Boeing Company Charitable Trust
At a glance
Key takeaways
- Apply only if your work fits one of the foundation's stated fields (education, human services, arts and culture, or civic and environmental initiatives) and your organisation is in an area where Boeing employees live or work, since its awards are limited to these.
- The filings show grants mainly in District of Columbia, Washington, South Carolina, Georgia and New York, but no geographic focus is stated, so do not read that pattern as a rule.
- About 8 in 10 of its 32 grants to organisations fall between $50,000 and $1,100,000, and half were $100,000 or less, so a request around $100,000 is a sensible size; the largest grant was $2,000,000, so that typical band is not a ceiling.
- In the latest filing, 26% of its grant dollars to organisations went to organisations it had also funded in earlier filings, but a first approach is still worth making, and the filing gives no deadlines.
- The filing gives no submission steps and points to Boeing's community guidelines, so read those before you write.
Overview
Boeing Company Charitable Trust is a US private foundation administered by its trustee, The Northern Trust Company, in Chicago, IL.
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
The trust's stated fields are education, human services, arts and culture, and civic and environmental initiatives. It directs those initiatives to areas where Boeing employees live or work. Its filed grant descriptions use the broad purposes general and general support, and the grants are recorded to charitable organisations. The stated geographic approach is community-linked, with locality determined by where Boeing employees live or work. The material reviewed does not define a fixed list of eligible places or name narrower fields within these categories.
Themes
- Education
- Human services
- Arts and culture
- Civic and environmental initiatives
Geographic Focus
No geographic focus is stated; the filings show grants mainly in District of Columbia, Washington, South Carolina, Georgia and New York.
How to apply
The filing directs applicants to Boeing's community guidelines for application instructions; it does not set out the submission steps itself.
Application success factors
- Repeat giving: In its TY2024 filing, 26% 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 32 grants to organisations were $100,000 or less.
What the foundation says:
- Awards are limited to the named fields in areas where Boeing employees live or work.
Where grants go
From grants to organisations in the foundation’s filings for tax years 2022–2024.
Grant dollars by state
6 other states: 16%
Outside the US or with no state on the filing: 3%
- The largest single recipient received 25% of grant dollars to organisations.
- In tax year 2024, 26% of grant dollars went to organisations Boeing Company Charitable Trust had funded in earlier filings.
- No grants were paid directly to organisations outside the US.
- 33% of grant dollars went to intermediaries that regrant to other organisations.
Grants
How much do they typically give?
Share of 15 grants in tax year 2024 by size
Median $100k (tax year 2024)
The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:
- Blackbaud Giving Fund · General support$1,500,0002024 tax year
- American National Red Cross · General support$1,025,0002024 tax year
- Florida Disaster Fund · General support$500,0002024 tax year
- North Carolina Community Foundation · General support$250,0002024 tax year
- Brazil Foundation · General support$200,0002024 tax year
- TSCRA Disaster Relief Fund · General support$175,0002024 tax year
- United Food Bank · General support$100,0002024 tax year
- CARE · General support$100,0002024 tax year
Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.
Officers and directors
- Northern Trust Company — Trustee
From the latest Form 990-PF filing
3 years of tax filings
| Year | Total expenses | Grants paid | Assets | Filing document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 tax year | $5,781,242 | $5,223,728 | $88,981,282 | Filing for 2022 tax year |
| 2023 tax year | $3,646,697 | $3,183,000 | $98,215,168 | Filing for 2023 tax year |
| 2024 tax year | $4,934,105 | $4,400,000 | $104,277,018 | 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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Applying to Boeing Company Charitable Trust?
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Contact
- (312) 544-2071
- Chicago, IL (office of its trustee, The Northern Trust Company)
Applying to Boeing Company Charitable Trust?
Hinchilla drafts your answers around this funder's priorities, using your organisation's own documents.
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Contact
- (312) 544-2071
- Chicago, IL (office of its trustee, The Northern Trust Company)