Private Foundations

Foundations are powerful giving vehicles but can be costly and time-consuming to maintain. NPT can help you convert your foundation to a donor-advised fund account with less overhead, improved tax deductions and increased grant flexibility. Your foundation administrators can act as advisors and successors to the account in perpetuity. You can even keep the name of your foundation intact.

Alternatively, donor-advised funds can work in tandem with your foundation. A donor-advised fund can receive part or all of a private foundation's mandated annual five percent payout. 

Get Started

You can convert all or part of your foundation to a donor-advised fund with NPT in just a few months. To discuss how it works, please send us an email or call us toll free at (888) 878-7900.

NPT’s grantmaking scope and impact

NPT has made over 73,000 grants, totaling $1.7 billion to charities all over the world. To see some brief highlights of our recent grant activity, click on the link below.

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