Funding search · EIN 223753685 · Princeton, NJ

The David R and Patricia D Atkinson

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

184
grants reported
$20.2M
total given
2021–2023
filing years
$32,500
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20212023. 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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Top recipients

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  • Cornell University3 grants · $5.2M
  • Doctors Without Borders3 grants · $3.1M
  • Care3 grants · $3.0M
  • Environmental Defense Fund3 grants · $1.5M
  • Feeding America3 grants · $750,000
  • Homefront3 grants · $525,000
  • Urban Promise International-Celdi3 grants · $490,000
  • Climate Central3 grants · $275,000
  • Propublica3 grants · $270,000
  • Whyy Tv 123 grants · $240,000

Giving over time

$6.0M
2021
$7.0M
2022
$7.3M
2023

Grant history

The 100 largest of 184 grants.

  • $2.2M

    Cornell University · Ithaca, NY · 2022

    General

  • $1.5M

    Cornell University · Ithaca, NY · 2021

    General

  • $1.5M

    Cornell University · Ithaca, NY · 2023

    General

  • $1.2M

    Environmental Defense Fund · New York, NY · 2023

    General

  • $1.1M

    Doctors Without Borders · New York, NY · 2023

    General

  • $1.0M

    Care · Atlanta, GA · 2023

    General

  • $1.0M

    Care · Atlanta, GA · 2022

    General

  • $1.0M

    Doctors Without Borders · New York, NY · 2022

    General

  • $1.0M

    Care · Atlanta, GA · 2021

    General

  • $1.0M

    Doctors Without Borders · New York, NY · 2021

    General

  • $250,000

    Feeding America · Chicago, IL · 2023

    General

  • $250,000

    Feeding America · Chicago, IL · 2022

    General

  • $250,000

    Feeding America · Chicago, IL · 2021

    General

  • $200,000

    Homefront · Lawrenceville, NJ · 2023

    General

  • $200,000

    Homefront · Lawrenceville, NJ · 2022

    General

  • $175,000

    Environmental Defense Fund · New York, NY · 2022

    General

  • $175,000

    Environmental Defense Fund · New York, NY · 2021

    General

  • $170,000

    Urban Promise International-Celdi · Pennsauken, NJ · 2023

    General

  • $170,000

    Urban Promise International-Celdi · Pennsauken, NJ · 2022

    General

  • $150,000

    College Possible · Stpaul, MN · 2021

    General

  • $150,000

    Urban Promise International-Celdi · Pennsauken, NJ · 2021

    General

  • $125,000

    Homefront · Lawrenceville, NJ · 2021

    General

  • $105,000

    Princeton Medical Center Foundation · Plainsboro, NJ · 2021

    General

  • $100,000

    Climate Central · Princeton, NJ · 2023

    General

  • $100,000

    Propublica · New York, NY · 2023

    General

  • $100,000

    Climate Central · Princeton, NJ · 2022

    General

  • $100,000

    Propublica · New York, NY · 2022

    General

  • $95,000

    New Egypt United Methodist Church · New Egypt, NJ · 2023

    General

  • $85,000

    Whyy Tv 12 · Philadelphia, PA · 2023

    General

  • $85,000

    Whyy Tv 12 · Philadelphia, PA · 2022

    General

  • $75,000

    Bard Prison Initiative · Annandaleonhudson, NY · 2023

    General

  • $75,000

    Bard Prison Initiative · Annandaleonhudson, NY · 2022

    General

  • $75,000

    New Egypt United Methodist Church Trustees' Fund · New Egypt, NJ · 2022

    General

  • $75,000

    Bard Prison Initiative · Annandaleonhudson, NY · 2021

    General

  • $75,000

    Climate Central · Princeton, NJ · 2021

    General

  • $70,000

    The New York Times Neediest · New York, NY · 2023

    General

  • $70,000

    Yana Ministry · Paramus, NJ · 2023

    General

  • $70,000

    Philadelphia Serengeti Alliance · Philadelphia, PA · 2022

    General

  • $70,000

    The New York Times Neediest · New York, NY · 2022

    General

  • $70,000

    Lawrenceville School · Lawrenceville, NJ · 2021

    General

  • $70,000

    Propublica · New York, NY · 2021

    General

  • $70,000

    Whyy Tv 12 · Philadelphia, PA · 2021

    General

  • $60,000

    Bucks County Children'S Museum · New Hope, PA · 2023

    General

  • $60,000

    Center for Investigative Reporting · Emerville, CA · 2023

    General

  • $60,000

    Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center · New York, NY · 2023

    General

  • $60,000

    Rocky Mountain Institute · Boulder, CO · 2023

    General

  • $60,000

    Bucks County Children'S Museum · New Hope, PA · 2022

    General

  • $60,000

    Center for Investigative Reporting · Emerville, CA · 2022

    General

  • $60,000

    Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center · New York, NY · 2022

    General

  • $60,000

    Rocky Mountain Institute · Boulder, CO · 2022

    General

  • $60,000

    Yana Ministry · Paramus, NJ · 2022

    General

  • $60,000

    Bucks County Children'S Museum · New Hope, PA · 2021

    General

  • $60,000

    The New York Times Neediest · New York, NY · 2021

    General

  • $55,000

    Free Library Foundation of Philadelphia · Philadelphia, PA · 2023

    General

  • $55,000

    Meals On Wheels of Mercer County · Ewing, NJ · 2023

    General

  • $55,000

    Free Library Foundation of Philadelphia · Philadelphia, PA · 2022

    General

  • $50,000

    Habitat for Humanity of B&Mc · Maple Shade, NJ · 2023

    General

  • $50,000

    Lawrenceville School · Lawrenceville, NJ · 2023

    General

  • $50,000

    Princeton Medical Center Foundation · Plainsboro, NJ · 2023

    General

  • $50,000

    Stmary Medical Center Foundation · Langhorne, PA · 2023

    General

  • $50,000

    Strive · New York, NY · 2023

    General

  • $50,000

    Habitat for Humanity of B&Mc · Maple Shade, NJ · 2022

    General

  • $50,000

    Lawrenceville School · Lawrenceville, NJ · 2022

    General

  • $50,000

    Meals On Wheels of Mercer County · Ewing, NJ · 2022

    General

  • $50,000

    Princeton Medical Center Foundation · Plainsboro, NJ · 2022

    General

  • $50,000

    Stmary Medical Center Foundation · Langhore, PA · 2022

    General

  • $50,000

    Strive · New York, NY · 2022

    General

  • $50,000

    Free Library Foundation of Philadelphia · Philadelphia, PA · 2021

    General

  • $50,000

    Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center · New York, NY · 2021

    General

  • $50,000

    Rocky Mountain Institute · Boulder, CO · 2021

    General

  • $45,000

    Boys and Girls Club of Mercer County · Trenton, NJ · 2023

    General

  • $45,000

    Boys and Girls Club of Mercer County · Trenton, NJ · 2022

    General

  • $45,000

    Boys and Girls Club of Mercer County · Trenton, NJ · 2021

    General

  • $45,000

    Yana Ministry · Paramus, NJ · 2021

    General

  • $40,000

    American Association for the Advancement of Science · Washington, DC · 2023

    General

  • $40,000

    Family Service Association of Bucks County · Langhorne, PA · 2023

    General

  • $40,000

    The Salvation Army - National Division · Alexandria, VA · 2023

    General

  • $40,000

    Trenton Area Soup Kitchen · Trenton, NJ · 2023

    General

  • $40,000

    American Association for the Advancement of Science · Washington, DC · 2022

    General

  • $40,000

    The Salvation Army - National Division · Alexandria, VA · 2022

    General

  • $40,000

    Trenton Area Soup Kitchen · Trenton, NJ · 2022

    General

  • $40,000

    American Association for the Advancement of Science · Washington, DC · 2021

    General

  • $40,000

    Center for Investigative Reporting · Emerville, CA · 2021

    General

  • $40,000

    Meals On Wheels of Mercer County · Ewing, NJ · 2021

    General

  • $40,000

    Stmary Medical Center Foundation · Langhore, PA · 2021

    General

  • $40,000

    Strive · New York, NY · 2021

    General

  • $40,000

    The Salvation Army - National Division · Alexandria, VA · 2021

    General

  • $40,000

    Trenton Area Soup Kitchen · Trenton, NJ · 2021

    General

  • $35,000

    Anchor House · Trenton, NJ · 2023

    General

  • $35,000

    Elixir Fund · Princeton Jct, NJ · 2023

    General

  • $35,000

    Fresh Air Fund · New York, NY · 2023

    General

  • $35,000

    Lymphoma Research Foundation · New York, NY · 2023

    General

  • $30,000

    Friends of Princeton Open Space · Princeton, NJ · 2023

    General

  • $30,000

    Heifer Project International · Little Rock, AR · 2023

    General

  • $30,000

    The Nature Conservancy · Conshohocken, PA · 2023

    General

  • $30,000

    Anchor House · Trenton, NJ · 2022

    General

  • $30,000

    Elixir Fund · Princeton Jct, NJ · 2022

    General

  • $30,000

    Fresh Air Fund · New York, NY · 2022

    General

  • $30,000

    Friends of Princeton Open Space · Princeton, NJ · 2022

    General

  • $30,000

    Heifer Project International · Little Rock, AR · 2022

    General

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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call.