The funder's latest Form 990-PF says it gives only to organizations it has already chosen and does not accept unsolicited requests. An introduction is usually the only route.
No public data foundThe return states a posture but gives no instructions.
Application policy: Funds preselected organizations only, as stated on the FY2021 return.
What its returns show
Stated the same way on all 2 Form 990-PF returns on record (FY2020 to FY2021).
Philanthropy and grantmaking
95 grants on file · $34.3M · FY2020–2024
IRS 990 · FY2024
These lines count this foundation's own Form 990-PF returns that the IRS has published as data. An amended return replaces its original. They describe past returns only.
Application guidance comes from the funder's own Form 990-PF, Part XV (the section where a private foundation says how to apply), shown as filed. It is the funder's words, not ours. These fields are free text and the IRS form cuts them short. Filers sometimes put whole sentences in the contact-name box. Shown exactly as filed.
Financials
Grants paid
$9.2M
FY2024 · grants and similar amounts paid
Total assets
$11.7M
FY2024 · end of year
Revenue
$7.3M
FY2024
Expenses
$9.8M
FY2024
Grants paid by year
Total assets by year
Where the money went · FY2024
Program services96%
Management and general2%
Fundraising2%
Form 990 splits expenses into program services, management and fundraising. The split is self-reported, and a grantmaker, a research institute and a direct-service nonprofit book the same work differently. A line the return does not carry reads "not available"; it is never counted as zero.
Year
Form
Revenue
Expenses
Grants paid
Assets
Net assets
FY2024
990
$7,290,829
$9,825,103
$9,160,574
$11,723,941
Figures are as reported on the e-filed return, with no restatement. Fiscal years are the funder's own tax year, labelled by the calendar year the period ends in. A blank line means the return does not carry that figure; a real zero shows as $0. When an amended return replaces an original, every figure here uses the amended return. The original is not shown. Giving is what the funder actually paid out toward its charitable purpose in the year (qualifying distributions on Form 990-PF, charitable disbursements otherwise). Assets are what it holds; giving is what moves.
What they fund
Recipient focus areas
Education$15.6M · 40
Human services$843K · 3
Community improvement$585K · 3
Religion$426K · 1
Arts and culture$350K · 4
Philanthropy and grantmaking$90.1K · 1
Where recipients are
Not stated$7.3M · 4
NY$5M · 7
MA$4.3M · 12
PA$3.3M · 13
NJ$2.9M · 10
CA$2.8M · 13
TX$2.7M · 14
IL$1.4M · 6
Based on the 64% of grant rows we could match to an organization record. The rest stay as reported. The IRS assigns the NTEE category when it grants exemption. It often reflects the original filing, not today's giving.
Grants paid
95 on file
Recipient
Purpose
Amount
Year
Source
CANTERBURY INSTITUTE
OXFORD SCHOLARSHIPS PROGRAM; SUPPORT FOR PROGRAMME IN OXFORD'S FACULTY OF LAW; GENERAL OPERATIONS
$4,572,444
2020
Recipients are shown as the funder wrote them on the return. A recipient with a link was matched to an organization record; the rest stay as reported and are never guessed. Some links come from other funders' returns: when three or more of them wrote the same name and state with one EIN, and the city on this row matches, we use that EIN. The name on this row is still shown as this funder wrote it.
Officers and directors
Name
Title
Hours / week
Compensation
Francis Hager
CHAIRMAN
1.0
$0
Luis Tellez
PRESIDENT
30.0
$0
Donald Readlinger
SECRETARY
1.0
$0
G David Bednar
TRUSTEE
From the officer list on the latest e-filed return. Compensation is as reported there; a blank means the return carries no figure.
$4,269,173
FY2023
990
$7,899,396
$10,284,802
$9,697,402
$13,285,530
$6,666,291
FY2022
990
$12,619,382
$8,866,364
$8,298,749
$14,426,849
$8,578,428
FY2021
990-PF
$10,645,198
$8,223,812
$8,357,213
$10,905,740
$4,980,169
FY2020
990-PF
$5,996,141
$10,744,742
$10,159,689
$8,583,657
$2,631,996
Canterbury Institute
Oxford Scholarships Program; General Operations
$1,971,357
2021
THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITYMatched to this organization because 45 grant-making charities wrote this name with its EIN. Source: Schedule I of their Form 990 returns, fiscal years 2020 to 2025. Counted Oct 9, 2026.NEW YORK, NY
THE ABIGAIL ADAMS INSTITUTEMatched to this organization because 3 grant-making charities wrote this name with its EIN. Source: Schedule I of their Form 990 returns, fiscal years 2021 to 2024. Counted Oct 9, 2026.CAMBRIDGE, MA
GENERAL OPERATIONS; SEMINAR ON INTERNET AND THE GOOD LIFE; MEDICAL ETHICS SEMINAR
AFA general operations and Disbursments of remaining special defense funds
$359,400
2021
The Abigail Adams InstituteMatched to this organization because 3 grant-making charities wrote this name with its EIN. Source: Schedule I of their Form 990 returns, fiscal years 2021 to 2024. Counted Oct 9, 2026.Cambridge, MA