National Philanthropic Trust



National Philanthropic Trust (NPT) was founded in 1996. Since that time, NPT has raised more than $27.0 billion in charitable contributions and currently manages $16.3 billion in charitable assets. NPT has made nearly 430,000 grants totaling more than $15.5 billion to charities all over the world and ranks among the largest grantmaking institutions in the United States.

Our mission is to increase philanthropy in society through assisting in the establishment and administration of donor-advised funds.


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Recent News from National Philanthropic Trust


Millennial Money: Be effective with your generosity in 2020
Foundation: National Philanthropic Trust

How does that tie into your philanthropy and your values? ... says Eileen Heisman, president and CEO of National Philanthropic Trust, a public...more

Taxpayers can get a $300 deduction for donations without itemizing this year
Foundation: National Philanthropic Trust

Some nonprofit organizations have felt the pinch, said Gil Nusbaum, general counsel at the National Philanthropic Trust, which provides expertise...more

Alpharetta home to massive, mysterious charity
Foundation: National Philanthropic Trust

... just behind the Salvation Army, according to the Chronicle of Philanthropy. ... form of charitable giving, according to the National Philanthropic...more

Coronavirus Pandemic Has Fueled a New Wave of Philanthropy
Foundation: National Philanthropic Trust

According to the National Philanthropic Trust (NPT), North America's largest sponsor of donor-advised funds, a record $2.11 billion in...more

COVID Pushed DAF Giving Higher
Foundation: National Philanthropic Trust, Schwab Charitable

... the world,” said Eileen Heisman, CEO of National Philanthropic Trust. ... Charities recommended by the Center for Disaster Philanthropy (CDP)...more

Commercial DAFs Keep Touting Their Donors' Crisis Giving. Here's What They Aren't Saying.
Foundation: National Philanthropic Trust

For example, a group from the Stanford Center on Philanthropy and Civil ... according to the most recent report from the National Philanthropic...more

Zombie philanthropy: The rich have stashed billions in donor-advised charities — but it's not ...
Foundation: National Philanthropic Trust, Schwab Charitable

Spokesmen at the organizations that received his donations in 2017 — Schwab Charitable and the National Philanthropic Trust — declined...more

Will Donor-Advised Funds Meet Their €rainy Day” Promise?
Foundation: Boston Foundation, Silicon Valley Community Foundation, National Philanthropic Trust

In 2007, before the Great Recession, the National Philanthropic Trust (NPT) reports that assets in donor-advised funds totaled $31.97 billion nationally (or $39.8 billion in inflation-adjusted...more

The coronavirus relief bill's charitable tax deduction mistake
Foundation: National Philanthropic Trust

Indeed, the National Philanthropic Trust reports that more than 20 percent of assets housed in donor-advised funds were disbursed in grants to...more

Editorial: Giving big crucial to curb COVID-19 pandemic
Foundation: Bloomberg Philanthropies, National Philanthropic Trust

Nationwide, the philanthropic pledges and donations in response to the coronavirus have topped $1 billion, the Chronicle of Philanthropy...more



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