Funding search · EIN 205045447 · Fort Washington, PA

The Argus Fund

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

130
grants reported
$2.7M
total given
2021–2024
filing years
$15,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20212024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

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Top recipients

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  • Conscious Alliance4 grants · $225,000
  • The County Theatre4 grants · $200,250
  • Navajohopi Health Foundation4 grants · $175,000
  • Snipes Farm & Education Center4 grants · $155,000
  • Smithsonian Institute4 grants · $150,000
  • National Public Radio4 grants · $150,000
  • Bucks County Housing Group4 grants · $140,000
  • Medical Care Development International1 grant · $130,000
  • Seacology4 grants · $100,000
  • Medical Care International2 grants · $90,000

Giving over time

$1.1M
2021
$310,000
2022
$615,000
2023
$684,150
2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 130 grants.

  • $130,000

    Medical Care Development International · Silver Spring, MD · 2021

    General charitable purpose

  • $100,000

    Conscious Alliance · Boulder, CA · 2021

    General charitable purpose

  • $100,000

    The County Theatre · Doylestown, PA · 2021

    General charitable purpose

  • $65,000

    Medical Care International · Philadelphia, PA · 2024

    General charitable purpose

  • $55,000

    Smithsonian Institute · Washington, DC · 2021

    General charitable purpose

  • $50,000

    Conscious Alliance · Boulder, CO · 2024

    General charitable purpose

  • $50,000

    Navajohopi Health Foundation · Tuba City, AZ · 2024

    General charitable purpose

  • $50,000

    Conscious Alliance · Boulder, CO · 2023

    General charitable purpose

  • $50,000

    Navajohopi Health Foundation · Tuba City, AZ · 2023

    General charitable purpose

  • $50,000

    Bucks County Housing Group · Warminster, PA · 2021

    General charitable purpose

  • $50,000

    National Public Radio · Washington, DC · 2021

    General charitable purpose

  • $50,000

    Navajohopi Health Foundation · Tuba City, AZ · 2021

    General charitable purpose

  • $50,000

    Snipes Farm & Education Center · Morrisville, PA · 2021

    General charitable purpose

  • $45,000

    Bucks County Housing Group · Warminster, PA · 2024

    General charitable purpose

  • $45,000

    Smithsonian Institute · Washington, DC · 2023

    General charitable purpose

  • $40,250

    The County Theatre · Doylestown, PA · 2024

    General charitable purpose

  • $40,000

    National Public Radio · Washington, DC · 2024

    General charitable purpose

  • $40,000

    Snipes Farm & Education Center · Morrisville, PA · 2024

    General charitable purpose

  • $40,000

    National Public Radio · Washington, DC · 2023

    General charitable purpose

  • $40,000

    Snipes Farm & Education Center · Morrisville, PA · 2023

    General charitable purpose

  • $40,000

    The County Theatre · Doylestown, PA · 2023

    General charitable purpose

  • $40,000

    Seacology · Berkeley, CA · 2021

    General charitable purpose

  • $36,000

    Reef Environmental Education Foundation · Key Largo, FL · 2021

    General charitable purpose

  • $35,000

    Americans for Native Americans · Doylestown, PA · 2024

    General charitable purpose

  • $35,000

    Eckerd College · St Petersburg, FL · 2021

    General charitable purpose

  • $35,000

    Wbgo Radio · Newark, NJ · 2021

    General charitable purpose

  • $30,000

    Seacology · Berkeley, CA · 2024

    General charitable purpose

  • $30,000

    The Marine Mammal Center · Sausalito, CA · 2024

    General charitable purpose

  • $30,000

    US Friends of the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust · Laguna Hills, CA · 2024

    General charitable purpose

  • $30,000

    Black Doctors Consortium · Philadelphia, PA · 2023

    General charitable purpose

  • $30,000

    Bucks County Housing Group · Warminster, PA · 2023

    General charitable purpose

  • $30,000

    Smithsonian Institute · Washington, DC · 2022

    General charitable purpose

  • $30,000

    Black Doctors Consortium · Philadelphia, PA · 2021

    General charitable purpose

  • $30,000

    Lincoln Center · New York, NY · 2021

    General charitable purpose

  • $30,000

    The Marine Mammal Center · Sausalito, CA · 2021

    General charitable purpose

  • $30,000

    The Wildlife Conservation Network · San Francisco, CA · 2021

    General charitable purpose

  • $30,000

    US Friends of the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust · Laguna Hills, CA · 2021

    General charitable purpose

  • $30,000

    Working Dogs for Conservation · Bozeman, MT · 2021

    General charitable purpose

  • $30,000

    Yellowstone Forever Institute · Gardiner, MT · 2021

    General charitable purpose

  • $25,000

    The Towers Foundation · Staten Island, NY · 2024

    General charitable purpose

  • $25,000

    The Wildlife Conservation Network · San Francisco, CA · 2024

    General charitable purpose

  • $25,000

    Medical Care International · Philadelphia, PA · 2023

    General charitable purpose

  • $25,000

    Conscious Alliance · Boulder, CO · 2022

    General charitable purpose

  • $25,000

    Navajohopi Health Foundation · Tuba City, AZ · 2022

    General charitable purpose

  • $25,000

    Snipes Farm & Education Center · Morrisville, PA · 2022

    General charitable purpose

  • $25,000

    Americans for Native Americans · Doylestown, PA · 2021

    General charitable purpose

  • $25,000

    Hanley Center Foundation · West Palm Beach, FL · 2021

    General charitable purpose

  • $25,000

    The Innocence Project · Philadelphia, PA · 2021

    General charitable purpose

  • $20,500

    Maui Fire Fund · Honolulu, HI · 2023

    General charitable purpose

  • $20,500

    Trinity Center for Urban Life · Philadelphia, PA · 2023

    General charitable purpose

  • $20,000

    Lincoln Center · New York, NY · 2024

    General charitable purpose

  • $20,000

    Smithsonian Institute · Washington, DC · 2024

    General charitable purpose

  • $20,000

    Americans for Native Americans · Doylestown, PA · 2023

    General charitable purpose

  • $20,000

    Lincoln Center · New York, NY · 2023

    General charitable purpose

  • $20,000

    Seacology · Berkeley, CA · 2023

    General charitable purpose

  • $20,000

    The Marine Mammal Center · Sausalito, CA · 2023

    General charitable purpose

  • $20,000

    The Wildlife Conservation Network · San Francisco, CA · 2023

    General charitable purpose

  • $20,000

    US Friends of the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust · Laguna Hills, CA · 2023

    General charitable purpose

  • $20,000

    Black Doctors Consortium · Philadelphia, PA · 2022

    General charitable purpose

  • $20,000

    National Public Radio · Washington, DC · 2022

    General charitable purpose

  • $20,000

    The County Theatre · Doylestown, PA · 2022

    General charitable purpose

  • $15,000

    Eckerd College · St Petersburg, FL · 2024

    General charitable purpose

  • $15,000

    Audobon Nature Institute · New Orleans, LA · 2023

    General charitable purpose

  • $15,000

    Bucks County Housing Group · Warmister, PA · 2022

    General charitable purpose

  • $15,000

    Wbgo Radio · Newark, NJ · 2022

    General charitable purpose

  • $15,000

    The Stewpot · Dallas, TX · 2021

    General charitable purpose

  • $13,500

    Bucks County Historical Society · Doylestown, PA · 2021

    General charitable purpose

  • $10,500

    Tba Fund · Safety Harbor, FL · 2024

    General charitable purpose

  • $10,000

    Almost Home Dog Rescue · Doylestown, PA · 2024

    General charitable purpose

  • $10,000

    Audobon Nature Institute · New Orleans, LA · 2024

    General charitable purpose

  • $10,000

    Doylestown Health · Doylestown, PA · 2024

    General charitable purpose

  • $10,000

    Hanley Center Foundation · West Palm Beach, FL · 2024

    General charitable purpose

  • $10,000

    Naranda Michael Walden Foundation · Novato, CA · 2024

    General charitable purpose

  • $10,000

    The George School · Newtown, PA · 2024

    General charitable purpose

  • $10,000

    Trinity Center Austin · Austin, TX · 2024

    General charitable purpose

  • $10,000

    Working Dogs for Conservation · Bozeman, MT · 2024

    General charitable purpose

  • $10,000

    Yellowstone Forever Institute · Gardiner, MT · 2024

    General charitable purpose

  • $10,000

    Doylestown Health · Doylestown, PA · 2023

    General charitable purpose

  • $10,000

    Eckerd College · St Petersburg, FL · 2023

    General charitable purpose

  • $10,000

    Hanley Center Foundation · West Palm Beach, FL · 2023

    General charitable purpose

  • $10,000

    Naranda Michael Walden Foundation · Novato, CA · 2023

    General charitable purpose

  • $10,000

    The George School · Newtown, PA · 2023

    General charitable purpose

  • $10,000

    Working Dogs for Conservation · Bozeman, MT · 2023

    General charitable purpose

  • $10,000

    Yellowstone Forever Institute · Gardiner, MT · 2023

    General charitable purpose

  • $10,000

    Americans for Native Americans · Doylestown, PA · 2022

    General charitable purpose

  • $10,000

    Hanley Center Foundation · West Palm Beach, FL · 2022

    General charitable purpose

  • $10,000

    Lincoln Center · New York, NY · 2022

    General charitable purpose

  • $10,000

    Seacology · Berkeley, CA · 2022

    General charitable purpose

  • $10,000

    The Marine Mammal Center · Sausalito, CA · 2022

    General charitable purpose

  • $10,000

    The Wildlife Conservation Network · San Francisco, CA · 2022

    General charitable purpose

  • $10,000

    US Friends of the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust · Laguna Hills, CA · 2022

    General charitable purpose

  • $10,000

    Doylestown Health · Doylestown, PA · 2021

    General charitable purpose

  • $10,000

    Fraxa Research Foundation · Newburyport, MA · 2021

    General charitable purpose

  • $10,000

    Naranda Michael Walden Foundation · Novato, CA · 2021

    General charitable purpose

  • $10,000

    Wxpn Radio · Philadelphia, PA · 2021

    General charitable purpose

  • $7,500

    Almost Home Dog Rescue · Doylestown, PA · 2021

    General charitable purpose

  • $5,900

    Cadence Foundation · San Jose, CA · 2024

    General charitable purpose

  • $5,000

    Bucks County Historical Society · Doylestown, PA · 2024

    General charitable purpose

  • $5,000

    Fraxa Research Foundation · Newburyport, MA · 2024

    General charitable purpose

  • $5,000

    Wxpn Radio · Philadelphia, PA · 2024

    General charitable purpose

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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.