Greenwald Foundation
Aspen, CO · EIN 38-2640444. Reported 172 grants totalling $6,579,171 to 110 recipients across tax years 2020-2024. 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. Greenwald 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 $5,008. Half of everything it gave fell between $3,000 and $25,000; the smallest was $100 and the largest $750,000. 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. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Sinai Health System | New York, NY | $750,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| College Summit Dba Peer Forward | Washington, DC | $633,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Wayne State University | Detroit, MI | $450,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| College Match La | Los Angeles, CA | $400,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Rand Corporation | Santa Monica, CA | $400,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| American Friends of Libi | Brighton, MA | $300,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Peer Forward | Washington, DC | $283,333 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Mayo Clinic | Rochester, MN | $280,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Colorado Public Radio | Centennial, CO | $259,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Icahn School of Medicine | New York, NY | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Magnitsky Justice Foundation | Washington, DC | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| University of Southern California | Los Angeles, CA | $200,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| A Foundation Building Strength Inc | Palo Alto, CA | $170,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| World Brain Forum Foundation | Aspen, CO | $152,332 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Family Promise of Greater Denver | Denver, CO | $150,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| World Jewish Congress Foundation | New York, NY | $130,123 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Aspen Valley Hospital Foundation | Aspen, CO | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Bottom Line | Boston, MA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| David Lynch Foundation | New York, NY | $100,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| One Million Degrees | Chicago, IL | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Visgenx Inc | Santa Cruz, CA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Bridging Bionics | Basalt, CO | $92,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Jewish Resource Center Chabad of Aspen | Aspen, CO | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Chabad Jewish Community Center | Aspen, CO | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| College Possible | Saint Paul, MN | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| America Succeeds | Denver, CO | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Aspen Higher Learning Flight Academy | Aspen, CO | $35,100 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Aspen Public Radio | Aspen, CO | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Outer Coast College | Sitka, AK | $31,333 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| USC Advancement | Los Angeles, CA | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| A Sense of Home | Hawthorne, CA | $26,017 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Aspen Art Museum | Aspen, CO | $25,350 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Cambodian-American Foundation for Education | New York, NY | $25,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Foundation for Student Communication Inc | Ewing, NJ | $25,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Steadman Philippon Research Institute | Vail, CO | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Wildfire Community Action Fund - Aspen Fire Protection District | Aspen, CO | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Wildwood School | Los Angeles, CA | $25,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Childhelp | Scottsdale, AZ | $21,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Network for Good | Bethesda, MD | $20,300 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Leaving Legacies Foundation | Lakewood Ranch, FL | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Pef Israel Endowment Fund | New York, NY | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| The Aspen Institute | Aspen, CO | $20,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| La Jolla Institute for Immunology | La Jolla, CA | $18,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Native American Rights Fund | Boulder, CO | $16,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Culver City Cowboys | Torrance, CA | $15,286 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Breakthrough - Central Texas | Austin, TX | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| New York Presbyterian Fund | New York, NY | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Response Helps | Aspen, CO | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Scholar Match | San Francisco, CA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| St Lukes Medical Foundation | Fort Collins, CO | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Hospital for Sick Kids - Toronto | Toronto, Ontario | $11,840 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Alzheimer's Drug Discovery Foundation | New York, NY | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| College Track for Colorado | Oakland, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Conquistadores Del Cielo (heritage Fund) | Williamsburg, VA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Genesys Works | Houston, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Lucille Packard Foundation for Children's Health | Palo Alto, CO | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| No Barriers USA | Fort Collins, CO | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Ojai Earth Inc | Ojai, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| P E F Israel Endowment Funds Inc | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Semper Fi & America's Fund | Oceanside, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Shriners Hospitals for Children | Tampa, FL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| St Jude Children's Hospital | Memphis, TN | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Works of Wonder International | Fernandina Beach, FL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Rebuilding Together Philadelphia | Philadelphia, PA | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| National College Attainment Network | Washington, DC | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Hospital for Sick Children Toronto | Toronto, Ontario | $7,260 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| University City Education Foundation | St Louis, MO | $6,062 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Farm Collaborative | Aspen, CO | $6,015 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Coast Alaska Public Radio | Ketchikan, AK | $6,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Aspen Community Foundation | Aspen, CO | $5,300 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Park Century School | Culver City, CA | $5,145 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Aspen Santa Fe Ballet | Aspen, CO | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Doctors Without Borders | Hagerstown, MD | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Dogs Without Borders | Encino, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Food Bank of the Rockies | Denver, CO | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Freedom Missionary Baptist Church | Detroit, MI | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| La Jolla Playhouse | La Jolla, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Los Angeles Mission | Los Angeles, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Smith College Advancement | Northhampton, MA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| St Lukes School | New Canaan, CT | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Cleveland Clinic | Cleveland, OH | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Westchester Jewish Community Services | White Plains, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Woof Dog Rescue | New York, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Codeorg | Seattle, WA | $3,156 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Planned Parenthood of the Nortwest | Washington, DC | $3,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| US - Japan Council | Washington, DC | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Winter Opera St Louis | St Louis, MO | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Young New Yorkers | Brooklyn, NY | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Bridging Bionic Foundation | Basalt, CO | $2,245 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Aspen Wildfire Foundation | Aspen, CO | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| World Reader | San Francisco, CA | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Jazz Aspen Snowmass Snowmass Co | Aspen, CO | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Stray Dog Theatre | St Louis, MO | $1,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Union Ave Opera | St Louis, MO | $1,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Guiding Eyes for the Blind | Yorktown Heights, NY | $1,300 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Alzheimer's Association | Chicago, IL | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| American Kantorei | Chesterfield, MO | $1,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Do Something | New York, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Foster Love Project | Pittsburgh, PA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Friends of Puerto Rico | Washington, DC | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Leadership Enterprise for a Diverse America | New York, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Recidiviz | San Fransisco, CA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Transgender Law Center | Oakland, CA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Culver City Education Foundation | Culver City, CA | $518 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Save the Redwoords League | San Francisco, CA | $516 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Semper Virens Fund | Los Altos, CA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Burning Man Project | San Francisco, CA | $333 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Aspen Filmfest | Aspen, CO | $107 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Natural Resources Defense Council | New York, NY | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Nature Conservancy | Arlington, VA | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
38 of 110 (35%) received money in more than one year over the 5 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 30%, across 4 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 kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 94 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 | 34 | $1,560,915 | $10,000 |
| 2021 | 45 | $1,992,853 | $10,000 |
| 2022 | 27 | $349,300 | $5,000 |
| 2023 | 28 | $837,659 | $5,000 |
| 2024 | 38 | $1,838,444 | $6,572 |
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
22% of its giving went to organizations in California. 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 $5,008. 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 California.
- 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 Greenwald Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2020-2024). 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: Po Box 8290, Aspen, CO, 81612. 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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