Member · Institutional Trust Charter 1928
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The First Grant Bank
Private · Foundation · Sovereign
Serving🇺🇸 United States·🇨🇦 Canada·🌍 Worldwide
Vol. XCVIII · No. 12Saturday, June 27, 2026
Established 1928 · Foundation Mandate 2026

Securing legacies
for generations.

The First Grant Bank has stewarded foundation capital across four continents since 1928 — issuing institutional grants and underwriting structured portfolios for principals who measure outcomes in decades, not quarters.

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The First Grant Bank trading floor
Chartered 1928
Geneva Accord Member
$48.2B
Assets Under Trust
312
Grants Issued YTD
98 yrs
Continuous Charter
11.2%
Sovereign Tier APR
Our Mandate

Three pillars of institutional stewardship.

Every dollar entrusted to the Bank is governed by a single charter: preserve capital, disburse with discipline, and document every transaction in the Institutional Trust Ledger.

01

Foundation Grants

Endowment-backed grants for sovereign institutions, research bodies, and public-benefit ventures. Apply, track, and receive disbursement transparently.

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02

Structured Investments

Four tiered portfolios from Foundation Bronze to Sovereign Platinum, with disclosed yields and capital-preservation mandates.

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03

Custodial Wallets

Full ledger visibility — every wire, allocation, and disbursement audited, immutable, and synchronized with your branch of record.

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Grant Programs · Q2 Cycle Open

Capital deployed where institutions cannot reach alone.

Each grant cycle is reviewed by our institutional committee and underwritten against verifiable public-benefit outcomes. Submissions are received continuously through the Client Portal.

01
Doorstep Blessing Grant
Direct household relief delivered to vetted families — rent arrears, medical bills, utility reconnections, and emergency provisions handed over at the doorstep.
$15K – $250K
Open
02
USA Force Partner Grant
A standing endowment for active-duty service members, veterans, first responders, and their immediate families — covering transition costs, treatment, and education.
$25K – $500K
Open
03
Citizen Empowerment Grant
Capital for small business formation, vocational training, and home stabilization for working-class citizens nominated by chartered community partners.
$10K – $425K
Open
04
Sovereign Infrastructure
Bridges, grids, water — committed to public-benefit outcomes.
$2M – $25M
Open
05
Educational Endowment
Chairs, scholarships, and doctoral fellowships at chartered universities.
$250K – $5M
Open
06
Public Health Stewardship
Mobile clinics, pediatric surgery, vaccine logistics.
$500K – $10M
Open
07
Climate Resilience Charter
Coastal, marine, and agricultural resilience programs.
$1M – $15M
Reviewing
Underwriting Committee · Geneva
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Global Branches

Four houses. One mandate.

New York
FGB Headquarters
23 Wall Street
EST. 1928
London
London Branch
Threadneedle Street
EST. 1946
Singapore
Marina Bay House
Raffles Quay
EST. 1981
Zurich
Bahnhofstrasse Branch
Paradeplatz
EST. 1962
2026 Grant Recipients

Capital deployed. Outcomes delivered.

Audited quarterly · Ernst & Whitfield LLP
Denise Deborah, CESP grant recipient
Cover Story
Spotlight Recipient · May 2026

Denise Deborah

Citizen Empowerment Support Program (CESP) · United States
Grant Amount
$425,760
Disbursed
May 5, 2026
Reference
CESP-5678

Mrs. Deborah's award funds a community resilience initiative serving over 1,400 senior citizens across three rural counties — covering transport stipends, prescription assistance, and weatherization grants. Cleared same-business-day via the Bank's institutional disbursement rails.

Citizen Empowerment
Verified Disbursement
Cleared Same-Day
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Dr. Amara Okonkwo
Nigeria
Lagos Coastal Resilience Initiative
Disbursed
$8,400,000
Climate Resilience Charter

Protecting 1.2M residents from tidal surge by 2029.

HS
Prof. Henrik Sørensen
Denmark
Nordic Quantum Education Trust
Disbursed
$3,200,000
Educational Endowment

Endowed 14 doctoral chairs across 6 universities.

MV
Maria de la Vega
Peru
Andean Public Health Coalition
Disbursed
$6,700,000
Public Health Stewardship

Mobile clinics serving 480 villages in Peru & Bolivia.

IW
Imani Wanjiku
Kenya
Rift Valley Smallholder Cooperative
Disbursed
$2,100,000
Sovereign Infrastructure

Solar irrigation for 9,400 farming households.

TA
Tariq Al-Mansouri
Jordan
Levant Heritage Preservation Fund
Disbursed
$4,600,000
Cultural Stewardship

Restoring 18 UNESCO-flagged sites across Jordan & Lebanon.

SR
Sofia Rinaldi
Italy
Mediterranean Marine Sanctuary
Disbursed
$5,900,000
Climate Resilience Charter

Protecting 220km of Adriatic coastline.

CW
Dr. Chen Wei
China
Pearl River Pediatric Initiative
Disbursed
$7,300,000
Public Health Stewardship

Free cardiac surgery for 1,800 children since Q1 2026.

AT
Aroha Tūmanako
New Zealand
Pacific Indigenous Scholars Trust
Disbursed
$1,800,000
Educational Endowment

Funding 64 Māori and Pasifika doctoral candidates.

Each disbursement verified on the Institutional Trust Ledger
Independent Reviews

Trusted by principals, press, and peers.

4.9 / 5
2,184 verified principal reviews

"I was three months behind on my mortgage when the Doorstep Blessing officer knocked. She handed me a cleared cashier's check and a folder with my reinstatement letter already drafted. I cried on my porch. FGB didn't just save my home — they restored my dignity."

MH
Margaret Holloway
Principal Beneficiary · Charleston, South Carolina
Verified Recipient · USA

"Three generations of our estate have banked on Threadneedle Street. FGB is the first to treat philanthropy and yield as a single mandate."

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Sir Reginald Ashcombe
Chair, Ashcombe Family Office · London
Principal Client

"An anachronism in the best sense — they still write disbursement memos by hand and yet clear wires in under nine minutes."

LH
Linnea Halvorsen
Editor-at-Large, Sovereign Capital Review
Press

"I have audited 47 institutional grant programs across G20 jurisdictions. FGB's underwriting committee is the most rigorous I've encountered."

KW
Kenji Watanabe
Former Deputy Governor, Bank of Japan
Industry Peer

"FGB does not chase headlines. They quietly disbursed €240M to climate resilience programs in 2025."

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Dr. Yvette Marchand
Director, Geneva Endowment Council
Outside Observer

"FGB cleared a $14M transfer the same afternoon. Old-world service, new-world rails."

MA
Marcus Adeyemi
Founder, Adeyemi Holdings · Lagos
Principal Client

"Their committee returned with a structured proposal larger than our request — and a 12-year stewardship plan."

EW
Eleanor Wickham-Price
Trustee, Wickham Educational Trust
Grant Recipient
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