New York · Private foundation
David G Taft Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $51k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 22
- Grants FY2025
- 46
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 59%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $550
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $12,600
- Organizations funded a year
- 17 to 46
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 8
- Total assets, FY2025
- $660k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 59% of the organizations David G Taft Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 39% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 61% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $14k 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 | 22 | $51k | 23% |
| FY2024 | 46 | $37k | 59% |
| FY2023 | 17 | $45k | 12% |
| FY2022 | 21 | $54k | 24% |
| FY2021 | 24 | $47k | 25% |
| FY2020 | 25 | $49k | 28% |
| FY2019 | 26 | $45k | 23% |
| FY2018 | 26 | $50k | 38% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Hudson Valley Writers' Center Inc | $94,600 | 8 | 4% |
| First Congregational Church | $47,750 | 8 | n/a |
| Charlotte Clubhouse | $17,100 | 3 | n/a |
| Shakti Rising Inc | $15,500 | 6 | 1% |
| Sierra Club Foundation | $10,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Faith Community Lutheran Church | $10,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Roof Above Inc | $9,900 | 3 | 0% |
| Greenpeace Fund Inc | $9,700 | 3 | 0% |
| Faith Lutheran Middle School & High School | $7,600 | 2 | n/a |
| The University of Cincinnati Foundation | $7,200 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 63 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 30 recipients with no EIN on record ($128k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget David G Taft Foundation supplied at peak.
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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 loosely connected circle, clustered around a few shared anchors.
Open a dossier: Maine Community Foundation Inc · United Way of Greater Charlotte Inc · Foundation for the Carolinas · The Presbyterian Hospital · Elmina B Sewall Foundation · The Trexler Foundation · Womens Impact Fund · Reny Charitable Foundation · The Apple Lane Foundation Inc 14101830 · Simmons Foundation - PerkinsThompson · Saco & Biddeford Savings Charitable Foundation · Bangor Savings Bank Foundation
How this is measured
About David G Taft Foundation
- How much does David G Taft Foundation give?
- David G Taft Foundation reported 22 grants totaling $50,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 17 and 46 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does David G Taft Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (24%), Religion (13%), Education (13%).
- Who are David G Taft Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: The Hudson Valley Writers' Center Inc ($95k), First Congregational Church ($48k), Charlotte Clubhouse ($17k).
- Does David G Taft Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 59% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does David G Taft Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as David G Taft Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Maine Community Foundation Inc, United Way of Greater Charlotte Inc, Foundation for the Carolinas.
- Where is David G Taft Foundation based?
- David G Taft Foundation is based in NY.
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