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The Catalyst Foundation

Name: The Catalyst 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.

70
grants reported: $1.3M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $10,000
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.

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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.

Research Foundation for Mental Hygiene3 grants · $180,000
New Israel Fund4 grants · $160,000
Partners in Health3 grants · $150,000
Amnesty International USA3 grants · $125,000
Ajws San Francisco3 grants · $120,000
Adelphi University3 grants · $75,000
Pen American Center3 grants · $75,000
Sf-Marin Food Bank3 grants · $60,000
St Anthony Foundation3 grants · $30,000
Americans for Peace Now3 grants · $30,000

Giving over time

$420,000

2022

$448,000

2023

$403,000

2024

Grant history

All 70 reported grants, largest first.

$60,000
New Israel Fund · San Francisco, CA · 2024
General operating support
$60,000
Research Foundation for Mental Hygiene · Menands, NY · 2024
General operating support
$60,000
New Israel Fund · San Francisco, CA · 2023
General operating support
$60,000
Research Foundation for Mental Hygiene · New York, NY · 2023
General operating support
$60,000
Research Foundation for Mental Hygiene · New York, NY · 2022
General operating support
$50,000
Partners in Health · Boston, MA · 2024
General operating support
$50,000
Amnesty International USA · Oakland, CA · 2023
General operating support
$50,000
Partners in Health · Boston, MA · 2023
General operating support
$50,000
Amnesty International USA · Oakland, CA · 2022
General operating support
$50,000
Partners in Health · Boston, MA · 2022
General operating support
$40,000
Ajws San Francisco · San Francisco, CA · 2024
General operating support
$40,000
Ajws San Francisco · San Francisco, CA · 2023
General operating support
$40,000
Ajws San Francisco · San Francisco, CA · 2022
General operating support
$30,000
Jgive · Lakewood, NJ · 2023
General operating support
$30,000
New Israel Fund · San Francisco, CA · 2022
General operating support
$30,000
Yale Child Study Center - Minding the Baby Research Project · New Haven, CT · 2022
General operating support
$25,000
Adelphi University · Garden City, NY · 2024
General operating support
$25,000
Amnesty International USA · Oakland, CA · 2024
General operating support
$25,000
Pen American Center · Beverly Hills, CA · 2024
General operating support
$25,000
Adelphi University · Garden City, NY · 2023
General operating support
$25,000
Pen American Center · Beverly Hills, CA · 2023
General operating support
$25,000
Adelphi University · Garden City, NY · 2022
General operating support
$25,000
Pen American Center · Beverly Hills, CA · 2022
General operating support
$20,000
Sf-Marin Food Bank · San Francisco, CA · 2024
General operating support
$20,000
Sf-Marin Food Bank · San Francisco, CA · 2023
General operating support
$20,000
Sf-Marin Food Bank · San Francisco, CA · 2022
General operating support
$10,000
Americans for Peace Now · Woburn, MA · 2024
General operating support
$10,000
New Israel Fund · San Francisco, CA · 2024
General operating support
$10,000
Single Mom Project · Hawthorne, CA · 2024
General operating support
$10,000
Southern Poverty Law Center · Montgomery, AL · 2024
General operating support
$10,000
St Anthony Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2024
General operating support
$10,000
University of California Berkeley Foundation · Berkeley, CA · 2024
General operating support
$10,000
Americans for Peace Now · Woburn, MA · 2023
General operating support
$10,000
National Women'S Health Network · Washington, DC · 2023
General operating support
$10,000
Southern Poverty Law Center · Montgomery, AL · 2023
General operating support
$10,000
St Anthony Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2023
General operating support
$10,000
University of California Berkeley Foundation · Berkeley, CA · 2023
General operating support
$10,000
Americans for Peace Now · Woburn, MA · 2022
General operating support
$10,000
National Women'S Health Network · Washington, DC · 2022
General operating support
$10,000
Southern Poverty Law Center · Montgomery, AL · 2022
General operating support
$10,000
St Anthony Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2022
General operating support
$10,000
University of California Berkeley Foundation · Berkeley, CA · 2022
General operating support
$7,500
Canal Alliance · San Rafael, CA · 2024
General operating support
$7,500
First Place for Youth · Oakland, CA · 2024
General operating support
$7,500
Canal Alliance · San Rafael, CA · 2023
General operating support
$7,500
First Place for Youth · Oakland, CA · 2023
General operating support
$7,500
Canal Alliance · San Rafael, CA · 2022
General operating support
$7,500
First Place for Youth · Oakland, CA · 2022
General operating support
$5,000
California Jazz Conservatory · Berkeley, CA · 2024
General operating support
$5,000
Doctors Without Borders USA · New York, NY · 2024
General operating support
$5,000
Johns Hopkins University · Baltimore, MD · 2024
General operating support
$5,000
California Jazz Conservatory · Berkeley, CA · 2023
General operating support
$5,000
Doctors Without Borders USA · New York, NY · 2023
General operating support
$5,000
Johns Hopkins University · Baltimore, MD · 2023
General operating support
$5,000
California Jazz Conservatory · Berkeley, CA · 2022
General operating support
$5,000
Doctors Without Borders USA · New York, NY · 2022
General operating support
$5,000
Johns Hopkins University · Baltimore, MD · 2022
General operating support
$2,000
A Home Within · Oakland, CA · 2024
General operating support
$2,000
University of Delaware · Newark, DE · 2024
General operating support
$2,000
University of Michigan · Ann Arbor, MI · 2024
General operating support
$2,000
University of Michigan Residential College · Ann Arbor, MI · 2024
General operating support
$2,000
A Home Within · Oakland, CA · 2023
General operating support
$2,000
University of Delaware · Newark, DE · 2023
General operating support
$2,000
University of Michigan · Ann Arbor, MI · 2023
General operating support
$2,000
University of Michigan Residential College · Ann Arbor, MI · 2023
General operating support
$2,000
A Home Within · Oakland, CA · 2022
General operating support
$2,000
Harvard University · Cambridge, MA · 2022
General operating support
$2,000
University of Delaware · Newark, DE · 2022
General operating support
$2,000
University of Michigan · Ann Arbor, MI · 2022
General operating support
$2,000
University of Michigan Residential College · Ann Arbor, MI · 2022
General operating support

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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.