· Public charity
National Philanthropic Trust
NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST ("npt") is a public charity dedicated to increasing philanthropy in society by providing philanthropic expertise to donors, foundations and financial institutions, enabling them to realize their philanthropic aspirations (see schedule o).
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
How this is measured
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k3413 grants · $24M
- $10k–50k11619 grants · $236M
- $50k–250k5053 grants · $518M
- $250k+2173 grants · $5.2B
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND | $284,919,786 |
| SILICON VALLEY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION | $265,751,500 |
| JEWISH COMMUNAL FUND | $91,743,377 |
| JEREMY AND HANNELORE GRANTHAM ENVIRONMENTAL TRUST | $90,171,802 |
| LOS ALTOS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION | $85,223,341 |
| FOUNDERS PLEDGE INC | $78,816,791 |
| CLIMATEWORKS FOUNDATION | $75,741,189 |
| XQ INSTITUTE | $71,266,557 |
| STANFORD UNIVERSITY | $65,421,530 |
| LOCAL INITIATIVES SUPPORT CORPORATION | $65,022,500 |
| LATINO COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CENTER | $65,000,000 |
| THE RAND CORPORATION | $61,646,790 |
| SELF HELP VENTURES FUND | $60,000,000 |
| GRAMEEN AMERICA INC | $55,220,000 |
| PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGE | $54,195,750 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $823.5M) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 87% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +41% since the first grant, against -14% for those funded once.
1557 repeat relationships: 1334 still active in FY2025, 223 since wound down; 50 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 87% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $408M went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY9× · 2017–2025 · $679M · revenue +64%- BMBLUE MERIDIAN PARTNERS INC3× · 2018–2024 · $247M · revenue +677% · 75% of their budget
- TJTHE JEREMY AND HANNELORE GRANTHAM ENVIRONMENTAL TRUST6× · 2020–2025 · $232M · revenue +92% · 70% of their budget
Funded once
- CICLIMATE IMPERATIVE FOUNDATIONone grant, 2024 · $105M · revenue 0% · 38% of their budget
- CACALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF STUDIO ARTS INC FKA BM-A INSTITUTEone grant, 2024 · $83M · 95% of their budget
- N4National 4-H Councilone grant, 2022 · $50M · revenue -63% · 39% of their budget
How this is measured
Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
Closest unfunded matches
The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
Founded 131 years ago, the boston architectural college is a recognized institution providing excellence in practice-integrated design education to members of diverse communities with students representing 35 countries. the bac offers…
To advance professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power.
See schedule ouniversity of new haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts & professional education.
A higher educational institution, providing both undergraduate and graduate degrees.
Offer a challenging education that develops the qualities of mind, spirit and body for students.
Oklahoma city university prepares all learners to create, lead and serve.
Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.
Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.
Furman university is an institution of higher education providing distinctive undergraduate education emphasizing an engaged approach combining classroom learning with real world experiences and self-discovery.
Highest quality scholarship and nonpartisan policy analysis focused on u.s. foreign policy
The common application promotes access, equity, and integrity in the college admission process.
To provide a superior, student-centered learning experience integrating liberal arts and professional education and preparing individuals for lasting achievement and responsible leadership in their careers and communities.
How this is measured
1852 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.
Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.
How this is measured
Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 1852 of the 2,000 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding
A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
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- Who funds NEW VENTURE FUND ↗
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- Who funds XQ INSTITUTE ↗
- Who funds BLUE MERIDIAN PARTNERS INC ↗
- Who funds THE JEREMY AND HANNELORE GRANTHAM ENVIRONMENTAL TRUST ↗
- Who funds President and Fellows of Harvard College ↗
- Who funds JEWISH COMMUNAL FUND ↗
- Who funds VITAL STRATEGIES INC ↗
- Who funds Greater Horizons ↗
- Who funds GS DONOR ADVISED PHILANTHROPY FUND FOR WEALTH MANAGEMENT INC ↗
- Who funds ROCKEFELLER PHILANTHROPY ADVISORS INC ↗
- Who funds AMERICAN ENDOWMENT FOUNDATION ↗
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- Who funds PARTNERS IN HEALTH A NONPROFIT CORPORATION ↗
- Who funds CLIMATEWORKS FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds Stand Together Foundation ↗
- Who funds LOCAL INITIATIVES SUPPORT CORPORATION ↗
- Who funds Self-Help Ventures Fund ↗
- Who funds CLIMATE IMPERATIVE FOUNDATION ↗
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- Who funds FOUNDERS PLEDGE INC ↗
- Who funds University of Notre Dame du Lac ↗
- Who funds GRAMEEN AMERICA INC ↗
- Who funds LOS ALTOS MOUNTAIN VIEW COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF STUDIO ARTS INC FKA BM-A INSTITUTE ↗
- Who funds Chicago Cred Inc ↗
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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.
Open a dossier: John and Kathleen Schreiber Foundation D/B/A Schreiber Philanthropy · The Samuel and Ronnie Heyman Family Foundation · Lisa & Michael Leffell Foundation · The Gaudio Family Foundation · Tina & Steven Price Charitable Foundation · Oberndorf Family Foundation · The Nararo Foundation · Gray Foundation · Penner Family Foundation Inc · Carson Family Charitable Trust · Jvz Foundation · Hoffen Family Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization National Philanthropic Trust funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from National Philanthropic Trust. Bigger dots raise more.
- Hias Inc: 88% of income from government
- Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution: 63% of income from government
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology: 35% of income from government
- United Way Miami Inc: 23% of income from government
- Big Brothers Big Sisters of America: 21% of income from government
- The Broad Institute Inc: 19% of income from government
- Community Catalyst Inc: 15% of income from government
- Johns Hopkins University: 12% of income from government
- Yale University: 12% of income from government
- Social Finance Inc: 12% of income from government
- City Year Inc: 11% of income from government
- The Trustees of Princeton University: 11% of income from government
- Root Capital Inc: 9% of income from government
- President and Fellows of Harvard College: 7% of income from government
- Upstream Usa Inc: 4% of income from government
- Year Up Inc: 0% of income from government
- Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation: 0% of income from government
- Williams College: 0% of income from government
- Boston Foundation Inc: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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