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 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
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Top recipients
Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.
- 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
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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