Organization · EIN 52-2166327 · Alexandria, VA · Philanthropy & grantmaking

Who funds Donors Trust?

25 private foundations reported paying Donors Trust $23M on returns for tax year 2023.

25 funders · 8 foundations that fund peers · 6 closest peers

Funders 25

FoundationPaidPurpose as filedMatchSource
Diana Davis Spencer Foundation
Bethesda, MD · Preselected only
$11,950,000
8 grant lines
DONOR ADVISED FUND CONTRIBUTION +1 more Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Mercer Family Foundation
Waltham, MA · Preselected only
$3,500,000 General Support Same street 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
L E Phillips Family Foundation
Eau Claire, WI
$2,013,000 OPERATIONS Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 02/2024
JP Humphreys Foundation
Joplin, MO · Preselected only
$1,500,000 Worker Freedom Fund Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
The Thiel Foundation
Los Angeles, CA · Preselected only
$1,276,111 GENERAL FOUNDATION GRANT Same address 0.88 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Barney Family Foundation
Chicago, IL · Preselected only
$595,000 GENERAL PURPOSES Same street 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
George E Coleman Jr Foundation
New Canaan, CT
$507,000
6 grant lines
GENERAL SUPPORT Exact name 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
The Miles Foundation
Fort Worth, TX · Preselected only
$475,000 THE MILES FOUNDATION FUND Same street 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Chauncey and Marion D McCormick Family Foundation
Chicago, IL
$450,000 SOCIAL SERVICES Same ZIP 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 07/2024
The Fournier Family Foundation
Summit, NJ · Preselected only
$100,000 CHARITABLE IRC 170 (C)(2) Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Sarah Scaife Foundation
Pittsburgh, PA
$80,000 GALEN INSTITUTE AT DONORS LLC Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Richards Family Foundation
Evans, GA · Preselected only
$80,000 SUPPORT COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION Same street 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation
Milwaukee, WI
$75,000 To support the Galen Institute Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Lovett & Ruth Peters Foundation
Cincinnati, OH · Preselected only
$75,000 GENERAL SUPPORT Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Leadership Kershaw Foundation
Evans, GA · Preselected only
$65,000 SUPPORT COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION Same street 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Jacobs Family Foundation
San Diego, CA
$57,000 DIRECT CHARITABLE ACT
Filed as “THE DONORS TRUST”
Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Beth and Ravenel Curry Foundation
New York, NY · Preselected only
$50,000 UNRESTRICTED Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
The Trammell & Margaret Crow Foundation
Dallas, TX · Preselected only
$50,000 GENERAL Same street 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Jv Lowney Fund
Oakland, CA · Preselected only
$26,000 GENERAL DONATIONS Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Dick and Betsy Devos Family Foundation
Grand Rapids, MI
$20,000 GENERAL OPERATING Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023

Amounts are as filed on each foundation's 990-PF for a tax year beginning in 2023. The match shows how the payee on the filing was linked to this EIN (what each match type means); hover or tap it for the score. Wrong? Report it.

Foundations that fund organizations like Donors Trust

These foundations paid at least two of the 25 organizations that share the most funders with Donors Trust, but don't appear on its own funder list for 2023. This is a factual overlap from filings, not a recommendation or an endorsement.

  1. The Armstrong Foundation Fort Worth, TX
    Paid 15 of the 25 closest peers · $373K to them
  2. John William Pope Foundation Raleigh, NC
    Paid 12 of the 25 closest peers · $1.15M to them
  3. The Chase Foundation of Virginia Charlottesville, VA
    Paid 14 of the 25 closest peers · $217K to them
  4. The Dunn Foundation Wilmington, DE
    Paid 14 of the 25 closest peers · $1.49M to them · Says it funds preselected organizations only
  5. The Searle Freedom Trust Madison, WI
    Paid 11 of the 25 closest peers · $3.92M to them · Says it funds preselected organizations only
  6. The Lozick Family Foundation Pepper Pike, OH
    Paid 10 of the 25 closest peers · $275K to them · Says it funds preselected organizations only
  7. The Tkbw Private Foundation Holland, OH
    Paid 10 of the 25 closest peers · $46K to them
  8. Kickapoo Springs Foundation Abilene, TX
    Paid 8 of the 25 closest peers · $103K to them

Organizations with the most funders in common

  1. The Philanthropy Roundtable Washington, DC
    9 shared funders · 135 funders in all
  2. Capital Research Center Arlington, VA
    6 shared funders · 65 funders in all
  3. State Policy Network Arlington, VA
    8 shared funders · 66 funders in all
  4. Institute for Justice Arlington, VA
    7 shared funders · 146 funders in all
  5. Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression Philadelphia, PA
    8 shared funders · 102 funders in all
  6. The Fund for American Studies Washington, DC
    7 shared funders · 85 funders in all

Where this comes from

Each row is a grant line from Part XV of a private foundation's Form 990-PF. The 990-PF has no field for the recipient's tax ID, so WHOFUNDS matched the payee's name and address to the IRS Business Master File. How matching works and where it fails.

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