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 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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  • 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

$85,250
2021
$111,250
2022
$38,750
2023
$238,750
2024

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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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.