Funding search · EIN 205806345 · Washington, DC

New Venture Fund

Name: New Venture Fund grants, 2022–2024
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A grantmaking public charity (files IRS Form 990, Schedule I). Charities like this often run real grant programs with application cycles.

2,669
grants reported: $1.28B
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $115,000
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

action advocacy civil rights social development environmental education

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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.

Where the money goes

Democracy, voting access, and civil rights advocacy infrastructure
Climate, clean energy, and conservation policy campaigns
Criminal legal reform: fines, fees, record clearance
University research in health and climate science
Youth development, education innovation, and workforce/economic mobility

Typical grant

Median grant is $115,000, with the middle half between $50,000 and $250,000, so most of the 2,669 grants are modest project support. The money is extremely top-heavy: a handful of checks to affiliated and intermediary funds run $4M to $59M, while university awards cluster between $500,000 and $5M. With 2,669 grants to 1,845 recipients across three years, a meaningful share of grantees are funded more than once, and the largest pooled-fund relationships repeat every year.

Their words

Phrases from their own grant descriptions, worth speaking back to them.

“CIVIL RIGHTS, SOCIAL ACTION, ADVOCACY”
“CONSERVATION AND CLIMATE”
“ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMS”
“YOUTH DEVELOPMENT AND EDUCATION”
“CAPACITY BUILDING”

Positioning adjacent work

Frame health or climate research under their "CONSERVATION AND CLIMATE" or HEALTH lines; university awards there run $500K to $5M.
Identify the specific NVF-sponsored project in your field and build the relationship there, not with NVF's central office.
Emphasize policy application and state-level implementation; nearly all large awards fund advocacy infrastructure, not basic research.
For a first ask, propose $100K to $250K, matching their median band, rather than a seven-figure request.

Worth knowing: New Venture Fund functions largely as a fiscal sponsor and regranting intermediary, so much of the money moves to affiliated or pooled vehicles: Sixteen Thirty Fund alone took $58.9M, with Hopewell Fund, North Fund, Tides, NEO Philanthropy, and Amalgamated also on the list. Giving is donor-directed and relationship-driven, concentrated in California, DC, and New York, which means cold approaches rarely work and the real entry point is the individual project or donor advisor behind the grant.

29 grants matching “environmental education” · $6.5M

$120,000
Climate Xchange Education and Research · Boston, MA · 2024
Environmental programs
$569,000
League of Conservation Voters Education Fund · Washington, DC · 2023
Environmental programs
$490,000
Hip Hop Caucus Education Fund · Washington, DC · 2023
Environmental programs
$420,000
Progressive Maryland Education Fund · Largo, MD · 2023
Environmental programs
$260,500
The Peoples Lobby Education Institute · Chicago, IL · 2023
Environmental programs
$236,000
Georgia Wand Education Fund · Atlanta, GA · 2023
Environmental programs
$215,000
Georgia Conservation Voters Education Fund · Atlanta, GA · 2023
Environmental programs
$212,500
Center for Empowered Politics Education Fund · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Environmental programs
$206,000
Mi Familia Vota Education Fund · Phoenix, AZ · 2023
Environmental programs
$182,000
Progressnow Education Center · Lansing, MI · 2023
Environmental programs
$175,000
Conservation Colorado Education Fund · Denver, CO · 2023
Environmental programs
$140,000
Georgia Alliance Education Fund · Atlanta, GA · 2023
Environmental programs
$140,000
Activate 48 Education Fund · Phoenix, AZ · 2023
Environmental programs
$100,000
Cambiar Education · Encino, CA · 2023
Environmental programs
$95,000
Progressnow New Mexico Education Fund · Albuquerque, NM · 2023
Environmental programs
$85,000
Progressnow Colorado Education · Denver, CO · 2023
Environmental programs
$10,000
Texas Organizing Project Education Fund · San Antonio, TX · 2023
Environmental programs
$10,000
Texas Freedom Network Education Fund · Austin, TX · 2023
Environmental programs
$600,000
Progressive Maryland Education Fund · Largo, MD · 2022
Environmental programs
$400,000
Ole Education Fund · Albuquerque, NM · 2022
Environmental programs
$350,000
The Peoples Lobby Education Institute · Chicago, IL · 2022
Environmental programs
$310,000
Takeaction Minnesota Education Fund · St Paul, MN · 2022
Environmental programs
$250,000
Georgia Conservation Voters Education Fund · Atlanta, GA · 2022
Environmental programs
$230,000
Copal Education Fund · Minneapolis, MN · 2022
Environmental programs
$210,000
Activate 48 Education Fund · Phoenix, AZ · 2022
Environmental programs
$200,000
Progressnow Education · Lansing, MI · 2022
Environmental programs
$175,000
Conservation Colorado Education Fund · Denver, CO · 2022
Environmental programs
$35,000
Georgia Wand Education Fund · Atlanta, GA · 2022
Environmental programs
$25,000
Progressnow Colorado Education · Denver, CO · 2022
Environmental programs

Top recipients

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

Co Impact Philanthropic Funds3 grants · $266.7M
Sixteen Thirty Fund3 grants · $121.3M
Clean Slate Initiative2 grants · $56.4M
America Votes3 grants · $41.3M
North Fund3 grants · $20.9M
Climate and Clean Energy Equity Fund1 grant · $18.0M
Cambiar Education2 grants · $12.3M
Recast Accelerate Llc1 grant · $11.6M
United Nations Foundation3 grants · $11.0M
The Just Trust for Education1 grant · $10.3M

Giving over time

$419.5M

2022

$502.4M

2023

$359.6M

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 2,669 grants.

$206.2M
Co Impact Philanthropic Funds · Wilmington, DE · 2023
International development and foreign affairs
$60.0M
Co Impact Philanthropic Funds · Wilmington, DE · 2022
International development and foreign affairs
$58.9M
Sixteen Thirty Fund · Washington, DC · 2024
Civil rights, social action, advocacy
$36.5M
Clean Slate Initiative · Orlando, FL · 2023
Civil rights, social action, advocacy
$34.8M
Sixteen Thirty Fund · Washington, DC · 2022
Civil rights, social action, advocacy
$27.6M
Sixteen Thirty Fund · Washington, DC · 2023
Civil rights, social action, advocacy
$21.1M
America Votes · Washington, DC · 2022
Civil rights, social action, advocacy
$19.9M
Clean Slate Initiative · Orlando, FL · 2024
Civil rights, social action, advocacy
$18.0M
Climate and Clean Energy Equity Fund · Washington, DC · 2024
Environmental programs
$12.2M
Cambiar Education · Encino, CA · 2024
Youth development and education
$11.6M
Recast Accelerate Llc · Arlington, VA · 2023
Civil rights, social action, advocacy
$11.0M
America Votes · Washington, DC · 2024
Civil rights, social action, advocacy
$10.3M
The Just Trust for Education · Durham, NC · 2023
Civil rights, social action, advocacy
$9.9M
Massachusetts Institute of Technology · Cambridge, MA · 2022
International development and foreign affairs
$9.5M
Floridians Protecting Freedom · Miami, FL · 2024
Ballot measure - civil rights, social action, advocacy
$9.3M
America Votes · Washington, DC · 2023
Civil rights, social action, advocacy
$8.9M
Fines and Fees Justice Center · New York, NY · 2024
Civil rights, social action, advocacy
$8.1M
North Fund · Washington, DC · 2024
Civil rights, social action, advocacy
$8.0M
Voter Registration Project · Washington, DC · 2022
Civil rights, social action, advocacy
$7.7M
Manresa Island Corp · Norwalk, CT · 2024
Environmental programs
$7.1M
North Fund · Washington, DC · 2023
Civil rights, social action, advocacy
$7.1M
Americas Frontier Fund · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Technology and innovation
$5.7M
North Fund · Washington, DC · 2022
Civil rights, social action, advocacy
$5.5M
Illuminative · Las Vegas, NV · 2024
Arts, culture, and humanities
$5.3M
United Nations Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024
Conservation and climate
$5.1M
United Nations Foundation · Washington, DC · 2023
Conservation and climate
$5.1M
The Asian American Foundation · Katy, TX · 2022
Civil rights, social action, advocacy
$5.0M
New York University · New York, NY · 2024
Conservation and climate
$4.9M
Sd Foundation · Washington, DC · 2022
Civil rights, social action, advocacy
$4.8M
Id Insight · San Francisco, CA · 2022
International development and foreign affairs
$4.4M
Hopewell Fund · Washington, DC · 2024
Civil rights, social action, advocacy
$4.1M
Global Impact · Washington, DC · 2024
Civil rights, social action, advocacy
$4.0M
National Science Foundation · Alexandria, VA · 2024
Technology and innovation
$3.9M
E Pluribus Unum Institute · New Orleans, LA · 2022
Civil rights, social action, advocacy
$3.9M
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors · New York, NY · 2023
Technology and innovation
$3.8M
John and Mary R Markle Foundation · New York, NY · 2022
Employment
$3.5M
New York University · New York, NY · 2023
Conservation and climate
$3.5M
Advanced Energy Economy Institute · Washington, DC · 2024
Conservation and climate
$3.2M
Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Technology and innovation
$3.1M
Hopewell Fund · Washington, DC · 2023
Civil rights, social action, advocacy
$3.0M
Advanced Energy Economy Institute · Washington, DC · 2023
Conservation and climate
$2.9M
Sher Edling Llp · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Environmental programs
$2.8M
Amalgamated Charitable Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024
Civil rights, social action, advocacy
$2.8M
Oakland Fund for Public Innovation · Oakland, CA · 2022
Capacity building
$2.8M
Neo Philanthropy · New York, NY · 2022
Health
$2.8M
Secure Elections Project · Helena, MT · 2023
Civil rights, social action, advocacy
$2.7M
Urban Sustainability Directors Network · Sanford, NC · 2023
Environmental programs
$2.7M
The Nature Conservancy · Arlington, VA · 2023
Environmental programs
$2.7M
Tides Center · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Environmental programs
$2.6M
Project Vesta Pbc · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Environmental programs
$2.6M
Last Mile Health · Boston, MA · 2022
International development and foreign affairs
$2.6M
Economic Innovation Group · Washington, DC · 2022
Employment
$2.5M
International Association of Women Judges · Washington, DC · 2022
International development and foreign affairs
$2.5M
Recidiviz · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Civil rights, social action, advocacy
$2.5M
Sher Edling Llp · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Environmental programs
$2.5M
Techtogether · New York, NY · 2022
Youth development and education
$2.4M
Criminal Justice Reform Foundation · New York, NY · 2022
Civil rights, social action, advocacy
$2.4M
Center for Civic Research and Innovation · St Louis, MO · 2024
Employment
$2.3M
Nature and Culture International · Delmar, CA · 2022
Environmental programs
$2.3M
Sher Edling Llp · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Environmental programs
$2.3M
Nature and Culture International · Delmar, CA · 2023
Environmental programs
$2.1M
Global Impact · Alexandria, VA · 2022
Youth development and education
$2.1M
Economic Innovation Group · Washington, DC · 2024
Employment
$2.1M
Economic Innovation Group · Washington, DC · 2023
Employment
$2.0M
Sustainable Markets Foundation · New York, NY · 2024
Conservation and climate
$2.0M
Accountableus · Washington, DC · 2022
Civil rights, social action, advocacy
$2.0M
Institute for Responsive Government · Chicago, IL · 2024
Civil rights, social action, advocacy
$2.0M
Code for America Labs · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Civil rights, social action, advocacy
$2.0M
Institute for Responsive Government · Chicago, IL · 2023
Civil rights, social action, advocacy
$2.0M
Conservation Fund · Arlington, VA · 2022
Environmental programs
$2.0M
Neo Philanthropy · New York, NY · 2023
Civil rights, social action, advocacy
$1.9M
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors · New York, NY · 2024
Conservation and climate
$1.9M
Texas Public Policy Foundation · Austin, TX · 2022
Civil rights, social action, advocacy
$1.8M
University of California San Francisco · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Health
$1.8M
University of California San Francisco · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Health
$1.8M
Western Futures Fund · Sheridan, WY · 2024
Civil rights, social action, advocacy
$1.8M
Stanford University · Redwood City, CA · 2023
Health
$1.8M
Florida Rising Together · Miami, FL · 2023
Civil rights, social action, advocacy
$1.7M
Stanford University · Redwood City, CA · 2022
Technology and innovation
$1.7M
Accountableus · Washington, DC · 2023
Civil rights, social action, advocacy
$1.6M
Count Mi Vote Education Fund · Lansing, MI · 2022
Civil rights, social action, advocacy
$1.6M
Ceres · Boston, MA · 2024
Capacity building
$1.6M
Global Impact · Alexandria, VA · 2023
Public safety, disaster preparedness and relief
$1.6M
Neo Philanthropy · New York, NY · 2024
Civil rights, social action, advocacy
$1.5M
Northeastern University · Boston, MA · 2023
Technology and innovation
$1.5M
Tides Center · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Civil rights, social action, advocacy
$1.5M
Make the Road States · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
Environmental programs
$1.5M
Nebraskans for Reproductive Freedom · Lincoln, NE · 2024
Civil rights, social action, advocacy
$1.5M
The Black Radical Project · New York, NY · 2022
Civil rights, social action, advocacy
$1.5M
John and Mary R Markle Foundation · New York, NY · 2023
Employment
$1.5M
Cities Forward · Washington, DC · 2024
Civil rights, social action, advocacy
$1.5M
Coalfield Development Corporation · Huntington, WV · 2024
Conservation and climate
$1.5M
Regulatory Assistance Project · Montpelier, VT · 2024
Conservation and climate
$1.5M
Rockefeller Family Fund · New York, NY · 2024
Conservation and climate
$1.5M
Coalfield Development Corporation · Huntington, WV · 2023
Conservation and climate
$1.5M
Institute for Responsive Government Action · Chicago, IL · 2023
Civil rights, social action, advocacy
$1.5M
Texas Public Policy Foundation · Austin, TX · 2023
Civil rights, social action, advocacy
$1.5M
Alliance for Safety and Justice · Oakland, CA · 2022
Civil rights, social action, advocacy
$1.5M
Capital for Climate Llc · West Point, MA · 2022
Environmental programs
$1.5M
Givewell · Oakland, CA · 2022
International development and foreign affairs

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Source: IRS Form 990, Schedule I, as filed by this organization. These are grants already paid. Grants paid directly to individuals are reported to the IRS only as totals, so they do not appear as named lines here.