Funding search · EIN 042743143 · New York, NY

The Vanderbilt Family Foundation

Name: The Vanderbilt Family Foundation grants, 2022–2025
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

105
grants reported: $1.4M
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $8,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

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Funding pattern

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Top recipients

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Childrens Storefront3 grants · $170,000
Wade Institute for Science Education2 grants · $119,000
Common Power Future3 grants · $117,000
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation3 grants · $70,000
Democracy Forward Foundation1 grant · $70,000
Children'S Storefront Harlem1 grant · $65,000
Shelburne Farms1 grant · $58,000
Idaho Conservation League4 grants · $55,000
Neighbors Link4 grants · $53,583
Connecticut Farmland Trust4 grants · $52,483

Giving over time

$376,998

2022

$305,000

2023

$346,000

2024

$358,000

2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 105 grants.

$70,000
Democracy Forward Foundation · Washington, DC · 2025
General exempt purpose
$66,000
Childrens Storefront · New York, NY · 2024
General exempt purpose
$65,000
Children'S Storefront Harlem · New York, NY · 2022
For organizations exempt
$65,000
Wade Institute for Science Education · Quincy, MA · 2022
For organizations exempt
$58,000
Shelburne Farms · Shelburne, VT · 2024
General exempt purpose
$55,000
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation · New York, NY · 2025
General exempt purpose
$54,000
Childrens Storefront · New York, NY · 2023
General exempt purpose
$54,000
Wade Institute for Science Education · Quincy, MA · 2023
General exempt purpose
$50,000
Childrens Storefront · New York, NY · 2025
General exempt purpose
$45,000
Common Power Future · Oakland, CA · 2022
For organization's exempt
$37,000
Common Power Future · Seattle, WA · 2023
General exempt purpose
$35,000
Common Power Future · Seattle, WA · 2024
General exempt purpose
$22,000
Neighbors Link · Mount Kisco, NY · 2025
General exempt purpose
$21,000
Wood River Land Trust · Hailey, ID · 2023
General exempt purpose
$20,000
Protect Democracy Project · Washington, DC · 2025
General exempt purpose
$20,000
Idaho Conservation League · Boise, ID · 2024
General exempt purpose
$20,000
Planned Parenthood Federation of America · New York, NY · 2024
General exempt purpose
$20,000
Connecticut Farmland Trust · Hartford, CT · 2023
General exempt purpose
$17,500
Ding Darling Wildlife Society · Sanibel, FL · 2022
For organizations exempt
$17,000
Dig Deep Right To Water Project · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Navajo water project
$16,000
Planned Parenthood Federation of America · New York, NY · 2023
General exempt purpose
$15,000
Wood River Land Trust · Hailey, ID · 2025
General exempt purpose
$15,000
Gryd Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
For organizations exempt
$15,000
Idaho Conservation League · Boise, ID · 2022
For organization's exempt
$15,000
Kickstart International · San Francisco, CA · 2022
For organizations exempt
$15,000
Sunflower of Peace · Newton, MA · 2022
For organizations exempt
$14,500
Sanibel Captiva Conservation Fdn · Sanibel, FL · 2022
For organizations exempt
$12,500
Committee To Protect Journalists · New York, NY · 2025
General exempt purpose
$12,500
Prism · Pompano Beach, FL · 2025
General exempt purpose
$12,500
Public Citizen Foundation · Washington, DC · 2025
General exempt purpose
$12,500
Tennessee Justice for Our Neighbors · Nashville, TN · 2025
General exempt purpose
$12,500
One Simple Wish · Trenton, NJ · 2024
General exempt purpose
$12,500
Womankind · New York, NY · 2024
General exempt purpose
$12,083
Appalachian Mountain Club · Boston, MA · 2022
For organizations exempt
$12,083
Connecticut Farmland Trust · Hartford, CT · 2022
For organizations exempt
$12,083
Neighbors Link · Yonkers, NY · 2022
Organizations general
$12,083
Root Cause Farm · Fairview, NC · 2022
Organizations general
$12,083
South Bay Families Connected · Manhattan Beach, CA · 2022
For organizations exempt
$11,000
Connecticut Farmland Trust · Hartford, CT · 2024
General exempt purpose
$11,000
Neighbors Link · Yonkers, NY · 2024
General exempt purpose
$11,000
Strive · New York, NY · 2024
General exempt purpose
$10,000
Idaho Conservation League · Boise, ID · 2025
General exempt purpose
$10,000
Planned Parenthood Federation of America · New York, NY · 2025
General exempt purpose
$10,000
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation · New York, NY · 2024
General exempt purpose
$10,000
Appalachian Mountain Club · Boston, MA · 2024
General exempt purpose
$10,000
Audubon Florida · Miami, FL · 2024
General exempt purpose
$10,000
Appalachian Mountain Club · Boston, MA · 2023
Educators' outdoors program
$10,000
Idaho Conservation League · Boise, ID · 2023
General exempt purpose
$10,000
North East Community Center · Millerton, NY · 2023
General exempt purpose
$9,400
Connecticut Farmland Trust · Hartford, CT · 2025
General exempt purpose
$9,083
Northeast Community Center · Millerton, NY · 2022
For organization's exempt
$8,500
Neighbors Link · Yonkers, NY · 2023
General exempt purpose
$8,000
Appalachian Mountain Club · Boston, MA · 2025
General exempt purpose
$7,500
First Literacy · Boston, MA · 2025
General exempt purpose
$7,500
First Literacy · Boston, MA · 2024
General exempt purpose
$7,500
Apprentice Learning · Jamaica Plain, MA · 2022
For organization's exempt
$7,000
North East Community Center · Millerton, NY · 2024
General exempt purpose
$7,000
Mentoring Academy · Oakland, CA · 2022
For organizations exempt
$6,500
Kiln Theatre · 2025
General exempt purpose
$6,500
Kiln Theatre · 2024
General exempt purpose
$6,500
Kiln Theatre · 2023
General exempt purpose
$6,000
Sanibel Captiva Conservation Foundation · Sanibel, FL · 2024
General exempt purpose
$5,500
Ding Darling Wildlife Society · Sanibel, FL · 2023
General exempt purpose
$5,500
Sanibel Captiva Conservation Foundation · Sanibel, FL · 2023
General exempt purpose
$5,000
American Himalayan Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2025
General exempt purpose
$5,000
Himalayan Cataract Project · Norwich, VT · 2025
General exempt purpose
$5,000
Wood River Ymca · Ketchum, ID · 2025
General exempt purpose
$5,000
Himalayan Cataract Project · Waterbury, VT · 2024
General exempt purpose
$5,000
National Resources Defense Council · New York, NY · 2024
General exempt purpose
$5,000
Wood River Ymca · Ketchum, ID · 2024
General exempt purpose
$5,000
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation · New York, NY · 2023
General exempt purpose
$5,000
National Resources Defense Council · New York, NY · 2023
General exempt purpose
$5,000
Wood River Ymca · Ketchum, ID · 2023
General exempt purpose
$5,000
Kiln Theatre · 2022
For organizations exempt
$5,000
Planned Parenthood Federation · New York, NY · 2022
For organizations exempt
$5,000
Wood River Ymca · Ketchum, IN · 2022
For organizations exempt
$4,100
Community Music School · Centerbrook, CT · 2025
General exempt purpose
$4,000
Segue Foundation · New York, NY · 2024
General exempt purpose
$3,500
North East Community Center · Millerton, NY · 2025
General exempt purpose
$3,000
American Himalayan Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2024
General exempt purpose
$3,000
Kickstart International · San Francisco, CA · 2024
General exempt purpose
$3,000
Mentoring Academy · Berkeley, CA · 2024
General exempt purpose
$3,000
Segue Foundation · New York, NY · 2023
General exempt purpose
$3,000
Segue Foundation · New York, NY · 2022
For organizations exempt
$2,000
Kickstart International · San Francisco, CA · 2025
General exempt purpose
$2,000
Great Camp Sagamore · Raquette Lake, NY · 2023
General exempt purpose
$2,000
March for Our Lives · New York, NY · 2023
General exempt purpose
$2,000
Mentoring Academy · Oakland, CA · 2023
General exempt purpose
$2,000
Wood River Land Trust · Hailey, ID · 2022
For organization's exempt
$1,000
Ding Darling Wildlife Society · Sanibel, FL · 2024
General exempt purpose
$1,000
Nature Conservancy Florida · Winter Park, FL · 2024
General exempt purpose
$1,000
Nature Conservancy of Idaho · Hailey, ID · 2024
General exempt purpose
$1,000
Wood River Land Trust · Hailey, ID · 2024
General exempt purpose
$1,000
American Himalayan Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2023
General exempt purpose
$1,000
Audubon Florida · Miami, FL · 2023
General exempt purpose
$1,000
Himalayan Cataract Project · Waterbury, VT · 2023
General exempt purpose
$1,000
Hunger Coalition · Bellevue, ID · 2023
General exempt purpose
$1,000
Nature Conservancy Florida · Winter Park, FL · 2023
General exempt purpose
$1,000
Nature Conservancy of Idaho · Hailey, ID · 2023
General exempt purpose
$1,000
American Himalayan Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2022
For organizations exempt

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