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The Rhimes Foundation

Name: The Rhimes 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.

78
grants reported: $9.5M
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.

What they fund

event mobile pantry dams dartmouth scholarship barn colab

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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

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The Barack Obama Foundation1 grant · $3.0M
Emmett Till Interpretive Center2 grants · $1.5M
The Southport School5 grants · $1.0M
Iama Theatre Company3 grants · $600,000
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts2 grants · $500,000
Marlborough School1 grant · $500,000
Filling in the Blanks8 grants · $380,699
Trustees of Dartmouth College7 grants · $325,000
Greens Farms Academy5 grants · $300,000
Beyond 12 Education3 grants · $300,000

Giving over time

$4.4M

2022

$1.8M

2023

$3.3M

2024

Grant history

All 78 reported grants, largest first.

$3.0M
The Barack Obama Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$750,000
Emmett Till Interpretive Center · Sumner, MS · 2024
Barn Fund
$750,000
Emmett Till Interpretive Center · Sumner, MS · 2023
Barn fund
$500,000
The Southport School · Southport, CT · 2024
Southport School's CoLab Program
$500,000
The Southport School · Southport, CT · 2024
Southport Schools CoLab Programs
$500,000
Marlborough School · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$250,000
Greens Farms Academy · Westport, CT · 2024
Vera Rhimes Scholarship Fund
$250,000
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts · New York, NY · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$250,000
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts · New York, NY · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$250,000
Beyond 12 Education · Oakland, CA · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$200,000
Iama Theatre Company · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$200,000
Iama Theatre Company · N Hollywood, CA · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$200,000
Iama Theatre Company · Porter Ranch, CA · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$125,000
Debbie Allen Dance · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$100,000
The Actors Fund of America · New York, NY · 2023
Film & Television Professionals fund
$79,922
Filling in the Blanks · Norwalk, CT · 2024
Mobile Pantry Fund
$79,817
Filling in the Blanks · Norwalk, CT · 2024
Q3 Mobile Pantry Fund
$78,810
Filling in the Blanks · Norwalk, CT · 2024
Q1 Mobile Pantry Fund
$50,000
Civic Nation · Carol Stream, IL · 2024
When We All Vote
$50,000
Debbie Allen Dance · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
DAMS Scholarship Fund
$50,000
John F Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts · Washington, DC · 2024
Trustees Annual Fund
$50,000
Trustees of Dartmouth College · Hanover, NH · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$50,000
Trustees of Dartmouth College · Hanover, NH · 2024
Dartmouth Annual Fund
$50,000
Trustees of Dartmouth College · Hanover, NH · 2024
Annual Fund
$50,000
Trustees of Dartmouth College · Hanover, NH · 2024
Dartmouth College Fund
$50,000
Debbie Allen Dance · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
DAMS Scholarship fund
$50,000
Filling in the Blanks · Norwalk, CT · 2023
The mobile Pantry fund
$50,000
Human Rights Campaign Foundation · Washington, DC · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$50,000
Pittsburgh Foundation · Pittsburgh, PA · 2023
August Wilson House fund
$50,000
Trustees of Dartmouth College · Hanover, NH · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$50,000
Center for Reproductive Rights · New York, NY · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$50,000
John F Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts · Washington, DC · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$50,000
National Network of Abortion Funds · New York City, NY · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$50,000
Pittsburgh Foundation · Pittsburgh, PA · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$50,000
Trustees of Dartmouth College · Hanover, NH · 2022
Dartmouth College Fund
$28,800
Filling in the Blanks · Norwalk, CT · 2023
October Mobile Food Pantry fund
$26,800
Filling in the Blanks · Norwalk, CT · 2023
Charitable Event
$26,550
Filling in the Blanks · Norwalk, CT · 2024
December Mobile Pantry Fund
$25,000
Beyond 12 Education · Oakland, CA · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$25,000
Chloe and Maud Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$25,000
Greens Farms Academy · Westport, CT · 2024
Annual Fund
$25,000
Human Rights Campaign Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$25,000
Smithsonian Institution · Boston, MA · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$25,000
Trustees of Dartmouth College · Hanover, NH · 2024
Presidential Travel Account
$25,000
Beyond 12 Education · Oakland, CA · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$25,000
Chloe and Maud Foundation · Washington, DC · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$25,000
Smithsonian Institution · Boston, MA · 2023
General Support Fund/Living History Campaign
$25,000
Chloe and Maud Foundation · Washington, DC · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$18,575
Westport Country Playhouse · Westport, CT · 2024
Playhouse Playmakers Program
$15,000
A Better Chance of Westport · Westport, CT · 2024
Charitable Event
$15,000
Colorectal Cancer Alliance · Washington, DC · 2024
Charitable Event
$15,000
A Better Chance of Westport · Westport, CT · 2023
Charitable Event
$10,000
Filling in the Blanks · Norwalk, CT · 2024
Charitable Event
$10,000
Glaad · Pasadena, CA · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$10,000
Jewish Family Service of Los Angeles · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Charitable Event
$10,000
Sesame Workshop · New York, NY · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$10,000
Westport Library Assoc · Westport, CT · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$10,000
Westport Rotary Club Foundation · Westport, CT · 2024
Charitable Event
$10,000
Friends of the Levitt Pavilion · Westport, CT · 2023
Summer Series fund
$10,000
Greens Farms Academy · Westport, CT · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$10,000
Mercy Learning Center of Bridgeport Incorporated · Bridgeport, CT · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$10,000
The Southport School · Southport, CT · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$10,000
The Studio Museum in Harlem · New York, NY · 2023
Charitable Event
$10,000
Westport Country Playhouse · Westport, CT · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$10,000
American Film Institute · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$10,000
Greens Farms Academy · Westport, CT · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$10,000
Jewish Family Service of Los Angeles · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$10,000
The Southport School · Southport, CT · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$10,000
Tides Center · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Children's Action Network
$10,000
Town of Westport · Westport, CT · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$10,000
Westport Library Association · Westport, NY · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$5,250
Debbie Allen Dance · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
curriculum and accreditation work for DAMS fund
$5,000
The Southport School · Southport, CT · 2024
Charitable Event
$5,000
Friends of the Westport Center for Senior Activiti · Westport, CT · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$5,000
Greens Farms Academy · Westport, CT · 2023
Charitable Event
$5,000
Harlem Junior Tennis and Education Program · New York, NY · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$5,000
The Studio Museum in Harlem · New York, NY · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$500
Moca Westport · Westport, CT · 2023
General & Unrestricted

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