The 1729 Foundation concentrates its funding on high-impact poverty alleviation interventions, giving large, unrestricted grants to a small set of repeat grantees working on clean water, cash transfers, food security, and malaria prevention. Their portfolio blends global evidence-backed charities (e.g., Charity: Water, GiveDirectly, Against Malaria Foundation) with at least one local direct-service partner (North Texas Food Bank), indicating a mix of international and local focus. Grants are typically labeled 'general purpose,' suggesting trust-based, flexible support.
Concentrated, high-dollar giving to a handful of repeat grantees; multiple grants per organization, typically unrestricted/general purpose. Mix of global evidence-driven charities and at least one local partner.
1729 Foundation’s recent giving is anchored by repeated general-purpose support for Charity: Water, including a $400,000 grant in 2024 and a $350,000 grant in 2025. That pattern points to a funder that backs a small set of organizations with flexible capital rather than spreading money broadly across many grantees. The foundation’s portfolio is built around poverty alleviation and basic needs work, with grants tied to clean water, unconditional cash transfers, malaria prevention, and emergency food security. The giving profile also shows repetition over time: several of the same organizations appear in multiple years, often with the same general-purpose framing. Alongside international evidence-backed charities, the foundation also supports a local direct-service organization in North Texas, suggesting a mix of global and Texas-oriented priorities. Its recent grantees include GiveDirectly, the Against Malaria Foundation US, and North Texas Food Bank, each funded with unrestricted support. The combination of large, repeat grants and a narrow set of mission areas indicates a highly selective grantmaker focused on practical interventions with measurable poverty-reduction goals.
In clean water and WASH, 1729 Foundation gave $350,000 in 2025 to Charity: Water for general purpose support, following a $375,000 grant in 2023 and a $400,000 grant in 2024. In cash-transfer work, it funded GiveDirectly with $100,000 in 2025 and previously made $75,000 grants in 2023 and 2024, all for general purpose use. Malaria prevention is another repeated area: the foundation awarded $100,000 in 2025 to the Against Malaria Foundation US, after $75,000 grants in 2023 and 2024. For local food security, it supported North Texas Food Bank with $100,000 in 2025 and $75,000 grants in both 2023 and 2024. Across these areas, the recurring thread is unrestricted funding rather than project-specific awards.
Grant sizes cluster around a narrow band: p25 is $75,000, median is $75,000, and p75 is $150,000. The recent record shows both repeated support and some larger anchor grants, with several organizations appearing in multiple years. That points to a recurring grantee model rather than one-off checks. The foundation is not a donor-advised fund and does not fund individuals; it operates as a private foundation making program grants and general-purpose awards.
$1.9M
$43.1M
$30.4M
$741K
Most grants fall between $75K and $150K, with a median of $75K.
25th Percentile
$75K
Median
$75K
75th Percentile
$150K
About 25% of grants go to recipients in NY.
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Notable grantees: Charity: Water, GiveDirectly, Inc., North Texas Food Bank, The Against Malaria Foundation US
All recent grants in the data went to U.S. recipients. New York is the top state by grant count, driven by multiple awards to grantees in New York, NY. Texas also appears repeatedly through North Texas Food Bank in Plano, TX, and the foundation’s recipient geography includes Hagerstown, MD and Kansas City, MO as well. Twenty-five percent of grants went to recipients in Texas.
Its recent grants center on clean water and WASH, unconditional cash transfers, malaria prevention, and local food security. The named grantees in those areas include Charity: Water, GiveDirectly, the Against Malaria Foundation US, and North Texas Food Bank, usually with general-purpose support.
Yes. The same organizations appear across multiple years in the recent grant list. Charity: Water received grants in 2023, 2024, and 2025; GiveDirectly appears in 2023, 2024, and 2025; the Against Malaria Foundation US appears in 2023, 2024, and 2025; and North Texas Food Bank appears in 2023, 2024, and 2025.
The foundation’s grant-size distribution is tightly centered on $75,000: the p25, median, and several individual awards are $75,000. Larger grants also appear, including $100,000 awards and a $350,000 grant, but the central tendency is clearly in the $75,000 range.
New York is the top state by grant count. Texas is also important, with 25% of grants going to recipients in the HQ state. The recent recipient list also includes organizations in Maryland and Missouri.
2025
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2025.
Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHARITY WATER CHARITY WATER | HAGGERSTOWN, MD | $350,000 | 2025 | GENERAL PURPOSE |
| THE AGAINST MALARIA FOUNDATION US THE AGAINST MALARIA FOUNDATION US | KANSAS CITY, MO | $100,000 | 2025 | GENERAL PURPOSE |
| GIVE DIRECTLY INC GIVE DIRECTLY INC | NEW YORK, NY | $100,000 | 2025 | GENERAL PURPOSE |
| NORTH TEXAS FOOD BANK NORTH TEXAS FOOD BANK | PLANO, TX | $100,000 | 2025 | GENERAL PURPOSE |
| CHARITY WATER CHARITY WATER | HAGGERSTOWN, MD | $400,000 | 2024 | GENERAL PURPOSE |
| GIVE DIRECTLY INC GIVE DIRECTLY INC | NEW YORK, NY | $75,000 | 2024 | GENERAL PURPOSE |
| NORTH TEXAS FOOD BANK NORTH TEXAS FOOD BANK | PLANO, TX | $75,000 | 2024 | GENERAL PURPOSE |
| THE AGAINST MALARIA FOUNDATION US THE AGAINST MALARIA FOUNDATION US | KANSAS CITY, MO | $75,000 | 2024 | GENERAL PURPOSE |
| CHARITY WATER CHARITY WATER | HAGGERSTOWN, MD | $375,000 | 2023 | GENERAL PURPOSE |
| GIVE DIRECTLY INC GIVE DIRECTLY INC | NEW YORK, NY | $75,000 | 2023 | GENERAL PURPOSE |
| NORTH TEXAS FOOD BANK NORTH TEXAS FOOD BANK | PLANO, TX | $75,000 | 2023 | GENERAL PURPOSE |
| THE AGAINST MALARIA FOUNDATION US THE AGAINST MALARIA FOUNDATION US | KANSAS CITY, MO | $75,000 | 2023 | GENERAL PURPOSE |
CHARITY WATER CHARITY WATER
$350,000GENERAL PURPOSE
THE AGAINST MALARIA FOUNDATION US THE AGAINST MALARIA FOUNDATION US
$100,000GENERAL PURPOSE
GIVE DIRECTLY INC GIVE DIRECTLY INC
$100,000GENERAL PURPOSE
NORTH TEXAS FOOD BANK NORTH TEXAS FOOD BANK
$100,000GENERAL PURPOSE
CHARITY WATER CHARITY WATER
$400,000GENERAL PURPOSE
GIVE DIRECTLY INC GIVE DIRECTLY INC
$75,000GENERAL PURPOSE
NORTH TEXAS FOOD BANK NORTH TEXAS FOOD BANK
$75,000GENERAL PURPOSE
THE AGAINST MALARIA FOUNDATION US THE AGAINST MALARIA FOUNDATION US
$75,000GENERAL PURPOSE
CHARITY WATER CHARITY WATER
$375,000GENERAL PURPOSE
GIVE DIRECTLY INC GIVE DIRECTLY INC
$75,000GENERAL PURPOSE
NORTH TEXAS FOOD BANK NORTH TEXAS FOOD BANK
$75,000GENERAL PURPOSE
THE AGAINST MALARIA FOUNDATION US THE AGAINST MALARIA FOUNDATION US
$75,000GENERAL PURPOSE