S&P Global Foundation

• The Foundation takes proposals only by invitation and does not review or respond to unsolicited letters of inquiry or proposals, so a cold approach is unlikely to be considered.
• Only charitable organisations exempt under section 501(c)(3) are eligible, and the filing excludes endowments and capital campaigns, individuals, fundraising events, religious or political programmes, and political or lobbying organisations, so a small charity should check its work against its employee-programme focus on educational, civic, cultural, environmental and health purposes, and its humanitarian and disaster-relief giving.
• Half of its grants to organisations across the last three filings were $75,000 or less, and the typical band runs from $25,000 to $2,600,000, so a modest request fits its usual size, though that band is not a ceiling.
• In the latest filing, 99% of its grant dollars to organisations went to groups it had also funded in the two earlier filings, so the Foundation appears relationship-led, and the most realistic route in is through an existing connection or an invitation.

The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:

• American Online Giving Foundation · Donations were made in support of employee programs and grants that promote charitable support of educational, civic, cultural, environmental, health and human service programs.
  $9,413,4362025 tax year
• United Kingdom Online Giving Foundation · Donations were made in support of employee programs and grants that promote charitable support of educational, civic, cultural, environmental, health and human service programs.
  $2,582,0962025 tax year
• American Red Cross · Donations were made in support of humanitarian/disaster relief.
  $300,0002025 tax year
• Philippine Red Cross · Donations were made in support of humanitarian/disaster relief.
  $150,0002025 tax year
• Project HOPE · Donations were made in support of humanitarian/disaster relief.
  $75,0002025 tax year
• HopeBridge · Donations were made in support of humanitarian/disaster relief.
  $50,0002025 tax year
• World Central Kitchen · Donations were made in support of humanitarian/disaster relief.
  $25,0002025 tax year
• Give2Asia · Donations were made in support of humanitarian/disaster relief.
  $25,0002025 tax year

Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.

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.