Funding search · EIN 133647019 · New Haven, CT

The Fb Heron 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.

534
grants reported
$74.4M
total given
2021–2024
filing years
$2,000
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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  • Federation of Appalachian Housing Enterprises9 grants · $23.0M
  • Black Belt Community Foundation9 grants · $22.2M
  • Capital Impact Partners3 grants · $6.5M
  • Open Possibilities Dba Possibility Labs7 grants · $6.1M
  • Communities Unlimited3 grants · $4.1M
  • Foundation for Louisiana3 grants · $465,000
  • Self-Help Enterprises3 grants · $450,000
  • Committee Encouraging Corporate Philanthropy3 grants · $375,000
  • The Lincoln Institute of Land Policy3 grants · $375,000
  • The Urban Institute2 grants · $351,000

Giving over time

$10.2M
2021
$30.0M
2022
$19.5M
2023
$14.8M
2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 534 grants.

  • $15.0M

    Black Belt Community Foundation · Selma, AL · 2023

    General Support

  • $12.0M

    Federation of Appalachian Housing Enterprises · Berea, KY · 2022

    Project Support

  • $10.0M

    Federation of Appalachian Housing Enterprises · Berea, KY · 2024

    Project-Based

  • $5.0M

    Black Belt Community Foundation · Selma, AL · 2022

    General Support

  • $4.2M

    Open Possibilities Dba Possibility Labs · San Francisco, CA · 2022

    Project-Based

  • $3.8M

    Communities Unlimited · Fayetteville, AR · 2024

    Project-Based

  • $3.0M

    Capital Impact Partners · Arlington, VA · 2022

    Enterprise Capital

  • $2.0M

    Black Belt Community Foundation · Selma, AL · 2023

    Project-Based

  • $2.0M

    Capital Impact Partners · Arlington, VA · 2021

    Enterprise Capital

  • $1.5M

    Capital Impact Partners · Arlington, VA · 2021

    Enterprise Capital

  • $1.0M

    Open Possibilities Dba Possibility Labs · San Francisco, CA · 2022

    Project-Based

  • $500,000

    Open Possibilities Dba Possibility Labs · San Francisco, CA · 2021

    Project-Based

  • $300,000

    Federation of Appalachian Housing Enterprises · Berea, KY · 2023

    Pass-Through

  • $200,000

    Communities Unlimited · Fayetteville, AR · 2024

    General Support

  • $200,000

    Federation of Appalachian Housing Enterprises · Berea, KY · 2024

    Pass-Through

  • $200,000

    Federation of Appalachian Housing Enterprises · Berea, KY · 2024

    General Support

  • $175,500

    The Urban Institute · Washington, DC · 2023

    Project-Based

  • $175,500

    The Urban Institute · Washington, DC · 2022

    Project-Based

  • $165,000

    Foundation for Louisiana · Baton Rouge, LA · 2022

    Project-Based

  • $163,500

    Open Possibilities Dba Possibility Labs · San Francisco, CA · 2021

    Project-Based

  • $150,000

    Center for Higher Ambition Leadership · Burlington, MA · 2023

    General Support

  • $150,000

    Common Future · Oakland, CA · 2023

    General Support

  • $150,000

    Jubilee Gift Galaxy · Oakland, CA · 2023

    General Support

  • $150,000

    Self-Help Enterprises · Visalia, CA · 2023

    General Support

  • $150,000

    Stratos Partners · Pittsburgh, PA · 2023

    Project-Based

  • $150,000

    The Lincoln Institute of Land Policy · Cambridge, MA · 2023

    Project-Based

  • $150,000

    Black Belt Community Foundation · Selma, AL · 2022

    General Support

  • $150,000

    Committee Encouraging Corporate Philanthropy · New York, NY · 2022

    General Support

  • $150,000

    Communities Unlimited · Fayetteville, AR · 2022

    General Support

  • $150,000

    Community Development Corporation of Brownsville · Brownsville, TX · 2022

    General Support

  • $150,000

    Federation of Appalachian Housing Enterprises · Berea, KY · 2022

    General Support

  • $150,000

    First Nations Oweesta Corporation · Longmont, CO · 2022

    General Support

  • $150,000

    Foundation for Louisiana · Baton Rouge, LA · 2022

    General Support

  • $150,000

    Hope Enterprise Corporation · Jackson, MS · 2022

    General Support

  • $150,000

    Locus Impact Investing · Richmond, VA · 2022

    General Support

  • $150,000

    Maine Initiatives · Portland, ME · 2022

    General Support

  • $150,000

    Network Impact · Boston, MA · 2022

    Project-Based

  • $150,000

    Rural Community Assistance Corporation · West Sacramento, CA · 2022

    General Support

  • $150,000

    Self-Help Enterprises · Visalia, CA · 2022

    General Support

  • $150,000

    Springboard To Opportunities · Jackson, MS · 2022

    General Support

  • $150,000

    University of Nebraska Board of Regents · Lincoln, NE · 2022

    Project-Based

  • $150,000

    Wheda Foundation · Madison, WI · 2022

    Project-Based

  • $150,000

    Allied Media Projects · Detroit, MI · 2021

    Project-Based

  • $150,000

    Amalgamated Charitable Foundation · Washington, DC · 2021

    Project-Based

  • $150,000

    Borealis Philanthropy · Minneapolis, MN · 2021

    General Support

  • $150,000

    Bread and Roses Community Fund · Philadelphia, PA · 2021

    General Support

  • $150,000

    Coastal Enterprises · Brunswick, ME · 2021

    General Support

  • $150,000

    Committee Encouraging Corporate Philanthropy · New York, NY · 2021

    General Support

  • $150,000

    Common Counsel Foundation · Oakland, CA · 2021

    General Support

  • $150,000

    Foundation for Louisiana · Baton Rouge, LA · 2021

    General Support

  • $150,000

    Groundswell Fund · San Francisco, CA · 2021

    General Support

  • $150,000

    Headwaters Foundation for Justice · Minneapolis, MN · 2021

    General Support

  • $150,000

    Liberty Hill Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2021

    General Support

  • $150,000

    Locus Impact Investing · Richmond, VA · 2021

    General Support

  • $150,000

    Self-Help Enterprises · Visalia, CA · 2021

    General Support

  • $150,000

    Seventh Generation Fund for Indigenous Peoples · Arcata, CA · 2021

    General Support

  • $150,000

    The Lincoln Institute of Land Policy · Cambridge, MA · 2021

    Project-Based

  • $145,000

    Milken Institute · Santa Monica, CA · 2022

    Project-Based

  • $140,000

    Hope Enterprise Corporation · Jackson, MS · 2021

    General Support

  • $136,250

    Open Possibilities Dba Possibility Labs · San Francisco, CA · 2022

    Project-Based

  • $135,000

    Aeris Insight · Philadelphia, PA · 2022

    Project-Based

  • $130,000

    Potlatch Fund · Seattle, WA · 2021

    General Support

  • $125,000

    Open Possibilities Dba Possibility Labs · San Francisco, CA · 2023

    General Support

  • $125,000

    North Star Fund · New York, NY · 2021

    General Support

  • $125,000

    Social Justice Fund Northwest · Seattle, WA · 2021

    General Support

  • $120,000

    New Sun Rising · Millvale, PA · 2023

    General Support

  • $120,000

    Gulf of Maine Research Institute · Portland, ME · 2021

    General Support

  • $120,000

    Haymarket People'S Fund · Jamaica Plain, MA · 2021

    General Support

  • $100,000

    Federation of Appalachian Housing Enterprises · Berea, KY · 2023

    Pass-Through

  • $100,000

    Fresno Community Development Financial Institution · Fresno, CA · 2022

    General Support

  • $100,000

    Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability · Fresno, CA · 2022

    General Support

  • $100,000

    New Sun Rising · Millvale, PA · 2022

    General Support

  • $100,000

    The Genesis Fund · Brunswick, ME · 2022

    General Support

  • $100,000

    The League of Intrapreneurs Ltd · Portland, OR · 2022

    General Support

  • $100,000

    Appalachian Community Fund · Knoxville, TN · 2021

    General Support

  • $100,000

    Crossroads Fund · Chicago, IL · 2021

    General Support

  • $100,000

    Fresno Economic Opportunities Commission · Fresno, CA · 2021

    Project-Based

  • $100,000

    Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability · Fresno, CA · 2021

    General Support

  • $100,000

    Maine Initiatives · Portland, ME · 2021

    General Support

  • $100,000

    Mission Investors Exchange · New York, NY · 2021

    Membership

  • $100,000

    New York University · New York, NY · 2021

    Project-Based

  • $100,000

    Solutions Project · Oakland, CA · 2021

    General Support

  • $100,000

    Springboard To Opportunities · Jackson, MS · 2021

    General Support

  • $100,000

    The Genesis Fund · Brunswick, ME · 2021

    General Support

  • $100,000

    The League of Intrapreneurs Ltd · Portland, OR · 2021

    General Support

  • $100,000

    The Nonprofit Information Networking Association Dba the Nonprofit Quarterl · Boston, MA · 2021

    General Support

  • $95,000

    Good Shepherd Food Bank · Auburn, ME · 2021

    General Support

  • $80,000

    World Wildlife Fund · Washington, DC · 2022

    Project-Based

  • $79,000

    Chinook Fund · Denver, CO · 2021

    General Support

  • $75,000

    The Lincoln Institute of Land Policy · Cambridge, MA · 2024

    Project-Based

  • $75,000

    California Forward · Berkeley, CA · 2023

    Project-Based

  • $75,000

    Committee Encouraging Corporate Philanthropy · New York, NY · 2023

    General Support

  • $75,000

    Policylink · Oakland, CA · 2022

    General Support

  • $75,000

    Southern Partners Fund · Atlanta, GA · 2022

    General Support

  • $75,000

    California Forward · Berkeley, CA · 2021

    Project-Based

  • $75,000

    Calvert Impact Capital · Bethesda, MD · 2021

    Project-Based

  • $75,000

    Na'Ah Illahee Fund · Seattle, WA · 2021

    General Support

  • $75,000

    Paula Ellis Strategies Llc · Charleston, SC · 2021

    Project-Based

  • $75,000

    Southern Partners Fund · Atlanta, GA · 2021

    General Support

  • $75,000

    The Initiative for Responsible Investment at the Hauser Institute for Civil · Cambridge, MA · 2021

    Project-Based

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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.