Funding search · EIN 871857729 · Chicago, IL
Screen Door Philanthropies
A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.
- 40
- grants reported
- $310,000
- total given
- 2023–2024
- filing years
- $8,000
- median grant
Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2023–2024. 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.
- West Side Center Community Life2 grants · $25,000
- Westchester Land Trust2 grants · $24,750
- College Visions2 grants · $21,750
- Middlesex Hospital2 grants · $20,000
- Hudson Link Higher Ed Prison2 grants · $18,000
- Glsen2 grants · $18,000
- Harlem Academy2 grants · $17,500
- Hopes Door2 grants · $15,500
- Madison Square Park Conservancy2 grants · $15,500
- Pres & Fellos Middlebury Coll1 grant · $15,000
Giving over time
Grant history
All 40 reported grants, largest first.
- $15,000
Pres & Fellos Middlebury Coll · Middlebury, VT · 2024
To further program initiatives
- $15,000
West Side Center Community Life · New York, NY · 2024
To further program initiatives
- $15,000
Westchester Land Trust · Bedford Hills, NY · 2024
To further program initiatives
- $12,500
College Visions · Providence, RI · 2024
To further program initiatives
- $12,500
Community Center of Northern Westchester · Katonah, NY · 2024
To further program initiatives
- $12,500
Family Legal Care · New York, NY · 2024
To further program initiatives
- $12,500
Harlem Academy · New York, NY · 2024
To further program initiatives
- $12,500
Immigrant Justice Corps · New York, NY · 2024
To further program initiatives
- $10,500
Madison Square Park Conservancy · New York, NY · 2024
To further program initiatives
- $10,000
Middlesex Hospital · Middletown, CT · 2024
To further program initiatives
- $10,000
Middlesex Hospital · Middletown, CT · 2023
To further program initiatives
- $10,000
West Side Center Community Life · New York, NY · 2023
To further program initiatives
- $9,750
Westchester Land Trust · Bedford Hills, NY · 2023
To further program initiatives
- $9,250
College Visions · Providence, RI · 2023
To further program initiatives
- $9,000
Glsen · New York, NY · 2024
To further program initiatives
- $9,000
Hudson Link Higher Ed Prison · Ossining, NY · 2024
To further program initiatives
- $9,000
Glsen · New York, NY · 2023
To further program initiatives
- $9,000
Hudson Link Higher Ed Prison · Ossining, NY · 2023
To further program initiatives
- $9,000
Trangender Emergency Fund Ma · Worcester, MA · 2023
To further program initiatives
- $8,000
Hopes Door · Hawthorne, NY · 2024
To further program initiatives
- $8,000
Immigrant Justice Corps · New York, NY · 2023
To further program initiatives
- $7,500
Hopes Door · Hawthorne, NY · 2023
To further program initiatives
- $6,000
Grace Academy · Hartford, CT · 2024
To further program initiatives
- $5,000
Atlantic Marine Conservation Society · Hampton Bays, NY · 2024
To further program initiatives
- $5,000
Madison Ambulance Association · Madison, CT · 2024
To further program initiatives
- $5,000
Neighbors Link · Mount Kisco, NY · 2024
To further program initiatives
- $5,000
Pound Ridge Land Conservancy · Pound Ridge, NY · 2024
To further program initiatives
- $5,000
Atlantic Marine Conservation Society · Hampton Bays, NY · 2023
To further program initiatives
- $5,000
Grace Academy · Hartford, CT · 2023
To further program initiatives
- $5,000
Harlem Academy · New York, NY · 2023
To further program initiatives
- $5,000
Long Island Pine Barrens Society · Wading River, NY · 2023
To further program initiatives
- $5,000
Madison Ambulance Association · Madison, CT · 2023
To further program initiatives
- $5,000
Madison Square Park Conservancy · New York, NY · 2023
To further program initiatives
- $5,000
Middlebury College · Middleburry, VT · 2023
To further program initiatives
- $2,500
Emergency Shelter Partnership · Mount Kisco, NY · 2024
To further program initiatives
- $2,500
Queer Liberation Library · Walpole, MA · 2024
To further program initiatives
- $2,500
Pound Ridge Land Conservancy · Pound Ridge, NY · 2023
To further program initiatives
- $2,000
Community Center of Northern Westchester · Katonah, NY · 2023
To further program initiatives
- $2,000
Emergency Shelter Partnership · Mount Kisco, NY · 2023
To further program initiatives
- $2,000
Neighbors Link · Mount Kisco, NY · 2023
To further program initiatives
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