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The Trustees of Princeton University
Research, education and general - princeton university is a private not-for-profit, non-sectarian institution of higher learning with approximately 5,700 undergraduate and 3,300 graduate students. 2,500 students graduated in the 2024-2025 academic year. As a world-renowned research university, princeton seeks to achieve the highest…
- $620M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 28
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 30
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 23%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $15M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $100,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $5,304,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 26 to 32
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 5
- Total assets, FY2025
- $45.9B
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 23% of the organizations The Trustees of Princeton University funded were first-time grantees, receiving 1% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $522k 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 | 24 | $13M | 13% |
| FY2024 | 30 | $57M | 23% |
| FY2023 | 31 | $11M | 19% |
| FY2022 | 32 | $7.6M | 38% |
| FY2021 | 27 | $8.3M | 33% |
| FY2020 | 26 | $6.8M | 23% |
| FY2019 | 27 | $7.0M | 7% |
| FY2018 | 30 | $22M | 33% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Municipality of Princeton | $42,729,867 | 9 | n/a |
| S&G Foundation Inc | $39,342,493 | 2 | 5% |
| Robertson Foundation For Government Inc | $26,300,000 | 2 | 85% |
| Princeton Public Schools | $7,548,900 | 5 | n/a |
| Mary John Goree Las Animas County Scholarship Foundation | $5,742,949 | 9 | 73% |
| Leadership Enterprise for a Diverse America | $4,864,741 | 9 | 63% |
| McCarter Theatre Company | $3,941,403 | 9 | 5% |
| County of Mercer | $3,695,368 | 4 | n/a |
| Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated | $3,202,115 | 9 | 0% |
| Climate Central Inc | $1,571,398 | 9 | 3% |
Show all 88 grantees
Where it is load-bearing
The Trustees of Princeton University supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 10 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 74 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: Princeton Area Community Foundation Inc · Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation Inc · Curtis W McGraw Foundation · The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation · Tenacre Foundation · Community Foundation of New Jersey · Investors Foundation Inc · The J Robert & Barbara A Hillier Foundation Inc · The Burke Foundation Inc · Twin Chimney Inc · Pseg Foundation Inc · The Losam Fund
How this is measured
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About The Trustees of Princeton University
- How much does The Trustees of Princeton University give?
- The Trustees of Princeton University reported 28 itemized grants totaling $14,673,325, out of $620,310,685 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 26 and 32 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Trustees of Princeton University fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Philanthropy (41%), Public Benefit (34%), Education (12%).
- Who are The Trustees of Princeton University's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Municipality of Princeton ($43M), S&G Foundation Inc ($39M), Robertson Foundation For Government Inc ($26M).
- Does The Trustees of Princeton University fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 23% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Trustees of Princeton University?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Princeton Area Community Foundation Inc, Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation Inc, Curtis W McGraw Foundation.
- Where is The Trustees of Princeton University based?
- The Trustees of Princeton University is based in NJ.
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