Point72 Employee Directed Giving Foundation
At a glance
This funder does not accept unsolicited applications. The foundation chooses the organisations it funds itself.
Key takeaways
- The foundation does not accept unsolicited requests and works by invitation only, so an organisation with no existing link to it should not send a cold application; where a relationship exists, the sensible step is to seek an introduction.
- Its recorded grants cover a broad mix of fields, including schools and music education, health-care and research, and youth and community services, but no geographic focus is stated, so fit should be judged on purpose rather than location.
- Half of its 187 grants to organisations were $5,000 or less across its recent filings, and the median was $5,000, so a request near that size fits its usual pattern; its typical band runs from $1,000 to $75,000, though its largest grant was $1,000,000, so that band is not a ceiling.
- According to its latest filing, 72% of its grant dollars to organisations went to organisations it had also funded in an earlier filing, so most of its grant money already goes to familiar recipients.
Overview
Point72 Employee Directed Giving Foundation is a US private foundation based in Stamford, CT.
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 7 October 2026.
Priority Areas
Its recorded grants have gone to a broad mix of organisations, including universities and colleges supporting research, academic departments and financial aid; schools and music education; health-care and research institutions; and youth, disability and community-service organisations. Other recipients include food-relief and international-development charities, arts and cultural bodies, religious organisations, civil-rights and press-freedom groups, environmental and animal-welfare organisations, and emergency medical services. Many grants are recorded simply as general support, alongside designated gifts for research, scholarships, facilities, programmes and other named purposes. It directs contributions to charitable organisations selected in advance and does not accept unsolicited requests.
Geographic Focus
No geographic focus is stated; the filings show grants mainly in California, New York, Massachusetts, Connecticut and Tennessee.
How to apply
The foundation states that it does not accept unsolicited requests.
Application success factors
- Repeat giving: In its TY2024 filing, 72% 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 187 grants to organisations were $5,000 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: 12%
Outside the US or with no state on the filing: 2%
- The largest single recipient received 17% of grant dollars to organisations.
- In tax year 2024, 72% of grant dollars went to organisations Point72 Employee Directed Giving Foundation had funded in earlier filings.
- No grants were paid directly to organisations outside the US.
- 20% of grant dollars went to intermediaries that regrant to other organisations.
Grants
How much do they typically give?
Share of 78 grants in tax year 2024 by size
Median $4,500 (tax year 2024)
The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:
- President & Fellows Of Harvard College · Financial aid and iai pledges$250,0002024 tax year
- Columbia University Gift Systems · Benign hematology gift fund$200,0002024 tax year
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology · Leo family fund #3898070$200,0002024 tax year
- Childrens Hospital Colorado Foundation · Epilepsy and neurodevelopmental disabilities research$200,0002024 tax year
- Yellowstone Club Community Foundation · 25% elevate immediate and 75% elevate permanent$175,0002024 tax year
- Vanderbilt University · Mcentire family dean's faculty fellow$160,0002024 tax year
- Third Street Music School Settlement · Third street partners proposal and scholarships$150,0002024 tax year
- Columbia University Gift Systems · Benign hematology gift fund$50,0002024 tax year
Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.
Officers and directors
- Xiaolei Zhu — Board Member
- Richard Adams — Board Member
- Stephen Canna — Secretary
- J Andrew Mcentire — President
From the latest Form 990-PF filing
3 years of tax filings
| Year | Total expenses | Grants paid | Assets | Filing document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 tax year | $2,811,246 | $2,708,250 | $32,327,604 | Filing for 2022 tax year |
| 2023 tax year | $1,419,550 | $1,294,016 | $40,104,155 | Filing for 2023 tax year |
| 2024 tax year | $2,151,330 | $2,037,500 | $55,266,878 | 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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- Stamford, CT
Applying to Point72 Employee Directed Giving Foundation?
Hinchilla drafts your answers around this funder's priorities, using your organisation's own documents.
No credit card required
Contact
- Stamford, CT