Funding search · EIN 471164496 · Teaneck, NJ

The Puffin Foundation Ltd

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

99
grants reported
$8.8M
total given
2022–2024
filing years
$30,000
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.

What they fund

historymuseumseducationalfurtheranceservicesadvocacycivilliberties

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Funding pattern

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Top recipients

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  • Institute for Public Affairs Dba in These Times3 grants · $1.1M
  • Type Media Centerthe Nation Institute2 grants · $1.1M
  • Abraham Lincoln Brigade Archives Inc Alba3 grants · $735,000
  • Total Grants1 grant · $601,965
  • The Andrew Goodman Foundation3 grants · $470,000
  • Museum of the City of New York3 grants · $412,700
  • Nation Fund for Independent Journalism3 grants · $400,000
  • Total Other Grants1 grant · $389,408
  • Other Contributions3 grants · $367,987
  • Type Media Center1 grant · $355,000

Giving over time

$3.7M
2022
$2.5M
2023
$2.5M
2024

Grant history

All 99 reported grants, largest first.

  • $755,000

    Type Media Centerthe Nation Institute · New York, NY · 2022

    Unrestricted grant to support the organization's exempt purpose.

  • $601,965

    Total Grants · Teaneck, NJ · 2022

    Furtherance of the arts.

  • $389,408

    Total Other Grants · Teaneck, NJ · 2023

    Furtherance of the arts.

  • $382,100

    Institute for Public Affairs Dba in These Times · Chicago, IL · 2022

    Public, society, benefit- multipurpose and other n.e.c.

  • $362,500

    Institute for Public Affairs Dba in These Times · Chicago, IL · 2024

    Unrestricted grant to support the organization's exempt purpose.

  • $355,000

    Type Media Center · New York, NY · 2023

    Unrestricted grant to support the organization's exempt purpose.

  • $345,800

    Institute for Public Affairs Dba in These Times · Chicago, IL · 2023

    Public, society, benefit- multipurpose and other n.e.c.

  • $345,012

    Other Contributions · Teaneck, NJ · 2024

    Unrestricted grant to support the organization's exempt purpose.

  • $335,000

    Type Media Centerthe Nation Institute · New York, NY · 2024

    Unrestricted grant to support the organization's exempt purpose.

  • $255,000

    Abraham Lincoln Brigade Archives Inc Alba · New York, NY · 2023

    Support history museums.

  • $250,000

    Democracy Now Production · New York, NY · 2022

    Unrestricted grant to support the organization's exempt purpose.

  • $245,000

    Abraham Lincoln Brigade Archives Inc Alba · New York, NY · 2024

    Support history museums.

  • $235,000

    Abraham Lincoln Brigade Archives Inc Alba · New York, NY · 2022

    Support history museums.

  • $197,000

    Museum of the City of New York · New York, NY · 2023

    Support history museums.

  • $170,000

    The Andrew Goodman Foundation · New York, NY · 2022

    Unrestricted grant to support the organization's exempt purpose.

  • $150,000

    Democracy Now Productions · New York, NY · 2024

    Unrestricted grant to support the organization's exempt purpose.

  • $150,000

    Nation Fund for Independent Journalism · New York, NY · 2024

    Unrestricted grant to support the organization's exempt purpose.

  • $150,000

    The Andrew Goodman Foundation · New York, NY · 2024

    Unrestricted grant to support the organization's exempt purpose.

  • $150,000

    The Andrew Goodman Foundation · New York, NY · 2023

    Unrestricted grant to support the organization's exempt purpose.

  • $125,000

    Nation Fund for Independent Journalism · New York, NY · 2023

    Unrestricted grant to support the organization's exempt purpose.

  • $125,000

    Nation Fund for Independent Journalism · New York, NY · 2022

    Unrestricted grant to support the organization's exempt purpose.

  • $115,700

    Museum of the City of New York · New York, NY · 2024

    Support history museums.

  • $112,500

    University of Washington Foundation Co University of Washington · Seattle, WA · 2022

    Support university of washington.

  • $100,000

    Democracy Now Production · New York, NY · 2023

    Unrestricted grant to support the organization's exempt purpose.

  • $100,000

    Barn Raising Media · Chicago, IL · 2022

    Unrestricted grant to support the organization's exempt purpose.

  • $100,000

    Brick By Brick Partners · New York, NY · 2022

    Educational services and schools.

  • $100,000

    Museum of the City of New York · New York, NY · 2022

    Support history museums.

  • $95,450

    Teaneck Creek Conservancy · Teaneck, NJ · 2024

    Parks and playgrounds.

  • $94,250

    Teaneck Creek Conservancy · Teaneck, NJ · 2023

    Parks and playgrounds.

  • $77,100

    Association for Promotion of Jewish Secularism Jewish Currents · Accord, NY · 2023

    Support furtherance of jewish studies.

  • $75,000

    Babies and Mothers Alive Usabrick By Brick Partners · New York, NY · 2024

    Educational services and schools.

  • $75,000

    Brick By Brick Partners · New York, NY · 2023

    Educational services and schools.

  • $75,000

    Association for Promotion of Jewish Secularism Jewish Currents · Accord, NY · 2022

    Support furtherance of jewish studies.

  • $75,000

    Camp Kinderland · Brooklyn, NY · 2022

    Unrestricted grant to support the organization's exempt purpose.

  • $75,000

    Sustainable Markets Foundation · New York, NY · 2022

    Unrestricted grant to support the organization's exempt purpose.

  • $69,166

    American Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc Aclu · New York, NY · 2024

    Civil liberties advocacy.

  • $66,668

    American Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc Aclu · New York, NY · 2022

    Civil liberties advocacy.

  • $66,666

    American Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc Aclu · New York, NY · 2023

    Civil liberties advocacy.

  • $65,400

    Teaneck Creek Conservancy · Teaneck, NJ · 2022

    Parks and playgrounds.

  • $50,000

    Barn Raising Media · Chicago, IL · 2024

    Unrestricted grant to support the organization's exempt purpose.

  • $50,000

    Foundation for the Study of Independent Social Ideas Dba Dissent Magazine · New York, NY · 2024

    Unrestricted grant to support the organization's exempt purpose.

  • $50,000

    New York Public Interest Research Group Fundnypirg · New York, NY · 2024

    Unrestricted grant to support the organization's exempt purpose.

  • $50,000

    Dissent Magazine - Young Writers Fund · Chandler, AZ · 2023

    Unrestricted grant to support the organization's exempt purpose.

  • $50,000

    Givat Haviva Educational Foundation · New York, NY · 2022

    Unrestricted grant to support the organization's exempt purpose.

  • $40,000

    Dissent Magazine - Young Writers Fund · Chandle, AZ · 2022

    Unrestricted grant to support the organization's exempt purpose.

  • $40,000

    Nursing Education Collaborative for Haiti Cooperative Des Infirmier Nech-Ci · Teaneck, NJ · 2022

    Unrestricted grant to support the organization's exempt purpose.

  • $35,000

    Sustainable Markets Foundation · New York, NY · 2023

    Unrestricted grant to support the organization's exempt purpose.

  • $30,000

    Economic Hardship Reporting Project · Brooklyn, NY · 2024

    Unrestricted grant to support the organization's exempt purpose.

  • $30,000

    J Street Education Fund · Washington, DC · 2024

    Unrestricted grant to support the organization's exempt purpose.

  • $30,000

    Jacobin Foundation · Brooklyn, NY · 2024

    Unrestricted grant to support the organization's exempt purpose.

  • $30,000

    Youth Service America · Washington, DC · 2024

    Unrestricted grant to support the organization's exempt purpose.

  • $30,000

    Jacobin Foundation · Brooklyn, NY · 2023

    Unrestricted grant to support the organization's exempt purpose.

  • $30,000

    Jacobin Foundation · Brooklyn, NY · 2022

    Unrestricted grant to support the organization's exempt purpose.

  • $25,000

    Francine Weinberg Graff · Culver City, CA · 2024

    Support the production of film politics is a mother.

  • $25,000

    Friends of Givat Haviva · New York, NY · 2024

    Unrestricted grant to support the organization's exempt purpose.

  • $25,000

    Institute for Media Analysis · Brooklyn, NY · 2024

    Unrestricted grant to support the organization's exempt purpose.

  • $25,000

    Institute for Media Analysis · Brooklyn, NY · 2023

    Unrestricted grant to support the organization's exempt purpose.

  • $25,000

    Remember the Triangle Fire Coalition · New York, NY · 2022

    Educational services.

  • $24,000

    Institute for Media Analysis · Brooklyn, NY · 2022

    Unrestricted grant to support the organization's exempt purpose.

  • $20,750

    Camp Kinderland · Brooklyn, NY · 2023

    Unrestricted grant to support the organization's exempt purpose.

  • $20,000

    Camp Kinderland · Brooklyn, NY · 2024

    Unrestricted grant to support the organization's exempt purpose.

  • $20,000

    Northern New Jersey Sanctuary Coalition · Caldwell, NJ · 2024

    Unrestricted grant to support the organization's exempt purpose.

  • $20,000

    Center for Transformative Action · Ithaca, NY · 2023

    Unrestricted grant to support the organization's exempt purpose.

  • $20,000

    Youth Services America · Washington, DC · 2023

    Unrestricted grant to support the organization's exempt purpose.

  • $20,000

    Center for Transformative Action · Ithaca, NY · 2022

    Unrestricted grant to support the organization's exempt purpose.

  • $20,000

    Civic Influencers · Lewes, DE · 2022

    Unrestricted grant to support the organization's exempt purpose.

  • $20,000

    Fund for Investigative Journalism · Washington, DC · 2022

    To support independent journalists.

  • $20,000

    J Street Education Fund · Washington, DC · 2022

    Unrestricted grant to support the organization's exempt purpose.

  • $20,000

    Northern Nj Sanctuary Coalition · Teaneck, NJ · 2022

    Unrestricted grant to support the organization's exempt purpose.

  • $18,000

    Ascension Church · San Antonio, TX · 2022

    Unrestricted grant to support the organization's exempt purpose.

  • $17,500

    Youth Services America · Washington, DC · 2022

    Unrestricted grant to support the organization's exempt purpose.

  • $16,000

    You Can Vote · Durham, NC · 2022

    Unrestricted grant to support the organization's exempt purpose.

  • $15,000

    J Street Education Fund · Washington, DC · 2023

    Unrestricted grant to support the organization's exempt purpose.

  • $14,650

    Fractured Atlas · Hartsdale, NY · 2023

    Unrestricted grant to support the organization's exempt purpose.

  • $13,500

    Other Contributions · Teaneck, NJ · 2022

    Charitable organizations.

  • $12,500

    Rosenberg Fund for Children · Easthampton, MA · 2024

    Unrestricted grant to support the organization's exempt purpose.

  • $12,500

    Rosenberg Fund for Children · Easthampton, MA · 2023

    Unrestricted grant to support the organization's exempt purpose.

  • $10,000

    Society for Humanistic Judaism · Farmington Hills, MI · 2024

    Unrestricted grant to support the organization's exempt purpose.

  • $10,000

    Nypirg-New York Public Interest Research Group Fund · New York, NY · 2023

    Unrestricted grant to support the organization's exempt purpose.

  • $10,000

    Community Care of West Virginia · Rock Cave, WV · 2022

    Unrestricted grant to support the organization's exempt purpose.

  • $10,000

    Family Diversity Project · Amherst, MA · 2022

    Unrestricted grant to support the organization's exempt purpose.

  • $10,000

    One Human Family Qca · Davenport, IA · 2022

    Unrestricted grant to support the organization's exempt purpose.

  • $10,000

    Optout Media Foundation · Brooklyn, NY · 2022

    Unrestricted grant to support the organization's exempt purpose.

  • $10,000

    Uri L'Tzedek · New York, NY · 2022

    Unrestricted grant to support the organization's exempt purpose.

  • $9,475

    Other Contributions · Teaneck, NJ · 2023

    Charitable organizations.

  • $9,000

    Peace Action Education Fund · Silver Spring, MD · 2022

    Unrestricted grant to support the organization's exempt purpose.

  • $8,400

    Open Source Gallery · Brooklyn, NY · 2023

    Unrestricted grant to support the organization's exempt purpose.

  • $7,500

    Investigative Reporters and Editors · Columbia, MO · 2023

    Unrestricted grant to support the organization's exempt purpose.

  • $7,000

    Open Source Gallery · Brooklyn, NY · 2024

    Unrestricted grant to support the organization's exempt purpose.

  • $6,950

    Bergen Community College Foundation · Paramus, NJ · 2023

    Unrestricted grant to support the organization's exempt purpose.

  • $5,000

    Network for Responsible Public Policynfrpp · Ridgewood, NJ · 2024

    Unrestricted grant to support the organization's exempt purpose.

  • $5,000

    Optout Media Foundation · Brooklyn, NY · 2024

    Unrestricted grant to support the organization's exempt purpose.

  • $5,000

    Township of Teaneck · Teaneck, NJ · 2024

    Unrestricted grant to support the organization's exempt purpose.

  • $5,000

    Uri L'Tzedek · Scottsdale, AZ · 2024

    Unrestricted grant to support the organization's exempt purpose.

  • $5,000

    Homeless Solutions · Cedar Knolls, NJ · 2023

    Unrestricted grant to support the organization's exempt purpose.

  • $5,000

    International Media Project · Oakland, CA · 2023

    Unrestricted grant to support the organization's exempt purpose.

  • $5,000

    Labor Arts · New York, NY · 2023

    Unrestricted grant to support the organization's exempt purpose.

  • $5,000

    Northern Nj Sanctuary Coalition · Teaneck, NJ · 2023

    Unrestricted grant to support the organization's exempt purpose.

  • $5,000

    Township of Teaneck · Teaneck, NJ · 2023

    Unrestricted grant to support the organization's exempt purpose.

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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.