Believe In People Inc concentrates its entire documented giving on a single national advocacy and philanthropic intermediary, directing large, repeated grants to the Stand Together C4 Fund. The pattern suggests the foundation channels its resources into policy, civic engagement, and philanthropic infrastructure through a well‑established national vehicle rather than funding many direct service providers or local nonprofits. This indicates strategic, centralized support for networked advocacy and movement‑building work aligned with the Stand Together ecosystem.
Highly concentrated: almost all funding goes to a single grantee (Stand Together C4 Fund) across multiple grants, indicating large, centralized commitments rather than distributed or small grants.
Believe In People Inc’s documented giving centers on one recipient: the Stand Together C4 Fund in Arlington, Virginia. Across the recent grants on file, every listed award goes to that intermediary for general support, showing a tightly focused grantmaking approach rather than a broad portfolio of direct-service grants. The scale is substantial, with awards ranging from tens of millions to more than $200 million, and the pattern repeats across multiple years from 2023 through 2025. The foundation’s largest recent grant on file is $213,369,822, followed by a $200,104,095 grant and a $163,931,000 grant, all to the same Arlington-based fund. A further $35,000,000 grant in 2023 and a $3,602,000 grant in 2024 continue that same pattern. With leadership listed as Charles Chase Koch serving as director, chairman, and president, the funder appears to operate through a centralized channel that supports policy, civic, and philanthropic infrastructure tied to the Stand Together ecosystem.
The foundation’s documented grantmaking is concentrated in general support to the Stand Together C4 Fund, making national public policy and advocacy its clearest funded area. One of the largest listed awards, $200,104,095 in 2025, went to the Arlington, Virginia intermediary for general support, underscoring a continuing commitment to that vehicle. A second thread is civic engagement. The 2024 grant of $213,369,822 to the same recipient points to support for large-scale organizing and mobilization work carried through a national platform. The remaining grants on file reinforce that same pattern: $163,931,000 in 2024, $35,000,000 in 2023, and $3,602,000 in 2024, all for general support. Together, the grants show a recurring focus on movement-building and philanthropic infrastructure rather than project-specific funding.
Believe In People Inc gives at very large sizes: the documented range runs from a p25 of $27,150,500 to a median of $99,465,500 and a p75 of $176,290,706. The recent grants show repeated awards over multiple years, with grants listed in 2023, 2024, and 2025, all directed to the same recipient. The foundation is a public charity and does not fund individuals. It also does not make program-related investments. The listed grants are described as general support, indicating flexible operating funding rather than project-restricted awards.
$200.1M
$3.9B
$7.9M
$203M
Most grants fall between $27.2M and $176.3M, with a median of $99.5M.
25th Percentile
$27.2M
Median
$99.5M
75th Percentile
$176.3M
About 0% of grants go to recipients in VA.
CHARLES CHASE KOCH
DIRECTOR/CHAIRMAN/PRESIDENT
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Notable grantees: Stand Together C4 Fund
All listed grants in the recent sample go to U.S. recipients, for a 100% domestic distribution. The recipient city that appears in the grants list is Arlington, Virginia, and Virginia is the top state by grant count. No grants in the sample go to recipients in Kansas, despite the headquarters being in Wichita. The geographic pattern is therefore concentrated in one Virginia-based recipient rather than spread across multiple states or countries.
The documented grants support the Stand Together C4 Fund for general support. That pattern aligns with national public policy and advocacy, civic engagement and voter mobilization, and philanthropic infrastructure tied to movement-building work.
The grant-size distribution is large: p25 is $27,150,500, median is $99,465,500, and p75 is $176,290,706. The recent grants include awards above $200 million as well as a smaller $3,602,000 grant.
In the recent grants provided, every listed award goes to Stand Together C4 Fund in Arlington, Virginia. The pattern suggests repeated support to a single national intermediary rather than a broad set of grantees.
Virginia is the top state by grant count, and the recipient city shown in the grant list is Arlington, Virginia. All listed grants in the sample are to U.S. recipients.
2025
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2025.
Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| STAND TOGETHER C4 FUND | ARLINGTON, VA | $200,104,095 | 2025 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| STAND TOGETHER C4 FUND | ARLINGTON, VA | $213,369,822 | 2024 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| STAND TOGETHER C4 FUND | ARLINGTON, VA | $163,931,000 | 2024 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| STAND TOGETHER C4 FUND | ARLINGTON, VA | $3,602,000 | 2024 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| STAND TOGETHER C4 FUND | ARLINGTON, VA | $35,000,000 | 2023 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
STAND TOGETHER C4 FUND
$200,104,095GENERAL SUPPORT
STAND TOGETHER C4 FUND
$213,369,822GENERAL SUPPORT
STAND TOGETHER C4 FUND
$163,931,000GENERAL SUPPORT
STAND TOGETHER C4 FUND
$3,602,000GENERAL SUPPORT
STAND TOGETHER C4 FUND
$35,000,000GENERAL SUPPORT