Funding search · EIN 477017224 · Boston, MA

Limestone 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.

101
grants reported
$7.8M
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

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Funding pattern

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Top recipients

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  • Center On Budget and Policy Priorities3 grants · $1.4M
  • Mountain Association for Community Economic Development (Kcep)2 grants · $630,000
  • New Mexico Voices for Children2 grants · $600,000
  • Kentucky Coalition3 grants · $470,000
  • Kentucky Civic Engagement Table3 grants · $425,000
  • State Power Fund3 grants · $350,000
  • Neo Philanthropy2 grants · $295,000
  • Kentucky Center for Economic Policy1 grant · $275,000
  • Montana Budget and Policy Center3 grants · $250,000
  • The Alluvial Collective2 grants · $225,000

Giving over time

$2.1M
2022
$3.3M
2023
$2.5M
2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 101 grants.

  • $505,000

    Center On Budget and Policy Priorities · Washington, DC · 2024

    Greenstein fund for a just future

  • $460,000

    Center On Budget and Policy Priorities · Washington, DC · 2023

    General operating support

  • $410,000

    Center On Budget and Policy Priorities · Washington, DC · 2022

    General operating support

  • $355,000

    Mountain Association for Community Economic Development (Kcep) · Berea, KY · 2022

    Kentucky center for economic policy

  • $300,000

    New Mexico Voices for Children · Albuquerque, NM · 2024

    General operating support

  • $300,000

    New Mexico Voices for Children · Albuquerque, NM · 2023

    General operating support

  • $275,000

    Kentucky Center for Economic Policy · Berea, KY · 2024

    General operations

  • $275,000

    Mountain Association for Community Economic Development (Kcep) · Berea, KY · 2023

    Kentucky center for economic policy

  • $220,000

    Neo Philanthropy · New York, NY · 2023

    General operating support

  • $200,000

    Kansas Action for Children · Topeka, KS · 2022

    General operations

  • $170,000

    Kentucky Coalition · Sasser, KY · 2022

    General operations

  • $150,000

    Kentucky Civic Engagement Table · Louisville, KY · 2024

    General operating support

  • $150,000

    Kentucky Coalition · Sasser, KY · 2024

    General operations

  • $150,000

    State Power Fund · Youngstown, OH · 2024

    General operating support

  • $150,000

    Kentucky Coalition · Sasser, KY · 2023

    General operations

  • $150,000

    State Power Fund · Youngstown, OH · 2023

    General operating support

  • $150,000

    The Alluvial Collective · Jackson, MS · 2023

    General operating support

  • $150,000

    Kentucky Civic Engagement Table · Louisville, KY · 2022

    General operating support

  • $125,000

    Kentucky Civic Engagement Table · Louisville, KY · 2023

    General operating support

  • $125,000

    Montana Budget and Policy Center · Helena, MT · 2023

    General operating support

  • $100,000

    Fair Elections Center · Washington, DC · 2023

    General operating support

  • $100,000

    Native Peoples Action Community Fund · Anchorage, AK · 2023

    General operating support

  • $100,000

    The American Prospect · Washington, DC · 2022

    General operating support

  • $75,000

    Hopewell Fund · Washington, DC · 2024

    Movement cooperation

  • $75,000

    Montana Budget and Policy Center · Helena, MT · 2024

    General operating support

  • $75,000

    National Association for the Advancement of Colored People · Baltimore, MD · 2024

    General operating support

  • $75,000

    Neo Philanthropy · New York, NY · 2024

    General operating support

  • $75,000

    New Jersey Policy Perspective · Trenton, NJ · 2024

    General operating support

  • $75,000

    New Venture Fundamericans for Tax Fairness · Washington, DC · 2024

    Americans for tax fairness

  • $75,000

    Oklahoma Policy Institute · Tulsa, OK · 2024

    General operating support

  • $75,000

    The Alluvial Collective · Jackson, MS · 2024

    General operating support

  • $75,000

    Georgia Budget and Policy Institute · Atlanta, GA · 2023

    General operating support

  • $75,000

    National Association for the Advancement of Colored People · Baltimore, MD · 2023

    General operating support

  • $75,000

    New Jersey Policy Perspective · Trenton, NJ · 2023

    General operating support

  • $75,000

    Oklahoma Policy Institute · Tulsa, OK · 2023

    General operating support

  • $75,000

    Rural Arizona Engagement · Coolidge, AZ · 2023

    General operating support

  • $75,000

    The Commonwealth Institute for Fiscal Analysis · Richmond, VA · 2023

    General operating support

  • $75,000

    Georgia Budget and Policy Institute · Atlanta, GA · 2022

    General operating support

  • $75,000

    The Commonwealth Institute for Fiscal Analysis · Richmond, VA · 2022

    General operating support

  • $50,000

    Ballot Initiative Strategy Center Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024

    General operating support

  • $50,000

    Native Peoples Action Community Fund · Anchorage, AK · 2024

    General operating support

  • $50,000

    The American Prospect · Washington, DC · 2024

    General operating support

  • $50,000

    West Virginia Center On Budget and Policy · Charleston, WV · 2024

    General operating support

  • $50,000

    Ballot Initiative Strategy Center Foundation · Washington, DC · 2023

    General operating support

  • $50,000

    Blue Grass Community Foundation · Lexington, KY · 2023

    General operating support

  • $50,000

    Faith in Action · Washington, DC · 2023

    General operating support

  • $50,000

    Instituto Lab · Phoenix, AZ · 2023

    General operating support

  • $50,000

    Progress Michigan Educationwe the People · Lansing, MI · 2023

    General operating support

  • $50,000

    The Alaska Center Education Fund · Anchorage, AK · 2023

    General operating support

  • $50,000

    The American Prospect · Washington, DC · 2023

    General operating support

  • $50,000

    Voteriders · Santa Monica, CA · 2023

    General operating support

  • $50,000

    West Virginia Center On Budget and Policy · Charleston, WV · 2023

    General operating support

  • $50,000

    Windward Fund · Washington, DC · 2023

    General operating support

  • $50,000

    Faith in Action · Washington, DC · 2022

    General operating support

  • $50,000

    Fund for Constitutional Government Financial Accountability and Corporate · Washington, DC · 2022

    The fact coalition

  • $50,000

    Institute On Taxation and Economic Policy · Washington, DC · 2022

    General operating support

  • $50,000

    Montana Budget and Policy Center · Helena, MT · 2022

    General operating support

  • $50,000

    One Arizona · Phoenix, AZ · 2022

    General operating support

  • $50,000

    State Power Fund · Youngstown, OH · 2022

    General operating support

  • $50,000

    The Urban Institute · Washington, DC · 2022

    Tax policy center

  • $50,000

    West Virginia Center On Budget and Policy · Charleston, WV · 2022

    General operating support

  • $25,000

    Code for America Labs · San Francisco, CA · 2024

    General operating support

  • $25,000

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

    General operating support

  • $25,000

    Code for America Labs · San Francisco, CA · 2023

    General operating support

  • $25,000

    One Arizona · Phoenix, AZ · 2023

    General operating support

  • $20,000

    Brookline Community Foundation · Brookline, MA · 2024

    General operating support

  • $20,000

    Kentucky Public Radio · Louisville, KY · 2024

    The center for investigative reporting

  • $20,000

    Brookline Community Foundation · Brookline, MA · 2023

    General operating support

  • $20,000

    Ballot Initiative Strategy Center Foundation · Washington, DC · 2022

    General operating support

  • $20,000

    Brookline Community Foundation · Brookline, MA · 2022

    General operating support

  • $20,000

    Community Foundation of Louisville · Louisville, KY · 2022

    General operations

  • $20,000

    Hopewell Fund · Washington, DC · 2022

    Movement cooperation

  • $17,500

    Community Foundation of Louisville · Louisville, KY · 2023

    General operations

  • $15,000

    Arizona Community Foundation · Phoenix, AZ · 2024

    General operating support

  • $15,000

    Arizona Community Foundation · Phoenix, AZ · 2023

    General operating support

  • $15,000

    Massachusetts Communities Action Network · Dorcester, MA · 2022

    General operating support

  • $15,000

    Nagel and Associateseconomic Opportunity Funders · Durham, NC · 2022

    General operating support

  • $15,000

    New York Women'S Foundation · New York, NY · 2022

    General operations

  • $10,000

    Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center · Boston, MA · 2024

    General support in memory of sidney & miriam stoneman

  • $10,000

    Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center · Boston, MA · 2023

    General support in memory of sidney & miriam stoneman

  • $10,000

    New York Women'S Foundation · New York, NY · 2023

    General operations

  • $10,000

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

    General operating support

  • $10,000

    Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center · Boston, MA · 2022

    General support in memory of sidney & miriam stoneman

  • $7,500

    Kentucky Public Radio · Louisville, KY · 2023

    The center for investigative reporting

  • $5,000

    Boston Symphony Orchestra · Boston, MA · 2024

    General support in memory of sidney & miriam stoneman

  • $5,000

    Brookline Food Pantry · Brookline, MA · 2024

    General support

  • $5,000

    Community Foundation of Louisville · Louisville, KY · 2024

    General operations

  • $5,000

    Endeavor Global · New York, NY · 2024

    General operating support

  • $5,000

    Jewish Arts Collaborative · Newton, MA · 2024

    General operating support

  • $5,000

    Boston Symphony Orchestra · Boston, MA · 2023

    General support in memory of sidney & miriam stoneman

  • $5,000

    Brookline Food Pantry · Brookline, MA · 2023

    General support

  • $5,000

    Endeavor Global · New York, NY · 2023

    General operating support

  • $5,000

    Jewish Arts Collaborative · Newton, MA · 2023

    General operating support

  • $5,000

    University of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023

    General operating support

  • $5,000

    Boston Symphony Orchestra · Boston, MA · 2022

    General support in memory of sidney & miriam stoneman

  • $5,000

    Brookline Food Pantry · Brookline, MA · 2022

    General support

  • $5,000

    Celiac Disease Foundation · Woodland Hills, CA · 2022

    General operating support

  • $5,000

    Endeavor Global · New York, NY · 2022

    General operating support

  • $5,000

    Jewish Arts Collaborative · Newton, MA · 2022

    General operating support

  • $5,000

    Kentucky Public Radio · Louisville, KY · 2022

    The center for investigative reporting

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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.