Funding search · EIN 134010543 · Woodbury, NY
The David S Howe Foundation
A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.
- 91
- grants reported
- $6.1M
- total given
- 2021–2024
- filing years
- $20,000
- median grant
Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2021–2024. 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
Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.
- The Charlene Y Wang Charitable Trust1 grant · $3.3M
- Art 214 grants · $475,000
- Harvard University4 grants · $400,000
- Block Island Housing Initiative3 grants · $300,000
- Center for Heirs Property Preservation3 grants · $200,000
- Freed Seed Federation4 grants · $195,000
- Stanford University2 grants · $155,000
- Increasing Hope4 grants · $120,000
- Nofamass3 grants · $90,000
- National Immigration Law Center3 grants · $90,000
Giving over time
Grant history
All 91 reported grants, largest first.
- $3.3M
The Charlene Y Wang Charitable Trust · New York, NY · 2021
Donee's exempt purpose
- $225,000
Art 21 · New York, NY · 2024
Donee's exempt purpose
- $200,000
Block Island Housing Initiative · Block Island, RI · 2024
Donee's exempt purpose
- $200,000
Harvard University · Cambridge, MA · 2024
Donee's exempt purpose
- $110,000
Stanford University · Stanford, CA · 2021
Donee's exempt purpose
- $100,000
Center for Heirs Property Preservation · Charleston, SC · 2024
Donee's exempt purpose
- $100,000
Art 21 · New York, NY · 2021
Donee's exempt purpose
- $100,000
Harvard University · Cambridge, MA · 2021
Donee's exempt purpose
- $75,000
Art 21 · New York, NY · 2023
Donee's exempt purpose
- $75,000
Art 21 · New York, NY · 2022
Donee's exempt purpose
- $70,000
Freed Seed Federation · Westport, MA · 2023
Donee's exempt purpose
- $65,000
Block Island Health Services · Block Island, RI · 2024
Donee's exempt purpose
- $50,000
Freed Seed Federation · Westport, MA · 2024
Donee's exempt purpose
- $50,000
Increasing Hope · North Charleston, SC · 2024
Donee's exempt purpose
- $50,000
National Immigration Law Center · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Donee's exempt purpose
- $50,000
Block Island Housing Initiative · Block Island, RI · 2023
Donee's exempt purpose
- $50,000
Center for Heirs Property Preservation · Charleston, SC · 2023
Donee's exempt purpose
- $50,000
Harvard University · Cambridge, MA · 2023
Donee's exempt purpose
- $50,000
Increasing Hope · North Charleston, SC · 2023
Donee's exempt purpose
- $50,000
Block Island Housing Initiative · Block Island, RI · 2022
Donee's exempt purpose
- $50,000
Harvard University · Cambridge, MA · 2022
Donee's exempt purpose
- $50,000
Center for Heirs Property Preservation · Charleston, SC · 2021
Donee's exempt purpose
- $45,000
Stanford University · Stanford, CA · 2023
Donee's exempt purpose
- $40,000
Protocinema · New York, NY · 2024
Donee's exempt purpose
- $40,000
Freed Seed Federation · Westport, MA · 2021
Donee's exempt purpose
- $35,000
Freed Seed Federation · Westport, MA · 2022
Donee's exempt purpose
- $30,000
Mending Families · Cheverly, MD · 2024
Donee's exempt purpose
- $30,000
Nofamass · Florence, MA · 2024
Donee's exempt purpose
- $30,000
Nofamass · Florence, MA · 2023
Donee's exempt purpose
- $30,000
Nofamass · Florence, MA · 2021
Donee's exempt purpose
- $25,000
Caf America · Alexandria, VA · 2024
Donee's exempt purpose
- $25,000
Coastal Foodshed · New Bedford, MA · 2024
Donee's exempt purpose
- $25,000
Semap (Southeastern Massachusetts Agricultural Partnership) · South Dartmouth, MA · 2024
Donee's exempt purpose
- $25,000
United We Dream Network · Washington, DC · 2024
Donee's exempt purpose
- $25,000
Westport Land Conservation Trust · Westport, MA · 2024
Donee's exempt purpose
- $25,000
Wikimedia Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Donee's exempt purpose
- $25,000
Westport Land Conservation Trust · Westport, MA · 2023
Donee's exempt purpose
- $25,000
United We Dream Network · Washington, DC · 2021
Donee's exempt purpose
- $25,000
Westport Land Conservation Trust · Westport, MA · 2021
Donee's exempt purpose
- $25,000
Wikimedia Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2021
Donee's exempt purpose
- $20,000
Land for Good · Keene, NH · 2024
Donee's exempt purpose
- $20,000
Mogfa (Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association) · Unity, ME · 2024
Donee's exempt purpose
- $20,000
Caf America · Alexandria, VA · 2023
Donee's exempt purpose
- $20,000
Land for Good · Keene, NH · 2023
Donee's exempt purpose
- $20,000
National Immigration Law Center · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Donee's exempt purpose
- $20,000
United We Dream Network · Washington, DC · 2023
Donee's exempt purpose
- $20,000
Wikimedia Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Donee's exempt purpose
- $20,000
Protocinema · New York, NY · 2022
Donee's exempt purpose
- $20,000
Caf America · Alexandria, VA · 2021
Donee's exempt purpose
- $20,000
National Immigration Law Center · Los Angeles, CA · 2021
Donee's exempt purpose
- $15,000
Greenwich House Pottery · New York, NY · 2024
Donee's exempt purpose
- $15,000
Greenwich House Pottery · New York, NY · 2023
Donee's exempt purpose
- $15,000
Mending Families · Cheverly, MD · 2023
Donee's exempt purpose
- $15,000
Semap (Southeastern Massachusetts Agricultural Partnership) · South Dartmouth, MA · 2023
Donee's exempt purpose
- $15,000
Block Island Health Services · New Shoreham, RI · 2022
Donee's exempt purpose
- $15,000
Greenwich House Pottery · New York, NY · 2021
Donee's exempt purpose
- $15,000
Semap (Southeastern Massachusetts Agricultural Partnership) · South Dartmouth, MA · 2021
Donee's exempt purpose
- $10,000
Mogfa (Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association) · Unity, ME · 2023
Donee's exempt purpose
- $10,000
Increasing Hope · North Charleston, SC · 2022
Donee's exempt purpose
- $10,000
Increasing Hope · North Charleston, SC · 2021
Donee's exempt purpose
- $10,000
Land for Good · Keene, NH · 2021
Donee's exempt purpose
- $10,000
Mending Families · Cheverly, MD · 2021
Donee's exempt purpose
- $10,000
Mogfa (Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association) · Unity, ME · 2021
Donee's exempt purpose
- $10,000
Protocinema · New York, NY · 2021
Donee's exempt purpose
- $7,500
Black Ball Projects · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
Donee's exempt purpose
- $7,500
Black Ball Projects · Brooklyn, NY · 2022
Donee's exempt purpose
- $7,500
Black Ball Projects · Brooklyn, NY · 2021
Donee's exempt purpose
- $7,000
Bloomfield Garfield · Pittsburgh, PA · 2024
Donee's exempt purpose
- $5,000
Black Ball Projects · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
Donee's exempt purpose
- $5,000
Blank Forms · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
Donee's exempt purpose
- $5,000
Film Forum · New York, NY · 2024
Donee's exempt purpose
- $5,000
Fred Benson Memorial Fund · Block Island, RI · 2024
Donee's exempt purpose
- $5,000
Galapagos Conservancy · Fairfax, VA · 2024
Donee's exempt purpose
- $5,000
Isle at Haut Community · Isle Au Haut, ME · 2024
Donee's exempt purpose
- $5,000
Sto Te Nema · New York, NY · 2024
Donee's exempt purpose
- $5,000
Westport Historical Society · Westport, MA · 2024
Donee's exempt purpose
- $5,000
Film Forum · New York, NY · 2023
Donee's exempt purpose
- $5,000
Galapagos Conservancy · Fairfax, VA · 2023
Donee's exempt purpose
- $5,000
Surveillance Technology Oversight Project · New York, NY · 2023
Donee's exempt purpose
- $5,000
Westport Historical Society · Westport, MA · 2023
Donee's exempt purpose
- $5,000
Blank Forms · Brooklyn, NY · 2022
Donee's exempt purpose
- $5,000
Galapagos Conservancy · Fairfax, VA · 2022
Donee's exempt purpose
- $5,000
Sto Te Nema · New York, NY · 2022
Donee's exempt purpose
- $5,000
Blank Forms · Brooklyn, NY · 2021
Donee's exempt purpose
- $5,000
Film Forum · New York, NY · 2021
Donee's exempt purpose
- $5,000
Westport Historical Society · Westport, MA · 2021
Donee's exempt purpose
- $4,300
American Friends of the Centre Pompidou · New York, NY · 2022
Donee's exempt purpose
- $3,239
The Charlene Y Wang Foundation · New York, NY · 2022
Donee's exempt purpose
- $2,500
Block Island Historical Society · Block Island, RI · 2024
Donee's exempt purpose
- $2,500
Block Island Historical Society · Block Island, RI · 2023
Donee's exempt purpose
- $2,500
Block Island Conservancy · Block Island, RI · 2021
Donee's exempt purpose
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