Funding search · EIN 454027960 · Washington, DC
Trellis Charitable Fund
A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.
- 47
- grants reported
- $11.3M
- total given
- 2022–2024
- filing years
- $200,000
- 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.
- Human Rights Watch4 grants · $2.4M
- Pulitzer Center On Crisis Reporting4 grants · $1.3M
- American Civil Liberities Union2 grants · $1.2M
- Children'S Law Center3 grants · $950,000
- Center for Reproductive Rights3 grants · $950,000
- National Gallery of Art3 grants · $800,000
- The Marshall Project3 grants · $750,000
- Fund for Global Human Rights4 grants · $707,500
- Propublica3 grants · $700,000
- Global Witness Foundation3 grants · $600,000
Giving over time
Grant history
All 47 reported grants, largest first.
- $1.0M
American Civil Liberities Union · Washington, DC · 2024
General support
- $750,000
Children'S Law Center · Washington, DC · 2024
General support
- $750,000
Human Rights Watch · New York, NY · 2024
General support
- $750,000
Human Rights Watch · New York, NY · 2023
General support and women's rights
- $600,000
Human Rights Watch · New York, NY · 2022
General support
- $500,000
Pulitzer Center On Crisis Reporting · Washington, DC · 2023
General support and endowment fnd
- $500,000
Pulitzer Center On Crisis Reporting · Washington, DC · 2022
General support and endowment fnd
- $400,000
National Gallery of Art · Landover, MD · 2024
General support
- $350,000
Center for Reproductive Rights · New York, NY · 2024
General support
- $350,000
Weizmann Institute of Science · 2022
General support
- $300,000
The Marshall Project · New York, NY · 2024
General support
- $300,000
Center for Reproductive Rights · New York, NY · 2023
General support
- $300,000
The Marshall Project · New York, NY · 2023
General support
- $300,000
Center for Reproductive Rights · New York, NY · 2022
General support
- $300,000
Fund for Global Human Rights · Washington, DC · 2022
General support
- $250,000
Propublica · New York, NY · 2024
General support
- $250,000
Pulitzer Center On Crisis Reporting · Washington, DC · 2024
General support and endowment fnd
- $250,000
Propublica · New York, NY · 2023
General support
- $250,000
Human Rights Watch · New York, NY · 2022
General support and women's rights
- $200,000
Fund for Global Human Rights · Washington, DC · 2024
General support
- $200,000
Global Witness Foundation · Palo Alto, CA · 2024
General support
- $200,000
Mann Deshi Foundation · 2024
General support
- $200,000
American Civil Liberities Union · Washington, DC · 2023
General support
- $200,000
Fund for Global Human Rights · Washington, DC · 2023
General support
- $200,000
Global Witness Foundation · Palo Alto, CA · 2023
General support
- $200,000
National Gallery of Art · Landover, MD · 2023
General support
- $200,000
Global Witness Foundation · Palo Alto, CA · 2022
General support
- $200,000
National Gallery of Art · Landover, MD · 2022
General support
- $200,000
Propublica · New York, NY · 2022
General support
- $150,000
The Marshall Project · New York, NY · 2022
General support
- $100,000
Children'S Law Center · Washington, DC · 2023
General support
- $100,000
Mann Deshi Foundation · 2023
General support
- $100,000
Children'S Law Center · Washington, DC · 2022
General support
- $75,000
The 19th News · Austin, TX · 2024
General support
- $50,000
Smithsonian American Art Muesum · Washington, DC · 2024
General support
- $50,000
Pulitzer Center On Crisis Reporting · Washington, DC · 2022
General support and endowment fnd
- $30,000
International Center of Photography · New York, NY · 2024
General support
- $30,000
Global Justice Center · New York, NY · 2022
General support
- $25,000
Global Justice Center · New York, NY · 2024
General support
- $25,000
Global Justice Center · New York, NY · 2023
General support
- $25,000
Smithsonian American Art Muesum · Washington, DC · 2023
General support
- $20,000
Creative Visions Foundation · Malibu, CA · 2022
General support
- $15,000
University of Florida Foundation · Gainesville, FL · 2024
General support
- $10,000
Magnum Foundation · New York, NY · 2024
General support
- $10,000
University of Florida Foundation · Gainesville, FL · 2022
General support
- $7,500
Fund for Global Human Rights · Washington, DC · 2023
General support
- $3,000
Woodly House · Washington, DC · 2024
General support
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