Funding search · EIN 770669399 · New Hope, PA

The Sprocket Foundation

Name: The Sprocket Foundation grants, 2022–2023
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.

50
grants reported: $4.0M
total given: 2022–2023
filing years: $50,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2023. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

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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.

Borealis Philanthropy2 grants · $550,000
Proteus Fund2 grants · $470,000
Common Counsel Foundation2 grants · $330,000
Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs2 grants · $310,000
Groundswell Fund2 grants · $220,000
Tides Foundation2 grants · $200,000
The Praxis Project2 grants · $190,000
Bread & Roses2 grants · $170,000
Trans Queer Pueblo2 grants · $150,000
Families for Justice Healing2 grants · $135,000

Giving over time

$2.0M

2022

$2.0M

2023

Grant history

All 50 reported grants, largest first.

$275,000
Borealis Philanthropy · Minneapolis, MN · 2023
Unrestricted charitable grant
$275,000
Borealis Philanthropy · Minneapolis, MN · 2022
To fund recipient's operating activities
$235,000
Proteus Fund · Amherst, MA · 2023
Unrestricted charitable grant
$235,000
Proteus Fund · Amherst, MA · 2022
To fund recipient's operating activities
$165,000
Common Counsel Foundation · Oakland, CA · 2023
Unrestricted charitable grant
$165,000
Common Counsel Foundation · Oakland, CA · 2022
To fund recipient's operating activities
$155,000
Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs · Calabasas, CA · 2023
Unrestricted charitable grant
$155,000
Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs · Calabasas, CA · 2022
To fund recipient's operating activities
$110,000
Groundswell Fund · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
Unrestricted charitable grant
$110,000
Groundswell Fund · Brooklyn, NY · 2022
To fund recipient's operating activities
$100,000
The Praxis Project · Oakland, CA · 2023
Unrestricted charitable grant
$100,000
Tides Foundation · New York, NY · 2023
Unrestricted charitable grant
$100,000
Tides Foundation · New York, NY · 2022
To fund recipient's operating activities
$90,000
The Praxis Project · Oakland, CA · 2022
To fund recipient's operating activities
$85,000
Bread & Roses · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
Unrestricted charitable grant
$85,000
Bread & Roses · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
To fund recipient's operating activities
$75,000
Trans Queer Pueblo · Phoenix, AZ · 2023
Unrestricted charitable grant
$75,000
Trans Queer Pueblo · Phoenix, AZ · 2022
To fund recipient's operating activities
$70,000
Families for Justice Healing · Roxbory, MA · 2023
Unrestricted charitable grant
$65,000
Families for Justice Healing · Roxbory, MA · 2022
To fund recipient's operating activities
$60,000
Defending Rights and Dissent · Washington, DC · 2023
Unrestricted charitable grant
$55,000
Faith for Justice · Saint Louis, MO · 2023
Unrestricted charitable grant
$55,000
Mano Amiga · Oak Park Heights, MN · 2023
Unrestricted charitable grant
$55,000
Movement Alliance Project · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
Unrestricted charitable grant
$50,000
Amistad Law Project · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
Unrestricted charitable grant
$50,000
Astraea Foundation · New York, NY · 2023
Unrestricted charitable grant
$50,000
Pillars of the Community · San Diego, CA · 2023
Unrestricted charitable grant
$50,000
Amistad Law Project · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
To fund recipient's operating activities
$50,000
Astraea Foundation · New York, NY · 2022
To fund recipient's operating activities
$50,000
Defending Rights and Dissent · Washington, DC · 2022
To fund recipient's operating activities
$50,000
Greater Birmingham Ministries · Birmingham, AL · 2022
To fund recipient's operating activities
$50,000
Mano Amiga · Oak Park Heights, MN · 2022
To fund recipient's operating activities
$50,000
Movement Alliance Project · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
To fund recipient's operating activities
$50,000
Pillars of the Community · San Diego, CA · 2022
To fund recipient's operating activities
$40,000
Muslim Justice League · Boston, MA · 2023
Unrestricted charitable grant
$40,000
Organizing Black · Baltimore, MD · 2023
Unrestricted charitable grant
$40,000
Texas Jail Project · Cypress, TX · 2023
Unrestricted charitable grant
$40,000
Faith for Justice · Saint Louis, MO · 2022
To fund recipient's operating activities
$40,000
Public Justice Center Omc · Baltimore, MD · 2022
To fund recipient's operating activities
$40,000
Texas Jail Project · Cypress, TX · 2022
To fund recipient's operating activities
$35,000
Maine Initiatives · Portland, ME · 2023
Unrestricted charitable grant
$35,000
Raham · Detroit, MI · 2023
Unrestricted charitable grant
$35,000
Maine Initiatives · Portland, ME · 2022
To fund recipient's operating activities
$30,000
Clean Air Coalition of Western New York · Buffalo, NY · 2023
Unrestricted charitable grant
$30,000
Collective Action for Safe Place · Washington, DC · 2023
Unrestricted charitable grant
$30,000
Collective Action for Safe Place · Washington, DC · 2022
To fund recipient's operating activities
$30,000
Muslim Justice League · Boston, MA · 2022
To fund recipient's operating activities
$30,000
Raham · Detroit, MI · 2022
To fund recipient's operating activities
$25,000
Greater Birmingham Ministries · Birmingham, AL · 2023
Unrestricted charitable grant
$25,000
Clean Air Coalition of Western New York · Buffalo, NY · 2022
To fund recipient's operating activities

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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.