Virginia · Private foundation
The Constitution Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $458k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 4
- Grants FY2024
- 3
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 33%
- First-time grantees FY2023
Read this first · the figures below need context
87% of The Constitution Foundation’s FY2024 grant dollars went to Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2024 names 3 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, FY2024
- $40,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $400,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 4
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 4
- Total assets, FY2024
- $17M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 33% of the organizations The Constitution Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $50 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 3 | $58k | 33% |
| FY2023 | 3 | $10k | 33% |
| FY2022 | 3 | $103k | 33% |
| FY2021 | 2 | $57k | 50% |
| FY2020 | 1 | $136k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 4 | $148k | 75% |
| FY2018 | 3 | $116k | 67% |
| FY2017 | 2 | $90k | n/a |
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 FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Atlas Society Ltd | $75,000 | 3 | 1% |
| The Economic Club of Washington DC | $23,360 | 1 | 1% |
| The Breast Cancer Research Foundation Inc | $20,000 | 4 | 0% |
| University of Maryland Foundation Inc | $12,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Devotion to Children Inc | $8,500 | 1 | n/a |
| The Little Lighthouse Foundation Inc | $3,750 | 1 | 1% |
| Washington Humane Society | $250 | 1 | 0% |
| Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc | $50 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 3 recipients with no EIN on record ($575k), not named here.
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: Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc
How this is measured
About The Constitution Foundation
- How much does The Constitution Foundation give?
- The Constitution Foundation reported 4 grants totaling $458,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 4 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Constitution Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (51%), Philanthropy (36%), Social Science (9%).
- Who are The Constitution Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: The Atlas Society Ltd ($75k), The Economic Club of Washington DC ($23k), The Breast Cancer Research Foundation Inc ($20k).
- Does The Constitution Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 33% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Constitution Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Constitution Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc.
- Where is The Constitution Foundation based?
- The Constitution Foundation is based in VA.
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