Funding search · EIN 862577635 · Grantmaking charity · Washington, DC

Telescope Fund

$75.1M
in grants paid: 167
grants: 114
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 100 largest recent grants from this foundation’s filings, newest year first.

$2.2M
The Recycling Partnership · Washington, DC · 2024
Project support
$1.0M
Dreaming Out Loud · Washington, DC · 2024
Project support
$1.0M
Superhumans Ukraine · Jersey City, NJ · 2024
Project support
$1.0M
Save Ukraine · New York, NY · 2024
Project support
$700,000
Feed the Children · Oklahoma City, OK · 2024
General support
$680,000
Florida Atlantic University Foundation · Boca Raton, FL · 2024
Project support
$600,000
Dions Chicago Dream Inc Nfp · Chicago, IL · 2024
Project support
$500,000
Arbor Day Foundation · Lincoln, NE · 2024
Project support
$266,046
Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Westlake, TX · 2024
Project support
$237,000
Globalgiving Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024
Project support
$200,000
Cal Ripken Sr Foundation · Baltimore, MD · 2024
General support
$200,000
Games for Change · New York, NY · 2024
General support
$152,437
Imagine North Carolina First · Raleigh, NC · 2024
General support
$152,436
Isaiah · Saint Paul, MN · 2024
General support
$150,000
Pennsylvania Voice · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
General support
$150,000
Takeaction Minnesota Education Fund · St Paul, MN · 2024
General support
$150,000
Texas Organizing Project Education Fund · San Antonio, TX · 2024
General support
$150,000
Virginia New Majority Education Fund · Alexandria, VA · 2024
General support
$104,500
Gvngorg · Beverley Hills, CA · 2024
Project support
$100,000
Camp Korey · Mount Vernon, WA · 2024
General support
$100,000
Choc Foundation · Orange, CA · 2024
General support
$100,000
Orange County United Way · Irvine, CA · 2024
Project support
$75,000
Corpsgiving Foundation · Denver, CO · 2024
General support
$50,000
Activate 48 Education Fund · Phoenix, AZ · 2024
General support
$50,000
Meridian Institute · Dillon, CO · 2024
General support
$50,000
Bloom To Life · San Diego, CA · 2024
Project support
$37,800
Catchafire Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Project support
$25,000
Society of Plastics Engineers · Danbury, CT · 2024
General support
$25,000
Leadership in Heels · Lake Forest, CA · 2024
General support
$11,000
National Law Enforcement and Firefighters Children'S Foundation · New York, NY · 2024
General support
$10,000
Habitat for Humanity of Kansas City · Kansas City, MO · 2024
Project support
$10,000
Destiny Center of Desoto County · Olive Branch, MS · 2024
Project support
$10,000
Clark County Museum · Jeffersonville, IN · 2024
Project support
$8,500
Samaritans Feet International · Charlotte, NC · 2024
General support
$6,000
Cal State Fullerton Philanthropic Foundation · Fullerton, CA · 2024
Project support
$2.5M
One Arizona · Phoenix, AZ · 2023
Project support
$1.7M
Florida Rising Together · Miami, FL · 2023
Project support
$1.4M
Pennsylvania Voice · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
General support
$1.4M
Imagine North Carolina First · Raleigh, NC · 2023
General support
$1.4M
Ohio Organizing Collaborative · Youngstown, OH · 2023
Project support
$1.1M
Texas Freedom Network Education Fund · Austin, TX · 2023
General support
$1.0M
We the People Mi · Detroit, MI · 2023
General support
$1.0M
Alliance for Youth Organizing · Washington, DC · 2023
Project support
$975,000
Center for Civic Policy · Albuquerque, NM · 2023
General support
$900,000
Tides Center · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Project support
$900,000
Neo Philanthropy · New York, NY · 2023
Project support
$884,000
New Venture Fund · Washington, DC · 2023
Project support
$800,000
Isaiah · Saint Paul, MN · 2023
General support
$800,000
Progeorgia State Table · Atlanta, GA · 2023
General support
$750,000
Music Will · Montclair, NJ · 2023
Project support
$700,000
Asian Americans Advancing Justice Atlanta · Norcross, GA · 2023
General support
$700,000
Cal Ripken Sr Foundation · Baltimore, MD · 2023
Project support
$700,000
Amalgamated Charitable Foundation · Washington, DC · 2023
Project support
$650,000
We Are Down Home · Greensboro, NC · 2023
General support
$650,000
Alabama Forward · Montgomery, AL · 2023
Project support
$600,000
Mississippi Votes · Jackson, MS · 2023
General support
$600,000
Texas Organizing Project Education Fund · San Antonio, TX · 2023
General support
$550,000
Ole Education Fund · Albuquerque, NM · 2023
General support
$500,000
Power Coalition for Equity and Justice · New Orleans, LA · 2023
General support
$500,000
Law Forward · Madison, WI · 2023
General support
$500,000
Florida Rights Restoration Coalition · Orlando, FL · 2023
General support
$500,000
State Voices · Washington, DC · 2023
Project support
$500,000
Promote the Vote Fund · Lansing, MI · 2023
General support
$500,000
Progressive Leadership Alliance of Nevada · Las Vegas, NV · 2023
General support
$400,000
Naeva · Albuquerque, NM · 2023
General support
$400,000
New Georgia Project · Atlanta, GA · 2023
General support
$400,000
Democracy North Carolina · Morrisville, NC · 2023
General support
$400,000
Activate 48 Education Fund · Phoenix, AZ · 2023
General support
$400,000
Voces De La Frontera · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
General support
$400,000
Faith in Florida · Orlando, FL · 2023
General support
$400,000
Forward Justice · Morrisville, NC · 2023
General support
$400,000
Freedom · Madison, WI · 2023
General support
$375,000
Gvngorg · Beverley Hills, CA · 2023
Project support
$350,000
Georgia Alliance Education Fund · Atlanta, GA · 2023
General support
$350,000
Vote · New Orleans, LA · 2023
General support
$350,000
Make the Road States · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
General support
$350,000
Scholarship America · Minneapolis, MN · 2023
General support
$350,000
North Carolina Black Alliance · Raleigh, NC · 2023
General support
$350,000
North Carolina Asian Americans Together · Raleigh, NC · 2023
General support
$350,000
Takeaction Minnesota Education Fund · St Paul, MN · 2023
General support
$350,000
Nm Comunidades En Accion Y De Fe · Las Cruces, NM · 2023
General support
$350,000
Arizona Center for Empowerment · Phoenix, AZ · 2023
General support
$300,000
Women With a Vision · New Orleans, LA · 2023
General support
$300,000
Virginia New Majority Education Fund · Alexandria, VA · 2023
General support
$300,000
Georgia Latino Alliance for Human Rights · Atlanta, GA · 2023
General support
$280,000
Michigan Voices · Detroit, MI · 2023
General support
$250,000
Asian Community Development Council · Las Vegas, NV · 2023
General support
$250,000
Center for Empowered Politics Education Fund · Oakland, CA · 2023
Project support
$250,000
Ohio Voice · Columbus, OH · 2023
General support
$250,000
Volunteers of America · Alexandria, VA · 2023
Project support
$250,000
One Voice · Jackson, MS · 2023
General support
$100,000
Keep Jackson Beautiful · Jackson, MS · 2023
Project support
$100,000
Feed the Children · Oklahoma City, OK · 2023
Project support
$60,000
Corpsgiving Foundation · Denver, CO · 2023
Project support
$57,500
Skillpointe Foundation · Atlanta, GA · 2023
Project support
$50,000
New Pa Project Education Fund · West Chester, PA · 2023
General support
$50,000
Tides Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2023
General support
$50,000
Progress Florida Education Institute · Saint Petersburg, FL · 2023
General support
$50,000
Sustainable Claremont · Claremont, CA · 2023
Project support
$45,000
Legacy Global Foundation · Mesa, AZ · 2023
Project support

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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.