Funding search · EIN 331137541 · Grantmaking charity · Washington, DC

The American Independent Foundation

$59.7M
in grants paid: 13
grants: 11
recipients: 2022–2024
filing years

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.

Recent grants

The 13 grants from this foundation’s filings, newest year first.

$11.2M
American Independent Media · Washington, DC · 2024
Educational program activities
$11.0M
Democracy Matters · Washington, DC · 2024
Educational program activities
$10.1M
Democracy Matters Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024
General support
$1.0M
Media Matters Action Network · Washington, DC · 2024
Educational program activities
$25,000
Utah Film Center · Salt Lake City, UT · 2024
General support
$25,000
Yale University · New Haven, CT · 2024
Research activities
$5.5M
American Independent Media · Washington, DC · 2023
Educational program activities
$900,000
Counteract Foundation · Washington, DC · 2023
General operating support
$810,500
Media Matters for America · Washington, DC · 2023
General operating support
$700,000
Franklin Education Forum · Washington, DC · 2023
General operating support
$212,000
Tides Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Voter education activities
$50,000
Sustainable Markets Foundation · New York, NY · 2023
Promote investigative journalism
$18.2M
American Independent Media · Washington, DC · 2022
Educational program activities

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Source: IRS Form 990, Schedule I, as filed by this organization. These are grants already paid. Unlike private foundations, grantmaking charities and associations often run formal grant programs with real application cycles — check their website for current opportunities. Grants paid directly to individuals are reported to the IRS only as totals, so they do not appear as named lines here.