Funding search · EIN 205222620 · Urbandale, IA
Change Happens Foundation
A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.
- 65
- grants reported
- $1.5M
- 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.
What they fund
climateexpansionbuildingcommunitydevelopmenteducationmarketsmobile
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Funding pattern
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Top recipients
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- World Central Kitchen1 grant · $200,000
- William J Brennan Jr Center for Justice1 grant · $100,000
- Dos Pueblos Engineering Academy Foundation1 grant · $100,000
- City Harvest2 grants · $93,333
- Rainforest Connection1 grant · $75,000
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology1 grant · $60,000
- Science Buddies1 grant · $50,000
- Voteamerica1 grant · $50,000
- Media Matters for America1 grant · $50,000
- Cottage Rehabilitation Hospital Foundation1 grant · $50,000
Giving over time
Grant history
All 65 reported grants, largest first.
- $200,000
World Central Kitchen · Washington, DC · 2022
Climate disaster fund / ukraine refugee crisis
- $100,000
Dos Pueblos Engineering Academy Foundation · Goleta, CA · 2022
K-12 enrichment
- $100,000
William J Brennan Jr Center for Justice · New York, NY · 2022
Democracy program
- $75,000
Rainforest Connection · Katy, TX · 2022
Continued development of biodiversity insights platform and further protection of ecosystems worldwide
- $63,333
City Harvest · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
Electric fleet conversion and mobile markets
- $60,000
Massachusetts Institute of Technology · Cambridge, MA · 2022
Venus mission 2023
- $50,000
Science Buddies · Milpitas, CA · 2024
General support
- $50,000
Cottage Rehabilitation Hospital Foundation · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
Troxel equipment and technology fund
- $50,000
Media Matters for America · Washington, DC · 2022
Exposing and thwarting misinformation
- $50,000
Voteamerica · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Corporate partnerships for large scale voter registration
- $40,000
Solar Sister · Great Falls, VA · 2024
General support
- $35,000
White Pony Express · Concord, CA · 2024
General support
- $35,000
American Constitution Society for Law and Policy · Washington, DC · 2023
General support
- $30,000
Brigid Alliance · New York, NY · 2024
General support
- $30,000
City Harvest · Brooklyn, NY · 2022
Mobile markets and harvest express
- $25,000
Coalitions & Collaboratives · Denver, CO · 2024
General support
- $25,000
Brady Center To Prevent Gun Violence · Washington, DC · 2022
Brady legal
- $25,000
San Francisco Food Bank · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Pantry network
- $25,000
Sandy Hook Promise Foundation · Newtown, CT · 2022
Know the signs national expansion initiative
- $20,000
Resource Area for Teaching · San Jose, CA · 2024
General support
- $20,000
California Academy of Sciences · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Breakfast before conservation
- $20,000
Everybody Solar · Temecula, CA · 2023
Adventure science center
- $20,000
Global Forest Generation · North Hero, VT · 2023
Accion andina ecosystem restoration
- $20,000
Everybody Solar · Temecula, CA · 2022
Sulzbacher village solar project
- $20,000
Second Harvest Heartland · Brooklyn Park, MN · 2022
Produce strategy
- $20,000
Upstream · Pittsburgh, PA · 2022
Our future is indisposable
- $15,000
Openaq · Washinghton, DC · 2024
General support
- $15,000
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory Smithsonian Institute · Washinghton, DC · 2024
Stars educational program
- $15,000
Ocean Discovery Institute · San Diego, CA · 2023
In-school programs
- $15,000
Vida Verde Nature Education · San Gregorio, CA · 2022
Environmental outdoor education
- $10,000
Community Education Partnerships · Oakland, CA · 2024
General support
- $10,000
Let'S Go Compost · Scottsdale, AZ · 2024
General support
- $10,000
America Scores Bay Area · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Soccer and poetry for bay area youth
- $10,000
Boysgrow Corp · Kansas City, MO · 2023
Animal program expansion
- $10,000
Earthcorps · Seattle, WA · 2023
Leadership development and green-jobs training
- $10,000
Ecorise Youth Innovations · Austin, TX · 2023
National student innovation fund
- $10,000
Global Press Institute · Washington, DC · 2023
Providing tech resources to local women reporters around the world
- $10,000
Lawyers for Good Government · Washington, DC · 2023
Climate change program
- $10,000
Ocean Alliance · Gloucester, MA · 2023
Tagging whales with drone
- $10,000
Pursuit Transformation Company · Long Island City, NY · 2023
Core expansion
- $10,000
Girls Who Code · New York, NY · 2022
Pipeline of female tech talent
- $10,000
Green America · Washington, DC · 2022
Climate victory gardens & end child labor in cocoa
- $10,000
Ps Science · Inglewood, CA · 2022
Science education
- $10,000
Rocky Mountain Butterfly Consortium · Westminster, CO · 2022
Beehive fencing to mitigate human-elephant conflict
- $10,000
The Mosaic Project · Oakland, CA · 2022
General operating support
- $8,000
Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility · Silver Spring, MD · 2023
Technology system upgrades
- $5,000
Urban Corps of San Diego County · San Diego, CA · 2024
General support
- $5,000
Big Brothers Big Sisters of San Diego County · San Diego, CA · 2023
Community mentoring program
- $5,000
California Ocean Science Trust · Sacramento, CA · 2023
General support
- $5,000
Hawaii Land Trust · Honolulu, HI · 2023
Kukuau community forest stewardship
- $5,000
Junior Achievement of San Diego County · San Diego, CA · 2023
Finance park
- $5,000
Multiplying Good · New York, NY · 2023
General support
- $5,000
Pollinator Partnership · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Bee friendly farming
- $5,000
STEM Teachers of Nyc · New York, NY · 2023
Stem in parks
- $5,000
Streetcode Academy · E Palo Alto, CA · 2023
Building skills program
- $5,000
Team Read · Seattle, WA · 2023
Year-round reading program
- $5,000
The Read To Me Project · Salinas, CA · 2023
Read to me project
- $5,000
Upstream · Damariscotta, ME · 2023
School partnership
- $5,000
Center for Renewable Energy and Appropriate Technology for the Environment · Eugene, OR · 2022
Creating resilient and sustainable communities in rural senegal
- $5,000
Earth Law Center · Durango, CO · 2022
Mainstreaming the rights of nature in mexico
- $5,000
Earthecho International · Washington, DC · 2022
Earthecho water challenge
- $5,000
STEM From Dance · Brooklyn, NY · 2022
Empowering girls in stem through dance
- $5,000
Streetcode Academy · E Palo Alto, CA · 2022
Building skills program
- $5,000
Trees That Feed Foundation · Winnetka, IL · 2022
Fruit trees and their value
- $250
Toxic-Free Future · Seattle, WA · 2024
General support
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