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 20222025. 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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  • 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

$689,650
2022
$369,000
2023
$590,000
2024
$724,000
2025

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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