The Edmund Pettus Bridge over the Alabama River in Selma

Grant recipient EIN 54-1635649Civil rights

Who funds Fairvote?

64 private foundations gave Fairvote in Silver Spring, MD $9.8 million across 149 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

149 grants

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

  1. The Sandler Family Foundation IncWashington, DC 2025

    General use

    $100,000
  2. McNeill Charitable Foundation IncHouston, TX 2025

    General operating

    $19,000
  3. Bloom FoundationPotomac, MD 2025

    Help people in need

    $11,000
  4. Vivian & Paul Olum Charitable FoundationSharon, MA 2025

    General

    $5,000
  5. The Three Sisters FoundationWilmington, DE 2025

    General & Unrestricted

    $5,000
  6. Steelberg FoundationWilmington, DE 2025

    General & Unrestricted

    $4,000
  7. Freeman Family FoundationManakin Sabot, VA 2025

    General operating support

    $3,000
  8. The Betty and Wes Foster Family FoundationChantilly, VA 2025

    General purpose

    $1,000
  9. The Arthur M Blank Family FoundationAtlanta, GA 2024

    Socializing reform to broader audiences

    $1,500,000
  10. Kaphan FoundationSeattle, WA 2024

    General support

    $698,763
  11. Carnegie Corporation of New YorkNew York, NY 2024

    For general support

    $291,700
  12. Democracy Fund IncWashington, DC 2024

    General support

    $200,000
  13. The Sandler Family Foundation IncWashington, DC 2024

    General use

    $70,000
  14. W L Lyons Brown FoundationLouisville, KY 2024

    Unrestricted support

    $27,650
  15. Greenbridge Family FoundationSan Francisco, CA 2024

    To support education for children and adults

    $25,000
  16. Newton & Rochelle Becker Charitable TrusLarkspur, CA 2024

    General support

    $20,000
  17. McNeill Charitable Foundation IncHouston, TX 2024

    General operating

    $19,000
  18. Bloom FoundationPotomac, MD 2024

    Help people in need

    $10,000
  19. CB Laub Family FoundationPotomac, MD 2024

    Educate about ranked choice voting

    $7,500
  20. Vivian & Paul Olum Charitable FoundationSharon, MA 2024

    General

    $5,000
  21. Joy FoundationAspen, CO 2024

    General support

    $5,000
  22. The Three Sisters FoundationWilmington, DE 2024

    General & Unrestricted

    $5,000
  23. Steelberg FoundationWilmington, DE 2024

    General & Unrestricted

    $4,000
  24. Menemsha Fund IncParsippany, NJ 2024

    General support

    $2,500
  25. The Ethan James FoundationWilmington, DE 2024

    General & Unrestricted

    $2,500
  26. Fthree FoundationCarrollton, GA 2024

    General support

    $2,500
  27. The Blueflash FoundationBrooklyn, NY 2024

    General fund

    $2,046
  28. The McCance FoundationNorth Scituate, MA 2024

    General Support

    $2,000
  29. Leslie Fund IncWilmington, DE 2024

    General & Unrestricted

    $2,000
  30. Baird Foundation IncMilwaukee, WI 2024

    Charitable operations

    $50
  31. DMB FoundationFairfax, VA 2024

    Unrestricted

    $0
  32. Kaphan FoundationSeattle, WA 2023

    General support

    $674,011
  33. Democracy Fund IncWashington, DC 2023

    General support

    $150,000
  34. Jennifer and Jonathan Allan Soros FoundaNew York, NY 2023

    General support

    $150,000
  35. Newton & Rochelle Becker Charitable TrusLarkspur, CA 2023

    General support

    $120,500
  36. Rockefeller Brothers Fund IncNew York, NY 2023

    For its series of campus symposiums on proportional representation

    $100,000
  37. The Leonard & Sophie Davis FundSan Francisco, CA 2023

    Support for social service programs or educational programs

    $100,000
  38. The Sandler Family Foundation IncWashington, DC 2023

    General use

    $50,000
  39. Greenbridge Family FoundationSan Francisco, CA 2023

    To support a nonpartisan organization seeking better elections for all

    $25,000
  40. Bloom FoundationPotomac, MD 2023

    Help people in need

    $10,000
  41. Leslie Fund IncWilmington, DE 2023

    General & Unrestricted

    $10,000
  42. McNeill Charitable Foundation IncHouston, TX 2023

    General operating

    $9,000
  43. Vivian & Paul Olum Charitable FoundationSharon, MA 2023

    General

    $5,000
  44. Joy FoundationAspen, CO 2023

    General support

    $5,000
  45. The Three Sisters FoundationWilmington, DE 2023

    General & Unrestricted

    $5,000
  46. Steelberg FoundationWilmington, DE 2023

    General & Unrestricted

    $4,000
  47. Menemsha Fund IncParsippany, NJ 2023

    General support

    $2,500
  48. Fthree FoundationCarrollton, GA 2023

    General support

    $2,500
  49. The McCance FoundationNorth Scituate, MA 2023

    General Support

    $2,000
  50. The Blueflash FoundationBrooklyn, NY 2023

    General fund

    $2,000
  51. The Alexander FoundationAnnapolis, MD 2023

    Better elections

    $2,000
  52. Frank Pace Jr Foundation IncRidge, NY 2023

    Civil rights

    $1,500
  53. Amazonsmile FoundationSeattle, WA 2023

    General support

    $1,052
  54. The Martin Family Charitable Foundation IncWilmington, DE 2023

    General & Unrestricted

    $1,000
  55. Gienapp Family FoundationWilmington, DE 2023

    General & Unrestricted

    $500
  56. DMB FoundationFairfax, VA 2023

    Unrestricted

    $200
  57. Shell USA Company FoundationHouston, TX 2023

    Mef

    $200
  58. Baird Foundation IncMilwaukee, WI 2023

    Other

    $103
  59. The Bank of America Charitable Foundation IncCharlotte, NC 2023

    Program/operating support

    $51
  60. JPMorgan Chase FoundationNew York, NY 2023

    General operating support

    $18
  61. Kaphan FoundationSeattle, WA 2022

    General support

    $590,342
  62. The William & Flora Hewlett FoundationMenlo Park, CA 2022

    For general operating support

    $400,000
  63. Democracy Fund IncWashington, DC 2022

    General support

    $150,000
  64. Newton & Rochelle Becker Charitable TrusLarkspur, CA 2022

    General support

    $125,000
  65. The Sandler Family Foundation IncWashington, DC 2022

    General use

    $100,000
  66. JKW Foundation TR UA 092597New York, NY 2022

    General support

    $50,000
  67. The Bellwether Foundation IIBeverly Hills, CA 2022

    General support

    $50,000
  68. Greenbridge Family FoundationSan Francisco, CA 2022

    To support a nonpartisan organization seeking better elections for all

    $25,000
  69. The Susan Stein Shiva Foundation fka the Susan S Shiva FoundationNew York, NY 2022

    General charitable support

    $10,000
  70. Leslie Fund IncWilmington, DE 2022

    General & Unrestricted

    $10,000
  71. Bloom FoundationPotomac, MD 2022

    Help people in need

    $7,000
  72. Josephine Lawrence Hopkins FoundationMilwaukee, WI 2022

    General operating

    $6,000
  73. Vivian & Paul Olum Charitable FoundationSharon, MA 2022

    General

    $5,000
  74. Steelberg FoundationWilmington, DE 2022

    General & Unrestricted

    $5,000
  75. The Three Sisters FoundationWilmington, DE 2022

    General & Unrestricted

    $5,000
  76. Topol Family Foundation IncBoston, MA 2022

    Program support

    $2,500
  77. Fthree FoundationCarrollton, GA 2022

    General support

    $2,500
  78. The McCance FoundationNorth Scituate, MA 2022

    General Support

    $2,000
  79. Amazonsmile FoundationSeattle, WA 2022

    General support

    $1,320
  80. Edmund & Betsy Cabot Charitable FNDNBoston, MA 2022

    General

    $1,000
  81. Frank Pace Jr Foundation IncRidge, NY 2022

    Human and civil rights

    $1,000
  82. The Martin Family Charitable Foundation IncWilmington, DE 2022

    General & Unrestricted

    $500
  83. Gienapp Family FoundationWilmington, DE 2022

    General & Unrestricted

    $500
  84. Verizon FoundationBasking Ridge, NJ 2022

    Mip payout for 01/27/2022

    $100
  85. Sempra FoundationSan Diego, CA 2022

    Civic & community

    $100
  86. JPMorgan Chase FoundationNew York, NY 2022

    General operating support

    $92
  87. The Bank of America Charitable Foundation IncCharlotte, NC 2022

    Program/operating support

    $50
  88. Kaphan FoundationSeattle, WA 2021

    General support

    $471,117
  89. The William & Flora Hewlett FoundationMenlo Park, CA 2021

    For general operating support

    $400,000
  90. SGNG Foundation CorporationAtherton, CA 2021

    General Support

    $20,000
  91. Leslie Fund IncWilmington, DE 2021

    General & Unrestricted

    $10,000
  92. John & Amy Griffin FoundationPearl River, NY 2021

    General support

    $5,000
  93. Hyman Levine Family Foundation L'dor V'dorBeverly Hills, CA 2021

    Charity/education

    $5,000
  94. Bloom FoundationPotomac, MD 2021

    Help people in need

    $5,000
  95. Vivian & Paul Olum Charitable FoundationSharon, MA 2021

    General

    $5,000
  96. Steelberg FoundationWilmington, DE 2021

    General & Unrestricted

    $5,000
  97. The Three Sisters FoundationWilmington, DE 2021

    General & Unrestricted

    $5,000
  98. O'Callaghan Family FoundationNewport, OR 2021

    General Support

    $3,105
  99. Miller-Sweezy Charitable TrustBridgehampton, NY 2021

    Charitable contribution

    $3,000
  100. Fthree FoundationCarrollton, GA 2021

    General support

    $2,500
  101. The McCance FoundationNorth Scituate, MA 2021

    General Support

    $2,000
  102. The Jedra Charitable Foundation IncLexington, KY 2021

    General support

    $2,000
  103. Amazonsmile FoundationSeattle, WA 2021

    General support

    $1,457
  104. Frank Pace Jr Foundation IncRidge, NY 2021

    Social services

    $1,000
  105. The Martin Family Charitable Foundation IncWilmington, DE 2021

    General & Unrestricted

    $500
  106. Gienapp Family FoundationWilmington, DE 2021

    General & Unrestricted

    $500
  107. The Bank of America Charitable Foundation IncCharlotte, NC 2021

    Operational support

    $50
  108. American Tower Corporation Foundation IncBoston, MA 2021

    General purpose

    $40
  109. JPMorgan Chase FoundationNew York, NY 2021

    General operating support

    $18
  110. Kaphan FoundationSeattle, WA 2020

    General support

    $453,901
  111. The William & Flora Hewlett FoundationMenlo Park, CA 2020

    For general operating support

    $400,000
  112. Kaphan FoundationSeattle, WA 2020

    General support

    $100,000
  113. The Sandler Family Foundation IncWashington, DC 2020

    General use

    $75,000
  114. The William & Flora Hewlett FoundationMenlo Park, CA 2020

    For support of board assessment and development

    $25,000
  115. The Schloss Family Foundation IncNew Canaan, CT 2020

    General support

    $12,000
  116. Heyday FoundationNew York, NY 2020

    General support

    $10,000
  117. Leslie Fund IncWilmington, DE 2020

    General & Unrestricted

    $10,000
  118. The Murray Family FoundationWilmington, DE 2020

    General & Unrestricted

    $10,000
  119. Fthree FoundationCarrollton, GA 2020

    General support

    $10,000
  120. Deupree Family FoundationWilmington, DE 2020

    General & Unrestricted

    $7,500
  121. Bloom FoundationPotomac, MD 2020

    Help people in need

    $5,000
  122. Vivian & Paul Olum Charitable FoundationSharon, MA 2020

    General

    $5,000
  123. Steelberg FoundationWilmington, DE 2020

    General & Unrestricted

    $3,000
  124. Menemsha Fund IncParsippany, NJ 2020

    Generl support

    $2,500
  125. The Jedra Charitable Foundation IncLexington, KY 2020

    General support

    $2,000
  126. Amazonsmile FoundationSeattle, WA 2020

    General support

    $1,063
  127. Frank Pace Jr Foundation IncRidge, NY 2020

    Social services

    $1,000
  128. The Blueflash FoundationBrooklyn, NY 2020

    General fund

    $1,000
  129. The Kramer Family Foundation IncReno, NV 2020

    Education

    $1,000
  130. Edwards Lifesciences FoundationIrvine, CA 2020

    Matching gifts grant

    $400
  131. Lucky Seven FoundationWilmington, DE 2020

    General & Unrestricted

    $250
  132. Carmax FoundationRichmond, VA 2020

    Associate matching dollars

    $200
  133. The Bank of America Charitable Foundation IncCharlotte, NC 2020

    General support

    $50
  134. The William & Flora Hewlett FoundationMenlo Park, CA 2019

    For general operating support

    $500,000
  135. Kaphan FoundationSeattle, WA 2019

    General support

    $300,000
  136. The William & Flora Hewlett FoundationMenlo Park, CA 2019

    For general operating support

    $200,000
  137. Glaser Progress FoundationSeattle, WA 2019

    General support

    $20,000
  138. Bloom FoundationPotomac, MD 2019

    Help people in need

    $5,000
  139. Leslie Fund IncWilmington, DE 2019

    General & Unrestricted

    $5,000
  140. Vivian & Paul Olum Charitable FoundationSharon, MA 2019

    General

    $4,000
  141. The Lebovitz FundPortsmouth, NH 2019

    General purposes

    $1,000
  142. JPMorgan Chase FoundationNew York, NY 2019

    General operating support

    $530
  143. Patrick FoundationWilmington, DE 2019

    General & Unrestricted

    $250
  144. The William & Flora Hewlett FoundationMenlo Park, CA 2018

    For general operating support

    $500,000
  145. Jennifer and Jonathan Allan Soros FoundaNew York, NY 2018

    General support

    $100,000
  146. Bloom FoundationPotomac, MD 2018

    Help people in need

    $5,000
  147. Vivian & Paul Olum Charitable FoundationSharon, MA 2018

    General

    $3,000
  148. Leslie Fund IncWilmington, DE 2018

    General & Unrestricted

    $3,000
  149. KMG Charitable TrustMilwaukee, WI 2018

    Charitable - general support

    $250

Funders of similar organizations nearby

Foundations that gave to other civil rights organizations in Takoma Park, MD and are not among Fairvote’s funders above.

  1. Merle Chambers FundDenver, CO 3 grants Preselected only $125,000 to similar organizations
  2. Barbara Lee Family Foundation IncCambridge, MA 2 grants Preselected only $7,500 to similar organizations
  3. The Julian A and Lois G Brodsky FoundationPhiladelphia, PA 1 grant Preselected only $5,000 to similar organizations
  4. George Family FoundationMinneapolis, MN 1 grant Preselected only $5,000 to similar organizations

About this match

Funders write a recipient’s name and address, not its EIN. We matched these grants to EIN 54-1635649 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.