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Grant recipient EIN 52-1792608Arts and culture

Who funds National Archives Foundation?

42 private foundations gave National Archives Foundation in Washington, DC $8.5 million across 100 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

100 grants

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

  1. Seedlings FoundationBranford, CT 2025

    Humanitarian/educational/community

    $1,500,000
  2. Michael and Deborah Ratner Salzberg Family FoundationShaker Heights, OH 2025

    Annual fund

    $60,000
  3. Eliasberg Family Foundation IncJupiter, FL 2025

    General Purposes

    $10,000
  4. The Shiloh FoundationWashington, DC 2025

    General support

    $10,000
  5. Heart SingChevy Chase, MD 2025

    General use

    $5,000
  6. NV Energy Charitable FoundationReno, NV 2025

    Dollars for Doers

    $350
  7. Seedlings FoundationBranford, CT 2024

    Humanitarian/educational/community

    $1,100,000
  8. Ting Tsung & Wei Fong Chao FoundationHouston, TX 2024

    General operating support

    $300,000
  9. The Elva & Lawrence O'Brien FamilyWashington, DC 2024

    Support educational initiatives

    $270,000
  10. The Aileen Getty FoundationReno, NV 2024

    Rightfully hers fund

    $100,000
  11. Pivotal Philanthropies FoundationRedmond, WA 2024

    To raise public awareness of constitutional history

    $100,000
  12. Michael and Deborah Ratner Salzberg Family FoundationShaker Heights, OH 2024

    We the people capital campaign

    $50,000
  13. Marilynn and John Hill Foundation IncWadmalaw Island, SC 2024

    To further donee's purpose

    $50,000
  14. Marilynn and John Hill Foundation IncWadmalaw Island, SC 2024

    To further donee's purpose

    $25,000
  15. Eliasberg Family Foundation IncJupiter, FL 2024

    General Purposes

    $10,200
  16. The Shiloh FoundationWashington, DC 2024

    General support

    $10,000
  17. Evelyne V Johnson-Thomas Gardner Paynter FoundationPonte Vedra Beach, FL 2024

    Educate public and encourage civic participation through records

    $5,000
  18. Marilynn and John Hill Foundation IncWadmalaw Island, SC 2024

    To further donee's purpose

    $5,000
  19. James R and Linda Beers Foundation IncWashington, DC 2024

    Donation to further charitable purpose

    $4,500
  20. Walter and Karla Goldschmidt FoundationGlencoe, IL 2024

    Activities of the organization to which money was donated

    $1,000
  21. Heart SingChevy Chase, MD 2024

    General use

    $1,000
  22. Seedlings FoundationBranford, CT 2023

    Humanitarian/educational/community

    $2,300,000
  23. Omidyar Network Fund IncRedwood City, CA 2023

    To support Grantee's research and public dissemination of that research

    $200,000
  24. Michael and Deborah Ratner Salzberg Family FoundationShaker Heights, OH 2023

    Annual fund

    $50,000
  25. The Elva & Lawrence O'Brien FamilyWashington, DC 2023

    Support educational initiatives

    $40,000
  26. Marilynn and John Hill Foundation IncWadmalaw Island, SC 2023

    To further donee's purpose

    $35,000
  27. Woodland FoundationWashington, DC 2023

    Education

    $10,000
  28. Eliasberg Family Foundation IncJupiter, FL 2023

    General Purposes

    $10,000
  29. The Shiloh FoundationWashington, DC 2023

    General support

    $10,000
  30. Dragonfly FundGrand Rapids, MI 2023

    General operating support

    $10,000
  31. S & R FoundationWashington, DC 2023

    To fund charitable activities.

    $5,000
  32. Lumina Foundation for Education IncIndianapolis, IN 2023

    To support the National Archives Foundation

    $2,500
  33. Walter and Karla Goldschmidt FoundationGlencoe, IL 2023

    Activities of the organization to which money was donated

    $1,000
  34. Heart SingChevy Chase, MD 2023

    General use

    $1,000
  35. Reinsch Pierce Family Foundation IncArlington, VA 2023

    Support public arts and education

    $1,000
  36. Amazonsmile FoundationSeattle, WA 2023

    General support

    $28
  37. The David and Lucile Packard FoundationLos Altos, CA 2022

    Justice and equity

    $500,000
  38. John D and Catherine T MacArthur FoundationChicago, IL 2022

    in support of the d (Un)Equal" initiative at the National Archives

    $250,000
  39. The William & Flora Hewlett FoundationMenlo Park, CA 2022

    For the created (un)equal initiative

    $250,000
  40. William Randolph Hearst FoundationNew York, NY 2022

    To support operations

    $150,000
  41. The Sumners FoundationIrving, TX 2022

    Pedagogy programs

    $60,000
  42. Marilynn and John Hill Foundation IncWadmalaw Island, SC 2022

    To further donee's purpose

    $39,067
  43. The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation IncOwings Mills, MD 2022

    To support the exhibition and educational program for created (un) equal", which focuses on poverty and inequality in america.

    $25,000
  44. The Elva & Lawrence O'Brien FamilyWashington, DC 2022

    Support educational initiatives

    $10,000
  45. Michael and Deborah Ratner Salzberg Family FoundationShaker Heights, OH 2022

    Annual fund

    $10,000
  46. Woodland FoundationWashington, DC 2022

    Education

    $10,000
  47. Eliasberg Family Foundation IncJupiter, FL 2022

    General Purposes

    $10,000
  48. The Shiloh FoundationWashington, DC 2022

    General support

    $10,000
  49. Reinsch Pierce Family Foundation IncArlington, VA 2022

    Support public arts and education

    $5,000
  50. Heart SingChevy Chase, MD 2022

    General use

    $2,000
  51. Peter K Barker FoundationMontecito, CA 2022

    General support

    $1,000
  52. Walter and Karla Goldschmidt FoundationGlencoe, IL 2022

    Activities of the organization to which money was donated

    $1,000
  53. Rita & Jeffrey Adler Family FoundationWinter Park, FL 2022

    To educate the public and cultivate civic participation through access to its records.

    $500
  54. The Warburg Pincus FoundationNew York, NY 2022

    Increase public awareness and showcase us national archives and records administration

    $180
  55. Amazonsmile FoundationSeattle, WA 2022

    General support

    $6
  56. Marilynn and John Hill Foundation IncWadmalaw Island, SC 2021

    To further donee's purpose

    $25,000
  57. The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation IncOwings Mills, MD 2021

    To support the 2021 records of achievement awards, which goes to an individual whose contributions have fostered a broader national awareness of the history and heritage of the united states as exemplified in the national archives' records.

    $25,000
  58. The Sumners FoundationIrving, TX 2021

    Teaching the founding documents program

    $25,000
  59. Brad & Cori Meltzer Charitable TrustHollywood, FL 2021

    To further the mission of the organization.

    $10,000
  60. Max & Victoria Dreyfus Foundation IncWashington, DC 2021

    Educational programming

    $10,000
  61. The Elva & Lawrence O'Brien FamilyWashington, DC 2021

    Support educational initiatives

    $10,000
  62. Marilynn and John Hill Foundation IncWadmalaw Island, SC 2021

    To further donee's purpose

    $10,000
  63. Marilynn and John Hill Foundation IncWadmalaw Island, SC 2021

    To further donee's purpose

    $10,000
  64. Woodland FoundationWashington, DC 2021

    Welfare

    $10,000
  65. Eliasberg Family Foundation IncJupiter, FL 2021

    General Purposes

    $10,000
  66. The Shiloh FoundationWashington, DC 2021

    General support

    $10,000
  67. Riley Family FoundationMelville, NY 2021

    See statement #13

    $5,000
  68. Reinsch Pierce Family Foundation IncArlington, VA 2021

    Support the arts and historical preservation

    $5,000
  69. Walter and Karla Goldschmidt FoundationGlencoe, IL 2021

    Activities of the organization to which money was donated

    $1,000
  70. A Alfred Taubman FoundationBloomfield Hills, MI 2021

    General fund

    $1,000
  71. Heart SingChevy Chase, MD 2021

    General use

    $1,000
  72. The Pattee Foundation IncChattanooga, TN 2021

    Unrestricted - general support

    $1,000
  73. The Warburg Pincus FoundationNew York, NY 2021

    Increase public awareness and showcase us national archives and records administration

    $180
  74. Amazonsmile FoundationSeattle, WA 2021

    General support

    $18
  75. The Elva & Lawrence O'Brien FamilyWashington, DC 2020

    Support educational initiatives

    $60,000
  76. Marilynn and John Hill Foundation IncWadmalaw Island, SC 2020

    To further donee's purpose

    $45,000
  77. Ford PhilanthropyDearborn, MI 2020

    Strategic partnerships

    $40,000
  78. The Sumners FoundationIrving, TX 2020

    General support

    $25,000
  79. The Shiloh FoundationWashington, DC 2020

    General support

    $15,000
  80. Eliasberg Family Foundation IncJupiter, FL 2020

    All For General Purposes

    $11,000
  81. Textron Charitable Trust DTD 122353Providence, RI 2020

    General support to education

    $10,000
  82. The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation IncOwings Mills, MD 2020

    To support public programs on diversity, race, and equity

    $10,000
  83. Max & Victoria Dreyfus Foundation IncWashington, DC 2020

    Educational initiatives

    $5,000
  84. Reinsch Pierce Family Foundation IncArlington, VA 2020

    Support the arts and historical preservation

    $2,000
  85. Walter and Karla Goldschmidt FoundationGlencoe, IL 2020

    Activities of the organization to which money was donated

    $1,000
  86. Heart SingChevy Chase, MD 2020

    General use

    $1,000
  87. The Warburg Pincus FoundationNew York, NY 2020

    Increase public awareness and showcase us national archives and records administration

    $180
  88. Amazonsmile FoundationSeattle, WA 2020

    General support

    $53
  89. Ford PhilanthropyDearborn, MI 2019

    Strategic partnerships

    $100,000
  90. The Elva & Lawrence O'Brien FamilyWashington, DC 2019

    Support educational initiatives

    $10,000
  91. Walter and Karla Goldschmidt FoundationGlencoe, IL 2019

    Activities of the organization to which money was donated

    $2,000
  92. Heart SingChevy Chase, MD 2019

    General use

    $1,000
  93. Sempra FoundationSan Diego, CA 2019

    Arts humanities

    $225
  94. The Carl M Freeman Foundation IncSelbyville, DE 2018

    Social services

    $250,000
  95. Ford PhilanthropyDearborn, MI 2018

    Multi-cultural

    $35,000
  96. The Elva & Lawrence O'Brien FamilyWashington, DC 2018

    Support educational initiatives

    $25,000
  97. Leo M Bernstein Family FoundationWashington, DC 2018

    Community Service

    $15,000
  98. The Shiloh FoundationWashington, DC 2018

    General support

    $10,000
  99. Richard A Zappala Family FoundationPittsburgh, PA 2018

    Unrestricted

    $2,500
  100. Harnisch Family FoundationNew York, NY 2018

    Charitable

    $1,000

Funders of similar organizations nearby

Foundations that gave to other arts and culture organizations in Washington, DC and are not among National Archives Foundation’s funders above.

  1. The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz FoundationWashington, DC 225 grants Accepts applications $14,685,837 to similar organizations
  2. Nora Roberts FoundationGlenn Dale, MD 121 grants Preselected only $1,909,500 to similar organizations
  3. The Bank of America Charitable Foundation IncCharlotte, NC 230 grants Accepts applications $7,457,250 to similar organizations
  4. The Ford FoundationNew York, NY 141 grants Accepts applications $35,096,833 to similar organizations
  5. JPMorgan Chase FoundationNew York, NY 90 grants Preselected only $169,426 to similar organizations
  6. Dimick FoundationBethesda, MD 127 grants Accepts applications $505,500 to similar organizations
  7. The Andrew W Mellon FoundationNew York, NY 87 grants Accepts applications $75,684,269 to similar organizations
  8. Dallas Morse Coors Foundation for the Performing ArtsWilmington, DE 178 grants Preselected only $20,292,112 to similar organizations

About this match

Funders write a recipient’s name and address, not its EIN. We matched these grants to EIN 52-1792608 by name and ZIP code, or by name, city and State against the IRS list of exempt organizations and our list of filers. Grants we could not tie to one organization are not counted here.