About Wallace H Coulter Trust
The Wallace H. Coulter Trust is narrowly focused on civic engagement and civil rights advocacy for Asian and Pacific Islander communities, channeling all its known support to a single national organization. Its giving appears targeted toward voter mobilization, outreach, and related advocacy activities rather than broad philanthropic diversification. The Trust’s funding pattern suggests a strategic, high-value partnership with one core grantee.
Focus Areas
Civic engagement and voter mobilization for Asian & Pacific Islander communitiesVoter education and turnout initiatives targeting AAPI populationsCivil rights and advocacy work supporting political participation of Asian & Pacific Islander Americans
Giving Approach
Highly concentrated: all recorded giving is to one organization (repeat grants), indicating large, targeted investments in a single national grantee rather than distributed small grants.
Funding Style
general operating supportunrestricted/undesignated fundingcore/organizational support
Asian & Pacific Islander American Vote
About Wallace H Coulter Trust
Wallace H Coulter Trust’s recent giving is centered on a small set of Asian and Pacific Islander civic participation organizations, with multiple seven-figure general-support grants to the same national voter-engagement platform. The largest recent award in the file is $1,200,000 to Asian & Pacific Islander American Vote in 2023, followed by another $1,200,000 grant in 2024 and a $1,001,300 grant in 2025. That repeat pattern shows a sustained relationship rather than one-off project funding. The trust also backed related advocacy and coalition work across the AAPI political participation space. In 2025, it gave $1,000,000 to the Anti-Defamation League for general support, and it supported America Votes Education Fund, Indian American Impact Project, and the Institute for Asian Pacific American Leadership & Advancement at $500,000 each in prior years. The portfolio also includes grants to regional AAPI civic organizations and education funds, indicating that the trust uses large, flexible awards to support organizations working on voter mobilization, turnout, and civil rights advocacy.
What Wallace H Coulter Trust Funds
The trust’s clearest theme is AAPI civic engagement. It gave $1,200,000 in 2024 and $1,001,300 in 2025 to Asian & Pacific Islander American Vote for general support, alongside a $500,000 grant in 2023 to the Institute for Asian Pacific American Leadership & Advancement. Those awards point to funding for voter outreach, education, and participation. A second area is coalition-based advocacy. The trust gave $750,000 in 2025 to America Votes Education Fund and $500,000 in 2023 to State Voices, both on a general-support basis. It also supported New Virginia Majority Education Fund with $500,000 in 2025, showing interest in state-level civic infrastructure. A third thread is broader civil-rights and immigrant-advocacy work. Grants include $1,000,000 to the Anti-Defamation League in 2025 and $500,000 to Tennessee Immigrant & Refugee Rights Coalition in 2024.
How Wallace H Coulter Trust Gives
Typical grant size sits in a relatively tight band: the 25th percentile is $150,000, the median is $200,000, and the 75th percentile is $287,500. The recent file also shows a long tail of much larger general-support grants, including several at $500,000 or above. The repeated awards to the same recipients across 2023, 2024, and 2025 point to ongoing relationships rather than isolated gifts. The trust appears to operate as a private grantmaker focused on flexible support, using general support and unrestricted funding rather than project-restricted awards. It does not fund individuals and makes no program-related investments.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$15.9M
Total Assets
$0
Total Revenue
$5.8M
Total Expenses
$16.4M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $150K and $288K, with a median of $200K.
25th Percentile
$150K
Median
$200K
75th Percentile
$288K
Geographic Reach
National30 states funded
About 2% of grants go to recipients in CA.
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Headquarters
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