Funding search · EIN 201658710 · Reston, VA
Claws 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.
- 66
- grants reported
- $86.3M
- total given
- 2022–2024
- filing years
- $147,500
- 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
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Top recipients
Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.
- Silver Valley Research Foundation2 grants · $20.5M
- Children'S Hospital of Philadelphia3 grants · $11.9M
- Fidelity Charitable3 grants · $9.7M
- Refuge Point3 grants · $7.3M
- Women in Need3 grants · $7.0M
- Thomas Jefferson University2 grants · $6.5M
- Wistar Institute3 grants · $5.1M
- Dia Art Foundation2 grants · $4.0M
- Alliance for Decision Education3 grants · $3.5M
- Shalom Hartman Institute1 grant · $3.3M
Giving over time
Grant history
All 66 reported grants, largest first.
- $10.5M
Silver Valley Research Foundation · Reston, VA · 2022
General support
- $10.0M
Silver Valley Research Foundation · Reston, VA · 2023
General support
- $5.8M
Refuge Point · Cambridge, MA · 2023
General support
- $5.7M
Fidelity Charitable · Covington, KY · 2022
General support
- $5.0M
Children'S Hospital of Philadelphia · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
General support
- $5.0M
Children'S Hospital of Philadelphia · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
General support
- $5.0M
Wistar Institute · New York, NY · 2022
General support
- $3.5M
Thomas Jefferson University · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
General support
- $3.4M
Fidelity Charitable · Covington, KY · 2023
General support
- $3.3M
Shalom Hartman Institute · New York, NY · 2022
General support
- $3.0M
Women in Need · New York, NY · 2022
General support
- $3.0M
Thomas Jefferson University · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
General support
- $2.5M
Dia Art Foundation · Beacon, NY · 2024
General support
- $2.0M
Women in Need · New York, NY · 2024
General support
- $2.0M
Women in Need · New York, NY · 2023
General support
- $2.0M
Calder Gardens · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
General support
- $1.9M
Children'S Hospital of Philadelphia · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
General support
- $1.5M
Alliance for Decision Education · Bala Cynwyd, PA · 2024
General support
- $1.5M
Dia Art Foundation · Beacon, NY · 2022
General support
- $1.0M
Calder Gardens · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
General support
- $1.0M
Philadelphia Museum of Art · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
General support
- $1.0M
Alliance for Decision Education · Bala Cynwyd, PA · 2023
General support
- $1.0M
Alliance for Decision Education · Bala Cynwyd, PA · 2022
General support
- $750,000
Refuge Point · Cambridge, MA · 2024
General support
- $750,000
Refuge Point · Cambridge, MA · 2022
General support
- $600,000
Fidelity Charitable · Covington, KY · 2024
General support
- $500,000
American Friends of Hebrew University · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
General support
- $250,000
Hirshhorn Museum · Washington, DC · 2024
General support
- $200,000
Friends of Faces · Reston, VA · 2024
General support
- $200,000
Art Philly 2026 · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
General support
- $200,000
Philadelphia Contemporary · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
General support
- $200,000
Save the Children · Fairfield, CT · 2022
General support
- $150,000
Boca Raton Regional Hospital Foundation · Boca Raton, FL · 2024
General support
- $145,000
The Public Theater · New York, NY · 2022
General support
- $125,000
Jdc - Taub Center · Teaneck, NJ · 2022
General support
- $100,000
Franklin Institute · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
General support
- $100,000
Save the Children · Fairfield, CT · 2024
General support
- $100,000
The Public Theater · New York, NY · 2024
General support
- $100,000
Beth David Reform Congregation · Gladwyne, PA · 2023
General support
- $100,000
Franklin Institute · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
General support
- $100,000
Save the Children · Fairfield, CT · 2023
General support
- $100,000
The Public Theater · New York, NY · 2023
General support
- $100,000
Bryn Mawr Hospital Foundation · Bryn Mawr, PA · 2022
General support
- $100,000
Franklin Institute · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
General support
- $75,000
Meor · Washington, DC · 2022
General support
- $73,500
Jewish Business Network · Dobbs Ferry, NY · 2022
General support
- $50,000
Greenwich House · New York, NY · 2024
General support
- $50,000
Lankenau Medical Center Foundation · Wynnewood, PA · 2024
General support
- $50,000
Wistar Institute · New York, NY · 2024
General support
- $50,000
Boca Raton Regional Hospital Foundation · Boca Raton, FL · 2023
General support
- $50,000
Greenwich House · New York, NY · 2023
General support
- $50,000
Wistar Institute · New York, NY · 2023
General support
- $50,000
Boca Raton Regional Hospital Foundation · Boca Raton, FL · 2022
General support
- $50,000
Greenwich House · New York, NY · 2022
General support
- $50,000
World Central Kitchen · Washington, DC · 2022
General support
- $25,000
Orphaned Starfish Foundation · New York, NY · 2024
General support
- $25,000
Skin Cancer Foundation · New York, NY · 2024
General support
- $25,000
Special Olympics of New York · Albany, NY · 2022
General support
- $15,000
Gallopnyc · New York, NY · 2023
General support
- $10,000
Orphaned Starfish Foundation · New York, NY · 2023
General support
- $10,000
Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company · Washington, DC · 2023
General support
- $5,000
Musket Ridge Junior Academy · Reston, VA · 2024
General support
- $2,500
St Jude Children'S Research Hospital · Memphis, TN · 2024
General support
- $2,500
Drama Club Ny · Jackson Heights, NY · 2023
General support
- $2,500
St Judes Research Hospital · Memphis, TN · 2023
General support
- $2,500
Covenant House International · New York, NY · 2022
General support
Who else funds this kind of work
Same state
- US Committee for Refugees and429 grants · $685.5M
- Donors Trust2,393 grants · $871.1M
- George Mason University Foundation46 grants · $399.9M
Similar grant size
- The Ford Foundation10,731 grants · $2.35B
- John D and Catherine T MacArthur Foundation (Consolidated)7,100 grants · $1.67B
- Wk Kellogg Foundation7,234 grants · $1.30B
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