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 20222024. 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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  • 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

$540,000
2022
$506,500
2023
$328,200
2024

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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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.