Accenture Foundation
At a glance
This funder does not accept unsolicited applications. The foundation chooses the organisations it funds itself.
Key takeaways
- Accenture Foundation does not accept unsolicited requests and gives only to preselected charitable organisations, so a small charity should first build a relationship and seek an invitation rather than send a cold proposal.
- Its grants lean towards young people's employment skills, sustainability initiatives and emergency relief, so work in those areas is the best fit to raise with the foundation.
- About 8 in 10 of its grants fall between $100,000 and $2,150,000, with a median of about $650,000, so a much smaller request may sit outside its usual pattern, though that band is typical rather than a limit.
- The filing shows that 75% of grant dollars to organisations went to groups it had also funded in earlier filings, so existing relationships appear to matter a great deal.
Overview
Accenture Foundation is a US private foundation based in Chicago, IL.
What they fund
Profile derived from the foundation's IRS Form 990-PF filings (TY2024, TY2023, TY2022) and web pages about the foundation (engageforgood2018.sched.com), with every statement checked against those sources. Sources read on 12 October 2026.
Priority Areas
The executive director describes the foundation as funding work that enables Accenture communities in support of the company’s corporate citizenship direction and aims to create positive, sustainable change in people’s lives and the wider community. The grant record supports programmes that build young people’s employability, digital, technical and entrepreneurial skills, alongside sustainability initiatives and emergency and humanitarian responses; it also includes refugee support. Grants go to children’s and humanitarian charities, workforce and youth-development organisations, international youth groups and environmental organisations. Its giving is channelled through charitable partners to develop skills and respond to social and environmental needs.
Themes
From its grants, not stated by the foundation:
- Young people's employment skills
- Sustainability initiatives
- Emergency relief
Geographic Focus
No geographic focus is stated; the filings show grants mainly in Connecticut, Illinois, Maryland, District of Columbia, Massachusetts, the United States, United Kingdom, Spain and Europe.
How to apply
Contributions go only to preselected charitable organisations; the foundation does not accept unsolicited requests.
Application success factors
- Repeat giving: In its TY2024 filing, 75% 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 76 grants to organisations were about $650,000 or less.
Where grants go
From grants to organisations in the foundation’s filings for tax years 2022–2024.
Grant dollars by state
6 other states: 5%
Outside the US or with no state on the filing: 51%
- The largest single recipient received 19% of grant dollars to organisations.
- In tax year 2024, 75% of grant dollars went to organisations Accenture Foundation had funded in earlier filings.
- 41% of grant dollars went directly to organisations outside the US (United Kingdom, Spain, Norway, Brazil).
- 24% of grant dollars went to intermediaries that regrant to other organisations.
Grants
How much do they typically give?
Share of 28 grants in tax year 2024 by size
Median $793k (tax year 2024)
The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:
- Save the Children · In support of its youth leaders for a sustainable future initiative$2,537,2912024 tax year
- Uk Committee For Unicef · Empowering young people with the skills to realize their full potential$2,512,2852024 tax year
- Save the Children · Access - advancing career connections, employment, and skills for success$2,412,7242024 tax year
- Goodwill Industries International · Help youth with employability, digital and occupation specific skills$1,771,8792024 tax year
- Youth Business International · Support sustainability initiatives$1,767,5192024 tax year
- Fundación Eidos Global · Provide underserved individuals with relevant skills through digital, entrepreneurial, and employability training$1,669,1182024 tax year
- World YMCA · Learning to earning grant$1,500,0002024 tax year
- Aspen Institute · Driving economies of scale and improved impact and transformation - people in jobs - thanks to smart re-application of tools, methods, and partners$1,354,8842024 tax year
Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.
Officers and directors
- Ravi Viswanathan — Director
- Sarah A Garcia — Treasurer
- Grant Spooner — Director
- Margaret Drisi — Foundation Administrator
- Wee Wei NG — Director
- Bob Goldman — Secretary
- Thomas R G Evans — Tax Counsel
- Kicha Ramamurthy — Director
- Lisa Cawley — Director
- Rachel Barton — Director
- Omar Boulos — Director
- Jill Huntley — Chair / Director
- Casey Wells — Director
- Grant Ireland — Director
- Jessica Jecmen — Executive Director
From the latest Form 990-PF filing
3 years of tax filings
| Year | Total expenses | Grants paid | Assets | Filing document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 tax year | $24,094,827 | $21,544,344 | $130,195,264 | Filing for 2022 tax year |
| 2023 tax year | $39,299,046 | $22,349,953 | $126,711,954 | Filing for 2023 tax year |
| 2024 tax year | $29,022,808 | $26,052,494 | $112,572,318 | 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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- Chicago, IL