Funding search · EIN 222559174 · Sharon, MA

Vivian & Paul Olum Charitable Foundation

Name: Vivian & Paul Olum Charitable Foundation 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.

229
grants reported: $2.9M
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $5,000
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

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Tides Foudation1 grant · $670,000
Bvm Capacity Building Institute3 grants · $160,000
Environmental Defense Fund4 grants · $156,000
T'Ruah4 grants · $130,000
All Out Adventures4 grants · $129,000
Center for Ai Safety1 grant · $100,000
Brennan Center for Justice4 grants · $89,000
Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights4 grants · $89,000
Ploughshares Fund2 grants · $80,000
Oxfam America4 grants · $72,000

Giving over time

$444,600

2022

$572,400

2023

$665,300

2024

$1.2M

2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 229 grants.

$670,000
Tides Foudation · El Monte, CA · 2025
General
$120,000
Bvm Capacity Building Institute · East Point, GA · 2024
General
$100,000
Center for Ai Safety · San Francisco, CA · 2024
General
$45,000
Environmental Defense Fund · Washington, DC · 2024
General
$42,000
Brennan Center for Justice · New York, NY · 2023
General
$42,000
Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights · Washington Dc, DC · 2023
General
$40,000
Environmental Defense Fund · Washington, DC · 2025
General
$40,000
Environmental Defense Fund · Washington, DC · 2023
General
$40,000
Ploughshares Fund · San Francisco, CA · 2023
General
$40,000
Ploughshares Fund · San Francisco, CA · 2022
General
$40,000
T'Ruah · New York, NY · 2022
General
$33,000
All Out Adventures · Easthampton, MA · 2025
General
$32,000
All Out Adventures · Easthampton, MA · 2024
General
$32,000
All Out Adventures · Easthampton, MA · 2023
General
$32,000
All Out Adventures · Easthampton, MA · 2022
General
$31,000
Environmental Defense Fund · Washington, DC · 2022
General
$30,000
T'Ruah · New York, NY · 2025
General
$30,000
T'Ruah · New York, NY · 2024
General
$30,000
Jewish Voice for Peace · Newton, MA · 2023
General
$30,000
T'Ruah · New York, NY · 2023
General
$30,000
Physicians for Social Responsibility · Boston, MA · 2022
General
$25,000
Feeding America · Boston, MA · 2025
General
$25,000
Oxfam America · Boston, MA · 2025
General
$25,000
Jewish Voice for Peace · Newton, MA · 2022
General
$20,000
Brennan Center for Justice · New York, NY · 2025
General
$20,000
Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights · Washington, DC · 2025
General
$20,000
Pathfinder International · Watertown, MA · 2025
General
$20,000
Tesseract Research Center · Washington, DC · 2025
General
$20,000
Collective Education Fund · Washington, DC · 2024
General
$20,000
Oxfam America · Boston, MA · 2024
General
$20,000
Bvm Capacity Building Institute · East Point, GA · 2023
General
$20,000
Oxfam America · Boston, MA · 2023
General
$20,000
Parenting Now · Eugene, OR · 2023
General
$20,000
Bvm Capacity Building Institute · East Point, GA · 2022
General
$16,000
Pathfinder International · Watertown, MA · 2024
General
$16,000
Pathfinder International · Watertown, MA · 2023
General
$16,000
Pathfinder International · Watertown, MA · 2022
General
$15,000
Middle East Children'S Alliance · Berkely, CA · 2025
General
$15,000
Transgener Emergency Fund of Ma · Boston, MA · 2025
General
$15,000
Union of Concerned Scientists · Cambridge, MA · 2025
General
$15,000
Brennan Center for Justice · New York, NY · 2024
General
$15,000
Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights · Washington, DC · 2024
General
$15,000
Union of Concerned Scientists · Cambridge, MA · 2024
General
$13,000
Transgener Emergency Fund of Ma · Boston, MA · 2024
General
$13,000
Union of Concerned Scientists · Cambridge, MA · 2023
General
$12,000
Central Asia Institute · Bozeman, MT · 2025
General
$12,000
Central Asia Institute · Bozeman, MT · 2024
General
$12,000
Transgener Emergency Fund of Ma · Boston, MA · 2023
General
$12,000
Brennan Center for Justice · New York, NY · 2022
General
$12,000
Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights · Washington Dc, DC · 2022
General
$12,000
Transgener Emergency Fund of Ma · Boston, MA · 2022
General
$11,000
Amnesty International · New York, NY · 2025
General
$11,000
Greenpeace Fund · Washington, DC · 2024
General
$11,000
Amnesty International · New York, NY · 2023
General
$11,000
Greenpeace Fund · Washington, DC · 2023
General
$11,000
Parenting Now · Eugene, OR · 2022
General
$10,000
Aclu Foundation of Massachusetts · Boston, MA · 2025
General
$10,000
Doctors Without Borders · Hagerstown, MD · 2025
General
$10,000
Institute On Taxation & Economic Policy · Washington, DC · 2025
General
$10,000
International Rescue Committee · Washington, DC · 2025
General
$10,000
Parenting Now · Eugene, OR · 2025
General
$10,000
Unitarian Society of Northampton Florence · Northampton, MA · 2025
General
$10,000
Aclu Foundation of Massachusetts · Boston, MA · 2024
General
$10,000
Amnesty International · New York, NY · 2024
General
$10,000
Middle East Children'S Alliance · Berkely, CA · 2024
General
$10,000
Tesseract Research Center · Washington, DC · 2024
General
$10,000
Unitarian Society of Northampton Florence · Northampton, MA · 2024
General
$10,000
Atzum · Skokie, IL · 2023
General
$10,000
Central Asia Institute · Bozeman, MT · 2023
General
$10,000
Tesseract Research Center · Washington, DC · 2023
General
$10,000
Amnesty International · New York, NY · 2022
General
$10,000
Central Asia Institute · Bozeman, MT · 2022
General
$10,000
Greenpeace Fund · Washington, DC · 2022
General
$8,000
Alliance for Justice · Washington, DC · 2025
General
$8,000
Fos Feminista · New York, NY · 2025
General
$8,000
Glbtq Legal Advocates & Defenders · Boston, MA · 2025
General
$8,000
Alliance for Justice · Washington, DC · 2024
General
$8,000
Fos Feminista · New York, NY · 2024
General
$8,000
Glbtq Legal Advocates & Defenders · Boston, MA · 2024
General
$8,000
Institute On Taxation & Economic Policy · Washington, DC · 2024
General
$8,000
Aclu Foundation of Massachusetts · Boston, MA · 2023
General
$8,000
Alliance for Justice · Washington, DC · 2023
General
$8,000
Institute On Taxation & Economic Policy · Washington, DC · 2023
General
$8,000
Alliance for Justice · Washington, DC · 2022
General
$8,000
Institute On Taxation & Economic Policy · Washington, DC · 2022
General
$8,000
Union of Concerned Scientists · Cambridge, MA · 2022
General
$7,000
Oxfam America · Boston, MA · 2022
General
$6,000
Farm Forward · Portland, OR · 2025
General
$6,000
Heifer International · Washington, DC · 2025
General
$6,000
Hias · Washington, DC · 2025
General
$6,000
Partners in Health · Boston, MA · 2025
General
$6,000
Fos Feminista · New York, NY · 2023
General
$6,000
Transinclusive Group · Wilton Manors, FL · 2023
General
$6,000
Aclu Foundation of Massachusetts · Boston, MA · 2022
General
$6,000
Fos Feminista · New York, NY · 2022
General
$6,000
Hias · Washington, DC · 2022
General
$5,000
Action Kivu · Los Angeles, CA · 2025
General
$5,000
Amc · Boston, MA · 2025
General
$5,000
Cispes Education Fund · Washington, DC · 2025
General
$5,000
Fairvote · Takoma Park, MD · 2025
General

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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.