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The Scherman Foundation

Name: The Scherman Foundation grants, 2022–2024
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.

407
grants reported: $20.4M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $50,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

suport justice climate energy change reproductive voter york

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

8 grants matching “environmental justice” · $580,000

$125,000
New York City Environmental Justice Alliance · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
General operating support
$100,000
New York Lawyers for the Public Interest · New York, NY · 2023
Environmental justice program
$60,000
New Jersey Environmental Justice Alliance · Newark, NJ · 2023
General operating suport
$40,000
Conservation Law Foundation · Boston, MA · 2023
Environmental justice program
$10,000
New York City Environmental Justice Alliance · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
Congestion pricing now
$100,000
New York City Environmental Justice Alliance · Brooklyn, NY · 2022
General operating support
$75,000
Indigenous Environmental Network · Bemidji, MN · 2022
Energy and climate justice campaigns
$70,000
Tri-State Transportation Campaign · New York, NY · 2022
Environmental justice program

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

New York Foundation8 grants · $1.0M
Progressive Multiplier Fund2 grants · $500,000
United Way of Nyc4 grants · $500,000
Tides Foundation3 grants · $500,000
State Voices4 grants · $500,000
Northwest Bronx Community and Clergy Coalition4 grants · $400,000
Bvm Capacity Building Institute3 grants · $320,000
In Our Own Voice National Black Women'S Reproductive Justice2 grants · $280,000
National Partnership for New Americans2 grants · $275,000
Arabella Advisors' Windward Fund2 grants · $250,000

Giving over time

$6.7M

2022

$7.0M

2023

$6.7M

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 407 grants.

$250,000
Progressive Multiplier Fund · Washington, DC · 2023
Building power for reproductive justice through independent revenue generation
$250,000
Progressive Multiplier Fund · Washington, DC · 2022
Reproductive justice cohort
$225,000
Tides Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Program/project support
$225,000
The Climate and Clean Energy Equity Fund · Washington, DC · 2023
General operating suport
$225,000
Tides Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2022
New york renews education fund
$200,000
Arabella Advisors' Windward Fund · Washington, DC · 2024
Program/project support
$200,000
In Our Own Voice National Black Women'S Reproductive Justice · Washington, DC · 2024
Program/project support
$200,000
United Way of Nyc · New York, NY · 2024
Program/project support
$200,000
National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health · New York, NY · 2023
National reproductive justice voter mobilization collaboration
$200,000
In Our Own Voice National Black Women'S Reproductive Justice Agenda · Washington, DC · 2022
I am a voter
$200,000
Windward Fund · Washington, DC · 2022
Rural democracy initiative's heartland fund
$150,000
Bvm Capacity Building Institute · Atlanta, GA · 2024
General operating support
$150,000
New York Foundation · New York, NY · 2024
Youth organizing & culture change fund
$150,000
New York Foundation · New York, NY · 2024
Neighborhoods first fund
$150,000
State Voices · Washington, DC · 2024
General operating support
$150,000
Bvm Capacity Building Institute · Atlanta, GA · 2023
General operating suport
$150,000
Fund for the City of New York · New York, NY · 2023
Right to counsel nyc coalition
$150,000
New York Foundation · New York, NY · 2023
Neighborhoods first fund
$150,000
State Voices · Washington, DC · 2023
General operating suport
$150,000
National Partnership for New Americans · Chicago, IL · 2022
Climate justice collaborative
$150,000
New York Foundation · New York, NY · 2022
Youth organizing & culture change fund
$150,000
New York Foundation · New York, NY · 2022
Engageny/racial equity pooled fund
$150,000
New York Foundation · New York, NY · 2022
Neighborhoods first fund
$150,000
Northwest Bronx Community and Clergy Coalition · Bronx, NY · 2022
Bronx-wide coalition
$150,000
State Voices · Washington, DC · 2022
General operating support
$125,000
National Partnership for New Americans · Chicago, IL · 2024
Program/project support
$125,000
New York City Environmental Justice Alliance · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
General operating support
$125,000
United Way of Nyc · New York City, NY · 2023
Change capital fund
$110,000
Northwest Bronx Community and Clergy Coalition · Bronx, NY · 2024
Program/project support
$105,000
Align · New York, NY · 2022
General operating support
$100,000
Align · New York, NY · 2024
General operating support
$100,000
Association for Neighborhood & Housing Development (Anhd) · New York, NY · 2024
General operating support
$100,000
Demos · New York, NY · 2024
General operating support
$100,000
Florida Rising (Dba New Florida Majority Education Fund Inc) · Miami, FL · 2024
General operating support
$100,000
Latinojustice Prldef · New York, NY · 2024
General operating support
$100,000
Minkwon Center for Community Action · Flushing, NY · 2024
General operating support
$100,000
National Asian Pacific American Women'S Forum · Chicago, IL · 2024
General operating support
$100,000
New York Foundation · New York, NY · 2024
Engage new york
$100,000
North Star Fund · New York, NY · 2024
Program/project support
$100,000
Pratt Institute Dba Pratt Center for Community Development · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
General operating support
$100,000
Public Policy and Education Fund of New York · Albany, NY · 2024
Program/project support
$100,000
Sistersong Women of Color Reproductive Justice Collective · Atlanta, GA · 2024
General operating support
$100,000
The Advocacy Institute · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
General operating support
$100,000
The National Latina Institute for Reproductive Justice · New York, NY · 2024
General operating support
$100,000
The New York Community Trust · New York, NY · 2024
Program/project support
$100,000
The New York Immigration Coalition · New York, NY · 2024
General operating support
$100,000
Urge Unite for Reproductive & Gender Equity (Fka Choice USA) · Washington, DC · 2024
General operating support
$100,000
Voices of Community Activists and Leaders · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
Program/project support
$100,000
Advocates for Youth · Washington, DC · 2023
General operating suport
$100,000
Alliance for Justice · Washington, DC · 2023
General operating suport
$100,000
Association for Neighborhood & Housing Development · New York, NY · 2023
Right to roof
$100,000
Climate Justice Alliance · Berkeley, CA · 2023
General operating suport
$100,000
Florida Rising (Dba New Florida Majority Education Fund Inc) · Miami, FL · 2023
General operating suport
$100,000
Ifwhenhow · Oakland, CA · 2023
General operating suport
$100,000
Michigan Voices · Detroit, MI · 2023
General operating suport
$100,000
New York Lawyers for the Public Interest · New York, NY · 2023
Environmental justice program
$100,000
Pennsylvania Voice · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
General operating suport
$100,000
Progeorgia State Table · Atlanta, GA · 2023
General operating suport
$100,000
Public Policy and Education Fund · Albany, NY · 2023
Invest in our new york
$100,000
The New York Community Trust · New York, NY · 2023
Nyc voter turnout fund
$100,000
United Way of Nyc · New York, NY · 2023
Change capital fund to support community ownership
$100,000
Alliance for Quality Education Inc Co Ppef · Albany, NY · 2022
General operating support
$100,000
Association for Neighborhood & Housing Development (Anhd) · New York, NY · 2022
General operating support
$100,000
Demos · New York, NY · 2022
General operating support
$100,000
Latinojustice Prldef · New York, NY · 2022
General operating support
$100,000
National People'S Action (Aka People'S Action Institute) · Chicago, IL · 2022
Just and clean energy campaign
$100,000
New York City Environmental Justice Alliance · Brooklyn, NY · 2022
General operating support
$100,000
Pratt Center for Community Development · Brooklyn, NY · 2022
General operating support
$100,000
Sistersong Women of Color Reproductive Justice Collective · Atlanta, GA · 2022
General operating support
$100,000
Social Good Fund · Richmond, CA · 2022
United frontline table
$100,000
The Advocacy Institute · Brooklyn, NY · 2022
General operating support
$100,000
The New York Immigration Coalition · New York, NY · 2022
General operating support
$100,000
Urge Unite for Reproductive & Gender Equity · Washington, DC · 2022
General operating support
$90,000
Good Old Lower East Side · New York, NY · 2023
General operating suport
$80,000
African Communities Together · New York, NY · 2024
General operating support
$80,000
Earthjustice · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Program/project support
$80,000
Indigenous Environmental Network · Bemidji, MN · 2024
General operating support
$80,000
Power (Philadelphians Organized To Witness Empower & Rebuild) · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
General operating support
$80,000
Asian Pacific Environmental Network · Oakland, CA · 2023
General operating suport
$80,000
Community Funds · Melville, NY · 2023
Long island community foundation good neighbor initiative
$80,000
El Puente · New York, NY · 2023
General operating suport
$80,000
In Our Own Voice National Black Women'S Reproductive Justice · Washington, DC · 2023
General operating suport
$80,000
Northwest Bronx Community and Clergy Coalition · Bronx, NY · 2023
General operating suport
$80,000
Sunrise Movement Education Fund · Washington, DC · 2023
General operating suport / gnd futures fellowship
$80,000
Tri-State Transportation Campaign · New York, NY · 2023
General operating suport
$80,000
Uprose · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
General operating suport
$80,000
The National Latina Institute for Reproductive Justice · New York, NY · 2022
General operating support
$80,000
The New York Women'S Foundation · New York, NY · 2022
Nyc fund for girls and young women of color
$75,000
Kentucky Coalition · London, KY · 2024
Program/project support
$75,000
Make the Road New York · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
General operating support
$75,000
New Settlement Apartments · Bronx, NY · 2024
Program/project support
$75,000
The Point Community Development Corporation · Bronx, NY · 2024
General operating support
$75,000
Chhaya Community Development Corporation · Jackson Heights, NY · 2023
General operating suport
$75,000
Greenpeace Fund · Washington, DC · 2023
General operating suport
$75,000
Labor Network for Sustainability · Takoma Park, MD · 2023
General operating suport
$75,000
New Economy Project · New York, NY · 2023
General operating suport
$75,000
New York Communities Organizing Fund · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
General operating suport
$75,000
Physicians for Reproductive Health · New York, NY · 2023
General operating suport
$75,000
Pregnancy Justice · New York, NY · 2023
General operating suport
$75,000
Proteus Fund · Amherst, MA · 2023
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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.