Funding search · EIN 134010543 · Woodbury, NY

The David S Howe 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.

91
grants reported
$6.1M
total given
2021–2024
filing years
$20,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20212024. 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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  • The Charlene Y Wang Charitable Trust1 grant · $3.3M
  • Art 214 grants · $475,000
  • Harvard University4 grants · $400,000
  • Block Island Housing Initiative3 grants · $300,000
  • Center for Heirs Property Preservation3 grants · $200,000
  • Freed Seed Federation4 grants · $195,000
  • Stanford University2 grants · $155,000
  • Increasing Hope4 grants · $120,000
  • Nofamass3 grants · $90,000
  • National Immigration Law Center3 grants · $90,000

Giving over time

$3.9M
2021
$285,039
2022
$630,000
2023
$1.3M
2024

Grant history

All 91 reported grants, largest first.

  • $3.3M

    The Charlene Y Wang Charitable Trust · New York, NY · 2021

    Donee's exempt purpose

  • $225,000

    Art 21 · New York, NY · 2024

    Donee's exempt purpose

  • $200,000

    Block Island Housing Initiative · Block Island, RI · 2024

    Donee's exempt purpose

  • $200,000

    Harvard University · Cambridge, MA · 2024

    Donee's exempt purpose

  • $110,000

    Stanford University · Stanford, CA · 2021

    Donee's exempt purpose

  • $100,000

    Center for Heirs Property Preservation · Charleston, SC · 2024

    Donee's exempt purpose

  • $100,000

    Art 21 · New York, NY · 2021

    Donee's exempt purpose

  • $100,000

    Harvard University · Cambridge, MA · 2021

    Donee's exempt purpose

  • $75,000

    Art 21 · New York, NY · 2023

    Donee's exempt purpose

  • $75,000

    Art 21 · New York, NY · 2022

    Donee's exempt purpose

  • $70,000

    Freed Seed Federation · Westport, MA · 2023

    Donee's exempt purpose

  • $65,000

    Block Island Health Services · Block Island, RI · 2024

    Donee's exempt purpose

  • $50,000

    Freed Seed Federation · Westport, MA · 2024

    Donee's exempt purpose

  • $50,000

    Increasing Hope · North Charleston, SC · 2024

    Donee's exempt purpose

  • $50,000

    National Immigration Law Center · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

    Donee's exempt purpose

  • $50,000

    Block Island Housing Initiative · Block Island, RI · 2023

    Donee's exempt purpose

  • $50,000

    Center for Heirs Property Preservation · Charleston, SC · 2023

    Donee's exempt purpose

  • $50,000

    Harvard University · Cambridge, MA · 2023

    Donee's exempt purpose

  • $50,000

    Increasing Hope · North Charleston, SC · 2023

    Donee's exempt purpose

  • $50,000

    Block Island Housing Initiative · Block Island, RI · 2022

    Donee's exempt purpose

  • $50,000

    Harvard University · Cambridge, MA · 2022

    Donee's exempt purpose

  • $50,000

    Center for Heirs Property Preservation · Charleston, SC · 2021

    Donee's exempt purpose

  • $45,000

    Stanford University · Stanford, CA · 2023

    Donee's exempt purpose

  • $40,000

    Protocinema · New York, NY · 2024

    Donee's exempt purpose

  • $40,000

    Freed Seed Federation · Westport, MA · 2021

    Donee's exempt purpose

  • $35,000

    Freed Seed Federation · Westport, MA · 2022

    Donee's exempt purpose

  • $30,000

    Mending Families · Cheverly, MD · 2024

    Donee's exempt purpose

  • $30,000

    Nofamass · Florence, MA · 2024

    Donee's exempt purpose

  • $30,000

    Nofamass · Florence, MA · 2023

    Donee's exempt purpose

  • $30,000

    Nofamass · Florence, MA · 2021

    Donee's exempt purpose

  • $25,000

    Caf America · Alexandria, VA · 2024

    Donee's exempt purpose

  • $25,000

    Coastal Foodshed · New Bedford, MA · 2024

    Donee's exempt purpose

  • $25,000

    Semap (Southeastern Massachusetts Agricultural Partnership) · South Dartmouth, MA · 2024

    Donee's exempt purpose

  • $25,000

    United We Dream Network · Washington, DC · 2024

    Donee's exempt purpose

  • $25,000

    Westport Land Conservation Trust · Westport, MA · 2024

    Donee's exempt purpose

  • $25,000

    Wikimedia Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2024

    Donee's exempt purpose

  • $25,000

    Westport Land Conservation Trust · Westport, MA · 2023

    Donee's exempt purpose

  • $25,000

    United We Dream Network · Washington, DC · 2021

    Donee's exempt purpose

  • $25,000

    Westport Land Conservation Trust · Westport, MA · 2021

    Donee's exempt purpose

  • $25,000

    Wikimedia Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2021

    Donee's exempt purpose

  • $20,000

    Land for Good · Keene, NH · 2024

    Donee's exempt purpose

  • $20,000

    Mogfa (Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association) · Unity, ME · 2024

    Donee's exempt purpose

  • $20,000

    Caf America · Alexandria, VA · 2023

    Donee's exempt purpose

  • $20,000

    Land for Good · Keene, NH · 2023

    Donee's exempt purpose

  • $20,000

    National Immigration Law Center · Los Angeles, CA · 2023

    Donee's exempt purpose

  • $20,000

    United We Dream Network · Washington, DC · 2023

    Donee's exempt purpose

  • $20,000

    Wikimedia Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2023

    Donee's exempt purpose

  • $20,000

    Protocinema · New York, NY · 2022

    Donee's exempt purpose

  • $20,000

    Caf America · Alexandria, VA · 2021

    Donee's exempt purpose

  • $20,000

    National Immigration Law Center · Los Angeles, CA · 2021

    Donee's exempt purpose

  • $15,000

    Greenwich House Pottery · New York, NY · 2024

    Donee's exempt purpose

  • $15,000

    Greenwich House Pottery · New York, NY · 2023

    Donee's exempt purpose

  • $15,000

    Mending Families · Cheverly, MD · 2023

    Donee's exempt purpose

  • $15,000

    Semap (Southeastern Massachusetts Agricultural Partnership) · South Dartmouth, MA · 2023

    Donee's exempt purpose

  • $15,000

    Block Island Health Services · New Shoreham, RI · 2022

    Donee's exempt purpose

  • $15,000

    Greenwich House Pottery · New York, NY · 2021

    Donee's exempt purpose

  • $15,000

    Semap (Southeastern Massachusetts Agricultural Partnership) · South Dartmouth, MA · 2021

    Donee's exempt purpose

  • $10,000

    Mogfa (Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association) · Unity, ME · 2023

    Donee's exempt purpose

  • $10,000

    Increasing Hope · North Charleston, SC · 2022

    Donee's exempt purpose

  • $10,000

    Increasing Hope · North Charleston, SC · 2021

    Donee's exempt purpose

  • $10,000

    Land for Good · Keene, NH · 2021

    Donee's exempt purpose

  • $10,000

    Mending Families · Cheverly, MD · 2021

    Donee's exempt purpose

  • $10,000

    Mogfa (Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association) · Unity, ME · 2021

    Donee's exempt purpose

  • $10,000

    Protocinema · New York, NY · 2021

    Donee's exempt purpose

  • $7,500

    Black Ball Projects · Brooklyn, NY · 2023

    Donee's exempt purpose

  • $7,500

    Black Ball Projects · Brooklyn, NY · 2022

    Donee's exempt purpose

  • $7,500

    Black Ball Projects · Brooklyn, NY · 2021

    Donee's exempt purpose

  • $7,000

    Bloomfield Garfield · Pittsburgh, PA · 2024

    Donee's exempt purpose

  • $5,000

    Black Ball Projects · Brooklyn, NY · 2024

    Donee's exempt purpose

  • $5,000

    Blank Forms · Brooklyn, NY · 2024

    Donee's exempt purpose

  • $5,000

    Film Forum · New York, NY · 2024

    Donee's exempt purpose

  • $5,000

    Fred Benson Memorial Fund · Block Island, RI · 2024

    Donee's exempt purpose

  • $5,000

    Galapagos Conservancy · Fairfax, VA · 2024

    Donee's exempt purpose

  • $5,000

    Isle at Haut Community · Isle Au Haut, ME · 2024

    Donee's exempt purpose

  • $5,000

    Sto Te Nema · New York, NY · 2024

    Donee's exempt purpose

  • $5,000

    Westport Historical Society · Westport, MA · 2024

    Donee's exempt purpose

  • $5,000

    Film Forum · New York, NY · 2023

    Donee's exempt purpose

  • $5,000

    Galapagos Conservancy · Fairfax, VA · 2023

    Donee's exempt purpose

  • $5,000

    Surveillance Technology Oversight Project · New York, NY · 2023

    Donee's exempt purpose

  • $5,000

    Westport Historical Society · Westport, MA · 2023

    Donee's exempt purpose

  • $5,000

    Blank Forms · Brooklyn, NY · 2022

    Donee's exempt purpose

  • $5,000

    Galapagos Conservancy · Fairfax, VA · 2022

    Donee's exempt purpose

  • $5,000

    Sto Te Nema · New York, NY · 2022

    Donee's exempt purpose

  • $5,000

    Blank Forms · Brooklyn, NY · 2021

    Donee's exempt purpose

  • $5,000

    Film Forum · New York, NY · 2021

    Donee's exempt purpose

  • $5,000

    Westport Historical Society · Westport, MA · 2021

    Donee's exempt purpose

  • $4,300

    American Friends of the Centre Pompidou · New York, NY · 2022

    Donee's exempt purpose

  • $3,239

    The Charlene Y Wang Foundation · New York, NY · 2022

    Donee's exempt purpose

  • $2,500

    Block Island Historical Society · Block Island, RI · 2024

    Donee's exempt purpose

  • $2,500

    Block Island Historical Society · Block Island, RI · 2023

    Donee's exempt purpose

  • $2,500

    Block Island Conservancy · Block Island, RI · 2021

    Donee's exempt purpose

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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.