Funding search · EIN 261607047 · New York, NY

James S Peterson 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.

97
grants reported
$1.4M
total given
2021–2023
filing years
$5,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20212023. 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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  • Voteriders3 grants · $155,000
  • Success Academy Charter Schools3 grants · $150,000
  • Robin Hood Foundation3 grants · $150,000
  • Equal Justice Initiative3 grants · $105,000
  • Uncommon Schools3 grants · $105,000
  • Guild Hall of East Hampton3 grants · $105,000
  • Kipp Foundation3 grants · $75,000
  • Innocence Project3 grants · $65,000
  • Cedars of Marin3 grants · $60,000
  • Doe Fund3 grants · $45,000

Giving over time

$492,500
2021
$418,000
2022
$462,500
2023

Grant history

All 97 reported grants, largest first.

  • $80,000

    Voteriders · Santa Monica, CA · 2021

    To support the charity's core activities.

  • $50,000

    Guild Hall of East Hampton · East Hampton, NY · 2023

    To support the charity's core activities.

  • $50,000

    Robin Hood Foundation · New York, NY · 2023

    To support the charity's core activities.

  • $50,000

    Success Academy Charter Schools · New York, NY · 2023

    To support the charity's core activities.

  • $50,000

    Voteriders · Santa Monica, CA · 2023

    To support the charity's core activities.

  • $50,000

    Robin Hood Foundation · New York, NY · 2022

    To support the charity's core activities.

  • $50,000

    Success Academy Charter Schools · New York, NY · 2022

    To support the charity's core activities.

  • $50,000

    Robin Hood Foundation · New York, NY · 2021

    To support the charity's core activities.

  • $50,000

    Success Academy Charter Schools · New York, NY · 2021

    To support the charity's core activities.

  • $40,000

    Equal Justice Initiative · Montgomery, AL · 2023

    To support the charity's core activities.

  • $40,000

    Equal Justice Initiative · Montgomery, AL · 2022

    To support the charity's core activities.

  • $35,000

    Uncommon Schools · New York, NY · 2023

    To support the charity's core activities.

  • $35,000

    Uncommon Schools · New York, NY · 2022

    To support the charity's core activities.

  • $35,000

    Uncommon Schools · New York, NY · 2021

    To support the charity's core activities.

  • $30,000

    Guild Hall of East Hampton · East Hampton, NY · 2022

    To support the charity's core activities.

  • $25,000

    Innocence Project · New York, NY · 2023

    To support the charity's core activities.

  • $25,000

    Kipp Foundation · Pasadena, CA · 2023

    To support the charity's core activities.

  • $25,000

    Innocence Project · New York, NY · 2022

    To support the charity's core activities.

  • $25,000

    Kipp Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2022

    To support the charity's core activities.

  • $25,000

    Voteriders · Santa Monica, CA · 2022

    To support the charity's core activities.

  • $25,000

    Equal Justice Initiative · Montgomery, AL · 2021

    To support the charity's core activities.

  • $25,000

    Good Nation Foundation · New York, NY · 2021

    To support the charity's core activities.

  • $25,000

    Guild Hall of East Hampton · East Hampton, NY · 2021

    To support the charity's core activities.

  • $25,000

    Kipp Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2021

    To support the charity's core activities.

  • $20,000

    Cedars of Marin · Ross, CA · 2023

    To support the charity's core activities.

  • $20,000

    Florida Rights Restoration Coalition · Orlando, FL · 2023

    To support the charity's core activities.

  • $20,000

    Recidiviz · Pinellas Park, FL · 2023

    To support the charity's core activities.

  • $20,000

    Cedars of Marin · Ross, CA · 2022

    To support the charity's core activities.

  • $20,000

    Florida Rights Restoration Coalition · Orlando, FL · 2022

    To support the charity's core activities.

  • $20,000

    Cedars of Marin · Ross, CA · 2021

    To support the charity's core activities.

  • $20,000

    Doe Fund · New York, NY · 2021

    To support the charity's core activities.

  • $20,000

    World Central Kitchen · Washington, DC · 2021

    To support the charity's core activities.

  • $15,000

    Doctors Without Borders USA · Hagerstown, MD · 2023

    To support the charity's core activities.

  • $15,000

    Doctors Without Borders USA · Hagerstown, MD · 2022

    To support the charity's core activities.

  • $15,000

    Doe Fund · New York, NY · 2022

    To support the charity's core activities.

  • $15,000

    Recidiviz · Pinellas Park, FL · 2022

    To support the charity's core activities.

  • $15,000

    Doctors Without Borders USA · Hagerstown, MD · 2021

    To support the charity's core activities.

  • $15,000

    Fielding Graduate University · Santa Barbara, CA · 2021

    To fund immediate costs and provide a named endowment for the sally h. Peterson award.

  • $15,000

    Innocence Project · New York, NY · 2021

    To support the charity's core activities.

  • $10,000

    Doe Fund · New York, NY · 2023

    To support the charity's core activities.

  • $10,000

    Sanctuary for Families · New York, NY · 2023

    To support the charity's core activities.

  • $10,000

    The Nature Conservancy · Arlington, VA · 2023

    To support the charity's core activities.

  • $10,000

    Sanctuary for Families · New York, NY · 2022

    To support the charity's core activities.

  • $10,000

    The Nature Conservancy · Arlington, VA · 2022

    To support the charity's core activities.

  • $10,000

    Sanctuary for Families · New York, NY · 2021

    To support the charity's core activities.

  • $10,000

    The Nature Conservancy · Arlington, VA · 2021

    To support the charity's core activities.

  • $5,000

    Breakthrough New York · New York, NY · 2023

    To support the charity's core activities.

  • $5,000

    Harlem Academy · New York, NY · 2023

    To support the charity's core activities.

  • $5,000

    Breakthrough New York · New York, NY · 2022

    To support the charity's core activities.

  • $5,000

    Harlem Academy · New York, NY · 2022

    To support the charity's core activities.

  • $5,000

    Breakthrough New York · New York, NY · 2021

    To support the charity's core activities.

  • $5,000

    Cornelia Connelly Center · New York, NY · 2021

    To support the charity's core activities.

  • $5,000

    Eleanor Whitmore Early Childhood Center · East Hampton, NY · 2021

    To support the charity's core activities.

  • $5,000

    Harlem Academy · New York, NY · 2021

    To support the charity's core activities.

  • $5,000

    New York Institute of Technology · Old Westbury, NY · 2021

    To support the charity's core activities.

  • $3,000

    East Hampton Healthcare Foundation · East Hampton, NY · 2023

    To support the charity's core activities.

  • $3,000

    East Hampton Healthcare Foundation · East Hampton, NY · 2022

    To support the charity's core activities.

  • $3,000

    East Hampton Healthcare Foundation · East Hampton, NY · 2021

    To support the charity's core activities.

  • $3,000

    The Learning Alliance · Vero Beach, FL · 2021

    To support the charity's core activities.

  • $2,500

    Eleanor Whitmore Early Childhood Center · East Hampton, NY · 2023

    To support the charity's core activities.

  • $2,500

    Faith Crusades Ministries · Montgomery, AL · 2023

    To support the more up campus.

  • $2,500

    The Learning Alliance · Vero Beach, FL · 2023

    To support the charity's core activities.

  • $2,500

    Eleanor Whitmore Early Childhood Center · East Hampton, NY · 2022

    To support the charity's core activities.

  • $2,500

    Faith Crusades Ministries · Montgomery, AL · 2022

    To support the more up campus.

  • $2,500

    The Learning Alliance · Vero Beach, FL · 2022

    To support the charity's core activities.

  • $2,500

    Nest · New York, NY · 2021

    To support the charity's core activities.

  • $2,500

    Windsor Charitable Foundation · Vero Beach, FL · 2021

    To support the charity's core activities.

  • $2,000

    Association To Benefit Children · New York, NY · 2023

    To support the charity's core activities.

  • $2,000

    Cleveland Clinic Indian River Foundation · Vero Beach, FL · 2023

    To support the charity's core activities.

  • $2,000

    Homeless Children'S Foundation · Vero Beach, FL · 2023

    To support the charity's core activities.

  • $2,000

    Windsor Charitable Foundation · Vero Beach, FL · 2023

    To support the charity's core activities.

  • $2,000

    Association To Benefit Children · New York, NY · 2022

    To support the charity's core activities.

  • $2,000

    Cleveland Clinic Indian River Foundation · Vero Beach, FL · 2022

    To support the charity's core activities.

  • $2,000

    Homeless Children'S Foundation · Indian River Shores, FL · 2022

    To support the charity's core activities.

  • $2,000

    The New York Foundling · New York, NY · 2022

    To support the 2023 fall fete.

  • $2,000

    Association To Benefit Children · New York, NY · 2021

    To support the charity's core activities.

  • $2,000

    Cleveland Clinic Indian River Foundation · Vero Beach, FL · 2021

    To support the charity's core activities.

  • $2,000

    Faith Crusades Ministries · Montgomery, AL · 2021

    To support the more up campus.

  • $2,000

    Homeless Children'S Foundation · Indian River Shores, FL · 2021

    To support the charity's core activities.

  • $2,000

    Mardy Fish Children'S Foundation · Vero Beach, FL · 2021

    To support the charity's core activities.

  • $1,000

    American Cancer Society · New York, NY · 2023

    To support hope lodge nyc.

  • $1,000

    Give2asia · Oakland, CA · 2023

    To support the charity's core activities.

  • $1,000

    Mardy Fish Children'S Foundation · Vero Beach, FL · 2023

    To support the charity's core activities.

  • $1,000

    Nest · New York, NY · 2023

    To support the charity's core activities.

  • $1,000

    American Cancer Society · New York, NY · 2022

    To support hope lodge nyc.

  • $1,000

    Give2asia · Oakland, CA · 2022

    To support the charity's core activities.

  • $1,000

    Nest · New York, NY · 2022

    To support the charity's core activities.

  • $1,000

    American Cancer Society · New York, NY · 2021

    To support hope lodge nyc.

  • $1,000

    Give2asia · Oakland, CA · 2021

    To support the charity's core activities.

  • $1,000

    Hospital for Special Surgery Foundation · New York, NY · 2021

    To support the charity's core activities.

  • $1,000

    National Institute for Reproductive Health · New York, NY · 2021

    To support the charity's core activities.

  • $1,000

    The Maidstone Charitable Trust · East Hampton, NY · 2021

    To support the frank collins caddie scholarship trust.

  • $1,000

    Uncommonorg · Amagansett, NY · 2021

    To support the charity's core activities.

  • $500

    Ballet Vero Beach · Vero Beach, FL · 2022

    To support the charity's core activities.

  • $500

    Float Hope of Indian River County · Vero Beach, FL · 2022

    To support the charity's core activities.

  • $500

    Uncommonorg · Amagansett, NY · 2022

    To support the charity's core activities.

  • $500

    Cat'S Meow Rescue Adoption Center · Vero Beach, FL · 2021

    To support the charity's core activities.

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