Funding search · EIN 954016320 · Los Angeles, CA

The Hearthland Foundation

Name: The Hearthland Foundation grants, 2020–2024
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.

355
grants reported: $77.7M
total given: 2020–2024
filing years: $100,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2020–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

arts culture media civic engagement education youth gotv

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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.

5 grants matching “govt” · $3.1M

$2.0M
The Barack Obama Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2022
Civic engagement & govt
$500,000
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors · New York, NY · 2022
Civic engagement & govt
$500,000
Workmoney Foundation · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
Civic engagement & govt
$100,000
Foundation for Social Impact · Little Rock, AR · 2022
Civic engagement & govt
$50,000
Michigan Civic Education Fund · Madison Heights, MI · 2022
Civic engagement & govt

Top recipients

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

Righteous Persons Foundation3 grants · $7.5M
The Barack Obama Foundation3 grants · $5.0M
American Exchange Project4 grants · $4.1M
Barack Obama Foundation2 grants · $4.0M
On Being Project6 grants · $2.9M
Rewild3 grants · $2.8M
Firelight Media4 grants · $2.0M
Childrens Hospital of Los Angeles1 grant · $2.0M
The Studio Museum in Harlem1 grant · $1.7M
Workmoney Foundation3 grants · $1.5M

Giving over time

$19.2M

2020

$10.8M

2021

$10.1M

2022

$11.3M

2023

$26.2M

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 355 grants.

$3.4M
Righteous Persons Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2021
Jewish
$2.5M
Righteous Persons Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2020
Jewish
$2.0M
Childrens Hospital of Los Angeles · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Health
$2.0M
The Barack Obama Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2023
Civic engagement
$2.0M
The Barack Obama Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2022
Civic engagement & govt
$2.0M
Barack Obama Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2021
Civic engagement & gotv
$2.0M
Barack Obama Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2020
Civic engagement & gotv
$1.7M
Righteous Persons Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Jewish
$1.7M
The Studio Museum in Harlem · New York, NY · 2024
Arts, culture & media
$1.3M
American Exchange Project · Sudbury, MA · 2024
Bridging divides
$1.1M
World Central Kitchen · Washington, DC · 2020
Humanitarian aid
$1.1M
American Exchange Project · Sudbury, MA · 2023
Bridging divides
$1.0M
Eternal Seeds · New Orleans, LA · 2024
Arts, culture & media
$1.0M
Rewild · Austin, TX · 2024
Environment & climate change
$1.0M
The Barack Obama Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2024
Civic engagement
$1.0M
Rewild · Austin, TX · 2023
Environment & climate change
$1.0M
The New York Public Library Astor Lenox · New York, NY · 2023
Arts, culture & media
$1.0M
American Exchange Project · Sudbury, MA · 2022
Bridging divides
$837,000
Rewild · Austin, TX · 2022
Environment & climate change
$760,000
Tides Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2020
Human rights
$750,000
American Exchange Project · Sudbury, MA · 2024
Bridging divides
$750,000
Groundtruth Project · Beaverton, OR · 2024
Journalism
$666,666
National Women'S Law Center · Washington, DC · 2020
Women
$600,000
Smithsonian Institution · Washington, DC · 2021
Arts, culture & media
$583,333
Human Rights Watch · New York, NY · 2020
Human rights
$516,000
Storycorps · Brooklyn, NY · 2020
Bridging divides
$500,000
Facing History and Ourselves · Boston, MA · 2024
Education
$500,000
Firelight Media · New York, NY · 2024
Arts, culture & media
$500,000
Jewish Council of Public Affairs · New York, NY · 2024
Bridging divides
$500,000
Liberation Ventures · Oakland, CA · 2024
Racial justice
$500,000
More Perfect Union Foundation · Alexandria, VA · 2024
Narrative & storytelling
$500,000
On Being Project · Minneapolis, MN · 2024
Arts, culture & media
$500,000
Propublica · New York, NY · 2024
Journalism
$500,000
Solutions Journalism Network · New York, NY · 2024
Journalism
$500,000
Workmoney Foundation · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Civic engagement
$500,000
Facing History and Ourselves · Boston, MA · 2023
Education
$500,000
Firelight Media · New York, NY · 2023
Arts, culture & media
$500,000
On Being Project · Minneapolis, MN · 2023
Arts, culture & media
$500,000
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors · New York, NY · 2023
Civic engagement
$500,000
Windward Fund · Washington, DC · 2023
Civic engagement
$500,000
Workmoney Foundation · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
Civic engagement
$500,000
Firelight Media · New York, NY · 2022
Arts, culture & media
$500,000
On Being Project · Minneapolis, MN · 2022
Arts, culture & media
$500,000
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors · New York, NY · 2022
Civic engagement & govt
$500,000
Storycorps · Brooklyn, NY · 2022
Bridging divides
$500,000
Workmoney Foundation · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
Civic engagement & govt
$500,000
Firelight Media · New York, NY · 2021
Arts, culture & media
$500,000
On Being Project · Minneapolis, MN · 2021
Arts, culture & media
$500,000
Storycorps · Brooklyn, NY · 2021
Bridging divides
$500,000
City Year · Boston, MA · 2020
Education
$500,000
Mayor'S Fund for Los Angeles · Los Angeles, CA · 2020
Humanitarian aid
$500,000
On Being Project · Minneapolis, MN · 2020
Arts, culture & media
$400,000
Equis Institute · Washington, DC · 2024
Civic engagement
$400,000
Hopewell Fund · Washington, DC · 2024
Civic engagement
$400,000
Community Funds · New York, NY · 2020
Humanitarian aid
$363,500
Equal Justice Initiative · Montgomery, AL · 2020
Human rights
$350,000
American Journalism Project · Washington, DC · 2024
Journalism
$350,000
On Being Project · Minneapolis, MN · 2024
Arts, culture & media
$340,000
Utah Film Center · Salt Lake City, UT · 2021
Arts, culture & media
$333,334
Human Rights Watch · New York, NY · 2022
Human rights
$333,333
Human Rights Watch · New York, NY · 2021
Human rights
$300,000
City Club of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
Arts, culture & media
$300,000
Tides Center · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Civic engagement
$250,000
Bvm Capacity Building Institute · Atlanta, GA · 2024
Civic engagement
$250,000
Dream Machine Innovation So · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Bridging divides
$250,000
Equal Justice Initiative · Montgomery, AL · 2024
Racial justice
$250,000
Eternal Seeds · New Orleans, LA · 2024
Arts, culture & media
$250,000
Freedom Reads · New Haven, CT · 2024
Education
$250,000
Geffen Playhouse · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Arts, culture & media
$250,000
Hopewell Fund · Washington, DC · 2024
Civic engagement
$250,000
Ikar · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Jewish life
$250,000
Institute for Media Analysis · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
Narrative & storytelling
$250,000
Los Angeles Philharmonic Association · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Arts educsation
$250,000
March for Our Lives Foundation · New York, NY · 2024
Civic engagement
$250,000
One Fair Wage · Cambridge, MA · 2024
Civic engagement
$250,000
Reboot · Longmeadow, MA · 2024
Narrative & storytelling
$250,000
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors · New York, NY · 2024
Civic engagement
$250,000
Solutions Project · Oakland, CA · 2024
Environment & climate change
$250,000
Sos Children'S Villages California · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Youth
$250,000
T of L · Pittsburgh, PA · 2024
Bridging divides
$250,000
The Art and Advocacy Society · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Arts, culture & media
$250,000
Tides Center · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Civic engagement
$250,000
We the People Mi · Detroit, MI · 2024
Civic engagement
$250,000
Equal Justice Initiative · Montgomery, AL · 2023
Racial justice
$250,000
Freedom Reads · New Haven, CT · 2023
Education
$250,000
The Art and Advocacy Society · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
Arts, culture & media
$250,000
Equal Justice Initiative · Montgomery, AL · 2022
Racial justice
$250,000
Equal Justice Initiative · Montgomery, AL · 2021
Human rights
$250,000
People'S Action Institute · Chicago, IL · 2021
Civic engagement & gotv
$250,000
Center for American Progress · Washington, DC · 2020
Civic engagement & gotv
$250,000
Fair Count · Atlanta, GA · 2020
Civic engagement & gotv
$250,000
Los Angeles Philharmonic Association · Los Angeles, CA · 2020
Arts education
$250,000
New Venture Fund (Center for Secure and Modern Elections) · Washington, DC · 2020
Civic engagement & gotv
$250,000
New Venture Fund (Voting Rights Lab C3) · Washington, DC · 2020
Civic engagement & gotv
$250,000
People'S Action Institute · Chicago, IL · 2020
Civic engagement & gotv
$250,000
Solutions Journalism Network · New York, NY · 2020
Arts, culture & media
$250,000
United States Artists · Chicago, IL · 2020
Arts, culture & media
$247,450
Portland Art Museum · Portland, OR · 2023
Arts, culture & media
$225,000
The Art and Advocacy Society · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Arts, culture & media
$225,000
More in Common · New York, NY · 2023
Bridging divides

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