The Edward W & Betty Knight Scripps Foundation focuses on health and emergency response (both domestic pandemic/critical-care initiatives and international humanitarian relief), while also supporting journalism/press freedom and local social-service organizations. They fund major medical institutions and targeted clinical programs alongside disaster/food relief groups and community nonprofits, often blending national-scale one-time gifts with support for local needs. Grants indicate interest in pandemic-related health infrastructure and critical-care networks as well as emergency food and refugee/war relief.
A defining feature of The Edward W & Betty Knight Scripps Foundation is its mix of large general-support gifts to major medical, humanitarian, and press-freedom organizations. In 2025, it gave $150,000 each to Doctors Without Borders, Harvard University, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, and Boston Children's Hospital, showing a pattern of backing both frontline care and research-centered institutions. The foundation also funded emergency response and advocacy groups at $100,000 levels, including Spirit of America, ProPublica Inc, The Committee to Protect Journalists, and World Central Kitchen. Alongside those national grants, it continued to support community-based organizations serving food access, homelessness, and school needs. The grant list suggests a funder that moves between high-profile institutions and practical relief efforts, with health-related giving running through clinical programs, public health response, and humanitarian aid. Its support for PERT-related work points to an interest in emergency medical systems, while grants to organizations serving people affected by conflict, disaster, and housing insecurity show a broad response-oriented portfolio.
Health and emergency response are central themes. The foundation gave $150,000 to Dana Farber Cancer Institute and $150,000 to Boston Children's Hospital as general support, and it also awarded $100,000 to National PERT Consortium Pulmonary Embolism Response Team for general support. Those grants sit alongside earlier support for the PERT Consortium in 2023, indicating continued attention to clinical response systems. Humanitarian relief is another clear area: in 2025 it gave $100,000 to World Central Kitchen for general support and $50,000 to Common Man for Ukraine. The foundation also backed water and relief work with a $45,000 grant to Water for South Sudan. Its journalism and press-freedom support appears in grants to ProPublica Inc and The Committee to Protect Journalists, both at $100,000.
Typical grant size clusters in the upper five figures: p25 is $50,000, median is $75,000, and p75 is $100,000. The recent list shows a blend of one-off gifts and repeated support: Shady Hill School appears in both 2023 and 2025, and the PERT Consortium appears in 2023 with continued PERT-related support in 2025. The foundation gives general support frequently, with program-specific language reserved for select medical and public-health grants. It does not fund individuals and does not make program-related investments.
$3.8M
$50.3M
$15.3M
$3.8M
Most grants fall between $50K and $100K, with a median of $75K.
25th Percentile
$50K
Median
$75K
75th Percentile
$100K
About 7% of grants go to recipients in MA.
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Mix of sizable one-off grants ($50k–$150k) to national institutions and targeted crisis-response organizations, combined with smaller recurring or community-focused grants; funding is concentrated in health/medical and emergency relief but otherwise broadly distributed across ~25 grantees rather than dominated by a few repeat recipients.
Notable grantees: Boston Children's Hospital, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, World Central Kitchen, Committee to Protect Journalists, Shady Hill School
Grant recipients are entirely in the United States across the recent list. The foundation gives most often in Colorado, which is also reflected by a $100,000 grant to Benevolent Healthcare Foundation dba Project CURE in Centennial and a $50,000 grant to Blue Ridge Area Food Bank in Verona, Virginia. Boston and Cambridge appear repeatedly, including grants to Boston Children's Hospital, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard University, and Shady Hill School. New York also shows up through Doctors Without Borders, ProPublica Inc, The Committee to Protect Journalists, and Water for South Sudan.
Its recent grants lean toward health and emergency response, journalism and press freedom, humanitarian relief, and local social services. Recent examples include medical institutions such as Boston Children's Hospital and Dana Farber Cancer Institute, relief groups like World Central Kitchen, and press-freedom organizations including ProPublica Inc and The Committee to Protect Journalists.
The recent distribution centers on larger grants: p25 is $50,000, median is $75,000, and p75 is $100,000. The latest list also includes several $150,000 grants, showing that the foundation can move above its median when it supports major institutions.
Yes. Shady Hill School appears in both 2023 and 2025, and the PERT Consortium received support in 2023 with additional PERT-related support in 2025 through National PERT Consortium Pulmonary Embolism Response Team. That pattern suggests some repeat funding alongside one-time grants.
Colorado is the top state by grant count. Recent Colorado recipients include Benevolent Healthcare Foundation dba Project CURE in Centennial and other grants tied to the state’s recipient network, while the overall grant list remains national in scope.
Recent grantees include Doctors Without Borders, Harvard University, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Boston Children's Hospital, Spirit of America, ProPublica Inc, World Central Kitchen, and Blue Ridge Area Food Bank. The list also includes organizations focused on Ukraine relief, homelessness, and school-based support.
2026
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2026.
Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mayo Clinic | Rochester, MN | $1,250,000 | 2026 | General Support |
| Harvard College | Cambridge, MA | $1,000,000 | 2026 | General Support |
| Boston Children's Hospital | Boston, MA | $400,000 | 2026 | General Support |
| Dana Farber Cancer Institute | Boston, MA | $150,000 | 2026 | General Support |
| Doctors Without Borders aka Medicins Sans Frontieres | New York, NY | $150,000 | 2026 | General Support |
| Buckingham Browne & Nichols School | Cambridge, MA | $150,000 | 2026 | General Support |
| National PERT Consortium Pulmonary Embolism Response Team | Nashua, NH | $100,000 | 2026 | General Support |
| ProPublica Inc | New York, NY | $100,000 | 2026 | General Support |
| Benevolent Healthcare Foundation dba Project CURE | Centennial, CO | $100,000 | 2026 | General Support |
| Women's Lunch Place | Boston, MA | $75,000 | 2026 | General Support |
| Spirit of America | Arlington, VA | $50,000 | 2026 | General Support |
| Carroll School | Lincoln, MA | $50,000 | 2026 | General Support |
| Harvard Law School | Cambridge, MA | $50,000 | 2026 | General Support |
| Horizons for Homeless Children | Roxbury, MA | $50,000 | 2026 | General Support |
| Shady Hill School | Cambridge, MA | $25,000 | 2026 | General Support |
| Homes Not Borders | Landover, MD | $25,000 | 2026 | General Support |
| Mission of Deeds | Reading, PA | $25,000 | 2026 | General Support |
| Catie's Closet | Dracut, MA | $25,000 | 2026 | General Support |
| Bionic Project Inc | Cambridge, MA | $10,000 | 2026 | General Support |
| Leukemia and Lymphoma Society | Washington, DC | $10,000 | 2026 | General Support |
| Prospect Hill Academy | Cambridge, MA | $3,000 | 2026 | General Support |
| Doctors Without Borders aka Medicins Sans Frontieres | New York, NY | $150,000 | 2025 | General Support |
| Dana Farber Cancer Institute | Boston, MA | $150,000 | 2025 | General Support |
| Boston Children's Hospital | Boston, MA | $150,000 | 2025 | General Support |
| Harvard University | Cambridge, MA | $150,000 | 2025 | General Support |
| ProPublica Inc | New York, NY | $100,000 | 2025 | General Support |
| Spirit of America | Arlington, VA | $100,000 | 2025 | General Support |
| World Central Kitchen | Washington, DC | $100,000 | 2025 | General Support |
| Benevolent Healthcare Foundation dba Project CURE | Centennial, CO | $100,000 | 2025 | General Support |
| The Committee to Protect Journalists | New York, NY | $100,000 | 2025 | General Support |
| National PERT Consortium Pulmonary Embolism Response Team | Nashua, NH | $100,000 | 2025 | General Support |
| Women's Lunch Place | Boston, MA | $75,000 | 2025 | General Support |
| Partners in Health | Boston, MA | $50,000 | 2025 | General Support |
| Homes Not Borders | Landover, MD | $50,000 | 2025 | General Support |
| Catie's Closet | Dracut, MA | $50,000 | 2025 | General Support |
| Horizons for Homeless Children | Roxbury, MA | $50,000 | 2025 | General Support |
| Mission of Deeds | Reading, PA | $50,000 | 2025 | General Support |
| Common Man for Ukraine | Plymouth, NH | $50,000 | 2025 | General Support |
| Blue Ridge Area Food Bank | Verona, VA | $50,000 | 2025 | General Support |
| Carroll School | Lincoln, MA | $50,000 | 2025 | General Support |
| Water for South Sudan | Rochester, NY | $45,000 | 2025 | General Support |
| Shady Hill School | Cambridge, MA | $25,000 | 2025 | General Support |
| Bionic Products Inc | Cambridge, MA | $10,000 | 2025 | General Support |
| Friends of the Longfellow House - George Washington Headquarters | Cambridge, MA | $5,000 | 2025 | General Support |
| PERT Consortium | Brookline, NH | $100,000 | 2023 | Support for The Pulonary Embolism Response Team (PERT) Consortium |
| Shady Hill School | CAMBRIDGE, MA | $100,000 | 2023 | Financially assist the school in paying for testing and extensive protective measures it has taken and continuing efforts to prevent community spread of COVID-19 |
Mayo Clinic
$1,250,000General Support
Harvard College
$1,000,000General Support
Boston Children's Hospital
$400,000General Support
Doctors Without Borders aka Medicins Sans Frontieres
$150,000General Support
Buckingham Browne & Nichols School
$150,000General Support
National PERT Consortium Pulmonary Embolism Response Team
$100,000General Support
Spirit of America
$50,000General Support
Carroll School
$50,000General Support
Harvard Law School
$50,000General Support
Shady Hill School
$25,000General Support
Homes Not Borders
$25,000General Support
Bionic Project Inc
$10,000General Support
Prospect Hill Academy
$3,000General Support
Doctors Without Borders aka Medicins Sans Frontieres
$150,000General Support
Boston Children's Hospital
$150,000General Support
Harvard University
$150,000General Support
World Central Kitchen
$100,000General Support
National PERT Consortium Pulmonary Embolism Response Team
$100,000General Support
Partners in Health
$50,000General Support
Homes Not Borders
$50,000General Support
Common Man for Ukraine
$50,000General Support
Carroll School
$50,000General Support
Shady Hill School
$25,000General Support
Bionic Products Inc
$10,000General Support
Friends of the Longfellow House - George Washington Headquarters
$5,000General Support
PERT Consortium
$100,000Support for The Pulonary Embolism Response Team (PERT) Consortium
Shady Hill School
$100,000Financially assist the school in paying for testing and extensive protective measures it has taken and continuing efforts to prevent community spread of COVID-19