Funding search · EIN 311486993 · Ellicott City, MD

The Reis 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.

152
grants reported
$7.3M
total given
2022–2024
filing years
$25,000
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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  • Groundswell Fund2 grants · $500,000
  • Proteus Fund2 grants · $380,000
  • Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights3 grants · $350,000
  • Advancement Project2 grants · $300,000
  • Native American Rights Fund2 grants · $300,000
  • Naacp Legal Defense and Education Fund2 grants · $300,000
  • Common Cause Education Foundation2 grants · $300,000
  • Earthjustice2 grants · $300,000
  • Humboldt Area Foundation3 grants · $286,500
  • Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors1 grant · $200,000

Giving over time

$1.2M
2022
$2.2M
2023
$3.9M
2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 152 grants.

  • $280,000

    Proteus Fund · Amherst, MA · 2024

    Project Support

  • $250,000

    Groundswell Fund · San Francisco, CA · 2024

    General Support

  • $250,000

    Groundswell Fund · San Francisco, CA · 2023

    General Support

  • $200,000

    Advancement Project · Washington, DC · 2024

    General Support

  • $200,000

    Common Cause Education Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024

    General Support

  • $200,000

    Earthjustice · San Francisco, CA · 2024

    General Support

  • $200,000

    Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights · Washington, DC · 2024

    General Support

  • $200,000

    League of Women Voters Education Fund · Washington, DC · 2024

    General Support

  • $200,000

    Naacp Legal Defense and Education Fund · New York, NY · 2024

    General Support

  • $200,000

    National Immigration Law Center · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

    General Support

  • $200,000

    Native American Rights Fund · Boulder, CO · 2024

    General Support

  • $200,000

    Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors · New York, NY · 2024

    Project Support

  • $145,000

    Chautauqua Foundation · Chautauqua, NY · 2024

    General Support

  • $135,000

    Humboldt Area Foundation · Bayside, CA · 2024

    Project Support

  • $115,000

    Humboldt Area Foundation · Bayside, CA · 2023

    Project Support

  • $100,000

    Center for Biological Diversity · Tuscon, AZ · 2024

    General Support

  • $100,000

    If When How · Oakland, CA · 2024

    General Support

  • $100,000

    National Network of Abortion Funds · Beaverton, OR · 2024

    General Support

  • $100,000

    Propublica · New York, NY · 2024

    General Support

  • $100,000

    Common Cause Education Foundation · Washington, DC · 2023

    General Support

  • $100,000

    Earthjustice · San Francisco, CA · 2023

    General Support

  • $100,000

    Environmental Defense Fund · San Francicso, CA · 2023

    General Support

  • $100,000

    Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights · Washington, DC · 2023

    General Support

  • $100,000

    League of Women Voters · Washington, DC · 2023

    General Support

  • $100,000

    Naacp Legal Defense and Education Fund · New York, NY · 2023

    General Support

  • $100,000

    Native American Rights Fund · Boulder, CO · 2023

    General Support

  • $100,000

    Proteus Fund · Amherst, MA · 2023

    Project Support

  • $100,000

    Advancement Project · Washington, DC · 2022

    General Support

  • $80,000

    Neo Philanthropy · New York, NY · 2024

    Project Support

  • $75,000

    Root Cause Research Center Cart · Louisville, KY · 2023

    General Support

  • $75,000

    Clemson University · Clemson, SC · 2022

    General Support

  • $75,000

    Latinos for Education · Belmont, MA · 2022

    General Support

  • $75,000

    Profound Gentlemen · Charlotte, NC · 2022

    General Support

  • $70,000

    Mid Klamath Watershed Council · Orleans, CA · 2023

    General Support

  • $65,000

    Cornell University · Ithaca, NY · 2023

    General Support

  • $50,000

    Alliance for a Better Community · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

    Project Support

  • $50,000

    American Friends Service Committee · Philadelphia, PA · 2024

    General Support

  • $50,000

    California Community Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

    General Support

  • $50,000

    Center for Constitutional Rights · New York, NY · 2024

    General Support

  • $50,000

    Gateway Community Development Fund · North Brentwood, MD · 2024

    Project Support

  • $50,000

    International Center for Nonprofit · Washington, DC · 2024

    General Support

  • $50,000

    Internet Archive · San Francisco, CA · 2024

    General Support

  • $50,000

    Legal Services for Children · San Francisco, CA · 2024

    General Support

  • $50,000

    Trout Unlimited · Arlington, VA · 2024

    General Support

  • $50,000

    Wecan · Mill Valley, CA · 2024

    General Support

  • $50,000

    Alliance for California Traditional Arts · Fresno, CA · 2023

    General Support

  • $50,000

    Common Counsel Foundation · Oakland, CA · 2023

    Project Support

  • $50,000

    Council for Native Hawaiian Advance · Kapolei, HI · 2023

    General Support

  • $50,000

    Health Connected · East Palo Alto, CA · 2023

    General Support

  • $50,000

    Mass Design Group · Boston, MA · 2023

    General Support

  • $50,000

    Natifs · Minneapolis, MN · 2023

    General Support

  • $50,000

    Womens Earth and Climate Caucus · Mill Valley, CA · 2023

    General Support

  • $50,000

    Alliance for California Traditional Arts · Fresno, CA · 2022

    General Support

  • $50,000

    Health Connected · East Palo Alto, CA · 2022

    General Support

  • $50,000

    Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights · Washington, DC · 2022

    General Support

  • $50,000

    Return To the Heart Foundation · Washington, DC · 2022

    General Support

  • $50,000

    Trout Unlimited · Arlington, VA · 2022

    General Support

  • $50,000

    Turkish Philanthropy Fund · New York, NY · 2022

    General Support

  • $50,000

    Wiyot Tribe · Loleta, CA · 2022

    General Support

  • $50,000

    Womens Foundation of California · Oakland, CA · 2022

    General Support

  • $40,000

    Education for Just Peace in Middle East · Washington, DC · 2023

    General Support

  • $40,000

    Prx · Cambridge, MA · 2023

    General Support

  • $40,000

    Prx · Cambridge, MA · 2022

    General Support

  • $36,500

    Humboldt Area Foundation · Bayside, CA · 2022

    General Support

  • $30,000

    Food for People · Eureka, CA · 2024

    General Support

  • $30,000

    Jewish Voice for Peace · Berkeley, CA · 2023

    General Support

  • $30,000

    Arena Players · Baltimore, MD · 2022

    General Support

  • $30,000

    Ywca Jamestown · Jamestown, NY · 2022

    General Support

  • $29,500

    American Friends Service Committee · Philadelphia, PA · 2023

    General Support

  • $28,000

    Birth Companion Community Center · San Francisco, CA · 2022

    General Support

  • $25,000

    Academy On Violence and Abuse · Jacksonville, FL · 2024

    General Support

  • $25,000

    Cornell University · Ithaca, NY · 2024

    General Support

  • $25,000

    Focus for Democracy · Washington, DC · 2024

    General Support

  • $25,000

    Justice Funders · Oakland, CA · 2024

    General Support

  • $25,000

    350org · Brooklyn, NY · 2023

    General Support

  • $25,000

    Ahed International · Irving, TX · 2023

    General Support

  • $25,000

    Change Labs · Tuba City, AZ · 2023

    General Support

  • $25,000

    Companies for Causes · Washington, DC · 2023

    Project Support

  • $25,000

    Doctors Without Borders · New York, NY · 2023

    General Support

  • $25,000

    Eames Institute · Petaluma, CA · 2023

    General Support

  • $25,000

    First Nations Development Institute · Longmont, CO · 2023

    General Support

  • $25,000

    Chautauqua Foundation · Chautauqua, NY · 2022

    General Support

  • $25,000

    The 3rd · Columbia, MD · 2022

    General Support

  • $20,000

    High Country News · Paonia, CO · 2024

    General Support

  • $20,000

    Mid Klamath Watershed Council · Orleans, CA · 2024

    General Support

  • $16,000

    Mid Klamath Watershed Council · Orleans, CA · 2022

    General Support

  • $15,000

    Global Exchange · San Francisco, CA · 2024

    Project Support

  • $15,000

    Propublica · New York, NY · 2023

    General Support

  • $15,000

    Advocates for Youth · Washington, DC · 2022

    General Support

  • $15,000

    Oceti Sakowin Writers Society · Brookings, SD · 2022

    General Support

  • $12,500

    Birth Companion Community Center · San Francisco, CA · 2023

    General Support

  • $10,000

    Asante Africa Foundation · Livermore, CA · 2024

    General Support

  • $10,000

    Community Foundation of Howard Coun · Columbia, MD · 2024

    General Support

  • $10,000

    Friends of the Howard County Librar · Ellicott City, MD · 2024

    General Support

  • $10,000

    Howard County Arts Council · Ellicot City, MD · 2024

    General Support

  • $10,000

    Moash · Lansing, MI · 2024

    Project Support

  • $10,000

    Prx · Cambridge, MA · 2024

    General Support

  • $10,000

    San Francisco Marin Food Bank · San Francisco, CA · 2024

    General Support

  • $10,000

    Food for People · Eureka, CA · 2023

    General Support

  • $10,000

    Friends of the Howard County Librar · Ellicott City, MD · 2023

    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.