Warburg Pincus Foundation
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About Warburg Pincus Foundation
The Warburg Pincus Foundation’s recent giving is highly concentrated in a small number of large institutional gifts, focused on Jewish communal support and institutional higher education. One large grant supports the UJA‑Federation of New York’s broad Jewish community and crisis response work, while the other supports core operations at an Ivy League university. The pattern suggests the foundation prefers big, institutional partners that address community resilience and elite academic institutions rather than many small community groups.
Focus Areas
Jewish communal support and crisis response (UJA‑Federation of New York)Operational support for higher education institutions (University of Pennsylvania)
Who They Fund
Jews and New Yorkers of all backgroundspeople affected by humanitarian crises (global)food-insecure individuals and communities (including Harlem)homeless women and their childrenfirst-generation college students and underserved youthmothers (pregnancy and childbirth)
About Warburg Pincus Foundation
The Warburg Pincus Foundation’s giving is anchored by large institutional support for Jewish communal response and higher education. In 2025, its biggest recent grant went to the United Jewish Appeal Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of New York Inc for care for Jews everywhere and New Yorkers of all backgrounds, with an explicit focus on responding to crises close to home and far away. Another major 2025 grant supported the day-to-day management of the University of Pennsylvania. The same pattern appears in prior years: the foundation has backed Mount Sinai Health System, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts Inc, City Harvest Inc, Pro Publica, and Stanford University with sizeable awards that point to interest in civic institutions, health systems, culture, food rescue, journalism, and higher education. Its recent grants also show attention to humanitarian relief and community-serving organizations. International Rescue Committee received support to help people survive and rebuild their lives in major crises, while The New York Immigration Coalition Inc received general support. The foundation also gave to organizations serving youth and students, including Sponsor for Educational Opportunity and America Needs You. Across these gifts, the common thread is direct support for established institutions with broad public roles rather than narrow project-based philanthropy.
What Warburg Pincus Foundation Funds
In humanitarian response, the foundation gave $443,784 to the International Rescue Committee in 2023 to help the world’s worst humanitarian crises and help people survive and rebuild their lives, and it also gave $143,332 in 2025 to Together We Rise Corporationfoster Love for general support. For food relief, City Harvest Inc received $322,125 in 2023, $189,653 in 2024, and $180,090 in 2025 to collect food that would otherwise go to waste. Its education-related giving includes $150,000 to Sponsor for Educational Opportunity for education, mentorship, and positive peer pressure, and $146,334 to America Needs You for professional development for first-generation college students. The foundation also backed cultural and public-interest institutions: Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts Inc received support in 2023, 2024, and 2025 for its performing arts center, and Pro Publica received grants in 2023, 2024, and 2025 for investigative journalism in the public interest.
How Warburg Pincus Foundation Gives
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$5.5M
Total Assets
$2.2M
Total Revenue
$7.3M
Total Expenses
$5.5M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $2K and $20K, with a median of $5K.
25th Percentile
$2K
Median
$5K
75th Percentile
$20K
Geographic Reach
Regional42 states funded
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Headquarters
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Where Warburg Pincus Foundation Funds
Top 4 recipient countries by grant volume for Warburg Pincus Foundation.
| Rank | Country | Grants | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United StatesDomestic | 1,415 | $29M | 99.7% |
| 2 | United Kingdom |
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