Funding search · EIN 043296540 · Wellesley, MA

The Knowledge Freedom Foundation

Name: The Knowledge Freedom 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.

137
grants reported: $1.8M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $5,840
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.

1infinitelife3 grants · $304,000
Givewell3 grants · $242,000
New Incentives3 grants · $125,000
Give Directly3 grants · $124,000
Helen Keller International3 grants · $62,500
Malaria Consortium3 grants · $62,500
California Institute of Integral Studies1 grant · $49,500
Humanity'S Team3 grants · $40,400
Alameda County Community Food Bank3 grants · $40,000
Meds & Food for Kids3 grants · $40,000

Giving over time

$683,120

2022

$712,840

2023

$453,002

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 137 grants.

$197,000
1infinitelife · Palo Alto, CA · 2023
Gift
$93,000
Givewell · Oakland, CA · 2024
Gift
$87,000
Givewell · Oakland, CA · 2023
Gift
$75,000
New Incentives · Walnut, CA · 2022
Gift
$67,000
1infinitelife · Palo Alto, CA · 2022
Gift
$62,000
Givewell · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Gift
$50,000
Give Directly · New York, NY · 2024
Gift
$49,500
California Institute of Integral Studies · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Gift
$40,000
1infinitelife · Palo Alto, CA · 2024
Gift
$39,600
Naropa University · Boulder, CO · 2023
Gift
$37,000
Give Directly · New York, NY · 2023
Gift
$37,000
Give Directly · New York, NY · 2022
Gift
$36,000
Berkeley Food and Housing · Berkeley, CA · 2022
Gift
$30,000
Humanity'S Team · Boulder, CO · 2024
Gift
$25,000
New Incentives · Walnut, CA · 2024
Gift
$25,000
Helen Keller International · New York, NY · 2023
Gift
$25,000
Malaria Consortium · Hermitage, PA · 2023
Gift
$25,000
New Incentives · Walnut, CA · 2023
Gift
$25,000
Helen Keller International · New York, NY · 2022
Gift
$25,000
Malaria Consortium · Hermitage, PA · 2022
Gift
$20,000
Givewell Maximum Impact Fund · Oakland, CA · 2022
Gift
$18,000
Alameda County Community Food Bank · Oakland, CA · 2022
Gift
$18,000
Alameda County Meals On Wheels · Alameda, CA · 2022
Gift
$18,000
Kids Alive International · Valparaiso, IN · 2022
Gift
$18,000
Meds & Food for Kids · Louis, MO · 2022
Gift
$12,500
Helen Keller International · New York, NY · 2024
Gift
$12,500
Malaria Consortium · Hermitage, PA · 2024
Gift
$12,500
Planned Parenthood · Washington, DC · 2022
Gift
$12,000
Alameda County Community Food Bank · Oakland, CA · 2023
Gift
$12,000
Americares · Stamford, CT · 2023
Gift
$12,000
Heart To Heart International · Lenexa, KS · 2023
Gift
$12,000
Holt International · Eugene, OR · 2023
Gift
$12,000
Map International · Brunswick, GA · 2023
Gift
$12,000
Matthew 25 Ministries · Cincinnati, OH · 2023
Gift
$12,000
Meds & Food for Kids · Louis, MO · 2023
Gift
$12,000
Save the Children · Washington, DC · 2023
Gift
$12,000
Syrian American Medical Society Foundation · Washington, DC · 2023
Gift
$12,000
Center for Integral Wisdom · Ben Lomond, CA · 2022
Gift
$12,000
Direct Relief · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022
Gift
$12,000
Heart To Heart International · Lenexa, KS · 2022
Gift
$12,000
Holt International · Eugene, OR · 2022
Gift
$12,000
Matthew 25 Ministries · Cincinnati, OH · 2022
Gift
$10,800
Map International · Brunswick, GA · 2022
Gift
$10,800
Palestine Children'S Relief Fund · Kent, OH · 2022
Gift
$10,600
Wilderness Torah · Berkeley, CA · 2023
Gift
$10,000
Alameda County Community Food Bank · Oakland, CA · 2024
Gift
$10,000
Heart To Heart International · Lenexa, KS · 2024
Gift
$10,000
Holt International · Eugene, OR · 2024
Gift
$10,000
Institute of Noetic Sciences · Novato, CA · 2024
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$10,000
Map International · Brunswick, GA · 2024
Gift
$10,000
Matthew 25 Ministries · Cincinnati, OH · 2024
Gift
$10,000
Meds & Food for Kids · St Louis, MO · 2024
Gift
$10,000
Save the Children · Fairfield, CT · 2024
Gift
$10,000
Feeding America · Washington, DC · 2023
Gift
$10,000
Givewell Maximum Impact Fund · Oakland, CA · 2023
Gift
$10,000
National Network of Abortion Funds · Beaverton, OR · 2023
Gift
$10,000
Sf Marin Foodbank · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Gift
$8,800
Temple Beth Ei · Aptos, CA · 2024
Gift
$8,800
Urban Adamah · Berkeley, CA · 2024
Gift
$8,800
Wilderness Torah · Chagrin Falls, OH · 2024
Gift
$8,000
Environmental Defense Fund · Washington, DC · 2022
Gift
$7,500
Association of Ramaytush Ohlone · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Gift
$7,200
Chochmat Halev · Berkeley, CA · 2024
Gift
$7,000
Or Halev · Covina, CA · 2024
Gift
$6,000
Givewell Maximum Impact Fund · Oakland, CA · 2024
Gift
$6,000
Sf Marin Foodbank · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Gift
$6,000
Equal Justice Initiative · Montgomery, AL · 2022
Gift
$6,000
Naacp · New York, NY · 2022
Gift
$5,840
Chochmat Halev · Berkeley, CA · 2023
Gift
$5,400
Americans for Peace Now · Washington, DC · 2024
Gift
$5,400
Institute of Noetic Sciences · Novato, CA · 2022
Gift
$5,400
Science and Nonduality · Sebastopol, CA · 2022
Gift
$5,400
Spirit Rock · Woodacre, CA · 2022
Gift
$5,400
Surj Education Fund · Buffalo, NY · 2022
Gift
$5,200
Meaningful Life Center · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
Gift
$5,200
Humanity'S Team · Boulder, CO · 2023
Gift
$5,200
Or Halev · Covina, CA · 2023
Gift
$5,200
Humanity'S Team · Boulder, CO · 2022
Gift
$5,040
Or Halev · Covina, CA · 2022
Gift
$5,000
Environmental Defense Fund · Washington, DC · 2024
Gift
$5,000
Esalen Institute · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Gift
$5,000
Feeding America · Washington, DC · 2024
Gift
$5,000
National Network of Abortion Funds · Beaverton, OR · 2024
Gift
$5,000
Peace in Schools · Portland, OR · 2024
Gift
$5,000
Spiritrock · Woodacre, CA · 2024
Gift
$5,000
American Red Cross · Washington, DC · 2023
Gift
$5,000
Maui Food Bank · Wailuku, HI · 2023
Gift
$5,000
Planned Parenthood · Washington, DC · 2023
Gift
$5,000
Black Belt Community Foundation · Selma, AL · 2022
Gift
$5,000
Code Tenderloin (Independent Arts and Media) · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Gift
$5,000
Community Solution · New York, NY · 2022
Gift
$5,000
Feeding America · Washington, DC · 2022
Gift
$5,000
Heifer International · Little Rock, AR · 2022
Gift
$5,000
International Rescue Committee · Albert Lea, MN · 2022
Gift
$5,000
Jed Foundation · Boston, MA · 2022
Gift
$5,000
National Low Income Housing Corporation · Washington, DC · 2022
Gift
$5,000
No Kid Hungry · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Gift
$5,000
Rainforest Trust · Warrenton, VA · 2022
Gift
$5,000
Save the Children · Washington, DC · 2022
Gift
$5,000
Sf Marin Foodbank · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Gift

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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.