Funding search · EIN 136062709 · Falls Church, VA
Frank and Janina Petschek 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.
- 123
- grants reported
- $474,000
- total given
- 2021–2024
- filing years
- $2,500
- median grant
Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2021–2024. 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.
- National Public Radio1 grant · $25,500
- Care3 grants · $25,000
- Pbs Foundation1 grant · $25,000
- Southern Poverty Law Center2 grants · $20,000
- Common Cause2 grants · $20,000
- American Civil Liberties Union2 grants · $20,000
- Weta3 grants · $15,400
- American Civil Liberties Union2 grants · $15,000
- Bread for the City3 grants · $15,000
- Planned Parenthood1 grant · $14,000
Giving over time
Grant history
The 100 largest of 123 grants.
- $25,500
National Public Radio · Baltimore, MD · 2024
General Support
- $25,000
Pbs Foundation · Arlington, VA · 2024
General Support
- $14,000
Planned Parenthood · Washington, DC · 2022
General Support
- $10,000
American Civil Liberties Union · New York, NY · 2024
General Support
- $10,000
Care · Washington, DC · 2024
General Support
- $10,000
Common Cause Education Fund · Washington, DC · 2024
General Support
- $10,000
Doctors Without Borders · New York, NY · 2024
General Support
- $10,000
Fresh Air Fund · New York, NY · 2024
General Support
- $10,000
Planned Parenthood · Washington, DC · 2024
General Support
- $10,000
Prep for Prep · New York, NY · 2024
General Support
- $10,000
Southern Poverty Law Center · Montgomery, AL · 2024
General Support
- $10,000
Vassar College · Poughkeepsie, NY · 2024
General Support
- $10,000
American Civil Liberties Union · New York, NY · 2022
General Support
- $10,000
Care · Washington, DC · 2022
General Support
- $10,000
Common Cause · Washington, DC · 2022
General Support
- $10,000
Southern Poverty Law Center · Montgomery, AL · 2022
General Support
- $10,000
American Civil Liberties Union · New York, NY · 2021
General support
- $10,000
Common Cause · Washington, DC · 2021
General support
- $10,000
Southern Poverty Law Center · Montgomery, AL · 2021
general support
- $9,000
Naacp Legal Defense and Education Fund · New York, NY · 2024
General Support
- $8,000
Air Force Enlisted Village · Shalimar, FL · 2024
General Support
- $8,000
Justice High School Educational Foundation · Falls Church, VA · 2024
General Support
- $7,000
Bread for the City · Washington, DC · 2024
General Support
- $5,500
Environmental Defense Fund · Washington, DC · 2024
General Support
- $5,400
Weta · Arlington, VA · 2024
General Support
- $5,000
City Harvest · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
General Support
- $5,000
Unicef · New York, NY · 2024
General Support
- $5,000
US Holocaust Museum · Washington, DC · 2024
General Support
- $5,000
American Civil Liberties Union · New York, NY · 2023
General Support
- $5,000
Care · Atlanta, GA · 2023
General Support
- $5,000
Doctors Without Borders · Hagerstown, MD · 2023
General Support
- $5,000
US Holocaust Memorial Museam · Washington, DC · 2023
General Support
- $5,000
Doctors Without Borders · New York, NY · 2022
General Support
- $5,000
Fresh Air Fund · New York, NY · 2022
General Support
- $5,000
Holocaust Memorial Museum · Washington, DC · 2022
General Support
- $5,000
Weta · Arlington, VA · 2022
General Support
- $5,000
Doctors Without Borders · New York, NY · 2021
General support
- $5,000
Fresh Air Fund · New York, NY · 2021
General support
- $5,000
Holocaust Memorial Museum · Washington, DC · 2021
General support
- $5,000
Weta · Arlington, VA · 2021
general support
- $4,000
National Wwii Museum · New Orleans, LA · 2024
General Support
- $4,000
Bread for the City · Washington, DC · 2023
General Support
- $4,000
Justice High School Education Foundation · Falls Church, VA · 2023
General Support
- $4,000
Air Force Enlisted Village · Shalimar, FL · 2022
General Support
- $4,000
Bread for the City · Washington, DC · 2022
General Support
- $4,000
City Meals On Wheels · New York, NY · 2022
General Support
- $4,000
Justice High School Educational Foundation · Falls Church, VA · 2022
General Support
- $4,000
Air Force Enlisted Village · Shalimar, FL · 2021
General support
- $4,000
Bread for the City · Washington, DC · 2021
general support
- $4,000
Justice High School Educational Foundation · Falls Church, VA · 2021
General support
- $3,000
Grid Alternatives · Emeryville, CA · 2024
General Support
- $3,000
National Military Family Association · Alexandria, VA · 2024
General Support
- $3,000
New York Public Library · New York, NY · 2024
General Support
- $3,000
Ny Times Community Fund · New York, NY · 2024
General Support
- $3,000
USA for Unhcr · Washington, DC · 2024
General Support
- $3,000
National Military Family · Alexandria, VA · 2022
General Support
- $3,000
City Meals On Wheels · New York, NY · 2021
general support
- $3,000
National Military Family · Alexadria, VA · 2021
General support
- $2,500
Amherst College · Amherst, MA · 2024
General Support
- $2,500
Massachusetts Rivers Alliance · Woburn, MA · 2024
General Support
- $2,500
Massachusetts Rivers Alliance · Boston, MA · 2023
General Support
- $2,500
Amherst College · Amherst, MA · 2022
General Support
- $2,500
Environmental Defense Fund · New York, NY · 2022
General Support
- $2,500
Amherst College · Amherst, MA · 2021
General support
- $2,500
Environmental Defense Fund · New York, NY · 2021
General support
- $2,500
Massachusetts River Alliance · Boston, MA · 2021
general support
- $2,000
Americans United for Separation of Church and State · Washington, DC · 2024
General Support
- $2,000
Annandale Christian Community Action · Annandale, VA · 2024
General Support
- $2,000
Charity Water · Franklin, TN · 2024
General Support
- $2,000
Amherst College · Amherst, MA · 2023
General Support
- $2,000
American United for Separation of Church and State · Washington, DC · 2022
General Support
- $2,000
Charity Water · Hagerstown, MD · 2022
General Support
- $2,000
The National Wwii Museum · New Orleans, LA · 2022
General Support
- $2,000
American United for Separation of Church and State · Washington, DC · 2021
general support
- $2,000
The National Wwii Museum · New Orleans, LA · 2021
General support
- $1,200
Annandale Community Christian Action · Annandale, VA · 2023
General Support
- $1,200
Annandale Christian Community for Action · Annandale, VA · 2022
General Support
- $1,200
Annandale Christian Community for Action · Annadale, VA · 2021
general support
- $1,000
Abraham Initiatives · New York, NY · 2024
General Support
- $1,000
Gamers Outreach · Saline, MI · 2024
General Support
- $1,000
Innovation Law Lab · Portland, OR · 2024
General Support
- $1,000
Kids in Need of Defense (Kind) · Washington, DC · 2024
General Support
- $1,000
League of Women Voters Education Fund · Washington, DC · 2024
General Support
- $1,000
Women for Women International · Washington, DC · 2024
General Support
- $1,000
Gamers Outreach · Saline, MI · 2023
General Support
- $1,000
Gamers Outreach · Saline, MI · 2022
General Support
- $1,000
Grid Alternatives · Emeryville, CA · 2022
General Support
- $1,000
Grid Alternatives · Oakland, CA · 2021
General support
- $750
Capital Area Food Bank · Washington, DC · 2024
General Support
- $750
Capital Area Food Bank · Washington, DC · 2023
General Support
- $750
Capital Area Food Bank · Washington, DC · 2022
General Support
- $750
Capital Area Food Bank · Washington, DC · 2021
general support
- $500
Brewster Conservation Trust · Brewster, MA · 2024
General Support
- $500
Brewster Ponds Coalition · Brewster, MA · 2024
General Support
- $500
Coopers Cove Conservation Fund · Alexandria, VA · 2024
General Support
- $500
Culmore Clinic · Falls Church, VA · 2024
General Support
- $500
National Resources Defense Council · Merrifield, VA · 2024
General Support
- $500
Wamu · Washington, DC · 2024
General Support
- $500
Cooper Cove Conservation Fund · Capon Bridge, WV · 2023
General Support
- $500
Environmental Defense Fund · Washington, DC · 2023
General Support
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