The Peierls Foundation focuses its philanthropy on large-scale humanitarian and emergency-response organizations, providing substantial support to 국제 medical relief, refugee assistance, disaster response, and conservation. Their funding is directed to well-known national and international nonprofits that deliver rapid response and long-term recovery services. Grants are sizable and often repeated to the same institutional partners, indicating a preference for established operational charities over small or local projects.
A defining feature of the Peierls Foundation is its concentration of very large support grants to established humanitarian, disaster-response, and conservation organizations. In the recent grants list, The Nature Conservancy received $1,250,000 in 2024, Doctors Without Borders USA received $1,200,000 in 2024, and the International Rescue Committee received $850,000 in 2024. Those awards fit a broader pattern of institutional support rather than small project grants. The foundation’s recent funding also shows repeat backing over multiple years, especially for emergency medical relief, refugee services, and environmental protection. The same organizations recur with substantial awards across 2023, 2024, and 2025, suggesting a preference for sustained operating support to groups with established response capacity. Alongside global humanitarian work, the grant list includes domestic organizations such as American Red Cross and Colorado-based nonprofits, indicating that the foundation supports both international relief and U.S.-based community needs. Its scale is substantial: annual grants total $27,104,220, and the typical award size sits in the tens of thousands to low hundreds of thousands, with some grants much larger. The overall picture is of a regular funder that favors large, recurring commitments to a relatively small set of named partners.
In conservation, the foundation gave $1,250,000 to The Nature Conservancy in 2024 and $380,000 in 2025, both listed as support. In emergency medical humanitarian aid, Doctors Without Borders USA received $1,200,000 in 2024, $750,000 in 2024, and $720,000 in 2025, showing repeated backing for international medical response. Refugee assistance and crisis response is another clear area. The International Rescue Committee received $850,000 in 2024, $725,000 in 2024, and $650,000 in 2025. For domestic disaster relief and emergency preparedness, the American Red Cross received $680,000 in 2024, $654,000 in 2023, $572,250 in 2024, and $565,000 in 2025, across offices in Austin and Boone. The foundation also funded Care Inc in Atlanta and Seattle, with awards of $480,000, $480,000, $480,000, and $350,000 across 2023 to 2025.
Typical grant size clusters at $49,062 at the 25th percentile, $80,000 at the median, and $119,500 at the 75th percentile. The recent-grants list shows a much larger upper tier as well, including seven-figure awards. The pattern is repeat funding to the same institutions across multiple years rather than one-off gifts. Doctors Without Borders USA, the International Rescue Committee, The Nature Conservancy, the American Red Cross, and Care Inc all appear in more than one year. Peierls Foundation is a regular funder, not a DAF, and it does not fund individuals or make program-related investments.
$5.9M
$110.7M
$2.9M
$6.4M
Most grants fall between $49K and $120K, with a median of $80K.
25th Percentile
$49K
Median
$80K
75th Percentile
$120K
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Concentrated, high-dollar grants to a small set of large national and international organizations; multiple repeat grants to core institutional grantees rather than many small or one-off awards.
Notable grantees: Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), International Rescue Committee (IRC), American Red Cross, The Nature Conservancy
Grant recipients are entirely U.S.-based in the recent data, with 197 grants to U.S. organizations and 100% of grants in the U.S. The top state by grant count is California, while 34% of grants go to recipients in Colorado, the foundation’s headquarters state. Named recipient cities show a mix of national and Colorado-centered giving: New York, NY; Boulder, CO; Austin, TX; Atlanta, GA; Seattle, WA; and Denver, CO. Colorado organizations such as The Nature Conservancy, Colorado Uplift, Colorado Youth for a Change, the American Indian College Fund, and Reading Partners Colorado appear alongside national organizations with offices in New York and elsewhere.
The recent grants point to humanitarian relief, refugee assistance, disaster response, conservation, and related community support. Named recipients include Doctors Without Borders USA, the International Rescue Committee, American Red Cross, The Nature Conservancy, and Colorado-based education and youth organizations such as Colorado Uplift and Reading Partners Colorado.
The grant-size distribution centers at $49,062 at the 25th percentile, $80,000 at the median, and $119,500 at the 75th percentile. The recent grants list also includes much larger awards, including seven-figure support to major institutional grantees.
Yes. The recent grants show repeated support across 2023, 2024, and 2025 for several organizations, including Doctors Without Borders USA, the International Rescue Committee, The Nature Conservancy, the American Red Cross, and Care Inc.
The top state by grant count is California. Colorado is also a major recipient state, with 34% of grants going to recipients there. Recent city-level recipients include Boulder, Denver, Austin, Atlanta, Seattle, and New York.
No. The foundation’s profile identifies it as not funding individuals and not making program-related investments.
2026
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2026.
Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS USA | NEW YORK, NY | $750,000 | 2026 | SUPPORT |
| AMERICAN RED CROSS | BOONE, IA | $750,000 | 2026 | SUPPORT |
| INTERNATIONAL RESCUE COMMITTEE | NEW YORK, NY | $700,000 | 2026 | SUPPORT |
| THE NATURE CONSERVANCY | BOULDER, CO | $500,000 | 2026 | SUPPORT |
| CARE INC | Atlanta, GA | $500,000 | 2026 | SUPPORT |
| PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA | NEW YORK, NY | $300,000 | 2026 | SUPPORT |
| RAISING AUSTIN (TOGETHER4CHILDREN) | AUSTIN, TX | $150,200 | 2026 | SUPPORT |
| AMERICAN INDIAN COLLEGE FUND | DENVER, CO | $120,000 | 2026 | SUPPORT |
| PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF METROPOLITAN NEW JERSEY | NEWARK, NJ | $117,500 | 2026 | SUPPORT |
| PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF THE GREAT NORTHWEST | SEATTLE, WA | $117,500 | 2026 | SUPPORT |
| THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS FOUNDATION | AUSTIN, TX | $110,000 | 2026 | SUPPORT |
| COLORADO UPLIFT | DENVER, CO | $105,000 | 2026 | SUPPORT |
| ALL MAY SEE FOUNDATION | SAN FRANCISCO, CA | $100,000 | 2026 | SUPPORT |
| COLORADO YOUTH FOR A CHANGE | DENVER, CO | $85,000 | 2026 | SUPPORT |
| UNITARIAN-UNIVERSALIST SERVICE COMMITTEE | CAMBRIDGE, MA | $85,000 | 2026 | SUPPORT |
| VIRGINIA GARCIA MEMORIAL HEALTH CENTER | ALOHA, OR | $85,000 | 2026 | SUPPORT |
| TOOLS OF THE MIND | GOLDEN, CO | $84,000 | 2026 | SUPPORT |
| BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF AUSTIN TEXAS | AUSTIN, TX | $82,000 | 2026 | SUPPORT |
| LAKE WASHINGTON INSTITUTE OF TECH FNDN | KIRKLAND, WA | $80,000 | 2026 | SUPPORT |
| PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS | DENVER, CO | $75,000 | 2026 | SUPPORT |
| MEHARRY MEDICAL COLLEGE | NASHVILLE, TN | $68,000 | 2026 | SUPPORT |
| METROPOLITAN STATE COLLEGE OF DENVER FOUNDATION | DENVER, CO | $65,000 | 2026 | SUPPORT |
| WESTMINSTER PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION | WESTMINSTER, CO | $64,000 | 2026 | SUPPORT |
| NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL | NEW YORK, NY | $60,000 | 2026 | SUPPORT |
| BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF COLORADO | ENGLEWOOD, CO | $60,000 | 2026 | SUPPORT |
| THE INTERFAITH ALLIANCE FOUNDATION | WASHINGTON, DC | $60,000 | 2026 | SUPPORT |
| Reproductive Freedom for All Foundation | WASHINGTON, DC | $55,000 | 2026 | SUPPORT |
| LEARNING ALLY | PRINCETON, NJ | $50,000 | 2026 | SUPPORT |
| YALE UNIVERSITY OFFICE OF DEVELOPMENT | NEW HAVEN, CT | $48,000 | 2026 | SUPPORT |
| DENVER SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION | DENVER, CO | $45,000 | 2026 | SUPPORT |
| STANFORD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS | STANFORD, CA | $43,000 | 2026 | SUPPORT |
| NORTHERN NEW JERSEY COUNCIL BSA | OAKLAND, NJ | $40,000 | 2026 | SUPPORT |
| DZI FOUNDATION | RIDGEWAY, CO | $38,000 | 2026 | SUPPORT |
| HEARING HEALTH FOUNDATION | NEW YORK, NY | $38,000 | 2026 | SUPPORT |
| Capital Area Council #564 BSA | AUSTIN, TX | $35,000 | 2026 | SUPPORT |
| AUSTIN COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION | AUSTIN, TX | $34,000 | 2026 | SUPPORT |
| ENERGY OUTREACH COLORADO | DENVER, CO | $32,000 | 2026 | SUPPORT |
| FOOD BANK OF THE ROCKIES | AURORA, CO | $30,000 | 2026 | SUPPORT |
| AMERICAN FOUNDATION FOR THE BLIND | Huntington, WV | $25,000 | 2026 | SUPPORT |
| central food bank of texas | AUSTIN, TX | $25,000 | 2026 | SUPPORT |
| UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST ASSOCIATION | BOSTON, MA | $24,000 | 2026 | SUPPORT |
| BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA DENVER AREA COUNCIL | DENVER, CO | $22,000 | 2026 | SUPPORT |
| DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS USA | NEW YORK, NY | $720,000 | 2025 | SUPPORT |
| INTERNATIONAL RESCUE COMMITTEE | NEW YORK, NY | $650,000 | 2025 | SUPPORT |
| AMERICAN RED CROSS | BOONE, IA | $565,000 | 2025 | SUPPORT |
| CARE INC | Atlanta, GA | $480,000 | 2025 | SUPPORT |
| THE NATURE CONSERVANCY | BOULDER, CO | $380,000 | 2025 | SUPPORT |
| PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA | NEW YORK, NY | $249,000 | 2025 | SUPPORT |
| AMERICAN INDIAN COLLEGE FUND | DENVER, CO | $110,000 | 2025 | SUPPORT |
| RAISING AUSTIN (TOGETHER4CHILDREN) | AUSTIN, TX | $110,000 | 2025 | SUPPORT |
AMERICAN RED CROSS
$750,000SUPPORT
SUPPORT
RAISING AUSTIN (TOGETHER4CHILDREN)
$150,200SUPPORT
PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF THE GREAT NORTHWEST
$117,500SUPPORT
TOOLS OF THE MIND
$84,000SUPPORT
LAKE WASHINGTON INSTITUTE OF TECH FNDN
$80,000SUPPORT
METROPOLITAN STATE COLLEGE OF DENVER FOUNDATION
$65,000SUPPORT
YALE UNIVERSITY OFFICE OF DEVELOPMENT
$48,000SUPPORT
STANFORD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS
$43,000SUPPORT
NORTHERN NEW JERSEY COUNCIL BSA
$40,000SUPPORT
DZI FOUNDATION
$38,000SUPPORT
Capital Area Council #564 BSA
$35,000SUPPORT
central food bank of texas
$25,000SUPPORT
UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST ASSOCIATION
$24,000SUPPORT
DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS USA
$720,000SUPPORT
AMERICAN RED CROSS
$565,000SUPPORT
THE NATURE CONSERVANCY
$380,000SUPPORT
RAISING AUSTIN (TOGETHER4CHILDREN)
$110,000SUPPORT