North Carolina · Public charity
The American Chestnut Foundation
To return the iconic american chestnut to its native range.
- $354k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 10
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 6
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 33%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $336k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $25,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $83,254
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 9
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 7
- Total assets, FY2025
- $11M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 33% of the organizations The American Chestnut Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 19% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 81% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $31k 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 | 10 | $336k | 10% |
| FY2024 | 6 | $162k | 33% |
| FY2023 | 5 | $363k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 6 | $506k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 7 | $458k | 14% |
| FY2020 | 9 | $535k | 33% |
| FY2019 | 5 | $412k | 60% |
| FY2018 | 9 | $663k | 56% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Esf College Foundation Inc | $1,742,500 | 7 | 7% |
| Pennsylvania State University | $621,874 | 8 | n/a |
| Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University | $370,147 | 6 | n/a |
| University of Georgia Research Foundation Inc | $305,851 | 7 | 0% |
| The American Chestnut Foundation | $207,175 | 3 | 8% |
| Clemson University | $147,023 | 5 | n/a |
| University of New England | $90,900 | 4 | 0% |
| Clemson University | $88,933 | 2 | n/a |
| Pennsylvania Chapter of the American Chestnut Foundation | $50,000 | 2 | 16% |
| West Virginia University | $45,000 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 24 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Esf College Foundation Inc | $1,742,500 | 7 | 7% |
| Pennsylvania State University | $621,874 | 8 | n/a |
| Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University | $370,147 | 6 | n/a |
| University of Georgia Research Foundation Inc | $305,851 | 7 | 0% |
| The American Chestnut Foundation | $207,175 | 3 | 8% |
| Clemson University | $147,023 | 5 | n/a |
| University of New England | $90,900 | 4 | 0% |
| Clemson University | $88,933 | 2 | n/a |
| Pennsylvania Chapter of the American Chestnut Foundation | $50,000 | 2 | 16% |
| West Virginia University | $45,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The University of Tennessee | $40,629 | 4 | n/a |
| West Virginia University Foundation Inc | $30,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Massachusetts Chapter of the American Chestnut Foundation Corp | $23,423 | 2 | 63% |
| Maine Chapter of the American Chestnut Foundation | $17,629 | 2 | n/a |
| Ohio State University Research Foundation | $15,530 | 2 | 3% |
| Hudsonalpha Institute For | $15,216 | 1 | n/a |
| Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Sta | $13,851 | 2 | n/a |
| Trustees of Purdue University | $11,995 | 1 | n/a |
| Maryland Chapter of the American Chestnut Foundation Inc | $8,942 | 1 | n/a |
| The Research Foundation for The State University of New York | $6,427 | 1 | 0% |
| University of North Carolina at Asheville | $5,977 | 1 | n/a |
| Vermont New Hampshire Chapter of the American Chestnut Foundation | $5,790 | 1 | n/a |
| Ohio University | $5,136 | 1 | n/a |
| Nc State University | $5,128 | 1 | n/a |
Where it is load-bearing
The American Chestnut Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 9 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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.
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How this is measured
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About The American Chestnut Foundation
- How much does The American Chestnut Foundation give?
- The American Chestnut Foundation reported 10 itemized grants totaling $335,652, out of $354,006 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 9 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The American Chestnut Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (50%), Science & Tech (42%), Environment (7%).
- Who are The American Chestnut Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Esf College Foundation Inc ($1.7M), Pennsylvania State University ($622k), Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University ($370k).
- Does The American Chestnut Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 33% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The American Chestnut Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is The American Chestnut Foundation based?
- The American Chestnut Foundation is based in NC.
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