Foundations that fund mentoring programs nationally
383 foundations made gifts to mentoring programs across the country, reaching 228 nonprofits.
Counts include only gifts we could tie to a named nonprofit. The data comes from public IRS Form 990-PF filings, with filing years 2024–2025.
Gift counts may be low, because we cannot tie every grant to a recipient. The year shown is the year the foundation reported, not always the year it gave. Each foundation page links to its IRS filing.
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What the filings show
- Foundations made 683 matched gifts to mentoring programs in the United States in tax years 2023–2025.
- 228 matched organizations received gifts to mentoring programs in the United States in tax years 2023–2025.
- The typical gift to mentoring programs in the United States was $10,000 in tax years 2023–2025.
Top states
| Rank | State | Foundations | Organizations |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 62 | 24 | |
| Massachusetts | 59 | 7 | |
| Texas | 40 | 20 | |
| Oregon | 27 | 4 | |
| Washington | 24 | 9 | |
| Nebraska | 23 | 2 | |
| District of Columbia | 16 | 3 | |
| Illinois | 15 | 7 | |
| Tennessee | 14 | 8 | |
| New York | 13 | 14 | |
| Utah | 13 | 1 | |
| Colorado | 11 | 6 | |
| New Jersey | 11 | 5 | |
| Pennsylvania | 11 | 7 | |
| Georgia | 10 | 8 | |
| Hawaii | 8 | 1 | |
| Minnesota | 8 | 5 | |
| Wisconsin | 8 | 7 | |
| Indiana | 7 | 9 | |
| Ohio | 7 | 4 | |
| South Carolina | 7 | 4 | |
| Virginia | 7 | 7 | |
| Vermont | 7 | 1 | |
| Connecticut | 5 | 2 | |
| Florida | 5 | 14 |
How many foundations fund mentoring programs?
383 foundations made gifts to 228 organizations nationally in public IRS filings.
How many of these foundations accept applications?
179 of the 383 foundations take applications, according to their tax returns.
Where do the numbers come from?
Public IRS Form 990-PF filings. Counts include only gifts we could tie to a named nonprofit.