Hugh L Adams Charitable Trust
At a glance
This funder does not accept unsolicited applications. The foundation chooses the organisations it funds itself.
Key takeaways
- The filing says the trust does not accept unsolicited requests and works by invitation only, so a cold application will not be considered and an organisation should not send one unless it has been invited.
- Its grants have gone mainly to higher education, health, arts and culture, public education, animal welfare and independent schooling, and to hospitals, so a charity working in those fields is the closest match to its past giving.
- About 8 in 10 of its grants fall between $130,000 and $1,100,000, the median is about $160,000, and half were about $160,000 or less, so any request should be sized near that level; the largest grant was about $1,300,000, so these are typical figures rather than limits.
- Nearly all of its grant dollars to organisations went to groups it had funded before, so its giving looks relationship-led, and a first approach is best made with that in mind.
- The grants are reported mainly in New Jersey, New York, Texas, Connecticut and Pennsylvania, but no geographic focus is stated, so that pattern should not be read as a rule about who may apply.
Overview
Hugh L Adams Charitable Trust is a US private foundation administered by its trustee, Deutsche Bank Trust Company NA, in New York, NY.
What they fund
Profile based on the foundation's IRS Form 990-PF filings (TY2024, TY2023, TY2022) only: no website or other web source for the foundation was found. Every statement is checked against the filings. Sources read on 13 October 2026.
Priority Areas
Across the grants reported in its filings, the trust provided general-purpose, general-support and general-operating grants to organisations in higher education, health, arts and culture, public education, animal welfare and independent schooling. Hospitals also received support. The recorded recipients include a university, a heart-health organisation, an art museum, a public-school fundraising organisation, an animal-welfare organisation, a school and hospitals. The listed purposes are broad and do not identify project-specific priorities. Its grants recur among the same organisations and are reported across several states.
Geographic Focus
No geographic focus is stated; the filings show grants mainly in New Jersey, New York, Texas, Connecticut and Pennsylvania.
How to apply
The foundation states that it does not accept unsolicited requests.
Application success factors
- Repeat giving: In its TY2024 filing, 100% of its grant dollars to organisations went to organisations it had also funded in its TY2022 or TY2023 filing.
- Grant size: Across its TY2022, TY2023 and TY2024 filings, half of its 24 grants to organisations were about $160,000 or less.
Where grants go
From grants to organisations in the foundation’s filings for tax years 2022–2024.
Grant dollars by state
- The largest single recipient received 40% of grant dollars to organisations.
- In tax year 2024, 100% of grant dollars went to organisations Hugh L Adams Charitable Trust had funded in earlier filings.
- No grants were paid directly to organisations outside the US.
Grants
How much do they typically give?
Share of 8 grants in tax year 2024 by size
Median $241k (tax year 2024)
The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:
- Princeton University · General purpose grant$1,284,8472024 tax year
- American Heart Association · General support grant$642,4242024 tax year
- Fund for Public Schools · General purpose grant$321,2122024 tax year
- Metropolitan Museum of Art · General support grant$321,2122024 tax year
- Westchester Medical Center · General purpose grant$160,6062024 tax year
- Westover School · General purpose grant$160,6062024 tax year
- Aspca · General purpose grant$160,6062024 tax year
- Jefferson Hospital · General purpose grant$160,6062024 tax year
Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.
Officers and directors
Administered by its trustee, Deutsche Bank Trust Company NA.
3 years of tax filings
| Year | Total expenses | Grants paid | Assets | Filing document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 tax year | $2,991,009 | $2,632,558 | $56,647,486 | Filing for 2022 tax year |
| 2023 tax year | $3,249,781 | $2,832,375 | $64,242,353 | Filing for 2023 tax year |
| 2024 tax year | $3,673,468 | $3,212,119 | $69,770,430 | Filing for 2024 tax year |
Figures from the foundation’s IRS Form 990-PF filings. Assets are at fair market value at year end. The document icon links to each year’s filing on ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer.
Sources
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- New York, NY (office of its trustee, Deutsche Bank Trust Company NA)
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Contact
- New York, NY (office of its trustee, Deutsche Bank Trust Company NA)