Funding search · EIN 137298842 · New York, NY

Bernard and Anne Spitzer

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

549
grants reported
$137.2M
total given
2022–2024
filing years
$25,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20222024. 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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2 grants matching “dioxide · $3.1M

  • $1.3M

    Climateworks Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2023

    Carbon dioxide removal fund

  • $1.9M

    Climateworks Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2022

    Carbon dioxide removal fund

Top recipients

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

  • Jeremy Hannelore Grantham Envir Tru1 grant · $10.0M
  • Clean Air Task Force3 grants · $7.0M
  • Neo Philanthropy3 grants · $4.5M
  • New Venture Fund3 grants · $3.7M
  • Climateworks Foundation3 grants · $3.4M
  • American Museum of Natural History2 grants · $3.4M
  • Multiplier2 grants · $3.0M
  • The 21st Century Fnd City College N2 grants · $3.0M
  • Third Way Institute3 grants · $2.6M
  • Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors2 grants · $2.4M

Giving over time

$41.8M
2022
$39.8M
2023
$55.6M
2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 549 grants.

  • $10.0M

    Jeremy Hannelore Grantham Envir Tru · Boston, MA · 2024

    Environmental protection

  • $2.8M

    Clean Air Task Force · Boston, MA · 2024

    General purposeclean industrial technology campaign state climate policy

  • $2.8M

    Clean Air Task Force · Boston, MA · 2023

    State decarbonization project clean industrial technology campaign state climate policy

  • $2.0M

    The 21st Century Fnd City College N · New York, NY · 2022

    Anne and bernard spitzer school of architecture

  • $1.9M

    Climateworks Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2022

    Carbon dioxide removal fund

  • $1.7M

    Jdrf · New York, NY · 2024

    General purpose

  • $1.7M

    American Museum of Natural History · New York, NY · 2023

    Anne & bernard spitzer endowment fund

  • $1.6M

    American Museum of Natural History · New York, NY · 2024

    Anne & bernard spitzer endowment fund

  • $1.5M

    Multiplier · San Francisco, CA · 2024

    Clean grid initiative

  • $1.5M

    Neo Philanthropy · New York, NY · 2024

    State infrastructure fund

  • $1.5M

    Multiplier · San Francisco, CA · 2023

    Clean grid initiative

  • $1.5M

    Neo Philanthropy · New York, NY · 2023

    State infrastructure fund

  • $1.5M

    Center On Budget Policy Priorities · Washington, DC · 2022

    General purpose

  • $1.5M

    Clean Air Task Force · Boston, MA · 2022

    Clean energy standards

  • $1.5M

    Neo Philanthropy · New York, NY · 2022

    State infrastructure fund

  • $1.4M

    New Venture Fund · Washington, DC · 2023

    Trusted elections fund

  • $1.3M

    New Venture Fund · Washington, DC · 2022

    General purpose

  • $1.3M

    Climateworks Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2023

    Carbon dioxide removal fund

  • $1.2M

    Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors · New York, NY · 2024

    Cgre: state courts programthe platform for agriculture and climate

  • $1.2M

    Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors · New York, NY · 2023

    Cgre: state courts programthe platform for agriculture and climate

  • $1.1M

    The Public Theater · New York, NY · 2024

    Free shakespeare in the park

  • $1.1M

    Amalgamated Charitable Foundation · Washington, DC · 2022

    Families and workers fund

  • $1.0M

    Educational Alliance · New York, NY · 2024

    General purpose

  • $1.0M

    Third Way Institute · Washington, DC · 2024

    Pathways to accelerating clean energyclimate and energy program

  • $1.0M

    The 21st Century Fnd City College N · New York, NY · 2023

    Anne and bernard spitzer school of architecture

  • $1.0M

    Third Way Institute · Washington, DC · 2023

    Pathways to accelerating clean energy

  • $1.0M

    Center for Climate and Energy Solut · Arlington, VA · 2022

    Climate innovation 2050

  • $1.0M

    Prime Coalition · Cambridge, MA · 2022

    Prime impact fund

  • $970,000

    New Venture Fund · Washington, DC · 2024

    Trusted elections fund

  • $950,000

    National Immigration Law Center · Los Angeles, CA · 2022

    General purpose

  • $900,000

    The Protect Democracy Project · Washington, DC · 2024

    General purpose

  • $900,000

    The Breakthrough Institute · Oakland, CA · 2022

    Food & farming programgeneral purpose

  • $850,000

    New York University · New York, NY · 2022

    Institute for policy integrity supporting strong environmental safeguardstax law center

  • $800,000

    Trustees of Columbia University in · New York, NY · 2024

    Lamont-doherty's hudson river field station cgep nuclear and carbon mgmt projectsabin center for climate change at columbia law school

  • $780,000

    The National Health Law Program · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

    Internship enforcement & litigation support for state-based advocates

  • $780,000

    The National Health Law Program · Los Angeles, CA · 2023

    Internship enforcement & litigation support for state-based advocates

  • $780,000

    The National Health Law Program · Los Angeles, CA · 2022

    Internship maintaining and expanding medicaid and the aca

  • $750,000

    Protect Democracy Project · Washington, DC · 2023

    General purpose

  • $750,000

    Protect Democracy Project · Washington, DC · 2022

    General purpose

  • $700,000

    States United Democracy Center · Washington, DC · 2024

    General purpose

  • $700,000

    States United Democracy Center · Washington, DC · 2023

    General purpose

  • $700,000

    The Breakthrough Institute · Oakland, CA · 2023

    Food & farming program

  • $650,000

    All Voting Is Local · Washington, DC · 2024

    General purpose

  • $650,000

    All Voting Is Local · Washington, DC · 2023

    General purpose

  • $650,000

    National Security Archive Fund · Washington, DC · 2023

    General purpose

  • $650,000

    Economic Policy Institute · Washington, DC · 2022

    General purpose and labor standards enforcement project

  • $635,000

    Proteus Fund · Amherst, MA · 2022

    Piper fund

  • $625,000

    National Employment Law Project · New York, NY · 2022

    General purpose and labor standards enforcement project

  • $600,000

    Citizens for Respons and Ethics in · Washington, DC · 2024

    General purpose

  • $600,000

    Common Cause Education Fund · Washington, DC · 2024

    General purpose

  • $600,000

    Project On Government Oversight · Washngton, DC · 2024

    General purpose

  • $600,000

    The Hopewell Fund · Washington, DC · 2024

    Article v public education campaign

  • $600,000

    Great Plains Inst for Sustainable D · Minneapolis, MN · 2023

    General purpose

  • $600,000

    Project On Government Oversight · Washngton, DC · 2023

    General purpose

  • $600,000

    Great Plains Inst for Sustainable D · Minneapolis, MN · 2022

    General purpose

  • $600,000

    Project On Government Oversight · Washngton, DC · 2022

    General purpose

  • $600,000

    Third Way Institute · Washington, DC · 2022

    Climate and clean energy innovation campaign

  • $550,000

    American Oversight · Washington, DC · 2024

    General purpose

  • $550,000

    Institute for Governance Sustainabl · Nw Washington, DC · 2024

    General purposesupport for climate engineering technical review

  • $550,000

    The German Marshall Fund of the US · Washington, DC · 2024

    Alliance for securing democracy

  • $550,000

    The German Marshall Fund of the US · Washington, DC · 2023

    Alliance for securing democracy

  • $550,000

    Trustees of Columbia University in · New York, NY · 2023

    Lamont-doherty's hudson river field station cgep nuclear and carbon mgmt project

  • $512,500

    New York University · New York, NY · 2023

    Institute for policy integrity at nyu school of law the state and local enforcement project

  • $500,000

    American Constitution Society · Washington, DC · 2024

    General purpose

  • $500,000

    Bipartisan Policy Center · Washington, DC · 2024

    Energy program

  • $500,000

    Carbon Containment Lab · New Haven, CT · 2024

    General purpose

  • $500,000

    Cascade Climate · Somerville, MA · 2024

    General purpose

  • $500,000

    Center for Climate and Energy Solut · Arlington, VA · 2024

    Net-zero pathways

  • $500,000

    Center for Technology and Civic · Chicago, IL · 2024

    General purpose

  • $500,000

    Constitutional Accountability Cente · Washington, DC · 2024

    General purpose

  • $500,000

    Democracy Forward Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024

    General purpose

  • $500,000

    Environmental Defense Fund · New York, NY · 2024

    Advancing a science to action strategy for solar radiation modification.

  • $500,000

    Nuclear Innovation Alliance · Brewsyter, MA · 2024

    General purpose

  • $500,000

    Project Innerspace · Boston, MA · 2024

    General purpose

  • $500,000

    Proteus Fund · Amherst, MA · 2024

    Piper fund

  • $500,000

    Spark Climate Solutions · San Francisco, CA · 2024

    General purpose

  • $500,000

    The Breakthrough Institute · Oakland, CA · 2024

    General purpose

  • $500,000

    The Energy for Growth Hub · Washington, DC · 2024

    General purpose

  • $500,000

    World Resources Institute · Washington, DC · 2024

    Advancing the clean energy transition

  • $500,000

    American Constitution Society · Washington, DC · 2023

    General purpose

  • $500,000

    Bipartisan Policy Center · Washington, DC · 2023

    Accelerating breakthrough climate solutions at scale

  • $500,000

    Center for Climate and Energy Solut · Arlington, VA · 2023

    Net-zero pathways

  • $500,000

    Center for Technology and Civic · Chicago, IL · 2023

    General purpose

  • $500,000

    Citizens for Respons and Ethics in · Washington, DC · 2023

    General purpose

  • $500,000

    Common Cause Education Fund · Washington, DC · 2023

    General purpose

  • $500,000

    Constitutional Accountability Cente · Washington, DC · 2023

    General purpose

  • $500,000

    Nuclear Innovation Alliance · Brewsyter, MA · 2023

    General purpose

  • $500,000

    Project Innerspace · Boston, MA · 2023

    General purpose

  • $500,000

    The Energy for Growth Hub · Washington, DC · 2023

    General purpose

  • $500,000

    The Hopewell Fund · Washington, DC · 2023

    Article v public education campaign

  • $500,000

    Williams J Brennan Jr Cntr for Just · New York, NY · 2023

    General purpose and support for bernard and anne spitzer fellowships

  • $500,000

    World Resources Institute · Washington, DC · 2023

    Advancing net-zero emissions through outreach, policy and innovation

  • $500,000

    American Oversight · Washington, DC · 2022

    General purpose

  • $500,000

    Bipartisan Policy Center · Washington, DC · 2022

    Decarbonization, clean infrastructure and environmental equity project

  • $500,000

    Center for Popular Democracy · Brooklyn, NY · 2022

    Family economic security

  • $500,000

    Citizens for Respons and Ethics in · Washington, DC · 2022

    General purpose

  • $500,000

    Common Cause Education Fund · Washington, DC · 2022

    General purpose

  • $500,000

    Earthjustice · San Francisco, CA · 2022

    Farming for the future

  • $500,000

    Nuclear Innovation Alliance · Brewsyter, MA · 2022

    General purpose

  • $500,000

    States United Democracy Center · Washington, DC · 2022

    General purpose

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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.