Funding search · EIN 210634501 · Princeton, NJ
The Trustees of Princeton University
A grantmaking public charity (files IRS Form 990, Schedule I). Charities like this often run real grant programs with application cycles.
- 130
- grants reported
- $95.7M
- total given
- 2021–2024
- filing years
- $75,398
- 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.
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Top recipients
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- S&G Foundation Incorporation2 grants · $39.3M
- Municipality of Princeton3 grants · $19.2M
- Princeton Public Schools3 grants · $7.3M
- Community Foundation of New Jersey3 grants · $4.4M
- Municipality of Princeton1 grant · $3.7M
- County of Mercer3 grants · $3.4M
- Mary J Goree Las Animas Cty Schlrshp4 grants · $2.9M
- McCarter Theatre Company4 grants · $1.9M
- Princeton Fire Department4 grants · $1.8M
- Community Foundation of New Jersey1 grant · $1.6M
Giving over time
Grant history
The 100 largest of 130 grants.
- $37.8M
S&G Foundation Incorporation · Albany, NY · 2023
Contribution
- $9.5M
Municipality of Princeton · Princeton, NJ · 2023
Contribution
- $5.3M
Municipality of Princeton · Princeton, NJ · 2024
Contribution
- $4.4M
Municipality of Princeton · Princeton, NJ · 2022
Contribution
- $3.7M
Municipality of Princeton · Princeton, NJ · 2021
Contribution
- $2.9M
Princeton Public Schools · Princeton, NJ · 2024
Contribution
- $2.8M
Princeton Public Schools · Princeton, NJ · 2023
Contribution
- $1.6M
Princeton Public Schools · Princeton, NJ · 2022
Contribution
- $1.6M
Community Foundation of New Jersey · Morristown, NJ · 2022
Contribution
- $1.6M
Community Foundation of New Jersey · Morristown, NJ · 2021
Contribution
- $1.5M
S&G Foundation Incorporation · Albany, NY · 2022
Contribution
- $1.4M
Community Foundation of New Jersey · Morristown, NJ · 2023
Contribution
- $1.4M
County of Mercer · Trenton, NJ · 2024
Contribution
- $1.4M
County of Mercer · Trenton, NJ · 2023
Contribution
- $1.3M
Community Foundation of New Jersey · Morristown, NJ · 2024
Contribution
- $1.2M
Princeton Fire Department · Princeton, NJ · 2023
Contribution
- $788,469
Mary J Goree Las Animas Cty Schlrshp · Trinidad, CO · 2024
Contribution
- $758,175
Mary J Goree Las Animas Cty Schlrshp · Denver, CO · 2023
Contribution
- $752,345
Mary J Goree Las Animas Cty Schlrshp · Denver, CO · 2021
Contribution
- $667,500
County of Mercer · Trenton, NJ · 2022
Contribution
- $657,267
McCarter Theatre Company · Princeton, NJ · 2024
Contribution
- $610,153
Mary J Goree Las Animas Cty Schlrshp · Denver, CO · 2022
Contribution
- $610,000
Leadership Ent for a Diverse America · New York, NY · 2023
Contribution
- $503,662
Environmental Defense Fund · New York, NY · 2023
Contribution
- $442,039
Triangle Club of Princeton University · Princeton, NJ · 2023
Contribution
- $410,550
Environmental Defense Fund · New York, NY · 2024
Contribution
- $407,267
McCarter Theatre Company · Princeton, NJ · 2023
Contribution
- $407,267
McCarter Theatre Company · Princeton, NJ · 2022
Contribution
- $407,267
McCarter Theatre Company · Princeton, NJ · 2021
Contribution
- $388,242
Environmental Defense Fund · New York, NY · 2022
Contribution
- $387,926
Environmental Defense Fund · New York, NY · 2021
Contribution
- $310,000
Leadership Ent for a Diverse America · New York, NY · 2024
Contribution
- $304,000
Leadership Ent for a Diverse America · New York, NY · 2021
Contribution
- $300,000
Princeton Mass Transit · Princeton, NJ · 2024
Contribution
- $258,000
Princeton First Aid & Rescue Squad · Princeton, NJ · 2023
Contribution
- $225,000
Princeton Public Schools · Princeton, NJ · 2021
Contribution
- $200,000
Princeton Fire Department · Princeton, NJ · 2024
Contribution
- $200,000
The Ywca Princeton · Princeton, NJ · 2023
Contribution
- $200,000
Armand Hammer Uwc of the American W · Montezuma, NM · 2022
Contribution
- $199,340
Climate Central · Princeton, NJ · 2021
Contribution
- $198,876
West Windsor Township · West Windsor, NJ · 2023
Contribution
- $198,404
Climate Central · Princeton, NJ · 2022
Contribution
- $191,227
West Windsor Township · West Windsor, NJ · 2022
Contribution
- $183,872
West Windsor Township · West Windsor, NJ · 2021
Contribution
- $180,000
American University of Beirut · New York, NY · 2021
Contribution
- $178,340
Triangle Club of Princeton University · Princeton, NJ · 2022
Contribution
- $178,340
Triangle Club of Princeton University · Princeton, NJ · 2021
Contribution
- $175,000
American University of Beirut · New York, NY · 2023
Contribution
- $170,000
Princeton Fire Department · Princeton, NJ · 2022
Contribution
- $170,000
Princeton Fire Department · Princeton, NJ · 2021
Contribution
- $168,249
The Wilderness Society · Washington, DC · 2024
Contribution
- $157,224
Climate Central · Princeton, NJ · 2024
Contribution
- $154,495
Rosefitzgeraldkennedygreenway Conservancyinc · Boston, MA · 2023
Contribution
- $154,495
The Wilderness Society · Washington, DC · 2023
Contribution
- $147,011
Climate Central · Princeton, NJ · 2023
Contribution
- $140,824
The Wilderness Society · Washington, DC · 2022
Contribution
- $119,141
The Food Project · Lincoln, MA · 2022
Contribution
- $110,318
The Food Project · Lincoln, MA · 2021
Contribution
- $100,000
101 · Princeton, NJ · 2024
Contribution
- $100,000
Housing Initiatives of Princeton · Princeton, NJ · 2024
Contribution
- $100,000
101 · Princeton, NJ · 2023
Contribution
- $100,000
Housing Initiatives of Princeton · Princeton, NJ · 2023
Contribution
- $100,000
The Ywca Princeton · Princeton, NJ · 2022
Contribution
- $90,860
Broadmead Swim Club · Princeton, NJ · 2023
Contribution
- $75,796
West Harlem Environmental Action · New York, NY · 2024
Contribution
- $75,000
Princeton in Ishikawa · Princeton, NJ · 2021
Contribution
- $72,922
Rosefitzgeraldkennedygreenway Conservancyinc · Boston, MA · 2024
Contribution
- $70,000
Princeton First Aid & Rescue Squad · Princeton, NJ · 2024
Contribution
- $70,000
African School of Economics -USA · Princeton, NJ · 2022
contribution
- $69,880
Triangle Club of Princeton University · Princeton, NJ · 2024
Contribution
- $69,402
The Wilderness Society · Washington, DC · 2021
Contribution
- $55,546
Princetonnurseryschool · Princeton, NJ · 2024
Contribution
- $55,500
Barnard College · New York, NY · 2022
Contribution
- $55,000
Greater Trenton · Trenton, NJ · 2022
Contribution
- $53,000
The Arts Council of Princeton · Princeton, NJ · 2021
Contribution
- $52,985
Institute for Advanced Study · Princeton, NJ · 2024
Contribution
- $50,680
Princeton Senior Resource Center · Princeton, NJ · 2022
Contribution
- $50,000
Greater Trenton · Trenton, NJ · 2023
Contribution
- $50,000
Friends of Compass · Washington, DC · 2021
Contribution
- $50,000
Friends of Wheels · New York, NY · 2021
Contribution
- $50,000
Greater Trenton · Trenton, NJ · 2021
Contribution
- $50,000
Homeworks Trenton · Princeton, NJ · 2021
Contribution
- $50,000
National Dance Institute · New York, NY · 2021
Contribution
- $50,000
Princeton Senior Resource Center · Princeton, NJ · 2021
Contribution
- $50,000
The Harmony Program · New York, NY · 2021
Contribution
- $48,000
Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania · Philadelphia, PA · 2021
Contribution
- $47,000
Matriculate · Brooklyn, NY · 2022
Contribution
- $42,096
Barnard College · New York, NY · 2021
Contribution
- $36,000
Freedom Reads · Hamden, CT · 2023
Contribution
- $35,000
Princeton First Aid & Rescue Squad · Princeton, NJ · 2022
Contribution
- $35,000
Princeton First Aid Rescue Squad · Princeton, NJ · 2021
Contribution
- $30,428
Unitedstatesfundforunicef · New York, NY · 2023
Contribution
- $30,000
Greater Trenton · Trenton, NJ · 2024
Contribution
- $30,000
Thefriendsandfoundationofthe Princeton Publiclibraryinc · Princeton, NJ · 2024
Contribution
- $30,000
Thefriendsandfoundationofthe Princeton Publiclibraryinc · Princeton, NJ · 2023
Contribution
- $30,000
Save the Children Federation · Fairfield, CT · 2022
Contribution
- $28,000
The Arts Council of Princeton · Princeton, NJ · 2023
Contribution
- $28,000
The Arts Council of Princeton · Princeton, NJ · 2022
Contribution
- $27,573
Broadmead Swim Club · Princeton, NJ · 2024
Contribution
- $25,592
Institute for Advanced Study -Louis Bamberger & Mrs Felix Fuld Foundation · Princeton, NJ · 2023
Contribution
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