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Gorlitz Foundation Ltd
Washington, DC · EIN 52-1439097. Reported 311 grants totalling $674,000 to 137 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
Does this foundation accept applications?
Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Gorlitz Foundation Ltd did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $2,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $1,000 and $3,000; the smallest was $500 and the largest $8,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- more than one means a real relationship rather than a one-off.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Planned Parenthood Federation of America | Washington, DC | $22,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Earthjustice | San Francisco, CA | $22,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Sierra Club Foundation | Oakland, CA | $19,500 | 4 | 3 | 2024 |
| The Nature Conservancy | Arlington, VA | $19,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Doctors Without Borders | Hagerstown, MD | $17,500 | 3 | 2 | 2023 |
| NAACP Legal Defense & Education Fund Inc | New York, NY | $17,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Environmental Defense Fund | Washington, DC | $17,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Partners in Health | Frederick, MD | $17,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Natural Resources Defense Council | New York, NY | $16,000 | 3 | 2 | 2024 |
| The Conservation Fund | Arlington, VA | $15,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Center for Reproductive Rights | New York, NY | $13,500 | 3 | 2 | 2023 |
| Southern Poverty Law Center | Montgomery, AL | $13,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Global Health Partners | New York, NY | $12,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| International Rescue Committee | Albert Lea, MN | $12,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Florence Immigrant & Refugee Rights Project | Tucson, AZ | $11,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| American Jewish World Service | Etna, NH | $10,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Friends of the Earth | Merrifield, VA | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| International Refugee Assistance Project | New York, NY | $10,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| International Relief Teams | San Diego, CA | $10,000 | 4 | 3 | 2024 |
| Lawyers for Good Government Foundation | Washington, DC | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Native American Rights Fund | Boulder, CO | $10,000 | 4 | 3 | 2024 |
| Equal Justice Initiative | Montgomery, AL | $9,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Sheldrick Wildlife Trust USA | Laguna Hills, CA | $9,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Villagereach | Seattle, WA | $9,000 | 3 | 2 | 2024 |
| Friends of the Earth | Washington, DC | $8,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Action Against Hunger | New York, NY | $8,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Feeding America | Washington, DC | $8,000 | 2 | 1 | 2023 |
| Heart to Heart International | Lenexa, KS | $8,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Jewish Council for the Aging | Rockville, MD | $8,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| National Alliance to End Homelessness | Washington, DC | $8,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| The Trust for Public Land | Los Angeles, CA | $8,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Waterkeeper Alliance | New York, NY | $7,500 | 4 | 3 | 2024 |
| ACLU Foundation | New York, NY | $7,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Common Cause Education Fund | Washington, DC | $7,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Earthworks | Washington, DC | $7,000 | 2 | 1 | 2023 |
| Engenderhealth | Philadelphia, PA | $7,000 | 3 | 2 | 2024 |
| Hias | Washington, DC | $7,000 | 3 | 2 | 2023 |
| Rewild | Austin, TX | $7,000 | 4 | 3 | 2024 |
| Raices | San Antonio, TX | $6,500 | 4 | 3 | 2024 |
| Direct Relief | Santa Barbara, CA | $6,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Earth Island Institute | Berkeley, CA | $6,000 | 2 | 1 | 2023 |
| Givedirectly Inc | New York, NY | $6,000 | 3 | 2 | 2024 |
| Globalgiving | Washington, DC | $6,000 | 2 | 1 | 2023 |
| Kids in Need Foundation | Roseville, MN | $6,000 | 3 | 2 | 2024 |
| Midwest Access Project | Chicago, IL | $6,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Natural Resources Defense Council | Merrifield, VA | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Ocean Conservancy | Washington, DC | $6,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Oceana | Washington, DC | $6,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine | Washington, DC | $6,000 | 3 | 2 | 2024 |
| World Central Kitchen | Washington, DC | $6,000 | 2 | 1 | 2023 |
| ACLU Foundation | Beaverton, OR | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Alight | Minneapolis, MN | $5,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Amazon Watch | Oakland, CA | $5,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Border Angels | San Diego, CA | $5,000 | 3 | 2 | 2023 |
| Conservation Lands Foundation | Durango, CO | $5,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Eden Reforestation Projects | Glendora, CA | $5,000 | 4 | 3 | 2024 |
| Everytown for Gun Safety Support Fund | New York, NY | $5,000 | 2 | 1 | 2023 |
| American Near East Refugee Aid (anera) | Washington, DC | $4,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Committee to Protect Journalists (cpj) | New York, NY | $4,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Syrian American Medical Society Foundation | Washington, DC | $4,000 | 4 | 3 | 2024 |
| Young Center for Immigrant Children's Rights | Chicago, IL | $4,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Naral Pro-Choice America Foundation | Washington, DC | $3,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Alley Cat Allies | Bethesda, MD | $3,000 | 3 | 2 | 2024 |
| Big Life Foundation | Ridgefield, WA | $3,000 | 3 | 2 | 2023 |
| International Fund for Animal Welfare | Yarmouth Port, MA | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Kennel to Couch | Bel Air, MD | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| National Immigration Law Center | Los Angeles, CA | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Nature for Justice | Falls Church, VA | $3,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| The Marine Mammal Center | Sausalito, CA | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Union of Concerned Scientists | Cambridge, MA | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Chimp Haven | Keithville, LA | $2,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Farm Sanctuary | Watkins Glen, NY | $2,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Save the Chimps | Fort Pierce, FL | $2,500 | 3 | 2 | 2024 |
| American Farmland Trust | Washington, DC | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (jdc) | New York, NY | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Animal Welfare Institute | Washington, DC | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Beagle Freedom Project | Valley Village, CA | $2,000 | 2 | 1 | 2023 |
| Best Friends Animal Society | Kanab, UT | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| CARBON180 | Washington, DC | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Compassion Without Borders | Santa Rosa, CA | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Immigration Defense Project | New York, NY | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Jane Goodall Institute | Washington, DC | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Middle East Children's Alliance (meca) | Berkeley, CA | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Native American Advancement Foundation | Tucson, AZ | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Peace for Pits | Villa Park, IL | $2,000 | 3 | 2 | 2024 |
| Propublica | New York, NY | $2,000 | 2 | 1 | 2023 |
| Reproductive Freedom for All Foundation | Washington, DC | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Ryan Program Residency Training (mail to Ucsf) | San Francisco, CA | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| The Good Food Institute | Washington, DC | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Wildlife Conservation Society | Washington, DC | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Friends to the Forlorn Pitbull Rescue Inc | Dallas, GA | $1,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Polar Bears International | Bozeman, MT | $1,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Wolf Haven International | Tenino, WA | $1,500 | 3 | 2 | 2024 |
| Abortion Care Network (acn) | Washington, DC | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Access Reproductive Care (arc) Southeast | Alanta, GA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Advocates for Youth | Washington, DC | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Alliance for Middle East Peace (allmep) | Washington, DC | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Allies in Arts | Los Angeles, CA | $1,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Angry Tias Y Abuelas of the Rio Grande Valley | Brownsville, TX | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Big Life Foundation USA | Ridgefield, WA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Center for Justice and Accountability (cja) | San Francisco, CA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Clean Air Task Force | Boston, MA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Cool Earth | Chester, NJ | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Fibershed | San Geronimo, CA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Freedom of the Press Foundation | Brooklyn, NY | $1,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Global Forest Generation | North Hero, VT | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Hope Equine Rescue | Winter Haven, FL | $1,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Humane Borders (fronteras Compasivas) | Tucson, AZ | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Immigrant Defenders Law Center | Los Angeles, CA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Indigenous Women Rising | Albuquerque, NM | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Israaid (us) | Palo Alto, CA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Jane Goodall Institute | Vienna, VA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Jane Goodall Institute USA | Washington, DC | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Jane's Due Process | Austin, TX | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Lawyers for Good Government Foundation Project Corazon | Houston, TX | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Live Like Roo Foundation | Chicago, IL | $1,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Paws Performing Animal Welfare Society | Galt, CA | $1,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine | Cambridge, MA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press | Washington, DC | $1,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Sphinx Organization | Detroit, MI | $1,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Squirrelwood Equine Sanctuary Inc | Montgomery, NY | $1,000 | 2 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Brigid Alliance | New York, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Humane League | Rockville, MD | $1,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| The Whale Sanctuary Project | Kanab, UT | $1,000 | 2 | 1 | 2023 |
| Un World Food Program USA | Washington, DC | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Wild Hearts Pet Care | Chicago, IL | $1,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Women's Earth and Climate Action Network (wecan) | Mill Valley, CA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Allied Media Projects | Detroit, MI | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| American Humane | Washington, DC | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Free Press | Florence, MA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy | Minneapolis, MN | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Midwest Soarring Foundation | Lyons, IL | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| National Farmers Union Foundation | Washington, DC | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Performing Animal Welfare Society (paws) | Galt, CA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Street Dog Coalition | Fort Collins, CO | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Wild Hearts | Chicago, IL | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Youngarts | Miami, FL | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
91 of 137 (66%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold.
Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 55%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.
- Planned Parenthood Federation of America
NATIONAL REPRODUCTIVE AND PRIMARY HEALTHCARE PROVIDER - Doctors Without Borders
INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL AID - Center for Reproductive Rights
NATIONAL GROUP ADVANCING & PROTECTING PRO-CHOICE LAWS - Earthjustice
INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL LAW GROUP - Environmental Defense Fund
INTERNATIONAL WILDLIFE PROTECTION & CLIMATE SCIENCE GROUP - Natural Resources Defense Council
INTERNATIONAL LEGAL/SCIENTIFIC GROUP PROTECTING ENVIRONMENT
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 247 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 41 | $96,500 | $1,500 |
| 2022 | 41 | $94,500 | $2,000 |
| 2023 | 154 | $329,000 | $2,000 |
| 2024 | 75 | $154,000 | $2,000 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.
Already committed for future years
Form 990-PF has a separate schedule for grants approved but not yet paid. Gorlitz Foundation Ltd has 19 of them, worth $48,000. This is the one part of the filing that looks forward rather than back -- and it also tells you how much of the next year's budget is already spoken for.
| Organization | Location | Approved |
|---|---|---|
| Planned Parenthood Federation of America | Washington, DC | $7,000 |
| Environmental Defense Fund | Washington, DC | $6,000 |
| Partners in Health | Frederick, MD | $6,000 |
| ACLU Foundation | New York, NY | $5,000 |
| Lawyers for Good Government Foundation | Washington, DC | $5,000 |
| Midwest Access Project | Chicago, IL | $5,000 |
| Lulac Institute | Washington, DC | $2,000 |
| Reproductive Freedom for All Foundation | Washington, DC | $2,000 |
| Animal Welfare Institute | Washington, DC | $1,000 |
| Colibri Center for Human Rights | Los Angeles, CA | $1,000 |
| Jane's Due Process | Austin, TX | $1,000 |
| Live Like Roo Foundation | Chicago, IL | $1,000 |
| Native American Advancement Foundation | Tucson, AZ | $1,000 |
| New Orleans Abortion Fund | New Orleans, LA | $1,000 |
| Practical Action | Rugby Cv Sd | $1,000 |
Where its money goes
Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 23% of this one's giving went to organizations in District of Columbia. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are the strongest available signal that two funders have overlapping priorities, and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $2,000. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in District of Columbia.
- Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
- Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Gorlitz Foundation Ltd's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.
Address of record on the latest return: 3935 Morrison Street Nw, Washington, DC, 20015. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.
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