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Abrams Foundation

Name: Abrams 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.

68
grants reported: $20.4M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $112,500
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

local journalism network propublica reporting campaign center

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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.

Top recipients

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

American Journalism Project3 grants · $5.8M
Propublica6 grants · $4.8M
Wgbh Educational Foundation4 grants · $1.8M
Brown University2 grants · $833,333
Year Up3 grants · $750,000
The Esplanade Association1 grant · $750,000
Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press3 grants · $600,000
The 19th News3 grants · $600,000
Huntington Theatre Company1 grant · $500,000
Smithsonian Institution - National Museum of African American1 grant · $500,000

Giving over time

$6.0M

2022

$7.5M

2023

$6.9M

2024

Grant history

All 68 reported grants, largest first.

$2.5M
American Journalism Project · Washington, DC · 2024
In support of fund ii
$2.5M
American Journalism Project · Washington, DC · 2023
In support of fund ii
$1.3M
Propublica · New York, NY · 2024
To support the propublica local reporting network
$1.3M
Propublica · New York, NY · 2023
Support of propublica local reporting network
$750,000
The Esplanade Association · Boston, MA · 2024
To provide support for the construction of the charlesbank landing on the esplanade
$750,000
American Journalism Project · Washington, DC · 2022
General purpose
$625,000
Propublica · New York, NY · 2023
Support of propublica local reporting network
$625,000
Propublica · New York, NY · 2022
Support of propublica local reporting network
$625,000
Propublica · New York, NY · 2022
To support the propublica local reporting network
$608,000
Wgbh Educational Foundation · Boston, MA · 2022
Initiatives of frontline
$525,000
Wgbh Educational Foundation · Boston, MA · 2023
Support of the enterprise journalism initiative/frontline series support and frontline dispatch podcast
$505,000
Wgbh Educational Foundation · Boston, MA · 2024
Support of the enterprise journalism initiative/frontline series support and frontline dispatch podcast
$500,000
Smithsonian Institution · Washington, DC · 2024
To support the center for the study of global slavery at the national museum of african american history and culture
$500,000
Smithsonian Institution - National Museum of African American · Washington, DC · 2023
To support the center for the study of global slavery at the national museum of african american history and culture
$500,000
Huntington Theatre Company · Boston, MA · 2022
In support of the campaign for the new huntington
$416,667
Brown University · Providence, RI · 2022
In support of brown center for the study of slavery & justice
$416,666
Brown University · Providence, RI · 2023
In support of brown center for the study of slavery & justice
$355,000
The Marshall Project · New York, NY · 2022
To fund data editor and staff writer positions
$300,000
Propublica · New York, NY · 2022
To support abrams journalism fellows
$250,000
Year Up · Boston, MA · 2024
To support the campaign for an equitable future
$250,000
Year Up · Boston, MA · 2023
To support the campaign for an equitable future
$250,000
Year Up · Boston, MA · 2022
To support the campaign for an equitable future
$200,000
Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press · Washington, DC · 2024
To support the local legal initiative
$200,000
The 19th News · Austin, TX · 2024
General operating support to advance reproductive rights coverage
$200,000
Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press · Washington, DC · 2023
To support the local legal initiative
$200,000
The 19th News · Austin, TX · 2023
General operating support to advance reproductive rights coverage
$200,000
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum · Boston, MA · 2022
In support of the betye saar/travel albums exhibition
$200,000
Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press · Washington, DC · 2022
To support the local legal initiative
$200,000
The 19th News · Austin, TX · 2022
General operating support to advance reproductive rights coverage
$150,000
The Public Theater · New York, NY · 2024
In support of public works and the mobile unit
$150,000
The Public Theater · New York, NY · 2023
In support of public works and mobile unit
$150,000
Museum of Fine Arts · Boston, MA · 2022
To support the exhibition frank bowling's america, 1966-75
$150,000
The Public Theater · New York, NY · 2022
In support of public works and mobile unit
$125,000
Wgbh Educational Foundation · Boston, MA · 2023
Frontline's investigative journalist equity initiative
$100,000
Jazz at Lincoln Center · New York, NY · 2024
General operating support
$100,000
Public Art Fund · New York, NY · 2024
In support of the adrienne elise tarver: she who sits and edra soto: graft exhibitions
$100,000
Salt Lick Incubator · Belmont, MA · 2024
General operating support
$100,000
Firelight Media · New York, NY · 2023
General operating support
$100,000
Jazz at Lincoln Center · New York, NY · 2023
General operating support
$100,000
Public Art Fund · New York, NY · 2023
In support of the felipe baeza: unruly forms and fred eversley: parabolic light exhibitions
$100,000
Capital B News · New York, NY · 2022
General purpose
$100,000
Firelight Media · New York, NY · 2022
To support the documentary lab fellowship
$100,000
Jazz at Lincoln Center · New York, NY · 2022
General purpose
$65,000
The Tank Ltd · New York, NY · 2023
In support of the work of radar festival llc
$50,000
Braven Incorporated · Chicago, IL · 2024
General operating support
$50,000
Harvard University · Cambridge, MA · 2024
General operating support for the nieman foundation for journalism
$50,000
The Marshall Project · New York, NY · 2024
General operating support
$50,000
Boys and Girls Clubs of Boston · Boston, MA · 2023
General operating support
$50,000
Braven Incorporated · Chicago, IL · 2023
General operating support
$50,000
Emerson College · Boston, MA · 2023
Artsemerson general operating support and artsemerson gaining ground fund
$50,000
Harvard University · Cambridge, MA · 2023
General operating support for the nieman foundation for journalism.
$50,000
The Marshall Project · New York, NY · 2023
General operating support
$50,000
Whitney Museum of American Art · New York, NY · 2023
In support of the exhibition ruth asawa through line
$50,000
Boys and Girls Clubs of Boston · Boston, MA · 2022
General purpose
$50,000
Braven Incorporated · Chicago, IL · 2022
General purpose
$50,000
Emerson College · Boston, MA · 2022
Artsemerson general operating support and artsemerson gaining ground fund
$50,000
Public Art Fund · New York, NY · 2022
In support of the wendy red star: travels pretty exhibition
$25,000
Bard College · Annandaleonhudson, NY · 2024
General operating support for bard prison initiative
$25,000
Committee To Protect Journalists · New York, NY · 2024
General operating support
$25,000
Equal Justice Initiative · Montgomery, AL · 2024
General operating support
$25,000
Bard College · Annandaleonhudson, NY · 2023
General operating support for bard prison initiative.
$25,000
Committee To Protect Journalists · New York, NY · 2023
General operating support
$25,000
Equal Justice Initiative · Montgomery, AL · 2023
General operating support
$25,000
American Repertory Theater · Cambridge, MA · 2022
To support twilight: los angeles, 1992 ticket subsidy initiative
$25,000
Bard College · Annandaleonhudson, NY · 2022
In support of the bard prison initiative
$25,000
Committee To Protect Journalists · New York, NY · 2022
General purpose
$25,000
Equal Justice Initiative · Montgomery, AL · 2022
General purpose
$25,000
Nieman Foundation for Journalism · Cambridge, MA · 2022
General purpose

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