Funding search · EIN 133711340 · New York, NY

Vital Projects Fund

Name: Vital Projects Fund grants, 2022–2025
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.

467
grants reported: $61.3M
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $75,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2025. 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.

Proteus Fund4 grants · $11.2M
Community Funds2 grants · $4.8M
Chef Ann Foundation4 grants · $1.9M
Louisiana Parole Project3 grants · $1.5M
Texas Defender Service4 grants · $1.4M
Yale University4 grants · $1.0M
Civil Rights Corps2 grants · $910,000
Mitchell Hamline School of Law4 grants · $846,000
New York Presbyterian Hospital1 grant · $825,000
Duke University4 grants · $788,000

Giving over time

$14.8M

2022

$15.7M

2023

$15.1M

2024

$15.6M

2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 467 grants.

$3.9M
Community Funds · New York, NY · 2025
General support
$3.5M
Proteus Fund · Amherst, MA · 2024
General support
$2.8M
Proteus Fund · Amherst, MA · 2025
General support
$2.7M
Proteus Fund · Amherst, MA · 2023
General support
$2.2M
Proteus Fund · Amherst, MA · 2022
General support
$1.3M
Chef Ann Foundation · Boulder, CO · 2025
General support
$900,000
Community Funds · New York, NY · 2024
General support
$825,000
New York Presbyterian Hospital · New York, NY · 2022
General support
$675,000
New York Presbyterian Hospital - Weill Cornell Medical School · New York, NY · 2023
General support
$560,000
Civil Rights Corps · Washington, DC · 2023
General support
$550,000
Louisiana Parole Project · Baton Rouge, LA · 2024
General support
$500,000
Association for the Public Defender of Maryland · Baltimore, MD · 2025
General support
$500,000
Louisiana Parole Project · Baton Rouge, LA · 2023
General support
$470,000
Louisiana Parole Project · Baton Rouge, LA · 2025
General support
$415,000
Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York, NY · 2022
General support
$400,000
Texas Defender Service · Houston, TX · 2025
General support
$397,000
Portland Institute for Contempory Art · Portland, OR · 2023
General support
$391,000
Yale University · New Haven, CT · 2024
General support
$375,000
Investigative Reports & Editors · Columbia, MO · 2022
General support
$350,000
Civil Rights Corps · Washington, DC · 2025
General support
$350,000
Texas Defender Service · Houston, TX · 2024
General support
$350,000
Texas Defender Service · Houston, TX · 2022
General support
$340,000
Duke University · Durham, NC · 2024
General support
$325,000
Seattle Celemency Project · Seattle, WA · 2024
General support
$300,000
Texas Defender Service · Houston, TX · 2023
General support
$300,000
Tulane University · New Orleans, LA · 2023
General support
$300,000
Tulane University · New Orleans, LA · 2022
General support
$300,000
University of San Francisco · San Francisco, CA · 2022
General support
$285,000
Louisiana Parole Project · Baton Rouge, LA · 2022
General support
$282,000
Investigative Reporters and Editors · Columbia, MO · 2023
General support
$262,000
Hopewell Fund · Washington, DC · 2024
General support
$260,000
Tides Center · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
General support
$250,000
Chef Ann Foundation · Boulder, CO · 2024
General support
$250,000
City Harvest · New York, NY · 2023
General support
$250,000
City Harvest · New York, NY · 2022
General support
$246,000
Mitchell Hamline School of Law · St Paul, MN · 2023
General support
$242,000
The Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York, NY · 2023
General support
$235,000
Association for the Public Defender of Maryland · Baltimore, MD · 2023
General support
$230,000
Mitchell Hamline School of Law · St Paul, MN · 2025
General support
$230,000
Mitchell Hamline School of Law · St Paul, MN · 2024
General support
$225,000
Aclu of Michigan Foundation · Detroit, MI · 2024
General support
$225,000
National Advocates for Pregnant Women · New York, NY · 2024
General support
$225,000
Brain & Behavior Research Fdn · New York, NY · 2023
General support
$225,000
Yale University · New Haven, CT · 2023
General support
$225,000
Brain & Behavior Research Fdn · New York, NY · 2022
General support
$225,000
International Documentary Assoc · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
General support
$225,000
Yale University · New Haven, CT · 2022
General support
$210,000
Aclu of Michigan Foundation · Detroit, MI · 2025
General support
$210,000
Tides Center · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
General support
$206,000
Duke University · Durham, NC · 2025
General support
$200,000
Arizona Capital Representation Project · Tucson, AZ · 2025
General support
$200,000
The Political Report · Washington, DC · 2025
General support
$200,000
Healing Advocacy Fund · Portland, OR · 2024
General support
$200,000
Rights Behind Bars · Washington, DC · 2024
General support
$200,000
The Political Report · Washington, DC · 2024
General support
$200,000
Drug Policy Alliance · New York, NY · 2023
General support
$200,000
Museum of Modern Art · Manhattan, NY · 2023
General support
$200,000
Rights Behind Bars · Washington, DC · 2023
General support
$200,000
Safe and Just Michigan · Lansing, MI · 2023
General support
$200,000
The Political Report · Washington, DC · 2023
General support
$200,000
Aclu Foundation · New York, NY · 2022
General support
$200,000
Habitat for Humanity New York City · New York, NY · 2022
General support
$200,000
Hopewell Fund · Washington, DC · 2022
General support
$200,000
Museum of Modern Art · Manhattan, NY · 2022
General support
$200,000
National Advocates for Pregnant Women · New York, NY · 2022
General support
$200,000
Phillips Black Project · Oakland, CA · 2022
General support
$200,000
Wnycwqxr · New York, NY · 2022
General support
$190,000
Families Against Mandatory Minimums · Washington, DC · 2022
General support
$189,000
Florida International University Fdn · Miami, FL · 2023
General support
$175,000
Deep South Today · Jackson, MS · 2025
General support
$175,000
Families Against Mandatory Minimums · Washington, DC · 2024
General support
$175,000
Investigative Reports & Editors · Columbia, MO · 2024
General support
$175,000
Chef Ann Foundation · Boulder, CO · 2023
General support
$175,000
Chef Ann Foundation · Boulder, CO · 2022
General support
$170,500
Yale University · New Haven, CT · 2025
General support
$170,000
Players Philanthropy Fund · Towson, MD · 2023
General support
$165,000
Women in California Leadership · Sacramento, CA · 2024
General support
$162,000
Duke University · Durham, NC · 2023
General support
$160,000
Social and Enviormental Entrepreneurs · Calabasas, CA · 2024
General support
$150,000
City University of Ny School of Law · Queens, NY · 2025
General support
$150,000
Parole Preparation Project · New York, NY · 2025
General support
$150,000
Safe and Just Michigan · Lansing, MI · 2025
General support
$150,000
Arizona Capital Representation Project · Tucson, AZ · 2024
General support
$150,000
Campaign for the Fair Sentencing of Youth · Washington, DC · 2024
General support
$150,000
Phillips Black Project · Oakland, CA · 2024
General support
$150,000
Safe and Just Michigan · Lansing, MI · 2024
General support
$150,000
University of California Berkeley Foundation · Berkeley, CA · 2024
General support
$150,000
Utah Film Center · Salt Lake City, UT · 2024
General support
$150,000
Arizona Capital Representation Project · Tucson, AZ · 2023
General support
$150,000
City University of Ny School of Law · Queens, NY · 2023
General support
$150,000
Congregation Emanu-El · San Francisco, CA · 2023
General support
$150,000
Families Against Mandatory Minimums · Washington, DC · 2023
General support
$150,000
National Marfan Foundation · Port Washington, NY · 2023
General support
$150,000
National Police Accountability Project · Redmond, WA · 2023
General support
$150,000
Arizona Capital Representation Project · Tucson, AZ · 2022
General support
$150,000
Congregation Emanu-El · San Francisco, CA · 2022
General support
$150,000
Loyola University · Chicago, IL · 2022
General support
$150,000
National Marfan Foundation · Port Washington, NY · 2022
General support
$150,000
Safe and Just Michigan · Lansing, MI · 2022
General support
$150,000
Seattle Celemency Project · Seattle, WA · 2022
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.