Funding search · EIN 136920044 · Princeton, NJ
Lawson Valentine 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.
- 185
- grants reported
- $1.4M
- total given
- 2022–2024
- filing years
- $4,000
- 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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Top recipients
Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.
- Tsne Missionworks2 grants · $140,000
- Project South2 grants · $63,000
- Migrant Justice2 grants · $60,000
- New England Grassroots Environmental Fund3 grants · $60,000
- Alternatives for Community & Environment3 grants · $60,000
- Grassroots International3 grants · $60,000
- Conservation Law Foundation3 grants · $55,000
- Food Chain Workers Alliance2 grants · $50,000
- Nuestras Raices2 grants · $50,000
- Cityseed2 grants · $45,000
Giving over time
Grant history
The 100 largest of 185 grants.
- $70,000
Tsne Missionworks · Boston, MA · 2023
General purpose
- $70,000
Tsne Missionworks · Boston, MA · 2022
General purpose
- $60,000
Project South · Atlanta, GA · 2022
General purpose
- $40,000
Migrant Justice · Burlington, VT · 2022
General purpose
- $25,000
Food Chain Workers Alliance · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
General purpose
- $25,000
Massachusetts Avenue Project · Buffalo, NY · 2023
General purpose
- $25,000
Nuestras Raices · Holyoke, MA · 2023
General purpose
- $25,000
Cityseed · New Haven, CT · 2022
General purpose
- $25,000
Food Chain Workers Alliance · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
General purpose
- $25,000
Nuestras Raices · Holyoke, MA · 2022
General purpose
- $20,000
Alternatives for Community & Environment · Roxbury, MA · 2024
General purpose
- $20,000
Conservation Law Foundation · Boston, MA · 2024
General purpose
- $20,000
Grassroots International · Boston, MA · 2024
General purpose
- $20,000
New England Grassroots Environmental Fund · Newmarket, NH · 2024
General purpose
- $20,000
Alternatives for Community & Environment · Roxbury, MA · 2023
General purpose
- $20,000
Arise for Social Justice · Springfield, MA · 2023
General purpose
- $20,000
Cityseed · New Haven, CT · 2023
General purpose
- $20,000
Conservation Law Foundation · Boston, MA · 2023
General purpose
- $20,000
Grassroots International · Boston, MA · 2023
General purpose
- $20,000
Migrant Justice · Burlington, VT · 2023
General purpose
- $20,000
New England Grassroots Environmental Fund · Newmarket, NH · 2023
General purpose
- $20,000
Alternatives for Community & Environment · Roxbury, MA · 2022
General purpose
- $20,000
Arise for Social Justice · Springfield, MA · 2022
General purpose
- $20,000
Grassroots International · Boston, MA · 2022
General purpose
- $20,000
Massachusetts Avenue Project · Buffalo, NY · 2022
General purpose
- $20,000
New England Grassroots Environmental Fund · Montpelier, VT · 2022
General purpose
- $15,000
Conservation Law Foundation · Boston, MA · 2022
General purpose
- $15,000
Organization for Refugee Success (Oris) · Manchester, NH · 2022
General purpose
- $11,500
Hello (Lofa County Community College) · North Crystal, MN · 2023
General purpose
- $10,000
Eastern Woodland Lacrosse · Haw River, NC · 2024
General purpose
- $10,000
Seventh Gen Fund for Indigenous People · Eureka, CA · 2024
General purpose
- $10,000
The Descendants Project · Vacherie, LA · 2024
General purpose
- $10,000
Thousand Currents · San Francisco, CA · 2024
General purpose
- $10,000
Morven · Princeton, NJ · 2023
General purpose
- $10,000
Syrian American Medical Society Fund · Washington, DC · 2023
General purpose
- $9,500
Magnolia Tree Earth Center · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
General purpose
- $8,500
Everyday Democracy · Hartford, CT · 2024
General purpose
- $8,500
Green Advocates USA · Brookline, MA · 2023
General purpose
- $7,500
Hartbeat Ensemble · Hartford, CT · 2024
General purpose
- $7,500
Native Movement · Fairbanks, AK · 2023
General purpose
- $7,500
Native Movement · Fairbanks, AK · 2022
General purpose
- $7,000
Hello (Lofa County Community College) · North Crystal, MN · 2024
General purpose
- $7,000
Hudsonia · Annandale, NY · 2024
General purpose
- $7,000
New Alternatives · New York, NY · 2024
General purpose
- $7,000
South River Watershed Alliance · Decatur, GA · 2024
General purpose
- $7,000
State Democracy Project · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
General purpose
- $7,000
Dr Shalon'S Maternal Action Project · Atlanta, GA · 2023
General purpose
- $7,000
Hudsonia · Annandale, NY · 2023
General purpose
- $7,000
New Alternatives · New York, NY · 2023
General purpose
- $7,000
Center of Theological Inquiry · Princeton, NJ · 2022
General purpose
- $7,000
Planned Parenthood Federation · New York, NY · 2022
General purpose
- $6,667
Connecticut Citizens Action Group · Hartford, CT · 2023
General purpose
- $6,667
Ct Council Occupational Safety Health · Newington, CT · 2023
General purpose
- $6,667
Connecticut Citizens Research Group · W Hartford, CT · 2022
General purpose
- $6,667
Connecticut Nurses Foundation · Meriden, CT · 2022
General purpose
- $6,666
Connecticut Nurses Foundation · East Berlin, CT · 2023
General purpose
- $6,666
Ct Council Occupational Safety Health · Newington, CT · 2022
General purpose
- $6,500
Morven · Princeton, NJ · 2022
General purpose
- $6,000
Alaska Institute for Justice · Anchorage, AK · 2024
General purpose
- $6,000
Fight Through Flights · Washington, DC · 2024
General purpose
- $6,000
Native Movement · Fairbanks, AK · 2024
General purpose
- $6,000
Rising Hope · Kingston, NY · 2024
General purpose
- $6,000
Sistersong · Atlanta, GA · 2024
General purpose
- $6,000
Center of Theological Inquiry · Princeton, NJ · 2023
General purpose
- $6,000
Rising Hope · Kingston, NY · 2023
General purpose
- $6,000
Sistersong · Atlanta, GA · 2023
General purpose
- $5,500
Mary Mitchell Family & Youth Center · Bronx, NY · 2023
General purpose
- $5,500
Princeton Symphony Orchestra · Princeton, NJ · 2023
General purpose
- $5,200
Avp USA · Richmond, IN · 2024
General purpose
- $5,000
Conscious Youth Media · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
General purpose
- $5,000
Morven · Princeton, NJ · 2024
General purpose
- $5,000
New Venture Fund · Washington, DC · 2024
General purpose
- $5,000
Princeton Symphony Orchestra · Princeton, NJ · 2024
General purpose
- $5,000
Ulster Immigrant Defense Network · Kingston, NY · 2024
General purpose
- $5,000
Community Growth Center · Port Jefferson Station, NY · 2023
General purpose
- $5,000
Darkness Rising · Raleigh, NC · 2023
General purpose
- $5,000
Fight Through Flights · Washington, DC · 2023
General purpose
- $5,000
Global Greengrants Fund · Boulder, CO · 2023
General purpose
- $5,000
Nc Assoc Black Lawyers Land Loss Prevention · Durham, NC · 2023
General purpose
- $5,000
Soul Fire Farm Institute · Petersburg, NY · 2023
General purpose
- $5,000
Avp International · Greenwich, CT · 2022
General purpose
- $5,000
Avp USA · St Paul, MN · 2022
General purpose
- $5,000
Everyday Democracy · Hartford, CT · 2022
General purpose
- $5,000
Lilith Fund · Austin, TX · 2022
General purpose
- $5,000
Princeton Symphony Orchestra · Princeton, NJ · 2022
General purpose
- $5,000
South River Watershed Alliance · Decatur, GA · 2022
General purpose
- $4,500
1for3org · Winchester, MA · 2024
General purpose
- $4,500
Meca · Berkeley, CA · 2024
General purpose
- $4,500
Soul Fire Farm Institute · Petersburg, NY · 2024
General purpose
- $4,500
Freedom To Read Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2022
General purpose
- $4,500
Progeorgia · Atlanta, GA · 2022
General purpose
- $4,000
Allied Media Project · Detroit, MI · 2024
General purpose
- $4,000
Art Effect of the Hudson Valley · Poughkeepsie, NY · 2024
General purpose
- $4,000
Community Change · Bronx, NY · 2024
General purpose
- $4,000
Darkness Rising · Raleigh, NC · 2024
General purpose
- $4,000
Indigenous Women Rising · Albuquerque, NM · 2024
General purpose
- $4,000
Institute for Cancer Research Fox Chase Cancer Center · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
General purpose
- $4,000
National Abortion Federation · Washington, DC · 2024
General purpose
- $4,000
National Black Womens' Justice Institute · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
General purpose
- $4,000
Planned Parenthood Federation · New York, NY · 2024
General purpose
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