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The Perls Foundation

Name: The Perls 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.

42
grants reported: $3.3M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $7,650
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.

What they fund

access medicines area work latin advance affordability america

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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.

Knowledge Ecology International3 grants · $1.5M
Public Citizen Foundation3 grants · $832,000
Stichting Health Action3 grants · $402,500
Universities Allied for Essential Medicines3 grants · $235,000
Planned Parenthood Federation of America3 grants · $120,000
Food for Free3 grants · $75,000
Fundacion Salud Por Derecho Gs Fbo Access To Medicines1 grant · $35,000
Rails-To-Trails Conservancy3 grants · $23,300
Institute for Policy Studies3 grants · $9,000
American Civil Liberties Union3 grants · $6,000

Giving over time

$1.2M

2022

$1.0M

2023

$1.0M

2024

Grant history

All 42 reported grants, largest first.

$718,000
Knowledge Ecology International · Washington, DC · 2022
$350,000 to be used for projects in the area of access to medicines and $60,000 is intended for the continuance of chilean projects.
$420,000
Knowledge Ecology International · Washington, DC · 2023
$360,000 to be used for projects in the area of access to medicines and $60,000 is intended for the continuance of chilean and latin american projects commenced in 2016.
$407,000
Knowledge Ecology International · Washington, DC · 2024
$360,000 to be used for projects in the area of access to medicines and $60,000 is intended for the continuance of chilean and latin american projects commenced in 2016.
$285,000
Public Citizen Foundation · Washington, DC · 2023
To support work in the area of access to medicines. $80,000 of the grant is restricted to public citizen's work in latin america.
$275,000
Public Citizen Foundation · Washington, DC · 2022
To support work in the area of access to medicines. $100,000 of the grant is restricted to the foundation's work in latin america.
$272,000
Public Citizen Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024
To support work in the area of access to medicines. $80,000 of the grant is restricted to public citizen's work in latin america.
$161,000
Stichting Health Action · 2024
$15,000 for work on "artificial intelligency in medicines r&d in europe; $52,500 for the provision of pro-bono consultant services to support groups working to advance global health with an emphasis on policies to enhan… read all$15,000 for work on "artificial intelligency in medicines r&d in europe; $52,500 for the provision of pro-bono consultant services to support groups working to advance global health with an emphasis on policies to enhance access to medicines; $49,500 for the access to medicines work in europe with salud por derecho; $44,000 for the proposal titled "winning the right to breathe for every cf patient, everywhere" less
$161,000
Stichting Health Action · 2023
$15,000 for work on "artificial intelligency in medicines r&d in europe; $52,500 for the provision of pro-bono consultant services to support groups working to advance global health with an emphasis on policies to enhan… read all$15,000 for work on "artificial intelligency in medicines r&d in europe; $52,500 for the provision of pro-bono consultant services to support groups working to advance global health with an emphasis on policies to enhance access to medicines; $49,500 for the access to medicines work in europe with salud por derecho; $44,000 for the proposal titled "winning the right to breathe for every cf patient, everywhere" less
$100,000
Universities Allied for Essential Medicines · Washington, DC · 2024
Empower students to drive campaigns on their campuses and beyond that will help fight for access and affordability of university-discovered medicines.
$100,000
Universities Allied for Essential Medicines · Washington, DC · 2023
Empower students to drive campaigns on their campuses and beyond that will help fight for access and affordability of university-discovered medicines.
$80,500
Stichting Health Action · 2022
$30,000 for the democratisation of medicines policy in europe; $38,500 for student-driven work on access to medicines with uaem europe; $42,000 for the provision of pro-bono consultant services to support groups working… read all$30,000 for the democratisation of medicines policy in europe; $38,500 for student-driven work on access to medicines with uaem europe; $42,000 for the provision of pro-bono consultant services to support groups working to advance global health with an emphasis on policies to enhance access to medicines. less
$40,000
Planned Parenthood Federation of America · Boston, MA · 2024
General purpose
$40,000
Planned Parenthood Federation of America · Boston, MA · 2023
General purpose
$40,000
Planned Parenthood Federation of America · Boston, MA · 2022
General purpose
$35,000
Fundacion Salud Por Derecho Gs Fbo Access To Medicines · 2022
To fund projects in the area of access to medicines.
$35,000
Universities Allied for Essential Medicines · Washington, DC · 2022
Empower students to drive campaigns on their campuses and beyond that will help fight for access and affordability of university-discovered medicines.
$25,000
Food for Free · Cambridge, MA · 2024
General purpose
$25,000
Food for Free · Cambridge, MA · 2023
General purpose
$25,000
Food for Free · Cambridge, MA · 2022
General purpose
$8,000
Rails-To-Trails Conservancy · Washington, DC · 2023
General purpose
$8,000
Rails-To-Trails Conservancy · Washington, DC · 2022
General purpose
$7,300
Rails-To-Trails Conservancy · Washington, DC · 2024
General purpose
$4,000
Institute for Policy Studies · Washington, DC · 2022
General purpose
$3,000
Institute for Policy Studies · Washington, DC · 2023
General purpose
$2,000
American Civil Liberties Union · New York, NY · 2024
General purpose
$2,000
Haymarket Peoples Fund · Jamaica Plain, MA · 2024
General purpose
$2,000
Institute for Policy Studies · Washington, DC · 2024
General purpose
$2,000
American Civil Liberties Union · New York, NY · 2023
General purpose
$2,000
Haymarket Peoples Fund · Jamaica Plain, MA · 2023
General purpose
$2,000
American Civil Liberties Union · New York, NY · 2022
General purpose
$2,000
Haymarket Peoples Fund · Jamaica Plain, MA · 2022
General purpose
$1,000
Charles River Watershed Association · Weston, MA · 2024
General purpose
$1,000
Charles River Watershed Association · Weston, MA · 2023
General purpose
$1,000
The Food Project · Lincoln, MA · 2023
General purpose
$1,000
Charles River Watershed Association · Weston, MA · 2022
General purpose
$1,000
The Food Project · Lincoln, MA · 2022
General purpose
$500
Globe Santa Fund · Boston, MA · 2024
General purpose
$500
The Buxton School · Williamstown, MA · 2024
General purpose
$500
Globe Santa Fund · Boston, MA · 2023
General purpose
$500
The Buxton School · Williamstown, MA · 2023
General purpose
$500
Globe Santa Fund · Boston, MA · 2022
General purpose
$500
The Buxton School · Williamstown, MA · 2022
General purpose

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