Washington, D.C. · Public charity
Truth Initiative Foundation
Truth initiative's mission is to achieve a culture where young people reject smoking, vaping, and nicotine. The purposes for which the foundation is formed are to support (1) the study of and programs to reduce youth tobacco product usage & youth substance (cont. On sch o)abuse in the states and (2) the study of and educational programs…
- $1.3M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 24
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 27
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 56%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $1.3M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $14,476
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $751,663
- Organizations funded a year
- 16 to 56
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 13
- Total assets, FY2025
- $676M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 56% of the organizations Truth Initiative Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 11% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $146k went to new ones.
RenewedFirst-time
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
EducationHealthYouth DevelopmentCivil RightsHuman ServicesMembership BenefitOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 23 | $1.3M | 57% |
| FY2024 | 27 | $1.4M | 56% |
| FY2023 | 25 | $1.5M | 56% |
| FY2022 | 16 | $1.1M | 13% |
| FY2021 | 35 | $1.3M | 51% |
| FY2020 | 41 | $1.9M | 39% |
| FY2019 | 56 | $2.0M | 63% |
| FY2018 | 31 | $3.9M | 81% |
100% classified
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Health$12MEducation$2.8MCivil Rights$1.1MYouth Development$593kEnvironment$357kPublic Benefit$350kArts & Culture$67kScience & Tech$55kOther$0
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
VT
NH
WA
ID
MT
ND
IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
OR
NV
IA
IN
OH
PA
NJ
CT
RI
CA
UT
CO
NE
MO
KY
WV
VA
MD
DE
AZ
NM
KS
TN
NC
SC
DC
HI
OK
LA
MS
AL
GA
TX
FL
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids | $7,605,763 | 9 | 7% |
| University of California San Francisco Foundation | $2,000,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Tobacco Free Portfolios Foundation | $1,000,000 | 6 | 73% |
| University of California San Francisco | $778,707 | 9 | n/a |
| American Nonsmokers Rights Foundation | $666,035 | 4 | 6% |
| Breathe California Sacramento Region | $356,743 | 5 | 13% |
| Girl Scout Council of the Nation's Capital | $324,130 | 5 | 1% |
| Parents Against Vaping E-Cigarettes Inc | $260,000 | 4 | 73% |
| Partnership to End Addiction | $174,253 | 2 | 1% |
| Mobilize Recovery | $135,000 | 3 | 16% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids | $7,605,763 | 9 | 7% |
| University of California San Francisco Foundation | $2,000,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Tobacco Free Portfolios Foundation | $1,000,000 | 6 | 73% |
| University of California San Francisco | $778,707 | 9 | n/a |
| American Nonsmokers Rights Foundation | $666,035 | 4 | 6% |
| Breathe California Sacramento Region | $356,743 | 5 | 13% |
| Girl Scout Council of the Nation's Capital | $324,130 | 5 | 1% |
| Parents Against Vaping E-Cigarettes Inc | $260,000 | 4 | 73% |
| Partnership to End Addiction | $174,253 | 2 | 1% |
| Mobilize Recovery | $135,000 | 3 | 16% |
| Asian Pacific Partners for Empowerment Advocacy and Leadership | $124,078 | 1 | 16% |
| The George Washington University | $121,181 | 4 | 0% |
| NAACP Empowerment Programs Inc | $116,310 | 3 | 0% |
| National Network of Public Health Institutes Inc | $100,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Human Rights Campaign Foundation | $85,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Johns Hopkins University | $78,728 | 1 | 0% |
| American Academy of Pediatrics | $75,011 | 1 | 0% |
| Young Invincibles | $75,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Young People in Recovery | $72,960 | 2 | 3% |
| University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center | $65,367 | 2 | n/a |
| National Council for Behavioral Health | $61,655 | 2 | 0% |
| Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco Inc | $61,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Battelle Memorial Institute | $55,057 | 2 | 0% |
| The Wyman Center | $50,925 | 1 | 1% |
| Capital Pride Alliance Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Parents Against Vaping E-Cigarettes Action Fund Inc | $50,000 | 2 | 6% |
| Rutgers the State University | $50,000 | 2 | n/a |
| State University of Iowa | $40,907 | 1 | n/a |
| Family Office University Network | $40,000 | 1 | 14% |
| Northeastern University | $39,736 | 1 | 0% |
| Houston Community College Foundation | $36,081 | 2 | n/a |
| Community College of Aurora | $32,646 | 4 | n/a |
| South Carolina Network | $27,772 | 2 | n/a |
| Hmp Acquisition Holdings LLC Dba Naccme LLC | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Mindful Philanthropy Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Independent Sector | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Planned Parenthood of Metropolitan Washington DC Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| National Foundation for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| 1640 Society | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Latin American Youth Center | $24,948 | 1 | 0% |
| Advocates for Youth | $24,650 | 3 | 0% |
| Rancho Santiago Community College District | $23,991 | 3 | n/a |
| Natl Capital Coalition to Prevent | $23,331 | 1 | 3% |
| Girl Scouts of Eastern Massachusetts Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Brenau University Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| National Coalition on Health Care | $20,000 | 1 | 2% |
| La Trade Technical College | $20,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Action on Smoking and Health | $20,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Western Ne Community College | $19,999 | 2 | n/a |
| Coppin State University Development Foundation Inc | $19,999 | 3 | 0% |
| Columbia Basin College | $19,980 | 2 | n/a |
| Mills College | $19,872 | 3 | 0% |
| Roxbury Community College | $19,721 | 2 | n/a |
| The Research Foundation for The State University of New York | $19,659 | 2 | 0% |
| Society for Human Resource Management | $19,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Alamance Community College | $19,073 | 2 | n/a |
| West Virginia State University Research & Development Corporation | $19,048 | 2 | 0% |
| Scccd | $19,011 | 3 | n/a |
| Notre Dame College | $18,950 | 2 | 0% |
| San Juan College Retiree Health Trust | $18,727 | 2 | 1% |
| Effie Worldwide Inc | $18,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Onondaga Community College | $18,207 | 2 | n/a |
| Knoxville Leadership Foundation Inc | $18,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Salem Academy and College | $17,814 | 2 | 0% |
| Our Lady of the Lake University of San Antonio | $17,671 | 2 | 0% |
| Hampton University | $17,394 | 2 | 0% |
| Western Connecticut State University | $17,316 | 2 | n/a |
| Allen University | $17,243 | 2 | 0% |
| USC School of Medicine Greenville | $17,048 | 2 | n/a |
| Bellevue College Foundation | $17,018 | 2 | 0% |
| Texas Lutheran University | $16,932 | 2 | 0% |
| Herkimer County Community College | $16,599 | 2 | n/a |
| Manhattan University | $16,581 | 2 | 0% |
| Quincy College | $15,899 | 1 | n/a |
| LBW Community College | $15,765 | 2 | n/a |
| Board of Regents Nevada System of Higher Education | $15,531 | 2 | n/a |
| Bay Path University | $15,439 | 2 | 0% |
| Isothermal Community College | $15,303 | 2 | n/a |
| Colorado Northwestern Community College Foundation | $15,157 | 2 | 3% |
| Robeson Community College | $15,075 | 2 | n/a |
| Bet Media Group (Paramount Global) | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Howard University | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Advertising Council Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Rescue the Behavior Change Agency | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Fayetteville State University | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Her Campus Media LLC | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| YWCA USA Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| New Jersey City University | $14,986 | 1 | n/a |
| Simmons College of Kentucky Inc | $14,985 | 1 | 0% |
| Louisiana Christian University | $14,949 | 2 | 0% |
| Austin Peay State University | $14,821 | 2 | n/a |
| The Los Angeles Valley College Foundation | $14,667 | 2 | 1% |
| Roger Williams University | $14,476 | 1 | 0% |
| LeMoyne-Owen College | $14,403 | 2 | 0% |
| Mercy University | $14,278 | 1 | 0% |
| Sullivan County Community College | $14,014 | 2 | n/a |
| Blackfeet Community College | $13,960 | 1 | 0% |
| Gadsden State Community College | $13,942 | 1 | n/a |
| Trinity College | $13,896 | 2 | 0% |
| Dominican University New York | $13,852 | 2 | 0% |
| Bucks County Community College Foundation Inc | $13,823 | 2 | 0% |
| San Bernardino County Community College District- Kvcr | $13,803 | 2 | n/a |
| Snow College Foundation | $13,446 | 1 | 0% |
| Stockton University | $13,202 | 2 | n/a |
| Lawson State Community College | $12,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Orange Coast College Foundation | $11,813 | 2 | 0% |
| Worldatwork | $11,500 | 1 | 0% |
| The University of West Alabama | $11,411 | 2 | n/a |
| Nywici Foundation Inc | $11,400 | 2 | 1% |
| University of Maryland College Park | $11,345 | 1 | n/a |
| Girl Scouts of Greater Chicago and Northwest Indiana | $11,167 | 2 | 0% |
| Dallas County Community College District | $11,083 | 2 | n/a |
| Grand Valley State University | $10,618 | 1 | n/a |
| Miles College Inc | $10,344 | 1 | 0% |
| National Pan Hellenic Council Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Northeast Business Group on Health Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Antelope Valley College | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Center for Black Health and Equity | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Salt Lake Community College | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Human Rights Campaign Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Truckee Meadows Community College Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Community College System of New Hampshire | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Champlain Valley Family Ctr for Dru Treatmt & Youth Svcs Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Partnership for a Drug-Free America | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Progressive Agriculture Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Lorain County Community College | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Foothill-Deanza Ccd | $9,998 | 1 | n/a |
| Terra State Community College | $9,931 | 1 | n/a |
| Stevie Awards Inc | $9,700 | 1 | n/a |
| The Corporation of Saint Mary's College Notre Dame | $9,682 | 1 | 0% |
| University of Wisconsin | $9,494 | 1 | n/a |
| Metro Drug Coalition Inc | $9,337 | 1 | 0% |
| Fort Scott Community College | $9,246 | 1 | n/a |
| Atlanta Technical College | $8,828 | 1 | n/a |
| North Country Community College | $8,779 | 1 | n/a |
| Felician University | $8,640 | 1 | 0% |
| San Mateo County Community Colleges District | $8,536 | 1 | n/a |
| Chaminade University of Honolulu | $8,439 | 1 | 0% |
| Housatonic Community College | $8,392 | 1 | n/a |
| Texas Southern University | $8,027 | 1 | n/a |
| Knox College | $7,842 | 1 | 0% |
| Bryn Mawr College | $7,808 | 1 | 0% |
| Urban College Of Boston | $7,694 | 1 | 0% |
| Western Washington University | $7,663 | 1 | n/a |
| The College of the Florida Keys | $7,649 | 1 | n/a |
| San Jose Evergreen Community | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Redwoods Ccd | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Long Beach Community College District | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| The Oxnard College Foundation | $7,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Piedmont Community College | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Ventura College | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Berkeley City College | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Cuesta College Foundation | $7,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Yosemite Community College Di | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| South Carolina State University | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| University of Cincinnati | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Citrus Community College District | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| St Petersburg College | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| The University of Cincinnati Foundation | $7,500 | 1 | 0% |
| PItt Community College | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Metropolitan Community College | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Naugatuck Valley Community College Foundation Inc | $7,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Pierce College | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Treasure Valley Community College | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Aims Community College | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Gavilan Joint Ccd | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Kern Community College District | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| West Valley Mission Community College | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Community College of Vermont - Montpelier | $7,496 | 1 | n/a |
| Holy Family University | $7,496 | 1 | 0% |
| Lockton Benefits Conference | $6,750 | 1 | n/a |
| Keweenaw Bay Ojibwa Community College | $6,669 | 1 | n/a |
| Society of Behavioral Medicine Inc | $6,600 | 1 | n/a |
| Southern Methodist University | $6,326 | 1 | 0% |
| South Texas College | $6,316 | 1 | n/a |
| Manchester Community College | $6,176 | 1 | n/a |
| Medlabistro Holdings LLC (Clio Awards) | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Our Pride Encompasses Nashville | $6,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Western Nm University | $5,941 | 1 | n/a |
| Rhode Island College | $5,794 | 1 | n/a |
| University of Rochester | $5,723 | 1 | 0% |
| Indiana State Museum Foundation Inc | $5,700 | 1 | 0% |
| Haymarket Media Inc | $5,670 | 1 | n/a |
| North Idaho College | $5,620 | 1 | n/a |
| The Trustees of Mount Holyoke College | $5,581 | 1 | 0% |
| Pima Community College | $5,479 | 1 | n/a |
| Finger Lakes Community College | $5,348 | 1 | n/a |
| Jefferson Community College | $5,271 | 1 | n/a |
| West Shore Community College | $5,228 | 1 | n/a |
| Clinton College | $5,166 | 1 | 0% |
| University of Richmond | $5,102 | 1 | 0% |
| Stillman College | $5,056 | 1 | 0% |
Where it is load-bearing
Truth Initiative Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 102 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 102.
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.
Foundation for California Community CollegesCA44.7× affinity21 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →
Open a dossier: Foundation for California Community Colleges · American Association of Community Colleges · National Collegiate Athletic Association · Educational Credit Management Corporation · Jobs for the Future Inc · Strada Education Foundation Inc · Folds of Honor Foundation · John Burton Advocates for Youth · Achieving the Dream Inc · I Car Education Foundation · Michael & Susan Dell Foundation · American Association of Colleges and Universities
How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.
About Truth Initiative Foundation
- How much does Truth Initiative Foundation give?
- Truth Initiative Foundation reported 24 itemized grants totaling $1,313,652, out of $1,347,753 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 16 and 56 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Truth Initiative Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (68%), Education (16%), Civil Rights (6%).
- Who are Truth Initiative Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids ($7.6M), University of California San Francisco Foundation ($2.0M), Tobacco Free Portfolios Foundation ($1.0M).
- Does Truth Initiative Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 56% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Truth Initiative Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Foundation for California Community Colleges, American Association of Community Colleges, National Collegiate Athletic Association.
- Where is Truth Initiative Foundation based?
- Truth Initiative Foundation is based in DC.
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The regranting layer
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The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
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