New York · Private foundation
Heisman Trophy Trust
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.
- $2.0M
- Granted FY2017
- 40
- Grants FY2017
- 40
- Organizations funded FY2017
Read this first · the figures below need context
86% of Heisman Trophy Trust’s FY2025 grant dollars went to The New York Community Trust, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2025 names 13 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2017, the last year Heisman Trophy Trust named its own grantees at scale: 28 organizations, $2M. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2017
- $15,000
- Largest grant, FY2017
- $1,207,000
- States reached, FY2017
- 19
- Total assets, FY2017
- $58M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Community Funds Inc | $1,207,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Donorschooseorg | $283,050 | 8 | 0% |
| Tim Tebow Foundation Inc | $187,500 | 8 | 1% |
| Desire Street Ministries | $187,500 | 7 | 2% |
| Cristo Rey New York High School | $92,400 | 5 | 0% |
| The V Foundation | $90,000 | 4 | 0% |
| The Torretta Foundation Inc | $87,500 | 8 | 11% |
| Johnny Rodgers Youth Foundation | $87,500 | 9 | 100% |
| Hbc Foundation Inc | $80,000 | 8 | 90% |
| Harlem Rbi Inc | $75,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 91 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 59 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.7M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Heisman Trophy Trust supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 7 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 74 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
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: Nfl Foundation Inc · The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund · Moglia Family Foundation · The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation · Chubb Charitable Foundation · Verizon Foundation · Morgan Stanley Foundation Inc · Community Foundation of New Jersey · Mutual of America Foundation · American Express Foundation · Amica Companies Foundation · Charities Aid Foundation America
How this is measured
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About Heisman Trophy Trust
- How much does Heisman Trophy Trust give?
- Heisman Trophy Trust reported 40 grants totaling $1,978,800 in its FY2017 IRS filing.
- What does Heisman Trophy Trust fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Philanthropy (80%), Education (6%), Health (4%).
- Who are Heisman Trophy Trust's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Community Funds Inc ($1.2M), Donorschooseorg ($283k), Tim Tebow Foundation Inc ($188k).
- Does Heisman Trophy Trust 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 Heisman Trophy Trust?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Nfl Foundation Inc, The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund, Moglia Family Foundation.
- Where is Heisman Trophy Trust based?
- Heisman Trophy Trust is based in NY.
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