Funding search · EIN 526078041 · Washington, DC

Howard and Geraldine Polinger Family

$20.2M
in grants paid: 346
grants: 158
recipients: 2021–2024
filing years

Recent grants

The 100 largest recent grants from this foundation’s filings, newest year first.

$325,000
The Jewish Federation of Greater Washington · North Bethesda, MD · 2024
General operating support
$300,000
Harold Grinspoon Foundation · Agawam, MA · 2024
Pj library alliance's work in north america
$250,000
Lehrhaus Center for Jewish Life and Learning · Somerville, MA · 2024
Dc expansion
$200,000
Jewish Funders Network · New York, NY · 2024
Canvas
$180,000
The Jewish Federation of Greater Washington · North Bethesda, MD · 2024
Security enhancements
$180,000
Mem Global · Encinitas, CA · 2024
Mhwow & young families pods
$180,000
The Shabbat Project · New York, NY · 2024
Onetable across america - shabbat dinner for all
$170,000
Anti-Defamation League · New York, NY · 2024
Scaling adl anti-bias education
$150,000
Reboot · New York, NY · 2024
General operating support
$150,000
Childrens Law Center Incorporated · Washington, DC · 2024
Early childhood behavioral health services
$115,000
League of Women Voters Education Fund · Washington, DC · 2024
General operating support
$112,675
Building Bridges Across the River · Washington, DC · 2024
Arts4all
$100,000
Jews United for Justice · Washington, DC · 2024
Antisemitism platform expansion
$100,000
Facing History and Ourselves · Boston, MA · 2024
Contemporary antisemitism initiative
$100,000
Israel On Campus Coalition · Washington, DC · 2024
Academic engagement network: faculty against antisemitism movement
$100,000
Icivics · Cambridge, MA · 2024
Icivics visionary campaign for 2024 and beyond
$100,000
Western States Center · Portland, OR · 2024
Confronting white nationalism in schools - toolkit expansion
$90,000
American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee · New York, NY · 2024
Leatid
$80,000
Dc Public Education Fund · Washington, DC · 2024
Ready for pre-k!
$75,000
Facing History and Ourselves · Boston, MA · 2024
The new communities project
$75,000
Institute for Curriculum Services · Berkeley, CA · 2024
Combatting antisemitism in online and printed material
$75,000
Repair the World · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
Serving with jewish purpose
$75,000
Sixth & I Synagogue · Washington, DC · 2024
Jewish life programming
$75,000
The Washington Ballet · Washington, DC · 2024
Community engagement
$75,000
Tides Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024
A more perfect union
$65,000
Dc Action for Children · Washington, DC · 2024
Home visiting
$60,000
Mamatoto Village · Washington, DC · 2024
Development of the midwifery school
$50,000
Way To Rise · Washington, DC · 2024
General operating support
$50,000
Anti-Defamation League · New York, NY · 2024
Washington, dc regional office
$42,500
Protect Democracy Project · Washington, DC · 2024
General operating support
$40,000
Dance Place · Washington, DC · 2024
General operating support
$38,000
The Mount Vernon Virtuosi · Baltimore, MD · 2024
$20,000 for general operating and $18,000 for new piano
$35,000
John F Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts · Washington, DC · 2024
Turnaround arts
$35,000
Sitar Arts Center · Washington, DC · 2024
General operating support
$33,500
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024
General operating support
$29,500
Southern Poverty Law Center · Montgomery, AL · 2024
General operating support
$27,313
Anti-Defamation League · New York, NY · 2024
General operating support
$26,000
Reproductive Freedom for All Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024
General operating support
$25,000
Levine Music · Washington, DC · 2024
Expanding access to music in se
$25,000
From the Top · Boston, MA · 2024
Citizen musicians
$25,000
Hebrew Free Loan Association of District of Columbia · Bethesda, MD · 2024
General operating support
$23,938
Natural Resources Defense Council · Washington, DC · 2024
General operating support
$23,188
350 Org · Boston, MA · 2024
General operating support
$15,000
Bnai Brith Youth Organization · Washington, DC · 2024
Bbyo on demand
$15,000
United States Holocaust Memorial Council · Washington, DC · 2024
Beyond our walls: traveling exhibits (legacy)
$10,000
Raymond F Kravis Center for the Performing Arts · West Palm Beach, FL · 2024
General operating support
$10,000
American University · Washington, DC · 2024
Wamu
$10,000
Island Housing Trust Corporation · West Tisbury, MA · 2024
General operating support
$10,000
John F Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts · Washington, DC · 2024
National symphony orchestra
$10,000
Miami City Ballet · Miami Beach, FL · 2024
General operating support
$10,000
Friends of the Israel Defense Forces · New York, NY · 2024
General operating support
$10,000
Strathmore Hall Foundation · North Bethesda, MD · 2024
General operating support
$10,000
Planned Parenthood Federation of America · New York, NY · 2024
General operating support
$10,000
Weta · Arlington, VA · 2024
General operating support
$7,000
Camera · Boston, MA · 2024
General operating support
$5,103
Trans Continental Pipeline · Denver, CO · 2024
General operating support
$5,000
Capital Area Food Bank · Washington, DC · 2024
General operating support
$5,000
Jewish Federation of South Palm Beach County · Boca Raton, FL · 2024
General operating support
$5,000
Congregation Bnai Tzedek · Potomac, MD · 2024
General operating support
$5,000
Global Lyme Alliance · Stamford, CT · 2024
General operating support
$5,000
Project Bread - the Walk for Hunger · East Boston, MA · 2024
General operating support
$5,000
The Lab School of Washington · Washington, DC · 2024
General operating support
$5,000
Bender Jcc of Greater Washington · Rockville, MD · 2024
Gerry and howard polinger concert fund
$5,000
Zaka Tel Aviv · Jackson Township, NJ · 2024
General operating support
$4,000
Black Voters Matter Capacity Building Institute · East Point, GA · 2024
General operating support
$3,000
Foundation To Combat Anti-Semitism · Foxboro, MA · 2024
General operating support
$2,881
Jewish Community Alliance of Southern Maine · Portland, ME · 2024
General operating support
$2,500
Edlavitch Jewish Community Center of Washington Dc · Washington, DC · 2024
General operating support
$2,500
Washington Drama Society · Washington, DC · 2024
General operating
$2,500
Hasbara Fellowships · New York, NY · 2024
General operating support
$2,000
Maine Public Health Association · Augusta, ME · 2024
General operating support
$2,000
The Posse Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024
Posse dc
$2,000
Humane Rescue Alliance · Washington, DC · 2024
Combat cruelty
$1,875
Hillel International · Washington, DC · 2024
General operating support
$1,000
American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee · New York, NY · 2024
Ukraine program
$540
Kitsap Humane Society · Silverdale, WA · 2024
General operating support
$540
Anti-Defamation League · New York, NY · 2024
Jlens
$65
The Forward Assoc · New York, NY · 2024
General operating support
$500,000
The Jewish Federation of Greater Washington · North Bethesda, MD · 2023
Israel crisis relief fund
$480,000
Childrens Hospital Foundation · Washington, DC · 2023
Early childhood mental health in primary care
$333,334
American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee · New York, NY · 2023
Second century campaign
$325,000
The Jewish Federation of Greater Washington · North Bethesda, MD · 2023
General operating support
$300,000
Harold Grinspoon Foundation · Agawam, MA · 2023
Pj library alliance's work in north america
$200,000
Jewish Funders Network · New York, NY · 2023
Canvas
$175,000
Shabbat Project · New York, NY · 2023
Onetable across america - shabbat dinner for all
$150,000
Hillel the Foundation for Jewish Campus Life · Washington, DC · 2023
Campus security & strong communities
$150,000
Way To Rise · Washington, DC · 2023
General operating support
$150,000
Reboot · New York, NY · 2023
General operating support
$150,000
The Jewish Federation of Greater Washington · North Bethesda, MD · 2023
Security enhancements
$150,000
Moishe House · Encinitas, CA · 2023
Investing in jewish life and developing jewish leaders in smaller communities via mhwow
$137,500
League of Women Voters Education Fund · Washington, DC · 2023
2024 election
$130,000
Medstar-Georgetown Medical Center · Washington, DC · 2023
Promise: teacher training
$126,000
Tides Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Movement voter fund operating support
$125,000
Color of Change Education Fund · Oakland, CA · 2023
Economic justice
$110,000
From the Top · Boston, MA · 2023
Citizen musicians
$100,000
League of Women Voters Education Fund · Washington, DC · 2023
General operating support
$100,000
Anti-Defamation League · New York, NY · 2023
Reaching rural schools with effective antibias education
$100,000
Western States Center · Portland, OR · 2023
Confronting white nationalism in schools - toolkit expansion
$100,000
Jews United for Justice · Washington, DC · 2023
Antisemitism platform expansion
$100,000
Icivics · Cambridge, MA · 2023
Icivics visionary campaign for 2024 and beyond

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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. Most private foundations do not accept unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.