The Packard Humanities Institute

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Los Altos, California · EIN 94-3038401 · Private foundation · Website

Grants paid (2024)$3.7M

Organizations funded8

Typical grant$250,000

Total assets$918.5M

Half of its grants to organizations were between $100,000 and $320,000.

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From the return

How to apply

On its return for tax year 2024 the foundation checked the box saying it only makes contributions to preselected charitable organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests for funds.

What it funds

Share of grant lines on the latest return, classified from the purpose each grant states.

Arts & Culture3

Where it gives

25% of grants went outside California.

Grants paid in tax year 2024

Recipient	Location	Purpose	Amount
Irish Institute of Hellenic Studies Athens	Dublin, EI	To support the purchase of building to house the irish isntitute	$1,400,000
Stanford Theatre Foundation	Los Altos, CA	To support stanford theatre building refurbishment	$1,000,000
University of Oxford	Oxford, UK	Charitable donation	$320,000
American School in Athens	Athens, GR	To support the agora excavations poject	$312,000
Leiden University	Leiden, NL	To support for the study of the hinterland of medieval chalkida	$250,000
Stanford Theatre Foundation	Los Altos, CA	To support stanford theatre general operating expenses.	$200,000
UCLA Film Archive	Santa Clarita, CA	To sof collection services staff salaries and benefits	$100,000
George Eastman Museum	Rochester, NY	To support funding of staffing positions	$87,040

Grants approved for future payment

Recipient	Location	Purpose	Amount
University of Pennsylvania	Philadelphia, PA	To support middle tiber valley project	$520,000
Harvard University	Cambridge, MA	To support harvard university i tatti renaissance library	$290,000

Giving by year

Tax year	Grants paid	Grant lines
2024	$3,669,040	10
2023	$9,835,277	18

Sources

IRS Form 990-PF, tax year 2024, filed Oct 3, 2025 - IRS e-file batch, object ID 202512769349100301
IRS Tax Exempt Organization Search for EIN 94-3038401
Profile updated Nov 10, 2026

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