The Citadel Foundation concentrates its philanthropy narrowly on education-focused scholarship/support services, providing all recorded funding to a single beneficiary. Its giving appears targeted and strategic—supporting one organization (Thrive Scholars) with repeat, substantial grants rather than broadly diversifying across causes or geographies. This suggests a preference for deep partnerships with organizations that deliver student financial aid and college-access services.
Highly concentrated: repeat, large grants to a single grantee rather than many small or diversified awards—indicative of sustained, focused support for one organization.
Notable grantees: Thrive Scholars
The Citadel Foundation’s largest recorded grant in the latest filing was $510,000 to Thrive Scholars, and that relationship is repeated in the prior year with another $213,200 unrestricted award. That pattern points to a funder that prefers sustained support for a small number of education organizations rather than broad, scattered grantmaking. Across the recent grants list, the foundation’s dollars move mainly through unrestricted grants, with awards ranging from scholarship and college-access work to K–12 and postsecondary support. The portfolio also reaches beyond student-services groups into schools, universities, and related education infrastructure. Florida recipients appear repeatedly, including The Cushman School, Miami Country Day School Inc, Breakthrough Miami Inc, The Miami Foundation Inc, and the University of Miami, while out-of-state grants include institutions in Chicago, New York, Atlanta, and elsewhere. The Citadel Foundation also appears to back organizations serving students from low-income backgrounds and college-access pipelines, including Matriculate Inc, Sponsors for Educational Opportunity, and Boys Hope Girls Hope of NY Inc.
Education is the clear center of the foundation’s grantmaking. In college-access and success work, it awarded $150,000 to Matriculate Inc for unrestricted support and $25,000 to Sponsors for Educational Opportunity for unrestricted support. In K–12 and independent-school settings, grants went to Latin School of Chicago for $160,000, Francis W. Parker School for $140,000, and The Cushman School for $105,000, all unrestricted. The foundation also funds student-support organizations and school-linked services, including $50,000 to Breakthrough Miami Inc and $50,000 to Boys Hope Girls Hope of NY Inc. Its higher-education giving includes $100,000 each to Georgia State University in 2024 and 2025, plus $30,000 to Duke University and $25,000 to the University of Miami, all unrestricted.
Recent grant sizes cluster around mid-five-figure and low-six-figure awards, with a p25 of $7,500, median of $15,000, and p75 of $50,000. The list also shows repeated support to the same recipient across years, most clearly Thrive Scholars and Georgia State University, which points to an ongoing relationship model rather than one-off gifts. The foundation’s recorded grants are overwhelmingly unrestricted, and it makes no program-related investments and no grants to individuals. Its filing shows national giving rather than a single-city pattern.
$7.2M
$53K
$7.3M
$7.2M
Most grants fall between $8K and $50K, with a median of $15K.
25th Percentile
$8K
Median
$15K
75th Percentile
$50K
About 17% of grants go to recipients in NY.
Top 2 recipient countries by grant volume for Citadel Foundation.
| Rank | Country | Grants | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United StatesDomestic | 204 | $12.7M | 99.5% |
| 2 | United Kingdom | 1 |
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Grant recipients are mostly in the United States, with 83 grants there and one in the UK. Florida is the top state by grant count, accounting for 18% of grants to recipients in the HQ state. Within Florida, Miami recipients include The Cushman School, Miami Country Day School Inc, The Miami Foundation Inc, Breakthrough Miami Inc, and the University of Miami; Miami Beach also appears through Miami City Ballet Inc. Outside Florida, Chicago, New York, and Atlanta recur frequently, and London appears once.
Its recent grants are centered on education, especially scholarship and student financial aid, college access and success supports, and K–12 to postsecondary pipeline services. The recent grants list also includes schools, universities, and student-support organizations, almost all through unrestricted awards.
Yes. Thrive Scholars appears in both 2024 and 2025, including a $510,000 grant in 2025 and a $213,200 grant in 2024. Georgia State University also received $100,000 in both 2024 and 2025, suggesting repeat rather than one-time support.
The foundation’s grant-size distribution is $7,500 at the 25th percentile, $15,000 at the median, and $50,000 at the 75th percentile. That places many awards in the mid-five-figure range, alongside a smaller number of larger gifts.
Florida is the top state by grant count, with 18% of grants going to recipients in the foundation’s headquarters state. Recent Florida recipients include The Cushman School, Miami Country Day School Inc, Breakthrough Miami Inc, The Miami Foundation Inc, and the University of Miami.
2026
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2026.
| $59K |
0.5% |
Recipient country reflects the grantee's headquarters per IRS 990-PF and Schedule F filings, not the program's implementation country.
Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHARITIES AID FOUNDATION AMERICA | ALEXANDRIA, VA | $4,500,000 | 2026 | UNRESTRICTED |
| THRIVE SCHOLARS | BOSTON, MA | $265,000 | 2026 | UNRESTRICTED |
| PALMER TRINITY PRIVATE SCHOOL INC | PALMETTO BAY, FL | $110,000 | 2026 | UNRESTRICTED |
| MIAMI COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL INC | MIAMI, FL | $105,800 | 2026 | UNRESTRICTED |
| THE CUSHMAN SCHOOL | MIAMI, FL | $105,000 | 2026 | UNRESTRICTED |
| THE MIAMI FOUNDATION INC | MIAMI, FL | $102,705 | 2026 | UNRESTRICTED |
| GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY | ATLANTA, GA | $100,000 | 2026 | UNRESTRICTED |
| CONVENT OF THE SACRED HEART | NEW YORK, NY | $100,000 | 2026 | UNRESTRICTED |
| ST PHILIP'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH | CORAL GABLES, FL | $90,000 | 2026 | UNRESTRICTED |
| PINE CREST PREPARATORY SCHOOL | FORT LAUDERDALE, FL | $90,000 | 2026 | UNRESTRICTED |
| BELEN JESUIT PREPARATORY SCHOOL INC | MIAMI, FL | $55,000 | 2026 | UNRESTRICTED |
| UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA FOUNDATION | CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA | $50,000 | 2026 | UNRESTRICTED |
| CENTER FOR HEARING AND COMMUNICATION | NEW YORK, NY | $50,000 | 2026 | UNRESTRICTED |
| THE CLEVELAND CLINIC FOUNDATION | INDEPENDENCE, OH | $50,000 | 2026 | UNRESTRICTED |
| SQUASHBRIDGE INC | BRIDGEPORT, CT | $50,000 | 2026 | UNRESTRICTED |
| BREAKTHROUGH MIAMI INC | MIAMI, FL | $50,000 | 2026 | UNRESTRICTED |
| MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF CONNECTICUT INC | TRUMBULL, CT | $50,000 | 2026 | UNRESTRICTED |
| GROUP FOR THE EAST END INC | SOUTHOLD, NY | $50,000 | 2026 | UNRESTRICTED |
| CRADLES TO CRAYONS INC | NEWTON, MA | $50,000 | 2026 | UNRESTRICTED |
| ROBIN HOOD FOUNDATION | NEW YORK, NY | $50,000 | 2026 | UNRESTRICTED |
| STATE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA FOUNDATION | IOWA CITY, IA | $50,000 | 2026 | UNRESTRICTED |
| SQUARED NETWORK | CARBONDALE, CO | $30,000 | 2026 | UNRESTRICTED |
| THE BROOKLYN QUEENS CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC | BROOKLYN, NY | $30,000 | 2026 | UNRESTRICTED |
| ST STEPHEN'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH | MIAMI, FL | $29,060 | 2026 | UNRESTRICTED |
| SPONSORS FOR EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY INC | NEW YORK, NY | $25,000 | 2026 | UNRESTRICTED |
| NEW YORK UNIVERSITY | NEW YORK, NY | $25,000 | 2026 | UNRESTRICTED |
| SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOLS INC | NEW YORK, NY | $25,000 | 2026 | UNRESTRICTED |
| UPCHIEVE INC | BROOKLYN, NY | $20,000 | 2026 | UNRESTRICTED |
| FDNY FOUNDATION INC | BROOKLYN, NY | $20,000 | 2026 | UNRESTRICTED |
| TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION FOUNDATION OF THE AMERICAS INC | CORAL GABLES, FL | $20,000 | 2026 | UNRESTRICTED |
| PRATHAM USA | HOUSTON, TX | $17,000 | 2026 | UNRESTRICTED |
| TRUSTEES OF PHILLIPS ACADEMY | ANDOVER, MA | $15,000 | 2026 | UNRESTRICTED |
| GILDA'S CLUB CHICAGO | CHICAGO, IL | $15,000 | 2026 | UNRESTRICTED |
| FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY | CHICAGO, IL | $15,000 | 2026 | UNRESTRICTED |
| THE FIRST TEE OF CHICAGO FOUNDATION | CHICAGO, IL | $15,000 | 2026 | UNRESTRICTED |
| GBSCIDP FOUNDATION INTERNATIONAL | CONSHOHOCKEN, PA | $15,000 | 2026 | UNRESTRICTED |
| HELVETAS USA | WASHINGTON, DC | $15,000 | 2026 | UNRESTRICTED |
| DOLPHINS CYCLING CHALLENGE INC | MIAMI GARDENS, FL | $15,000 | 2026 | UNRESTRICTED |
| DUKE UNIVERSITY | DURHAM, NC | $15,000 | 2026 | UNRESTRICTED |
| CHAI LIFELINE INC | NEW YORK, NY | $15,000 | 2026 | UNRESTRICTED |
| THE SPEYER LEGACY SCHOOL | NEW YORK, NY | $15,000 | 2026 | UNRESTRICTED |
| ASSOCIATION OF GRADUATES OF THE UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY | WEST POINT, NY | $15,000 | 2026 | UNRESTRICTED |
| PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF GREATER NEW YORK INC | NEW YORK, NY | $15,000 | 2026 | UNRESTRICTED |
| THE WHARTON INSTITUTE FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS INC | BERKELEY HEIGHTS, NJ | $15,000 | 2026 | UNRESTRICTED |
| JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY | BALTIMORE, MD | $15,000 | 2026 | UNRESTRICTED |
| TEAM JMARED CORPORATION | NEW YORK, NY | $15,000 | 2026 | UNRESTRICTED |
| CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL CORPORATION | BOSTON, MA | $15,000 | 2026 | UNRESTRICTED |
| THE PUBLIC INTEREST FELLOWSHIP FOUNDATION | ARLINGTON, VA | $15,000 | 2026 | UNRESTRICTED |
| PARTNERSHIP WITH CHILDREN INC | NEW YORK, NY | $15,000 | 2026 | UNRESTRICTED |
| HUAXIA CHINESE SCHOOL AT BERGEN INC | PARAMUS, NJ | $15,000 | 2026 | UNRESTRICTED |
PALMER TRINITY PRIVATE SCHOOL INC
$110,000UNRESTRICTED
THE CUSHMAN SCHOOL
$105,000UNRESTRICTED
UNRESTRICTED
GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY
$100,000UNRESTRICTED
CONVENT OF THE SACRED HEART
$100,000UNRESTRICTED
ST PHILIP'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH
$90,000UNRESTRICTED
BELEN JESUIT PREPARATORY SCHOOL INC
$55,000UNRESTRICTED
THE CLEVELAND CLINIC FOUNDATION
$50,000UNRESTRICTED
SQUASHBRIDGE INC
$50,000UNRESTRICTED
SQUARED NETWORK
$30,000UNRESTRICTED
ST STEPHEN'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH
$29,060UNRESTRICTED
TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION FOUNDATION OF THE AMERICAS INC
$20,000UNRESTRICTED
GBSCIDP FOUNDATION INTERNATIONAL
$15,000UNRESTRICTED
HELVETAS USA
$15,000UNRESTRICTED
PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF GREATER NEW YORK INC
$15,000UNRESTRICTED
JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY
$15,000UNRESTRICTED
TEAM JMARED CORPORATION
$15,000UNRESTRICTED
THE PUBLIC INTEREST FELLOWSHIP FOUNDATION
$15,000UNRESTRICTED
HUAXIA CHINESE SCHOOL AT BERGEN INC
$15,000UNRESTRICTED