Funding search · EIN 465425456 · New York, NY

The North Star Charitable 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.

130
grants reported
$31.5M
total given
2022–2024
filing years
$75,000
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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  • Planned Parenthood Federation2 grants · $10.0M
  • The Colorado College3 grants · $3.7M
  • Capital Area Food Bank3 grants · $1.9M
  • Protestant Episcopal Cathedral1 grant · $1.3M
  • Seattle Aquarium Society2 grants · $1.1M
  • Malala Fund3 grants · $1.1M
  • Feel Good Action1 grant · $1.0M
  • Emma Willard School1 grant · $1.0M
  • United Services Organization (Uso)2 grants · $1.0M
  • Conservation International3 grants · $670,000

Giving over time

$11.7M
2022
$4.6M
2023
$15.2M
2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 130 grants.

  • $6.0M

    Planned Parenthood Federation · Washington, DC · 2022

    General purposes

  • $4.0M

    Planned Parenthood Federation · New York, NY · 2024

    General purposes

  • $2.1M

    The Colorado College · Colorado Springs, CO · 2022

    General purposes

  • $1.6M

    The Colorado College · Colorado Springs, CO · 2024

    General purposes

  • $1.3M

    Protestant Episcopal Cathedral · Boston, MA · 2024

    General

  • $1.1M

    Capital Area Food Bank · Washington, DC · 2024

    General

  • $1.0M

    Feel Good Action · Seattle, WA · 2024

    General

  • $1.0M

    Emma Willard School · Troy, NY · 2023

    General purposes

  • $801,000

    Seattle Aquarium Society · Seattle, WA · 2024

    General operating

  • $570,000

    Conservation International · Arlington, VA · 2024

    General purposes

  • $550,000

    Malala Fund · Washington, DC · 2024

    General

  • $500,000

    United Services Organization (Uso) · Washington, DC · 2024

    General purposes

  • $500,000

    United Services Organization (Uso) · Arlington, VA · 2022

    General purposes

  • $450,000

    Capital Area Food Bank · Washington, DC · 2023

    General

  • $400,000

    Malala Fund · Washington, DC · 2023

    General

  • $400,000

    Capital Area Food Bank · Washington, DC · 2022

    General

  • $350,000

    New Jersey Institute for Social Justice · Newark, NJ · 2024

    General operating

  • $350,000

    Case Western Reserve University · Cleveland, OH · 2022

    General purposes

  • $300,000

    Everybody Matters · Phoenix, AZ · 2024

    General purposes

  • $300,000

    Everybody Matters · Phoenix, AZ · 2022

    General purposes

  • $276,596

    Armand Hammer Museum of Art and Cultural · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

    General

  • $250,000

    Case Western Reserve University · Cleveland, OH · 2024

    General purposes

  • $250,000

    Habitat for Humanity of the Roaring Fork · Glenwood Springs, CO · 2024

    General

  • $250,000

    Seattle Aquarium Society · Seattle, WA · 2023

    General operating

  • $200,000

    Northwest Harvest Emm · Dseatle, WA · 2024

    General support

  • $200,000

    Family Law Casa of King County · Tukwila, WA · 2023

    General operating

  • $200,000

    Wilderness Inquiry · Saint Paul, MN · 2023

    General purposes

  • $200,000

    Wilderness Inquiry · Saint Paul, MN · 2022

    General purposes

  • $150,000

    Bard College · Annandaleonhudson, NY · 2023

    General

  • $150,000

    The New Jersey Institute for Social · Newark, NJ · 2023

    General operating

  • $150,000

    Bard College · Annandaleonhudson, NY · 2022

    General

  • $110,000

    Amigos of Costa Rica · West Chester, PA · 2024

    General purposes

  • $100,000

    American University Wamu · Washington, DC · 2024

    General support

  • $100,000

    College of William & Mary Foundation · Williamsburg, VA · 2024

    General purposes

  • $100,000

    Colorado Rocky Mountain School · Carbondale, CO · 2024

    General purpose

  • $100,000

    Family Law Casa of King County · Tukwila, WA · 2024

    General operating

  • $100,000

    Interfaith Works of Central New York · Rockville, MD · 2024

    General support

  • $100,000

    Treehouse · Seattle, WA · 2024

    General operating

  • $100,000

    United Way of King County · Seattle, WA · 2024

    General operating

  • $100,000

    Valley Settlement · Glenwood Springs, CO · 2024

    General

  • $100,000

    Washington School for Girls · Washington, DC · 2024

    General

  • $100,000

    Wild Montana Action Fund · Helena, MT · 2024

    General operating

  • $100,000

    American University Wamu · Washington, DC · 2023

    General support

  • $100,000

    Building Bridges Across the River · Washington, DC · 2023

    General operating

  • $100,000

    College of William & Mary Foundation · Williamsburg, VA · 2023

    General purposes

  • $100,000

    Northwest Harvest Emm · Dseatle, WA · 2023

    General support

  • $100,000

    Seattle Art Museum · Seattle, WA · 2023

    General operating

  • $100,000

    The Bail Project · Venice, CA · 2023

    General

  • $100,000

    Treehouse · Seattle, WA · 2023

    General operating

  • $100,000

    United Way of King County · Seattle, WA · 2023

    General operating

  • $100,000

    Wild Montana Action Fund · Helena, MT · 2023

    General operating

  • $100,000

    American University Wamu · Washington, DC · 2022

    General support

  • $100,000

    College of William & Mary · Williamsburg, VA · 2022

    General purposes

  • $100,000

    Homefront · Lawrenceville, NJ · 2022

    General

  • $100,000

    Malala Fund · Washington, DC · 2022

    General

  • $100,000

    Mamatoto Village · Washington, DC · 2022

    General

  • $100,000

    Montana Wilderness Assoc · Helena, MT · 2022

    General purposes

  • $100,000

    New Jersey Institute of Technology · Newark, NJ · 2022

    General support

  • $100,000

    Northwest Harvest Emm · Dseatle, WA · 2022

    General support

  • $100,000

    The Hotchkiss School · Lakeville, CT · 2022

    General purposes

  • $80,000

    Interfaith Works of Central New York · Rockville, MD · 2023

    General support

  • $75,000

    Generation Hope · Washington, DC · 2024

    General

  • $75,000

    Homefront · Lawrenceville, NJ · 2024

    General

  • $75,000

    Reprohub · Seattle, WA · 2024

    General

  • $75,000

    Scholarchips · Washington, DC · 2023

    General purpose

  • $75,000

    Generation Hope · Washington, DC · 2022

    General

  • $75,000

    Interfaith Works of Central New York · Rockville, MD · 2022

    General support

  • $75,000

    Montgomery College Foundation · Rockville, MD · 2022

    General

  • $75,000

    Scholarchips · Washington, DC · 2022

    General purpose

  • $70,000

    Amigos of Costa Rica · West Chester, PA · 2023

    General purposes

  • $70,000

    Amigos of Costa Rica · West Chester, PA · 2022

    General purposes

  • $70,000

    Urban Alliance · Washington, DC · 2022

    General

  • $50,000

    Aspen Center for Environmental Studies · Aspen, CO · 2024

    General

  • $50,000

    Aspen Community Foundation · Basalt, CO · 2024

    General

  • $50,000

    Center for Human Services Nw · Shoreline, WA · 2024

    General operating

  • $50,000

    Fisher House Foundation · Rockville, MD · 2024

    General purposes

  • $50,000

    Food Bank of Central & Eastern Nc · Raleigh, NC · 2024

    General

  • $50,000

    National Outdoor Leadership School · Lander, WY · 2024

    General purposes

  • $50,000

    Plymouth Housing Group · Seattle, WA · 2024

    General

  • $50,000

    Response Aspen · Aspen, CO · 2024

    General

  • $50,000

    Scholarchips · Washington, DC · 2024

    General purpose

  • $50,000

    Stepping Stones of the Roaring Fork · Carbondale, CO · 2024

    General

  • $50,000

    The Aspen Institute · Aspen, CO · 2024

    General

  • $50,000

    The Hotchkiss School · Lakeville, CT · 2024

    General purposes

  • $50,000

    Bomb Techs Without Borders · San Francisco, CA · 2023

    General operating

  • $50,000

    Center for Human Services Nw · Shoreline, WA · 2023

    General operating

  • $50,000

    Colorado Rocky Mountain School · Carbondale, CO · 2023

    General purpose

  • $50,000

    Conservation International · Arlington, VA · 2023

    General purposes

  • $50,000

    Food Bank of Central & Eastern Nc · Raleigh, NC · 2023

    General

  • $50,000

    Generation Hope · Washington, DC · 2023

    General

  • $50,000

    Homefront · Lawrenceville, NJ · 2023

    General

  • $50,000

    Montgomery College Foundation · Rockville, MD · 2023

    General

  • $50,000

    Plymouth Housing Group · Seattle, WA · 2023

    General

  • $50,000

    The Colorado College · Colorado Springs, CO · 2023

    General purposes

  • $50,000

    The University of Nc at Chapel Hill · Chapel Hill, NC · 2023

    General

  • $50,000

    Colorado Rocky Mountain School · Carbondale, CO · 2022

    General purpose

  • $50,000

    Conservation International · Arlington, VA · 2022

    General purposes

  • $50,000

    Fisher House Foundation · Rockville, MD · 2022

    General purposes

  • $50,000

    Food Bank of Central & Eastern Nc · Raleigh, NC · 2022

    General

  • $50,000

    Plymouth Housing Group · Seattle, WA · 2022

    General

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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.