California · Private foundation
Palo Alto Institute
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $5k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 1
- Grants FY2025
- 1
- Organizations funded FY2019
- 100%
- First-time grantees FY2019
Read this first · the figures below need context
100% of Palo Alto Institute’s FY2025 grant dollars went to Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2025 names 0 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2025
- $5,448
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $5,448
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 4
- FY2017 to FY2019
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2019, 100% of the organizations Palo Alto Institute funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2019, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2k went to new ones.
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2019 | 1 | $2k | 100% |
| FY2018 | 1 | $3k | 100% |
| FY2017 | 4 | $33k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2019, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gruter Institute for Law and Behavioral Research | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Henry Ford Elementary School PTA | $1,500 | 1 | 2% |
Plus 4 recipients with no EIN on record ($31k), not named here.
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About Palo Alto Institute
- How much does Palo Alto Institute give?
- Palo Alto Institute reported 1 grants totaling $5,448 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 4 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2019.
- What does Palo Alto Institute fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2019, its largest causes are Education (17%), Philanthropy (13%), Social Science (12%).
- Who are Palo Alto Institute's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2019: Gruter Institute for Law and Behavioral Research ($5k), Henry Ford Elementary School PTA ($2k).
- Does Palo Alto Institute fund new organizations?
- In FY2019, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Palo Alto Institute accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Where is Palo Alto Institute based?
- Palo Alto Institute is based in CA.