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The JPB Foundation

Name: The JPB Foundation grants, 2022–2024
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

1,952
grants reported: $1.61B
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $500,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

justice building equity communities poverty education climate environmental

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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.

Where the money goes

Environmental justice, energy efficiency in affordable housing, clean energy workforce
Civic engagement, voter registration, democracy defense and redistricting
Poverty and economic opportunity policy for low-income families
Racial equity, immigrant rights, and grassroots power building
Reproductive health care and gender equity
Neuroscience and environmental health research at MIT, Harvard, Yale

Typical grant

The median grant is $500,000 and the middle half runs $200,000 to $1,000,000, so a seven-figure ask is normal here rather than exceptional. The largest checks, $5 million to $14 million, go to intermediaries and pooled funds (Blue Meridian, Amalgamated Charitable Foundation, New Venture Fund, Windward Fund) and to anchor national organizations like Community Change and Center for American Progress. With 1,952 grants to only 565 recipients over three years, this is a portfolio built on repeat, multi-year commitments to the same institutions.

Their words

Phrases from their own grant descriptions, worth speaking back to them.

“GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT”
“ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE”
“RACIAL EQUITY”
“GRASSROOTS POWER”
“JUST TRANSITION”
“LOW-INCOME COMMUNITIES”

Positioning adjacent work

Tie research to environmental health and energy efficiency in affordable housing, their densest and most technical funding cluster.
Ask $500,000 to $1.5 million multi-year; sub-$100,000 requests are outside their normal operating range.
Frame outputs as usable by grassroots organizations and policy advocates, not as academic publications alone.
Name a named fellowship or institute structure; they fund Harvard, MIT, and Yale through cohort and fellows programs.

Worth knowing: Money concentrates hard in New York and Washington, DC, and a small set of fiscal sponsors and intermediaries (Amalgamated, New Venture Fund, Windward, NEO Philanthropy, Tides, Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors) absorb a large share, which means many decisions run through existing relationships and pooled funds rather than direct new grantees. University grants are the exception and cluster at a few elite institutions with long-running named programs, so a cold approach from an unaffiliated researcher faces steep odds without an intermediary or a current grantee partner.

4 grants matching “dumping” · $3.4M

$850,000
Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives · Berkeley, CA · 2024
From dumping grounds to healthy communities
$850,000
Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives · Berkeley, CA · 2023
From dumping grounds to healthy communities
$850,000
Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives · Berkeley, CA · 2022
From dumping grounds to healthy communities
$850,000
Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives · Berkeley, CA · 2022
From dumping grounds to healthy communities

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors38 grants · $73.0M
Blue Meridian Partners4 grants · $59.9M
New Venture Fund63 grants · $53.1M
Amalgamated Charitable Foundation35 grants · $47.6M
Windward Fund18 grants · $47.5M
Movement Strategy Center10 grants · $41.6M
Massachusetts Institute of Technology20 grants · $29.9M
The Bridgespan Group4 grants · $28.0M
Harlem Children'S Zone9 grants · $25.2M
Center for American Progress6 grants · $25.0M

Giving over time

$718.7M

2022

$422.0M

2023

$469.9M

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 1,952 grants.

$16.0M
Blue Meridian Partners · New York, NY · 2022
Blue meridian partners: general partnership
$16.0M
Blue Meridian Partners · New York, NY · 2022
Blue meridian partners: general partnership
$14.0M
Blue Meridian Partners · New York, NY · 2024
Blue meridian partners: general partnership recommitment
$14.0M
Blue Meridian Partners · New York, NY · 2023
Blue meridian partners: general partnership recommitment
$12.5M
Amalgamated Charitable Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024
Solidarity fund
$10.0M
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors · New York, NY · 2022
Reproductive health and women's rights collaborative
$10.0M
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors · New York, NY · 2022
Reproductive health and women's rights collaborative
$10.0M
The Bridgespan Group · Boston, MA · 2022
Bridgespan knowledge & innovation fund
$10.0M
The Bridgespan Group · Boston, MA · 2022
Bridgespan knowledge & innovation fund
$9.8M
Movement Strategy Center · Oakland, CA · 2022
Energy efficiency for all
$9.8M
Movement Strategy Center · Oakland, CA · 2022
Energy efficiency for all
$9.3M
Movement Strategy Center · Oakland, CA · 2023
Energy efficiency for all
$8.0M
Movement Strategy Center · Oakland, CA · 2024
Energy efficiency for all
$8.0M
Voter Registration Project · Washington, DC · 2024
General operating support
$7.0M
Community Change · Washington, DC · 2024
Toward a freedom to thrive
$7.0M
Community Change · Washington, DC · 2023
Toward a freedom to thrive
$6.5M
Community Change · Washington, DC · 2024
2024 civic engagement rapid response
$6.5M
Center for Community Change · Washington, DC · 2022
Toward a freedom to thrive
$6.5M
Center for Community Change · Washington, DC · 2022
Toward a freedom to thrive
$6.3M
New Venture Fund · Washington, DC · 2024
Trusted elections fund
$6.2M
Windward Fund · Washington, DC · 2024
Advancing environmental justice through the fund to build grassroots power
$6.2M
Windward Fund · Washington, DC · 2023
Advancing environmental justice through the fund to build grassroots power
$6.0M
Equal Justice Initiative · Montgomery, AL · 2023
Changing the narrative: racial justice reform in america
$6.0M
Voter Registration Project · Washington, DC · 2023
General operating support
$6.0M
Equal Justice Initiative · Montgomery, AL · 2022
Changing the narrative: racial justice reform in america
$6.0M
Equal Justice Initiative · Montgomery, AL · 2022
Changing the narrative: racial justice reform in america
$5.5M
Massachusetts Institute of Technology · Cambridge, MA · 2024
The picower institute innovation fund (piif)
$5.5M
Windward Fund · Washington, DC · 2022
Advancing environmental justice through the fund to build grassroots power
$5.5M
Windward Fund · Washington, DC · 2022
Advancing environmental justice through the fund to build grassroots power
$5.3M
Elevate Energy · Chicago, IL · 2022
National approach to scaling efficiency in affordable housing
$5.3M
Elevate Energy · Chicago, IL · 2022
National approach to scaling efficiency in affordable housing
$5.0M
Bend the Arc a Jewish Partnership for Justice · New York, NY · 2024
Youth organizing for climate action and racial equity
$5.0M
Bridgespan Group · Boston, MA · 2024
Bridgespan knowledge & innovation fund
$5.0M
Center for American Progress · Washington, DC · 2024
Strengthening democracy by advancing economic and racial justice
$5.0M
Equal Justice Initiative · Montgomery, AL · 2024
Changing the narrative: racial justice reform in america
$5.0M
Foundation for City College · New York, NY · 2024
Leadership for democracy and social justice
$5.0M
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors · New York, NY · 2024
Collaborative for gender + reproductive equity
$5.0M
Bend the Arc a Jewish Partnership for Justice · New York, NY · 2023
Youth organizing for climate action and racial equity
$5.0M
Bridgespan Group · Boston, MA · 2023
Bridgespan knowledge & innovation fund
$5.0M
Center for American Progress · Washington, DC · 2023
Strengthening democracy by advancing economic and racial justice
$5.0M
Foundation for City College · New York, NY · 2023
Leadership for democracy and social justice
$5.0M
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors · New York, NY · 2023
Collaborative for gender + reproductive equity
$5.0M
Trustees of Princeton University - Office of Research and Project · Princeton, NJ · 2023
To establish the william d. Zabel '58 professorship in human and civil rights at princeton university
$5.0M
Center for American Progress · Washington, DC · 2022
Strengthening democracy by advancing economic and racial justice
$5.0M
Center for American Progress · Washington, DC · 2022
Strengthening democracy by advancing economic and racial justice
$5.0M
Planned Parenthood Federation of America · New York, NY · 2022
Ensuring equitable access to the full range of reproductive health care
$5.0M
Planned Parenthood Federation of America · New York, NY · 2022
Ensuring equitable access to the full range of reproductive health care
$4.5M
Center On Budget and Policy Priorities · Washington, DC · 2024
Advancing strategies to reduce poverty and increase opportunity
$4.5M
Elevate Energy · Chicago, IL · 2024
National approach to scaling efficiency in affordable housing
$4.5M
Harlem Children'S Zone · New York, NY · 2024
Economic mobility
$4.5M
Trust for Public Land · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Knowledge into action: improve access and equity, innovate policy, leverage funding, build local partnerships and capacity, and strengthen low-income communities through the power of nature and the outdoors.
$4.5M
Center On Budget and Policy Priorities · Washington, DC · 2023
Advancing strategies to reduce poverty and increase opportunity
$4.5M
Elevate Energy · Chicago, IL · 2023
National approach to scaling efficiency in affordable housing
$4.5M
Planned Parenthood Federation of America · New York, NY · 2023
Meeting the moment and working towards an equitable future through patient-centered reproductive health care
$4.5M
Trust for Public Land · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Knowledge into action: improve access and equity, innovate policy, leverage funding, build local partnerships and capacity, and strengthen low-income communities through the power of nature and the outdoors
$4.0M
Massachusetts Institute of Technology · Cambridge, MA · 2023
The picower institute innovation fund (piif)
$4.0M
Massachusetts Institute of Technology · Cambridge, MA · 2022
The picower institute innovation fund (piif)
$4.0M
Massachusetts Institute of Technology · Cambridge, MA · 2022
The picower institute innovation fund (piif)
$4.0M
Bridgespan Group · Boston, MA · 2024
For the bridgespan institute
$4.0M
Planned Parenthood Federation of America · New York, NY · 2024
Meeting the moment and working towards an equitable future through patient-centered reproductive health care
$4.0M
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors · New York, NY · 2024
Abundant futures fund
$4.0M
Bridgespan Group · Boston, MA · 2023
For the bridgespan institute
$4.0M
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors · New York, NY · 2023
Abundant futures fund
$4.0M
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors · New York, NY · 2022
Abundant futures fund
$4.0M
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors · New York, NY · 2022
Abundant futures fund
$4.0M
The Bridgespan Group · Boston, MA · 2022
For the bridgespan institute
$4.0M
The Bridgespan Group · Boston, MA · 2022
For the bridgespan institute
$3.5M
Miami Foundation · Miami, FL · 2024
Reimagining the civic commons 3.0
$3.5M
Earthjustice · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Leveraging the power of the law to build healthy & equitable communities
$3.5M
Miami Foundation · Miami, FL · 2023
Reimagining the civic commons 3.0
$3.5M
People'S Action Institute · Chicago, IL · 2023
People and planet first: green jobs for all
$3.5M
Center On Budget and Policy Priorities · Washington, DC · 2022
Advancing strategies to reduce poverty and increase opportunity
$3.5M
Center On Budget and Policy Priorities · Washington, DC · 2022
Advancing strategies to reduce poverty and increase opportunity
$3.5M
Harlem Children'S Zone · New York, NY · 2022
Healthy harlem
$3.5M
Harlem Children'S Zone · New York, NY · 2022
Healthy harlem
$3.4M
New School · New York, NY · 2024
Healthy affordable materials project (hamp)
$3.3M
Amalgamated Charitable Foundation · Washington, DC · 2022
Funders for housing and opportunity
$3.3M
Amalgamated Charitable Foundation · Washington, DC · 2022
Funders for housing and opportunity
$3.3M
Amalgamated Charitable Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024
Funders for housing and opportunity
$3.3M
Amalgamated Charitable Foundation · Washington, DC · 2023
Funders for housing and opportunity
$3.1M
Harlem Children'S Zone · New York, NY · 2023
Economic mobility
$3.0M
Goodnation Foundation · New York, NY · 2024
A unified effort to expand charitable funding community + resource critical non-partisan priorities
$3.0M
Grid Alternatives · Oakland, CA · 2024
National clean energy workforce development program
$3.0M
Tides Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Organizational health fund
$3.0M
Windward Fund · Washington, DC · 2024
Global methane hub's methane and environmental justice project
$3.0M
Grid Alternatives · Oakland, CA · 2023
National clean energy workforce development program
$3.0M
Harlem Children'S Zone · New York, NY · 2023
Healthy harlem
$3.0M
Ndn Collective · Rapid City, SD · 2023
Strengthening indigenous self determination
$3.0M
Tides Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Organizational health fund
$3.0M
Windward Fund · Washington, DC · 2023
Global methane hub's methane and environmental justice project
$3.0M
Bend the Arc a Jewish Partnership for Justice · New York, NY · 2022
Youth climate justice fund
$3.0M
Bend the Arc a Jewish Partnership for Justice · New York, NY · 2022
Youth climate justice fund
$3.0M
Grid Alternatives · Oakland, CA · 2022
Renewable energy workforce development and equity program
$3.0M
Grid Alternatives · Oakland, CA · 2022
Renewable energy workforce development and equity program
$3.0M
Trust for Public Land · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Advancing equitable 10-minute walk park access: addressing the park divide in u.s. Cities through evidence-based actions
$3.0M
Trust for Public Land · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Advancing equitable 10-minute walk park access: addressing the park divide in u.s. Cities through evidence-based actions
$3.0M
Windward Fund · Washington, DC · 2022
Global methane hub's methane and environmental justice project
$3.0M
Windward Fund · Washington, DC · 2022
Global methane hub's methane and environmental justice project
$2.9M
Wnet · New York, NY · 2022
Cyberchase season 15 and let's learn
$2.9M
Wnet · New York, NY · 2022
Cyberchase season 15 and let's learn

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