· Private foundation
The Humanist Trust
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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| NIGHTINGALE-BAMFORD SCHOOL | $5,500 |
| LICR FUND INC | $5,500 |
| MILTON ACADEMY | $5,500 |
| PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGE | $4,000 |
| ST BERNARD'S SCHOOL | $4,000 |
| NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY | $1,500 |
| NEIGHBORHOOD COALITION FOR SHELTER | $1,000 |
| POLICE ATHLETIC LEAGUE | $1,000 |
| PREP FOR PREP | $1,000 |
| CHILDREN'S DAY SCHOOL | $500 |
| STERNE SCHOOL | $500 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY18–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 80% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
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 +19% since the first grant, against -12% for those funded once.
11 repeat relationships: 10 still active in FY2025, 1 since wound down.
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, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- TNTHE NIGHTINGALE-BAMFORD SCHOOL8× · 2018–2025 · $42k · revenue +76%
MILTON ACADEMY8× · 2018–2025 · $41k · revenue +19%- SBST BERNARD'S SCHOOL INC8× · 2018–2025 · $27k · revenue +18%
Funded once
- ESEXODUS SCHOOLone grant, 2019 · $1k · revenue -22%
- HAHARLEM ACADEMYone grant, 2022 · $625 · revenue -12%
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.
A preschool through 12th grade, private, college preparatory school. the school's mission statement is "together, cultivating the best in each for the benefit of all."
Darrow school is dedicated to serving students with diverse backgrounds and abilities, building on each student's talents and interests to inspire enduring confidence for success in college and life. this mission is accomplished through…
Morristown beard school is an educational college preparatory school in grades 6 to 12 located in morristown, new jersey.
Lowell school (the school) provides educational services to approximately 314 students in grades pre-kindergarten through 8th grade. the school strives to create a diverse, equitable, and inclusive learning environment, and offers a…
The philadelphia school educates children for a future that is impossible to know but not impossible to shape. learn here. go anywhere.
Innovative and full of heart, mark day school nurtures each child to pursue their curiosity, think critically, embrace challenge with courage and joy, and work in partnership with others to build more caring and inclusive communities.
Hillbrook provides an extraordinary educational experience that fosters a love of learning in our students and helps them to develop the knowledge, skills and confidence to achieve their highest individual potential in school and in life.…
The university's goal in the coming decade is to advance learning through the integration of teaching, research and service to others. the core of this goal is to prepare graduates to engage with the world and lead lives of meaning. to do…
Bullis school provides a student-centered balanced experience in academics, arts, athletics and community service. bullis uniquely prepares all students to become caring citizens and creative, critical thinkers who will thrive in…
Tower hill school prepares students from diverse backgrounds for full and creative engagement with a dynamic world. each student is provided with an educational experience that emphasizes the development of an inquisitive, discerning and…
To educate students to be ethical and socially responsible leaders in a global community.
Believing in the limitless potential of girls, hockaday school develops resilient, confident women who are educated and inspired to lead lives of purpose and impact.
How this is measured
14 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
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 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover.
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
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.
- Who funds THE NIGHTINGALE-BAMFORD SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds LICR FUND INC ↗
- Who funds MILTON ACADEMY ↗
- Who funds ST BERNARD'S SCHOOL INC ↗
- Who funds The New York Public Library Astor Lenox and Tilden Foundations ↗
- Who funds NEIGHBORHOOD COALITION FOR SHELTER INC ↗
- Who funds PREP FOR PREP ↗
- Who funds POLICE ATHLETIC LEAGUE INC ↗
- Who funds HALEY HOUSE INC & AFFILIATES ↗
- Who funds President and Fellows of Harvard College ↗
- Who funds STERNE SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds CHILDREN'S DAY SCHOOL INC ↗
- Who funds EXODUS SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds HARLEM ACADEMY ↗
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: Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Humanist Trust funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Humanist Trust. Bigger dots raise more.
- President and Fellows of Harvard College: 7% of income from government
- Milton Academy: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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