Funding search · EIN 136115904 · Arlington, MA

The Franz W Sichel 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.

177
grants reported
$393,457
total given
2022–2024
filing years
$1,500
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20222024. 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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  • Redwood Empire Food Bank3 grants · $20,000
  • Third Street Music School Settlement2 grants · $20,000
  • Giffords Law Center To Prevent Gun Violence2 grants · $20,000
  • Doctors Without Borders3 grants · $20,000
  • Nyc School Parents Association3 grants · $17,000
  • Maine Community Foundation3 grants · $15,000
  • School of Arts for All3 grants · $15,000
  • Just the Pill3 grants · $13,000
  • Unicef USA1 grant · $10,000
  • Laguardia Hs Parents Association1 grant · $10,000

Giving over time

$144,735
2022
$118,925
2023
$129,797
2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 177 grants.

  • $10,000

    Doctors Without Borders · New York, NY · 2024

    General operating purposes

  • $10,000

    Giffords Law Center To Prevent Gun Violence · San Francisco, CA · 2024

    General operating purposes

  • $10,000

    Giffords Law Center To Prevent Gun Violence · San Francisco, CA · 2023

    General operating purposes

  • $10,000

    Pylos Archaeology Foundation · St Louis, MO · 2023

    General operating purposes

  • $10,000

    Third Street Music School Settlement · New York, NY · 2023

    General operating purposes

  • $10,000

    Act Blue Giffords Law · San Francisco, CA · 2022

    General operating purposes

  • $10,000

    Laguardia Hs Parents Association · New York, NY · 2022

    General operating purposes

  • $10,000

    Third Street Music School Settlement · New York, NY · 2022

    General operating purposes

  • $10,000

    Unicef USA · New York, NY · 2022

    General operating purposes

  • $7,500

    Redwood Empire Food Bank · Santa Rosa, CA · 2024

    General operating purposes

  • $7,500

    Nyc School Parents Association · New York, NY · 2023

    General operating purposes

  • $7,500

    Just the Pill · Saint Paul, MN · 2022

    General operating purposes

  • $7,500

    Nyc School Parents Association · New York, NY · 2022

    General operating purposes

  • $7,500

    Redwood Empire Food Bank · Santa Rosa, CA · 2022

    General operating purposes

  • $5,000

    Maine Community Foundation · Ellsworth, ME · 2024

    General operating purposes

  • $5,000

    Redwood Library and Athenaeum · Newport, RI · 2024

    General operating purposes

  • $5,000

    Schoodic Food Pantry · Gouldsboro, ME · 2024

    General operating purposes

  • $5,000

    School of Arts for All · Winter Harbor, ME · 2024

    General operating purposes

  • $5,000

    Yellowhammer Fund · Birmingham, AL · 2024

    General operating purposes

  • $5,000

    Doctors Without Borders · New York, NY · 2023

    General operating purposes

  • $5,000

    Maine Community Foundation · Ellsworth, ME · 2023

    General operating purposes

  • $5,000

    Redwood Empire Food Bank · Santa Rosa, CA · 2023

    General operating purposes

  • $5,000

    School of Arts for All · Winter Harbor, ME · 2023

    General operating purposes

  • $5,000

    Yellowhammer Fund · Birmingham, AL · 2023

    General operating purposes

  • $5,000

    Doctors Without Borders · New York, NY · 2022

    General operating purposes

  • $5,000

    Maine Community Foundation · Ellsworth, ME · 2022

    General operating purposes

  • $5,000

    School of Arts for All · Winter Harbor, ME · 2022

    General operating purposes

  • $5,000

    Yellashammer Fund · Birmingham, AL · 2022

    General operating purposes

  • $4,500

    Razom Emergency Response · New York, NY · 2022

    General operating purposes

  • $4,000

    Nyc Salt · New York, NY · 2024

    General operating purposes

  • $3,500

    Boonie Ringer · Nanuet, NY · 2022

    General operating purposes

  • $3,000

    Brigid Alliance · New York, NY · 2024

    General operating purposes

  • $3,000

    Brown University · Providence, RI · 2024

    General operating purposes

  • $3,000

    Just the Pill · Saint Paul, MN · 2024

    General operating purposes

  • $3,000

    Meals On Wheels of Sonoma · Sonoma, CA · 2024

    General operating purposes

  • $3,000

    Meals On Wheels · New York, NY · 2023

    General operating purposes

  • $3,000

    Schoodic Food Pantry · Gouldsboro, ME · 2023

    General operating purposes

  • $3,000

    City Harvest · New York, NY · 2022

    General operating purposes

  • $3,000

    Visiting Nurse Service of New York · New York, NY · 2022

    General operating purposes

  • $3,000

    Wikimedia Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2022

    General operating purposes

  • $3,000

    Ymca of Southern Maine · Portland, ME · 2022

    General operating purposes

  • $2,500

    Bard College · Annandale On Hudson, NY · 2024

    General operating purposes

  • $2,500

    One Love Community Fridge · Brooklyn, NY · 2024

    General operating purposes

  • $2,500

    Planned Parenthood · New York, NY · 2024

    General operating purposes

  • $2,500

    The Chamber Music Center of New York · New York, NY · 2024

    General operating purposes

  • $2,500

    Vns Health · New York, NY · 2024

    General operating purposes

  • $2,500

    Just the Pill · Saint Paul, MN · 2023

    General operating purposes

  • $2,500

    Planned Parenthood · New York, NY · 2023

    General operating purposes

  • $2,500

    Visiting Nurse Service · Monroe, NY · 2023

    General operating purposes

  • $2,500

    Planned Parenthood · New York, NY · 2022

    General operating purposes

  • $2,000

    City Meals On Wheels · New York, NY · 2024

    General operating purposes

  • $2,000

    Credo High Foundation · Sonoma, CA · 2024

    General operating purposes

  • $2,000

    Equal Justice Initiative · Montgomery, AL · 2024

    General operating purposes

  • $2,000

    Napa County Search & Rescue · Napa, CA · 2024

    General operating purposes

  • $2,000

    Nyc School Parents Association · New York, NY · 2024

    General operating purposes

  • $2,000

    Powerhouse Theater · New Canaan, CT · 2024

    General operating purposes

  • $2,000

    Razom for Ukraine · New York, NY · 2024

    General operating purposes

  • $2,000

    Schoodic Institute · Winter Harbor, ME · 2024

    General operating purposes

  • $2,000

    Wikimedia Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2024

    General operating purposes

  • $2,000

    Winter Harbor Public Library · Winter Harbor, ME · 2024

    General operating purposes

  • $2,000

    Ymca of Southern Maine · Portland, ME · 2024

    General operating purposes

  • $2,000

    City Meals On Wheels · New York, NY · 2023

    General operating purposes

  • $2,000

    Equal Justice Center · Austin, TX · 2023

    General operating purposes

  • $2,000

    Napa County Search & Rescue · Napa, CA · 2023

    General operating purposes

  • $2,000

    Razom Emergency Response · New York, NY · 2023

    General operating purposes

  • $2,000

    Schoodic Institute · Winter Harbor, ME · 2023

    General operating purposes

  • $2,000

    Wikimedia Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2023

    General operating purposes

  • $2,000

    Winter Harbor Public Library · Winter Harbor, ME · 2023

    General operating purposes

  • $2,000

    Ymca of Southern Maine · Portland, ME · 2023

    General operating purposes

  • $2,000

    City Meals On Wheels · New York, NY · 2022

    General operating purposes

  • $2,000

    Equal Justice Center · Austin, TX · 2022

    General operating purposes

  • $2,000

    Napa County Search & Rescue · Napa, CA · 2022

    General operating purposes

  • $2,000

    Neighbors Together · Brooklyn, NY · 2022

    General operating purposes

  • $2,000

    Scholastic Institute · Winter Harbor, ME · 2022

    General operating purposes

  • $2,000

    The Cal Poly Foundation · San Luis Obispo, CA · 2022

    General operating purposes

  • $2,000

    Winter Harbor Public Library · Winter Harbor, ME · 2022

    General operating purposes

  • $1,500

    Committee To Protect Journalists · New York, NY · 2024

    General operating purposes

  • $1,500

    Ioby · Cleveland, OH · 2024

    General operating purposes

  • $1,500

    Reporters Without Borders · Washington, DC · 2024

    General operating purposes

  • $1,500

    Brigid Alliance · New York, NY · 2023

    General operating purposes

  • $1,500

    Brown University · Providence, RI · 2023

    General operating purposes

  • $1,500

    Committee To Protect Journalists · New York, NY · 2023

    General operating purposes

  • $1,500

    Ioby · Cleveland, OH · 2023

    General operating purposes

  • $1,500

    Powerhouse Theater · New Canaan, CT · 2023

    General operating purposes

  • $1,500

    Reporters Without Borders · Washington, DC · 2023

    General operating purposes

  • $1,500

    Brown University · Providence, RI · 2022

    General operating purposes

  • $1,500

    Committee To Protect Journalists · New York, NY · 2022

    General operating purposes

  • $1,500

    Ioby · Cleveland, OH · 2022

    General operating purposes

  • $1,500

    Reporters Without Borders · Washington, DC · 2022

    General operating purposes

  • $1,000

    Cancer Care · New York, NY · 2024

    General operating purposes

  • $1,000

    City Harvest · New York, NY · 2024

    General operating purposes

  • $1,000

    Columbia Recovery Kitchen · Spencertown, NY · 2024

    General operating purposes

  • $1,000

    Cure Hht · Monkton, MD · 2024

    General operating purposes

  • $1,000

    Heading Home · Charlestown, MA · 2024

    General operating purposes

  • $1,000

    Hospital for Special Surgery · New York, NY · 2024

    General operating purposes

  • $1,000

    International Institute of New England · Boston, MA · 2024

    General operating purposes

  • $1,000

    Island Heritage Trust · Deer Isle, ME · 2024

    General operating purposes

  • $1,000

    Mud Flat Pottery Studio · Somerville, MA · 2024

    General operating purposes

  • $1,000

    Neighbors Together · Brooklyn, NY · 2024

    General operating purposes

  • $1,000

    Northern Light Maine Coast Hospital · Ellsworth, ME · 2024

    General operating purposes

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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.