Funding search · EIN 520895622 · Washington, DC

Children'S Defense Fund

Name: Children'S Defense Fund grants, 2020–2024
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A grantmaking public charity (files IRS Form 990, Schedule I). Charities like this often run real grant programs with application cycles.

152
grants reported: $21.0M
total given: 2020–2024
filing years: $40,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2020–2024. 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.

National League of Cities Institute3 grants · $2.9M
New Yorkers for Children2 grants · $2.6M
Save the Children Federation3 grants · $1.6M
Unidosus3 grants · $1.6M
Start Early3 grants · $1.2M
The Center for the Study of Social Policy3 grants · $1.2M
The James B Hunt Institute for Educational Leadership and Policy Foundatio3 grants · $1.2M
The Connie Rice Institute for Urban Peace6 grants · $846,483
The Anti-Recidivism Coalition5 grants · $789,161
Academia Cesar Chavez Charter6 grants · $728,658

Giving over time

$1.3M

2020

$205,889

2021

$5.3M

2022

$7.2M

2023

$7.0M

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 152 grants.

$1.4M
National League of Cities Institute · Washington, DC · 2024
Program supports
$1.3M
New Yorkers for Children · New York, NY · 2022
Program supports
$1.3M
New Yorkers for Children · New York, NY · 2022
Program supports
$1.0M
Save the Children Federation · Fairfield, CT · 2024
Program supports
$1.0M
Unidosus · Washington, DC · 2024
Program supports
$750,000
National League of Cities Institute · Washington, DC · 2023
Program supports
$750,000
National League of Cities Institute · Washington, DC · 2023
Program supports
$648,000
Start Early · Chicago, IL · 2024
Program supports
$583,333
Center for the Study of Social Policy · Washington, DC · 2024
Program supports
$583,333
The Center for the Study of Social Policy · Washington, DC · 2024
Program supports
$556,666
The James B Hunt Institute for Educational Leadership and Policy Foundatio · Cary, NC · 2024
Program supports
$300,000
Save the Children Federation · Fairfield, CT · 2023
Program supports
$300,000
Save the Children Federation · Fairfield, CT · 2023
Program supports
$300,000
Start Early · Chicago, IL · 2023
Program supports
$300,000
Start Early · Chicago, IL · 2023
Program supports
$300,000
The Center for the Study of Social Policy · Washington, DC · 2023
Program supports
$300,000
The Center for the Study of Social Policy · Washington, DC · 2023
Program supports
$300,000
The James B Hunt Institute for Educational Leadership and Policy Foundatio · Cary, NC · 2023
Program supports
$300,000
The James B Hunt Institute for Educational Leadership and Policy Foundatio · Cary, NC · 2023
Program supports
$300,000
Unidosus · Washington, DC · 2023
Program supports
$300,000
Unidosus · Washington, DC · 2023
Program supports
$256,974
The Connie Rice Institute for Urban Peace · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Program supports
$256,974
The Connie Rice Institute for Urban Peace · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Program supports
$216,000
Texans Care for Children · Austin, TX · 2020
Program Support
$190,960
Arts for Healing and Justice · Long Beach, CA · 2023
Program supports
$190,960
Arts for Healing and Justice · Long Beach, CA · 2023
Program supports
$181,818
The Anti-Recidivism Coalition · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Program supports
$181,818
The Anti-Recidivism Coalition · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Program supports
$177,663
The Anti-Recidivism Coalition · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Program supports
$177,663
The Anti-Recidivism Coalition · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Program supports
$155,391
Academia Cesar Chavez Charter · St Paul, MN · 2022
Program supports
$155,391
Academia Cesar Chavez Charter · St Paul, MN · 2022
Program supports
$154,333
Friendship Academy of the Arts · Minneapolis, MN · 2023
Program supports
$154,333
Friendship Academy of the Arts · Minneapolis, MN · 2023
Program supports
$154,000
Various Hats · Austin, TX · 2020
Program Support
$152,500
Youth Justice Coalition · Los Angeles, CA · 2020
Program Support
$147,500
Clean and Healthy New York · Albany, NY · 2023
Program supports
$147,500
Clean and Healthy New York · Albany, NY · 2023
Program supports
$135,294
Academia Cesar Chavez Charter · St Paul, MN · 2020
Program Support
$129,209
Friendship Academy of the Arts · Minneapolis, MN · 2020
Program Support
$128,892
Academia Cesar Chavez Charter · St Paul, MN · 2023
Program supports
$128,892
Academia Cesar Chavez Charter · St Paul, MN · 2023
Program supports
$128,000
Every Texan · Flint, TX · 2022
Program supports
$128,000
Every Texan · Flint, TX · 2022
Program supports
$125,949
Arts for Healing and Justice · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Program supports
$124,500
Every Texan · Austin, TX · 2020
Program Support
$122,770
Youth Justice Coalition · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Program supports
$122,770
Youth Justice Coalition · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Program supports
$120,000
The Anti-Recidivism Coalition · Los Angeles, CA · 2020
Program Support
$114,500
Texans Care for Children · Austin, TX · 2024
Program supports
$113,807
The Connie Rice Institute for Urban Peace · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Program supports
$108,000
Texans Care for Children · Austin, TX · 2022
Program supports
$108,000
Texans Care for Children · Austin, TX · 2022
Program supports
$105,000
Clean and Healthy New York · Albany, NY · 2024
Program supports
$104,448
Friendship Academy of the Arts · Minneapolis, MN · 2022
Program supports
$104,448
Friendship Academy of the Arts · Minneapolis, MN · 2022
Program supports
$100,000
Mississippi Center for Justice · Jackson, MS · 2024
Program supports
$94,500
Every Texan · Austin, TX · 2024
Program supports
$94,040
Youth Justice Coalition · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Program supports
$92,091
Youth Justice Coalition · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Program supports
$92,091
Youth Justice Coalition · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Program supports
$85,000
Policy Matters Ohio · Cleveland, OH · 2022
Program supports
$85,000
Policy Matters Ohio · Cleveland, OH · 2022
Program supports
$80,000
The Connie Rice Institute for Urban Peace · Los Angeles, CA · 2021
Program supports
$75,000
Every Texan · Flint, TX · 2023
Program supports
$75,000
Every Texan · Flint, TX · 2023
Program supports
$75,000
Texans Care for Children · Austin, TX · 2023
Program supports
$75,000
Texans Care for Children · Austin, TX · 2023
Program supports
$70,199
The Anti-Recidivism Coalition · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Program supports
$69,364
The Connie Rice Institute for Urban Peace · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Program supports
$69,364
The Connie Rice Institute for Urban Peace · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Program supports
$60,000
Arts for Incarcerated Youth Network · Los Angeles, CA · 2020
Program Support
$59,556
The Science Museum of Minnesota · Saint Paul, MN · 2022
Program supports
$59,556
The Science Museum of Minnesota · Saint Paul, MN · 2022
Program supports
$50,000
Kids Win Missouri · Merriam, KS · 2024
Program supports
$40,000
Minnesota Council of Nonprofits · Saint Paul, MN · 2024
Program supports
$40,000
Clean and Healthy New York · Albany, NY · 2022
Program supports
$40,000
Clean and Healthy New York · Albany, NY · 2022
Program supports
$40,000
Community Partners Fbo Urban Peace Inst · Los Angeles, CA · 2020
Program Support
$39,000
Various Hats · Austin, TX · 2022
Program supports
$39,000
Various Hats · Austin, TX · 2022
Program supports
$30,000
Hola Ohio · Painesville, OH · 2022
Program supports
$30,000
Hola Ohio · Painesville, OH · 2022
Program supports
$28,591
Friendship Academy of the Arts · Minneapolis, MN · 2021
Program supports
$27,300
Community Coalition for Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment · Los Angeles, CA · 2020
Program Support
$25,000
Adelante Mujeres · Forest Grove, OR · 2024
Program supports
$25,000
Avance-Austin · Austin, TX · 2024
Program supports
$25,000
Child Development Consortium of Los Angeles · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Program supports
$25,000
Chuckanut Health Foundation · Bellingham, WA · 2024
Program supports
$25,000
Erie Neighborhood House · Chicago, IL · 2024
Program supports
$25,000
Fayette County Family Resource Network · Oak Hill, WV · 2024
Program supports
$25,000
Oakland Public Education Fund · Oakland, CA · 2024
Program supports
$25,000
United Way of Greater Knoxville · Knoxville, TN · 2024
Program supports
$24,798
Academia Cesar Chavez Charter · St Paul, MN · 2021
Program supports
$23,000
Texas Impact Education Fund · Austin, TX · 2020
Program Support
$22,500
Tri-County Cradle To Career Collaborative · Summerville, SC · 2024
Program supports
$21,500
Center for the Study of Social Policy · Washington, DC · 2022
Program supports
$21,500
Center for the Study of Social Policy · Washington, DC · 2022
Program supports
$20,000
East Texas Human Need Network · Flint, TX · 2022
Program supports
$20,000
East Texas Human Need Network · Flint, TX · 2022
Program supports

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Source: IRS Form 990, Schedule I, as filed by this organization. These are grants already paid. Grants paid directly to individuals are reported to the IRS only as totals, so they do not appear as named lines here.