California · Private foundation
The Packard Humanities Institute
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $3.7M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 8
- Grants FY2024
- 10
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 30%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $312,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $1,400,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 8 to 19
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 2
- Total assets, FY2024
- $918M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 30% of the organizations The Packard Humanities Institute funded were first-time grantees, receiving 25% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 75% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2.5M 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 | 7 | $3.7M | 57% |
| FY2023 | 10 | $9.8M | 30% |
| FY2022 | 15 | $15M | 40% |
| FY2021 | 15 | $9.9M | 13% |
| FY2020 | 14 | $3.6M | 29% |
| FY2019 | 14 | $6.7M | 36% |
| FY2018 | 8 | $5.4M | 0% |
| FY2017 | 19 | $9.8M | 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 Stanford Theatre Foundation | $8,390,000 | 8 | 100% |
| George Eastman Museum | $5,737,163 | 8 | 15% |
| Opera San Jose Incorporated | $4,115,500 | 6 | 22% |
| Founding Fathers Papers Inc | $4,031,000 | 5 | 100% |
| The Trustees of Princeton University | $2,645,000 | 1 | 0% |
| St John's University New York | $2,000,000 | 1 | 0% |
| American Friends of LoveItaly | $130,000 | 5 | 92% |
| Corporation of the Fine Arts Museums | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| New York City Opera | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Marlboro School of Music Inc | $90,000 | 5 | 0% |
Show all 17 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Stanford Theatre Foundation | $8,390,000 | 8 | 100% |
| George Eastman Museum | $5,737,163 | 8 | 15% |
| Opera San Jose Incorporated | $4,115,500 | 6 | 22% |
| Founding Fathers Papers Inc | $4,031,000 | 5 | 100% |
| The Trustees of Princeton University | $2,645,000 | 1 | 0% |
| St John's University New York | $2,000,000 | 1 | 0% |
| American Friends of LoveItaly | $130,000 | 5 | 92% |
| Corporation of the Fine Arts Museums | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| New York City Opera | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Marlboro School of Music Inc | $90,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Boston Early Music Festival Inc | $80,000 | 5 | 1% |
| North Carolina Botanical Garden Foundation | $63,000 | 4 | 2% |
| Symphony San Jose | $50,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Cinequest Inc | $35,500 | 2 | 1% |
| Beneficent Technology Inc | $30,000 | 1 | 0% |
| American Society of Papyrologists | $30,000 | 1 | 25% |
| Chartwell School | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 26 recipients with no EIN on record ($36M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Packard Humanities Institute supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 3 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 16 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 tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: Ibm International Foundation · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About The Packard Humanities Institute
- How much does The Packard Humanities Institute give?
- The Packard Humanities Institute reported 8 grants totaling $3,669,040 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 8 and 19 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Packard Humanities Institute fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (68%), Education (10%), Philanthropy (10%).
- Who are The Packard Humanities Institute's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: The Stanford Theatre Foundation ($8.4M), George Eastman Museum ($5.7M), Opera San Jose Incorporated ($4.1M).
- Does The Packard Humanities Institute fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 30% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Packard Humanities Institute 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 Packard Humanities Institute?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Ibm International Foundation, Silicon Valley Community Foundation, Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program.
- Where is The Packard Humanities Institute based?
- The Packard Humanities Institute is based in CA.
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