The Comcast NBCUniversal Foundation gives very large, highly concentrated grants rather than many small awards. In the reported period the foundation made four substantial gifts (each tens of millions of dollars), indicating a strategy of supporting a small number of major partners or large-scale initiatives rather than broad, distributed grantmaking. Specific program purposes and recipient names were not provided in the data, so thematic conclusions about issue areas are necessarily inferred from the scale and concentration of the awards.
Very concentrated giving: four very large grants totaling the foundation's reported giving. Pattern suggests multi‑million dollar commitments to a few core partners or flagship initiatives rather than many small or one-time grants.
Notable grantees: Four very large grantees referenced in statements 10–12 and 14 (recipient names and purposes not supplied in the dataset)
The Comcast NBCUniversal Foundation’s recent giving is defined by four grants, each above $41 million, with the largest reaching $51,572,964 in 2024. That scale points to a strategy built around a small number of major commitments rather than a broad spread of modest awards. All four recent grants went to recipients in Pennsylvania, and the recipient locations listed are in Philadelphia and state-level Pennsylvania entries, showing a tightly concentrated local pattern. The foundation’s grant sizes cluster around the $50 million mark, which is unusual even among large corporate funders. The 2023 and 2025 awards both sit near that level, including a $50,622,673 grant in 2025 and a $49,223,655 grant in 2023. Those amounts suggest multi-year or large-program support rather than project-level seed funding. Two of the listed recipients are identified only by statement references in Pennsylvania, while the other two point to Philadelphia-area recipients. With no smaller awards in the record, the available data portrays a funder working through very large, high-concentration grants within a single state.
The Comcast NBCUniversal Foundation’s recent grants point to support for major Pennsylvania-based recipients and initiatives rather than many separate program areas. One 2024 grant of $51,572,964 went to a recipient listed as See Statement 12 for Detail in Pennsylvania, indicating a large commitment to a single partner or large-scale effort. A second 2025 award of $50,622,673 also went to a Pennsylvania recipient identified as See Statement 11 for Detail. Together, those gifts show repeated use of very large, state-local grants. The 2023 grant of $49,223,655 to See Statement 10 for Detail and the 2024 grant of $41,937,369 to See Statement 14 for Detail reinforce that pattern. Across the available records, the foundation’s funding is concentrated in substantial awards to Pennsylvania recipients, with the grant purposes embedded in the statement references rather than described in the dataset.
The foundation’s grant sizes are tightly grouped: p25 is $45,580,512, median grant size is $49,223,655, and p75 is $50,398,310. That narrow spread shows a repeated preference for very large awards at a similar scale. The record includes four recent grants, all in the United States and all in Pennsylvania, which points to a highly concentrated local grantmaking pattern. The foundation is classified as a regular funder, not a funder of individuals, and it does not make program-related investments.
$50.2M
$22.8M
$50.3M
$51M
Most grants fall between $45.6M and $50.4M, with a median of $49.2M.
25th Percentile
$45.6M
Median
$49.2M
75th Percentile
$50.4M
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Grantmaking lands entirely in Pennsylvania, and every listed recipient is in the United States. The recipient-country distribution is 100% US, while the state distribution shows all grants going to PA. Specific recipient locations include Philadelphia and Pennsylvania entries tied to statement references. With four grants in the file, the geographic footprint is narrow and entirely local to the foundation’s giving state.
The recorded grant sizes are very large and tightly clustered. The 25th percentile is $45,580,512, the median is $49,223,655, and the 75th percentile is $50,398,310, showing that most grants fall near the $50 million level.
It gives most often in Pennsylvania. All listed recent grants went to PA recipients, and the recipient-country distribution is 100% US, so the foundation’s visible grantmaking is entirely local to that state.
No. The foundation is listed as not funding individuals and not making program-related investments.
The record shows four recent grants, each above $41 million, with amounts clustered close to $50 million. That pattern indicates a small number of very large commitments rather than many smaller awards.
2025
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2025.
Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SEE STATEMENT 11 FOR DETAIL | SEE STATEMENT, PA | $50,622,673 | 2025 | SEE STATEMENT 11 FOR DETAIL |
| SEE STATEMENT 12 FOR DETAIL | SEE STATEMENT, PA | $51,572,964 | 2024 | SEE STATEMENT 12 FOR DETAIL |
| SEE STATEMENT 14 FOR DETAIL | SEE STATEMENT, PA | $41,937,369 | 2024 | SEE STATEMENT 14 FOR DETAIL |
| SEE STATEMENT 10 FOR DETAIL | SEE STATEMENT, PA | $49,223,655 | 2023 | SEE STATEMENT 10 FOR DETAIL |
SEE STATEMENT 11 FOR DETAIL
$50,622,673SEE STATEMENT 11 FOR DETAIL
SEE STATEMENT 12 FOR DETAIL
$51,572,964SEE STATEMENT 12 FOR DETAIL
SEE STATEMENT 14 FOR DETAIL
$41,937,369SEE STATEMENT 14 FOR DETAIL
SEE STATEMENT 10 FOR DETAIL
$49,223,655SEE STATEMENT 10 FOR DETAIL