AEC Trust concentrates its philanthropy into very large, targeted grants made to other charitable foundations or philanthropic vehicles rather than to frontline nonprofits. Its two recorded payments were expenditure-responsibility grants, indicating funding routed through intermediary foundations or designated projects rather than unrestricted general support. The foundation appears to operate as a pass-through or funder-of-funders, favoring a small number of high-value transactions over broad retail grantmaking.
AEC Trust’s recent giving is defined by a pair of large expenditure-responsibility grants: $16,039,759 to The Homestead Foundation Inc in 2025 and $4,131,710 to Wagmore Foundation Inc in 2025. That pattern places the trust in the role of a funder moving major dollars through intermediary foundations rather than distributing many direct grants to operating nonprofits. Beyond those pass-through transactions, the trust has supported a mix of cultural capital projects, health infrastructure, housing and food supports, conservation, and climate-related advocacy. The National Center for Civil and Human Rights Inc received multiple grants across 2023 through 2025 for its expansion work, while the University of Florida and its foundation received repeated support tied to the Harn Museum of Art and the Florida Museum of Natural History. Other grants have gone to Dance Alive Inc for a capital campaign, Mass General Brigham Incorporated for emergency department work, and Kestrel Land Trust Inc for conservation projects in Massachusetts. The foundation’s record shows a small number of high-value transactions rather than broad, diversified retail grantmaking. It also includes recurring support for some organizations over multiple years, especially in the arts, museum, and conservation categories.
In museum and cultural institution work, AEC Trust backed the University of Florida and the University of Florida Foundation with grants of $150,000 in 2025, $150,000 in 2024, and $100,000 in 2024 and 2023 for museum expansion and operating support connected to the Harn Museum of Art and the Florida Museum of Natural History. The foundation also supported the National Center for Civil and Human Rights Inc with a $250,000 grant in 2025 for the Building the Vision expansion effort. In health and housing-related work, Mass General Brigham Incorporated received $150,000 in 2025 for the Cooley Dickinson Hospital emergency department campaign, and Center for Human Development received $75,000 in 2025 for the Community Housing Support Program. Food access appears as well: Survival Centers Inc received $75,000 in 2025 for the Amherst Survival Center Food Pantry. Conservation and climate-related giving includes $100,000 to Kestrel Land Trust Inc for Forest & Farm Conservation and $75,000 to Corporate Accountability Intl for climate and water justice work.
$21.6M
$21.5M
$6.7M
$22M
Most grants fall between $10K and $25K, with a median of $10K.
25th Percentile
$10K
Median
$10K
75th Percentile
$25K
About 0% of grants go to recipients in GA.
Sign up for a free Kindora account to access AI-generated insights into this funder's giving patterns, decision-makers, and fit signals.
Get Started FreeFree Kindora accounts unlock side-by-side comparisons with foundations that share this funder's focus areas and giving profile.
Get Started FreeSign up free to see how well your nonprofit fits this funder, get an AI-generated pitch, and unlock similar foundations.
Highly concentrated giving: very few (two) but very large grants in a single NTEE category (T). Predominantly one-time or episodic transfers routed through intermediary foundations rather than many small awards or broad program portfolios.
Notable grantees: THE HOMESTEAD FOUNDATION INC, WAGMORE FOUNDATION INC
AEC Trust’s typical grant size is tightly clustered: the 25th percentile, median, and 75th percentile are $10,000, $10,000, and $25,000, respectively. The recent record also shows a handful of much larger awards, including seven-figure expenditure-responsibility grants and several $100,000 to $250,000 project grants. The grant history suggests recurring support for some recipients across multiple years, especially in cultural and conservation work, rather than one-off only giving. The foundation is classified as a regular funder and funds individuals, but the recent record is centered on institutional grants. The available data does not show a public application process.
Grant recipients are concentrated in a few U.S. states, with Massachusetts appearing most often in the recent record. Atlanta appears repeatedly through grants to The Homestead Foundation Inc, the National Center for Civil and Human Rights Inc, and Fernbank Inc; Gainesville, Florida also appears several times through Dance Alive Inc and the University of Florida-linked recipients. Amherst and North Amherst, Massachusetts, show up in housing, food, and land-conservation grants. All recorded recipient grants are in the United States, and none go to Delaware recipients.
The recent record centers on charitable foundations and intermediary vehicles, plus selected nonprofits working in museums, civil rights, health infrastructure, housing, food security, conservation, and climate and water justice. Two 2025 expenditure-responsibility grants to The Homestead Foundation Inc and Wagmore Foundation Inc show a strong intermediary-funding pattern.
Yes. The National Center for Civil and Human Rights Inc appears in 2023, 2024, and 2025; the University of Florida and related foundation entries recur across 2023 through 2025; and Dance Alive Inc and Kestrel Land Trust Inc each received multiple grants in separate years.
The distribution is centered at $10,000, with a 25th percentile of $10,000 and a 75th percentile of $25,000. The recent grants list also includes larger project grants from $70,000 to $250,000, plus two much larger expenditure-responsibility grants in 2025.
Massachusetts is the top state by grant count in the recent record. Recipient cities that appear more than once include Atlanta, Gainesville, Amherst, and Somerville, showing a regional pattern rather than a single-city focus.
Recent grants point to museum and cultural institution expansion, hospital emergency department infrastructure, supportive housing, food pantry operations, land conservation, and climate and water justice. Named recipients include Mass General Brigham Incorporated, Center for Human Development, Survival Centers Inc, Kestrel Land Trust Inc, and Corporate Accountability Intl.
2026
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2026.
Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| THE VEERY FOUNDATION INC | HAYDENVILLE, MA | $15,594,455 | 2026 | Expenditure Responsibility Grant |
| HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN FOUNDATION | WASHINGTON, DC | $1,000,000 | 2026 | Human Rights Campaign Foundation Permanent Endowment Fund |
| IMAGINE | LAFAYETTE, CO | $500,000 | 2026 | General & Unrestricted |
| RESOURCE CENTRAL | BOULDER, CO | $300,000 | 2026 | General & Unrestricted |
| NATIONAL CENTER FOR CIVIL AND HUMAN RIGHTS INC | ATLANTA, GA | $250,000 | 2026 | National Center for Civil and Human Rights' Capital Expansion |
| RESOURCE CENTRAL | BOULDER, CO | $200,000 | 2026 | Resource Central Conservation Priorities |
| ATLANTA WOMEN'S FOUNDATION INC | ATLANTA, GA | $165,000 | 2026 | AWF Operating Funds |
| IMAGINE FOUNDATION | LAFAYETTE, CO | $150,000 | 2026 | Imagine! Services |
| WOMEN MOVING ON INC | DECATUR, GA | $100,000 | 2026 | Expanding Development Capacity to Meet Rising Community Need |
| LIVE-THRIVE ATLANTA INC | ATLANTA, GA | $100,000 | 2026 | Center for Hard to Recycle Materials (Charm) |
| SOUTHERN DHARMA RETREAT CENTER INC | HOT SPRINGS, NC | $100,000 | 2026 | Non-structural Renovation of the Primary Lodge |
| ATLANTA COMMUNITY FOOD BANK INC | ATLANTA, GA | $100,000 | 2026 | Supporting Food Security across Metro Atlanta and North Georgia |
| UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA | GAINESVILLE, FL | $100,000 | 2026 | Harn Museum of Art |
| PROJECT SOUTH THE INSTITUTION FOR THE ELIMINATION | ATLANTA, GA | $100,000 | 2026 | Rooted to Build Campaign |
| LOUISVILLE PRESCHOOL INC | LOUISVILLE, CO | $100,000 | 2026 | LPS Scholarship program and school improvement fund |
| FEMINIST WOMENS HEALTH CENTER INC | ATLANTA, GA | $100,000 | 2026 | Strengthen Financial Sustainability via A Development Director |
| WOMEN MOVING ON INC | DECATUR, GA | $100,000 | 2026 | Strategic Initiatives to Better Serve Survivors |
| FEMINIST MAJORITY FOUNDATION | BEVERLY HILLS, CA | $100,000 | 2026 | Ms. Magazine & Ms. Institute for Feminist Media |
| BREVARD MUSIC CENTER INCORPORATED | BREVARD, NC | $100,000 | 2026 | Annual Fund & Endowment Fund |
| PROJECT PRIDE SRQ INC | SARASOTA, FL | $100,000 | 2026 | New Executive Director and Board Professional Development |
| BARRED BUSINESS FOUNDATION CO | ATLANTA, GA | $100,000 | 2026 | General & Unrestricted |
| EMBRACING OUR DIFFERENCES INC | SARASOTA, FL | $100,000 | 2026 | Embracing Our Differences - Safety & Security and Community Engagement |
| STATUS HOME INC | ATLANTA, GA | $100,000 | 2026 | Destination Independence |
| CLARK COUNTY PUBLIC EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC | LAS VEGAS, NV | $100,000 | 2026 | Meeting the critical needs of Nevada public school students |
| INN BETWEEN OF LONGMONT INC | LONGMONT, CO | $100,000 | 2026 | Building Brighter Futures through Affordable Supportive Housing |
| LINK COUNSELING CENTER INC | ATLANTA, GA | $100,000 | 2026 | The Link Counseling Center |
| LAKE TOXAWAY CHARITIES | LAKE TOXAWAY, NC | $100,000 | 2026 | Endowment Fund |
| NATIONAL CENTER FOR CIVIL AND HUMAN RIGHTS INC | ATLANTA, GA | $100,000 | 2026 | Building the Vision: National Center for Civil and Human Rights Expansion for Capital and Program |
| 19TH NEWS | AUSTIN, TX | $100,000 | 2026 | General & Unrestricted |
| SOLIDAIRE NETWORK INC | SEATTLE, WA | $100,000 | 2026 | General & Unrestricted |
| USTA FOUNDATION INCORPORATED | PURCHASE, NY | $100,000 | 2026 | Transforming the Lives of Young People through Tennis & Education |
| WOMEN DONORS NETWORK | SAN FRANCISCO, CA | $100,000 | 2026 | Women Donors Network |
| CHICAGO SHAKESPEARE THEATER | CHICAGO, IL | $100,000 | 2026 | Billie Jean Production Support at Chicago Shakespeare Theater |
| VIRGINIA-HIGHLAND ELEMENTARY PTO | ATLANTA, GA | $90,000 | 2026 | Everybody's Playground |
| ZAMI NOBLA | ATLANTA, GA | $75,000 | 2026 | The Biggers House Intentional Community Building Fund |
| RAISING EXPECTATIONS INC | ATLANTA, GA | $75,000 | 2026 | Raising Expectations, Inc. |
| SOCIAL GOOD FUND INC | RICHMOND, CA | $50,000 | 2026 | Project LPAC |
| GREENHOUSE SCHOLARS | BOULDER, CO | $50,000 | 2026 | The Whole Person College Program in Colorado and Georgia |
| ATLANTA COMMUNITY PRESS COLLECTIVE INC | ATLANTA, GA | $50,000 | 2026 | Atlanta Community Press Collective Revenue Hire |
| YOUTHSPARK INC | ATLANTA, GA | $50,000 | 2026 | youthSpark Youth Services Center |
| HIGHLANDER RESEARCH & EDUCATION CENTER INC | NEW MARKET, TN | $50,000 | 2026 | Grundy County Programs |
| LAKE TOXAWAY CHARITIES | LAKE TOXAWAY, NC | $50,000 | 2026 | General & Unrestricted |
| YOUNG WOMEN CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER ATLAN | ATLANTA, GA | $50,000 | 2026 | YWCA Greater Atlanta Workforce Development Programs |
| WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INCORPORATED | WASHINGTON, DC | $50,000 | 2026 | Palisades Wildfire Relief |
| ATLANTA FULTON COUNTY PREARREST DIVERSION INITIATI | ATLANTA, GA | $50,000 | 2026 | Policing Alternatives & Diversion (PAD) Initiative |
| OLD DOGS NEW DIGS | BOULDER, CO | $50,000 | 2026 | ODND support fund |
| THE HUMANE SOCIETY OF BOULDER VALLEY INC | BOULDER, CO | $40,000 | 2026 | Together for Pets and People: Advancing Animal Welfare Through Community and Commitment |
| HARVEST OF HOPE PANTRY | BOULDER, CO | $30,000 | 2026 | Harvest of Hope Pantry |
| SOUTHERNERS ON NEW GROUND | ATLANTA, GA | $30,000 | 2026 | Southerners on New Ground Fund |
| SOUTHERN CENTER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS | ATLANTA, GA | $25,000 | 2026 | 2025-2029 SCHR General Operating Support |
THE VEERY FOUNDATION INC
$15,594,455Expenditure Responsibility Grant
HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN FOUNDATION
$1,000,000Human Rights Campaign Foundation Permanent Endowment Fund
IMAGINE
$500,000General & Unrestricted
National Center for Civil and Human Rights' Capital Expansion
Resource Central Conservation Priorities
IMAGINE FOUNDATION
$150,000Imagine! Services
Expanding Development Capacity to Meet Rising Community Need
LIVE-THRIVE ATLANTA INC
$100,000Center for Hard to Recycle Materials (Charm)
SOUTHERN DHARMA RETREAT CENTER INC
$100,000Non-structural Renovation of the Primary Lodge
ATLANTA COMMUNITY FOOD BANK INC
$100,000Supporting Food Security across Metro Atlanta and North Georgia
UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA
$100,000Harn Museum of Art
LOUISVILLE PRESCHOOL INC
$100,000LPS Scholarship program and school improvement fund
Strengthen Financial Sustainability via A Development Director
Ms. Magazine & Ms. Institute for Feminist Media
PROJECT PRIDE SRQ INC
$100,000New Executive Director and Board Professional Development
Embracing Our Differences - Safety & Security and Community Engagement
Meeting the critical needs of Nevada public school students
INN BETWEEN OF LONGMONT INC
$100,000Building Brighter Futures through Affordable Supportive Housing
LINK COUNSELING CENTER INC
$100,000The Link Counseling Center
Building the Vision: National Center for Civil and Human Rights Expansion for Capital and Program
Transforming the Lives of Young People through Tennis & Education
CHICAGO SHAKESPEARE THEATER
$100,000Billie Jean Production Support at Chicago Shakespeare Theater
VIRGINIA-HIGHLAND ELEMENTARY PTO
$90,000Everybody's Playground
ZAMI NOBLA
$75,000The Biggers House Intentional Community Building Fund
ATLANTA COMMUNITY PRESS COLLECTIVE INC
$50,000Atlanta Community Press Collective Revenue Hire
YOUNG WOMEN CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER ATLAN
$50,000YWCA Greater Atlanta Workforce Development Programs
Policing Alternatives & Diversion (PAD) Initiative
OLD DOGS NEW DIGS
$50,000ODND support fund
THE HUMANE SOCIETY OF BOULDER VALLEY INC
$40,000Together for Pets and People: Advancing Animal Welfare Through Community and Commitment
SOUTHERN CENTER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS
$25,0002025-2029 SCHR General Operating Support