Vital Projects Fund Inc
New York, NY · EIN 13-3711340. Reported 608 grants totalling $76.8M to 262 recipients across tax years 2021-2025. 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". Vital Projects Fund Inc 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
7 of the organizations Vital Projects Fund Inc funded make grants themselves, and it reported 16 grants totalling $1,857,000 to them. That is 3% of the $58.2M 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? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tides Foundation | grantmaking organization | California | $770,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 | Its form does not ask |
| Hopewell Fund | grantmaking organization | District of Columbia | $462,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 | Its form does not ask |
| Mile High United Way Inc | federated giving programme | Colorado | $235,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 | Its form does not ask |
| Baltimore Civic Fund Inc | grantmaking organization | Maryland | $140,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 | Its form does not ask |
| Goodnation Foundation Inc | grantmaking organization | New York | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 | Its form does not ask |
| Silicon Valley Community Foundation | community foundation | California | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 | Its form does not ask |
| Community Initiatives | grantmaking organization | California | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 | 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 $75,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $30,000 and $125,000; the smallest was $5,000 and the largest $3,850,000.
Every organization it funded
262 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Proteus Fund | Amherst, MA | $13.2M | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Community Funds Inc | New York, NY | $4,750,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Chef Ann Foundation | Boulder, CO | $2,000,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Louisiana Parole Project Inc | Baton Rouge, LA | $1,905,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Texas Defender Service | Houston, TX | $1,575,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Civil Rights Corps | Washington, DC | $1,410,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| New York Presbyterian Hospital | New York, NY | $1,325,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Yale University | New Haven, CT | $1,271,500 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Investigative Reports & Editors Inc | Columbia, MO | $1,150,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Duke University | Durham, NC | $1,088,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Mitchell Hamline School of Law | St Paul, MN | $1,046,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Tulane University | New Orleans, LA | $950,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Metropolitan Museum of Art | New York, NY | $938,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| City Harvest Inc | New York, NY | $900,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Brain & Behavior Research Fdn | New York, NY | $825,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Tides Foundation | San Francisco, CA | $770,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| New York Presbyterian Hospital - Weill Cornell Medical School | New York, NY | $750,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Association for the Public Defender of Maryland | Baltimore, MD | $735,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Arizona Capital Representation Project | Tucson, AZ | $725,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Tides Center | Los Angeles, CA | $676,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Safe and Just Michigan | Lansing, MI | $650,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Nurse Family Partnership | Denver, CO | $625,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Museum of Modern Art | Manhattan, NY | $600,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| The Political Report Inc | Washington, DC | $600,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Families Against Mandatory Minimums | Washington, DC | $565,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Parole Preparation Project Inc | New York, NY | $530,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Seattle Celemency Project | Seattle, WA | $525,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| ACLU of Michigan Foundation | Detroit, MI | $510,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| International Documentary Assoc | Los Angeles, CA | $490,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Lewis & Clark College | Portland, OR | $472,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Hopewell Fund | Washington, DC | $462,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Players Philanthropy Fund | Towson, MD | $455,500 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Habitat for Humanity New York City | New York, NY | $450,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| National Marfan Foundation | Port Washington, NY | $450,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| University of San Francisco | San Francisco, CA | $450,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Second Look Project | Washington, DC | $445,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Alabama Appleseed | Montgomery, AL | $425,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| National Advocates for Pregnant Women | New York, NY | $425,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| British Schools & Universities Foundation | New York, NY | $400,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Rights Behind Bars | Washington, DC | $400,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Wnycwqxr | New York, NY | $400,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Portland Institute for Contempory Art | Portland, OR | $397,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Congregation Emanu-El | San Francisco, CA | $375,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Center for Community Alternatives | Brooklyn, NY | $370,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Coalition for the Homeless | Louisville, KY | $365,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Loyola University | Chicago, IL | $350,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Mad Agriculture | Boulder, CO | $350,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Phillips Black Project | Oakland, CA | $350,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Tides Center (powell Project) | Denver, CO | $331,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Atlantic Center for Capital Representation | Philadelphia, PA | $315,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Advancing Real Change | Baltimore, MD | $305,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Abolitionist Law Center | Pittsburgh, PA | $300,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| ACLU Foundation | New York, NY | $300,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Brennan Center for Justice | New York, NY | $300,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Ceres Community Project | Sebastopol, CA | $300,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| City University of Ny School of Law | Queens, NY | $300,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Drug Policy Alliance | New York, NY | $300,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Healing Advocacy Fund | Portland, OR | $300,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Holy Rosary Church | Fairmont City, IL | $300,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Illinois Prison Project | Chicago, IL | $300,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| New York Public Library | New York, NY | $300,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Seeds of Peace | New York, NY | $300,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Thirteenwnet | New York, NY | $300,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Vermonters for Criminal Justice Reform | Burlington, VT | $300,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Felony Murder Elimination Project | Clayton, CA | $290,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| National Religious Campaign Against Torture | Washington, DC | $290,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Investigative Reporters and Editors Inc | Columbia, MO | $282,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Social & Enviormental Entrepreneurs | Calabasas, CA | $280,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Southern Poverty Law Center | Montgomery, AL | $280,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| New York City Ballet | New York, NY | $275,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Social and Enviormental Entrepreneurs | Calabasas, CA | $260,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| National Public Radio | Washington, DC | $250,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Ny Presbyterian - Division of Cardiology | New York, NY | $250,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Restore Justice | Chicago, IL | $250,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Second Look Alliance | Baton Rouge, LA | $250,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Staten Island University Hospital | Staten Island, NY | $250,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| The Hadanou Collective | Denver, CO | $250,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| New York City Center | New York, NY | $240,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Food Bank for New York City | New York, NY | $235,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Loyola University New Orleans | New Orleans, LA | $235,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Mile High United Way | Denver, CO | $235,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Juilliard School | New York, NY | $235,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Florida Int'l University Fdn | Miami, FL | $231,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| ACLU of New Jersey Foundation | Newark, NJ | $225,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| National Gallery of Art | Landover, MD | $225,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Northwest Film Forum | Seattle, WA | $220,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Mel Blount Youth Home of Pa Inc | Claysville, PA | $215,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| ACLU of Pennsylvania Foundation | Philadelphia, PA | $200,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| American Civil Liberties Union Foundation | New York, NY | $200,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Center for Independent Documentary | Boston, MA | $200,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Deserving Life | Las Cruces, NM | $200,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Equal Justice Initiative | Montgomery, AL | $200,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Feeding America | Chicago, IL | $200,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Glide Memorial Methodist Church | San Francisco, CA | $200,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Hospital for Special Surgery | New York, NY | $200,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Southern Center for Human Rights | Atlanta, GA | $200,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Lincoln Center Theatre | New York, NY | $195,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Long House Reserve | East Hampton, NY | $190,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Florida International University Fdn | Miami, FL | $189,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Mestizo Dance Inc | Elmhurst, NY | $185,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Archives of American Art | Washington, DC | $175,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Deep South Today | Jackson, MS | $175,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| I Have a Dream Foundation of Boulder County | New York, NY | $175,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Weill Medical College of Cornell Univ | New York, NY | $175,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Women in California Leadership Inc | Sacramento, CA | $165,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| National Religious Campaign Against Tortu | Washington, DC | $160,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Reprieve US | New Orleans, LA | $160,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Texas Public Policy Foundation | Austin, TX | $160,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Atlantic Center for Capital Repr | Philadelphia, PA | $155,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| New York Focus News | Brooklyn, NY | $155,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Type Media Center Inc | New York, NY | $155,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| First Look Media Works Inc | New York, NY | $150,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Campaign for the Fair Sentencing of Youth | Washington, DC | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Friends of the Children | Portland, OR | $150,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Human Rights Watch | New York, NY | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Lightwork | Syracuse, NY | $150,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| LOOK2JUSTICE | Seattle, WA | $150,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Make the Road | Brooklyn, NY | $150,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Ministry Against the Death Penalty | New Orleans, LA | $150,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| National Police Accountability Project | Redmond, WA | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| National Registry of Exonerations Foundation | East Lansing, MI | $150,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Ohio Justice and Policy Center | Cincinnati, OH | $150,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| University of California Berkeley Foundation | Berkeley, CA | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Utah Film Center | Salt Lake City, UT | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Baltimore Civic Fund | Baltimore, MD | $140,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Bridgehampton Chamber Music Festival | New York, NY | $140,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Congregation of St Joseph's Ministry | Cleveland, OH | $140,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Freedom Project | Renton, WA | $130,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Advertising Council | New York, NY | $125,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Choosing Justice Initiative | Nashville, TN | $125,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Connecticut Public Broadcasting Inc | Hartford, CT | $125,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Friends of Georgica Pond Foundation | Wainscott, NY | $125,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Homeless Prenatal Program | San Francisco, CA | $125,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| I Have a Dream Foundation of Bc | New York, NY | $125,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Usf Development Donations | Tampa, FL | $125,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Research Foundation of the CUNY | New York, NY | $122,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Trustees of Boston University | Boston, MA | $121,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Guild Hall of East Hampton | East Hampton, NY | $115,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Lincoln Center for Performing Arts-Jazz at Lincoln Center | New York, NY | $110,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Scribe Video Center | Philadelphia, PA | $110,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Partners for Justice Inc | New York, NY | $106,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Council on Foreign Relations | New York, NY | $105,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Defender Association of Philadelphia | Philadelphia, PA | $105,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Capital Appeals Project | New Orleans, LA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Cleveland Clinic | Cleveland, OH | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Columbia University | New York, NY | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Doctors Without Borders | New York, NY | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Goodnation Foundation | New York, NY | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Harvard Law School | Cambridge, MA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Justice Project (aka Arizona Justice Project) | Phoenix, AZ | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Marijuana Policy Project Foundation | Washington, DC | $100,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Mayo Clinic | Rochester, MN | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| MD Association for Psychedelic Studies | San Jose, CA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Mel Blount Youth Homel of Penn | Claysville, PA | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Memorial Sloan-Kettering | New York, NY | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Memorial Sloan-Kettering Hospital | New York, NY | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Montana Innocence Project | Missoula, MT | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Museum of the City of Ny | New York, NY | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| National Park Foundation | Washington, DC | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Northern Arizona University | Flagstaff, AZ | $100,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Nyc Together Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Planned Parenthood Columbia Willamette Inc | Portland, OR | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Promise of Justice Initiative | New Orleans, LA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Regents of the University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, MI | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Silicon Valley Community Foundation | Mountain View, CA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Urban Justice Center | New York, NY | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Woodhull Freedom Foundation | Jenkintown, PA | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Scrap | Portland, OR | $85,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Brooklyn Law School | Brooklyn, NY | $80,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Black Women Forward | Washington, DC | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Bridging Cultural Gaps | Tukwila, WA | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Central Park Conservancy | New York, NY | $75,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Congregation of St Joseph Ministry Against the Death Penalty | New Orleans, LA | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Henry Street Settlement | New York, NY | $75,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Hour Children Inc | Queens, NY | $75,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Leo Baeck Institute | New York, NY | $75,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Media Matters for America | Washington, DC | $75,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| National Legal Aid & Defender Association | Washington, DC | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| New York Common Pantry | New York, NY | $75,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Part of the Solution Inc (pots) | Bronx, NY | $75,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Schools That Can | New York, NY | $75,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Storefront Academy Harlem | New York, NY | $75,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Texas Fair Defense Project | Austin, TX | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Ahimsa Collective | Oakland, CA | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Campaign Against Hunger (tcah) | Brooklyn, NY | $75,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| University of California | San Francisco, CA | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| New York University | New York, NY | $72,050 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Chicago Media Project | Chicago, IL | $70,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Unc Law Foundation Inc | Chapel Hill, NC | $62,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Arizona Justice Project | Phoenix, AZ | $60,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Committee to Protect Journalists | New York, NY | $60,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Howard University | Washington, DC | $60,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Transformative Justice Community | Portland, OR | $60,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Carnegie Hall | New York, NY | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Center for Death Penalty Litigation | Durham, NC | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Center for Justice and Human Dignity | Tempe, AZ | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Chicago Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law | Chicago, IL | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| City Meals on Wheels | New York, NY | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Community Initiatives | Oakland, CA | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Drawbridge | San Rafael, CA | $50,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Fresh Air Fund | New York, NY | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Glide Foundation | San Francisco, CA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| International Center of Photography | New York, NY | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Miami Jewish Health System Foundation | Miami, FL | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Mississippi Ctr for Investigative Report | Jackson, MS | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Nacdl Foundation for Criminal Justice | Washington, DC | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| New York STEM Cell Fdn | New York, NY | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Oregon Justice Resource Center | Portland, OR | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Outward Bound Bay Area | San Francisco, CA | $50,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Prison Journalism Proect Incorporated | Chicago, IL | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Project 6 | Baltimore, MD | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Project Homeless Connect | San Francisco, CA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Psfc | Santa Cruz, CA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Restore Justice Foundation | Chicago, IL | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Sheri Eckert Foundation | Portland, OR | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Southern Poverty Law Center - Teaching Tolerance | Montgomery, AL | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Studio-in-a-School-Assoc | New York, NY | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Film Collaborative Inc | Los Angeles, CA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Town Lewisboro Dept of Parks and Rec | South Salem, NY | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Visiting Nurse Services of Ny | New York, NY | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Ability Center of Virginia | Virginia Beach, VA | $45,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Ubuntu Pathways | New York, NY | $45,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Ringling College of Art and Design | Sarasota, FL | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Quinnipiac | Hamden, CT | $37,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Cangress Dba La Community Action Network | Los Angeles, CA | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Oficina Legal Del Pueblo | Austin, TX | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Neighborhood Resilience Project | Pittsburgh, PA | $32,500 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Asolo Theater Inc | Sarasota, FL | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence (was Center to Prev) | Washington, DC | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Dominican Friars of Irving Texas | Irving, TX | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Film Independent | Los Angeles, CA | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Multidisciplinary Assoc for Psych Studies | San Jose, CA | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Northeast Florida Journalism Collective | Jacksonville, FL | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Northeastern University | Boston, MA | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Reclaim | Seattle, WA | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| There With Care | Boulder, CO | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| West Side Center for Communty Life Inc | New York, NY | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Ashoka | Arlington, VA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| British Schools and Universities Foundation | New York, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Food Bank for Nyc | New York, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Heroic Hearts Project Inc | New York, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Jonas Center for Nursing Excellence | New York, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Montefiore Hospital | Bronx, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Nevada Colaition Against the Death Penalty | Reno, NV | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Orchestra of St Lukes | New York, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Tate Americas Foundation | New York, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Weill Cornell Med Center Dept of Neuro | New York, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Food Bank of the Rockies | Denver, CO | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Prospects Opportunity and Enrichment Inc | Ridgefield, CT | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Ryan Shazier Fund for Spinal Rehab | Pittsburgh, PA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
162 of 262 (62%) 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 60%, 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, and this foundation told the IRS it does not.
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 379 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 | 141 | $15.4M | $65,000 |
| 2022 | 121 | $14.8M | $80,000 |
| 2023 | 132 | $15.7M | $73,525 |
| 2024 | 120 | $15.1M | $75,000 |
| 2025 | 94 | $15.6M | $51,500 |
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.
Already committed for future years
Form 990-PF has a separate schedule for grants approved but not yet paid. Vital Projects Fund Inc has 4 of them, worth $5,795,000. This is the one part of the filing that looks forward rather than back.
| Organization | Location | Approved |
|---|---|---|
| See Attached Various Organizations | See Attached, NY | $3,625,000 |
| See Attached Various Organizations | See Attached, NY | $1,945,000 |
| See Attached Various Organizations | See Attached, NY | $175,000 |
| See Attached Various Organizations | See Attached, NY | $50,000 |
Where its money goes
29% of its giving went to organizations in New York.
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Funders that support the same organizations
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Vital Projects Fund Inc's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2021-2025). 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: 1 Vanderbilt Ave, New York, NY, 10017. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS.
EIN 13-3711340 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this
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