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Grant recipient EIN 46-2775553Public affairs

Who funds On Being Project?

32 private foundations gave On Being Project in Saint Paul, MN $14.8 million across 77 grants, in tax years 2018 to 2025.

Grants listed on funders’ 990-PF returns for tax years 2018 to 2025, read from the IRS e-file on Nov 11, 2026. Returns reach the IRS 5 to 18 months after the year they describe.

Grants received by year

Grants from private foundations by the funder’s tax year. The latest year is in blue; it is not complete until all its returns reach the IRS.

Every foundation grant, by year

77 grants

Each line as the funder listed it on its return, newest year first, then largest.

  1. Chip Conley FoundationBerkeley, CA 2025

    IN SUPPORT OF On Being Project

    $25,000
  2. Bydale FoundationPennington, NJ 2025

    Poetry unbound

    $5,000
  3. John E Fetzer Institute IncKalamazoo, MI 2024

    General operating support

    $500,000
  4. The Hearthland FoundationLos Angeles, CA 2024

    Arts, culture & media

    $500,000
  5. The Hearthland FoundationLos Angeles, CA 2024

    Arts, culture & media

    $350,000
  6. The Henry Luce Foundation IncNew York, NY 2024

    Support for podcast episodes and related events

    $150,000
  7. The Osprey Foundation IncTowson, MD 2024

    Public policy

    $150,000
  8. The Argosy FoundationMilwaukee, WI 2024

    General support

    $75,000
  9. Bydale FoundationPennington, NJ 2024

    Poetry unbound

    $5,000
  10. Wayfarer FoundationHighland Park, IL 2024

    General operating support

    $5,000
  11. The Henkes FoundationWilmington, DE 2024

    General & Unrestricted

    $100
  12. The Hearthland FoundationLos Angeles, CA 2023

    Arts, culture & media

    $500,000
  13. John E Fetzer Institute IncKalamazoo, MI 2023

    General operating support

    $267,230
  14. Wayfarer FoundationHighland Park, IL 2023

    General operating support

    $225,000
  15. The Osprey Foundation IncTowson, MD 2023

    Unrestricted

    $150,000
  16. John E Fetzer Institute IncKalamazoo, MI 2023

    Sponsorship of the 2024 on being gathering

    $93,600
  17. The Argosy FoundationMilwaukee, WI 2023

    General support

    $75,000
  18. John E Fetzer Institute IncKalamazoo, MI 2023

    Sponsorship of the 2024 on being gathering

    $56,400
  19. The Arthur M Blank Family FoundationAtlanta, GA 2023

    The on being project and future role of journalis

    $50,000
  20. Bydale FoundationPennington, NJ 2023

    Poetry unbound

    $5,000
  21. Colovos Family Charitable Foundation IncPortland, OR 2023

    General

    $870
  22. Good Heart Work Smart FoundationOak Park, IL 2023

    Exempt Purpose of Organization

    $500
  23. Amazonsmile FoundationSeattle, WA 2023

    General support

    $25
  24. John E Fetzer Institute IncKalamazoo, MI 2022

    General operating support for their podcast and social healing programming

    $534,460
  25. The Hearthland FoundationLos Angeles, CA 2022

    Arts, culture & media

    $500,000
  26. John Templeton FoundationWest Conshohocken, PA 2022

    For charitable activities of the organization

    $202,400
  27. The Osprey Foundation IncTowson, MD 2022

    Unrestricted

    $150,000
  28. The Angell FoundationLos Angeles, CA 2022

    Transformational leadership

    $100,000
  29. George Family FoundationMinneapolis, MN 2022

    Civil conversations & social healing initiative

    $100,000
  30. Rainwater Charitable FoundationFort Worth, TX 2022

    General operations

    $50,000
  31. Bydale FoundationPennington, NJ 2022

    Poetry unbound

    $5,000
  32. Amazonsmile FoundationSeattle, WA 2022

    General support

    $23
  33. John E Fetzer Institute IncKalamazoo, MI 2021

    Underwriting in support of programmatic opportunities

    $741,105
  34. The Hearthland FoundationLos Angeles, CA 2021

    Arts, culture & media

    $500,000
  35. John Templeton FoundationWest Conshohocken, PA 2021

    Charitable activities of the organization

    $330,800
  36. Humanity UnitedSan Francisco, CA 2021

    General operating support

    $205,000
  37. The Osprey Foundation IncTowson, MD 2021

    Unrestricted

    $150,000
  38. George Family FoundationMinneapolis, MN 2021

    Civil conversations & social healing initiative

    $100,000
  39. The Marshall Family Foundation IncUniondale, NY 2021

    General

    $10,000
  40. The Pfizer Foundation IncNew York, NY 2021

    Matching gifts

    $25
  41. Amazonsmile FoundationSeattle, WA 2021

    General support

    $23
  42. Lilly Endowment IncIndianapolis, IN 2020

    On being public radio & multimedia

    $1,300,000
  43. John E Fetzer Institute IncKalamazoo, MI 2020

    In program collaboration

    $713,605
  44. The Hearthland FoundationLos Angeles, CA 2020

    Arts, culture & media

    $500,000
  45. The Ford FoundationNew York, NY 2020

    General Support

    $250,000
  46. The Osprey Foundation IncTowson, MD 2020

    Unrestricted

    $150,000
  47. The Angell FoundationLos Angeles, CA 2020

    Transformational leadership

    $100,000
  48. George Family FoundationMinneapolis, MN 2020

    On being's civil conversations

    $100,000
  49. John Templeton FoundationWest Conshohocken, PA 2020

    Expanding public imagination about science, deep thinking, and the human enterprise

    $24,000
  50. The Marshall Family Foundation IncUniondale, NY 2020

    General

    $10,000
  51. Embrey Family FoundationDallas, TX 2020

    See attachment

    $10,000
  52. Natalie Orfalea FoundationSanta Barbara, CA 2020

    General operating support

    $10,000
  53. Lobster Cove FoundationAtlanta, GA 2020

    General support

    $5,000
  54. The Snider FoundationCollegeville, PA 2020

    Operating support

    $1,000
  55. Amazonsmile FoundationSeattle, WA 2020

    General support

    $13
  56. John E Fetzer Institute IncKalamazoo, MI 2019

    Underwriting of the on being radio show and podcast, capacity building, and program collaboration

    $1,150,000
  57. The Hearthland FoundationLos Angeles, CA 2019

    Media

    $1,000,000
  58. Lilly Endowment IncIndianapolis, IN 2019

    On being radio & multimedia project

    $700,000
  59. John Templeton FoundationWest Conshohocken, PA 2019

    Expanding Public Imagination about Science Deep

    $455,999
  60. John Templeton FoundationWest Conshohocken, PA 2019

    General Donation

    $234,800
  61. The Osprey Foundation IncTowson, MD 2019

    Unrestricted

    $100,000
  62. The Andrew W Mellon FoundationNew York, NY 2019

    To support the expansion of poetry across the project's platforms and the launch of the poetry unbound podcast

    $75,000
  63. The Marshall Family Foundation IncUniondale, NY 2019

    General

    $10,000
  64. Lobster Cove FoundationAtlanta, GA 2019

    General support

    $10,000
  65. Natalie Orfalea FoundationSanta Barbara, CA 2019

    General operating support

    $10,000
  66. Dock Street FoundationEaston, MD 2019

    Fund organized charities planned purpose arts

    $5,000
  67. Peter H and E Lucille Gaass Kuyper FoundationPella, IA 2019

    Family advised gift

    $1,500
  68. The Snider FoundationCollegeville, PA 2019

    Operating support

    $1,000
  69. The Robert Wood Johnson FoundationPrinceton, NJ 2019

    Matching Gifts

    $500
  70. Agilent Technologies FoundationSanta Clara, CA 2019

    Program support

    $50
  71. John Templeton FoundationWest Conshohocken, PA 2018

    Expanding Public Imagination about Science Deep

    $360,000
  72. Humanity UnitedSan Francisco, CA 2018

    General operating support

    $260,000
  73. John Templeton FoundationWest Conshohocken, PA 2018

    General Donation

    $233,603
  74. The Osprey Foundation IncTowson, MD 2018

    Unrestricted

    $100,000
  75. Dock Street FoundationEaston, MD 2018

    Fund organized charities planned purpose arts

    $5,000
  76. The Clarence Wallace & Dolores Lynch Wallace Family FoundationAppleton, WI 2018

    General support

    $2,500
  77. Peter H and E Lucille Gaass Kuyper FoundationPella, IA 2018

    Family advised gift

    $2,000

Funders of similar organizations nearby

Foundations that gave to other public affairs organizations in Minneapolis, MN and are not among On Being Project’s funders above.

  1. FR Bigelow FoundationSt Paul, MN 5 grants Accepts applications $135,000 to similar organizations
  2. The McKnight FoundationMinneapolis, MN 3 grants Accepts applications $125,000 to similar organizations
  3. Otto Bremer TrustSt Paul, MN 3 grants Accepts applications $110,000 to similar organizations
  4. Marbrook FoundationMinneapolis, MN 4 grants Preselected only $40,000 to similar organizations
  5. Mardag FoundationSt Paul, MN 2 grants Accepts applications $30,000 to similar organizations
  6. The Bush FoundationSt Paul, MN 1 grant Accepts applications $25,000 to similar organizations
  7. Linsmayer James B FDN Tr-MainSaint Louis, MO 1 grant Accepts applications $10,000 to similar organizations
  8. David Bohnett FoundationBeverly Hills, CA 1 grant Preselected only $10,000 to similar organizations

About this match

Funders write a recipient’s name and address, not its EIN. We matched these grants to EIN 46-2775553 by name and ZIP code against the IRS list of exempt organizations and our list of filers. Grants we could not tie to one organization are not counted here.