About American Gift Fund
Provide donor-advised fund services that let donors take an immediate tax deduction, grow assets through investment, and recommend grants to charities over time while reducing the cost and administrative burden of charitable giving.
Focus Areas
donor-advised fundsgrantmakingcharitable giving facilitationphilanthropic legacy planning
Who They Fund
individual donors (U.S.)local communities across Americanonprofit organizations as intermediaries/recipients
Funding Style
donor services and facilitationphilanthropy promotion and engagementefficient/impact-focused givingsupport for community prosperity
About American Gift Fund
American Gift Fund’s recent grantmaking is shaped by donor-advised fund activity and large operating support flowing to a wide mix of charities. Among the most distinctive grants in the latest records are $6.4 million to the Metropolitan Opera Association Inc for operations and $5 million to Opportunity Village Foundation for operations, showing that the fund can move significant dollars through donor-recommended grants while keeping the purpose at the operating level. The fund also appears repeatedly in the records of other charitable intermediaries and institutions, including Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund, Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc, and American Endowment Foundation, which points to a structure centered on facilitating giving rather than running its own programs. Its distribution reaches cultural organizations, higher education, churches, social-service groups, and community nonprofits. The latest 990 year on file is 2025, and the foundation’s annual grants given total $227,267,943 against assets of $642,561,389. As a public charity and pure DAF provider, American Gift Fund operates as a platform for charitable capital that donors can deploy over time across many causes and institutions.
What American Gift Fund Funds
A clear thread in the records is support for charitable infrastructure and intermediary organizations. American Gift Fund gave $3,993,735 to Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund for operations and $1,531,200 to American Endowment Foundation for operations, indicating continued use of the DAF ecosystem as a channel for philanthropy. It also supported National Philanthropic Trust with a $946,854 operating grant, reinforcing that this is a funder of grantmaking infrastructure as well as direct charities. Beyond intermediary philanthropy, the foundation backed institutions tied to education and community life. Examples include $1,300,000 to Barstow School for operations and $1,000,500 to Pennsylvania State University for operations. On the community side, it gave $1,000,000 to Green Our Planet for operations and $1,000,000 to Rapid City Club for Boys Foundation Inc for operations, showing interest in organizations serving local communities.
How American Gift Fund Gives
Typical grant size is $10,000 at the 25th percentile, $15,000 at the median, and $30,000 at the 75th percentile, but the recent records also include several multimillion-dollar operating grants. The pattern is consistent with a pure DAF provider: grants are made through charitable accounts rather than through a programmatic foundation staff model. Recipients appear across multiple years, including Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc in both 2024 and 2025 and League of Vaishnava Entrepreneurs Inc in 2023 and 2025, suggesting ongoing donor-recommended relationships rather than one-time support. The grants are overwhelmingly operating support. The foundation funds individuals: false, and makes program-related investments: false.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$98.2M
Total Assets
$642.6M
Total Revenue
$166.3M
Total Expenses
$115.9M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $10K and $30K, with a median of $15K.
25th Percentile
$10K
Median
$15K
75th Percentile
$30K
Geographic Reach
National50 states funded
About 1% of grants go to recipients in IL.
Funding intensity
LowHigh
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