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 2023–2024. 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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Top recipients
Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.
- 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
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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