Funding search · EIN 133212724 · New York, NY

Trust for Mutual Understanding

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

117
grants reported
$4.7M
total given
2023–2024
filing years
$25,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20232024. 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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Top recipients

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  • Cec Artslink5 grants · $644,800
  • Residency Unlimited3 grants · $517,800
  • The Ocean Foundation6 grants · $345,817
  • Movement Research4 grants · $281,000
  • Earth Island Institute3 grants · $212,000
  • Center for International Theatre Development2 grants · $185,000
  • The Young Visual Artists Award Program in 20241 grant · $173,000
  • Mongol Ecology Center2 grants · $130,000
  • Cultural Survival2 grants · $105,000
  • Double Edge Theatre2 grants · $100,500

Giving over time

$2.5M
2023
$2.1M
2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 117 grants.

  • $388,500

    Cec Artslink · New York, NY · 2023

    General support

  • $349,800

    Residency Unlimited · Brooklyn, NY · 2023

    General support

  • $221,000

    Movement Research · New York, NY · 2023

    General support

  • $195,112

    The Ocean Foundation · Washington, DC · 2023

    General support

  • $173,000

    The Young Visual Artists Award Program in 2024 · Miami, FL · 2024

    General support

  • $144,000

    Residency Unlimited · Brooklyn, NY · 2024

    General support

  • $115,000

    Cec Artslink · New York, NY · 2024

    General support

  • $95,000

    Center for International Theatre Development · Baltimore, MD · 2023

    General support

  • $90,000

    Center for International Theatre Development · Baltimore, MD · 2024

    General support

  • $87,000

    Earth Island Institute · Berkley, CA · 2023

    General support

  • $85,000

    Mongol Ecology Center · Tucson, AZ · 2023

    General support

  • $80,000

    Earth Island Institute · Berkley, CA · 2024

    General support

  • $80,000

    Cultural Survival · Cambridge, MA · 2023

    General support

  • $70,500

    Double Edge Theatre · Ashfield, MA · 2023

    General support

  • $63,800

    Cec Artslink · New York, NY · 2024

    General support

  • $62,500

    Cec Artslink · New York, NY · 2024

    General support

  • $62,200

    Winterhouse Institute · Brooklyn, NY · 2023

    General support

  • $60,000

    La Mama Etc · New York, NY · 2023

    General support

  • $55,555

    The Ocean Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024

    General support

  • $50,000

    Earthcorps · Seattle, WA · 2024

    General support

  • $50,000

    Environmental Law Alliance Worldwide · Eugene, OR · 2024

    General support

  • $50,000

    Earthcorps · Seattle, WA · 2023

    General support

  • $45,000

    Earth Island Institute · Berkley, CA · 2024

    General support

  • $45,000

    Mongol Ecology Center · Tucson, AZ · 2024

    General support

  • $45,000

    Wildlife Conservation Society · Bronx, NY · 2023

    General support

  • $42,000

    Knights of Indulgence Theatre US · Santa Rose, CA · 2023

    General support

  • $40,000

    Drama League of New York · New York, NY · 2024

    General support

  • $40,000

    International Theatre Development · Baltimore, MD · 2024

    General support

  • $40,000

    Partnerships for Nature · Bainbridge Island, WA · 2024

    General support

  • $40,000

    The Living Desert Zoo and Gardens · Palm Desert, CA · 2024

    General support

  • $40,000

    Wild Salmon Center · Portland, OR · 2024

    General support

  • $40,000

    Beth Morrison Projects · Brooklyn, NY · 2023

    General support

  • $40,000

    Drama League of New York · New York, NY · 2023

    General support

  • $40,000

    Foundation for Contemporary Arts · New York, NY · 2023

    General support

  • $40,000

    Partnerships for Nature · Bainbridge Island, WA · 2023

    General support

  • $40,000

    The Living Desert Zoo and Gardens · Palm Desert, CA · 2023

    General support

  • $35,000

    Blackfoot Challenge · Ovando, MT · 2024

    General support

  • $35,000

    Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation · Baltimore, MD · 2024

    General support

  • $35,000

    Alaska Conservation Foundation · Anchorage, AK · 2023

    General support

  • $35,000

    Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation · Baltimore, MD · 2023

    General support

  • $35,000

    My Balkans · New York, NY · 2023

    General support

  • $35,000

    Transcaucasian Trail Association · Washington, DC · 2023

    General support

  • $33,500

    The Ocean Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024

    General support

  • $31,037

    Waxfactory · New York, NY · 2023

    General support

  • $30,000

    Double Edge Theatre · Ashfield, MA · 2024

    General support

  • $30,000

    Emerson College · Boston, MA · 2024

    General support

  • $30,000

    Friends of Conservation Carpathia in the United States · Durham, NC · 2024

    General support

  • $30,000

    Theater Grottesco North America · Santa Fe, NM · 2024

    General support

  • $30,000

    Tri314 Multidisciplinary Visual Performances · Brooklyn, NY · 2024

    General support

  • $30,000

    University of Wisconsin · Madison, WI · 2024

    General support

  • $30,000

    Waxfactory · New York, NY · 2024

    General support

  • $30,000

    Wild Sheep Foundation · Bozeman, MT · 2024

    General support

  • $30,000

    Butterfly Pavilion · Westminster, CO · 2023

    General support

  • $30,000

    Inclusive Development International · Asheville, NC · 2023

    General support

  • $30,000

    Northeast Document Conservation · Andover, MA · 2023

    General support

  • $30,000

    The Snow Leopard Trust · Seattle, WA · 2023

    General support

  • $28,000

    The Ocean Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024

    General support

  • $25,000

    Afterimage Public Media · San Francisco, CA · 2024

    General support

  • $25,000

    Association of American Geographers · Washington, DC · 2024

    General support

  • $25,000

    Center for Large Landscape Conservation · Bozeman, MT · 2024

    General support

  • $25,000

    Clockshop · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

    General support

  • $25,000

    Cultural Survival · Cambridge, MA · 2024

    General support

  • $25,000

    La Mama Etc · New York, NY · 2024

    General support

  • $25,000

    Movement Research · New York, NY · 2024

    General support

  • $25,000

    Clockshop · Los Angeles, CA · 2023

    General support

  • $25,000

    Culturehub · New York, NY · 2023

    General support

  • $25,000

    Gaspard&Dancers · Durham, NC · 2023

    General support

  • $24,842

    International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs · 2024

    General support

  • $24,000

    Residency Unlimited · Brooklyn, NY · 2024

    General support

  • $22,500

    The Ocean Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024

    General support

  • $22,490

    Performance Zone · New York, NY · 2023

    General support

  • $22,000

    Crude Accountability Incorporated · Linden, VA · 2024

    General support

  • $20,000

    Center for Large Landscape Conservation · Bozeman, MT · 2024

    General support

  • $20,000

    Headlands Center for the Arts · Sausalito, CA · 2024

    General support

  • $20,000

    Movement Research · New York, NY · 2024

    General support

  • $20,000

    President and Fellows of Harvard College · Cambridge, MA · 2024

    General support

  • $20,000

    Zoo New England · Boston, MA · 2024

    General support

  • $20,000

    New York Live Arts · New York, NY · 2023

    General support

  • $18,100

    Winterhouse Institute · Brooklyn, NY · 2024

    General support

  • $18,000

    Philadelphia Dance Projects · Philadelphia, PA · 2023

    General support

  • $16,000

    American Prairie Reserve · Bozeman, MT · 2023

    General support

  • $15,000

    Academy of Bosnia and Herzegovina · Woodside, NY · 2024

    General support

  • $15,000

    Alma On Dobbin · Brooklyn, NY · 2024

    General support

  • $15,000

    Cec Artslink · New York, NY · 2024

    General support

  • $15,000

    Elaine Summers Experimental Intermedia Foundation · New York, NY · 2024

    General support

  • $15,000

    Foundation Earth · Washington, DC · 2024

    General support

  • $15,000

    Movement Research · New York, NY · 2024

    General support

  • $15,000

    Waxfactory · New York, NY · 2024

    General support

  • $15,000

    Elaine Summers Experimental Intermedia Foundation · New York, NY · 2023

    General support

  • $15,000

    Headlands Center for the Arts · Sausalito, CA · 2023

    General support

  • $15,000

    Peacedale Global Arts · New York, NY · 2023

    General support

  • $14,000

    So Percussion · Brooklyn, NY · 2023

    General support

  • $12,000

    International Theatre Development · Baltimore, MD · 2024

    General support

  • $12,000

    Siti Company · New York, NY · 2023

    General support

  • $11,150

    The Ocean Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024

    General support

  • $10,500

    Regents of the University of California Merced · Merced, CA · 2024

    General support

  • $10,000

    Gaspard&Dancers · Durham, NC · 2024

    General support

  • $10,000

    Third Coast Percussion Nfp · Chicago, IL · 2024

    General support

  • $10,000

    Yale University · New Haven, CT · 2024

    General support

  • $10,000

    Academy of Bosnia and Herzegovina · Woodside, NY · 2023

    General support

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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.