Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc
Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc (MS GIFT) is a public charity based in Indianapolis, Indiana. Formed in 2001, it sponsors donor-advised funds through which donors contribute assets and advise MS GIFT on charitable grant recipients in the United States and internationally.
Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc at a glance
In short: Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc gave $1.2B across 19,253 grants in 2024 (avg $64K), top state California. 33% of 2024 grantees were new. Source: 2024 IRS Form 990.
- Annual giving (2024)
- $1,224,570,192
- +8.2% vs 2023
- Grants made (2024)
- 19,253
- +19.9% vs 2023
- Average grant
- $63,604
- -9.8% vs 2023
- Median grant
- $11,000
- Total assets
- $9,109,107,748
- +29.0% vs 2023
- New grantees (estimate)
- 33% first-time grantees (5,953 of 18,175, 2024)
- Primary geography
- California (17% of itemized 2024 grant dollars)
- Latest 990 filing
- Form 990, 2024 View filing
Data from IRS Form 990, 2024; updated October 2026. New grantees are estimated by matching recipient names across years (methodology).
How to apply to Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc
- Contact
Mailing address: C/O Renpsg 8910 Purdue Rd 500, Indianapolis, IN 46268
Phone: (800) 843-0050
Application details from Grantable's research on the foundation's public materials; confirm on its website before applying.
Who Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc funds
How this funder distributes its grants
Top Recipients
Top 10 recipients in 2024
The largest 2024 recipient was Permanent Archive Fund ($40.0M). Together the top 10 received $178.4M.
Organizations only. It also paid 14 grants to individuals ($897,300), which are not listed by name.
Grant Size Distribution
65,502 grants across all recorded years
The most common grant size was under $50K: 53,061 grants of 65,502 (81%).
Geographic Focus
Where this funder awards grants
MS GIFT’s filing describes grantmaking in the United States and internationally. In 2024, the largest shares of grant dollars by recipient state were California (17%), New York (11%), Maine (9%), Massachusetts (5%), and the District of Columbia (4%).
Grant Distribution by State
Share of 2024 grant dollars across all 19,253 itemized grants.
States
Cities
Is Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc open to new grantees?
33%
first-time grantees, 2024
In 2024, 5,953 of 18,175 grantees (33%) were first-time recipients. First grants averaged $49K; repeat grants $76K. How we count
Medians: $10K first-time, $15K repeat.
Estimate from itemized grant lists in IRS Form 990 filings (2019–2024). Recipient names are matched across years, so a renamed or misspelled grantee can look new; grants to individuals are left out. Methodology.
Giving History
Giving Over Time
Total grant dollars and number of grants per year
From 2019 to 2024, annual grant giving ranged from $390.1M (2019) to $1.2B (2024). In 2024 it made 19,253 grants totaling $1.2B.
Grants by year
Grant recipients and amounts by year
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Permanent Archive Fund Biddeford, ME | Unrestricted General Support | $40,000,000 |
| Archive Sustaining Foundation Biddeford, ME | Unrestricted General Support | $40,000,000 |
| Open Library of Canada Biddeford, ME | Unrestricted General Support | $20,000,000 |
| University of Nevada-Reno Foundation Reno, NV | Unrestricted General Support | $18,085,000 |
| Aurora Humanitarian Initiative Foundation Cambridge, MA | Unrestricted General Support | $11,250,000 |
| Ms Gift Purchase, NY | Unrestricted General Support | $10,750,000 |
| The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Provo, UT | Unrestricted General Support | $10,162,186 |
| Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Baltimore, MD | Unrestricted General Support | $10,010,000 |
| Radha Krishna Dham Tarzana, CA | Unrestricted General Support | $9,215,709 |
| Rush University Medical Center Chicago, IL | Unrestricted General Support | $8,342,500 |
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Financial History
Multi-year comparison from IRS filings
| Filing year | Total Assets | Revenue | Expenses | Grants paid | Grants | Net Investment Income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $9,109,107,748 | $3,082,075,235 | $1,671,736,830 | $1,224,570,192 | 19,253 | $112,568,915 |
| 2023 | $7,062,576,748 | $1,884,733,937 | $1,218,256,530 | $1,131,815,454 | 16,056 | $-5,025,199 |
| 2022 | $5,629,724,104 | $1,302,409,552 | $879,753,656 | $792,247,218 | 13,988 | $52,002,844 |
| 2021 | $6,133,745,382 | $2,993,172,517 | $970,630,961 | $820,735,954 | 6,914 | $582,788,724 |
| 2020 | $4,235,199,287 | $1,899,440,776 | $649,784,748 | $585,922,127 | 9,291 | $71,156,396 |
| 2019 | $2,735,064,539 | $1,387,889,904 | $447,456,510 | $390,077,782 | 5,328 | $260,158,005 |
Research compiled by Grantable AI from public sources. Last updated October 2026.
Mission & Focus Areas
MS GIFT’s stated mission is to increase charitable giving by providing individual donors with a platform for tax-deductible contributions to charitable organizations. It also says it supports educational activities that encourage charitable giving and works with other charitable organizations on strategies for donors’ charitable gifts.
The organization says its donor-advised funds facilitate grants to U.S. organizations described under Section 501(c)(3), as well as charitable organizations around the world. Its 2024 grants included, among others, support for libraries and organizations focused on access to and preservation of knowledge. Archive Sustaining Foundation and Permanent Archive Fund describe their missions as making charitable grants to support libraries and other organizations dedicated to those aims. Open Library of Richmond Inc describes its mission as providing tools and services to facilitate universal access to knowledge.
Other 2024 recipients represented higher education, health care, humanitarian work, and community philanthropy. For example, the University of Nevada Reno Foundation says it facilitates gifts and grants to benefit the university and enhance education; Rush University Medical Center describes a mission centered on health, education, research, and community partnerships. These are grantees’ stated missions, not MS GIFT’s.
Grantmaking
In filing year 2024, MS GIFT reported 19,253 grants totaling $1,224,570,192. Grants ranged from $5,000 to $40,000,000, with a median of $11,000. The 2024 impact report separately states that the organization awarded over $1.3 billion in grants during the year.
The largest grants listed in the 2024 filing included $40 million each to Permanent Archive Fund and Archive Sustaining Foundation, both for unrestricted general support; $20 million to Open Library of Canada for unrestricted general support; and $18,085,000 to University of Nevada-Reno Foundation for unrestricted general support. Other listed recipients included Aurora Humanitarian Initiative Foundation ($11,250,000), Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine ($10,010,000), Rush University Medical Center ($8,342,500), and The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta Inc ($6,399,886). Each of these grants was listed as unrestricted general support.
MS GIFT’s grantee guidelines say grants generally may be made to domestic public charities and certain private operating foundations qualifying under Section 501(c)(3). The guidelines also describe possible grants to qualifying foreign organizations when MS GIFT exercises expenditure responsibility or obtains an equivalency determination. The guidelines prohibit grants to individuals and certain other recipients, grants that benefit donors or specific individuals, and grants for lobbying or political campaigns. They also state that grants cannot fulfill legally binding pledges.
Leadership & Key People
Leadership team and compensation from IRS filings
The 2024 filing lists Carol Van Atten as chairperson; Melanie Schnoll-Begun as president; Shelley Goode as secretary; Sundeep Vira as treasurer; and Laura Assomull as assistant secretary. Directors listed were Allyson McDonald, Diahann Billings-Burford, James Tracy, Jane O’Connell, and Katharine Leonberger.
Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc is led by Melanie Schnoll-Begun, President on every filing since 2019; none of the 14 officers listed in 2024 report compensation.
Officers on the 2024 filing
Melanie Schnoll-Begun
President
On filings since 2019
10 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Carol Van Atten
Chairperson
On filings since 2019
10 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Allyson McDonald
Director
Secretary → Director, 2022
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
James Tracy
Director
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Jane O'Connell
Director
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Patricia Biggers
Director
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Robert B. Seaberg
Director
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Roger Paradiso
Director
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Ross Richards
Director
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Diahann Billings-Burford
Director
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Katharine LEONBERGER
Director
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Shelley Goode
Secretary
Director → Secretary, 2022
On filings since 2019
10 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Sundeep Vira
Treasurer
Director → Treasurer, 2022
On filings since 2019
10 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Laura Assomull
Assistant Secretary
On filings since 2023
10 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Former officers (2)
- Former: Michael Swartz (2019–2022) — Treasurer -
- Former: Katie Leonberger (2019–2021) — Director
Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2019–2024. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.
Frequently asked questions about Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc
How much does Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc give each year?
Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc gave $1.2B across 19,253 grants in 2024, according to its 2024 IRS Form 990. In 2023 it gave $1.1B across 16,056 grants.
What is Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc's typical grant size?
Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc's median grant in 2024 was $11,000, and its average grant was $63,604, across 19,253 grants on its 2024 IRS Form 990. Organizations receiving their first grant from Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc that year got $49K on average.
Where does Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc give grants?
Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc's top state is California, with 17% of the grant dollars itemized on its 2024 IRS Form 990. The next largest states were New York (11%) and Maine (9%). The most frequent recipient cities were New York, NY (1,138 grants), Washington, DC (535 grants), Chicago, IL (398 grants) and San Francisco, CA (345 grants).
Does Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc give general operating support?
Yes: 100% of Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc's 2024 grants with a stated purpose (19,253 of 19,253) were for general or operating support, per its 2024 IRS Form 990.
Who are Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc's largest grantees?
Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc's largest 2024 grantees include Permanent Archive Fund ($40,000,000), Archive Sustaining Foundation ($40,000,000) and Open Library of Canada ($20,000,000), according to its 2024 IRS Form 990. It also paid 14 grants to individuals ($897,300), which are not listed by name. Together they received 8% of its itemized 2024 grant dollars.
How large is Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc?
Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc reported $9.1B in total assets on its 2024 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $3.1B.
What does Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc fund?
MS GIFT’s stated mission is to increase charitable giving by providing individual donors with a platform for tax-deductible contributions to charitable organizations. See mission & focus areas ↑
How do I apply for a grant from Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc?
Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc has no public application process in the sources Grantable reviewed. Contact the foundation directly before submitting a request.
What is Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc's EIN?
Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 52-7082731. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2024.
Data last updated October 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings. Research dossier generated October 2026.
Data update history
(7)
When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable
- Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS November 19, 2020)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS November 17, 2021)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS November 15, 2022)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS October 26, 2023)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS November 15, 2024)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS November 19, 2025)
- IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2024
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