Schwab Charitable Fund
Schwab Charitable Fund is a private foundation based in San Francisco, California, with an EIN of 311640316. It has awarded $24.44 billion across 261,580 grants, with the most recent giving recorded in 2024. The foundation's largest grant on record went to Johns Hopkins University.
Funding Focus
Schwab Charitable Fund's giving supports the following areas:
- Arts & Culture
- Community Improvement
- Economic Development
- Education
- Environment & Conservation
- Faith-Based (Christian)
- Food & Agriculture
- Health Care
- Sports & Recreation
Populations supported include families and youth.
Grant History
The largest grants on record by amount:
- Johns Hopkins University (Education, Baltimore, MD) - $517.4M (2024)
- Johns Hopkins University (Education, Baltimore, MD) - $481.8M (2023)
- Blue Jays Unlimited (Education, Baltimore, MD) - $404.8M (2020)
- National Philanthropic Trust (Public, Societal Benefit, Jenkintown, PA) - $249.1M (2024)
- Lucas Museum of Narrative Art (Arts, Culture & Humanities, San Francisco, CA) - $210.0M (2019)
- Lucas Museum of Narrative Art (Arts, Culture & Humanities, San Francisco, CA) - $196.2M (2018)
- Johns Hopkins University (Education, Washington, DC) - $192.2M (2022)
- Lucas Museum of Narrative Art (Arts, Culture & Humanities, San Francisco, CA) - $165.0M (2024)
- 85 Fund (Human Services, Washington, DC) - $160.0M (2024)
- Renaissance Charitable Foundation (Public, Societal Benefit, Indianapolis, IN) - $144.7M (2024)
Annual Giving
Total grants indexed for each filing year:
- 2017: $1.27B
- 2018: $1.79B
- 2019: $2.38B
- 2020: $3.19B
- 2022: $4.55B
- 2023: $4.89B
- 2024: $6.37B
How to Apply
Schwab Charitable Fund's public IRS filing does not specify a formal application process. Foundations of this size often give primarily to organizations they already know, so a concise letter of inquiry or a warm introduction is usually the best first contact. Review the foundation directly at schwabcharitable.org.