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Vital Projects Fund

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$61.3M
in grants paid: 467
grants: 232
recipients: 2022–2025
filing years

Recent grants

The 100 largest recent grants from this foundation’s filings, newest year first.

$3.9M
Community Funds · New York, NY · 2025
General support
$2.8M
Proteus Fund · Amherst, MA · 2025
General support
$1.3M
Chef Ann Foundation · Boulder, CO · 2025
General support
$500,000
Association for the Public Defender of Maryland · Baltimore, MD · 2025
General support
$470,000
Louisiana Parole Project · Baton Rouge, LA · 2025
General support
$400,000
Texas Defender Service · Houston, TX · 2025
General support
$350,000
Civil Rights Corps · Washington, DC · 2025
General support
$230,000
Mitchell Hamline School of Law · St Paul, MN · 2025
General support
$210,000
Aclu of Michigan Foundation · Detroit, MI · 2025
General support
$206,000
Duke University · Durham, NC · 2025
General support
$200,000
Arizona Capital Representation Project · Tucson, AZ · 2025
General support
$200,000
The Political Report · Washington, DC · 2025
General support
$175,000
Deep South Today · Jackson, MS · 2025
General support
$170,500
Yale University · New Haven, CT · 2025
General support
$150,000
Safe and Just Michigan · Lansing, MI · 2025
General support
$150,000
Parole Preparation Project · New York, NY · 2025
General support
$150,000
City University of Ny School of Law · Queens, NY · 2025
General support
$125,000
Choosing Justice Initiative · Nashville, TN · 2025
General support
$125,000
Nurse Family Partnership · Denver, CO · 2025
General support
$125,000
The Hadanou Collective · Denver, CO · 2025
General support
$120,000
Alabama Appleseed · Montgomery, AL · 2025
General support
$110,000
Food Bank for New York City · New York, NY · 2025
General support
$110,000
Atlantic Center for Capital Representation · Philadelphia, PA · 2025
General support
$110,000
Loyola University New Orleans · New Orleans, LA · 2025
General support
$105,000
National Religious Campaign Against Torture · Washington, DC · 2025
General support
$100,000
Investigative Reports & Editors · Columbia, MO · 2025
General support
$100,000
Mad Agriculture · Boulder, CO · 2025
General support
$100,000
Mel Blount Youth Home of Pa · Claysville, PA · 2025
General support
$100,000
Center for Community Alternatives · Brooklyn, NY · 2025
General support
$100,000
Advancing Real Change · Baltimore, MD · 2025
General support
$100,000
Aclu of Pennsylvania Foundation · Philadelphia, PA · 2025
General support
$100,000
University of San Francisco · San Francisco, CA · 2025
General support
$100,000
Tides Center (Powell Project) · Denver, CO · 2025
General support
$100,000
Illinois Prison Project · Chicago, IL · 2025
General support
$100,000
Goodnation Foundation · New York, NY · 2025
General support
$100,000
Deserving Life · Las Cruces, NM · 2025
General support
$100,000
Second Look Alliance · Baton Rouge, LA · 2025
General support
$100,000
Montana Innocence Project · Missoula, MT · 2025
General support
$90,000
Congregation of St Joseph'S Ministry · Cleveland, OH · 2025
General support
$90,000
Felony Murder Elimination Project · Clayton, CA · 2025
General support
$75,000
New York City Ballet · New York, NY · 2025
General support
$75,000
Vermonters for Criminal Justice Reform · Burlington, VT · 2025
General support
$60,000
Southern Poverty Law Center · Montgomery, AL · 2025
General support
$60,000
Tides Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2025
General support
$56,000
Partners for Justice · New York, NY · 2025
General support
$55,000
New York Focus News · Brooklyn, NY · 2025
General support
$53,000
Players Philanthropy Fund · Towson, MD · 2025
General support
$50,000
Tulane University · New Orleans, LA · 2025
General support
$50,000
Columbia University · New York, NY · 2025
General support
$50,000
Prison Journalism Proect Incorporated · Chicago, IL · 2025
General support
$50,000
Nacdl Foundation for Criminal Justice · Washington, DC · 2025
General support
$50,000
New York Presbyterian Hospital - Weill Cornell Medical School · New York, NY · 2025
General support
$50,000
Look2justice · Seattle, WA · 2025
General support
$50,000
Social and Enviormental Entrepreneurs · Calabasas, CA · 2025
General support
$50,000
Staten Island University Hospital · Staten Island, NY · 2025
General support
$50,000
I Have a Dream Foundation of Boulder County · New York, NY · 2025
General support
$50,000
Glide Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2025
General support
$50,000
Families Against Mandatory Minimums · Washington, DC · 2025
General support
$50,000
Center for Justice and Human Dignity · Tempe, AZ · 2025
General support
$50,000
Type Media Center · New York, NY · 2025
General support
$50,000
Weill Medical College of Cornell Univ · New York, NY · 2025
General support
$50,000
Woodhull Freedom Foundation · Jenkintown, PA · 2025
General support
$40,000
Long House Reserve · East Hampton, NY · 2025
General support
$40,000
Bridgehampton Chamber Music Festival · New York, NY · 2025
General support
$30,000
Reclaim · Seattle, WA · 2025
General support
$30,000
Transformative Justice Community · Portland, OR · 2025
General support
$30,000
New York City Center · New York, NY · 2025
General support
$25,000
Aclu of New Jersey Foundation · Newark, NJ · 2025
General support
$25,000
Advertising Council · New York, NY · 2025
General support
$25,000
City Harvest · New York, NY · 2025
General support
$25,000
Guild Hall of East Hampton · East Hampton, NY · 2025
General support
$25,000
Brain & Behavior Research Fdn · New York, NY · 2025
General support
$25,000
Homeless Prenatal Program · San Francisco, CA · 2025
General support
$25,000
Mestizo Dance · Elmhurst, NY · 2025
General support
$25,000
Feeding America · Chicago, IL · 2025
General support
$25,000
Friends of Georgica Pond Foundation · Wainscott, NY · 2025
General support
$25,000
Defender Association of Philadelphia · Philadelphia, PA · 2025
General support
$20,000
Ringling College of Art and Design · Sarasota, FL · 2025
General support
$20,000
Committee To Protect Journalists · New York, NY · 2025
General support
$15,000
Ability Center of Virginia · Virginia Beach, VA · 2025
General support
$15,000
There With Care · Boulder, CO · 2025
General support
$15,000
Schools That Can · New York, NY · 2025
General support
$15,000
Scrap · Portland, OR · 2025
General support
$15,000
Coalition for the Homeless · Louisville, KY · 2025
General support
$15,000
Best of the Batch Foundation · Munhall, PA · 2025
General support
$15,000
Asolo Theater · Sarasota, FL · 2025
General support
$10,000
Brady Center To Prevent Gun Violence (Was Center To Prev) · Washington, DC · 2025
General support
$10,000
Outward Bound Bay Area · San Francisco, CA · 2025
General support
$10,000
Food Bank of the Rockies · Denver, CO · 2025
General support
$10,000
Drawbridge · San Rafael, CA · 2025
General support
$7,500
Donnie Shell Scholarship Foundation · Rock Hill, SC · 2025
General support
$7,500
Neighborhood Resilience Project · Pittsburgh, PA · 2025
General support
$5,000
Hiram Halle Library Foundation · Pound Ridge, NY · 2025
General support
$5,000
Katonah Village Library · Katonah, NY · 2025
General support
$3.5M
Proteus Fund · Amherst, MA · 2024
General support
$900,000
Community Funds · New York, NY · 2024
General support
$550,000
Louisiana Parole Project · Baton Rouge, LA · 2024
General support
$391,000
Yale University · New Haven, CT · 2024
General support
$350,000
Texas Defender Service · Houston, TX · 2024
General support
$340,000
Duke University · Durham, NC · 2024
General support

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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call. Most private foundations do not accept unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.