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 20192024. 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

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  • 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

$5.0M
2019
$3.4M
2020
$4.6M
2022
$9.7M
2023
$12.0M
2024

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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