Washington, D.C. · Public charity
American Battlefield Trust
The American Battlefield Trust preserves America's hallowed battlegrounds and educates the public about what happened there and why it matters. The purpose of the American Battlefield Trust is to inspire appreciation of America, its history, and its promise of liberty through an understanding of the wars fought on its soil, and of the…
- $3.4M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 8
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 6
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 33%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $3.3M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $85,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $2,100,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 10
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $249M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 33% of the organizations American Battlefield Trust funded were first-time grantees, receiving 32% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 68% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $260k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 8 | $3.3M | 38% |
| FY2024 | 6 | $816k | 33% |
| FY2023 | 4 | $1.3M | 50% |
| FY2022 | 10 | $2.4M | 50% |
| FY2021 | 5 | $128k | 80% |
| FY2020 | 8 | $403k | 63% |
| FY2019 | 8 | $274k | 63% |
| FY2018 | 9 | $1.9M | 33% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Franklins Charge Inc | $2,507,557 | 3 | 10% |
| Reflection Riding Arboretum and Nature Center | $1,926,122 | 3 | 1% |
| National Mall and Memorial Parks | $1,126,654 | 7 | n/a |
| Jefferson Co Historic Landmarks Commission | $1,031,635 | 3 | n/a |
| Sc Battleground Preservation Trust | $660,442 | 5 | 14% |
| South Carolina Battleground Trust | $410,580 | 4 | n/a |
| Shenandoah Valley Battlefields Foundation | $388,766 | 5 | 3% |
| National Park Service | $342,387 | 2 | n/a |
| Commonwealth of Virginia Board of Historic Resources | $218,665 | 5 | n/a |
| Stafford County | $150,000 | 1 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Franklins Charge Inc | $2,507,557 | 3 | 10% |
| Reflection Riding Arboretum and Nature Center | $1,926,122 | 3 | 1% |
| National Mall and Memorial Parks | $1,126,654 | 7 | n/a |
| Jefferson Co Historic Landmarks Commission | $1,031,635 | 3 | n/a |
| Sc Battleground Preservation Trust | $660,442 | 5 | 14% |
| South Carolina Battleground Trust | $410,580 | 4 | n/a |
| Shenandoah Valley Battlefields Foundation | $388,766 | 5 | 3% |
| National Park Service | $342,387 | 2 | n/a |
| Commonwealth of Virginia Board of Historic Resources | $218,665 | 5 | n/a |
| Stafford County | $150,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Ozark Regional Land Trust Inc Dba Ozark Land Trust | $137,915 | 1 | 20% |
| North American Land Trust | $110,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Americans For Battlefield Preservation | $100,000 | 5 | 92% |
| City of Petersburg Department of Elections | $100,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Natural Lands Trust Inc | $96,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Brandywine Conservancy & Museum of Art | $75,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Land Conservancy of Adams County Inc | $69,000 | 2 | 4% |
| Capital Region Land Conservancy Inc | $62,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Princeton Battlefield Society | $60,722 | 1 | n/a |
| Chesterfield County Virginia | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Save Historic Antietam Foundation Inc | $35,000 | 1 | 35% |
| The Land Trust of Virginia Inc | $29,000 | 1 | 2% |
| The Conservation Fund a Nonprofit Corporation | $27,450 | 1 | 0% |
| Battle of Nashville Trust Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Friends of Franklin Parks Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Kirkby Farm LLC | $22,707 | 1 | n/a |
| The West Virginia Land Trust Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 2% |
| East Bradford Township | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Louisiana State Musuem | $19,065 | 2 | n/a |
| State of Md Dnr | $12,075 | 3 | n/a |
| Minute Man National Park Assoc Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Operation Nightingale USA | $10,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Gettysburg Area Recreation Authority | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Trevilian Station Battlefield Foundation Inc | $10,000 | 2 | n/a |
| The Historic Green Springs Inc | $8,720 | 1 | n/a |
| Virginia Department of Conservation | $7,825 | 1 | n/a |
| Jefferson County Farm Land Protection Board | $7,607 | 1 | n/a |
| State of Tennessee | $7,000 | 2 | n/a |
Plus 2 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.0M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
American Battlefield Trust supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 18 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: The Conservation Fund a Nonprofit Corporation · Land Trust Alliance Inc · National Fish and Wildlife Foundation · Pam Lewis Foundation · Appalachian Trail Conservancy · The Nature Conservancy · American Endowment Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About American Battlefield Trust
- How much does American Battlefield Trust give?
- American Battlefield Trust reported 8 itemized grants totaling $3,272,974, out of $3,442,878 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 10 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does American Battlefield Trust fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (48%), Environment (45%), Employment (2%).
- Who are American Battlefield Trust's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Franklins Charge Inc ($2.5M), Reflection Riding Arboretum and Nature Center ($1.9M), National Mall and Memorial Parks ($1.1M).
- Does American Battlefield Trust fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 33% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as American Battlefield Trust?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Conservation Fund a Nonprofit Corporation, Land Trust Alliance Inc, National Fish and Wildlife Foundation.
- Where is American Battlefield Trust based?
- American Battlefield Trust is based in DC.
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