Funding search · EIN 201266221 · Wilmington, DE

The Black Dog Private Foundation

Name: The Black Dog Private Foundation grants, 2022–2025
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.

99
grants reported: $2.4M
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $5,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

exhibition photography relief accessions museum american board campaign

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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.

San Francisco Museum of Modern Art6 grants · $433,400
Voter Registration Project3 grants · $400,000
Outward Bound California4 grants · $370,000
Vote Org1 grant · $250,000
American Independent Foundation1 grant · $200,000
Mercy Corps4 grants · $110,000
Accelerate Change1 grant · $105,000
Kqed2 grants · $75,000
The Philanthropy Workshop4 grants · $46,000
Tinworks Art1 grant · $40,000

Giving over time

$974,000

2022

$708,000

2023

$60,500

2024

$681,500

2025

Grant history

All 99 reported grants, largest first.

$250,000
Outward Bound California · San Francisco, CA · 2025
Joshua Tree base camp
$250,000
Vote Org · Oakland, CA · 2022
Mind The Gap program
$200,000
American Independent Foundation · Washington, DC · 2023
American Independent Radio Program
$200,000
Voter Registration Project · Washington, DC · 2023
Everybody Votes Campaign
$112,500
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art · San Francisco, CA · 2025
general operating fund, Photo accessions, and art of today exhibition fund
$112,500
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art · San Francisco, CA · 2023
for the Photography Accessions Committee, Unrestricted Giving, and the Art of Today Annual Exhibition Fund
$105,000
Accelerate Change · Boston, MA · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$100,000
Voter Registration Project · Washington, DC · 2025
General & Unrestricted
$100,000
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Neal Benezra Exhibition Fund
$100,000
Voter Registration Project · Washington, DC · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$75,900
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art · San Francisco, CA · 2022
General & Unrestricted and exhibition support for Kinship
$50,000
Outward Bound California · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Annual Board Gift
$50,000
Kqed · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Campaign 21
$50,000
Mercy Corps · Boone, IA · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$50,000
Outward Bound California · Beaverton, OR · 2022
2022 Annual Board Gift
$40,000
Tinworks Art · Bozeman, MT · 2025
General & Unrestricted
$30,000
Mercy Corps · Boone, IA · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$25,000
Citizen Film · San Francisco, CA · 2025
Chicago WP American Creed Project
$25,000
Kqed · San Francisco, CA · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$20,000
San Francisco Food Bank · San Francisco, CA · 2025
General & Unrestricted
$20,000
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art · San Francisco, CA · 2025
General & Unrestricted
$20,000
Berry Center · New Castle, KY · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$20,000
International Committee of the Red Cross · 2022
Ukraine relief fund
$20,000
Outward Bound California · Beaverton, OR · 2022
Charitable Event
$15,000
Mercy Corps · Boone, IA · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$15,000
Mercy Corps · Boone, IA · 2022
Ukraine Relief
$12,500
Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy · San Francisco, CA · 2025
General & Unrestricted
$12,500
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art · San Francisco, CA · 2022
2022-2023 Photography Accessions Committee
$12,000
The Philanthropy Workshop · New York, NY · 2025
General & Unrestricted
$12,000
The Philanthropy Workshop · New York, NY · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$12,000
The Philanthropy Workshop · New York, NY · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$10,000
American Conservatory Theatre Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2025
General & Unrestricted
$10,000
Barth Syndrome Foundation · Boston, MA · 2025
General & Unrestricted
$10,000
National Gallery of Art · Landover, MD · 2025
Fund for Photography under direction of Senior Curator and Head of the Department of Photographs
$10,000
Trustees of Princeton University · Princeton, NJ · 2025
"Photography as a Way of Life" Exhibition at Princeton Art Museum
$10,000
Berry Center · New Castle, KY · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$10,000
Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated · Washington, DC · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$10,000
Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated · Washington, DC · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$10,000
Everytown for Gun Safety Support Fund · New York, NY · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$10,000
Lifemoves · Menlo Park, CA · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$10,000
Safe & Sound · San Francisco, CA · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$10,000
The Philanthropy Workshop · New York, NY · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$7,500
Learnup Centers · San Francisco, CA · 2025
General & Unrestricted
$7,500
Learnup Centers · San Francisco, CA · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$7,500
10000 Degrees · San Rafael, CA · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$6,000
Kern Project · Corte Madera, CA · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$5,100
Reading Partners · Oakland, CA · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$5,000
Boys & Girls Clubs of San Francisco · San Francisco, CA · 2025
General & Unrestricted
$5,000
Catchlight · San Francisco, CA · 2025
General & Unrestricted
$5,000
Conservancy Guardians USA Fund · East Point, GA · 2025
General & Unrestricted
$5,000
Planned Parenthood Shasta Diablo · San Francisco, CA · 2025
General & Unrestricted
$5,000
Reading Partners · Oakland, CA · 2025
General & Unrestricted
$5,000
American Conservatory Theatre Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$5,000
Boys & Girls Clubs of San Francisco · San Francisco, CA · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$5,000
The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junio · Stanford, CA · 2024
For support of the "Second Nature: Photography in the Age of Anthropocene" Exhibition
$5,000
10000 Degrees · San Rafael, CA · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$5,000
American Conservatory Theatre Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$5,000
Boys & Girls Clubs of San Francisco · San Francisco, CA · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$5,000
Catchlight · San Francisco, CA · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$5,000
Dignitymoves · San Francisco, CA · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$5,000
Hawaii Community Foundation · Honolulu, HI · 2023
Maui Strong Fund
$5,000
Naral Pro-Choice America Foundation- Reproductive · Washington, DC · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$5,000
The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junio · Stanford, CA · 2023
for the Morris Hirshfield exhibition at the Cantor Arts Center
$5,000
Aim High for High School · San Francisco, CA · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$5,000
Boys & Girls Clubs of San Francisco · San Francisco, CA · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$5,000
Buck Institute for Research On Aging · Novato, CA · 2022
Buck Impact Circle
$5,000
Catchlight · San Francisco, CA · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$5,000
Learnup Centers · San Francisco, CA · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$5,000
Naral Pro-Choice America Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$5,000
The Voter Participation Center · Washington, DC · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$2,500
Compass Family Services · San Francisco, CA · 2025
General & Unrestricted
$2,500
Mercy for Animals · Los Angeles, CA · 2025
General & Unrestricted
$2,500
Pasadena Humane Society · Pasadena, CA · 2025
General & Unrestricted
$2,500
San Francisco Society for the Prevention of Cruelt · San Francisco, CA · 2025
General & Unrestricted
$2,500
World Central Kitchen Incorporated · Washington, DC · 2025
Southern California Fire Relief
$2,500
Black Mountain Home for Children Youth & Families · Black Mtn, NC · 2024
Emergency housing and/or relief fund
$2,500
Barth Syndrome Foundation · Boston, MA · 2023
Will McCurdy Fund
$2,500
Givedirectly · New York, NY · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$2,500
Healthcare Foundation Northern Sonoma County · Healdsburg, CA · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$2,500
Meals On Wheels of San Francisco · San Francisco, CA · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$2,500
San Francisco Film Society · San Francisco, CA · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$2,500
San Francisco Food Bank · San Francisco, CA · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$1,500
Northern Sonoma County Fire Foundation · Geyserville, CA · 2025
General & Unrestricted
$1,500
Oceanic Preservation Society · Greenbrae, CA · 2023
for the Shechange fillm
$1,500
Trustees of Mount Holyoke College · South Hadley, MA · 2023
Mount Holyoke Art Museum
$1,500
Trustees of Mount Holyoke College · South Hadley, MA · 2022
Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
$1,000
Catholic Charities Cyo of the Archdiocese of San F · San Francisco, CA · 2025
General & Unrestricted
$1,000
Downtown Dog Rescue · Pasadena, CA · 2025
General & Unrestricted
$1,000
World Central Kitchen Incorporated · Washington, DC · 2025
General & Unrestricted
$1,000
Save the Bay · Oakland, CA · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$1,000
For-Site Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$1,000
Geyserville Volunteer Firefighters Association · Geyserville, CA · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$1,000
American Prairie Foundation · Bozeman, MT · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$1,000
Asia Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$1,000
Barth Syndrome Foundation · Boston, MA · 2022
Will McCurdy Fund
$1,000
Day One Early Learning Community · Poughkeepsie, NY · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$1,000
Narrative Magazine · San Francisco, CA · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$1,000
Pro Publica · New York, NY · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$500
Island Haven Animal Sanctuary · Friday Harbor, WA · 2022
General & Unrestricted

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