Funding search · EIN 522285383 · Reston, VA

The Mousetrap Foundation

Name: The Mousetrap 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.

68
grants reported: $4.9M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $50,000
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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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.

Howard University3 grants · $682,737
Stanford Law School3 grants · $500,000
Georgetown University Law Center3 grants · $450,000
Piedmont Environmental Council3 grants · $410,000
Ayuda3 grants · $375,000
The Fauquier Free Clinic3 grants · $300,000
American Nutrition Association2 grants · $300,000
Naral Pro-Choice America Foundation1 grant · $175,000
Repro Rising Virginia1 grant · $175,000
Fenwick Foundation3 grants · $150,000

Giving over time

$1.7M

2022

$1.8M

2023

$1.4M

2024

Grant history

All 68 reported grants, largest first.

$250,892
Howard University · Washington, DC · 2022
General support
$220,946
Howard University · Washington, DC · 2024
General support
$210,899
Howard University · Washington, DC · 2023
General support
$200,000
Stanford Law School · Stanford, CA · 2024
General support
$200,000
American Nutrition Association · Chicago, IL · 2023
General support
$200,000
Stanford Law School · Stanford, CA · 2023
General support
$175,000
Repro Rising Virginia · Alexandria, VA · 2023
General support
$175,000
Naral Pro-Choice America Foundation · Alexandria, VA · 2022
General support
$160,000
Piedmont Environmental Council · Warrenton, VA · 2022
General support
$150,000
Georgetown University Law Center · Washington, DC · 2024
General support
$150,000
Georgetown University Law Center · Washington, DC · 2023
General support
$150,000
Georgetown University Law Center · Washington, DC · 2022
General support
$125,000
Ayuda · Washington, DC · 2024
General support
$125,000
Piedmont Environmental Council · Warrenton, VA · 2024
General support
$125,000
Ayuda · Washington, DC · 2023
General support
$125,000
Piedmont Environmental Council · Warrenton, VA · 2023
General support
$125,000
Ayuda · Washington, DC · 2022
General support
$100,000
Best Buddies · Falls Church, VA · 2024
General support
$100,000
National Museum · Washington, DC · 2024
General support
$100,000
The Fauquier Free Clinic · Warrenton, VA · 2024
General support
$100,000
The Fauquier Free Clinic · Warrenton, VA · 2023
General support
$100,000
American Nutrition Association · Chicago, IL · 2022
General support
$100,000
Campaign Legal Center · Washington, DC · 2022
General support
$100,000
Loudoun County Free Clinic · Leesburg, VA · 2022
General support
$100,000
Stanford Law School · Stanford, CA · 2022
General support
$100,000
The Fauquier Free Clinic · Warrenton, VA · 2022
General support
$100,000
Well Done Foundation · Shelby, MT · 2022
General support
$75,000
World Central Kitchen · Washington, DC · 2022
General support
$60,000
Ford'S Theatre · Washington, DC · 2024
General support
$50,000
Fenwick Foundation · Arlington, VA · 2024
General support
$50,000
Glacier National Park Conservancy · Columbia Falls, MT · 2024
General support
$50,000
University of Michigan · Ann Arbor, MI · 2024
General support
$50,000
University of Virginia · Charlottesville, VA · 2024
General support
$50,000
Fenwick Foundation · Arlington, VA · 2023
General support
$50,000
Glacier National Park Conservancy · Columbia Falls, MT · 2023
General support
$50,000
Michigan Law School · Ann Arbor, MI · 2023
General support
$50,000
Virginia Public Access Project · Richmond, VA · 2023
General support
$50,000
Fenwick Foundation · Arlington, VA · 2022
General support
$50,000
Glacier National Park Conservancy · Columbia Falls, MT · 2022
General support
$50,000
Virginia Public Access Project · Richmond, VA · 2022
General support
$25,000
Carroll Child Care · Westminster, MD · 2024
General support
$25,000
Westminster Presbyterian Church · Chehalis, WA · 2023
General support
$20,000
Westminster Presbyterian Church · Chehalis, WA · 2024
General support
$15,000
American Bird Conservancy · The Plains, VA · 2023
General support
$15,000
International Rescue Committee · Albert Lea, MN · 2023
General support
$15,000
Land Trust of Virginia · Middleburg, VA · 2023
General support
$15,000
Peer · Silver Spring, MD · 2023
General support
$15,000
The National Trust for Historic Preservation · Washington, DC · 2023
General support
$10,000
Aarp · Long Beach, CA · 2023
General support
$10,000
Aarp Foundation · Washington, DC · 2023
General support
$10,000
Aclu · New York, NY · 2023
General support
$10,000
Children'S Home Society of Virginia · Richmond, VA · 2023
General support
$10,000
Ifaw · Yarmouth Port, MA · 2023
General support
$10,000
Innocence Project · New York, NY · 2023
General support
$10,000
Island Chapel · Lummi Island, WA · 2023
General support
$10,000
Oxfam · Boston, MA · 2023
General support
$10,000
Pogo · Washington, DC · 2023
General support
$10,000
Public Citizen · Washington, DC · 2023
General support
$10,000
Raices · San Antonio, TX · 2023
General support
$10,000
Red Rover · Sacramento, CA · 2023
General support
$10,000
The Chehalis Foundation · Chehalis, WA · 2023
General support
$10,000
Unicef · New York, NY · 2023
General support
$10,000
Wildlife Conservation Society · Washington, DC · 2023
General support
$10,000
World Conservation Society · Bronx, NY · 2023
General support
$5,000
The Chehalis Foundation · Chehalis, WA · 2024
General support
$5,000
Discover Children'S Museum · Chehalis, WA · 2023
General support
$2,000
Committee To Protect Journalists · New York, NY · 2023
General support
$1,500
Wamu · Washington, DC · 2023
General support

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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.