Funding search · EIN 133639449 · Fort Lee, NJ
The Debs 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.
- 163
- grants reported
- $2.4M
- total given
- 2022–2025
- filing years
- $2,000
- 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.
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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.
- New York Historical Society4 grants · $510,000
- American University of Beirut4 grants · $350,000
- Providence Public Library4 grants · $205,000
- Aumbc Emergency2 grants · $200,000
- Carnegie Hall4 grants · $140,000
- Vassar College3 grants · $110,000
- Tag2 grants · $100,000
- Doctors Without Borders4 grants · $92,000
- Institute of International Education4 grants · $90,000
- Bretton Woods Committee2 grants · $55,000
Giving over time
Grant history
The 100 largest of 163 grants.
- $135,000
New York Historical Society · New York, NY · 2024
For the organization's charitable use
- $125,000
New York Historical Society · New York, NY · 2025
For the organization's charitable use
- $125,000
New York Historical Society · New York, NY · 2023
For the organization's charitable use
- $125,000
New York Historical Society · New York, NY · 2022
For the organization's charitable use
- $105,000
Providence Public Library · Providence, RI · 2025
For the organization's charitable use
- $100,000
American University of Beirut · New York, NY · 2025
For the organization's charitable use
- $100,000
Aumbc Emergency · New York, NY · 2025
For the organization's charitable use
- $100,000
American University of Beirut · New York, NY · 2024
For the organization's charitable use
- $100,000
Aumbc Emergency · New York, NY · 2024
For the organization's charitable use
- $100,000
American University of Beirut · New York, NY · 2022
For the organization's charitable use
- $75,000
Doctors Without Borders · New York, NY · 2025
For the organization's charitable use
- $65,000
Providence Public Library · Providence, RI · 2024
For the organization's charitable use
- $60,000
Institute of International Education · New York, NY · 2022
For the organization's charitable use
- $50,000
Tag · Hnew York, NY · 2025
For the organization's charitable use
- $50,000
Tag · Hnew York, NY · 2024
For the organization's charitable use
- $50,000
American University of Beirut · New York, NY · 2023
For the organization's charitable use
- $50,000
Vassar College · Poughkeepsie, NY · 2023
For the organization's charitable use
- $50,000
Carnegie Hall · New York, NY · 2022
For the organization's charitable use
- $50,000
Treatment Action Group (Tag) · New York, NY · 2022
For the organization's charitable use
- $50,000
Vassar College · Poughkeepsie, NY · 2022
For the organization's charitable use
- $30,000
American Museum of Tort Law · Winsted, CT · 2025
For the organization's charitable use
- $30,000
Carnegie Hall · New York, NY · 2025
For the organization's charitable use
- $30,000
Carnegie Hall · New York, NY · 2024
For the organization's charitable use
- $30,000
Bretton Woods Committee · Washington, DC · 2023
For the organization's charitable use
- $30,000
Carnegie Hall · New York, NY · 2023
For the organization's charitable use
- $30,000
Providence Public Library · Providence, RI · 2022
For the organization's charitable use
- $25,000
Bretton Woods Committee · Washington, DC · 2022
For the organization's charitable use
- $25,000
Federation of Protestant Welfare Agencies · New York, NY · 2022
For the organization's charitable use
- $25,000
Volcker Allicance · New York, NY · 2022
For the organization's charitable use
- $20,000
Crossroads Rhode Island · Providence, RI · 2025
For the organization's charitable use
- $20,000
Rhode Island Community Food · Providence, RI · 2025
For the organization's charitable use
- $20,000
Columbia University · New York, NY · 2022
For the organization's charitable use
- $15,000
Doctors Without Borders · New York, NY · 2024
For the organization's charitable use
- $15,000
Feldenkrais Foundation · New York, NY · 2022
For the organization's charitable use
- $10,000
Carter Center · Atlanta, GA · 2025
For the organization's charitable use
- $10,000
Docas International of Rhode Island · Providence, RI · 2025
For the organization's charitable use
- $10,000
Felden Krais Foundation · New York, NY · 2025
For the organization's charitable use
- $10,000
Institute of International Education · New York, NY · 2025
For the organization's charitable use
- $10,000
Society of the Sacred Heart · St Louis, MO · 2025
For the organization's charitable use
- $10,000
Crossroads Rhode Island · Providence, RI · 2024
For the organization's charitable use
- $10,000
Felden Krais Foundation · New York, NY · 2024
For the organization's charitable use
- $10,000
Institute of International Education · New York, NY · 2024
For the organization's charitable use
- $10,000
Soharlem · New York, NY · 2024
For the organization's charitable use
- $10,000
Vassar College · Poughkeepsie, NY · 2024
For the organization's charitable use
- $10,000
Federation of Protestant Welfare Agencies · New York, NY · 2023
For the organization's charitable use
- $10,000
Institute of International Education · New York, NY · 2023
For the organization's charitable use
- $5,000
Cape Cod Healthcare Foundation · Hyannis, MA · 2025
For the organization's charitable use
- $5,000
Cape Cod Healthcare Foundation · Hyannis, MA · 2024
For the organization's charitable use
- $5,000
Docas International of Rhode Island · Providence, RI · 2024
For the organization's charitable use
- $5,000
Hospital for Special Surgery · New York, NY · 2024
For the organization's charitable use
- $5,000
Rhode Island Community Food · Providence, RI · 2024
For the organization's charitable use
- $5,000
Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital · East Sandwich, MA · 2024
For the organization's charitable use
- $5,000
Volcker Allicance · New York, NY · 2024
For the organization's charitable use
- $5,000
Cape Cod Healthcare Foundation · Hyannis, MA · 2023
For the organization's charitable use
- $5,000
Group of Thirty · Washington, DC · 2023
For the organization's charitable use
- $5,000
Hospital for Special Surgery · New York, NY · 2023
For the organization's charitable use
- $5,000
Providence Public Library · Providence, RI · 2023
For the organization's charitable use
- $5,000
Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital · East Sandwich, MA · 2023
For the organization's charitable use
- $5,000
Volcker Allicance · New York, NY · 2023
For the organization's charitable use
- $5,000
American Museum of Tort Law · Winsted, CT · 2022
For the organization's charitable use
- $5,000
Cape Cod Healthcare Foundation · Hyannis, MA · 2022
For the organization's charitable use
- $5,000
Foundation for Independent Artists · New York, NY · 2022
For the organization's charitable use
- $5,000
Gilder Lehrman Institute of American Hist · New York, NY · 2022
For the organization's charitable use
- $5,000
Group of Thirty · Washington, DC · 2022
For the organization's charitable use
- $5,000
Hospital for Special Surgery · New York, NY · 2022
For the organization's charitable use
- $5,000
Morgan Stanley Annual Appeal · New York, NY · 2022
For the organization's charitable use
- $5,000
Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital · East Sandwich, MA · 2022
For the organization's charitable use
- $4,000
Soharlem · New York, NY · 2023
For the organization's charitable use
- $4,000
Middle East Institute · Washington, DC · 2022
For the organization's charitable use
- $3,000
Sphinx Organization · Detroit, MI · 2023
For the organization's charitable use
- $3,000
Council of Foreign Relations · New York, NY · 2022
For the organization's charitable use
- $3,000
Dorcas International Institute · Providence, RI · 2022
For the organization's charitable use
- $3,000
New York Presbyterian Hospital · New York, NY · 2022
For the organization's charitable use
- $3,000
Soharlem · New York, NY · 2022
For the organization's charitable use
- $3,000
Sphinx Organization · Detroit, MI · 2022
For the organization's charitable use
- $2,500
Frick Collection · New York, NY · 2022
For the organization's charitable use
- $2,400
Providence Preservation Society · Providence, RI · 2022
For the organization's charitable use
- $2,000
Colgate University · Hamilton, NY · 2025
For the organization's charitable use
- $2,000
Naacp · Baltimore, MD · 2025
For the organization's charitable use
- $2,000
Poly Prep Country Day School · Brooklyn, NY · 2025
For the organization's charitable use
- $2,000
Colgate University · Hamilton, NY · 2024
For the organization's charitable use
- $2,000
Naacp · Baltimore, MD · 2024
For the organization's charitable use
- $2,000
Poly Prep Country Day School · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
For the organization's charitable use
- $2,000
United Negro College · Washington, DC · 2024
For the organization's charitable use
- $2,000
Colgate University · Hamilton, NY · 2023
For the organization's charitable use
- $2,000
Naacp · Baltimore, MD · 2023
For the organization's charitable use
- $2,000
New York Landmarks Conservancy · New York, NY · 2023
For the organization's charitable use
- $2,000
New York Presbyterian Hospital · New York, NY · 2023
For the organization's charitable use
- $2,000
Poly Prep Country Day School · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
For the organization's charitable use
- $2,000
United Negro College Fund · Washington, DC · 2023
For the organization's charitable use
- $2,000
Columbia University Press · New York, NY · 2022
For the organization's charitable use
- $2,000
Harvard Law School · Cambridge, MA · 2022
For the organization's charitable use
- $2,000
Naacp · Baltimore, MD · 2022
For the organization's charitable use
- $2,000
New York Landmarks Conservancy · New York, NY · 2022
For the organization's charitable use
- $2,000
New York Weill Cornell Medical Center · New York, NY · 2022
For the organization's charitable use
- $2,000
Outer Cape Health Services · Wellsfleet, MA · 2022
For the organization's charitable use
- $2,000
Park Avenue Armory · New York, NY · 2022
For the organization's charitable use
- $2,000
Planned Parenthood Federation of America · Washington, DC · 2022
For the organization's charitable use
- $2,000
Third Street Music School Settlement · New York, NY · 2022
For the organization's charitable use
- $2,000
United Negro College Fund · Washington, DC · 2022
For the organization's charitable use
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