Surdna Foundation Inc
New York, NY · EIN 13-6108163. Reported 1,847 grants totalling $262.2M to 887 recipients across tax years 2020-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$75,000median grant
$262.2Mgranted, 2020-2024
887recipients, as named on its returns
59%of grantees funded again the next year
$1.2Bassets, 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. Surdna 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 $75,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $10,000 and $175,000; the smallest was $300 and the largest $4,082,500. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
Every organization it funded
887 recipient names appear in its filings; the 250 largest are listed here. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Julia Dyckman Andrus Memorial | Yonkers, NY | $10.9M | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| John E Andrus Memorial Inc | Hastingsonhudson, NY | $10.8M | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| New Venture Fund | Washington, DC | $7,301,445 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Living Cities | New York, NY | $3,610,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Ndn Collective | Rapid City, SD | $3,490,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Neighborhood Funders Group | Oakland, CA | $3,050,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Common Counsel Foundation | Oakland, CA | $2,893,595 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Amalgamated Charitable Foundation | Washington, DC | $2,887,350 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Allied Media Projects Inc | Detroit, MI | $2,554,154 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| East Bay Community Foundation | Oakland, CA | $2,518,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Highlander Research & Education Center Inc | New Market, TN | $2,400,500 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Threewalls | Chicago, IL | $2,330,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| National Performance Network | New Orleans, LA | $2,317,596 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors | New York, NY | $2,270,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Alternate Roots Inc | Atlanta, GA | $2,260,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Policylink | Oakland, CA | $2,253,750 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Race Forward | New York, NY | $2,150,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Otv Open Television | Chicago, IL | $2,105,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Project South | Atlanta, GA | $2,100,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Center for Cultural Innovation | Los Angeles, CA | $2,080,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Right to the City Alliance Inc | New York, NY | $2,000,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| North Star Fund | New York, NY | $1,982,950 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Jobs With Justice Education Fund | Washington, DC | $1,925,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| National Association of Latino Arts and Cultures | San Antonio, TX | $1,925,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Grassroots Global Justice | Washington, MD | $1,750,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Third Sector New England Inc | Boston, MA | $1,655,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Sweet Water Foundation | Chicago, IL | $1,600,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| The Center for Cultural Power | Oakland, CA | $1,550,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs | Calabasas, CA | $1,545,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Efforts of Grace Inc | New Orleans, LA | $1,450,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Hester Street | New York, NY | $1,425,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Fractured Atlas Productions Inc | New York, NY | $1,400,652 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Designing Justice Designing Spaces | Oakland, CA | $1,400,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Partnership for Southern Equity | Atlanta, GA | $1,400,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Accelerate 500-Black Gravity | Washington, DC | $1,370,600 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Groundswell Fund | San Francisco, CA | $1,353,750 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Tides Center | San Francisco, CA | $1,335,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Jobs to Move America | Los Angeles, CA | $1,300,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| National Employment Law Project | New York, NY | $1,255,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Cincinnati USA Regional Chamber Foundation | Cincinnati, OH | $1,250,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Economic Policy Institute | Washington, DC | $1,250,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Family Values at Work a Multi-State Consortium | Milwaukee, WI | $1,200,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Social Science Research Council | Brooklyn, NY | $1,150,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Alliance for Global Justice | Tucson, AZ | $1,122,150 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Accelerate 500 | Washington, DC | $1,105,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Solidaire Network | Oakland, CA | $1,093,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Powerswitch Action | Oakland, CA | $1,075,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Latino Business Action Network | San Jose, CA | $1,070,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| New Venture Fund-Communities for Just Schools Fund | Washington, DC | $1,065,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Texas Organizing Project Education Fund | San Antonio, TX | $1,050,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| New York Foundation - Neighborhoods First Fund | New York, NY | $1,038,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Next City | Philadelphia, PA | $1,025,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Greenlining Institute | Oakland, CA | $1,015,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Neo Philanthropy Inc | New York, NY | $1,005,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Common Future | Oakland, WA | $1,000,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Good Jobs First | Washington, DC | $1,000,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Justice Funders | Oakland, CA | $1,000,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Rsf Social Finance | San Francisco, CA | $1,000,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Sustainable Economies Law Center | Oakland, CA | $1,000,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| The Village of Arts and Humanities | Philadelphia, PA | $1,000,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Foundation for Louisiana | Baton Rouge, LA | $977,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Yes Media | Bainbridge Island, WA | $975,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Rutgers University Foundation | Piscataway, NJ | $970,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Funders Network | Coral Gables, FL | $970,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Aspen Institute | Washington, DC | $955,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Transforming Power Fund | Detroit, MI | $955,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Center for Story-Based Strategy | Oakland, CA | $950,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Colorofchangeorg Education Fund | Oakland, CA | $950,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Boston Impact Initiative Fund | Jamaica Plain, MA | $940,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Greater New Orleans Foundation | New Orleans, LA | $925,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| National Urban Fellows | New York, NY | $907,500 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Massachusetts College of Art and Design Foundation | Boston, MA | $900,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Community Lift | Memphis, TN | $897,600 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Mississippi Center for Cultural Production | Utica, MS | $875,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| The Partnership for Working Families | Oakland, CA | $875,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Voice of Calvary Ministries | Jackson, MS | $875,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Didtechnology Inc | Newark, NJ | $850,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Hester Street Collaborative Inc | New York, NY | $835,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| One Fair Wage Inc | Cambridge, MA | $825,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Higher Purpose Co | Clarksdale, MS | $815,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Kentucky Coalition Inc | London, KY | $813,424 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Blackstar Projects Inc | Philadelphia, PA | $800,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Center for Economic Democracy | Boston, MA | $800,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Creative Capital Foundation | New York, NY | $800,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Pacific Community Ventures Inc | Oakland, CA | $800,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Southwest Folklife Alliance | Tucson, AZ | $800,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Ironbound Community Corporation | Newark, NJ | $755,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Isaiah | St Paul, MN | $754,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Possibility Labs | San Francisco, CA | $750,005 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Asian Pacific Environmental Network | Oakland, CA | $750,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| New York City Environmental Justice Alliance | Brooklyn, NY | $750,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| One Voice Inc | Jackson, MS | $750,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| People United for Sustainable Housing Inc | Buffalo, NY | $750,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Solutions Project | Oakland, CA | $750,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Climate Justice Alliance | Berkeley, CA | $725,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Local Progress Policy Institute | Washington, DC | $725,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Movement Strategy Center | Rodeo, CA | $725,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Grantmakers in the Arts | Bronx, NY | $715,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| The Climate and Clean Energy Equity Fund | Washington, DC | $714,938 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Center for Heirs Property Preservation | Charleston, SC | $700,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Foundation for Louisiana-Greater New Orleans Fund | Baton Rouge, LA | $700,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Muckrock - MLK50 Justice Through Journalism | Somerville, MA | $700,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| The Conservation Fund | Arlington, VA | $700,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| The Laundromat Project Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $700,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Trend Community Development Corporation | Chicago, IL | $686,900 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Make the Road New York | Brooklyn, NY | $675,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Metropolitan Economic Development Association | Minneapolis, MN | $675,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Movement Strategy Center - Heal Food Alliance | Rodeo, CA | $675,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Chinese Progressive Association | San Francisco, CA | $660,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Amalgamated Charitable Foundation - Buildus | Washington, DC | $650,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Align the Alliance for a Greater New York | New York, NY | $650,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Free Press | Washington, DC | $650,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Zebras Uniteorg | Portland, OR | $650,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Asian Americans Advancing Justice | Norcross, GA | $647,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Institute for Nonprofit Practice | Boston, MA | $642,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Public Advocates Inc | San Francisco, CA | $640,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Urban Manufacturing Alliance | Brooklyn, NY | $630,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Financial Services Stakeholder Project Nfp | Chicago, IL | $625,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Opportunity Agenda | New York, NY | $625,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Opportunity Finance Network | Philadelphia, PA | $625,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Point Community Development Corporation | Bronx, NY | $625,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Perception Institute | Brooklyn, NY | $612,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Hillman Accelerator | Cincinnati, OH | $605,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Ai for the People Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $600,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Inner City Advisors | Oakland, CA | $600,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Tides Center-the Maria Fund | San Francisco, CA | $600,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Center for Popular Democracy | Brooklyn, NY | $595,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Tides Foundation | San Francisco, CA | $580,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Tides Center - Dream Defenders | San Francisco, CA | $577,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| President and Fellows of Harvard College | Cambridge, MA | $576,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Transform Finance Inc | New York, NY | $570,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Hispanics in Philanthropy | Oakland, CA | $555,050 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Common Counsel Foundcation-Movement for Black Live | Oakland, CA | $550,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs-Funders for | Calabasas, CA | $550,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The US Climate Action Network | Washington, DC | $548,061 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| New York Community Trust | New York, NY | $530,950 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Code Fever Miami | Miami, FL | $525,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Corbin Hill Food Project | New York, NY | $525,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Fractured Atlas Productions Inc - Equality Labs | New York, NY | $520,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| National Center for Family Philanthropy | Washington, DC | $520,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Proteus Fund - Reframe Mentorship | Amherst, MA | $520,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Ica Fund | Oakland, CA | $505,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Multiplier - New York Energy Democracy Alliance | San Francisco, CA | $505,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Association for Enterprise Opportunity | Washington, DC | $500,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Black Farmer Fund | Bronx, NY | $500,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Borealis Philanthropy | Minneapolis, MN | $500,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Communities United | Chicago, IL | $500,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Juvenile Law Center | Philadelphia, PA | $500,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Movement Generation Justice and Ecology Project | Oakland, CA | $500,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| National Black Food and Justice Alliance | Atlanta, GA | $500,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Northwest Bronx Community & Clergy Coalition | Bronx, NY | $500,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| People's Action Institute | Chicago, IL | $500,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Roosevelt Institute | New York, NY | $500,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Silicon Valley Community Foundation | Mountain View, CA | $500,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Founders First Community Development Corporation | San Diego, CA | $498,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Asian Americanspacific Islanders in Philanthropy | Oakland, CA | $486,800 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Campaign for the Fair Sentencing of Youth | Washington, DC | $480,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Black Lily Inc (incl Amendment) | Philadelphia, PA | $477,722 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| One Fair Wage Inc | Seattle, WA | $473,450 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Good Old Lower East Side Inc | New York, NY | $455,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| New Jersey Environmental Justice Alliance | Summit, NJ | $455,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Black Innovation Alliance | Atlanta, GA | $450,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Just Capital Foundation (incl Amendment) | New York, NY | $450,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Mission Investors Exchange | New York City, NY | $450,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| New Commonwealth Racial Equity & Social Justice Fd | Roxbury, MA | $450,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| New Economy Coalition | Cambridge, MA | $450,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Funders' Network for Smart Growth and Livable Comm | Coral Gables, FL | $435,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| The New York Women's Foundation | New York, NY | $435,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Common Future-Racial Equity Asset Lab | Oakland, CA | $430,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Greater Milwaukee Committee for Community Develop | Milwaukee, WI | $430,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Vera Institute of Justice | Brooklyn, NY | $425,375 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Action Center on Race and the Economy Institute | Chicago, IL | $425,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| New Growth Innovation Network | Chicago, IL | $420,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Regents of the University of California at Berkele | Berkeley, CA | $410,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Translash Media Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $410,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Firelight Media Inc | New York, NY | $405,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Emerald Cities Collaborative Inc | Washington, DC | $400,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Greater Jackson Arts Council - City of Jackson (fo | Jackson, MS | $400,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Mortar Cincinnati | Cincinnati, OH | $400,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Nonprofit Information Networking Association | Boston, MA | $400,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Propel Nonprofits-Twin Cities Theatres of Color Co | Minneapolis, MN | $400,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Transgender Project-Black Trans Fund | San Francisco, CA | $400,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Taproot Earth | Slidell, LA | $400,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Praxis Project-National Black Food and Justice | Washington, DC | $400,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| National Economic and Social Rights Initiative | New York, NY | $383,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Project South-Gulf Coast Center for Law & Policy | Atlanta, GA | $377,500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Transgender Law Center | Oakland, CA | $377,500 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Equal Justice Initiative | Montgomery, AL | $376,746 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Girls for Gender Equity Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $375,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Native Americans in Philanthropy | Los Angeles, CA | $375,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs - Building | Calabasas, CA | $370,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Taller Salud Inc | Loiza, PR | $365,500 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| The Communications Network | Naperville, IL | $365,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Demos a Network for Ideas & Actions | New York, NY | $360,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Regents of the Univ of California at Berkeley | Berkeley, CA | $360,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Philanthropy New York | New York, NY | $352,200 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Center for Coalfield Justice | Washington, PA | $350,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Just Capital | New York, NY | $350,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Movement Strategy Center - Artcoop | Oakland, CA | $350,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Neo Philanthropy Inc-Arts in a Changing America | New York, NY | $350,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| National Association for Latino Community Asset Bu | San Antonio, TX | $350,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Taproot Earth | Philadelphia, PA | $350,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Verde | Portland, OR | $350,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Voice of Calvary Ministries - Cooperative Communit | Jackson, MS | $350,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Washington Area Community Investment Fund | Washington, DC | $340,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Common Justice | Brooklyn, NY | $335,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Funders for Lesbian and Gay Issues Inc | New York, NY | $330,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Grantmakers for Effective Organizations | Washington, DC | $330,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Bend the Arc | New York, NY | $325,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Race Forward | Washington, DC | $325,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Stand Up Nashville | Nashville, TN | $325,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| The Lighthouse Black Girl Project | Jackson, MS | $318,750 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Louisiana Center for Children's Rights | New Orleans, LA | $315,500 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Bridgespan Group | Boston, MA | $300,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| California Environmental Justice Alliance | Oakland, CA | $300,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Center for Law and Social Policy | Washington, DC | $300,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Environmental Health Coalition | National City, CA | $300,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Impact Charitable - Mission Driven Finance | Denver, CO | $300,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Maryland Philanthropy Network - Revolve Fund | Baltimore, MD | $300,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| National Partnership for New Americans | Chicago, IL | $300,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Northeastern Univ - Initiative for Energy Justice | Boston, MA | $300,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Partnership on Ai | San Francisco, CA | $300,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Pie Ranch | Pescadero, CA | $300,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Proteus Fund | Amherst, MA | $300,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Realize Impact-Mission Driven Finance | Bainbridge Island, WA | $300,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Strategic Actions for a Just Economy | Los Angeles, CA | $300,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Taproot Earth (formlerly Sponsored By Project Sout | Tulsa, OK | $300,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Brookings Institution | Washington, DC | $300,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Sentencing Project | Washington, DC | $300,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Youth Sentencing & Reentry Project | Philadelphia, PA | $300,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Repower Fund | Minneapolis, MN | $300,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| National Juvenile Justice Network | Washington, DC | $297,500 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Asian American Federation Inc | New York, NY | $293,480 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Bend the Arc - a Jewish Partnership for Justice | New York, NY | $290,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Common Future | Oakland, CA | $280,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| 2164 | New York, NY | $275,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Community Labor United | Boston, MA | $275,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| The Investment Integration Project | New York, NY | $275,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Equity Alliance | Nashville, TN | $275,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Third Sector New England Inc - Building Movement | Boston, MA | $275,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Just in Time for Foster Youth | San Diego, CA | $270,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy | Washington, DC | $264,135 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Youth Law Center | San Francisco, CA | $255,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Alliance for Justice | Washington, DC | $250,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| American Impact Capital-Our Body Politic | Westport, CT | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Asian and Pacific Islander American Vote | Washington, DC | $250,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Aubin Pictures | New York, NY | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Boston Foundation-New Commonwealth Fund | Boston, MA | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Center for Economic Democracy - Boston Ujima Proje | Boston, MA | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Center for Effective Philanthropy | Cambridge, MA | $250,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
421 of 887 (47%) 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 59%, across 4 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is about typical. 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 1,194 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 | 358 | $46.5M | $53,750 |
| 2021 | 351 | $45.6M | $70,000 |
| 2022 | 349 | $54.7M | $75,000 |
| 2023 | 392 | $58.9M | $75,000 |
| 2024 | 397 | $56.5M | $90,000 |
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. Surdna Foundation Inc has 679 of them, worth $235.9M. This is the one part of the filing that looks forward rather than back.
| Organization | Location | Approved |
|---|---|---|
| John E Andrus Memorial Inc | Hastingsonhudson, NY | $10.0M |
| Julia Dyckman Andrus Memorial | Yonkers, NY | $10.0M |
| John E Andrus Memorial Inc | Hastingsonhudson, NY | $8,000,000 |
| Julia Dyckman Andrus Memorial | Yonkers, NY | $8,000,000 |
| Ndn Collective | Rapid City, SD | $3,275,000 |
| Ndn Collective | Rapid City, SD | $2,500,000 |
| Alternate Roots Inc | Atlanta, GA | $2,375,000 |
| East Bay Community Foundation | Oakland, CA | $2,375,000 |
| Hester Street | New York, NY | $2,375,000 |
| National Performance Network | New Orleans, LA | $2,375,000 |
| Threewalls | Chicago, IL | $2,375,000 |
| Transforming Power Fund | Detroit, MI | $2,375,000 |
| National Association of Latino Arts and Cultures | San Antonio, TX | $2,375,000 |
| Mississippi Center for Cultural Production | Utica, MS | $2,375,000 |
| Right to the City Alliance Inc | New York, NY | $2,000,000 |
Where its money goes
27% of its giving went to organizations in New York. 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.
Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund285 shared recipientsDonor Advised Charitable Giving Inc222 shared recipientsAmerican Online Giving Foundation Inc194 shared recipientsAmalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc182 shared recipientsNational Philanthropic Trust178 shared recipientsVanguard Charitable Endowment Program178 shared recipients
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $75,000. 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 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 Surdna Foundation Inc'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: 200 Madison Avenue Fl 25, New York, NY, 10016. 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 13-6108163 · 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.
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