2023
General operating support
- $788,010
Schwab Daf · Omaha, NE · 2024
General operating support
- $503,998
Real Clear Foundation · Northbrook, IL · 2024
General operating support
- $500,000
Informing America Foundation · Washington, DC · 2023
General operating support
- $487,408
National Civic Art Society · Washington, DC · 2023
Brc travel
- $482,949
American Vicarious · Brooklyn, NY · 2019
General operating
- $425,000
Education Action Group Foundation · Muskegon, MI · 2023
General operating support
- $313,750
National Civic Art Society · Washington, DC · 2019
General operating support
- $307,017
American Vicarious · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
General operating
- $280,000
American Vicarious · Brooklyn, NY · 2022
General operating
- $257,918
Farris Law · Gardiner, ME · 2019
General operating support
- $250,000
Madison Media Fund · Irvine, CA · 2024
General operating support
- $201,258
The Edmund Burke Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024
General operating support
- $200,000
The American Strategy Group · Claremont, CA · 2024
General operating support
- $200,000
Maine Policy Institute · Portland, ME · 2023
General operating support
- $200,000
Soldiers Save Lives Corporation · Yonkers, NY · 2023
General operating support
- $200,000
The American Strategy Group · Claremont, CA · 2019
General operating support
- $175,000
Center for Renewing America · Washington, DC · 2023
General operating support
- $175,000
Courage Is a Habit · Noblesville, IN · 2023
General operating support
- $175,000
Daily Caller News Foundation · Washington, DC · 2023
General operating support
- $150,492
National Association of Scholars · New York, NY · 2024
General operating support
- $150,000
American Moment · Washington, DC · 2023
General operating support
- $150,000
National Association of Scholars · New York, NY · 2023
General operating support
- $150,000
The American Strategy Group · Claremont, CA · 2023
General operating support
- $150,000
National Association of Scholars · New York, NY · 2022
General operating support
- $150,000
The American Strategy Group · Claremont, CA · 2022
General operating support
- $140,225
American Vicarious · Brooklyn, NY · 2020
General operating
- $135,000
Worldwide Friends Foundation · New York, NY · 2023
General operating support
- $131,808
Hudson Institute · Washington, DC · 2019
John fontejohn fonte
- $125,784
7 Lakes Alliance · Belgrade Lakes, ME · 2024
General operating support
- $125,000
7 Lakes Alliance · Belgrade Lakes, ME · 2023
General operating support
- $125,000
Feedom Foundation · Olympia, WA · 2023
General operating support
- $125,000
7 Lakes Alliance · Belgrade Lakes, ME · 2022
General operating support
- $125,000
Center for Renewing America · Washington, DC · 2022
General operating support
- $125,000
Daily Caller News Foundation · Washington, DC · 2022
General operating support
- $125,000
Maine Policy Institute · Portland, ME · 2022
General operating support
- $125,000
The Maine Heritage Policy Center · Yarmouth, ME · 2022
General operating support
- $110,129
The Ashbrook Center · Ashland, OH · 2019
General operating support
- $102,724
The Center for American Liberty · Pittsburgh, PA · 2023
General operating support
- $102,014
The Center for American Liberty · Pittsburgh, PA · 2024
General operating support
- $101,925
The Edmund Burke Foundation · Washington, DC · 2023
General operating support
- $100,557
7 Lakes Alliance · Belgrade Lakes, ME · 2019
General operating support
- $100,251
Natl Christian Charitable Fdn · Alpharetta, GA · 2023
General operating support
- $100,084
American Vicarious · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
General operating
- $100,058
The Edmund Burke Foundation · Washington, DC · 2019
General operating support
- $100,000
Columbia University · New York, NY · 2024
General operating support
- $100,000
Columbia University · New York, NY · 2023
General operating support
- $100,000
Encounter Books · New York, NY · 2023
General operating support
- $100,000
The Philanthropy Roundtable · Washington, DC · 2023
General operating support
- $100,000
American Compass · Roswell, GA · 2022
General operating support
- $100,000
The Edmund Burke Foundation · Washington, DC · 2022
General operating support
- $99,665
The University of Texas at Austin · Austin, TX · 2019
Thomas jefferson center
- $99,484
National Association of Scholars · New York, NY · 2019
General operating support
- $75,000
Green Dragon Society · Hudson, WI · 2023
General operating support
- $75,000
The Milstein Family Foundation · Encino, CA · 2023
General operating support
- $75,000
American Moment · Washington, DC · 2022
General operating support
- $75,000
Conservative Partnership Institute · Washington, DC · 2022
General operating support
- $75,000
The University of Texas at Austin · Austin, TX · 2022
Thomas jefferson center
- $51,284
The Federalist Society · Washington, DC · 2019
General operating support
- $50,000
Mercy Hospital Foundation · Portland, ME · 2024
Honor of patricia klingenstein
- $50,000
American Compass · Roswell, GA · 2023
General operating support
- $50,000
Coalition for Youth Drug Abuse Prevention · Phoenix, AZ · 2023
General operating support
- $50,000
Institute On Religion and Public Life · New York, NY · 2023
First things
- $50,000
Mercy Hospital Foundation · Portland, ME · 2023
Honor of patricia klingenstein
- $50,000
American Principles Foundation · Arlington, VA · 2022
General operating support
- $50,000
Feedom Foundation · Olympia, WA · 2022
General operating support
- $50,000
First Things · Chattanooga, TN · 2022
General operating support
- $50,000
Mercy Hospital Foundation · Portland, ME · 2022
Honor of patricia klingenstein
- $50,000
Mercy Hospital Foundation · Portland, ME · 2020
Honor of patricia klingenstein
- $50,000
The Peoria Project · Monterey, CA · 2019
General operating support
- $49,739
The Edmund Burke Foundation · Washington, DC · 2020
General operating support
- $44,232
Austin Institute for Study of Family Culture · Austin, TX · 2020
General operating support
- $42,030
Loyola University Maryland · Baltimore, MD · 2019
General operating support
- $40,000
New York Civil Rights Coalition · New York, NY · 2022
General operating support
- $40,000
Westminster Institute · McLean, VA · 2019
Tariq ismail
- $37,500
Encounter Books · New York, NY · 2019
General operating support
- $35,449
National Civic Art Society · Washington, DC · 2020
Brc travel
- $35,020
New York Civil Rights Coalition · New York, NY · 2019
General operating support
- $30,375
Lark Play Development Center · New York, NY · 2019
General operating support
- $27,967
New York Historical Society · New York, NY · 2023
Chairman's circle - history makers gala
- $27,750
The New Criterion · New York, NY · 2023
General operating support
- $26,527
The Witherspoon Institute · Princeton, NJ · 2020
General operating support
- $26,264
The Klingenstein Third Generation Foundation · New York, NY · 2020
General operations support
- $25,127
First Things · Chattanooga, TN · 2019
General operating support
- $25,114
James Wilson Institute · Washington, DC · 2019
General operating support
- $25,000
American Compass · Roswell, GA · 2024
General operating support
- $25,000
Encounter Books · New York, NY · 2024
General operating support
- $25,000
New York Civil Rights Coalition · New York, NY · 2024
General operating support
- $25,000
The Buckeye Institute · Columbus, OH · 2024
General operating support
- $25,000
The New Criterion · New York, NY · 2024
General operating support
- $25,000
New York Civil Rights Coalition · New York, NY · 2023
General operating support
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