The Crisis Charitable Commitment
Please Join Us. Make the Commitment.
Philanthropists – Sign On to the CCC
* Sliding scale of 1-5% of net assets for the ultra-rich
* 10% payout for donor-advised funds
* 10% payout for private foundations
(6% for the first $50 million of endowment)
A call to the philanthropic community to step up to the plate…
The Crisis Charitable Commitment (CCC) is a campaign to greatly increase the flow of charitable dollars to nonprofits in response to the Covid-19 crisis and its aftermath. The Charitable Commitment is a voluntary minimum level of charitable contributions for America’s wealthiest individuals and foundations.
Philanthropists should be asking themselves not only where and how to give, but how much to give. While there is no shortage of need faced by nonprofits, until now there has been no standard by which to measure what is an adequate charitable response from those most capable of giving. Large foundations have historically clung to the legal requirement of making contributions equal to 5% of their endowments. Ultra High Net Worth Individuals (UHNWI), the 0.1% of American households, have been giving just 1% of their assets to charity.
But this is not a time for business as usual. This is the rainy day. Please consider digging deep and joining our community of responsible philanthropists who are responding to the continuing crisis in a meaningful way.
Signing the Crisis Charitable Commitment is easy: Use the Commitment Calculator to determine your minimum level of charitable giving; then fill out the form. And you’ll get a “Commitment” baseball cap in thanks for stepping up to the plate!
Signers to the Crisis Charitable Commitment Have Given Big
Total Giving
$1,166,413,000
Democracy Giving
$240,995,000
21% of Total Giving
Racial Justice Giving
$359,467,000
31 % of Total Giving
Individuals and Foundations
Making the Charitable Commitment
108
Billionaires and Billion-Dollar Foundations Making the Charitable Commitment
0
These totals are updated as of January 31st, 2023
The CCC does not raise money for itself; nor does it dictate where your charitable dollars should go. However, the CCC does encourage particular consideration to two underfunded issues highlighted during this Covid-19 crisis–racial justice and democracy.
We are pleased to highlight 108 individuals and organizations that have met the CCC’s Charitable Commitment for giving:
The most recent signatories to the Crisis Charitable Commitment
Foundations
- Greenbaum Foundation*
- Firedoll Foundation*
- Masto Foundation*
- Compton Foundation*
- Amalgamated Charitable Foundation*
- The Grove Foundation*
- Conant Family Foundation*
- Nia Community Foundation*
- Stupski Foundation*
- Wallace Global Fund*
Full list
- Akonadi Foundation
- Amalgamated Charitable Foundation*
- Arca Foundation
- Arkay Foundation
- Chorus Foundation
- Compton Foundation*
- Conant Family Foundation*
- Firedoll Foundation*
- Gaia Fund*
- General Service Foundation
- Greenbaum Foundation*
- Grove Foundation*
- George Gund Foundation
- Heising-Simons Foundation*
- Hill-Snowdon Foundation
- Innovo Foundation
- Jacob and Valeria Langeloth Foundation
- John M. Lloyd Foundation
- Leonard and Sophie Davis Fund*
- Libra Foundation
- Mary Reynolds Babcock Foundation
- Masto Foundation*
- MRG Foundation
- Nia Community Foundation*
- Our Part Foundation
- Panta Rhea Foundation*
- PPRB Foundation
- Richard and Peggy Greenfield* Foundation
- Rockefeller Family Fund
- Sagner Family Foundation
- Stewart R. Mott Foundation
- Stupski Foundation*
- TomKat Foundation
- TomKat Ranch Educational Foundation
- Wallace Global Fund*
- Whitman Institute
Individuals
- Abigail Disney*
- Alan Davis*
- Karen Grove*
- Laurie Emrich*
- John Hunting*
- Lisl Schoepflin*
- Amy Mandel*
- Chad and Tenah Dyer*
- Shannon Cofrin Gaggero*
- Louise Davis*
- David and Jennifer Risher*
Full list
- Abigail Disney*
- Abraham Lateiner
- Alan Davis*
- Amed Kahn
- Amelie Ratliff
- Amy Mandel*
- Barbara Meyer
- Barbara Simons
- Becky Liebman
- Beth Jacobs
- Chad and Tenah Dyer*
- Chris Newton
- Clemmy Brown
- Cynda Collins Arsenault
- David and Jennifer Risher*
- Eva Grove
- John Hunting*
- Karen Grove*
- Katie and Brian Boland
- Katrina Schaffer*
- Laurie Emrich*
- Lisl Schoepflin*
- Louise Davis*
- Marissa Finn
- Mary Montcastle
- Sam Vinal
- Shannon Cofrin Gaggero*
- Tracy Hewat
- Ulysses Lateiner
- Anonymous (11)
Donor Advised Funds
- Feinberg Family Foundation*
- MLD Fund*
- Spencer Sherman*
- Karen Grove DAF*
- Ellis Family Fund*
- The Sentinel Fund*
- Next Fund*
- #HalfMyDAF*
- Charlie and Karen Couric Family Fund*
- The Sentinel Fund*
Full list
- #HalfMyDAF*
- Alan Preston Donor Advised Fund
- Blue Haven Fund
- Charlie and Karen Couric Family Fund*
- Cow Hollow Donor Advised Fund
- Drummond Pike Fund
- Ellis Family Fund*
- Feinberg Family Foundation*
- Galaxy Gives DAF
- Jerome & Thao Dodson Fund*
- Karen Grove DAF*
- Morris and Barbara Pearl Fund
- MLD Fund*
- Next Fund*
- Paul Davis Fund
- Prince Family Foundation*
- Ratliff-Patel Fund*
- Sentinel Fund*
- Spencer Sherman*
- Stardust Fund
- Anonymous (8)
* Foundations, Donor Advised Funds and Individuals who have signed the Crisis Charitable Commitment in at least two of the last three years.
DAF (Donor Advised Fund) Sponsor Initiative (DSI)
The Crisis Charitable Commitment is pleased to recognize those foundations that met in 2020 the Charitable Commitment for DAF Sponsors:
- At least 50% of their $1 million+ donor advised funds meet a 10% annual distribution (payout), AND
- In the aggregate for all of their $1 million+ donor advised funds, the distribution (payout) exceeds 10%.
The CCC gives “above and beyond” recognition (*) to those sponsoring organizations that visibly promote a 10% distribution for their donor advised funds. To register, please contact us here.
DAF Sponsor Recognition
Community Foundation
The San Francisco Foundation
National Foundation
The Tides Foundation
Financial Institution Affiliates
The Amalgamated Foundation
We encourage all DAF Sponsors to join this effort to increase DAF transparency and insure that charitable funds in the wealthiest donor advised funds are responsibly meeting today’s pressing needs.
Endorse and Subscribe
Category | Charitable Standard |
Foundations | 6% of the first $50 million of endowment |
10% of additional endowment | |
Donor-Advised Funds (DAFs) | The greater of $100,000 or 10% of fund balance |
Individuals (based on Personal Assets) | |
up to $50 million | The greater of $100,000 or 1% |
$50 million or more | $500,000 + 2% above $50m |
$150 million or more | $2.5 million + 3% above $150m |
$1 billion or more | $28 million + 4% above $1b |
$25 billion or more | $988 million + 5% above $25b |