About Headington Institute Foundation
Supporting nonprofits that promote the emotional and physical wellbeing of international humanitarian aid workers, domestic emergency responders, and community caregivers. We invest in organizations that care for the people who care for the world—those who serve on the front lines of crisis, trauma, disaster response, and community healing.
Focus Areas
Mental health and counseling for aid workersResilience and trauma recoveryTraining and peer supportCrisis response programsOrganizational health and staff careResearch on human resilienceCapacity building for nonprofits
Funding Style
unrestricted/general operating supportcore/mission supportorganizational sustainability
About Headington Institute Foundation
Headington Institute Foundation’s recent grant record centers on one organization: Headington Institute in Pasadena, which received four mission-support grants between 2023 and 2025, including awards of $315,000, $300,000, $360,000, and $350,000. That pattern shows a funder working through sustained support rather than scattered one-off gifts. The foundation’s stated purpose is to support the emotional and physical wellbeing of people serving on the front lines of crisis and trauma, including international humanitarian aid workers, domestic emergency responders, and community caregivers. Its grantmaking covers program support, capacity building, general operating support, and research. The foundation also uses invitation-only grants, and it offers a request-for-consideration path for U.S.-based public charities. Across the grant descriptions, the emphasis is on helping the organizations that care for responders and caregivers maintain services, strengthen resilience, and advance trauma recovery work. The foundation’s approach is consistent with the namesake institute’s mission and with its focus on wellbeing for helpers, responders, and caregivers.
What Headington Institute Foundation Funds
A defining theme is resilience and trauma recovery. The foundation funds nonprofits that support the emotional and physical wellbeing of humanitarian aid workers, emergency responders, and community caregivers, and it explicitly includes research on human resilience and wellbeing. Capacity building is another clear focus: its grant categories include capacity-building grants and support for organizational sustainability, aiming to strengthen the nonprofits delivering these services. General operating support is also part of the portfolio, showing a willingness to cover core costs rather than only project expenses. The grantmaking framework includes support for U.S.-based public charities serving both domestic and international populations through U.S. nonprofits, which fits the foundation’s focus on helpers and responders in crisis settings.
How Headington Institute Foundation Gives
The recent grants show a tightly clustered grant-size pattern: p25 is $307,500, median is $315,000, and p75 is $337,500. That indicates a relatively narrow band around the middle of the portfolio. The record also suggests repeated support rather than isolated awards: the same recipient appears in multiple grant years, with mission-support grants recorded in 2023, 2024, and 2025. The foundation is organized around invitation-only funding, with a separate request-for-consideration mechanism for U.S.-based public charities. Its stated grant types include program, capacity-building, general operating, and research support.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$350K
Total Assets
$1.6M
Total Revenue
$757K
Total Expenses
$264K
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $308K and $338K, with a median of $315K.
25th Percentile
$308K
Median
$315K
75th Percentile
$338K
Geographic Reach
Local1 state funded
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Headquarters
Leadership
JAMES GUY
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