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Curiosity Foundation

Name: Curiosity Foundation 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.

119
grants reported: $88,725
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $100
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

environment environmental peace artistic climate education educational bicycle

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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.

Greentown Labs3 grants · $55,100
Foundation for Climate Restoration1 grant · $5,000
Climate Emergency Fund2 grants · $5,000
Carbon 1804 grants · $3,400
Land Is Life3 grants · $3,100
Ocean Visions1 grant · $3,000
Fertile Edge Land Trust3 grants · $2,450
Trees for the Future3 grants · $700
One Tree Planted4 grants · $700
Trees Water People3 grants · $700

Giving over time

2022

$26,950

2023

$29,530

2024

$32,245

2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 119 grants.

$30,000
Greentown Labs · Somerville, MA · 2025
Environmental
$25,000
Greentown Labs · Somerville, MA · 2024
Environmental
$5,000
Climate Emergency Fund · West Hollywood, CA · 2023
Climate Activism
$5,000
Foundation for Climate Restoration · Los Altos, CA · 2023
Climate Change
$3,000
Carbon 180 · Newark, NJ · 2023
Climate change
$3,000
Land Is Life · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
Indigenous people
$3,000
Ocean Visions · Leesburg, VA · 2023
Ocean health
$2,000
Fertile Edge Land Trust · Panonia, CO · 2024
Environmental
$500
Brockton Symphony Orchestra · Brockton, MA · 2023
Artistic
$500
Lite Initiatives · Santa Rosa, CA · 2023
Bicycle safety
$500
Me Children'S Alliance · Berkeley, CA · 2023
Peace
$500
Oceana · Washington, DC · 2023
Environmental
$500
One Tree Planted · Shelburn, VT · 2023
Environmental
$500
Plymouth Center for the Arts · Plymouth, MA · 2023
Artistic
$500
Rocky Mountain Institute · New York, NY · 2023
Environmental
$500
Stand Earth · Bellingham, WA · 2023
Environmental
$500
Trees for the Future · Silver Springs, MD · 2023
Environmental
$500
Trees Water People · Fort Collins, CO · 2023
Environmental health
$300
Sabal Foundation · Oakland, CA · 2025
Education
$300
Cambridge Bicycles · Cambridge, MA · 2023
Bicycle safety
$300
Museum of Science · Boston, MA · 2023
Educational
$250
Fertile Edge Land Trust · Panonia, CO · 2025
Environmental
$250
Heet · Boston, MA · 2025
Geothermal energy
$250
Me Childrens Alliance · Berkeley, CA · 2025
Peace
$250
Boston Lyric Opera · Boston, MA · 2023
Artistic
$250
River Revitalization Project · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
Environmental
$250
Urban Ecology Center · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
Environmental
$200
Arbor Day Foundation · Lincoln, NE · 2025
Environmental
$200
Carbon 180 · Newark, NJ · 2025
Climate change
$200
Arbor Day Foundation · Lincoln, NE · 2024
Environmental
$200
Boston Symphony Orchestra · Boston, MA · 2024
Artistic
$200
Carbon 180 · Newark, NJ · 2024
Climate change
$200
Greenpeace · Washington, DC · 2024
General Fund
$200
Me Childrens Alliance · Berkeley, CA · 2024
Peace
$200
One Tree Planted · Shelburn, VT · 2024
Environmental
$200
Trees for the Future · Silver Springs, MD · 2024
Environmental
$200
Trees Water People · Fort Collins, CO · 2024
Environmental health
$200
Arbor Day Foundation · Lincoln, NE · 2023
Environmental
$200
Boston Symphony Orchestra · Boston, MA · 2023
Artistic
$200
Fertile Edge Land Trust · Panonia, CO · 2023
Environmental
$200
League of American Bicycllists · Washington, DC · 2023
Bicycle safety
$150
Boston Symphony Orchestra · Boston, MA · 2025
Artistic
$150
Peg Mediacctv · Cambridge, MA · 2023
Educational
$100
Gaza Soup Kitchen · Washington, DC · 2025
Humanitarian
$100
Green Energy Consumers Alliance · Boston, MA · 2025
Renewable energy
$100
Museum of Science · Boston, MA · 2025
Educational
$100
Amnesty International · New York, NY · 2024
Humanitarian
$100
Land Is Life · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
Indigenous people
$100
League of American Bicycllists · Washington, DC · 2024
Bicycle safety
$100
Museum of Science · Boston, MA · 2024
Educational
$100
Plowshares Fund · Washington, DC · 2024
Peace
$100
Sabal Foundation · Oakland, CA · 2024
Education
$100
The Trustees · Boston, MA · 2024
Environmental
$100
War Resisters League · New York, NY · 2024
Peace
$100
Amnesty International · New York, NY · 2023
Humanitarian
$100
Global Zero · Washington, DC · 2023
Peace
$100
Greentown Labs · Somerville, MA · 2023
Environmental
$100
Plowshares Fund · Washington, DC · 2023
Peace
$100
The Trustees · Boston, MA · 2023
Environmental
$100
War Resisters League · New York, NY · 2023
Peace
$75
League of American Bicycllists · Washington, DC · 2025
Bicycle safety
$50
Amnesty International · New York, NY · 2025
Humanitarian
$50
Boston Cyclists Union · Roxbury, MA · 2025
General Fund
$50
Future Earth · Fort Collins, CO · 2025
Sustainability
$50
Greenpeace · Washington, DC · 2025
General Fund
$50
Mass Peace Action · Cambridge, MA · 2025
General Fund
$50
Boston Cyclists Union · Roxbury, MA · 2024
General Fund
$50
Mass Peace Action · Cambridge, MA · 2024
General Fund
$50
Bikes for Books · Cambridge, MA · 2023
Health care
$30
Peg Mediacctv · Cambridge, MA · 2024
Educational
$20
Peg Mediacctv · Cambridge, MA · 2025
Educational
$0
Land Is Life · Brooklyn, NY · 2025
Indigenous people
$0
One Tree Planted · Shelburn, VT · 2025
Environmental
$0
Plowshares Fund · Washington, DC · 2025
Peace
$0
The Trustees · Boston, MA · 2025
Environmental
$0
Trees for the Future · Silver Springs, MD · 2025
Environmental
$0
Trees Water People · Fort Collins, CO · 2025
Environmental health
$0
War Resisters League · New York, NY · 2025
Peace
$0
350org · Boston, MA · 2022
Environment
$0
Aj Muste Institute · New York, NY · 2022
Peace
$0
American Rivers · Washington, DC · 2022
Environment
$0
Amnexty International · New York, NY · 2022
Peace
$0
Bikes Not Bombs · Boston, MA · 2022
Environment
$0
Boston Bicyclist Union · Boston, MA · 2022
Environment
$0
Boston Public Library Fund · Boston, MA · 2022
Education
$0
Boston Symphony Orchestra · Boston, MA · 2022
Artistic
$0
Carbon 180 · Washington, DC · 2022
Environment
$0
Cctv · Cambridge, MA · 2022
Education
$0
Clean Air Task Force · Boston, MA · 2022
Evnivorment
$0
Climate Emergency Fund · Beverly Hills, CA · 2022
Environment
$0
Conservation International · Arlington, VA · 2022
Environment
$0
Earthworks · Washington, CA · 2022
Environment
$0
Environmental Defense Fund · Washington, DC · 2022
Environment
$0
Evergreen Collaborative · Novato, CA · 2022
Environment
$0
Extinction Rebellion · Boston, MA · 2022
Environment
$0
Farmer'S Footprint · Sebastopol, CA · 2022
Environment
$0
Foundation for Climate Restoration · Los Altos, CA · 2022
Climate
$0
Friends of the Earth · Washinton, DC · 2022
Environment
$0
Giving Green Fund · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Environment
$0
Global Zero · Washington, DC · 2022
Peace

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