Funding search · EIN 166071043 · Ithaca, NY

Park 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.

1,367
grants reported
$92.2M
total given
2022–2024
filing years
$50,000
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.

What they fund

environmentcommunitymediacivicparticipationithacasustainabledemocracy

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Top recipients

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  • North Carolina State University-Park Scholarships Program2 grants · $4.3M
  • Greater Washington Educational Telecommunications Association7 grants · $2.8M
  • Tides Foundation15 grants · $2.4M
  • Wgbh Educational Foundation3 grants · $1.8M
  • Center for Transformative Action23 grants · $1.2M
  • New Venture Fund7 grants · $1.1M
  • Free Press3 grants · $1.1M
  • Center for Investigative Reporting3 grants · $1.0M
  • Sustainable Markets Foundation18 grants · $961,000
  • Neo Philanthropy7 grants · $850,000

Giving over time

$30.9M
2022
$31.7M
2023
$29.7M
2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 1,367 grants.

  • $2.1M

    North Carolina State University-Park Scholarships Program · Raleigh, NC · 2023

    Higher education - project support

  • $2.1M

    North Carolina State University-Park Scholarships Program · Raleigh, NC · 2022

    Park scholars 2019 - 2023

  • $1.0M

    Greater Washington Educational Telecommunications Association · Arlington, VA · 2023

    Media - project support

  • $1.0M

    Greater Washington Educational Telecommunications Association · Arlington, VA · 2022

    Ken burns - the holocaust and the united states, the american revolution, emancipation to exodus

  • $670,000

    Center for Investigative Reporting · San Francisco, CA · 2024

    General operating support

  • $600,000

    Wgbh Educational Foundation · Boston, MA · 2024

    General operating support

  • $600,000

    Wgbh Educational Foundation · Boston, MA · 2023

    Media - project support

  • $600,000

    Wgbh Educational Foundation · Boston, MA · 2022

    Frontline 2023 series support

  • $500,000

    Tides Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

    General operating support

  • $420,000

    Project On Government Oversight · Washington, DC · 2024

    General operating support

  • $350,000

    Free Press · Florence, MA · 2024

    General operating support

  • $350,000

    Free Press · Florence, MA · 2023

    Media - general operating support

  • $350,000

    Free Press · Florence, MA · 2022

    General operating support

  • $300,000

    Greater Washington Educational Telec Assoc · Arlington, VA · 2024

    General operating support

  • $300,000

    Greater Washington Educational Telecommunications Association · Arlington, VA · 2023

    Media - general operating support

  • $300,000

    Tides Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2023

    Civic participation - project support

  • $300,000

    Greater Washington Educational Telecommunications Association · Arlington, VA · 2022

    General support of pbs newshour

  • $300,000

    Tides Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2022

    Voter action fund

  • $250,000

    Fund for Constitutional Government · Washington, DC · 2024

    General operating support

  • $250,000

    Georgia Alliance Education Fund · Atlanta, GA · 2024

    Project support

  • $250,000

    New Venture Fund · Washington, DC · 2024

    General operating support

  • $250,000

    Propublica · New York, NY · 2024

    General operating support

  • $250,000

    Center for Public Integrity · Washington, DC · 2023

    Media - general operating support

  • $250,000

    Foundation for National Progress · San Francisco, CA · 2023

    Media - project support

  • $250,000

    Fund for Constitutional Government · Washington, DC · 2023

    Media - general operating support

  • $250,000

    Propublica · New York, NY · 2023

    Media - project support

  • $250,000

    Tides Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2023

    Civic participation - general operating support

  • $250,000

    Center for Public Integrity · Washington, DC · 2022

    General operating support

  • $250,000

    Foundation for National Progress · Chicago, IL · 2022

    Mother jones

  • $250,000

    Fund for Constitutional Government · Washington, DC · 2022

    Covering climate now 2023

  • $250,000

    Greater Ithaca Activities Center · Ithaca, NY · 2022

    Teen center program development

  • $250,000

    Propublica · New York, NY · 2022

    General operating support

  • $250,000

    Tides Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2022

    Voter action fund

  • $240,000

    Cornell Cooperative Extension of Tompkins County · Ithaca, NY · 2022

    Increasing collaboration & impact towards a just energy transition

  • $225,000

    American University · Washington, DC · 2024

    General operating support

  • $225,000

    Chef Ann Foundation · Boulder, CO · 2024

    Project support

  • $225,000

    American University · Washington, DC · 2023

    Media - project support

  • $225,000

    American University · Washington, DC · 2022

    Investigative reporting workshop

  • $217,029

    Chef Ann Foundation · Boulder, CO · 2023

    School food & nutrition - project support

  • $200,000

    New Venture Fund · Washington, DC · 2024

    General operating support

  • $200,000

    Rock the Vote · Washington, DC · 2024

    General operating support

  • $200,000

    Rockefeller Philanthropy · New York, NY · 2024

    General operating support

  • $200,000

    State Leadership Project · Raleigh, NC · 2024

    General operating support

  • $200,000

    Theguardianorg · Washington, DC · 2024

    General operating support

  • $200,000

    Voter Participation Center · Washington, DC · 2024

    General operating support

  • $200,000

    Windward Fund · Washington, DC · 2024

    General operating support

  • $200,000

    Center for Investigative Reporting · San Francisco, CA · 2023

    Media - general operating support

  • $200,000

    New Venture Fund · Washington, DC · 2023

    Media - project support

  • $200,000

    Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors · New York, NY · 2023

    Environment - general operating support

  • $200,000

    State Leadership Project · Raleigh, NC · 2023

    Civic participation - general operating support

  • $200,000

    Voter Participation Center · Washington, DC · 2023

    Civic participation - general operating support

  • $200,000

    Windward Fund · Washington, DC · 2023

    Civic participation - project support

  • $200,000

    New Venture Fund · Washington, DC · 2022

    Media democracy fund

  • $200,000

    Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors · New York, NY · 2022

    Plastic solutions fund membership in 2022 and 2023

  • $200,000

    State Leadership Project · Raleigh, NC · 2022

    General operating support

  • $200,000

    Voter Participation Center · Washington, DC · 2022

    General operating support

  • $200,000

    Windward Fund · Washington, DC · 2022

    Heartland fund

  • $180,000

    Type Media Center · New York, NY · 2024

    General operating support

  • $180,000

    Type Media Center · New York, NY · 2022

    Type investigations and fellowship support

  • $179,000

    Cornell Cooperative Extension of Tompkins County · Ithaca, NY · 2023

    Sustainable ithaca - project support

  • $175,000

    Inside Climate News · Brooklyn, NY · 2024

    General operating support

  • $165,000

    Center for Transformative Action · Ithaca, NY · 2024

    General operating support

  • $165,000

    Center for Transformative Action · Ithaca, NY · 2023

    Community needs - project support

  • $150,000

    Action for the Climate Emergency · Charlestown, MA · 2024

    General operating support

  • $150,000

    Advancement Project · Washington, DC · 2024

    General operating support

  • $150,000

    As You Sow · Berkeley, CA · 2024

    General operating support

  • $150,000

    Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund · New York, NY · 2024

    General operating support

  • $150,000

    Black Progressive Action Coalition Education Fund · Washington, DC · 2024

    General operating support

  • $150,000

    Black Voters Matter Capacity Building Institute · Atlanta, GA · 2024

    General operating support

  • $150,000

    Blueprint North Carolina · Durham, NC · 2024

    General operating support

  • $150,000

    Center for Media and Democracy · Madison, MI · 2024

    General operating support

  • $150,000

    Center for Popular Democracy · Brooklyn, NY · 2024

    General operating support

  • $150,000

    Color of Change Education Fund · Oakland, CA · 2024

    General operating support

  • $150,000

    Common Dreams · Portland, ME · 2024

    General operating support

  • $150,000

    Democracy Now Productions · New York, NY · 2024

    General operating support

  • $150,000

    Florida Alliance for Civic Engagement · Homestead, FL · 2024

    General operating support

  • $150,000

    Freedom of the Press Foundation · Brooklyn, NY · 2024

    General operating support

  • $150,000

    Georgia Alliance Education Fund · Atlanta, GA · 2024

    General operating support

  • $150,000

    Groundtruth Project · Boston, MA · 2024

    General operating support

  • $150,000

    Historic Ithaca · Ithaca, NY · 2024

    Project support

  • $150,000

    Imagine North Carolina First · Raleigh, NC · 2024

    General operating support

  • $150,000

    League of Conservation Voters Education Fund · Washington, DC · 2024

    General operating support

  • $150,000

    Maldef · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

    General operating support

  • $150,000

    Michigan Civic Education Fund · Madison Heights, MI · 2024

    General operating support

  • $150,000

    Naacp Legal Defense and Educational Fund · New York, NY · 2024

    General operating support

  • $150,000

    Naacp Legal Department · New York, NY · 2024

    General operating support

  • $150,000

    National Congress of American Indians · Washington, DC · 2024

    General operating support

  • $150,000

    Neo Philanthropy · New York, NY · 2024

    General operating support

  • $150,000

    Nextgen Education Fund · San Francisco, CA · 2024

    General operating support

  • $150,000

    One Arizona · Phoenix, AZ · 2024

    General operating support

  • $150,000

    Pa Alliance Foundation · Philadelphia, PA · 2024

    General operating support

  • $150,000

    Sunrise Movement Education Fund · Washington, DC · 2024

    General operating support

  • $150,000

    The Intercept · New York, NY · 2024

    General operating support

  • $150,000

    Together Wisconsin · Milwaukee, MI · 2024

    General operating support

  • $150,000

    Voter Registration Project · Washington, DC · 2024

    General operating support

  • $150,000

    Advancement Project · Washington, DC · 2023

    Civic participation - general operating support

  • $150,000

    Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (Aaldef) · New York, NY · 2023

    Civic participation - general operating support

  • $150,000

    Black Voters Matter Capacity Building Institute · Atlanta, GA · 2023

    Civic participation - general operating support

  • $150,000

    Blueprint North Carolina · Durham, NC · 2023

    Civic participation - general operating support

  • $150,000

    Center for Media and Democracy · Madison, MI · 2023

    Media - general operating 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.