Delaware · Private foundation
The Giving Tree Foundation
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.
- $68k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 6
- Grants FY2025
- 3
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 67%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $20,300
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 8
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $449k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 67% of the organizations The Giving Tree Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 8% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $4k 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 | 2 | $54k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 3 | $49k | 67% |
| FY2023 | 8 | $50k | 75% |
| FY2022 | 7 | $73k | 29% |
| FY2021 | 3 | $49k | 67% |
| FY2020 | 3 | $44k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 4 | $48k | 50% |
| FY2018 | 5 | $67k | 40% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gifft Hill School Inc | $269,977 | 8 | 1% |
| Island Green Building Association Inc | $35,000 | 3 | 3% |
| Willistown Conservation Trust Inc | $35,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Friends of Kzn Inc | $29,000 | 2 | 38% |
| Chester County Food Bank | $23,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Street Soccer USA Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Lasata | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Saint David's Nursery School | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Friends Association for the Care and Pro | $9,440 | 2 | 0% |
| St John Rescue Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 2% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gifft Hill School Inc | $269,977 | 8 | 1% |
| Island Green Building Association Inc | $35,000 | 3 | 3% |
| Willistown Conservation Trust Inc | $35,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Friends of Kzn Inc | $29,000 | 2 | 38% |
| Chester County Food Bank | $23,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Street Soccer USA Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Lasata | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Saint David's Nursery School | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Friends Association for the Care and Pro | $9,440 | 2 | 0% |
| St John Rescue Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Lankenau Medical Center Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Dynamic Catholic Institute | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Samaritan's Purse | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Downingtown Area Senior Center | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Brandywine Warriors Inc | $1,500 | 1 | 1% |
| International Fellowship of Christians & Jews Inc | $1,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Foundation for Learning in Tredyffrin Easttown | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Young Scholars Charter School | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 2 recipients with no EIN on record ($26k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Giving Tree Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 15 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: Chester County Community Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Network for Good · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About The Giving Tree Foundation
- How much does The Giving Tree Foundation give?
- The Giving Tree Foundation reported 6 grants totaling $68,300 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 8 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Giving Tree Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (60%), Environment (13%), Housing & Shelter (7%).
- Who are The Giving Tree Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Gifft Hill School Inc ($270k), Island Green Building Association Inc ($35k), Willistown Conservation Trust Inc ($35k).
- Does The Giving Tree Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 67% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Giving Tree Foundation 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 The Giving Tree Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Chester County Community Foundation, Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program, The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc.
- Where is The Giving Tree Foundation based?
- The Giving Tree Foundation is based in DE.
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