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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 90-0747216

Freedom Together Foundation

A private foundation in New York, NY. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 597 grants and $470 million 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

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

  • Tax year 2024

    $469,974,092

    Grants listed
    597
    Assets, end of year
    $3,362,377,321

  • Tax year 2023

    $424,004,239

    Grants listed
    505
    Assets, end of year
    $2,750,408,293

  • Tax year 2022

    $359,345,731

    Grants listed
    426
    Assets, end of year
    $2,884,777,601

  • Tax year 2021

    $318,334,395

    Grants listed
    430
    Assets, end of year
    $3,112,143,645

  • Tax year 2020

    $359,418,270

    Grants listed
    431
    Assets, end of year
    $3,039,253,044

  • Tax year 2019

    $261,902,892

    Grants listed
    339
    Assets, end of year
    $3,264,553,827

  • Tax year 2018

    $229,072,720

    Grants listed
    331
    Assets, end of year
    $3,343,814,501

Grants paid in 2024

597 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Blue Meridian Partners IncNew York, NY

    Blue meridian partners: general partnership recommitment

    $14,000,000
  2. Amalgamated Charitable Foundation IncWashington, DC

    Solidarity fund

    $12,500,000
  3. Movement Strategy CenterOakland, CA

    Energy efficiency for all

    $8,000,000
  4. Voter Registration ProjectWashington, DC

    General operating support

    $8,000,000
  5. Community ChangeWashington, DC

    Toward a freedom to thrive

    $7,000,000
  6. Community ChangeWashington, DC

    2024 civic engagement rapid response

    $6,500,000
  7. New Venture FundWashington, DC

    Trusted elections fund

    $6,250,000
  8. Windward FundWashington, DC

    Advancing environmental justice through the fund to build grassroots power

    $6,150,000
  9. Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyCambridge, MA

    The picower institute innovation fund (piif)

    $5,550,000
  10. Bend the ARC A Jewish Partnership for JusticeNew York, NY

    Youth organizing for climate action and racial equity

    $5,000,000
  11. Bridgespan Group IncBoston, MA

    Bridgespan knowledge & innovation fund

    $5,000,000
  12. Center for American ProgressWashington, DC

    Strengthening democracy by advancing economic and racial justice

    $5,000,000
  13. Equal Justice InitiativeMontgomery, AL

    Changing the narrative: racial justice reform in america

    $5,000,000
  14. Foundation for City CollegeNew York, NY

    Leadership for democracy and social justice

    $5,000,000
  15. Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors IncNew York, NY

    Collaborative for gender + reproductive equity

    $5,000,000
  16. Center on Budget and Policy PrioritiesWashington, DC

    Advancing strategies to reduce poverty and increase opportunity

    $4,500,000
  17. Elevate EnergyChicago, IL

    National approach to scaling efficiency in affordable housing

    $4,500,000
  18. Harlem Children's Zone IncNew York, NY

    Economic mobility

    $4,500,000
  19. Trust for Public LandSan Francisco, CA

    Knowledge into action: improve access and equity, innovate policy, leverage funding, build local partnerships and capacity, and strengthen low-income communities through the power of nature and the outdoors.

    $4,500,000
  20. Bridgespan Group IncBoston, MA

    For the bridgespan institute

    $4,000,000
  21. Planned Parenthood Federation of America IncNew York, NY

    Meeting the moment and working towards an equitable future through patient-centered reproductive health care

    $4,000,000
  22. Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors IncNew York, NY

    Abundant futures fund

    $4,000,000
  23. Miami Foundation IncMiami, FL

    Reimagining the civic commons 3.0

    $3,500,000
  24. New SchoolNew York, NY

    Healthy affordable materials project (hamp)

    $3,375,000
  25. Amalgamated Charitable Foundation IncWashington, DC

    Funders for housing and opportunity

    $3,330,000
  26. Goodnation FoundationNew York, NY

    A unified effort to expand charitable funding community + resource critical non-partisan priorities

    $3,000,000
  27. Grid AlternativesOakland, CA

    National clean energy workforce development program

    $3,000,000
  28. Tides FoundationSan Francisco, CA

    Organizational health fund

    $3,000,000
  29. Windward FundWashington, DC

    Global methane hub's methane and environmental justice project

    $3,000,000
  30. Fund for Public Health in New York IncNew York, NY

    School based health center (SBHC) reproductive health project (RHP)

    $2,820,000
  31. Neo Philanthropy IncNew York, NY

    Four freedoms fund and black migrant power fund

    $2,750,000
  32. 350ORGWashington, DC

    Accelerating the just transition to renewable energy in the us

    $2,500,000
  33. EarthjusticeSan Francisco, CA

    Leveraging the power of the law to build healthy & equitable communities

    $2,500,000
  34. National League of Cities Institute IncWashington, DC

    Cities connecting children to nature resiliently

    $2,500,000
  35. Solutions Project IncLos Angeles, CA

    Let's create the future: capacity building strategies for climate justice solutions

    $2,250,000
  36. State Democracy Defenders FundWashington, DC

    Rapid response coordination hub

    $2,250,000
  37. United States Endowment for Forestry and Communities IncGreenville, SC

    Sustainable forestry and african american land retention program

    $2,250,000
  38. State Power FundYoungstown, OH

    Bigger we project via state power fund

    $2,060,000
  39. Amalgamated Charitable Foundation IncWashington, DC

    Build us

    $2,000,000
  40. National Trust for Historic Preservation in the United StatesWashington, DC

    African american cultural heritage action fund

    $2,000,000
  41. NDN Collective IncRapid City, SD

    Strengthening indigenous self determination

    $2,000,000
  42. Neo Philanthropy IncNew York, NY

    State infrastructure fund

    $2,000,000
  43. New Venture FundWashington, DC

    Climate and clean energy equity fund

    $2,000,000
  44. President and Fellows of Harvard CollegeCambridge, MA

    JPB environmental health fellowship program cohort III

    $1,900,000
  45. Chinese Progressive AssociationOakland, CA

    To support the black futures lab

    $1,750,000
  46. Florida Rising TogetherMiami, FL

    General operating support

    $1,750,000
  47. Institute for Sustainable CommunitiesMontpelier, VT

    Cultivating isc and the partnership for resilient communities leaders of color network

    $1,750,000
  48. Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs IncCalabasas, CA

    Transforming systems through community-led design

    $1,750,000
  49. Center for Popular Democracy IncBrooklyn, NY

    General operating support

    $1,700,000
  50. Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyCambridge, MA

    Picower fellows program

    $1,690,000
  51. Yale UniversityNew Haven, CT

    Sustainability, diversity, and environmental justice

    $1,650,000
  52. Connecticut Children's Medical Center Foundation IncHartford, CT

    Building capacity for goal concordant early childhood systems

    $1,625,000
  53. Immigrant Legal Resource CenterSan Francisco, CA

    The new americans campaign and ilrc program support

    $1,625,000
  54. United We Dream Network IncWashington, DC

    General operating support

    $1,600,000
  55. Alliance for Youth OrganizingWashington, DC

    General operating support

    $1,500,000
  56. American ForestsWashington, DC

    Mobilizing tree equity nationwide

    $1,500,000
  57. Green & Healthy Homes Initiative IncBaltimore, MD

    Addressing racial equity by advancing healthy, lead safe and energy efficient homes for america's lowest income communities

    $1,500,000
  58. National Domestic Workers Alliance IncNew York, NY

    A good jobs plan for domestic workers

    $1,500,000
  59. National Immigration Law CenterLos Angeles, CA

    Defending and advancing economic opportunity and justice for low-income immigrants

    $1,500,000
  60. National Immigration Law CenterLos Angeles, CA

    Protecting immigrant families coalition

    $1,500,000
  61. National Women's Law CenterWashington, DC

    General operating support

    $1,500,000
  62. Planned Parenthood Federation of America IncNew York, NY

    Public policy litigation & law program

    $1,500,000
  63. President and Fellows of Harvard CollegeCambridge, MA

    Structural racism initiative for diversity with equity (stride)

    $1,500,000
  64. WNETNew York, NY

    Cyberchase season 16

    $1,500,000
  65. American Civil Liberties Union Foundation IncNew York, NY

    Immigrants' rights project and decriminalizing poverty

    $1,400,000
  66. New Ecology IncBoston, MA

    National approach to scaling efficiency in affordable housing

    $1,400,000
  67. Southface Energy Institute IncAtlanta, GA

    Equitable clean energy: a blueprint for community resiliency

    $1,400,000
  68. State VoicesWashington, DC

    State voices: nationwide infrastructure that builds grassroots capacity and advances social justice

    $1,300,000
  69. BVM Capacity Building InstituteAtlanta, GA

    General operating support

    $1,250,000
  70. Colorofchange Org Education Fund IncOakland, CA

    General operating support

    $1,250,000
  71. Conservation Fund A Nonprofit CorporationArlington, VA

    Building greener foundations: supporting resiliency and social equity in urban neighborhoods

    $1,250,000
  72. NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund IncNew York, NY

    General operating support

    $1,250,000
  73. National Recreation and Park AssociationAshburn, VA

    Advancing equitable environmental resilience through parks

    $1,250,000
  74. Neighborhood Funders GroupSan Francisco, CA

    Amplify fund

    $1,250,000
  75. Neo Philanthropy IncNew York, NY

    Youth engagement fund

    $1,250,000
  76. New Venture FundWashington, DC

    Fair representation in redistricting

    $1,250,000
  77. Partnership for Southern EquityAtlanta, GA

    Meeting this moment for racial equity

    $1,250,000
  78. Tides FoundationSan Francisco, CA

    Green new deal network - the next phase

    $1,250,000
  79. Climate Justice AllianceLos Angeles, CA

    Advancing just transition

    $1,225,000
  80. Groundwork USA IncYonkers, NY

    General operating support

    $1,200,000
  81. Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under LawWashington, DC

    Defending democracy: protecting and ensuring equal and fair access to voting rights, prosperity and opportunity

    $1,200,000
  82. Namati IncWashington, DC

    Putting the power of law in people's hands: increasing environmental justice through legal empowerment

    $1,200,000
  83. People's Action InstituteChicago, IL

    General operating support

    $1,200,000
  84. Bluegreen Alliance FoundationMinneapolis, MN

    Building clean: saving resources, creating jobs, and improving health and equity in affordable housing in the united states.

    $1,150,000
  85. Chisholm Legacy Project IncBaltimore, MD

    Strengthening black frontline leaders, communities, and movements in advancing a regenerative economy

    $1,150,000
  86. New Venture FundWashington, DC

    Climate damage and deception litigation support through the collective action fund for accountability, resilience, and adaptation (caf)

    $1,150,000
  87. Climate Breakthrough IncBerkeley, CA

    The climate breakthrough project proposal for us-based awardees

    $1,100,000
  88. Race ForwardWashington, DC

    Policy lab and housing justice narrative strategy

    $1,100,000
  89. Research Foundation for the State University of New YorkAmherst, NY

    A collaboratory for a regenerative economy (core): molecules to neighborhoods: safer chemicals & materials for the renewable energy economy

    $1,100,000
  90. Naleo Educational FundMonterey Park, CA

    Latino civic engagement strategy

    $1,075,000
  91. Center for Heirs' Property PreservationN Charleston, SC

    The heirs' property capacity building project

    $1,065,000
  92. Amalgamated Charitable Foundation IncWashington, DC

    Democracy frontlines fund

    $1,031,000
  93. Advancement Project Education FundWashington, DC

    General operating support

    $1,000,000
  94. All Voting Is LocalWashington, DC

    All voting is local

    $1,000,000
  95. Amalgamated Charitable Foundation IncWashington, DC

    Communities first fund

    $1,000,000
  96. California Community FoundationLos Angeles, CA

    Democracy fund

    $1,000,000
  97. Center for Land Reform IncFlint, MI

    National land bank network

    $1,000,000
  98. Center for Reproductive Rights IncNew York, NY

    U.s. Program

    $1,000,000
  99. Community ChangeWashington, DC

    Long-term strategy project

    $1,000,000
  100. Corps NetworkWashington, DC

    TCN training and technical assistance program expansion project

    $1,000,000
  101. Deep South Center for Environmental Justice IncNew Orleans, LA

    Hbcu-cbo multi-regional equity consortium

    $1,000,000
  102. Dream CorpsOakland, CA

    Dream.org green jobs and entrepreneurship

    $1,000,000
  103. Environmental Law InstituteWashington, DC

    The climate judiciary project: advancing a new front against climate change

    $1,000,000
  104. Fair Count IncAtlanta, GA

    American pride rises

    $1,000,000
  105. Faith in Action NetworkWashington, DC

    Expanding grassroots capacity

    $1,000,000
  106. Groundswell FundSan Francisco, CA

    Strengthening movements for reproductive justice and intersectional organizing

    $1,000,000
  107. Guttmacher Institute IncNew York, NY

    Research surveillance and rapid response

    $1,000,000
  108. Human Rights FirstNew York, NY

    General operating support

    $1,000,000
  109. Immigrant Justice Corps IncNew York, NY

    General operating support

    $1,000,000
  110. Living Cities Inc the National Community Development InitiativeWashington, DC

    Co-investment in living cities collaborative

    $1,000,000
  111. Make the Road StatesBrooklyn, NY

    General operating support

    $1,000,000
  112. MDRCNew York, NY

    Increasing upward mobility for individuals, families, communities, and opportunity youth who are low-income by improving the service delivery landscape and by developing a next generation of opportunity youth projects.

    $1,000,000
  113. Mountain Association for Community Economic Development IncBerea, KY

    Building power to advance a just transition in appalachian kentucky

    $1,000,000
  114. National Center for Healthy Housing IncColumbia, MD

    Innovation in partnerships to prevent children's exposures to environmental hazards

    $1,000,000
  115. National Housing & Community Development Law ProjectSan Francisco, CA

    Tenant union federation

    $1,000,000
  116. National Low Income Housing CoalitionWashington, DC

    General operating support

    $1,000,000
  117. New Venture FundWashington, DC

    Supporting aapi communities to build a multiracial and inclusive democracy

    $1,000,000
  118. New York Hall of ScienceCorona, NY

    General operating support

    $1,000,000
  119. Northwestern UniversityEvanston, IL

    Molecular and cellular mechanisms of parkinson's disease

    $1,000,000
  120. Peopleforbikes FoundationBoulder, CO

    Better bike share partnership

    $1,000,000
  121. Powerswitch ActionOakland, CA

    General operating support

    $1,000,000
  122. Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors IncNew York, NY

    Frontline support and climate legal defense fund

    $1,000,000
  123. Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors IncNew York, NY

    Fund for shared insight phase iv

    $1,000,000
  124. Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors IncNew York, NY

    Pop culture collaborative

    $1,000,000
  125. Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors IncNew York, NY

    The care for all with respect and equity (care) fund

    $1,000,000
  126. Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors IncNew York, NY

    The just transition fund's federal access center

    $1,000,000
  127. Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors IncNew York, NY

    Turning the tide on plastics

    $1,000,000
  128. Rockefeller UniversityNew York, NY

    Regulation of food intake and body weight: basic and translational studies

    $1,000,000
  129. Roosevelt InstituteNew York, NY

    Advancing a more inclusive, more democratic economy

    $1,000,000
  130. Sierra Club FoundationOakland, CA

    Sierra club's healthy communities campaign

    $1,000,000
  131. Southern Environmental Law CenterCharlottesville, VA

    Securing an equitable energy economy in the south

    $1,000,000
  132. Student Conservation Association IncArlington, VA

    Urban green climate corps

    $1,000,000
  133. Taproot EarthTulsa, OK

    General operating support

    $1,000,000
  134. University of California San FranciscoSan Francisco, CA

    Advancing science-based decision making to protect health, vulnerable populations, and promote health equity

    $1,000,000
  135. University of California San FranciscoSan Francisco, CA

    Beyond the pill: contraceptive access and covid-19

    $1,000,000
  136. Western Organization of Resource Councils Education Project IncBillings, MT

    Worc education project: rural organizing for the next generation

    $1,000,000
  137. Windward FundWashington, DC

    Heartland fund

    $1,000,000
  138. Windward FundWashington, DC

    Hive fund

    $1,000,000
  139. Cec Stuyvesant Cove IncLong Island City, NY

    Here comes solar and the clean energy career accelerator

    $900,000
  140. National Immigration Forum IncWashington, DC

    New american workforce

    $900,000
  141. New York Law SchoolNew York, NY

    Supporting the movement for the right to counsel in evictions

    $900,000
  142. Power to DecideWashington, DC

    From roadmap to reality: advancing reproductive well-being for all

    $900,000
  143. Right to the City Alliance IncBrooklyn, NY

    General operating support

    $900,000
  144. Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs IncCalabasas, CA

    Building equity and alignment for environmental justice (bea)

    $900,000
  145. Trustees of Princeton UniversityPrinceton, NJ

    Eviction in america

    $900,000
  146. Leadership Conference Education Fund IncWashington, DC

    General operating support

    $875,000
  147. Tides FoundationSan Francisco, CA

    Center for working families fund

    $875,000
  148. Tufts Medical Center Parent IncBoston, MA

    Practicing hope - healthy outcomes from positive experiences

    $875,000
  149. Connecticut Children's Medical Center Foundation IncHartford, CT

    Goal-concordant care and the pediatric well-child visit

    $860,000
  150. Global Alliance for Incinerator AlternativesBerkeley, CA

    From dumping grounds to healthy communities

    $850,000
  151. March on Maryland IncSeverna Park, MD

    Future coalition 2023

    $850,000
  152. Virginia Organizing IncCharlottesvle, VA

    Advancing environmental justice

    $850,000
  153. Washington UniversitySt Louis, MO

    Apoe, trem2, and alzheimer's disease

    $850,000
  154. Movement Strategy CenterOakland, CA

    Securing the next steps for our movement

    $825,000
  155. American Council for an Energy Efficient EconomyWashington, DC

    Centering disinvested communities and voices in energy efficiency investments and services

    $800,000
  156. California Environmental Justice AllianceLos Angeles, CA

    Grassroots organizing to improve statewide air quality and community health

    $800,000
  157. Changelab SolutionsOakland, CA

    Improving clean, green, affordable housing by building the capacity of cross-sector, interdisciplinary stakeholders to advance systems-change strategies

    $800,000
  158. Echoing Green IncNew York, NY

    General operating support

    $800,000
  159. Grassroots Global JusticeWashington, DC

    It takes roots and grassroots global justice to transition to a feminist anti-racist regenerative economy

    $800,000
  160. Albert Einstein College of MedicineBronx, NY

    Selective autophagy in the pathogenesis and therapeutics of parkinson's disease

    $750,000
  161. All Above AllWashington, DC

    General operating support

    $750,000
  162. American Constitution Society for Law and PolicyWashington, DC

    General operating support

    $750,000
  163. Baylor College of MedicineHouston, TX

    Characterization of tau regulators, big tau, and capicua to gain insight into ad pathogenesis and identify candidate therapeutics

    $750,000
  164. Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center IncBoston, MA

    Mechanisms by which bioactive lipids impact diabetes pathogenesis

    $750,000
  165. Broad Institute IncCambridge, MA

    Mitochondrial dysfunction and disease: connecting the rare to the common

    $750,000
  166. Center for Law and Social PolicyWashington, DC

    Advancing anti-poverty solutions, reproductive justice, climate justice, and democracy

    $750,000
  167. Center for Popular Democracy IncBrooklyn, NY

    2024 civic engagement rapid response

    $750,000
  168. Cornell UniversityNew York, NY

    Gene therapy for neurorestoration and neuroprotection in parkinson's disease

    $750,000
  169. Cornell UniversityNew York, NY

    Targeting maladaptive innate immune response to treat PD

    $750,000
  170. Dana-Farber Cancer Institute IncBoston, MA

    Pathways of energy expenditure and new therapeutics for metabolic diseases

    $750,000
  171. Define AmericanLos Angeles, CA

    General operating support

    $750,000
  172. Democracy Matters FoundationWashington, DC

    Proposal to challenge mis- and disinformation targeting black communities.

    $750,000
  173. Friends of the High Line IncNew York, NY

    High line network: expanding impact

    $750,000
  174. Funders Network IncCoral Gables, FL

    Leveraging philanthropys role and impact in sustainable, prosperous, healthy and just communities: partners for places, TFNS new strategic framework, and the places fellowship and alumni network

    $750,000
  175. Grist Magazine IncSeattle, WA

    Shifting culture and advancing equitable solutions for the climate crisis

    $750,000
  176. Hopewell FundWashington, DC

    Galvanize USA: 2024 rapid response grant

    $750,000
  177. Icahn School of Medicine at Mount SinaiNew York, NY

    Genetic and experimental approaches for the identification and characterization of ad risk variants and genes in microglia

    $750,000
  178. Johns Hopkins UniversityBaltimore, MD

    Exploring the role of zinc ring fingers in parkinson's disease pathogenesis

    $750,000
  179. Massachusetts General HospitalBoston, MA

    Identification and functional characterization of novel ad-associated gene rare variants in 3d ad neural-glial culture models

    $750,000
  180. Massachusetts General HospitalBoston, MA

    Investigating neuronal death and neuroinflammation as interrelated mechanisms of ad

    $750,000
  181. Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyCambridge, MA

    DR. Tonegawa's research program

    $750,000
  182. Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer CenterNew York, NY

    From mechanism to drug development of alzheimer's disease targets

    $750,000
  183. Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer CenterNew York, NY

    Building, tracking, and restoring nigrostriatal circuit function using human psc-based models of parkinson's disease

    $750,000
  184. Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational FundLos Angeles, CA

    Advancing voting rights and immigrant integration

    $750,000
  185. National Employment Law ProjectNew York, NY

    General operating support

    $750,000
  186. New SchoolNew York, NY

    Ripe for creative disruption: an environmental justice movement fellowship

    $750,000
  187. New York Public Library Astor Lenox and Tilden FoundationsNew York, NY

    Increasing access and opportunity for all

    $750,000
  188. Occidental CollegeLos Angeles, CA

    Building a national movement for environmental and climate justice

    $750,000
  189. Philadelphia Mural Arts AdvocatesPhiladelphia, PA

    Solace in solidarity: arts and healers at the frontlines

    $750,000
  190. Power Coalition for Equity and JusticeNew Orleans, LA

    Black southern women's collaborative

    $750,000
  191. President and Fellows of Harvard CollegeCambridge, MA

    Inflammatory aspects of diabetes

    $750,000
  192. Regents of the University of California at San DiegoLa Jolla, CA

    Elucidation of transcriptional mechanisms directing protective or pathogenic microglia phenotypes in ad

    $750,000
  193. Resilience ForceNew Orleans, LA

    Unlocking the resilience frame for worker power and racial justice

    $750,000
  194. Robin Hood FoundationNew York, NY

    Child care quality and innovation initiative

    $750,000
  195. Rockwood Leadership InstituteSan Francisco, CA

    Leadership training for JPB grantees and innovation in social justice leadership

    $750,000
  196. Sage Foundation IncFort Yates, ND

    Advancing sage development authority

    $750,000
  197. Salk Institute for Biological StudiesLa Jolla, CA

    Modeling parkinson's disease

    $750,000
  198. Scripps Research InstituteLa Jolla, CA

    Discovering mtor-independent lysosomal flux activators that function in microglial cells and neurons: towards ameliorating alzheimer's disease

    $750,000
  199. Shriver Center on Poverty LawChicago, IL

    Economic and racial justice in the states

    $750,000
  200. Southern Poverty Law Center IncMontgomery, AL

    Economic justice project

    $750,000
  201. Southern Vision AllianceDurham, NC

    Emergency support grants for black-led movement and civic engagement infrastructure in north carolina.

    $750,000
  202. Southern Vision AllianceDurham, NC

    Southern service workers project

    $750,000
  203. Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New YorkNew York, NY

    Causes and treatment of b-cell failure in diabetes

    $750,000
  204. Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New YorkNew York, NY

    Mechanisms of substantia nigra neuronal death in parkinson's disease

    $750,000
  205. Trustees of the University of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia, PA

    The epigenomics of diabetes

    $750,000
  206. William J Brennan Jr Center for Justice IncNew York, NY

    Democracy and fellows program

    $750,000
  207. Story Strategy Group LLCWashington, DC

    Teen boys and authoritarianism content lab pilot

    $725,000
  208. Sunrise Movement Education FundWashington, DC

    General operating support

    $725,000
  209. Housing Partnership Network IncBoston, MA

    Just housing: scaling healthy homes and resilient communities

    $700,000
  210. Institute for Policy StudiesWashington, DC

    Ips program to reduce poverty by working with movements and shifting narratives; economic hardship reporting project

    $700,000
  211. People United for Sustainable Housing IncBuffalo, NY

    Revitalize: community ownership for a just transition

    $700,000
  212. West Harlem Environmental Action IncNew York, NY

    Empowering communities at a critical moment of national attention on environmental and racial justice

    $700,000
  213. Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New YorkNew York, NY

    Ecological study of the comparative health effects of housing-based interventions

    $690,000
  214. Food Research and Action Center IncWashington, DC

    Strengthening the federal nutrition programs to STEM the tide of covid-19 related hunger and poverty

    $667,000
  215. Equal Justice WorksWashington, DC

    Disrupting evictions and housing instability through the equal justice works housing justice program

    $650,000
  216. Georgetown UniversityWashington, DC

    Reducing poverty, expanding opportunity, & advancing equity

    $650,000
  217. Groundswell IncWashington, DC

    Community power: building momentum, scaling impact, and delivering community ownership

    $650,000
  218. International Living Future InstitutePortland, OR

    Cultivating communities for increasing impacts: affordable housing, healthy materials, and equity in the built environment

    $650,000
  219. Meridian InstituteDillon, CO

    The resilient power project: accelerating community resilience and energy justice

    $650,000
  220. Native Americans in PhilanthropyWashington, DC

    Nap tribal nations climate and conservation funding collaborative

    $650,000
  221. Native MovementFairbanks, AK

    Native movement: expanding and strengthening core programs

    $650,000
  222. Redress MovementWest Tisbury, MA

    General operating support

    $650,000
  223. Reproductive Freedom for All FoundationWashington, DC

    Support for capacity building of RJ groups

    $650,000
  224. Trustees of Tufts CollegeMedford, MA

    Catalyzing communities to promote child health equity

    $650,000
  225. US Water AllianceWashington, DC

    Advancing an equitable water future for communities

    $650,000
  226. Virginia Organizing IncCharlottesvle, VA

    Building the base of the environmental health and environmental justice movement

    $650,000
  227. Economic Security Project IncNew York, NY

    Securing cash for americans

    $625,000
  228. American Bar FoundationChicago, IL

    Access to justice scholars program

    $600,000
  229. Center for Environmental HealthOakland, CA

    Changing corporate behavior to detoxify indoor and outdoor environments

    $600,000
  230. Children & Nature NetworkSaint Paul, MN

    General operating support

    $600,000
  231. Common Counsel FoundationOakland, CA

    Native voices rising

    $600,000
  232. Community Catalyst IncBoston, MA

    Community voices for medicaid

    $600,000
  233. Ekvnv YefolecvlkeWeogufka, AL

    General operating support

    $600,000
  234. Hip Hop Caucus Education FundWashington, DC

    Hip hop caucus education fund: think 100% climate and environmental justice platform - activism and communications

    $600,000
  235. Hopewell FundWashington, DC

    Project row (PR): empowering abortion seekers through chatbot-enabled information

    $600,000
  236. Indivisible Civics IncWashington, DC

    General operating support

    $600,000
  237. Island PressWashington, DC

    General operating support

    $600,000
  238. Justice OutsideOakland, CA

    General operating support

    $600,000
  239. New Venture FundWashington, DC

    Funders for housing and opportunity

    $600,000
  240. Open Space Institute Land Trust IncNew York, NY

    Improving federal funding to urban parks

    $600,000
  241. Proteus Fund IncWaltham, MA

    Protecting our democracy in the united states and supporting social movements

    $600,000
  242. State Innovation ExchangeMadison, WI

    General operating support

    $600,000
  243. US Climate Action NetworkWashington, DC

    Expanding uscan membership catalyzing grants

    $600,000
  244. Vera Institute of Justice IncBrooklyn, NY

    Safe initiative and universal representation

    $600,000
  245. Coming Clean IncBrattleboro, VT

    Grass roots-to-national clean air campaign

    $575,000
  246. American Public Health AssociationWashington, DC

    Delivering urban equity and environmental justice with smart surfaces

    $550,000
  247. Common Defense Education FundNew York, NY

    General operating support

    $550,000
  248. New Venture FundWashington, DC

    The horizons project

    $550,000
  249. Community ChangeWashington, DC

    United working families rapid response

    $525,000
  250. New Venture FundWashington, DC

    Census equity initiative

    $525,000

Approved for future payment

42 grants

Approved in 2024 and not yet paid.

  1. Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyCambridge, MA

    The picower institute innovation fund (piif)

    $11,100,000
  2. Neo Philanthropy IncNew York, NY

    Four freedoms fund and black migrant power fund

    $2,500,000
  3. Northwestern UniversityEvanston, IL

    Molecular and cellular mechanisms of parkinson's disease

    $2,000,000
  4. Rockefeller UniversityNew York, NY

    Regulation of food intake and body weight: basic and translational studies

    $2,000,000
  5. Albert Einstein College of MedicineBronx, NY

    Selective autophagy in the pathogenesis and therapeutics of parkinson's disease

    $1,500,000
  6. Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center IncBoston, MA

    Mechanisms by which bioactive lipids impact diabetes pathogenesis

    $1,500,000
  7. Broad Institute IncCambridge, MA

    Mitochondrial dysfunction and disease: connecting the rare to the common

    $1,500,000
  8. Center for Popular Democracy IncBrooklyn, NY

    General operating support

    $1,500,000
  9. Cornell UniversityNew York, NY

    Targeting maladaptive innate immune response to treat PD

    $1,500,000
  10. Cornell UniversityNew York, NY

    Gene therapy for neurorestoration and neuroprotection in parkinson's disease

    $1,500,000
  11. Dana-Farber Cancer Institute IncBoston, MA

    Pathways of energy expenditure and new therapeutics for metabolic diseases

    $1,500,000
  12. Johns Hopkins UniversityBaltimore, MD

    Exploring the role of zinc ring fingers in parkinson's disease pathogenesis

    $1,500,000
  13. Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyCambridge, MA

    DR. Tonegawa's research program

    $1,500,000
  14. Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyCambridge, MA

    Li-huei tsai's research program

    $1,500,000
  15. Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer CenterNew York, NY

    Building, tracking, and restoring nigrostriatal circuit function using human psc-based models of parkinson's disease

    $1,500,000
  16. President and Fellows of Harvard CollegeCambridge, MA

    Inflammatory aspects of diabetes

    $1,500,000
  17. Salk Institute for Biological StudiesLa Jolla, CA

    Modeling parkinson's disease

    $1,500,000
  18. Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New YorkNew York, NY

    Causes and treatment of b-cell failure in diabetes

    $1,500,000
  19. Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New YorkNew York, NY

    Mechanisms of substantia nigra neuronal death in parkinson's disease

    $1,500,000
  20. Trustees of the University of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia, PA

    The epigenomics of diabetes

    $1,500,000
  21. WNETNew York, NY

    Cyberchase season 16

    $1,500,000
  22. Colorofchange Org Education Fund IncOakland, CA

    General operating support

    $1,250,000
  23. Mountain Association for Community Economic Development IncBerea, KY

    Building power to advance a just transition in appalachian kentucky

    $1,000,000
  24. New Venture FundWashington, DC

    Supporting aapi communities to build a multiracial and inclusive democracy

    $1,000,000
  25. People's Action InstituteChicago, IL

    General operating support

    $1,000,000
  26. Powerswitch ActionOakland, CA

    General operating support

    $1,000,000
  27. Windward FundWashington, DC

    Hive fund

    $1,000,000
  28. Right to the City Alliance IncBrooklyn, NY

    General operating support

    $900,000
  29. National Employment Law ProjectNew York, NY

    General operating support

    $750,000
  30. New York Public Library Astor Lenox and Tilden FoundationsNew York, NY

    Increasing access and opportunity for all

    $750,000
  31. Sunrise Movement Education FundWashington, DC

    General operating support

    $600,000
  32. Central Park Conservancy IncNew York, NY

    General operating support

    $500,000
  33. City Parks Foundation IncNew York, NY

    NYC green fund campaign

    $500,000
  34. National Partnership for New AmericansChicago, IL

    General operating support

    $300,000
  35. Partnership for Civil Justice FundWashington, DC

    Partnership for civil justice fund / center for protest law & litigation

    $300,000
  36. Tides CenterLos Angeles, CA

    Climate justice and the built environment

    $300,000
  37. Amalgamated Charitable Foundation IncWashington, DC

    Capital markets hub

    $250,000
  38. InadvanceOakland, CA

    People living with aphasia network (plan)

    $250,000
  39. National Committee for Responsive PhilanthropyWashington, DC

    General operating support

    $250,000
  40. United Hospital Fund of New YorkNew York, NY

    Health equity fellowship program

    $200,000
  41. Regents of the University of California BerkeleyBerkeley, CA

    Power and strategy project

    $125,000
  42. Aaron and Martha Shift Private FoundationHollywood, FL

    Funder-practitioner lab

    $50,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Environment79 grants $79,360,00020% of the total
  2. Philanthropy and grantmaking67 grants $66,989,87217% of the total
  3. Education65 grants $48,112,50012% of the total
  4. Civil rights67 grants $47,840,00012% of the total
  5. Community development30 grants $34,115,0009% of the total
  6. Human services22 grants $30,365,0008% of the total
  7. 16 other causes146 grants $82,129,00021% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. District of Columbia136 grants $138,131,250
  2. New York159 grants $120,571,728
  3. California102 grants $77,439,500
  4. Massachusetts39 grants $36,625,000
  5. Illinois19 grants $12,040,000
  6. Virginia11 grants $7,220,000
  7. Florida8 grants $7,020,000
  8. Alabama4 grants $6,750,000
  9. Georgia9 grants $6,410,000
  10. Maryland7 grants $5,900,000

Officers, directors and trustees

13 people as filed

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

  • Gerald C McNamaraCIO Hours 40Pay $1,208,652
  • April C FreilichCOO, EX. VP (THRU 12/13/24) Hours 40Pay $933,860
  • Barbara PicowerPRESIDENT EMERITA/CHAIR (FROM 2/15/24) Hours 40Pay $71,186
  • Deepak BhargavaPRESIDENT/VICE CHAIR (FROM 2/15/24) Hours 40Pay $785,322
  • Daniel AltschulerTREASURER (FROM 12/13/24) Hours 40Pay $346,641
  • Deepak PateriyaSVP, STRATEGY & MGMT (FROM 2/6/24) Hours 40Pay $375,793
  • Rakim BrooksGENERAL COUNSEL (FROM 5/15/24) Hours 40Pay $217,182
  • Susan C FrunziTRUSTEE Hours 3Pay $0
  • Hahrie HanTRUSTEE (FROM 1/1/24) Hours 3Pay $35,000
  • Alan JenkinsTRUSTEE (FROM 1/19/24) Hours 3Pay $35,000
  • Kierra JohnsonTRUSTEE (FROM 1/1/24) Hours 3Pay $35,000
  • Cecilia MunozTRUSTEE (FROM 1/1/24) Hours 3Pay $35,000
  • Mary Kay HenryTRUSTEE (FROM 1/1/24) Hours 3Pay $0

The return

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