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Wayfarer Foundation

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$52.7M
in grants paid
426
grants
243
recipients
2022–2024
filing years

Recent grants

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

  • $4.5M

    Horace Holley Foundation · Evanston, IL · 2024

    General operating support

  • $1.8M

    National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'Is of the United States · Evanston, IL · 2024

    General operating support

  • $650,000

    Mona Foundation · Bellevue, WA · 2024

    General operating support

  • $500,000

    National Underground Railroad Freedom Center · Cincinnati, OH · 2024

    General operating support

  • $370,000

    New Era Creative Space · Peekskill, NY · 2024

    General operating support

  • $362,200

    Parent University · Chicago, IL · 2024

    General operating support

  • $340,000

    Tahirih Justice Center · Falls Church, VA · 2024

    General operating support

  • $325,000

    Equiticity · Chicago, IL · 2024

    General operating support

  • $290,000

    Palenke Arts · Seaside, CA · 2024

    General operating support

  • $270,000

    Friends of Givat Haviva · New York, NY · 2024

    General operating support

  • $255,000

    Miracle Messages · San Francisco, CA · 2024

    General operating support

  • $225,000

    Proteus Fund · New York, NY · 2024

    General operating support

  • $210,000

    Fetzer Institute · Kalamazoo, MI · 2024

    General operating support

  • $205,000

    World Federalist Movement Institute for Global Policy · Washington, DC · 2024

    General operating support

  • $203,000

    Center for Research in Education for Development · West Palm Beach, FL · 2024

    General operating support

  • $200,000

    The Policy Academies · Washington, DC · 2024

    General operating support

  • $200,000

    Wozu · Cannon Ball, ND · 2024

    General operating support

  • $200,000

    Learning To Impact · San Diego, CA · 2024

    General operating support

  • $200,000

    First Nations Development Institute · Longmont, CO · 2024

    General operating support

  • $200,000

    Center for Neighborhood Technology · Chicago, IL · 2024

    General operating support

  • $180,000

    Coherent Development Research Institute · San Diego, CA · 2024

    General operating support

  • $180,000

    Hispanics in Philanthropy · San Francisco, CA · 2024

    General operating support

  • $175,000

    The Workers Lab · Oakland, CA · 2024

    General operating support

  • $170,547

    Cheyenne River Youth Project · Eagle Butte, SD · 2024

    General operating support

  • $170,125

    Logan Square Neighborhood Association · Chicago, IL · 2024

    General operating support

  • $170,000

    Period · Portland, OR · 2024

    General operating support

  • $170,000

    Southside Blooms · Chicago, IL · 2024

    General operating support

  • $170,000

    Deeply Rooted Productions · Chicago, IL · 2024

    General operating support

  • $170,000

    Euchee Yuchi Language Project · Glenpool, OK · 2024

    General operating support

  • $170,000

    Freedom Community Center · St Louis, MO · 2024

    General operating support

  • $170,000

    Love Unity and Values Institute · Chicago, IL · 2024

    General operating support

  • $170,000

    American Society of the University of Haifa · New York, NY · 2024

    General operating support

  • $170,000

    City Hope San Francisco · San Francisco, CA · 2024

    General operating support

  • $170,000

    True Star Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2024

    General operating support

  • $170,000

    The Aspen Institute · Washington, DC · 2024

    General operating support

  • $170,000

    Tanenbaum Center for Interreligious Understanding · New York, NY · 2024

    General operating support

  • $170,000

    Journalism for Change · Arlington, VA · 2024

    General operating support

  • $160,000

    Redress Movement · West Tisbury, MA · 2024

    General operating support

  • $158,993

    Intonation Music Workshop · Chicago, IL · 2024

    General operating support

  • $156,000

    Parents of Children With All Special Needs · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

    General operating support

  • $150,000

    Latinos for Education · Boston, MA · 2024

    General operating support

  • $150,000

    Chicago Cares · Chicago, IL · 2024

    General operating support

  • $150,000

    Organic Oneness · Chicago, IL · 2024

    General operating support

  • $150,000

    New England Center for Arts and Technology · Boston, MA · 2024

    General operating support

  • $150,000

    Birth Detroit · Detroit, MI · 2024

    General operating support

  • $150,000

    Books and Breakfast · Evanston, IL · 2024

    General operating support

  • $150,000

    Maia · Denver, CO · 2024

    General operating support

  • $150,000

    Friends of the Highwood Library · Highwood, IL · 2024

    General operating support

  • $150,000

    Faith Matters Network Collaborative · Nashville, TN · 2024

    General operating support

  • $150,000

    Inner City Muslim Action Network · Chicago, IL · 2024

    General operating support

  • $150,000

    Hopa Mountain · Bozeman, MT · 2024

    General operating support

  • $150,000

    Guitars Over Guns Organization · Miami, FL · 2024

    General operating support

  • $150,000

    Fearless Dialogues · Atlanta, GA · 2024

    General operating support

  • $150,000

    Naca Inspired Schools Network · Albuquerque, NM · 2024

    General operating support

  • $150,000

    Testimonies of Hope · Davenport, IA · 2024

    General operating support

  • $150,000

    White Pony Express · Concord, CA · 2024

    General operating support

  • $148,000

    Lighthouse Foundation of Chicagoland · Chicago, IL · 2024

    General operating support

  • $140,000

    First Alaskans Institute · Anchorage, AK · 2024

    General operating support

  • $140,000

    Rise and Remember · Minneapolis, MN · 2024

    General operating support

  • $132,000

    Sawalmem · Redding, CA · 2024

    General operating support

  • $131,777

    American Friends of the Hebrew University · New York, NY · 2024

    General operating support

  • $130,000

    Community Alliance for Learning Writercoach Connection · Berkley, CA · 2024

    General operating support

  • $128,000

    Rural America Initiatives · Rapid City, SD · 2024

    General operating support

  • $127,000

    Albany Park Theater Project · Chicago, IL · 2024

    General operating support

  • $127,000

    Faith in Place · Chicago, IL · 2024

    General operating support

  • $126,500

    La Casa Norte · Chicago, IL · 2024

    General operating support

  • $125,000

    Tides Center · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

    General operating support

  • $125,000

    Possibility Labs · San Francisco, CA · 2024

    General operating support

  • $125,000

    Abdorrahman Boroumand Center · Washington, DC · 2024

    General operating support

  • $115,000

    The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois · Chicago, IL · 2024

    General operating support

  • $105,000

    A Call To Men · Rockville Centre, NY · 2024

    General operating support

  • $100,000

    Wabanaki Cultural Preservation Coalition Nibezun · Old Town, ME · 2024

    General operating support

  • $100,000

    Unity in Motion · Milwaukee, WI · 2024

    General operating support

  • $100,000

    Union Theological Seminary · New York, NY · 2024

    General operating support

  • $100,000

    One Lawndale Children'S Discovery Center · Chicago, IL · 2024

    General operating support

  • $100,000

    Job Path · New York, NY · 2024

    General operating support

  • $100,000

    Embrace Race Proteus Fund · New York, NY · 2024

    General operating support

  • $100,000

    Sogorea Te Land Trust · Oakland, CA · 2024

    General operating support

  • $94,000

    Oikos Institute for Social Impact · Chicago, IL · 2024

    General operating support

  • $94,000

    Jazz Institute of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024

    General operating support

  • $92,000

    The Hopi Foundation · Kykotsmovi Village, AZ · 2024

    General operating support

  • $90,000

    Jessye Norman School of Arts · Augusta, GA · 2024

    General operating support

  • $90,000

    South Dakota Education Equity Coalition · Black Hawk, SD · 2024

    General operating support

  • $85,000

    Oaye Luta Okolakiciye · Rapid City, SD · 2024

    General operating support

  • $80,000

    Abrahamic House · Dallas, TX · 2024

    General operating support

  • $75,000

    Chinle Planting Hope · Chinle, AZ · 2024

    General operating support

  • $75,000

    Third Sector New England · Boston, MA · 2024

    General operating support

  • $75,000

    Illinois Action for Children · Chicago, IL · 2024

    General operating support

  • $75,000

    Children'S Theatre Center · Brooklyn, NY · 2024

    General operating support

  • $74,000

    National Center for Race Amity · Acton, MA · 2024

    General operating support

  • $64,000

    Saltfire · Suquamish, WA · 2024

    General operating support

  • $64,000

    Public Narrative · Chicago, IL · 2024

    General operating support

  • $60,000

    Rainbows for All Children · Evanston, IL · 2024

    General operating support

  • $60,000

    Epic Theatre Center · New York, NY · 2024

    General operating support

  • $59,000

    Policy Impact · Berkeley, CA · 2024

    General operating support

  • $58,000

    The Current Project · New York, NY · 2024

    General operating support

  • $57,000

    The American Ireland Fund · New York, NY · 2024

    General operating support

  • $57,000

    Alliance for Felix Cove · Oakland, CA · 2024

    General operating support

  • $55,000

    Roots Connected · Tucson, AZ · 2024

    General operating support

  • $55,000

    Blue Lapis Light · Austin, TX · 2024

    General operating support

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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.