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 2021–2023. 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
Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.
- 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
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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