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Philip Stephenson Foundation

Name: Philip Stephenson Foundation grants, 2022–2024
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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.

52
grants reported: $1.8M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $10,000
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.

What they fund

education geographic national pristine seas america conservation

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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.

National Geographic Society3 grants · $445,000
Ocean Exploration Trust3 grants · $300,000
The Explorers Club3 grants · $212,025
Ngs Pristine Seas1 grant · $200,000
The Leatherback Project3 grants · $162,600
The Oo Project3 grants · $150,000
Sssas Saints Fund3 grants · $72,500
The Langley School3 grants · $55,000
Ocean Conservancy1 grant · $25,000
Kito Impact Foundation1 grant · $25,000

Giving over time

$672,200

2022

$554,100

2023

$604,525

2024

Grant history

All 52 reported grants, largest first.

$210,000
National Geographic Society · Washington, DC · 2023
National geographic pristine seas program
$200,000
National Geographic Society · Washington, DC · 2024
National geographic pristine seas program
$200,000
Ngs Pristine Seas · Washington, DC · 2022
National geographic pristine seas program
$100,000
Ocean Exploration Trust · New London, CT · 2024
Ocean exploration
$100,000
Ocean Exploration Trust · New London, CT · 2023
Ocean exploration
$100,000
Ocean Exploration Trust · New London, CT · 2022
Ocean exploration
$77,000
The Leatherback Project · Norfolk, MD · 2024
General support
$75,600
The Leatherback Project · Norfolk, MD · 2022
General support
$75,025
The Explorers Club · New York, NY · 2024
General support
$68,500
The Explorers Club · New York, NY · 2023
General support
$68,500
The Explorers Club · New York, NY · 2022
General support
$50,000
The Oo Project · Los Altos, CA · 2024
Conservation and science
$50,000
The Oo Project · Los Altos, CA · 2023
Conservation and science
$50,000
The Oo Project · Los Altos, CA · 2022
Conservation and science
$35,000
National Geographic Society · Washington, DC · 2022
National geographic pristine seas program
$25,000
Sssas Saints Fund · Alexandria, VA · 2024
General support
$25,000
Kito Impact Foundation · Bainbridge, WA · 2023
General support
$25,000
Sssas Saints Fund · Alexandria, VA · 2023
General support
$25,000
Ocean Conservancy · Washington, DC · 2022
Icc conference
$22,500
Sssas Saints Fund · Alexandria, VA · 2022
General support
$22,000
The Langley School · McLean, VA · 2022
Education
$16,500
The Langley School · McLean, VA · 2024
Education
$16,500
The Langley School · McLean, VA · 2023
Education
$11,000
The Ocean Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024
General support
$11,000
The Ocean Foundation · Washington, DC · 2023
General support
$10,000
Legacy Philanthropy Works · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
Catch together general operations
$10,000
National Marine Sanctuary Foundation · Silver Spring, MD · 2024
Preserve, protect and promote america's underwater treasures
$10,000
St Stephen · Alexandria, VA · 2024
General support
$10,000
Birdscaribbean · Natick, MD · 2023
Susgren - connecting youths and nature
$10,000
The Leatherback Project · Norfolk, MD · 2023
General support
$10,000
Birdscaribbean · Natick, MD · 2022
Susgren - connecting youths and nature
$10,000
Episcopal High School · Alexandria, VA · 2022
Education
$10,000
International Rescue Committee · New York, NY · 2022
Support for ukraine relief effort
$10,000
The Jed Foundation · New York, NY · 2022
General support
$10,000
World Central Kitchen · Washington, DC · 2022
Support for ukraine relief effort
$7,500
National Marine Sanctuary Foundation · Silver Spring, MD · 2023
Preserve, protect and promote america's underwater treasures
$5,000
Inova Alexandria Hospital Foundation · Fairfax, VA · 2024
General support
$5,000
Institute of World Politics · Washington, DC · 2024
General support
$5,000
Oceans Caucus Foundation · Isle of Palms, SC · 2024
General support
$5,000
American Friends of Magen David Adom · New York, NY · 2023
General support
$5,000
Inova Health Foundation · Fairfax, VA · 2023
General support
$5,000
Oceans Caucus Foundation · Isle of Palms, SC · 2023
General support
$5,000
Inova Alexandria Hospital Foundation · Falls Church, VA · 2022
Support inova alexandria hospital
$5,000
National Marine Sanctuary Foundation · Silver Spring, MD · 2022
Preserve, protect and promote america's underwater treasures
$5,000
Nova Ukraine · Stanford, CA · 2022
Support for ukraine relief effort
$5,000
Oceans Caucus Foundation · Isle of Palms, SC · 2022
General support
$3,600
Biodiversity Funders Group · San Francisco, CA · 2024
General support
$3,600
Biodiversity Funders Group · San Francisco, CA · 2023
General support
$3,600
Biodiversity Funders Group · San Francisco, CA · 2022
General support
$2,000
Ngs Lee Berger · Alexandria, VA · 2023
General support
$1,000
John'S Hopkins · Baltimore, MD · 2024
General support
$400
St Jude Childrens Hospital · Alexandria, VA · 2024
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.