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Fund II Foundation
Washington, DC · EIN 47-2396669. Reported 129 grants totalling $25.5M to 106 recipients across tax years 2020-2023. 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. Fund II Foundation 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 $10,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $5,000 and $25,000; the smallest was $750 and the largest $10.0M. 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. Recipients are grouped by name and state as they were written on the returns, so an organization entered under two different names appears twice. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which that name received money.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Student Freedom Initiative Inc | Washington, DC | $20.0M | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| National Academy Foundation | New York, NY | $3,000,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Waco Theater Center | North Hollywood, CA | $185,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Thurgood Marshall College Fund | Washington, DC | $175,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Howard University | Washington, DC | $135,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Together We Rise Corporation | Brea, CA | $106,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Docs in Progress Inc | Silver Spring, MD | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Hollywood Cares Foundation Inc | West Hollywood, CA | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Jackson State University Development Foundation | Jackson, MS | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Mississippi Center for Justice | Biloxi, MS | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Piney Woods Country Life School | Piney Woods, MS | $91,000 | 3 | 2 | 2023 |
| Legal Defense Fund (naacp Legal Defense & Educ Fund Inc) | New York, NY | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Cambridge, MA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Points of Light Foundation | Atlanta, GA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Giving Back Fund | Los Angeles, CA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Giving Back Fund - Mental Wealth Alliance | Los Angeles, CA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Steve and Marjorie Harvey Foundation | Atlanta, GA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| International Medical Corps | Los Angeles, CA | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Wg Ministries Inc | Denver, CO | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Mbf (medical Benevolence Fdn) | Houston, TX | $37,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| United Negro College Fund Inc | Washington, DC | $36,150 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| The Eagle Academy Foundation Inc | New York, NY | $35,700 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Center for Innovative Training of Youth | New Orleans, LA | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Sphinx Organization Inc | Detroit, MI | $35,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Detroit Justice Center | Detroit, MI | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| The Zanmi Beni Foundation | Coral Gables, FL | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Amigos Del Yunque Inc | San Juan, PR | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Justice for Black Girls (everyblackgirl) | Potomac, MD | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Lr Cares | Little Rock, AR | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| National Black Women's Health Project (dba Black Womens Health Imperative) | Washington, DC | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Brotherhood Sister Sol Inc | New York, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| National Medical Association | Silver Spring, MD | $21,700 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| African American Mayors Association | Washington, DC | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Npower Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta Inc | Atlanta, GA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Xavier University of Louisana | New Orleans, LA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Community of Hope Inc | Washington, DC | $15,150 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Association of Black Foundation Executives | New York, NY | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Bennett College | Greensboro, NC | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Greater New Orleans Foundation | New Orleans, LA | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| In Arms Reach Inc | New York, NY | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Pilgrimage Foundation Inc | Franklin, TN | $12,750 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| 2GETHER-International | Washington, DC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Abundance of Hope | Seattle, WA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Africatown Heritage Preservation Foundation | Mobile, AL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Black Gravity Inc (dba Blk Grvty) | Washington, DC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Brooklyn Public Library | Brooklyn, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| International Rescue Committee Inc | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Knowledge Quest | Memphis, TN | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Little Herds | Austin, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Mk Level Playing Field Institute-Smash | Oakland, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| National Education Equity Lab Inc | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| National Engineers Week Foundation | Alexandria, VA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| National Healthy Start Association | Washington, DC | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| New York Center for Interpersonal Development Inc | Staten Island, NY | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Piney Woods School | Piney Woods, MS | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Prairie View A&m University | Prairie View, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Rosies Place | Boston, MA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Streetwise Partners Inc | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| The Friendship House | San Francisco, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| The Stephen C Rose Legacy Foundation | Providence, RI | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Viva School of Dance | Washington, DC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| United Planning Organization | Washington, DC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| University at Buffalo Foundation Inc | Buffalo, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Variety of Greater Kansas City Tent 8 | Shawnee, KS | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Women in Need Inc | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Youth Mentoring Action Network | Upland, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Youth Passageways | Oakland, CA | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| STEM Nola(center for Innovative Training of Youth Dba STEM Nola) | New Orleans, LA | $5,181 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Black Millenials 4 Flint | Memphis, TN | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Black Mothers Breastfeeding Association | Detroit, MI | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Challenges of the Twenty First Century Inc | Winstonsalem, NC | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Codecrew | Memphis, TN | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Commonsense Child Birth Inc | Winter Garden, FL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Earth Angel Worldwide Inc | Duluth, GA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Family Promise of Greater Orlando | Winter Park, FL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Farmworkers Coordinating Council of Palm Beach County Inc | Lake Worth, FL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Feeding South Florida | Pembroke Park, FL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Fundacion Amigos Del Yunque Inc | San Juan, PR | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Human Immunome Project | New York, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Legacy Philanthropy Inc | Burbank, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Mamatoto Village | Washington, DC | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Mary's Place Seattle | Seattle, WA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Memphis Center for Reproductive Health | Memphis, TN | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| N Street Village Inc | Washington, DC | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Narrative Nation Inc | Bay Shore, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| New Orleans Metro Stars Track Club | New Orleans, LA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| New Orleans Video Access Center | New Orleans, LA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Pee Dee Healthy Start Inc | Florence, SC | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Prisma Health Midlands Foundation | Columbia, SC | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Pro Bono Advisory Council | Birmingham, AL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Queens Community House Inc | Jamaica, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Save a Rose Foundation | Bronx, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Sigma Mu Lambda Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity | Wayne, PA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Sisterreach Inc | Memphis, TN | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Birthing Place Foundation | New York, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The National Center for Children and Families | Bethesda, MD | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Praxis Project | Washington, DC | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Salvation Army Austin Area Command | Austin, TX | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| United Communities Against Poverty Inc | Capitol Heights, MD | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Win Nyc | New York, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Black in Marine Science | Spokane, WA | $4,200 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Open My Heart Foundation Inc | Upper Marlboro, MD | $3,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Npower Inc | Baltimore, MD | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Overtown Youth Center | Miami, FL | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Policy Center for Maternal Mental Health | Pacific Palisades, CA | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
19 of 106 (18%) 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 19%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. This measures how often it paid the same organizations again. It says nothing about whether it would consider a new one.
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.
- Student Freedom Initiative Inc
SUPPORTING STUDENT LOAN RELIEF EFFORTS - Student Freedom Initiative
PROMOTE/IMPROVE ACCESS TO HIGHER EDUCATION BY PROVIDING STUDENTS WITH AN ALTERNATIVE TO HIGH-INTEREST LOANS. - National Academy Foundation
WORK WITH DISTRICTS THAT SERVE HIGH CONCENTRATIONS OF AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDENTS TO IMPROVE STEM ACADEMY QUALITY AND STUDENT OUTCOMES. - The Howard University
HBCU ALTERNATIVE SPRING BREAK PROGRAM - Together We Rise
SUPPORTING FAMILY FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM - Jackson State University Development Foundation
SUPPORTING COMMMITMENT TO SOCIAL CHANGE
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 98 grants where we could match the recipient to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's. The match, made from the name and address on the return, is ours.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 31 | $8,373,350 | $10,000 |
| 2021 | 40 | $10.8M | $5,000 |
| 2022 | 29 | $5,702,500 | $10,000 |
| 2023 | 29 | $573,331 | $5,181 |
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.
Where its money goes
80% of its giving went to organizations in District of Columbia. If your organization is based elsewhere, look in the recipient list for grants to your area before writing.
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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 a sign of overlapping priorities and nothing more: they do not show that any of these funders would consider a new organization. Each page says what its filings show.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $10,000. A request many times that size asks for something it has rarely or never given.
- 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 Fund II Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2020-2023). Grant figures are from its returns. Matching recipients to registered organizations, their IRS classifications, the retention rate and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations, described in how we build this.
Address of record on the latest return: 633 Pennsylvania Ave Nw, Washington, DC, 20004. 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 47-2396669 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this
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