Funding search · EIN 133230154 · Lake Success, NY

Sonya Staff Foundation

Name: Sonya Staff 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.

42
grants reported: $794,000
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $15,000
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

education research youth legal documentaries prison civil domestic

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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

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

Correctional Association of Ny3 grants · $90,000
Ophelia Media Films3 grants · $85,000
Human Rights Defense Center3 grants · $76,000
Redwood Justice Fund - Prison Radio Project3 grants · $70,000
California Council for Veterans Affairs - Constructing Whiteness3 grants · $70,000
Freedom Archives2 grants · $50,000
Center for Transformative Actionprisoner Express3 grants · $50,000
Health Global Access Project1 grant · $50,000
Social and Environmental Entrepeneurs- Releasing Aging Prisoners Project2 grants · $40,000
Rosenberg Fund for Children2 grants · $35,000

Giving over time

$228,000

2022

$350,000

2023

$216,000

2024

Grant history

All 42 reported grants, largest first.

$50,000
California Council for Veterans Affairs - Constructing Whiteness · Atlanta, GA · 2024
Funding for education and research.
$50,000
Health Global Access Project · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
Funding for health related education and research.
$50,000
Correctional Association of Ny · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
Funding for education and research.
$50,000
Redwood Justice Fund - Prison Radio Project · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Funding for education and civil rights.
$35,000
Human Rights Defense Center · Lake Worth, FL · 2023
Funding for education and legal research.
$31,000
Human Rights Defense Center · Lake Worth, FL · 2022
Funding for education and legal research.
$30,000
Ophelia Media Films · Macon, GA · 2024
Funding for documentaries and education.
$30,000
Ophelia Media Films · Macon, GA · 2023
Funding for documentaries and education.
$25,000
Freedom Archives · Berkeley, CA · 2023
Funding for research and preservation.
$25,000
Social and Environmental Entrepeneurs- Releasing Aging Prisoners Project · Calabasas, CA · 2023
Funding for education and research.
$25,000
The City · New York, NY · 2023
Funding for operations
$25,000
Women & Justice Project Tides Center · Jackson Heights, NY · 2023
Funding for legal services for victims of domestic violence.
$25,000
Correctional Association of Ny · Brooklyn, NY · 2022
Funding for education and research.
$25,000
Freedom Archives · Berkeley, CA · 2022
Funding for research and preservation.
$25,000
Ophelia Media Films · Macon, GA · 2022
Funding for documentaries and education.
$20,000
Center for Transformative Actionprisoner Express · Ithaca, NY · 2023
Funding for prison education programs.
$20,000
Rosenberg Fund for Children · East Hampton, MA · 2023
Funding for education and youth programs.
$20,000
Center for Transformative Actionprisoner Express · Ithaca, NY · 2022
Funding for education.
$15,000
Correctional Association of Ny · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
Funding for education and research.
$15,000
Brooklyn Law School - Survivors Justice Project · Brooklyn, NY · 2022
Funding for legal services for victims of domestic violence.
$15,000
Rosenberg Fund for Children · East Hampton, MA · 2022
Funding for education and youth programs.
$15,000
Social and Environmental Entrepeneurs- Releasing Aging Prisoners Project · Calabasas, CA · 2022
Funding for education and research.
$14,000
Worker'S Circle · New York, NY · 2022
Funding for education and youth programs.
$10,000
Artist Alliance · New York, NY · 2024
Funding for education - creation of websites
$10,000
Center for Transformative Actionprisoner Express · Ithaca, NY · 2024
Funding for prison education programs.
$10,000
Human Rights Defense Center · Lake Worth, FL · 2024
Funding for education and legal research.
$10,000
Nc Survivors Union · Greensboro, NC · 2024
Funding for legal education.
$10,000
Redwood Justice Fund - Prison Radio Project · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Funding for education and civil rights.
$10,000
Women & Justice Project Tides Center · Jackson Heights, NY · 2024
Funding for legal services for victims of domestic violence.
$10,000
A Candle for Ursula · Englewood, CO · 2023
Funding for documentaries and education.
$10,000
California Council for Veterans Affairs - Constructing Whiteness · Atlanta, GA · 2023
Funding for education and research.
$10,000
Worker'S Circle · New York, NY · 2023
Funding for education and youth programs.
$10,000
California Council for Veterans Affairs - Constructing Whiteness · Atlanta, GA · 2022
Funding for education and research.
$10,000
Redwood Justice Fund - Prison Radio Project · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Funding for education and civil rights.
$10,000
Women Making Movies · New York, NY · 2022
Funding for education and movie making.
$9,000
Irondale Productions · Brooklyn, NY · 2022
Funding for youth in theater.
$8,000
Nyc Books Through Bars · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
Funding for prison education resources.
$7,000
Irondale Productions · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
Funding for youth in theater.
$5,000
Irondale Productions · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
Funding for youth in theater.
$5,000
Worker'S Circle · New York, NY · 2024
Funding for education and youth programs.
$4,000
Nyc Books Through Bars · Brooklyn, NY · 2022
Funding for prison education resources.
$1,000
Certain Days · Buffalo, NY · 2024
Funding for education and calendar production.

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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.