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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 86-2725801

Foundation for Systemic Change

A private foundation in Wilmington, DE. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 46 grants and $750,250 paid in grants.

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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.

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Preselected only

The return checks the box saying the foundation gives only to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

Assets and giving by year

4 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.

  • Tax year 2024

    $750,250

    Grants listed
    46
    Assets, end of year
    $1,153,460

  • Tax year 2023

    $271,500

    Grants listed
    18
    Assets, end of year
    $877,544

  • Tax year 2022

    $175,000

    Grants listed
    16
    Assets, end of year
    $1,150,466

  • Tax year 2021

    $34,500

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $975,928

Grants paid in 2024

46 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Creative Visions FoundationMalibu, CA

    The Fred Ross Project

    $100,000
  2. Educators Institute for Human RightsWashington, DC

    General & Unrestricted

    $60,000
  3. Az St University Foundation for A New American UniTempe, AZ

    For Newswell

    $30,000
  4. Disability Rights International IncWashington, DC

    General & Unrestricted

    $30,000
  5. African American Policy ForumNew York, NY

    For CRT summer school

    $25,000
  6. Entertainment 2 Affect ChangeNew York, NY

    Documentary on threat to democracy - the dismantling of public education

    $25,000
  7. Human Rights Watch IncNew York, NY

    US Democracy efforts specifically aimed at combating efforts focused on dismantling public education in the US

    $25,000
  8. Voto Latino Foundation IncWashington, DC

    General & Unrestricted

    $25,000
  9. Educators Institute for Human RightsWashington, DC

    Hope of Family & General and Unrestricted

    $20,500
  10. Docs in Progress IncSilver Spring, MD

    The Invoice Series

    $20,000
  11. Georgetown UniversityWashington, DC

    Albinism Storytelling Project

    $20,000
  12. Georgetown UniversityWashington, DC

    For Albinism Project

    $20,000
  13. Institute for Justice and Democracy in Haiti IncMarshfield, MA

    General & Unrestricted

    $20,000
  14. The Independent Feature Project IncBrooklyn, NY

    Veto Film

    $20,000
  15. Educators Institute for Human RightsWashington, DC

    For Youth Advocates for the Arts (YATTA)

    $15,500
  16. Advocacy ProjectWashington, DC

    General & Unrestricted

    $15,000
  17. Democracy for the Arab World Now IncWashington, DC

    General & Unrestricted

    $15,000
  18. Fractured Atlas IncHartsdale, NY

    Invisible Giants

    $15,000
  19. Johns Hopkins UniversityBaltimore, MD

    The podcast featuring Len Rubenstein

    $15,000
  20. Putnam County Coalition for Edu and the CreativeGreencastle, IN

    North Putnam

    $15,000
  21. Reportage International IncConcord, MA

    General & Unrestricted

    $15,000
  22. Safe Space Pictures FoundationBeverly Hills, CA

    Stories Doing Good

    $15,000
  23. Sima StudiosW Hollywood, CA

    General & Unrestricted

    $15,000
  24. The Film Collaborative IncLos Angeles, CA

    Who Moves America

    $15,000
  25. Open Roads Academy IncSanta Monica, CA

    For Leadership Training

    $12,000
  26. RSF Social Finance IncSan Francisco, CA

    Friends of The Gift Trust NZ - HRMI

    $12,000
  27. Educators Institute for Human RightsWashington, DC

    Noble Hands

    $10,500
  28. African American Policy ForumNew York, NY

    F2L and R2L Strategic Convening

    $10,000
  29. Artworks for FreedomWashington, DC

    General & Unrestricted

    $10,000
  30. Entertainment 2 Affect ChangeNew York, NY

    General & Unrestricted

    $10,000
  31. International Child Program Inc IcpNew York, NY

    General & Unrestricted

    $10,000
  32. Pollen InitiativeSan Rafael, CA

    Wall City

    $10,000
  33. Proof Media for Social JusticeGreat Barrington, MA

    Afghan Voices of Hope

    $10,000
  34. Rhinelander District Library Foundation IncRhinelander, WI

    General & Unrestricted

    $10,000
  35. Wildlands Restoration VolunteersLongmont, CO

    Martin Ogle's ALL Careers Initiative

    $10,000
  36. Fractured Atlas IncHartsdale, NY

    Disability-Affirmative Theatre and Film Works

    $9,000
  37. Creative Visions FoundationMalibu, CA

    The film White Noise

    $7,500
  38. Buntport Theater CompanyDenver, CO

    The menagerist

    $6,000
  39. Safe Space Pictures FoundationBeverly Hills, CA

    Create Treatment for Doc on Threats to Public ed under the Direction of Sally Nellson

    $5,000
  40. The Independent Feature Project IncBrooklyn, NY

    General & Unrestricted

    $5,000
  41. RSF Social Finance IncSan Francisco, CA

    For HRMI Data Preview for the US

    $3,000
  42. National Scholastic Press AssociationMinneapolis, MN

    The winners of the Fred Ross Systemic Change Journalism Competition

    $2,750
  43. Kama DCWashington, DC

    Immigration Film Festival

    $2,500
  44. Foundation for FarmworkersWashington, DC

    General & Unrestricted

    $2,000
  45. Feedie FoundationMillbrae, CA

    General & Unrestricted

    $1,000
  46. Palisades Community ChurchWashington, DC

    For the HUB

    $1,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Arts and culture13 grants $246,25039% of the total
  2. International aid9 grants $191,50030% of the total
  3. Civil rights5 grants $92,50015% of the total
  4. Education3 grants $52,0008% of the total
  5. Human services2 grants $17,0003% of the total
  6. Social science2 grants $15,0002% of the total
  7. 4 other causes4 grants $22,0003% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. District of Columbia13 grants $232,000
  2. California11 grants $195,500
  3. New York11 grants $169,000
  4. Massachusetts3 grants $45,000
  5. Maryland2 grants $35,000
  6. Arizona1 grant $30,000
  7. Colorado2 grants $16,000
  8. Indiana1 grant $15,000
  9. Wisconsin1 grant $10,000
  10. Minnesota1 grant $2,750

Officers, directors and trustees

5 people as filed

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

  • Isabella Florence HeffernanDir Hours 1Pay $0
  • John W HeffernanDir, Sec, Treas, Co- Pres Hours 1Pay $0
  • Olivia Margaret HeffernanDir Hours 1Pay $0
  • Sofia Grace HeffernanDir Hours 1Pay $0
  • Margaret L PalmCo- Pres, Dir Hours 1Pay $0

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