About Crewe Endowment Foundation
Crewe Foundation is a 501(c)(3) public charity whose mission is to financially sustain and empower charitable organizations and charitable efforts by enabling donors to become more efficient and impactful in their philanthropic giving.
Focus Areas
Donor-advised fundsInternational giving/foreign grantsEducationHealth (including eye care projects)Disaster reliefCapacity building for charities
Who They Fund
donors and donor-advised fund holders (philanthropists)international / cross-border communitieschildren (including children in low-income contexts)people with visual impairmentsdisaster-affected populations
Funding Style
About Crewe Endowment Foundation
Crewe Endowment Foundation stands out as a grantmaking intermediary: it issues international grants on behalf of donors and sponsor accounts, handling due diligence, grant agreements, expenditure responsibility or equivalency determinations, reporting, and disbursement to vetted charities. That structure is central to how the foundation works, and it shapes a portfolio that combines donor-advised fund support, foreign grant facilitation, and charitable funds tied to education, health, disaster relief, and holiday assistance. Recent grants show substantial support for religious and educational institutions, including $6,961,681 to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Salt Lake City and $4,600,000 to Brigham Young Univ - BYU Athl in Provo. The foundation also channels mid-sized gifts to nonprofits such as For Others in Franklin, Tennessee, and Wasatch Education Foundation in Heber City, Utah. Its mission is described as financially sustaining and empowering charitable organizations and charitable efforts by helping donors become more efficient and impactful in their philanthropic giving. The recent-gifts record includes both very large awards and smaller operating-style grants, indicating a foundation that works across donor-directed philanthropy and program-specific charitable support.
What Crewe Endowment Foundation Funds
International grant facilitation is a core part of Crewe Endowment Foundation’s work. Through its foreign grants programs, it supports international development, education, health, humanitarian relief, and language-related work while providing compliance structures for donors giving outside the United States. The foundation also funds education projects directly. One designated example is its Education Fund, which is used for Meso Foundation’s educational scholarships for indigenous children in Guatemala. In health, the Health Fund is tied to establishing medical projects, including a surgical eye clinic in Iquitos, Peru. Disaster response is another clear area of activity. The Disaster Relief Fund is designed to support efficient organizations delivering emergency assistance, and the Holiday Fund supports Christmas gifts and needed supplies for people experiencing homelessness in the United States. Together, these funds show a mix of international aid, education access, health care, and direct relief.
How Crewe Endowment Foundation Gives
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$15.9M
Total Assets
$50.2M
Total Revenue
$55.5M
Total Expenses
$16.3M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $10K and $138K, with a median of $33K.
25th Percentile
$10K
Median
$33K
75th Percentile
$138K
Geographic Reach
Regional7 states funded
About 33% of grants go to recipients in WA.
Funding intensity
LowHigh
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