Funding search · EIN 611166955 · Louisville, KY

The Ginkgo Fund

Name: The Ginkgo Fund grants, 2022–2024
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

63
grants reported: $5.0M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $50,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2024. 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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Funding pattern

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Top recipients

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Caltech3 grants · $1.1M
Fcnl Education Fund3 grants · $750,000
Friends Publishing Corporation3 grants · $340,000
Home of the Innocents3 grants · $275,000
National Philanthropic Trust1 grant · $260,000
Lincoln Foundation3 grants · $250,000
Center for Employment Opportunities3 grants · $200,000
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Kentuckiana3 grants · $200,000
Community Preparatory School3 grants · $180,000
Christopher 2x Game Changers3 grants · $160,000

Giving over time

$1.6M

2022

$1.6M

2023

$1.8M

2024

Grant history

All 63 reported grants, largest first.

$475,000
Caltech · Pasadena, CA · 2023
To be used within exempt function
$400,000
Caltech · Pasadena, CA · 2024
To be used within exempt function
$260,000
National Philanthropic Trust · Jenkintown, PA · 2024
To be used within exempt function
$250,000
Fcnl Education Fund · Washington, DC · 2024
To be used within exempt function
$250,000
Friends Publishing Corporation · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
To be used within exempt function
$250,000
Fcnl Education Fund · Washington, DC · 2023
To be used within exempt function
$250,000
Caltech · Pasadena, CA · 2022
To be used within exempt function
$250,000
Fcnl Education Fund · Washington, DC · 2022
To be used within exempt function
$125,000
Home of the Innocents · Louisville, KY · 2022
To be used within exempt function
$100,000
Center for Employment Opportunities · Louisville, KY · 2024
To be used within exempt function
$100,000
Lincoln Foundation · Louisville, KY · 2023
To be used within exempt function
$100,000
UCLA Foundation - Emmitt Institute · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
To be used within exempt function
$100,000
King Baudouin Foundation United States · New York, NY · 2022
To be used within exempt function
$100,000
Lincoln Foundation · Louisville, KY · 2022
To be used within exempt function
$100,000
Union of Concerned Scientists · Cambridge, MA · 2022
To be used within exempt function
$90,000
Community Preparatory School · Providence, RI · 2022
To be used within exempt function
$75,000
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Kentuckiana · Louisville, KY · 2024
To be used within exempt function
$75,000
Home of the Innocents · Louisville, KY · 2024
To be used within exempt function
$75,000
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Kentuckiana · Louisville, KY · 2023
To be used within exempt function
$75,000
Home of the Innocents · Louisville, KY · 2023
To be used within exempt function
$60,000
Christopher 2x Game Changers · Louisville, KY · 2024
To be used within exempt function
$60,000
Waterstep · Louisville, KY · 2022
To be used within exempt function
$50,000
Caltech Y · Pasadena, CA · 2024
To be used within exempt function
$50,000
Community Preparatory School · Providence, RI · 2024
To be used within exempt function
$50,000
Kentuckianaworks Foundation · Louisville, KY · 2024
To be used within exempt function
$50,000
Lincoln Foundation · Louisville, KY · 2024
To be used within exempt function
$50,000
Nonviolence Institute · Providence, RI · 2024
To be used within exempt function
$50,000
Center for Employment Opportunities · New York, NY · 2023
To be used within exempt function
$50,000
Christopher 2x Game Changers · Louisville, KY · 2023
To be used within exempt function
$50,000
Families Against Mandatory Minimums Fnd · Washington, DC · 2023
To be used within exempt function
$50,000
Friends Publishing Corporation · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
To be used within exempt function
$50,000
Kentuckianaworks Foundation · Louisville, KY · 2023
To be used within exempt function
$50,000
Nacole · Tucson, AZ · 2023
To be used within exempt function
$50,000
Nonviolence Institute · Providence, RI · 2023
To be used within exempt function
$50,000
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Kentuckiana · Louisville, KY · 2022
To be used within exempt function
$50,000
Center for Employment Opportunities · New York, NY · 2022
To be used within exempt function
$50,000
Christopher 2x Game Changers · Louisville, KY · 2022
To be used within exempt function
$50,000
Families Against Mandatory Minimums Fnd · Washington, DC · 2022
To be used within exempt function
$50,000
Kentuckianaworks Foundation · Louisville, KY · 2022
To be used within exempt function
$50,000
Louisville Urban League · Louisville, KY · 2022
To be used within exempt function
$50,000
Nacole · Tucson, AZ · 2022
To be used within exempt function
$50,000
Nonviolence Institute · Providence, RI · 2022
To be used within exempt function
$40,000
Friends General Conference · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
To be used within exempt function
$40,000
Bellewood & Brooklawn · Louisville, KY · 2023
To be used within exempt function
$40,000
Community Preparatory School · Providence, RI · 2023
To be used within exempt function
$40,000
Friends General Conference · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
To be used within exempt function
$40,000
Bellewood & Brooklawn · Louisville, KY · 2022
To be used within exempt function
$40,000
Friends General Conference · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
To be used within exempt function
$40,000
Friends Publishing Corporation · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
To be used within exempt function
$10,000
Amherst College · Amherst, MA · 2024
To be used within exempt function
$10,000
Louisville Zoo Foundation · Louisville, KY · 2024
To be used within exempt function
$10,000
Phillips Academy-Andover · Andover, MA · 2024
To be used within exempt function
$10,000
Union of Concerned Scientists · Cambridge, MA · 2024
To be used within exempt function
$10,000
Amherst College · Amherst, MA · 2023
To be used within exempt function
$10,000
Center for Nonprofit Excellence · Louisville, KY · 2023
To be used within exempt function
$10,000
Phillips Academy-Andover · Andover, MA · 2023
To be used within exempt function
$10,000
Union of Concerned Scientists · Cambridge, MA · 2023
To be used within exempt function
$10,000
Amherst College · Amherst, MA · 2022
To be used within exempt function
$10,000
Center for Nonprofit Excellence · Louisville, KY · 2022
To be used within exempt function
$10,000
Phillips Academy-Andover · Andover, MA · 2022
To be used within exempt function
$7,500
Pasadena Humane Society · Pasadena, CA · 2024
To be used within exempt function
$5,000
Caltech Y · Pasadena, CA · 2023
To be used within exempt function
$2,000
Caltech Y · Pasadena, CA · 2022
To be used within exempt function

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