Private foundation · EIN 13-6123529 · New York, NY · Return for the year ending 2023-12-31

Where American Express Foundation's grants went

It reported $25.7M in grants paid across 9,499 lines. WHOFUNDS matched 54.0% of those dollars to 2,276 recipient organizations.

View the 990-PF

What its filing says about applications

It did not check the 990-PF box for “only contributes to preselected organizations.”

Form of application
- NAME AND ADDRESS OF ORGANIZATION - CONTACT PERSON, TITLE, PHONE NUMBER - GEOGRAPHIC AREA SERVED BY ORGANIZATION - HISTORY OF PREVIOUS SUPPORT FROM THE AMERICAN EXPRESS PHILANTHROPIC PROGRAM, FOUNDATION OR AN AMERICAN EXPRESS SUBSIDIARY - AMOUNT OF FUNDS REQUESTED AND DETAILED PROJECT BUDGET - DESCRIPTION OF PROJECT, INCLUDING INFO ON TARGET GROUPS TO BE SERVED, NEEDS ADDRESSED, PROGRAM OBJECTIVES, ACTIVITIES TO BE UNDERTAKEN, TIMETABLE - DETAILED PROJECT BUDGET - PROOF OF NONPROFIT STATUS, 501
Deadlines
NONE
Restrictions
NONE

Contact names and phone numbers are on the filing itself. WHOFUNDS doesn't republish them.

Grants paid 9,401 published lines

RecipientPaidPurpose as filedMatch
Common Purpose Charitable Trust (498231)
London, UK · outside the US
$2,090,000DEVELOPING LEADERSForeign
American Online Giving Foundation Inc (514801) - Daf
Newark, DE · no confident EIN match
$1,250,000GENERAL SUPPORTUnmatched Help match
Common Purpose Charitable Trust (498231)
London, UK · outside the US
$1,130,360DEVELOPING LEADERSForeign
International Rescue Committee
New York, NY · EIN 13-5660870
$1,000,000BACKING EQUAL FUTURESSame address 0.60
Ocean Conservancy
Washington, DC · EIN 23-7245152
$845,000BACKIING LOW CARBONSame address 0.61
American Friends of Magen David Adom
New York, NY · EIN 13-1790719
$750,000SUPPORT OF COMMUNITY SERVICE CENTERSSame address 0.73
Save the Children Federation Inc (464186)
Fairfield, CT · no confident EIN match
$750,000SUPPORT OF COMMUNITY SERVICE CENTERSUnmatched Help match
United Negro College Fund
Washington, DC · EIN 13-1624241
$665,000BACKING EQUAL FUTURESSame address 0.67
Ja Worldwide Inc (498850)
Boston, MA · no confident EIN match
$568,046BUILD FINANCIAL CONFIDENCEUnmatched Help match
Hispanic Federation
New York, NY · EIN 13-3573852
$500,000BACKING EQUAL FUTURESSame address 0.57
United States Fund for UNICEF
New York, NY · EIN 13-1760110
$500,000SUPPORT OF COMMUNITY SERVICE CENTERSSame address 0.70
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches
Washington, DC · EIN 53-0196605
$500,000SUPPORT OF COMMUNITY SERVICE CENTERSSame address 0.66
International Medical Corps
Los Angeles, CA · EIN 95-3949646
$500,000BACKIING LOW CARBONSame address 0.61
Covenant House (466929)
New York, NY · no confident EIN match
$500,000BACKING EQUAL FUTURESUnmatched Help match
HIAS Inc (514796)
Silver Spring, MD · no confident EIN match
$500,000SUPPORT OF COMMUNITY SERVICE CENTERSUnmatched Help match
United States Fund for UNICEF
New York, NY · EIN 13-1760110
$450,000BACKING EQUAL FUTURESSame address 0.70
United Way of Broward County
Ft Lauderdale, FL · EIN 59-0624402
$440,000SUPPORT OF COMMUNITY SERVICE CENTERSSame address 0.67
Valley of the Sun United Way (460575)
Phoenix, AZ · no confident EIN match
$410,000SUPPORT OF COMMUNITY SERVICE CENTERSUnmatched Help match
Big Brothers Big Sisters of America
Tampa, FL · EIN 23-1365190
$390,000BACKING EQUAL FUTURESSame address 0.69
GIVE2ASIA (460917)
Oakland, CA · no confident EIN match
$375,000SUPPORT FOR INTERNATIONAL CHARITIESUnmatched Help match
Scholarship America Inc (465087)
St Peter, MN · no confident EIN match
$287,125SUPPORT FOR SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAMSUnmatched Help match
Junior Achievement USA
Colorado Spgs, CO · EIN 84-1267604
$276,000BUILD FINANCIAL CONFIDENCESame address 0.64
Save the Children Federation Inc (464186)
Fairfield, CT · no confident EIN match
$265,000BACKING EQUAL FUTURESUnmatched Help match
National Arbor Day Foundation
Lincoln, NE · EIN 23-7169265
$250,000BACKIING LOW CARBONSame address 0.66
Resource Foundation Inc the (459546)
New York, NY · no confident EIN match
$250,000SUPPORT FOR INTERNATIONAL CHARITIESUnmatched Help match
American Online Giving Foundation Inc (514801) - Daf
Newark, DE · no confident EIN match
$250,000GENERAL SUPPORTUnmatched Help match
FIRST Nations Development Institute (462033)
Longmont, CO · no confident EIN match
$250,000BACKING EQUAL FUTURESUnmatched Help match
Catchafire Foundation (499255)
San Francisco, CA · no confident EIN match
$250,000BACKING EQUAL FUTURESUnmatched Help match
Myriad USA
New York, NY · EIN 58-2277856
$247,570SUPPORT FOR INTERNATIONAL CHARITIESSame address 0.63
Resource Foundation Inc the (459546)
New York, NY · no confident EIN match
$240,000SUPPORT FOR INTERNATIONAL CHARITIESUnmatched Help match
Ocean Conservancy
Washington, DC · EIN 23-7245152
$200,000SUPPORT FOR INTERNATIONAL CHARITIESSame address 0.61
Vital Voices Global Partnership Inc (514792)
Washington, DC · no confident EIN match
$200,000BACKING EQUAL FUTURESUnmatched Help match
Toronto Metropolitan University (503998)
Toronto, CA · outside the US
$200,000SUPPORT FOR INTERNATIONAL CHARITIESForeign
GIVE2ASIA (460917)
Oakland, CA · no confident EIN match
$200,000SUPPORT FOR INTERNATIONAL CHARITIESUnmatched Help match
Resource Foundation Inc the (459546)
New York, NY · no confident EIN match
$172,500SUPPORT FOR INTERNATIONAL CHARITIESUnmatched Help match
Leadership Education for Asian Pacifics
Los Angeles, CA · EIN 95-3879677
$160,000DEVELOPING LEADERSSame address 0.71
United States Fund for UNICEF
New York, NY · EIN 13-1760110
$150,000SUPPORT FOR INTERNATIONAL CHARITIESSame address 0.70
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches
Washington, DC · EIN 53-0196605
$131,501GENERAL SUPPORTSame address 1.00
Myriad USA
New York, NY · EIN 58-2277856
$126,939SUPPORT FOR INTERNATIONAL CHARITIESSame address 0.63
Chc Creating Healthier Communities
Alexandria, VA · EIN 13-6167225
$126,626GENERAL SUPPORTSame address 1.00
Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund
New York, NY · EIN 13-2855641
$125,000BACKING EQUAL FUTURESSame address 0.72
The Asian American Foundation
Washington, DC · EIN 85-2050585
$125,000BACKING EQUAL FUTURESSame address 0.58
International Medical Corps
Los Angeles, CA · EIN 95-3949646
$125,000BACKIING LOW CARBONSame address 0.61
National Urban League Inc (466018)
New York, NY · no confident EIN match
$125,000BACKING EQUAL FUTURESUnmatched Help match
Head Strong Project Inc (514793)
New York, NY · no confident EIN match
$125,000BACKING EQUAL FUTURESUnmatched Help match
Pinball Clemons Foundation (514749)
Mississauga, CA · outside the US
$125,000SUPPORT FOR INTERNATIONAL CHARITIESForeign
Pathways to Education (514750)
Toronto, CA · outside the US
$125,000SUPPORT FOR INTERNATIONAL CHARITIESForeign
Team Rubicon (496024)
Los Angeles, CA · no confident EIN match
$125,000BACKING EQUAL FUTURESUnmatched Help match
Myriad USA
New York, NY · EIN 58-2277856
$112,529SUPPORT FOR INTERNATIONAL CHARITIESSame address 0.63
Chc Creating Healthier Communities
Alexandria, VA · EIN 13-6167225
$107,376GENERAL SUPPORTSame address 1.00

The page lists the 2,000 largest of 9,401 published lines. The CSV release has every line.

71 more lines ($26.5K) aren't listed because the payee name as filed could identify a private person.

Foundations that fund the same organizations

  1. Amazonsmile Foundation Seattle, WA
    1989 recipients in common
  2. The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Charlotte, NC
    1022 recipients in common
  3. Jpmorgan Chase Foundation New York, NY
    883 recipients in common
  4. The Pfizer Foundation New York, NY
    737 recipients in common
  5. Verizon Foundation Basking Ridge, NJ
    515 recipients in common
  6. Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation Princeton, NJ
    409 recipients in common
  7. The Cigna Group Foundation Philadelphia, PA
    401 recipients in common
  8. Shell USA Company Foundation Houston, TX
    389 recipients in common

Where this comes from

Grant lines are from Part XV of this foundation's Form 990-PF (XML). The filing names each payee but gives no tax ID, so WHOFUNDS matched payees to the IRS Business Master File. Lines it couldn't match confidently are listed as filed. Method and limits.