About Pew Charitable Trusts
Pew addresses the challenges of a changing world by illuminating issues, creating common ground, and advancing ambitious strategies that lead to tangible progress. Improve public policy by conducting rigorous analysis, inform the public with useful data, and invigorate civic life by encouraging democratic participation and strong communities.
Focus Areas
Public policyResearch and dataConservation / environmentHealth and public healthCommunity and state governmentEconomic advancement
Funding Style
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Topics
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About Pew Charitable Trusts
A defining pattern at The Pew Charitable Trusts is the scale of its support for Pew Research Center: $38,000,000 in 2023, $38,000,000 in 2024, and $34,200,000 in 2025. That recurring support sits alongside major grants to policy and civic-life organizations, showing a funder that backs research, public policy, and civic engagement with large, sustained commitments. The trust also made substantial support available to institutions such as Middlebury College for $25,000,000 in 2023 and the University of the Arts in Philadelphia for grants above $12 million across 2023, 2024, and 2025. Across its recent grants, the foundation’s work touches public policy, research and data, conservation and environment, health and public health, community and state government, and economic advancement. Its giving is national in scope and reaches a wide mix of grantees, from research organizations and policy groups to colleges, civic institutions, and nonprofit intermediaries. Some awards are directed to large recurring partners, while others support one-time projects or institutional needs. The result is a grantmaking profile centered on information, policy, and civic life, with the Research Center serving as the clearest anchor in the recent record.
What Pew Charitable Trusts Funds
In public policy, The Pew Charitable Trusts supported a range of national and state-facing organizations. Grants included $6,438,510 to Bipartisan Policy Center Inc for Policy, $3,000,000 to States Newsroom for Policy, and $2,414,402 to National Conference of State Legislatures for Policy. Those awards point to interest in policy research, information, and legislative work. In civic life, the foundation backed Philadelphia-based organizations such as $3,200,000 to Benefits Data Trust, $2,725,000 to University City District, and $2,700,000 to Project Home. It also supported $2,000,000 to Compass Working Capital Inc in Boston for Civic Life. Environmental grantmaking appears as well: $6,900,000 to Resources Legacy Fund in Sacramento and $3,525,513 to Conservation International Foundation in Arlington both fell under Policy. Health-related giving included $3,000,000 to Planned Parenthood Federation of America in New York under a DAF Grant classification.
How Pew Charitable Trusts Gives
Typical grant size falls at $20,000 at the 25th percentile, $60,000 at the median, and $222,144 at the 75th percentile, but the recent record also includes very large awards in the millions. The pattern suggests a mix of many smaller grants and a smaller number of major commitments. Several recipients appear across multiple years, including Pew Research Center, University of the Arts, Conservation International Foundation, and others, indicating recurring support rather than purely one-time awards. The funder is classified as a Regular Funder, does not fund individuals, and does not make program-related investments. Some grants are tagged DAF Grant, while others are routed through policy, civic life, or information support.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$140.6M
Total Assets
$1.5B
Total Revenue
$468M
Total Expenses
$392.1M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $20K and $222K, with a median of $60K.
25th Percentile
$20K
Median
$60K
75th Percentile
$222K
Geographic Reach
National50 states funded
About 14% of grants go to recipients in PA.
Funding intensity
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