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Grant recipient EIN 47-1786302Education

Who funds We Need Diverse Books?

29 private foundations gave We Need Diverse Books in Bethesda, MD $1.4 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. Wings for Things Foundation IncSandy Hook, CT 2025

    To provide support for putting more books featuring diverse characters into the hands of all children

    $100,000
  2. Bookey Family FoundationDes Moines, IA 2025

    General support

    $10,000
  3. The Deck FoundationBethesda, MD 2025

    Charitable

    $10,000
  4. National Home Library FoundationChevy Chase, MD 2025

    To provide free diverse books to schools and libraries around the country.

    $5,000
  5. McGough Frazier Family FoundationWilmington, DE 2025

    General & Unrestricted

    $3,500
  6. The Robert M Schiffman Foundation IncWilmington, DE 2025

    General & Unrestricted

    $2,000
  7. Kimberly and David Butler Foundation IncBalsam Lake, WI 2025

    Human services

    $600
  8. Mick & Melissa Kowitz Family FoundationMaineville, OH 2025

    Programs

    $500
  9. Wings for Things Foundation IncSandy Hook, CT 2024

    To provide support for putting more books featuring diverse characters into the hands of all children

    $100,000
  10. The Mai Family FoundationNew York, NY 2024

    Charitable

    $75,000
  11. Bookey Family FoundationDes Moines, IA 2024

    General support

    $25,000
  12. Franklin Philanthropic FoundationNorthbrook, IL 2024

    Unrestricted

    $5,000
  13. Lawson Valentine FoundationPrinceton, NJ 2024

    General purpose

    $4,000
  14. The Robert M Schiffman Foundation IncWilmington, DE 2024

    General & Unrestricted

    $1,500
  15. McGough Frazier Family FoundationWilmington, DE 2024

    General & Unrestricted

    $1,500
  16. Kimberly and David Butler Foundation IncBalsam Lake, WI 2024

    Human services

    $500
  17. The Walker Foundation IncPacifica, CA 2024

    Charitable donations

    $100
  18. Wings for Things Foundation IncSandy Hook, CT 2023

    To provide support for putting more books featuring diverse characters into the hands of all children

    $100,000
  19. The Mai Family FoundationNew York, NY 2023

    Charitable

    $75,000
  20. Bookey Family FoundationDes Moines, IA 2023

    General support

    $56,033
  21. The Roger I & Ruth B Macfarlane FNDNBerkeley, CA 2023

    General operating support

    $25,000
  22. The HS Lopez Family FoundationTucson, AZ 2023

    Santa cruz county literacy revolution

    $10,000
  23. National Home Library FoundationChevy Chase, MD 2023

    To provide free diverse books to schools and libraries around the country.

    $5,000
  24. Lawson Valentine FoundationPrinceton, NJ 2023

    General purpose

    $3,000
  25. Mick & Melissa Kowitz Family FoundationMaineville, OH 2023

    Programs

    $2,000
  26. The Robert M Schiffman Foundation IncWilmington, DE 2023

    General & Unrestricted

    $1,500
  27. Berger Family FoundationNew York, NY 2023

    For charitable purpose of organization

    $1,500
  28. Amazonsmile FoundationSeattle, WA 2023

    General support

    $326
  29. The Walker Foundation IncPacifica, CA 2023

    Charitable donations

    $100
  30. Wings for Things Foundation IncSandy Hook, CT 2022

    To provide support for putting more books featuring diverse characters into the hands of all children

    $100,000
  31. The Mai Family FoundationNew York, NY 2022

    Charitable

    $50,000
  32. Bookey Family FoundationDes Moines, IA 2022

    General support

    $25,000
  33. Fosseen FoundationLake Oswego, OR 2022

    Grant

    $15,000
  34. National Home Library FoundationChevy Chase, MD 2022

    To provide free diverse books to schools and libraries around the country.

    $5,500
  35. William and Gertrude Shelley FamilyBoston, MA 2022

    Educational

    $5,000
  36. Berger Family FoundationNew York, NY 2022

    For Charitable Purpose of Organization

    $5,000
  37. Lawson Valentine FoundationPrinceton, NJ 2022

    General purpose

    $3,000
  38. The Robert M Schiffman Foundation IncWilmington, DE 2022

    General & Unrestricted

    $1,500
  39. The Pierce Family Charitable FoundationWilmington, DE 2022

    General & Unrestricted

    $1,000
  40. Amazonsmile FoundationSeattle, WA 2022

    General support

    $528
  41. Cleveland H Dodge Foundation IncNew York, NY 2022

    General support

    $150
  42. The Walker Foundation IncPacifica, CA 2022

    Charitable donations

    $100
  43. American Tower Corporation Foundation IncBoston, MA 2022

    General purpose

    $50
  44. The Mai Family FoundationNew York, NY 2021

    Charitable

    $50,000
  45. Wings for Things Foundation IncSandy Hook, CT 2021

    To provide support for putting more books featuring diverse characters into the hands of all children

    $50,000
  46. Bookey Family FoundationDes Moines, IA 2021

    General support

    $10,000
  47. National Home Library FoundationChevy Chase, MD 2021

    To provide free diverse books to schools and libraries around the country.

    $5,500
  48. Nora Roberts FoundationGlenn Dale, MD 2021

    Operations

    $5,000
  49. Fosseen FoundationLake Oswego, OR 2021

    Grant

    $5,000
  50. Lawson Valentine FoundationPrinceton, NJ 2021

    General purpose

    $2,500
  51. William and Gertrude Shelley FamilyBoston, MA 2021

    Educational

    $2,500
  52. Helen Haynes William And Shirley Edwards Family FoundationPlano, TX 2021

    Build Diverse books

    $2,500
  53. The Robert M Schiffman Foundation IncWilmington, DE 2021

    General & Unrestricted

    $1,000
  54. Mohsin & Fauzia Jaffer FoundationWeston, FL 2021

    General

    $1,000
  55. Amazonsmile FoundationSeattle, WA 2021

    General support

    $602
  56. The Walker Foundation IncPacifica, CA 2021

    Charitable donations

    $100
  57. Cleveland H Dodge Foundation IncNew York, NY 2021

    Dodge family matching plan

    $100
  58. Baker Hughes FoundationHouston, TX 2021

    General support

    $100
  59. Wings for Things Foundation IncSandy Hook, CT 2020

    To provide support for putting more books featuring diverse characters into the hands of all children

    $100,000
  60. The Mai Family FoundationNew York, NY 2020

    Charitable

    $50,000
  61. The Roger I & Ruth B Macfarlane FNDNBerkeley, CA 2020

    To promote diversity of multiple forms in children's literature and publishing.

    $25,000
  62. The Robert M Schiffman Foundation IncWilmington, DE 2020

    General & Unrestricted

    $1,000
  63. Amazonsmile FoundationSeattle, WA 2020

    General support

    $338
  64. The Walker Foundation IncPacifica, CA 2020

    Charitable donations

    $100
  65. Cleveland H Dodge Foundation IncNew York, NY 2020

    Family matching plan - general support

    $100
  66. The Mai Family FoundationNew York, NY 2019

    Charitable

    $50,000
  67. The Pamela Klein Scholarship FundSherman Oaks, CA 2019

    Education

    $10,000
  68. Blue Yak FoundationKennett Square, PA 2019

    General support

    $5,000
  69. WK Kellogg FoundationBattle Creek, MI 2019

    Matching Grant

    $3,334
  70. The Robert M Schiffman Foundation IncWilmington, DE 2019

    General & Unrestricted

    $1,000
  71. The Walker Foundation IncPacifica, CA 2019

    Charitable donations

    $500
  72. The Roger I & Ruth B Macfarlane FNDNBerkeley, CA 2018

    To put more books featuring diverse characters into the hands of all children.

    $150,000
  73. The Mai Family FoundationNew York, NY 2018

    Charitable

    $50,000
  74. WFJ Charitable FoundationCincinnati, OH 2018

    General support

    $11,500
  75. Lawson Valentine FoundationPrinceton, NJ 2018

    General purpose

    $2,500
  76. The Robert M Schiffman Foundation IncWilmington, DE 2018

    General & Unrestricted

    $1,000
  77. The Walker Foundation IncPacifica, CA 2018

    Charitable donation

    $500

Funders of similar organizations nearby

Foundations that gave to other education organizations in Bethesda, MD and are not among We Need Diverse Books’s funders above.

  1. The Bank of America Charitable Foundation IncCharlotte, NC 34 grants Accepts applications $143,815 to similar organizations
  2. The Robert Wood Johnson FoundationPrinceton, NJ 9 grants Accepts applications $10,175 to similar organizations
  3. The Carl M Freeman Foundation IncSelbyville, DE 14 grants Accepts applications $2,556,500 to similar organizations
  4. John D and Catherine T MacArthur FoundationChicago, IL 4 grants Preselected only $506,750 to similar organizations
  5. The Ammerman FoundationBonita Springs, FL 9 grants Preselected only $89,000 to similar organizations
  6. The Koonce FoundationincNaples, FL 24 grants Preselected only $50,000 to similar organizations
  7. JPMorgan Chase FoundationNew York, NY 9 grants Preselected only $6,678 to similar organizations
  8. GE Aerospace FoundationNorwalk, CT 5 grants Accepts applications $6,350 to similar organizations

About this match

Funders write a recipient’s name and address, not its EIN. We matched these grants to EIN 47-1786302 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.