Funding search · EIN 320284165 · Litchfield Park, AZ

John Sperling Foundation

Name: John Sperling Foundation grants, 2021–2023
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.

59
grants reported: $10.1M
total given: 2021–2023
filing years: $100,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2021–2023. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

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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.

Earthjustice3 grants · $3.0M
Western Environmental Law Center3 grants · $1.5M
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation2 grants · $1.0M
Center for Science in the Public Interest3 grants · $900,000
Aclu Foundation2 grants · $700,000
Environmental Working Group2 grants · $600,000
Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies3 grants · $350,000
National Forest Foundation3 grants · $300,000
Food & Water Watch3 grants · $300,000
Civic Nation1 grant · $250,000

Giving over time

$3.2M

2021

$3.2M

2022

$3.8M

2023

Grant history

All 59 reported grants, largest first.

$1.0M
Earthjustice · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Third installment of a three year grant for the climate and energy program
$1.0M
Earthjustice · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Second installment of a three year grant for the climate and energy program
$1.0M
Earthjustice · San Francisco, CA · 2021
First installment of a three year grant for the climate and energy program
$500,000
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation · New York, NY · 2023
Voting rights project
$500,000
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation · New York, NY · 2023
Protect abortion and reproductive health care
$500,000
Western Environmental Law Center · Eugene, OR · 2023
First installment of a two year grant for defending public lands across the western u.s
$500,000
Western Environmental Law Center · Eugene, OR · 2022
Second and final installment of a two year grant for general support to defend the public lands across the western u.s.
$500,000
Western Environmental Law Center · Taos, NM · 2021
First installment of a two year grant for general support to defend the public lands across the western u.s
$450,000
Aclu Foundation · New York, NY · 2022
For advocacy work related to reproductive freedom
$300,000
Center for Science in the Public Interest · Washington, DC · 2023
First installment of a two year grant for advocating for a safer and more transparent food system
$300,000
Center for Science in the Public Interest · Washington, DC · 2022
Advocating for a safer and more transparent food system
$300,000
Environmental Working Group · Washington, DC · 2022
Farm policy
$300,000
Center for Science in the Public Interest · Washington, DC · 2021
For advocacy initiatives. With the option to use the jsf name for a matching gift challenge
$300,000
Environmental Working Group · Washington, DC · 2021
Food and agricultural policy work
$250,000
Aclu Foundation · New York, NY · 2021
For advocacy work related to reproductive freedom
$250,000
Civic Nation · Washington, DC · 2021
For when we all vote
$125,000
Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies · San Jose, CA · 2023
Second installment of a two year grant for consciousness without criminalization: psychedelic drug policy reform and sentencing reform
$125,000
Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies · San Jose, CA · 2022
First installment of a two year grant for maps' policy and advocacy work in the areas of drug policy and criminal justice reform
$100,000
Center for Humane Technology · San Francisco, CA · 2023
For support of election integrity and ai work
$100,000
Food & Water Watch · Washington, DC · 2023
Protect california's water campaign
$100,000
Israaid · Palo Alto, CA · 2023
For crisis relief efforts
$100,000
Los Padres Forestwatch · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
First installment of a two year grant to protect the public lands of the central coast of california
$100,000
National Forest Foundation · Missoula, MT · 2023
Third installment of a three year grant for pine canyon restoration and watershed protection project
$100,000
World Central Kitchen · Washington, DC · 2023
For crisis relief efforts
$100,000
Food & Water Watch · Washington, DC · 2022
To protect california's water resources from agricultural and fossil fuel industry abuse
$100,000
National Forest Foundation · Missoula, MT · 2022
Second installment of a three year grant for the bill williams mountain restoration: thinning forests to protect communities
$100,000
Food & Water Watch · Washington, DC · 2021
Support for the public water for all campaign
$100,000
Institute of Noetic Sciences · Petaluma, CA · 2021
First installment of an 18 month grant for the lucid dreaming research study
$100,000
Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies · Santa Cruz, CA · 2021
Final installment of a two-year grant for mdma-assisted therapy for ptsd: training and patient accessibility for health equity
$100,000
National Forest Foundation · Missoula, MT · 2021
First installment of a three year grant for the bill williams mountain restoration: thinning forests to protect communities
$75,000
Western Resource Advocates · Boulder, CO · 2023
Second installment of a two year grant for protections of the colorado river
$75,000
19th News · Austin, TX · 2022
Second and final installment of a two year grant for general support
$75,000
Western Resource Advocates · Boulder, CO · 2022
First installment of a two year grant for protections of the colorado river
$75,000
19th News · Austin, TX · 2021
First installment of a two year grant for general support
$50,000
Arizona Community Foundation · Phoenix, AZ · 2023
To support the environmental initiative
$50,000
Institute of Noetic Sciences · Petaluma, CA · 2022
Second and final installment of an 18 month grant for the lucid dreaming research study
$45,000
Gaviota Coast Conservancy · Goleta, CA · 2023
For general support
$25,000
Gaviota Coast Conservancy · Goleta, CA · 2021
For general support
$20,000
West Valley Arts Council · Surprise, AZ · 2023
For general support
$20,000
American Library Association · Chicago, IL · 2022
For intellectual freedom for the unite against book bans campaign
$20,000
Gaviota Coast Conservancy · Goleta, CA · 2022
For general support
$20,000
Western Resource Advocates · Boulder, CO · 2021
For work in the interior west associated with protecting the colorado river
$15,000
Institute of Noetic Sciences · Novato, CA · 2023
For general support
$15,000
Sustainable Lafayette · Creek, CA · 2023
For lafayette community garden
$15,000
Los Padres Forest Watch · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022
For general support
$15,000
Citizens for Responsibility & Ethics in Washington · Washington, DC · 2021
For general support
$15,000
News Literacy Project · Washington, DC · 2021
For general support
$10,000
John Muir Land Trust · Martinez, CA · 2023
Restricted to support the family harvest farm
$10,000
John Muir Land Trust · Martinez, CA · 2022
Restricted to support the family harvest farm
$10,000
Park Theater Trust · Lafayette, CA · 2022
For general support
$10,000
Sustainable Lafayette · Lafayette, CA · 2022
For lafayette community garden
$10,000
John Muir Land Trust · Martinez, CA · 2021
Family harvest farm
$7,500
Brooklyn Public Library · Brooklyn, NY · 2022
For the books unbanned initiative
$7,500
St Mary'S Food Bank · Phoenix, AZ · 2022
For general support
$5,000
Food Bank of Contra Costa and Solano · Concord, CA · 2022
For general support
$5,000
Grandpaw'S Pantry · Glendale, AZ · 2021
For general support
$5,000
Ignite Yoga Foundation · Litchfield Park, AZ · 2021
For general support
$5,000
Park Theater Trust · Lafayette, CA · 2021
For the restoration and revitalization of the iconic park theater
$5,000
Sustainable Lafayette · Lafayette, CA · 2021
For general support of the lafayette community gardens

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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.