The Christopher Reynolds Foundation Inc
Sea Girt, NJ · EIN 13-6129401. Reported 243 grants totalling $5,930,955 to 149 recipients 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. The Christopher Reynolds 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.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $4,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $1,000 and $25,000; the smallest was $200 and the largest $570,000. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The New World Foundation | New York, NY | $1,286,085 | 10 | 4 | 2024 |
| Post Carbon Institute | Corvalis, OR | $779,500 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Schumacher Center | Great Barrington, MA | $760,650 | 7 | 4 | 2024 |
| Clark University | Worcester, MA | $300,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Care Lab | Washington, DC | $272,500 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Center for Democratic & | Spokane, WA | $229,000 | 5 | 3 | 2023 |
| Good Work Institute | Kingston, NY | $165,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Center for Democratic & Environmental Rights | Spokane, WA | $137,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Orion Magazine | Great Barrington, MA | $120,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Blackbelt Justice Center | Washington, DC | $113,500 | 4 | 3 | 2023 |
| Medical Education | Decatur, GA | $110,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Medical Education | Oakland, CA | $105,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Global Greengrants Fund Inc | Boulder, CO | $90,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| New World Foundation Fbo Climate Action Hudson Valley | Chatham, NY | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Open Collection Foundation | Covina, CA | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Vermont Caribbean Institiute Dba Caribbean Agroecology Institute | Burlington, VT | $72,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Anishinaabe Agricultural Institute | Osage, MN | $70,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Just Futures | Washington, DC | $70,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Pesticide Action Network North America | Berkeley, CA | $60,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Spikenard Farm | Floyd, VA | $55,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Friends of Action Group on Erosion Technology and Concentration | Oakland, CA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| People's Solar Energy Fund | Florence, MA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Social Science Research | Brooklyn, NY | $46,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Friends of Actiongroup Erosion | Oakland, CA | $45,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Escuela Andaluza De Economia Social | Sevilla, Sevilla | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Escuela De Economia Center | San Pedro | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Fondation Open Collective | Brussels Belgium, Brussels | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Orion Society | Great Barrington, MA | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Arthur Morgan Institute | Yellow Springs, OH | $31,700 | 2 | 1 | 2022 |
| Greenagers | South Egremont, MA | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Pesticide Action Network | Berkely, CA | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Science and Nonduality | Sebastopol, CA | $30,000 | 2 | 1 | 2022 |
| Wellspring Commons Stewards | Litchfield, CT | $25,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Garrison Institute | Garrison, NY | $25,120 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Kindle Project | Santa Fe, NM | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Aspen Global Change Institute | Basalt, CO | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Center for Economic Democracy | Jamaica Plain, MA | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Codepink | Marina Del Rey, CA | $20,000 | 2 | 1 | 2022 |
| Institute for Development Impact | Washington, DC | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Vermont Caribbean Institute | Burlington, VT | $20,000 | 2 | 1 | 2022 |
| Institute for Social Ecology | Plainfield, VT | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Post Growth Institute | Talent, OR | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Regents of the University of California at Berkeley | Berkeley, CA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Fair Ground Community | Shelfield, MA | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The UCLA Foundation | Pasadena, CA | $11,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Berkshire Environmental Action | Pittsfield, MA | $10,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Organic Grower's School | Asheville, NC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Camphill Ghent | Chatham, NY | $9,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Arts Bayside Mlk JR | Sausalito, CA | $8,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Beaver Institute | Southhampton, MA | $8,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| World Central Kitchen | Washington, DC | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Center for Consitutional Rights | New York, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Community Environmental Legal | Mercersburg, PA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Community Movement Builders | Atlanta, GA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Fund for Reconciliation | Riverhead, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Green Cities Fund | Berkeley, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Magis Americas | Washington, DC | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Network for Strong Communities | Altanta, GA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Off the Grid Missions | San Diego, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Pacific Forest Trust Inc | San Francisco, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Peace Development Fund Inc | Amherst, MA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Southwest Organizing Project | Albuquerque, NM | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Tsne Fbo Massachusetts Food System Collaborative | Boston, MA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Berkshire Waldorf High School | Great Barrington, MA | $4,750 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Fistula Foundation | San Jose, CA | $4,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Government Accountability | Washington, DC | $4,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Biodiversity for a Livable | Cambridge, MA | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Global Catholic Climate | Washington, DC | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Interlace Commons | Bristol, VT | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Mill Valley Seniors for Peace | Mill Valley, CA | $4,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Retreat Farm Ltd | Brattleboro, VT | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Fbo Climate Nexus | New York, NY | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Survival International USA | San Francisco, CA | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Turning Green | Sausalito, CA | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Amazon Watch | Oakland, CA | $3,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Justice Funders | Oakland, CA | $3,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Ohio Ecological Food & Farm Association | Columbus, OH | $3,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Sustainable Markets Foundation | New York, NY | $3,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Montana Project | Troy, MT | $3,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Vermont Law & Graduate School | South Royalton, VT | $3,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Honor the Earth | Callaway, MN | $3,250 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Commonweal | Bolinas, CA | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Miracle Message | San Francisco, CA | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Smokey House Center | Danby, VT | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Social Good Fund Fbo Choosing Earth Project | Richmond, CA | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Community Initiatives Fbo Regeneracin | Freedom, CA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Doctors Without Borders | Hagerstown, MD | $2,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Footprint Project | Eagan, MN | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Homeboy Industries | Los Angeles, CA | $2,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Social Good Fund Fbo Green Dreamer | Richmond, CA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Cornerstone Forum | Sonoma, CA | $2,500 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Earth Viability Center | Norfolk, VA | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Espanola Humane | Espanola, NM | $2,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Florida School of Holistic | East Barre, VT | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Florida School of Holistic Living Fbo Sage Mountain Botanical Sanctuary | Orlando, FL | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Homegrown National Park | Sharon, CT | $2,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Horse Shelter | Santa Fe, NM | $2,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Landweb | Burlington, VT | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Menikanaehkem Inc | Gresham, WI | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Mississippi Immigrants Rights | Jackson, MS | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Rainforest Foundation | Brooklyn, NY | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Eleanor Roosevelt Center | Hyde Park, NY | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Weaving Earth | Graton, CA | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Blue Rider Stables | Great Barrington, MA | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Creature Conserve | Barrington, RI | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Jespy House | South Orange, NJ | $1,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Manhattan Country School | New York, NY | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Mesa Prieta Petroglyph Project | Velarde, NM | $1,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Roosevelt Institute | Hyde Park, NY | $1,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Salvation Farms | Morrisville, VT | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Sterling College | Craftsbury Common, VT | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Community Congregational | Tiburon, CA | $1,300 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| National Lawyers Guild | New York, NY | $1,200 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Agitarte | Cambridge, MA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Camphill Village | Copake, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Crans Foresight Analysist Consensus | Berkeley, CA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Ekvnv-Yefolecvlke | Weogufka, AL | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| El Rito Public Library | El Rito, NM | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Fair Ground Community Redevelopment Projects | Sheffield, MA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Food and Water Watch | Washington, DC | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Green Berkshires Inc | Great Barrington, MA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Humanitarian Open Street Map | Washington, DC | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| International Peace Museum | Dayton, OH | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Luciente Inc | Abiquiu, NM | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Multicultural Bridge | Lee, MA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| National Indigenous Women's | Lame Deer, MT | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| People's Park Historic Dist | Berkely, CA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Reunity Resources Inc | Santa Fe, NM | $1,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Southwest Learning Centers | Albuquerque, NM | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Redwoods | Mill Valley, CA | $1,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Amensty International | New York, NY | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Apis Arborea | Sebastopol, CA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation | Sheffield, MA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Equal Justice Initiative | Montgomery, AL | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Litchfield Land Trust Inc | Litchfield, CT | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| New Mexico Wilderness Alliance | Albuquerque, NM | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| New Mexico Wildlife Center | Espanola, NM | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Nomv (not One More Vet) | San Jose, CA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Santa Fe Animal Shelter | Santa Fe, NM | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Santa Fe Raptor Center | Santa Fe, NM | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Slow Food East End | East Hampton, NY | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Th Rewilding Institute | Albuquerque, NM | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Carter Center | Atlanta, GA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Western Environmental Law | Eugene, OR | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Western Environmental Law Ctr | Eugene, OR | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Xerces Society | Washington, DC | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Yosemite Climbing Association | Mariposa, CA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| People's Park Historic District Advocacy Group | Berkeley, CA | $200 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Wikimedia Foundation | Washington, DC | $200 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
41 of 149 (28%) 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 43%, 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 kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 126 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 56 | $1,100,585 | $5,000 |
| 2022 | 57 | $1,023,700 | $10,000 |
| 2023 | 68 | $1,154,620 | $3,500 |
| 2024 | 62 | $2,652,050 | $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.
Where its money goes
28% 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.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $4,000. 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 The Christopher Reynolds Foundation Inc's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). 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: Co Mcgrath Co Po Box 212, Sea Girt, NJ, 08750. 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 13-6129401 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this
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