Stanford University
STANFORD, CA
$11MTax year 2024
Grant purpose
To Support Financial Literacy Course
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Charles R Schwab Foundation for Financial Freedom Grants
Private foundation · EIN 84-2512121 · IRS 990-PF filings through tax year 2025
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Original filing text
Reported organization name: CHARLES R SCHWAB FOUNDATION FOR FINANCIAL FREEDOM
Giving by tax year
Year-level totals across every reported grant in this profile — a summary, not a filter. The awards further down are the largest individual grants across all years, not each year's complete list.
| Tax year | Grants paid | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | $12.2M |
| 2024 | 5 | $12M |
Where Charles R Schwab Foundation for Financial Freedom gives
States of grant recipients reported on the foundation's 990-PF filings, by dollars received.
Largest reported grants
Historical awards reported to the IRS. These are examples of past giving, not open opportunities.
Stanford University
STANFORD, CA
$6MTax year 2025
Grant purpose
Schwab financial freedom leadership fund & the schwab program for financial freedom term endowment fund
Stanford University
STANFORD, CA
$5MTax year 2025
Grant purpose
The initiative for the financial freedom fund
Sifma Foundation
NEW YORK, NY
$375KTax year 2025
Grant purpose
Sifma foundation program expansion
Jumpstart Coalition FOR PERS'L FINANCIAL LITERACy
Washington, DC
$300KTax year 2024
Grant purpose
To support personal finance education for teach for america
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Figures are aggregated from Charles R Schwab Foundation for Financial Freedom's IRS Form 990-PF electronic filings (2 filings on file, most recent tax year 2025). Totals reflect grants the foundation reported as paid, and can lag the current year because foundations file annually and often on extension. Source: IRS 990-PF filing on ProPublica. Raw e-file archive (ZIP) — a large IRS yearly archive download.
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