Park Foundation Inc
Ithaca, NY · EIN 16-6071043. Reported 1,909 grants totalling $125.6M to 606 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$50,000median grant
$125.6Mgranted, 2021-2024
606organizations funded
78%of grantees funded again the next year
$406.0Massets, latest filing
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. Park Foundation Inc did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
This is the foundation's own statement to the IRS, not our judgement, and it says nothing about whether they have a form, a deadline, or an appetite for new grantees. Treat it as the reason this foundation is worth your research time, not as an invitation. Many small foundations of this kind have no website and no application process -- a letter of inquiry is the normal first step.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $50,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $25,000 and $80,000; the smallest was $40 and the largest $2,150,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
Every organization it funded
All 606 recipients appear in its filings; the 250 largest are listed here. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which this organization received money -- the clearest signal of who this foundation actually has a relationship with.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Carolina State University-Park Scholarships Program | Raleigh, NC | $6,450,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Greater Washington Educational Telecommunications Association Inc | Arlington, VA | $4,200,000 | 11 | 3 | 2023 |
| Tides Foundation | Los Angeles, CA | $3,130,000 | 20 | 4 | 2024 |
| WGBH Educational Foundation | Boston, MA | $2,400,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| New Venture Fund | Washington, DC | $1,825,000 | 13 | 4 | 2024 |
| Neo Philanthropy Inc | New York, NY | $1,700,000 | 14 | 4 | 2024 |
| Center for Transformative Action | Ithaca, NY | $1,471,500 | 31 | 4 | 2024 |
| Free Press | Florence, MA | $1,400,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Sustainable Markets Foundation | New York, NY | $1,308,000 | 25 | 4 | 2024 |
| Cornell Cooperative Extension of Tompkins County | Ithaca, NY | $1,235,000 | 17 | 4 | 2024 |
| Center for Investigative Reporting | San Francisco, CA | $1,170,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Food & Water Watch | Washington, DC | $1,100,000 | 14 | 4 | 2024 |
| State Leadership Project | Raleigh, NC | $1,050,000 | 6 | 4 | 2024 |
| American University | Washington, DC | $1,000,000 | 6 | 4 | 2024 |
| Fund for Constitutional Government | Washington, DC | $1,000,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Propublica Inc | New York, NY | $1,000,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Tides Center | San Francisco, CA | $950,000 | 14 | 4 | 2024 |
| Georgia Alliance Education Fund | Atlanta, GA | $850,000 | 6 | 4 | 2024 |
| Windward Fund | Washington, DC | $825,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Voter Participation Center | Washington, DC | $800,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Center for Community Transportation | Ithaca, NY | $770,000 | 9 | 4 | 2024 |
| Center for Public Integrity | Washington, DC | $750,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Chef Ann Foundation | Boulder, CO | $746,803 | 5 | 3 | 2024 |
| Type Media Center | New York, NY | $740,000 | 6 | 4 | 2024 |
| Multiplier | San Francisco, CA | $720,000 | 12 | 4 | 2024 |
| Project on Government Oversight | Washington, DC | $720,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Florida Alliance for Civic Engagement | Homestead, FL | $700,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Theguardianorg | Washington, DC | $700,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Cornell University | Ithaca, NY | $664,400 | 18 | 4 | 2024 |
| Blueprint North Carolina | Durham, NC | $650,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Imagine North Carolina First | Raleigh, NC | $650,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| League of Conservation Voters Education Fund | Washington, DC | $650,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Michigan Civic Education Fund | Madison Heights, MI | $650,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| One Arizona | Phoenix, AZ | $650,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Pa Alliance Foundation | Philadelphia, PA | $650,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Rock the Vote | Washington, DC | $650,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Greater Ithaca Activities Center Inc | Ithaca, NY | $616,000 | 8 | 4 | 2024 |
| Common Cause Education Fund | Washington, DC | $600,000 | 7 | 4 | 2024 |
| NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund Inc | New York, NY | $600,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| National Congress of American Indians | Washington, DC | $600,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors | New York, NY | $600,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Voter Registration Project | Washington, DC | $600,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Human Services Coalition | Ithaca, NY | $581,250 | 16 | 4 | 2024 |
| Clean Water Fund | Washington, DC | $575,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Ithaca College | Ithaca, NY | $565,450 | 14 | 4 | 2024 |
| Finger Lakes Reuse Inc | Ithaca, NY | $563,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Brennan Center for Justice at Nyu School of Law | New York, NY | $550,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Environment America Research and Policy Center Inc | Denver, CO | $550,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| As You Sow | Berkeley, CA | $525,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| State Voices | Washington, DC | $525,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Center for Popular Democracy | Brooklyn, NY | $500,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Lost Light Projects Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $500,000 | 4 | 3 | 2023 |
| Pennsylvania Voice | Philadelphia, PA | $500,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Corporate Accountability | Boston, MA | $490,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Child Development Council of Central New York Inc | Ithaca, NY | $480,000 | 8 | 4 | 2024 |
| Bennington College | Bennington, VT | $475,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc | Washington, DC | $470,000 | 7 | 4 | 2024 |
| Historic Ithaca Inc | Ithaca, NY | $455,000 | 6 | 4 | 2024 |
| Black Voters Matter Capacity Building Institute | Atlanta, GA | $450,550 | 4 | 3 | 2024 |
| Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (aaldef) | New York, NY | $450,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Collective Education Fund | Washington, DC | $450,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Color of Change Education Fund | Oakland, CA | $450,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Common Dreams Inc | Portland, ME | $450,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Fair Elections Center | Washington, DC | $450,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Groundtruth Project Inc | Boston, MA | $450,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Hip Hop Caucus Education Fund | Washington, DC | $450,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Groundswell Center for Local Food & Farming | Ithaca, NY | $431,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Greenpeace Fund | Washington, DC | $425,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Catskill Mountainkeeper Inc | Hurleyville, NY | $420,000 | 7 | 4 | 2024 |
| Tompkins Cortland Community College Foundation | Dryden, NY | $405,200 | 7 | 3 | 2023 |
| Earthjustice | San Francisco, CA | $400,200 | 6 | 3 | 2023 |
| Arizona Center for Empowerment | Phoenix, AZ | $400,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Environmental Advocates of New York Inc | Albany, NY | $400,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Foundation for National Progress | Chicago, IL | $400,000 | 3 | 2 | 2022 |
| Itvs | San Francisco, CA | $400,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| New Georgia Project Inc | Atlanta, GA | $400,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| New Virginia Majority Education Fund | Alexandria, VA | $400,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Progeorgia | Atlanta, GA | $400,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Texas Organizing Project Education Fund | San Antonio, TX | $400,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Markup | New York, NY | $400,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| University of Maryland College Park Foundation Inc | College Park, MD | $400,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Working America Education Fund | Washington, DC | $400,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| New York Public Interest Research Group Fund | New York, NY | $386,790 | 8 | 4 | 2024 |
| Mote Marine Laboratory Inc | Sarasota, FL | $385,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Public Citizen Foundation Inc | Washington, DC | $385,000 | 9 | 4 | 2024 |
| Tompkins-Seneca-Tioga Boces | Ithaca, NY | $380,795 | 6 | 4 | 2024 |
| Democracy Now Productions Inc | New York, NY | $380,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Environmental Working Group | Washington, DC | $380,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Greater Washington Educational Telec Assoc Inc | Arlington, VA | $375,000 | 2 | 1 | 2024 |
| American Sustainable Business Institute | Washington, DC | $370,000 | 7 | 4 | 2024 |
| Investigative Reporters and Editors | Columbia, MO | $365,000 | 6 | 4 | 2024 |
| Catholic Charities of Tompkinstioga | Ithaca, NY | $360,000 | 8 | 4 | 2024 |
| Essential Information Inc | Washington, DC | $360,000 | 10 | 4 | 2024 |
| Tompkins County | Ithaca, NY | $351,300 | 9 | 4 | 2024 |
| Accelerate Change | Boston, MA | $350,000 | 4 | 3 | 2024 |
| Alternatives Venture Fund Inc | Ithaca, NY | $350,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| American Oversight Inc | Washington, DC | $350,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Institute for Nonprofit News | Beverly Hills, CA | $350,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Natural Resources Defense Council Inc | New York, NY | $350,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Occidental Arts and Ecology Center | Occidental, CA | $350,000 | 6 | 4 | 2024 |
| Sunrise Movement Education Fund | Washington, DC | $350,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Together Wisconsin | Milwaukee, WI | $350,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Physicians for Social Responsibility Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, PA | $345,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| People for the American Way Foundation | Washington, DC | $342,750 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Southside Community Center | Ithaca, NY | $335,400 | 9 | 4 | 2024 |
| Center for Orangutan and Chimpanzee Conservation Inc | Wauchula, FL | $331,500 | 7 | 3 | 2023 |
| Mountain Watershed Association | Melcroft, PA | $330,000 | 6 | 4 | 2024 |
| Youth Farm Project Inc | Ithaca, NY | $327,000 | 11 | 3 | 2023 |
| Alliance for a Green Economy | Syracuse, NY | $325,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| American Constitution Society for Law and Policy | Washington, DC | $325,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| American Documentary Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $325,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| American Promise Education Fund | Concord, MA | $325,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Free Speech for People Inc | Amherst, MA | $325,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| New York Focus Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $325,000 | 4 | 3 | 2024 |
| Representus Education Fund | Florence, MA | $325,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Southwest Pennsylvania Environmental Health Project | Pittsburgh, PA | $325,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Tompkins County SPCA | Ithaca, NY | $320,300 | 7 | 4 | 2024 |
| Delaware Riverkeeper Network | Bristol, PA | $315,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Majority Action | Silver Spring, MD | $315,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Wildearth Guardians | Santa Fe, NM | $315,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Frack Action Fund | Highland, NY | $305,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Advancement Project | Washington, DC | $300,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Advancement Project | Los Angeles, CA | $300,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Capital B News Inc | New York, NY | $300,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Center for Media and Democracy | Madison, MI | $300,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Center for Media and Democracy | Madison, WI | $300,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Citizens Campaign Fund for the Environment | Farmingdale, NY | $300,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Demos | New York, NY | $300,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Firelight Media Inc | New York, NY | $300,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Freedom of the Press Foundation | Brooklyn, NY | $300,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Freedom of the Press Foundation | San Francisco, CA | $300,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Fund for Investigative Journalism | Washington, DC | $300,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law | Washington, DC | $300,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Maldef | Los Angeles, CA | $300,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Maldef | Chicago, IL | $300,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| National Association for the Advancement of Colored People | Baltimore, MD | $300,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Physicians Scientists and Engineers for Sustainable and Healthy Energy | Oakland, CA | $300,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Pushblack | Washington, DC | $300,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs | Calabasas, CA | $300,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Stand | San Francisco, CA | $300,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Together Wisconsin Inc | Milwaukee, MI | $300,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Fractracker Alliance | Johnstown, PA | $295,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Ithaca City School District | Ithaca, NY | $291,840 | 6 | 4 | 2024 |
| American Rivers Inc | Washington, DC | $290,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Public Policy and Education Fund of New York | Albany, NY | $290,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| River Network | Boulder, CO | $290,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Riverkeeper Inc | Ossining, NY | $290,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| US Association of Former Members of Congress | Washington, DC | $282,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Ceres Inc | Boston, MA | $280,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Defenders of Wildlife | Washington, DC | $280,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Clean Energy Group | Montpelier, VT | $275,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Seneca Lake Guardian Inc | Watkins Glen, NY | $275,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Sustainable Finger Lakes | Ithaca, NY | $265,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Catholic Charities Food Bank of the Southern Tier | Elmira, NY | $260,200 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Environmental Integrity Project | Washington, DC | $260,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Center for Biological Diversity Inc | Tucson, AZ | $255,000 | 6 | 4 | 2024 |
| Action for the Climate Emergency | Charlestown, MA | $250,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Action for the Climate Emergency | Boulder, CO | $250,000 | 3 | 2 | 2022 |
| Climate and Clean Energy Equity Fund | Washington, DC | $250,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Family and Children's Service of Ithaca | Ithaca, NY | $250,000 | 7 | 4 | 2024 |
| Foundation for National Progress | San Francisco, CA | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Nextgen Education Fund | San Francisco, CA | $250,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Virginia Organizing Inc | Charlottesville, VA | $245,120 | 8 | 2 | 2022 |
| So Others Might Eat | Washington, DC | $245,000 | 4 | 3 | 2024 |
| Paleontological Research Institution | Ithaca, NY | $241,395 | 6 | 4 | 2024 |
| Earthworks | Washington, NY | $240,000 | 3 | 2 | 2022 |
| Private Equity Stakeholder Project | Chicago, IL | $240,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Virginia Organizing Inc | Charlottesville, NC | $240,000 | 6 | 2 | 2024 |
| The Village at Ithaca | Ithaca, NY | $239,350 | 8 | 4 | 2024 |
| New Roots Charter School | Ithaca, NY | $236,000 | 6 | 4 | 2024 |
| Story of Stuff Project | Berkeley, CA | $235,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Breast Cancer Prevention Partners | San Francisco, CA | $230,000 | 7 | 4 | 2024 |
| Earthworks | Washington, DC | $230,000 | 3 | 2 | 2024 |
| Oil Change International | Washington, DC | $230,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Town of Ithaca | Ithaca, NY | $230,000 | 5 | 3 | 2023 |
| Alliance for Justice | Washington, DC | $225,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Opensecrets | Washington, DC | $225,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Sierra Club Foundation | Oakland, CA | $225,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Somerset Foundation Inc | Los Angeles, CA | $225,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Friends of Stewart Park Inc | Ithaca, NY | $220,100 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Curious Communications Inc | New York, NY | $215,000 | 6 | 4 | 2024 |
| Physicians for Social Responsibility | Washington, DC | $210,100 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility Inc | Silver Spring, MD | $210,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Ithaca Health Alliance | Ithaca, NY | $206,000 | 8 | 4 | 2024 |
| Cayuga Lake Watershed Network | Aurora, NY | $205,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Community Foundation of Tompkins County Inc | Ithaca, NY | $205,000 | 6 | 4 | 2024 |
| Humane Society of the United States | Washington, DC | $205,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| The Learning Web Inc | Ithaca, NY | $205,000 | 3 | 2 | 2022 |
| Bvm Capacity Building Institute | East Point, GA | $200,650 | 3 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Finger Lakes Land Trust Inc | Ithaca, NY | $200,600 | 7 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Ithaca Voice Inc | Ithaca, NY | $200,100 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| American Prospect | Washington, DC | $200,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Honor the Earth | Callaway, MN | $200,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Issue One | Washington, DC | $200,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Ithaca Community Radio Inc | Ithaca, NY | $200,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Mississippi Votes | Jackson, TN | $200,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Mississippi Votes | Jackson, MS | $200,000 | 3 | 2 | 2022 |
| Pastors United Community Advocacy Inc | Milwaukee, MI | $200,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Pastors United Community Advocacy Inc | Milwaukee, WI | $200,000 | 3 | 2 | 2022 |
| Project Chimps | Blue Ridge, GA | $200,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Rockefeller Family Fund | New York, NY | $200,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Rockefeller Philanthropy | New York, NY | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| State Innovation Exchange | Madison, MI | $200,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| The Supreme Court Historical Society | Washington, DC | $200,000 | 3 | 2 | 2022 |
| Vet Voice Foundation | Portland, OR | $200,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Civic Ensemble Inc | Ithaca, NY | $191,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Binghamton Regional Sustainability Coalition | Binghamton, NY | $190,000 | 5 | 3 | 2024 |
| Green Amendments for the Generations | Bristol, PA | $190,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Earth Island Institute Inc | Berkeley, CA | $185,000 | 7 | 4 | 2024 |
| Center for Food Safety | Washington, DC | $180,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Children's Environmental Health Network | Washington, DC | $180,000 | 8 | 4 | 2024 |
| Conservation Law Foundation Inc | Boston, MA | $180,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Cortland College Foundation Inc | Cortland, NY | $180,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Newfield Central School District | Newfield, NY | $180,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Our Children's Trust | Eugene, OR | $180,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Toxic Free Future | Seattle, WA | $180,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Washington Performing Arts Society | Washington, DC | $180,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Inside Climate News | Brooklyn, NY | $175,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Investor Advocates for Social Justice | Montclair, NJ | $175,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| National Audubon Society Inc (project Puffin) | New York, NY | $175,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Pittsburgh Community Broadcasting Corporation | Pittsburgh, PA | $175,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Ithaca Children's Garden | Ithaca, NY | $174,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Bread for the City Inc | Washington, DC | $170,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Icivics Inc | Cambridge, MA | $170,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Rachel's Network Inc | Washington, DC | $170,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Trumansburg Central School District | Trumansburg, NY | $165,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Free Science Inc | Ithaca, NY | $160,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| People United for Sustainable Housing Incorporated | Buffalo, NY | $160,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Western Environmental Law Center | Eugene, OR | $160,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| World Central Kitchen Inc | Washington, DC | $155,100 | 5 | 3 | 2024 |
| Public Accountability Initiative Inc | Buffalo, NY | $155,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Vocal-Ny | Brooklyn, NY | $154,000 | 4 | 3 | 2024 |
| Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund | New York, NY | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Black Progressive Action Coalition Education Fund | Washington, DC | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Center for Coalfield Justice | Washington, PA | $150,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Clean and Healthy New York Inc | Albany, NY | $150,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Color of Change | Oakland, CA | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| NAACP Legal Department | New York, NY | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Niskanen Center | Washington, DC | $150,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| State Innovation Exchange | Madison, WI | $150,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| The Aspen Institute | Washington, DC | $150,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Intercept | New York, NY | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Upstream Policy Institute | Damariscotta, ME | $150,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Srp Black Women Unerased Co Washington Informer Charities | Washington, DC | $146,500 | 2 | 1 | 2021 |
| Groton Central School | Groton, NY | $145,220 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Ecology Center | Ann Arbor, MI | $145,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis Inc | Lakewood, OH | $145,000 | 5 | 3 | 2023 |
| Discover Cayuga Lake Inc | Ithaca, NY | $142,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Coming Clean | Brattleboro, VT | $140,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Cornell University-College of Agriculture & Life Sciences | Ithaca, NY | $140,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
390 of 606 (64%) 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 78%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is unusually consistent. 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.
- North Carolina State University-Park Scholarships Program
HIGHER EDUCATION - PROJECT SUPPORT - Greater Washington Educational Telecommunications Association Inc
KEN BURNS - THE HOLOCAUST AND THE UNITED STATES, THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION, EMANCIPATION TO EXODUS - WGBH Educational Foundation
FRONTLINE 2023 SERIES SUPPORT - Free Press
MEDIA - GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT - Alternatives Venture Fund Inc
OWN THE CYCLE: COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT TO CLOSE THE WEALTH GAP - Tides Foundation
CIVIC PARTICIPATION - PROJECT SUPPORT
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 1,400 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 513 | $31.8M | $45,000 |
| 2022 | 456 | $31.5M | $50,000 |
| 2023 | 483 | $32.0M | $50,000 |
| 2024 | 457 | $30.4M | $50,000 |
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. Park Foundation Inc has 195 of them, worth $22.9M. 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 |
|---|---|---|
| North Carolina State University-Park Scholarships Program | Raleigh, NC | $4,300,000 |
| North Carolina State University-Park Scholarships Program | Raleigh, NC | $2,150,000 |
| Greater Washington Educational Telecommunications Association Inc | Arlington, VA | $2,000,000 |
| Center for Investigative Reporting | San Francisco, CA | $1,340,000 |
| Greater Washington Educational Telecommunications Association Inc | Arlington, VA | $1,000,000 |
| Greater Washington Educational Telecommunications Association Inc | Arlington, VA | $300,000 |
| Greater Washington Educational Telecommunications Association Inc | Arlington, VA | $300,000 |
| Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors | New York, NY | $200,000 |
| Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors | New York, NY | $200,000 |
| Cornell Cooperative Extension of Tompkins County | Ithaca, NY | $179,000 |
| Center for Transformative Action | Ithaca, NY | $165,000 |
| Type Media Center | New York, NY | $150,000 |
| Clean Water Fund | Washington, DC | $150,000 |
| Type Media Center | New York, NY | $150,000 |
| Cortland College Foundation Inc | Cortland, NY | $135,000 |
Where its money goes
Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 30% of this one's giving went to organizations in New York. 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.
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How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $50,000. 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 New York.
- 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 Park Foundation Inc'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: Po Box 550, Ithaca, NY, 14851. 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.
EIN 16-6071043 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this
This is history, not an open call. Foundation returns are published about a year after the tax year ends. Nothing on this page is a deadline. It is a record of who this foundation has actually funded, which is the best available predictor of who it will fund next -- and a much better basis for deciding whether to write to them than a mission statement.
Is something here wrong about your foundation? Email [email protected] and we will correct it.