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Winslow Foundation

Wilmington, DE · EIN 22-2778703. Reported 206 grants totalling $7,699,892 to 99 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.

Notold the IRS it takes no unsolicited requests
$10,000median grant
$7,699,892granted, 2021-2024
99recipients, as named on its returns
64%of grantees funded again the next year
$43.9Massets, latest filing

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". Winslow 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.

This is the foundation's own statement to the IRS, not our judgement. A foundation can give a different answer on a later return, and this page is rebuilt when one is published. The rest of the page is its giving record: who it chose, and which of those make grants themselves.

Organizations it funds that make grants of their own

4 of the organizations Winslow Foundation funded make grants themselves, and it reported 4 grants totalling $150,500 to them. That is 2% of the $6,248,938 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.

GrantmakerKindStateReceivedGrantsYearsLastOnly funds organizations it picks?
Ffwdgrantmaking organizationCalifornia$50,000112023Its form does not ask
Progressive Multiplier Fundgrantmaking organizationDistrict of Columbia$50,000112021Its form does not ask
Tides Foundationgrantmaking organizationCalifornia$50,000112021Its form does not ask
Community Foundation Boulder Countycommunity foundationColorado$500112021Its 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 $10,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $1,000 and $50,000; the smallest was $500 and the largest $426,667.

Under $1,000
14 grants
$1,000 - $5,000
81 grants
$5,000 - $10,000
6 grants
$10,000 - $25,000
6 grants
$25,000 - $50,000
26 grants
$50,000 - $100,000
48 grants
$100,000 and Up
25 grants

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.

OrganizationLocationTotal receivedGrantsYears fundedLast
Mothers Out Front IncBoston, MA$1,050,000442024
Johns Hopkins UniversityBaltimore, MD$627,667332024
President & Fellows of Harvard CollegeCambridge, MA$464,578522022
Cambridge Health Alliance Foundation IncMalden, MA$412,760542024
Stanford UniversityStanford, CA$400,000442024
Sustainable Markets FoundationNew York, NY$360,000542024
Marine Conservation Biology InstituteSeattle, WA$340,000442024
Keep Our Republic Charitable FundNational Harbor, MD$325,000222024
Virginia Organizing IncCharlottesville, VA$233,000842024
Wildearth GuardiansSanta Fe, NM$225,000442024
Royal Roads UniversityVictoria$220,000222024
Appalachian VoicesBoone, NC$215,000442024
Government Accountability Project IncWashington, DC$200,000442024
Saving Nature IncDurham, NC$170,000442024
Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin SyMilwaukee, WI$159,287442024
Oil & Gas Action NetworkOakland, CA$150,000332024
To Nizhoni AniKykotsmovi, AZ$150,000322022
Friends of Unfpa IncNew York, NY$119,000112021
USA for Unfpa IncNew York, NY$119,000112022
Center for Common GroundRuther Glen, VA$100,000222022
Keep Our Republic Charitable FundThe Plains, VA$100,000112022
New Venture FundBaltimore, MD$100,000112021
Better Future Project IncCambridge, MA$75,000112021
Partnership Project IncWashington, DC$75,000212023
Alliance for Youth OrganizingWashington, DC$65,000222024
Bennington College CorporationBennington, VT$65,000222024
Michigan VoicesDetroit, MI$60,000112021
Pennsylvania VoicePhiladelphia, PA$60,000112021
Center for Popular DemocracyBrooklyn, NY$50,000112021
Climate Cabinet EducationSan Francisco, CA$50,000112024
FfwdSan Francisco, CA$50,000112023
Fossil Free CaliforniaOakland, CA$50,000112022
Global ImpactWashington, DC$50,000112024
Greenlight AmericaWashington, DC$50,000112024
March on Maryland IncSeverna Park, MD$50,000112021
Michigan Organizing ProjectOshtemo, MI$50,000112021
Progressive Multiplier FundWashington, DC$50,000112021
Tides FoundationLos Angeles, CA$50,000112021
Windward FundWashington, DC$50,000112023
Hack FoundationW Hollywood, CA$40,000112024
Amalgamated Charitable Foundation IncWashington, DC$35,000112022
Carolina Federation FundDurham, NC$30,000112024
Clean and Prosperous America Education FundSeattle, WA$30,000112024
Fair Elections CenterWashington, DC$30,000112024
Power Shift NetworkWashington, DC$30,000112022
Secure Families FoundationWashington, DC$30,000112024
Worker Power InstitutePhoenix, AZ$30,000112024
Western Resource AdvocatesBoulder, CO$26,500442024
Make the Road States IncBrooklyn, NY$25,000112024
Onepa Activist UnitedPhiladelphia, PA$20,000112024
Voces De La FronteraMilwaukee, WI$20,000112024
Earth Restoration AllianceCarbondale, CO$11,000222024
Cobalt FoundationDenver, CO$10,000112022
New Jersey Conservation FoundationFar Hills, NJ$10,000112021
Open Space Institute IncNew York, NY$10,000112022
People and Pollinators Action NetworkNiwot, CO$10,000442024
High Country Conservation AdvocatesCrested Butte, CO$8,100442024
Home Energy Efficiency Team IncBoston, MA$7,000442024
Colorado Plateau FoundationFlagstaff, AZ$6,500442024
Colorado Chautauqua AssociationBoulder, CO$5,500532024
High Country NewsPaonia, CO$5,500442024
Comision Ciudadana Para La Auditoria Integral DelSan Juan, PR$5,000112023
Way to RiseWashington, DC$5,000112024
Conservation Colorado Education FundDenver, CO$4,500442024
New Era Colorado FoundationDenver, CO$4,500442024
Center for Biological Diversity IncTucson, AZ$3,500432024
Colorado Organization for Latina Opportunity and RDenver, CO$3,500442024
Crested Butte Land TrustCrested Butte, CO$3,500222023
CultivandoEastlake, CO$3,500332024
350 ColoradoBoulder, CO$3,000332024
EcoflightAspen, CO$3,000332024
Environmental Health SciencesBozeman, MT$3,000332024
National Wildlife FederationReston, VA$3,000112021
GreenlatinosWashington, DC$2,500332023
Humanitarian Project IncChevy Chase, MD$2,500222023
350VERMONTBurlington, VT$2,000112024
Boulder Day NurseryBoulder, CO$2,000112021
Intercambio De ComunidadesBoulder, CO$2,000112021
Population Media Center IncS Burlington, VT$2,000222023
Rappahannock League for Environmental Protection IWashington, VA$2,000112024
Southern Utah Wilderness AllianceSalt Lake City, UT$2,000222023
Southwest Energy Efficiency Project LLCBoulder, CO$2,000222024
Colorado SunDenver, CO$1,500222024
Wildaid IncSan Francisco, CA$1,500222024
Alliance for Global JusticeTucson, AZ$1,000112022
Coal Creek Watershed CoalitionCrested Butte, CO$1,000112024
Colorado Rising for CommunitiesBoulder, CO$1,000112021
GreenlatinosBoulder, CO$1,000112024
Gunnison Country Food PantryGunnison, CO$1,000112021
Pajarito Environmental Education CenterLos Alamos, NM$1,000112024
Planned Parenthood Federation of America IncWashington, DC$1,000112024
Resource CentralBoulder, CO$1,000112024
Utah Film CenterSalt Lake City, UT$1,000112023
Voces Unidas De Las MontanasGlenwood Spgs, CO$1,000112022
Colorado Peoples AllianceDenver, CO$500112021
Community FoundationBoulder, CO$500112021
EarthjusticeSan Francisco, CA$500112021
Natural Capitalism Solutions IncLongmont, CO$500112022
Power Coalition for Equity and JusticeNew Orleans, LA$500112022

44 of 99 (44%) 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 64%, across 3 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 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.

What kind of organizations it funds

By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 183 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.

Environment
70 grants
Education
22 grants
Civil Rights
16 grants
Community Improvement
12 grants
Health Care
9 grants
Human Services
9 grants
Public & Societal Benefit
8 grants

Giving by year

Tax yearGrantsTotalMedian grant
202157$2,211,160$28,160
202246$1,726,733$10,000
202346$1,883,999$4,000
202457$1,878,000$20,000

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

27% of its giving went to organizations in Massachusetts.

Massachusetts
$2.0M
Maryland
$1.1M
California
$792K
New York
$683K
District of Columbia
$674K
Virginia
$438K
North Carolina
$415K
Washington
$370K

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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.

Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund74 shared recipientsDonor Advised Charitable Giving Inc63 shared recipientsVanguard Charitable Endowment Program49 shared recipientsAmerican Online Giving Foundation Inc49 shared recipientsTides Foundation40 shared recipientsNational Philanthropic Trust39 shared recipients

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Where these numbers come from

Everything above is taken from Winslow 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: Foundation Source 501 Silverside Rd, Wilmington, DE, 19809. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS.

EIN 22-2778703 · 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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