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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 13-6082277

The Greenwall Foundation

A private foundation in Washington, DC. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 66 grants and $3.3 million paid in grants.

Tax year 2024 (period ending Dec 31, 2024), read from the IRS e-file on Nov 11, 2026. Returns reach the IRS 5 to 18 months after the year they describe.

How to apply

Accepts applications

The return gives an application contact and rules, as below.

Contact
Misti Anderson
650 Massachusetts Ave NW Suite 600
Washington, DC 20001
(212) 679-7266
[email protected]
Form and materials
See www.greenwall.org
Deadlines
See www.greenwall.org
Restrictions
See www.greenwall.org

Assets and giving by year

6 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.
  • Tax year 2024

    $3,299,934

    Grants listed
    66
    Assets, end of year
    $114,032,741
  • Tax year 2023

    $3,079,661

    Grants listed
    42
    Assets, end of year
    $106,982,413
  • Tax year 2022

    $3,067,550

    Grants listed
    42
    Assets, end of year
    $96,700,195
  • Tax year 2021

    $3,711,993

    Grants listed
    43
    Assets, end of year
    $118,063,875
  • Tax year 2020

    $3,065,387

    Grants listed
    73
    Assets, end of year
    $108,522,869
  • Tax year 2019

    $3,037,076

    Grants listed
    36
    Assets, end of year
    $102,450,439

Grants paid in 2024

66 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. New Venture FundWashington, DC

    Support for responsible design, development and deployment of technologies

    $150,000
  2. Stanford UniversityStanford, CA

    Understanding and navigating claims of child suffering in pediatric ethics and practice

    $81,322
  3. Univeristy of VirginiaCharlottesville, VA

    Bioethics in movement advocacy

    $77,100
  4. Duke UniversityDurham, NC

    The ethics of the artificial womb: clinical innovations at the margins of viability

    $74,053
  5. Baylor College of MedicineHouston, TX

    Philosophical bioethics seminar series

    $73,047
  6. Johns Hopkins UniversityBaltimore, MD

    Beyond coercion: an ethical framework for mandated substance use treatment

    $69,582
  7. Johns Hopkins UniversityBaltimore, MD

    Beyond coercion: an ethical framework for mandated substance use treatment

    $67,002
  8. Brigham & Women's HospitalBoston, MA

    Ethics and effects of individual patient testimonies in public health decision making

    $64,646
  9. Boston Medical CenterBoston, MA

    An ethics-informed policy for urine drug testing in pregnancy: impact on patients and providers

    $63,794
  10. University of North Carolina Chapel HillChapel Hill, NC

    Moving away from race-ethnicity based clinical care of early female puberty towards race and ethnicity conscious puberty justice

    $63,653
  11. Johns Hopkins UniversityBaltimore, MD

    Berman institute podcast project

    $60,602
  12. Boston CollegeChestnut Hill, MA

    Moral distress among obstetricians and gynecologists in the post-roe era

    $58,727
  13. Boston CollegeChestnut Hill, MA

    Moral distress among obstetricians and gynecologists in the post-roe era

    $58,727
  14. U of ChicagoChicago, IL

    Simulating crisis standards of care and developing an equitable life support allocation protocol

    $57,508
  15. U of ChicagoChicago, IL

    Simulating crisis standards of care and developing an equitable life support allocation protocol

    $57,508
  16. Univeristy of MichiganAnn Arbor, MI

    Generative ai challenges for health data sharing and research integrity

    $56,027
  17. Boston Medical CenterBoston, MA

    An ethics-informed policy for urine drug testing in pregnancy: impact on patients and providers

    $55,997
  18. Boston Medical CenterBoston, MA

    An ethics-informed policy for urine drug testing in pregnancy: impact on patients and providers

    $55,997
  19. U PennPhiladelphia, PA

    Promoting high-quality ethics review and oversight of psychedelic research: learning from investigator experience and irb perspectives

    $55,404
  20. U PennPhiladelphia, PA

    Promoting high-quality ethics review and oversight of psychedelic research: learning from investigator experience and irb perspectives

    $55,404
  21. UC BerkeleyBerkeley, CA

    Troubling conscience: autonomy and authority in religious hospitals

    $54,883
  22. U PennPhiladelphia, PA

    Promoting high-quality ethics review and oversight of psychedelic research: learning from investigator experience and irb perspectives

    $54,137
  23. Johns Hopkins UniversityBaltimore, MD

    Institutional obligations for pragmatic clinical trials: developing a normative account and practical guidance

    $53,212
  24. Johns Hopkins UniversityBaltimore, MD

    Institutional obligations for pragmatic clinical trials: developing a normative account and practical guidance

    $53,210
  25. U PennPhiladelphia, PA

    A new era in alzheimer's disease: examining the ethics of anti-amyloid treatment

    $52,582
  26. Johns Hopkins UniversityBaltimore, MD

    Institutional obligations for pragmatic clinical trials: developing a normative account and practical guidance

    $51,663
  27. U of TorontoToronto, Canada

    From transparency to moral perception: analysis of conflicts of interest arising from industry payments to advanced practice nurses and their practice networks

    $51,624
  28. U PennPhiladelphia, PA

    Navigating ethical issues in medical venture philanthropy

    $51,056
  29. Johns Hopkins UniversityBaltimore, MD

    Berman institute podcast project

    $50,409
  30. Johns Hopkins UniversityBaltimore, MD

    Berman institute podcast project

    $50,409
  31. New York UniversityNew York, NY

    In search of an ethical constraint on hospital revenue generation

    $50,228
  32. Johns Hopkins UniversityBaltimore, MD

    General operating support

    $50,000
  33. Hastings CenterGarrison, NY

    Hastings on the hill: informing policy on ai in health

    $49,976
  34. U PennPhiladelphia, PA

    Navigating ethical issues in medical venture philanthropy

    $49,642
  35. University of North Carolina Chapel HillChapel Hill, NC

    Prenatal diagnosis in the post-roe era (pd-pre)

    $49,478
  36. University of North Carolina Chapel HillChapel Hill, NC

    Prenatal diagnosis in the post-roe era (pd-pre)

    $49,478
  37. University of North Carolina Chapel HillChapel Hill, NC

    Prenatal diagnosis in the post-roe era (pd-pre)

    $49,478
  38. University of North Carolina Chapel HillChapel Hill, NC

    Prenatal diagnosis in the post-roe era (pd-pre)

    $49,478
  39. Boston UniversityBoston, MA

    Improving long-term care facility design through bioethical peer review

    $48,902
  40. New York UniversityNew York, NY

    In search of an ethical constraint on hospital revenue generation

    $48,838
  41. University of California San FranciscoSan Francisco, CA

    Healthcare decision-making in california women's prisons: historical legacies of injustice and modern regulatory constraints

    $47,203
  42. U of Colorado AnschutzAurora, CO

    Trusting each other: enhancing trust in health care relationships

    $46,947
  43. U of Colorado AnschutzAurora, CO

    Trusting each other: enhancing trust in health care relationships

    $46,947
  44. Health Care for AllBoston, MA

    Improving bioethics in sdoh-focused medicaid programs

    $46,551
  45. Baylor College of MedicineHouston, TX

    Advancing maternal health equity among black women in the united states: considerations for bioethicists

    $46,014
  46. Baylor College of MedicineHouston, TX

    Advancing maternal health equity among black women in the united states: considerations for bioethicists

    $44,839
  47. Brandeis UniversityWaltham, MA

    Trusting black women: exploring identity, decision-making, and history

    $44,496
  48. Brandeis UniversityWaltham, MA

    Trusting black women: exploring identity, decision-making, and history

    $43,274
  49. University of California San FranciscoSan Francisco, CA

    Post-roe indiana: an ethnography of patient treatment during pregnancy losses, termination, and complications

    $42,828
  50. University of California San FranciscoSan Francisco, CA

    Post-roe indiana: an ethnography of patient treatment during pregnancy losses, termination, and complications

    $42,827
  51. U of Colorado AnschutzAurora, CO

    Trusting each other: enhancing trust in health care relationships

    $42,001
  52. U of Colorado AnschutzAurora, CO

    Trusting each other: enhancing trust in health care relationships

    $42,001
  53. Georgetown UniversityWashington, DC

    Addressing the roots of disability health disparities

    $41,702
  54. U of ColoradoAurora, CO

    Ethical challenges in physician advocacy and organ allocation policies: analysis of exception letters for heart transplantation

    $40,027
  55. U of ColoradoAurora, CO

    Ethical challenges in physician advocacy and organ allocation policies: analysis of exception letters for heart transplantation

    $40,026
  56. U of ColoradoAurora, CO

    Ethical challenges in physician advocacy and organ allocation policies: analysis of exception letters for heart transplantation

    $40,026
  57. U of ColoradoAurora, CO

    Ethical challenges in physician advocacy and organ allocation policies: analysis of exception letters for heart transplantation

    $40,026
  58. Johns Hopkins UniversityBaltimore, MD

    Guiding principles for human data sharing and use: balancing public and scientific values

    $38,934
  59. Johns Hopkins UniversityBaltimore, MD

    Guiding principles for human data sharing and use: balancing public and scientific values

    $38,934
  60. Georgetown UniversityWashington, DC

    Addressing the roots of disability health disparities

    $36,963
  61. Doctors Without Borders USA IncNew York, NY

    In honor of christine k. Cassel, MD

    $20,000
  62. Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of BioethicsBaltimore, MD

    In honor of george l. Bunting JR.

    $20,000
  63. Emory UniversityAtlanta, GA

    Cross-institutional undergraduate sponsorship program in bioethics

    $11,483
  64. Candid (foundation Center)New York, NY

    2024 general support

    $7,352
  65. Philanthropy New YorkNew York, NY

    2024 general support

    $7,250
  66. Council on FoundationsWashington, DC

    2024 general support

    $6,500

Approved for future payment

20 grants

Approved in 2024 and not yet paid.

  1. Stanford UniversityStanford, CA

    Understanding and navigating claims of child suffering in pediatric ethics and practice

    $420,938
  2. Duke UniversityDurham, NC

    The ethics of the artificial womb: clinical innovations at the margins of viability

    $387,594
  3. University of MichiganAnn Arbor, MI

    Generative ai challenges for health data sharing and research integrity

    $291,271
  4. University of WashingtonSeattle, WA

    Communication and resolution programs: tackling the critical unanswered ethical questions

    $284,957
  5. Johns Hopkins UniversityBaltimore, MD

    Beyond coercion: an ethical framework for mandated substance use treatment

    $214,114
  6. New Venture FundWashington, DC

    Support for responsible design, development and deployment of technologies

    $200,000
  7. Brigham & Women's HospitalBoston, MA

    Ethics and effects of individual patient testimonies in public health decision making

    $197,710
  8. University of North CarolinaChapel Hill, NC

    Moving away from race-ethnicity based clinical care of early female puberty towards race and ethnicity conscious puberty justice

    $176,619
  9. University of WashingtonSeattle, WA

    Restorative processes for medical racism: fostering accountability and relational repair

    $172,960
  10. Washington University School of MedicineSt Louis, MO

    Psychotropic medication decision making for youth in foster care: challenges, barriers, and facilitators to informed consent, assent and refusal

    $169,501
  11. University of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia, PA

    A new era in alzheimer's disease: examining the ethics of anti-amyloid treatment

    $160,728
  12. New York UniversityNew York, NY

    In search of an ethical constraint on hospital revenue generation

    $153,549
  13. Baylor College of MedicineHouston, TX

    Advancing maternal health equity among black women in the united states: considerations for bioethicists

    $140,463
  14. The Regents of the University of ColoradoAurora, CO

    Ethical challenges in physician advocacy and organ allocation policies: analysis of exception letters for heart transplantation

    $114,601
  15. Johns Hopkins UniversityBaltimore, MD

    Guiding principles for human data sharing and use: balancing public and scientific values

    $77,868
  16. University of North Carolina at Chapel HillChapel Hill, NC

    Prenatal diagnosis in the post-roe era (pd-pre)

    $62,361
  17. Trustees of the University of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia, PA

    Promoting high-quality ethics review and oversight of psychedelic research: learning from investigator experience and irb perspectives

    $54,137
  18. University of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia, PA

    Navigating ethical issues in medical venture philanthropy

    $51,056
  19. Brandeis UniversityWaltham, MA

    Trusting black women: exploring identity, decision-making, and history

    $44,497
  20. Georgetown UniversityWashington, DC

    Addressing the roots of disability health disparities

    $41,702

Where the money goes

By cause: grants to organizations we matched to the IRS list of exempt organizations, by their category.

  1. Education16 grants $835,08870% of the total
  2. Health3 grants $175,78815% of the total
  3. Environment1 grant $150,00013% of the total
  4. International aid1 grant $20,0002% of the total
  5. Philanthropy and grantmaking1 grant $6,500<1% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Maryland12 grants $603,957
  2. Massachusetts10 grants $541,111
  3. Colorado8 grants $338,001
  4. North Carolina6 grants $335,618
  5. Pennsylvania6 grants $318,225
  6. California5 grants $269,063
  7. District of Columbia4 grants $235,165
  8. New York6 grants $183,644
  9. Texas3 grants $163,900
  10. Illinois2 grants $115,016

Officers, directors and trustees

15 people as filed

As filed on the return, with average hours per week and pay from the foundation.

  • Ann Alpers JDDIRECTOR/CHAIR Hours 1Pay $12,000
  • Phyllis D Meadows PHD MSN RNDIRECTOR/VICE CHAIR Hours 1Pay $8,000
  • Joel W Motley JDDIRECTOR/SECRETARY Hours 1Pay $8,000
  • Peter Goodwin MbaDIRECTOR/TREASURER Hours 1Pay $12,000
  • Christine K Cassel MDDIRECTOR THROUGH MAY 2024 Hours 1Pay $4,000
  • George L Bunting JrDIRECTOR THROUGH MAY 2024 Hours 1Pay $0
  • Jason Karlawish MDDIRECTOR Hours 1Pay $12,000
  • Amy L McGuire JD PHDDIRECTOR Hours 1Pay $12,000
  • Richard L Salzer Jr MDDIRECTOR Hours 1Pay $8,000
  • James A Tulsky MDDIRECTOR Hours 1Pay $8,000
  • Keith Wailoo PHDDIRECTOR Hours 1Pay $8,000
  • Rose Marie Martinez SCDDIRECTOR AS OF MAY 2024 Hours 1Pay $4,000
  • Timothy M Westmoreland JDDIRECTOR AS OF NOVEMBER 2024 Hours 1Pay $0
  • David SchofieldDIRECTOR AS OF NOVEMBER 2024 Hours 1Pay $0
  • Michelle Groman JDPRESIDENT AND CEO Hours 40Pay $375,100

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