Delaware · Private foundation
The Robertson Powell 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.
- $171k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 18
- Grants FY2025
- 13
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 54%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $2,500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $90,450
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 13
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 6
- Total assets, FY2025
- $2.3M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 54% of the organizations The Robertson Powell Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 33% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 67% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $18k 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 | 18 | $171k | 56% |
| FY2024 | 13 | $55k | 54% |
| FY2023 | 4 | $161k | 50% |
| FY2022 | 4 | $109k | 50% |
| FY2021 | 4 | $195k | 50% |
| FY2020 | 2 | $5k | 100% |
| FY2019 | 7 | $33k | 100% |
| FY2018 | 1 | $100k | 0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hypersomnia Foundation Inc | $375,450 | 6 | 17% |
| Population Services International | $300,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The National Press Club Journalism Institute Inc | $125,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Vital Voices Global Partnership Inc | $60,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Women's Fund of Santa Barbara | $31,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Strongminds Inc | $25,500 | 4 | 0% |
| The Commonwealth Club - World Affairs of California | $15,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The J David Gladstone Institutes | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| ACLU Foundation of Southern California | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Lillian's List Foundation | $6,500 | 3 | 2% |
Show all 31 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 2 recipients with no EIN on record ($20k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Robertson Powell Foundation supplied at peak.
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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: Jewish Communal Fund · Impactassetsinc · American Heart Association Inc · Community Foundation of New Jersey · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · The Chicago Community Trust · American Endowment Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Network for Good · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund
How this is measured
About The Robertson Powell Foundation
- How much does The Robertson Powell Foundation give?
- The Robertson Powell Foundation reported 18 grants totaling $170,900 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 13 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Robertson Powell Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (42%), International (36%), Education (12%).
- Who are The Robertson Powell Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Hypersomnia Foundation Inc ($375k), Population Services International ($300k), The National Press Club Journalism Institute Inc ($125k).
- Does The Robertson Powell Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 54% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Robertson Powell 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 Robertson Powell Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Jewish Communal Fund, Impactassetsinc, American Heart Association Inc.
- Where is The Robertson Powell Foundation based?
- The Robertson Powell Foundation is based in DE.
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