Funding search · EIN 471188416 · Tysons, VA

The Pedersen Foundation

Name: The Pedersen 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.

44
grants reported: $11.7M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $15,000
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.

St Judes Children Research Hospital2 grants · $6.0M
Johns Hopkins University & Medicine1 grant · $3.0M
Badger Six1 grant · $1.1M
St Francis Neighborhood Center1 grant · $750,000
Girl Security1 grant · $100,000
Academy of Neuroscience for Architecture1 grant · $100,000
Warrior Rising1 grant · $100,000
Third Option1 grant · $100,000
Freedom Alliance2 grants · $50,000
Defense Intelligence Memorial Foundation1 grant · $25,000

Giving over time

$3.2M

2022

$6.9M

2023

$1.6M

2024

Grant history

All 44 reported grants, largest first.

$5.0M
St Judes Children Research Hospital · Memphis, TN · 2023
General support
$3.0M
Johns Hopkins University & Medicine · Baltimore, MD · 2022
General support
$1.1M
Badger Six · Traverse City, MI · 2024
General use
$1.0M
St Judes Children Research Hospital · Memphis, TN · 2023
General support
$750,000
St Francis Neighborhood Center · Baltimore, MD · 2023
General support
$100,000
Girl Security · McLean, VA · 2024
General use
$100,000
Third Option · Reston, VA · 2024
General use
$100,000
Warrior Rising · South Jordan, UT · 2024
General use
$100,000
Academy of Neuroscience for Architecture · La Jolla, CA · 2023
General support
$30,000
Freedom Alliance · Dulles, VA · 2022
General support
$25,000
Defense Intelligence Memorial Foundation · Tysons Corner, VA · 2024
General use
$20,000
Bullis High School · Potomac, MD · 2024
General use
$20,000
Forman School · Litchfield, CT · 2024
General use
$20,000
Freedom Alliance · Winchester, VA · 2024
General use
$20,000
Children'S Hospital Foundation · Silver Spring, MD · 2022
General support
$20,000
Florida Keys Society for the Prevention of Cruelty To Animals · Key West, FL · 2022
General support
$15,000
Aspca Florida Keys · Key West, FL · 2024
General use
$15,000
Miriam'S Kitchen · Washington, DC · 2024
General use
$15,000
Sumaritans Purse · Boone, NC · 2024
General use
$15,000
Safe Children Foundation · Fairfax, VA · 2023
General support
$15,000
Center for Adoption Support and Education · Burtonsville, MD · 2022
General support
$15,000
Donor Sibling Registry · Nederland, CO · 2022
General support
$15,000
St Francis Neighborhood Center Corporation · Baltimore, MD · 2022
General support
$15,000
Washington Jesuit Academy · Washington, DC · 2022
General support
$10,000
Bonefish and Tarpon Trust · Miami, FL · 2024
General use
$10,000
Dennis Leary Firefighter Fund · New York, NY · 2024
General use
$10,000
Hidden Harbour Marine Environmental Project · Marathon, FL · 2024
General use
$10,000
Monroe County Sheriff'S Office Animal Farm · Key West, FL · 2024
General use
$10,000
Planned Parenthood Federation of America · New York, NY · 2024
General use
$10,000
Saint Francis Neighborhood Center · Baltimore, MD · 2024
General use
$10,000
Believe in Tomorrow Childrens Foundation · Baltimore, MD · 2022
General support
$10,000
Comfort Cases · Rockville, MD · 2022
General support
$10,000
Northern Virginia Conservation Trust · Annadale, VA · 2022
General support
$10,000
Oceana · Washington, DC · 2022
General support
$10,000
Planned Parenthood of Maryland · Baltimore, MD · 2022
General support
$10,000
United Way of Collier and the Keys · Key West, FL · 2022
General support
$5,000
Center for Adoption Support and Education · Burtonsville, MD · 2024
General use
$5,000
Chesapeake Bay Foundation · Annapolis, MD · 2024
General use
$5,000
Donor Sibling Registry · Nederland, CO · 2024
General use
$5,000
Dr Hollandaise Opus Foundation · Burbank, CA · 2024
General use
$5,000
Educational Coalition of Monroe County · Marathon, FL · 2024
General use
$5,000
Maryland Coalition of Families · Columbia, MD · 2024
General use
$5,000
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024
General use
$5,000
Little Sisters of the Poor of Washington Dc · Washington, DC · 2022
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.