Funding search · EIN 262048480 · Bethesda, MD

Impactassetsinc

A grantmaking public charity (files IRS Form 990, Schedule I). Charities like this often run real grant programs with application cycles.

7,851
grants reported
$1.04B
total given
2022–2024
filing years
$23,200
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.

What they fund

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

Where the money goes

  • Transfers to other donor-advised fund sponsors and fiscal sponsors
  • Climate, clean energy, and regenerative agriculture ventures
  • Community wealth building and economic democracy for Black and Latino communities
  • Indigenous-led organizations and tribal community projects
  • Democracy, voting, and immigration policy and legal advocacy
  • University research centers, health, and global humanitarian relief

Typical grant

Half of all grants land between $10,000 and $71,096, with a median of $23,200, so this is high-volume small-check giving. The very large checks are not program grants at all: $160.8M to National Philanthropic Trust and $86.0M to GiveClear are account-level transfers to other DAF sponsors, and the next tier ($1M to $11M) goes to fiscal sponsors and intermediaries like Hopewell Fund, New Venture Fund, Social Good Fund, and Possibility Labs. With 7,851 grants to 4,730 recipients across three years, most organizations get funded more than once, which reflects individual donors recommending the same groups year after year.

Their words

Phrases from their own grant descriptions, worth speaking back to them.

  • GENERAL SUPPORT
  • FBO
  • Fund
  • Collective
  • Initiative

Positioning adjacent work

  • Treat this as a DAF sponsor, not a foundation. Identify and cultivate the individual donor-advisor, not ImpactAssets staff.
  • Anchor to their strongest themes: climate solutions, Indigenous-led work, or community wealth building with a measurable investment angle.
  • Ask in the $25,000 to $75,000 range for a first check; that matches their middle half.
  • If you lack 501(c)(3) status, note a fiscal sponsor. They routinely fund through Possibility Labs, New Venture Fund, and Social Good Fund.

Worth knowing: Every grant is coded GENERAL SUPPORT, which tells you the money is donor-directed and there is no stated program strategy to align with. Roughly a quarter of all dollars simply move to other DAF sponsors, and recipients cluster hard in California, New York, and DC, so the practical target is a donor-advisor in those networks rather than an institutional decision-maker in Bethesda.

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

  • National Philanthropic Trust3 grants · $162.1M
  • Giveclear Foundation1 grant · $86.0M
  • Anpo1 grant · $22.5M
  • Globalgiving2 grants · $12.0M
  • Hopewell Fund3 grants · $11.5M
  • Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund3 grants · $9.8M
  • Black Farmer Fund3 grants · $9.4M
  • Defending Democracy Together Institute1 grant · $9.1M
  • Atmos Ltd3 grants · $8.6M
  • Schwab Charitable Fund3 grants · $7.2M

Giving over time

$210.1M
2022
$249.2M
2023
$580.1M
2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 7,851 grants.

  • $160.8M

    National Philanthropic Trust · Jenkintown, PA · 2024

    General support

  • $86.0M

    Giveclear Foundation · Charlotte, NC · 2024

    General support

  • $22.5M

    Anpo · Boise, ID · 2024

    General support

  • $12.0M

    Globalgiving · Washington, DC · 2023

    General support

  • $11.3M

    Hopewell Fund · Washington, DC · 2024

    General support

  • $9.1M

    Defending Democracy Together Institute · Washington, DC · 2024

    General support

  • $8.2M

    Black Farmer Fund · New York, NY · 2024

    General support

  • $7.8M

    Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Cincinnati, OH · 2024

    General support

  • $6.2M

    Planned Parenthood Federation of America · Washington, DC · 2022

    General support

  • $5.5M

    Charities Aid Foundation of America · Alexandria, VA · 2022

    General support

  • $5.5M

    East Bay Meditation Center · Oakland, CA · 2023

    Assistance to buy a building in oakland.

  • $5.3M

    Atmos Ltd · New York, NY · 2024

    General support

  • $4.3M

    Fidelity Charitable · Cincinnati, OH · 2024

    General support

  • $4.0M

    Ekvnv Yefolecvlke · Weogufka, AL · 2024

    General support

  • $3.8M

    American Online Giving Foundation · Newark, DE · 2024

    General support

  • $3.7M

    Jubilee Gift Galaxy · Oakland, CA · 2022

    General support

  • $3.6M

    New Venture Fund · Washington, DC · 2024

    General support

  • $3.5M

    Schwab Charitable Fund · Orlando, FL · 2022

    The mcclelland family giving fund #2169-2732

  • $3.0M

    American Online Giving Foundation · Newark, DE · 2023

    General support

  • $3.0M

    Help Kitchen · San Francisco, CA · 2022

    To support the future of charitable food

  • $2.9M

    The Blackbaud Giving Fund Fbo Yourcause · Boston, MA · 2022

    General support

  • $2.8M

    Schwab Charitable Fund · Orlando, FL · 2023

    General support

  • $2.8M

    Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors · New York, NY · 2023

    Learning and employment records fund

  • $2.7M

    Igiftfund · Hudson, OH · 2023

    General support

  • $2.6M

    Social Good Fund · Richmond, CA · 2024

    General support

  • $2.6M

    Great Work Education Holdings · Denver, CO · 2024

    General support

  • $2.5M

    Summer of Sass · Provincetown, MA · 2022

    General support

  • $2.5M

    Generation180 · Charlottesville, VA · 2024

    General support

  • $2.5M

    Lamalama Ka Ulu · Pepeekeo, HI · 2024

    General support

  • $2.5M

    The Or Foundation Ltd · Cambridge, MD · 2024

    General support

  • $2.5M

    Atmos Ltd · New York, NY · 2023

    General support

  • $2.4M

    University of Connecticut Health Center · Farmington, CT · 2024

    General support

  • $2.4M

    The Accomplis Collective · New York, NY · 2024

    General support

  • $2.4M

    Jubilee Gift Galaxy · Oakland, CA · 2023

    Restoring the salmon, protecting sacred lands at standing rock

  • $2.4M

    Foundation for Civic Leadership · Cambridge, MA · 2024

    General support

  • $2.3M

    Doctors Without Borders · Hagerstown, MD · 2022

    General support

  • $2.1M

    International Medical Corps · Los Angeles, CA · 2022

    Disaster relief support

  • $2.1M

    Threshold Foundation · Brewster, NY · 2023

    General support

  • $2.1M

    Art Institute of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022

    Saic textiles resource center

  • $2.1M

    Foundation for Civic Leadership · Cambridge, MA · 2022

    General support

  • $2.0M

    Horizon Climate Initiative · Charlottesville, VA · 2024

    General support

  • $2.0M

    Buckminster Fuller Institute · San Francisco, CA · 2024

    General support

  • $2.0M

    Possibility Labs · San Francisco, CA · 2023

    General support

  • $2.0M

    Grace & Peace Fellowship · Chicago, IL · 2024

    General support

  • $2.0M

    Possibility Labs Fbo Just Futures Pbc · San Francisco, CA · 2024

    General support

  • $2.0M

    Help Kitchen · San Francisco, CA · 2023

    Support the future of charitable food

  • $2.0M

    Menomini You · Wisconsin Rapids, WI · 2023

    General support

  • $2.0M

    Clean Future Forum · Washington, DC · 2023

    General support

  • $2.0M

    Virginia Organizing · Charlottesville, VA · 2023

    General support

  • $1.9M

    Foundation for Civic Leadership · Cambridge, MA · 2023

    General support

  • $1.9M

    Virginia Organizing · Charlottesville, VA · 2022

    General support

  • $1.8M

    The Tides Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2022

    Movement voter project

  • $1.8M

    Community Foundation for San Benito County · Hollister, CA · 2024

    General support

  • $1.8M

    Wozu · Cannonball, ND · 2024

    General support

  • $1.7M

    Clean Future Forum · Washington, DC · 2022

    To support the clean future initiative

  • $1.7M

    Impact Charitable · Denver, CO · 2024

    General support

  • $1.7M

    Friends of Vancouver Foundation · Seattle, WA · 2024

    General support

  • $1.7M

    United States Fund for Unicef · New York, NY · 2023

    Vaccine equity grant funding

  • $1.6M

    On Being Project · Minneapolis, MN · 2024

    General support

  • $1.6M

    St Joseph Academy · Hammonton, NJ · 2023

    General support

  • $1.6M

    Nufdi Fund · Potomac, MD · 2022

    General support

  • $1.5M

    The Schott Foundation for Public Education · Quincy, MA · 2022

    General support

  • $1.5M

    Acumen Fund · New York, NY · 2022

    Acumen's pioneer energy investment initiative - plus

  • $1.5M

    School of Leadership Afghanistan (Sola) · Boston, MA · 2023

    School construction efforts in rwanda

  • $1.5M

    Vanguard Charitable · Warwick, RI · 2024

    General support

  • $1.5M

    Shelterwood Collective · Cazadero, CA · 2023

    Community resilience hub

  • $1.5M

    Sustainable Ocean Alliance · San Francisco, CA · 2023

    General support

  • $1.4M

    Gateway Apprenticeship Program - Sage Programs · Boulder, CO · 2024

    General support

  • $1.4M

    Founders First Community Development Corporation · San Diego, CA · 2024

    General support

  • $1.4M

    Black Cultural Zone Community Development Corporation · Oakland, CA · 2023

    Redeveloping 8321 international blvd.

  • $1.3M

    Menomini You · Wisconsin Rapids, WI · 2022

    General support

  • $1.3M

    Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors · New York, NY · 2024

    General support

  • $1.3M

    University of Connecticut Health Center · Farmington, CT · 2023

    Serial section microscopy for 3d histology

  • $1.2M

    Horizon Climate Initiative · Charlottesville, VA · 2023

    General support

  • $1.2M

    National Philanthropic Trust · Jenkintown, PA · 2023

    Ukraine relief

  • $1.2M

    The Collective the Cltv · Memphis, TN · 2024

    General support

  • $1.2M

    Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta · Atlanta, GA · 2023

    General support

  • $1.2M

    Neo Philanthropy · New York, NY · 2024

    General support

  • $1.2M

    Black Organizing for Leadership and Dignity - Bold · New York, NY · 2022

    General support

  • $1.2M

    Catalytic Impact Foundation · Hingham, MA · 2023

    General support

  • $1.1M

    Northeast Native Network of Kinship and Healing Incorporated · Vineyard Haven, MA · 2023

    General support

  • $1.1M

    Center for Economic Democracy · Jamaica Plain, MA · 2024

    General support

  • $1.1M

    Hawaii Community Foundation · Honolulu, HI · 2023

    Maui strong fund

  • $1.1M

    Emory University · Atlanta, GA · 2024

    General support

  • $1.1M

    Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Cincinnati, OH · 2022

    General support

  • $1.1M

    American Immigration Council · Washington, DC · 2022

    General support

  • $1.1M

    United States Fund for Unicef · New York, NY · 2022

    K.i.n.d. Fund - kids in need of desks

  • $1.1M

    Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors · New York, NY · 2022

    The equation campaign

  • $1.1M

    Fwdus Education Fund · Washington, DC · 2024

    General support

  • $1.0M

    Industrial Commons · Morganton, NC · 2024

    General support

  • $1.0M

    Neo Philanthropy · New York, NY · 2022

    General support

  • $1.0M

    Prime Coalition · Cambridge, MA · 2024

    General support

  • $1.0M

    Center for Economic Democracy · Jamaica Plain, MA · 2023

    General support

  • $1.0M

    Emory University · Atlanta, GA · 2023

    General support

  • $1.0M

    Eden Reforestation Projects · Glendora, CA · 2023

    Chimanimani landscape restoration

  • $1.0M

    University of Miami · Coral Gables, FL · 2024

    General support

  • $1.0M

    Social Finance · Boston, MA · 2023

    Colorado pay it forward fund

  • $1.0M

    Gateway Apprenticeship Program - Sage Programs · Boulder, CO · 2023

    General support

  • $1.0M

    On Being Project · Minneapolis, MN · 2023

    General support

  • $1.0M

    Brave New Software Project · Pasadena, CA · 2022

    General support

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Source: IRS Form 990, Schedule I, as filed by this organization. These are grants already paid. Grants paid directly to individuals are reported to the IRS only as totals, so they do not appear as named lines here.