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The Ithaka Foundation

Name: The Ithaka Foundation 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.

45
grants reported: $457,500
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $5,000
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

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.

Top recipients

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

Wolf Trap Foundation for the3 grants · $105,000
Library of Congress3 grants · $75,000
The Aspen Institute3 grants · $70,000
Montgomery Countryside Alliance3 grants · $45,000
Pestalozzi USA Childrens Charity3 grants · $30,000
Glessner House Museum3 grants · $27,500
Washington Revels1 grant · $20,000
Experiential Orchestra1 grant · $17,500
Revels2 grants · $17,000
The Potomac School2 grants · $10,000

Giving over time

$166,000

2022

$145,250

2023

$146,250

2024

Grant history

All 45 reported grants, largest first.

$50,000
The Aspen Institute · Washington, DC · 2022
General fund
$45,000
Wolf Trap Foundation for the · Vienna, VA · 2023
General fund
$35,000
Wolf Trap Foundation for the · Vienna, VA · 2024
General fund
$25,000
Library of Congress · Washington, DC · 2024
General fund
$25,000
Library of Congress · Washington, DC · 2023
General fund
$25,000
Library of Congress · Washington, DC · 2022
General fund
$25,000
Wolf Trap Foundation for the · Vienna, VA · 2022
General fund
$20,000
Washington Revels · Silver Spring, MD · 2022
General fund
$17,500
Experiential Orchestra · New York, NY · 2023
General fund
$15,000
Montgomery Countryside Alliance · Poolesville, MD · 2024
General fund
$15,000
Revels · Cambridge, MA · 2024
General fund
$15,000
Montgomery Countryside Alliance · Poolesville, MD · 2023
General fund
$15,000
Montgomery Countryside Alliance · Poolesville, MD · 2022
General fund
$12,500
Glessner House Museum · Chicago, IL · 2024
General fund
$10,000
Pestalozzi USA Childrens Charity · New York, NY · 2024
General fund
$10,000
The Aspen Institute · Washington, DC · 2024
General fund
$10,000
Pestalozzi USA Childrens Charity · New York, NY · 2023
General fund
$10,000
The Aspen Institute · Washington, DC · 2023
General fund
$10,000
Pestalozzi USA Childrens Charity · New York, NY · 2022
General fund
$7,500
Glessner House Museum · Chicago, IL · 2023
General fund
$7,500
Glessner House Museum · Chicago, IL · 2022
General fund
$5,000
The Putney School · Putney, VT · 2024
General fund
$5,000
Wallingford Symphony Orchestra · Wallingford, CT · 2024
General fund
$5,000
The Potomac School · McLean, VA · 2023
General fund
$5,000
The Potomac School · McLean, VA · 2022
General fund
$5,000
Wallingford Symphony Society · Wallingford, CT · 2022
General fund
$3,750
Music Associates of Aspen · Aspen, CO · 2024
General fund
$2,750
The Metropolitan Opera · New York, NY · 2023
General fund
$2,500
Cathedral Choral Society · Washington, DC · 2024
General fund
$2,500
National Constitution Center · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
General fund
$2,500
Revels Houston · Houston, TX · 2022
General fund
$2,000
Revels Houston · Houston, TX · 2023
General fund
$2,000
Revels · Cambridge, MA · 2023
General fund
$1,000
Blackrock Center for the Arts · Germantown, MD · 2024
General fund
$1,000
Madison House Autism Foundation · Rockville, MD · 2024
General fund
$1,000
Millenia Music · Lexington, KY · 2024
General fund
$1,000
Smith College · Northampton, MA · 2024
General fund
$1,000
Smith College · Northampton, MA · 2023
General fund
$1,000
The Putney School · Putney, VT · 2023
General fund
$1,000
The Barnesville School · Barnesville, MD · 2022
General fund
$500
Weta · Arlington, VA · 2024
General fund
$500
Wind Dance Farm & Earth · Berkley Springs, WV · 2024
General fund
$500
Country Dance & Song Society · Easthampton, MA · 2023
General fund
$500
Pinewoods Camp · Plymouth, MA · 2023
General fund
$500
Wind Dance Farm & Earth · Berkley Springs, WV · 2023
General fund

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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.