Funding search · EIN 862577635 · Washington, DC

Telescope Fund

Name: Telescope Fund grants, 2022–2024
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A grantmaking public charity (files IRS Form 990, Schedule I). Charities like this often run real grant programs with application cycles.

167
grants reported: $75.1M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $350,000
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.

One Arizona2 grants · $4.2M
Tides Center2 grants · $2.5M
Alliance for Youth Organizing2 grants · $2.3M
The Recycling Partnership2 grants · $2.2M
Ohio Organizing Collaborative2 grants · $2.1M
Pennsylvania Voice3 grants · $2.1M
Texas Freedom Network Education Fund2 grants · $2.1M
Progeorgia State Table2 grants · $2.0M
Neo Philanthropy2 grants · $1.9M
Alabama Forward2 grants · $1.8M

Giving over time

$29.3M

2022

$35.6M

2023

$10.3M

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 167 grants.

$2.5M
One Arizona · Phoenix, AZ · 2023
Project support
$2.2M
The Recycling Partnership · Washington, DC · 2024
Project support
$1.7M
Florida Rising Together · Miami, FL · 2023
Project support
$1.7M
One Arizona · Phoenix, AZ · 2022
Project support
$1.6M
Tides Center · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Project support
$1.4M
Imagine North Carolina First · Raleigh, NC · 2023
General support
$1.4M
Pennsylvania Voice · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
General support
$1.4M
Ohio Organizing Collaborative · Youngstown, OH · 2023
Project support
$1.3M
New Florida Majority Education Fund · Miami, FL · 2022
Project support
$1.3M
Alliance for Youth Organizing · Washington, DC · 2022
Project support
$1.2M
Progeorgia State Table · Atlanta, GA · 2022
General support
$1.1M
Alabama Forward · Montgomery, AL · 2022
General support
$1.1M
Blueprint North Carolina · Raleigh, NC · 2022
General support
$1.1M
Texas Freedom Network Education Fund · Austin, TX · 2023
General support
$1.1M
Neo Philanthropy · New York, NY · 2022
Project support
$1.1M
Texas Freedom Network Education Fund · Austin, TX · 2022
Project support
$1.0M
We the People Mi · Detroit, MI · 2023
General support
$1.0M
Dreaming Out Loud · Washington, DC · 2024
Project support
$1.0M
Save Ukraine · New York, NY · 2024
Project support
$1.0M
Superhumans Ukraine · Jersey City, NJ · 2024
Project support
$1.0M
Alliance for Youth Organizing · Washington, DC · 2023
Project support
$975,000
Center for Civic Policy · Albuquerque, NM · 2023
General support
$900,000
Neo Philanthropy · New York, NY · 2023
Project support
$900,000
Tides Center · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Project support
$884,000
New Venture Fund · Washington, DC · 2023
Project support
$850,000
New Georgia Project · Atlanta, GA · 2022
General support
$800,000
Isaiah · Saint Paul, MN · 2023
General support
$800,000
Progeorgia State Table · Atlanta, GA · 2023
General support
$800,000
Ohio Organizing Collaborative · Youngstown, OH · 2022
General support
$750,000
Music Will · Montclair, NJ · 2023
Project support
$750,000
Foundation for the Mid South · Jackson, MS · 2022
Project support
$700,000
Feed the Children · Oklahoma City, OK · 2024
General support
$700,000
Amalgamated Charitable Foundation · Washington, DC · 2023
Project support
$700,000
Asian Americans Advancing Justice Atlanta · Norcross, GA · 2023
General support
$700,000
Cal Ripken Sr Foundation · Baltimore, MD · 2023
Project support
$680,000
Florida Atlantic University Foundation · Boca Raton, FL · 2024
Project support
$650,000
Alabama Forward · Montgomery, AL · 2023
Project support
$650,000
We Are Down Home · Greensboro, NC · 2023
General support
$650,000
Faith in Florida · Orlando, FL · 2022
General support
$600,000
Dions Chicago Dream Inc Nfp · Chicago, IL · 2024
Project support
$600,000
Mississippi Votes · Jackson, MS · 2023
General support
$600,000
Texas Organizing Project Education Fund · San Antonio, TX · 2023
General support
$600,000
Center for Civic Policy · Albuquerque, NM · 2022
General support
$600,000
Pennsylvania Voice · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
General support
$600,000
Promote the Vote Fund · Lansing, MI · 2022
General support
$550,000
Ole Education Fund · Albuquerque, NM · 2023
General support
$550,000
Activate 48 Education Fund · Phoenix, AZ · 2022
General support
$550,000
Arizona Center for Empowerment · Phoenix, AZ · 2022
General support
$550,000
Democracy North Carolina · Morrisville, NC · 2022
General support
$500,000
Arbor Day Foundation · Lincoln, NE · 2024
Project support
$500,000
Florida Rights Restoration Coalition · Orlando, FL · 2023
General support
$500,000
Law Forward · Madison, WI · 2023
General support
$500,000
Power Coalition for Equity and Justice · New Orleans, LA · 2023
General support
$500,000
Progressive Leadership Alliance of Nevada · Las Vegas, NV · 2023
General support
$500,000
Promote the Vote Fund · Lansing, MI · 2023
General support
$500,000
State Voices · Washington, DC · 2023
Project support
$500,000
Asian Americans Advancing Justice Atlanta · Norcross, GA · 2022
General support
$500,000
Texas Organizing Project Education Fund · San Antonio, TX · 2022
General support
$450,000
Isaiah · Saint Paul, MN · 2022
General support
$450,000
Voice of the Experienced · New Orleans, LA · 2022
General support
$430,000
Freedom · Madison, WI · 2022
General support
$400,000
Activate 48 Education Fund · Phoenix, AZ · 2023
General support
$400,000
Democracy North Carolina · Morrisville, NC · 2023
General support
$400,000
Faith in Florida · Orlando, FL · 2023
General support
$400,000
Forward Justice · Morrisville, NC · 2023
General support
$400,000
Freedom · Madison, WI · 2023
General support
$400,000
Naeva · Albuquerque, NM · 2023
General support
$400,000
New Georgia Project · Atlanta, GA · 2023
General support
$400,000
Voces De La Frontera · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
General support
$400,000
Florida Rights Restoration Coalition · Orlando, FL · 2022
General support
$400,000
Galeo Latino Community Development Fund · Atlanta, GA · 2022
General support
$400,000
Georgia Latino Alliance for Human Rights · Atlanta, GA · 2022
General support
$400,000
Law Forward · Madison, WI · 2022
General support
$400,000
Mississippi Votes · Jackson, MS · 2022
General support
$400,000
Ole Education Fund · Albuquerque, NM · 2022
General support
$400,000
Voces De La Frontera · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
General support
$400,000
We Are Down Home · Greensboro, NC · 2022
General support
$375,000
Gvngorg · Beverley Hills, CA · 2023
Project support
$350,000
Arizona Center for Empowerment · Phoenix, AZ · 2023
General support
$350,000
Georgia Alliance Education Fund · Atlanta, GA · 2023
General support
$350,000
Make the Road States · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
General support
$350,000
Nm Comunidades En Accion Y De Fe · Las Cruces, NM · 2023
General support
$350,000
North Carolina Asian Americans Together · Raleigh, NC · 2023
General support
$350,000
North Carolina Black Alliance · Raleigh, NC · 2023
General support
$350,000
Scholarship America · Minneapolis, MN · 2023
General support
$350,000
Takeaction Minnesota Education Fund · St Paul, MN · 2023
General support
$350,000
Vote · New Orleans, LA · 2023
General support
$350,000
Make the Road States · Brooklyn, NY · 2022
General support
$350,000
New Virginia Majority Education Fund · Alexandria, VA · 2022
General support
$350,000
State Voices · Washington, DC · 2022
Project support
$350,000
Takeaction Minnesota Education Fund · St Paul, MN · 2022
General support
$350,000
We the People Mi · Detroit, MI · 2022
General support
$300,000
Georgia Latino Alliance for Human Rights · Atlanta, GA · 2023
General support
$300,000
Virginia New Majority Education Fund · Alexandria, VA · 2023
General support
$300,000
Women With a Vision · New Orleans, LA · 2023
General support
$300,000
Forward Justice · Morrisville, NC · 2022
General support
$300,000
Instituto Lab · Phoenix, AZ · 2022
General support
$300,000
Mothering Justice · Detroit, MI · 2022
General support
$300,000
Nc a Philip Randolph Institute · Raleigh, NC · 2022
General support
$300,000
North Carolina Asian Americans Together · Raleigh, NC · 2022
General support

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Source: IRS Form 990, Schedule I, as filed by this organization. These are grants already paid. Grants paid directly to individuals are reported to the IRS only as totals, so they do not appear as named lines here.