Funding search · EIN 566059951 · Richmond, VA

Challenge Fund

Name: Challenge Fund 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.

58
grants reported: $1.1M
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $20,000
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

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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.

Rainforest Trust3 grants · $105,000
Earthjustice3 grants · $82,575
Santa Barbara Museum of Art3 grants · $73,075
Equal Justice Initiative3 grants · $61,500
Foodbank of Santa Barbara County2 grants · $50,500
Hope Renovations4 grants · $50,000
Club Nova1 grant · $40,000
The University of North Carolina at Capel Hill Foundation Hill1 grant · $40,000
Reproductive Freedom for All Foundation2 grants · $35,000
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation2 grants · $31,250

Giving over time

$289,500

2022

$262,725

2023

$255,000

2024

$255,750

2025

Grant history

All 58 reported grants, largest first.

$60,000
Rainforest Trust · Warrenton, VA · 2023
General support
$40,000
The University of North Carolina at Capel Hill Foundation Hill · Chapel Hill, NC · 2025
General support
$40,000
Club Nova · Carrboro, NC · 2022
To carry out the general tax exempt purpose of the recipient organization
$37,575
Earthjustice · San Francisco, CA · 2023
General support
$37,575
Santa Barbara Museum of Art · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
General support
$35,000
Rainforest Trust · Vint Hill, VA · 2022
To carry out the general tax exempt purpose of the recipient organization
$27,000
Rhode Island Community Food Bank Association · Providence, RI · 2025
General support
$25,500
Direct Relief · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022
To carry out the general tax exempt purpose of the recipient organization
$25,500
Foodbank of Santa Barbara County · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022
To carry out the general tax exempt purpose of the recipient organization
$25,500
Santa Barbara Museum of Art · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022
To carry out the general tax exempt purpose of the recipient organization
$25,000
Reproductive Freedom for All Foundation · Washington, DC · 2025
General support
$25,000
Community Environmental Council · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
General support
$25,000
Edc Charitable Trust · Waltham, MA · 2024
General support
$25,000
Food Bank of Santa Barbara County · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
General support
$25,000
The Brennan Center for Justice · New York, NY · 2024
General support
$25,000
Cancer Foundation of Santa Barbara · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
General support
$25,000
Foodbank of Santa Barbara County · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
General support
$25,000
Conservation International Foundation · Arlington, VA · 2022
To carry out the general tax exempt purpose of the recipient organization
$25,000
Earthjustice · San Francisco, CA · 2022
To carry out the general tax exempt purpose of the recipient organization
$21,500
Equal Justice Initiative · Montgomery, AL · 2022
To carry out the general tax exempt purpose of the recipient organization
$21,250
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation · New York, NY · 2025
General support
$21,250
The Haven · Tucson, AZ · 2025
General support
$20,000
Equal Justice Initiative · Montgomery, AL · 2025
General support
$20,000
Save the Children Federation · Fairfield, CT · 2025
General support
$20,000
Ukraine Crisis Relief Fund · Washington, DC · 2025
General support
$20,000
American Bird Conservancy · Marshall, VA · 2024
General support
$20,000
Earthjustice · San Francisco, CA · 2024
General support
$20,000
Equal Justice Initiative · Montgomery, AL · 2024
General support
$20,000
Hope Renovations · Chapel Hill, NC · 2023
General support
$20,000
Robin Hood Foundation · New York, NY · 2023
General support
$20,000
The Haven at First and Market · Charlottesville, VA · 2023
General support
$20,000
Planned Parenthood Federation of America · New York, NY · 2022
To carry out the general tax exempt purpose of the recipient organization
$15,000
Providence Athenaeum · Providence, RI · 2025
General support
$15,000
Rhode Island School of Design · Providence, RI · 2025
General support
$10,625
Everycat Health Foundation · Wyckoff, NJ · 2025
General support
$10,625
Independent Animal Rescue · Durham, NC · 2025
General support
$10,000
Hope Renovations · Chapel Hill, NC · 2025
General support
$10,000
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation · New York, NY · 2024
General support
$10,000
Club Nova Community · Carrboro, NC · 2024
General support
$10,000
Hope Renovations · Chapel Hill, NC · 2024
General support
$10,000
North Carolina Adapted Sports · Cary, NC · 2024
General support
$10,000
Rainforest Trust · Warrenton, VA · 2024
General support
$10,000
Reproductive Freedom for All Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024
General support
$10,000
Santa Barbara Museum of Art · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
General support
$10,000
The Haven at First and Market · Charlottesville, VA · 2024
General support
$10,000
Environmental Defense Center · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022
To carry out the general tax exempt purpose of the recipient organization
$10,000
Hope Renovations · Carrboro, NC · 2022
To carry out the general tax exempt purpose of the recipient organization
$10,000
Partners in Health · Frederick, MD · 2022
To carry out the general tax exempt purpose of the recipient organization
$7,575
Triangle Land Conservancy · Durham, NC · 2023
General support
$5,000
Big Life Foundation USA · Ridgefield, WA · 2024
General support
$5,000
Nc Coastal Federation · Newport, NC · 2024
General support
$5,000
Snow Leopard Trust · Seattle, WA · 2024
General support
$5,000
American Friends of the Ocean Cleanup · New York, NY · 2023
To carry out the general tax exempt purpose of the recipient organization
$5,000
Red Panda Network · Eugene, OR · 2023
General support
$5,000
Charlottsville Community Bikes · Charlottesville, VA · 2022
To carry out the general tax exempt purpose of the recipient organization
$5,000
The Haven · Charlottesville, VA · 2022
To carry out the general tax exempt purpose of the recipient organization
$4,500
Food Bank of Central & Eastern Nc · Raleigh, NC · 2022
To carry out the general tax exempt purpose of the recipient organization
$2,000
Southern Environmental Law Center · Chapel Hill, NC · 2022
To carry out the general tax exempt purpose of the recipient organization

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