The Garfield Foundation
Marion, MA · EIN 22-2285358. Reported 96 grants totalling $2,525,925 to 62 recipients across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation told the IRS it does not accept unsolicited requests: it contributes only to organizations it selects itself.
Does this foundation accept applications?
No -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation to check a box if it "only makes contributions to preselected charitable organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests for funds". The Garfield Foundation checked it on its most recent filing, as 78% of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered did. An unsolicited request is unlikely to go anywhere.
Organizations it funds that make grants of their own
4 of the organizations The Garfield Foundation funded make grants themselves, and it reported 7 grants totalling $1,271,000 to them. That is 62% of the $2,043,291 of its giving we could match to a registered organization. Each is classified by the IRS as a philanthropy or grantmaking organization, reported grants to at least 25 organizations of its own, and has at least 10 funders behind it.
All of them file Form 990, which never asks whether an organization funds only groups it picks, so there is no answer on record either way.
What that does not mean. It does not mean an application to any of them reaches this foundation's money. A private foundation's grant to a community foundation or a federated campaign is often a donor-advised fund or a gift designated for a purpose the foundation chose, and has nothing to do with any open programme the receiving organization runs. Its return's purpose text sometimes names a family fund or a designated purpose, which is the plainest case of money no applicant can reach; where it names none, neither return says which. The list is who this foundation paid that also makes grants. Whether any of them would fund you is a question for its own page.
| Grantmaker | Kind | State | Received | Grants | Years | Last | Only funds organizations it picks? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rockefeller Family Fund Inc | grantmaking organization | New York | $750,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 | Its form does not ask |
| The Minneapolis Foundation | community foundation | Minnesota | $450,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 | Its form does not ask |
| Community Initiatives | grantmaking organization | California | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 | Its form does not ask |
| Community Foundation Boulder County | community foundation | Colorado | $21,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 | Its form does not ask |
A floor, not a full list. A grantmaker appears here only where this foundation's return named it clearly enough for us to match the name to an EIN, which we manage for about two thirds of 990-PF grant rows, and only where that grantmaker has a page on this site. There may be more. Dollars here are summed by EIN across every spelling on its returns, so a figure can differ from the matching row in the full list below, which groups names as written. And the IRS classification cannot tell a grantmaker from a funders' association or a donor-advised fund sponsor, so a payment to one of these may be dues or an account rather than support for a grants programme.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $5,250. Half of everything it gave fell between $3,500 and $20,000; the smallest was $1,543 and the largest $400,000.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rockefeller Family Fund | New York, NY | $750,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| The Minneapolis Foundation | Minneapolis, MN | $450,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Carold Institute the | Ontario | $155,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Labor Institute the | New York, NY | $75,250 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Movement Strategy Center | Oakland, CA | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Children's Environmental Health Network | Washington, DC | $64,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Treepeople Inc | Beverly Hills, CA | $60,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Worldlink | San Francisco, CA | $60,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Bateson Idea Group | Sacramento, CA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Community Initiatives | Oakland, CA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy | Los Angeles, CA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Makeway Charitable Society | Vancouver | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Nature for All | Gabriel, CA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Tree People Inc | Beverly Hills, CA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Planned Parenthood Los Angeles | Los Angeles, CA | $47,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Marion Institute | Marion, MA | $44,750 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Heal the Bay | Santa Monica, CA | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Center for Environmental Health | Oakland, CA | $21,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Community Foundation of Boulder County | Boulder, CO | $21,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Polytechnic School | Pasadena, CA | $20,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Community Partners | Los Angeles, CA | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Rainforest Action Network | San Francisco, CA | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Huntington Memorial Hospital | Pasadena, CA | $17,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Southern Poverty Law Center | Montgomery, AL | $17,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Clean Production Action Inc | Somerville, MA | $16,125 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Dr Susan Love Foundation for Breast Cancer Research | West Hollywood, CA | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| La Regional Food Bank | Los Angeles, CA | $15,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Food & Water Watch Los Angeles | Washington, DC | $14,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Huntington Cancer Center | Pasadena, CA | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Forbes Funds the | Pittsburgh, PA | $10,750 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| So Poverty Law Center | Montgomery, AL | $10,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| ACLU Foundation of Southern California | Los Angeles, CA | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Cambodian Living Arts | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Cleanleap Inc | Louisville, KY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| North East Trees | Los Angeles, CA | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Omega Institute | Rhinebeck, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Research Institute for Waldorf Education | Hudson, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Pasadena Senior Center | Pasadena, CA | $9,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Environmental Grantmakers Association | New York, NY | $9,359 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Anti-Defamation League of Los Angeles | Los Angeles, CA | $7,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Biodiversity Funders Group | San Francisco, CA | $7,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Cancer Support Community Greater San Gabriel Valley | Sierra Madre, CA | $7,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Cancer Support Community Pasadena | Pasadena, CA | $6,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Susan Love Breast Cancer Foundation | Encino, CA | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Government Accountability Project Inc | Washington, DC | $5,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| International Rescue Committee | New York, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Mercy Corps | Portland, OR | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Performing Animal Welfare Society | Galt, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Women's Fund | New Bedford, MA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Pasadena Humane Society | Pasadena, CA | $4,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Health & Environmental Funders Network | Laurel, MD | $3,750 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Food & Water Watch | Washington, DC | $3,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| William L Valentine Elementary School | San Marino, CA | $3,384 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Global Greengrants Fund | Boulder, CO | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Center for Great Apes | Wauchula, FL | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Huntington Hospital | Pasadena, CA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Int'l Honors Programworld Learning | Boston, MA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| San Marino Schools Foundation | San Marino, CA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Vermonters for a Clean Environment | Danby, VT | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Computer & Technology Resource Center | Novato, CA | $2,467 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Grantmakers for Effective Organizations | Washington, DC | $2,090 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Veloz | Sacramento, CA | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
22 of 62 (35%) 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 50%, 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, and this foundation told the IRS it does not.
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.
- Food & Water Watch
Food & Water Watch Los Angeles - Computer & Technology Resource Center
General Purpose; donation of used computer equipment
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 60 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 | 38 | $1,376,574 | $10,625 |
| 2022 | 18 | $447,500 | $5,000 |
| 2023 | 20 | $342,010 | $3,500 |
| 2024 | 20 | $359,841 | $3,500 |
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
37% of its giving went to organizations in New York.
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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. Unlike this foundation, none of them is on record as funding only organizations it picks, and each page says what its filings show.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from The Garfield Foundation'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: 204 Spring Street, Marion, MA, 02738. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS.
EIN 22-2285358 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this
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