Greenwald Foundation
Aspen, CO · EIN 38-2640444. Reported 134 grants totalling $4,740,727 to 89 organizations across tax years 2020-2023. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
Does this foundation accept applications?
Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Greenwald Foundation did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $5,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $2,000 and $15,150; the smallest was $100 and the largest $750,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- more than one means a real relationship rather than a one-off.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Sinai Health System | New York, NY | $750,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| College Summit Dba Peer Forward | Washington, DC | $633,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| College Match La | Los Angeles, CA | $400,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Mayo Clinic | Rochester, MN | $260,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Colorado Public Radio | Centennial, CO | $254,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Wayne State University | Detroit, MI | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Rand Corporation | Santa Monica, CA | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| University of Southern California | Los Angeles, CA | $200,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| A Foundation Building Strength Inc | Palo Alto, CA | $170,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| American Friends of Libi | Brighton, MA | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| World Jewish Congress Foundation | New York, NY | $130,123 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Bottom Line | Boston, MA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| David Lynch Foundation | New York, NY | $100,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| One Million Degrees | Chicago, IL | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Visgenx Inc | Santa Cruz, CA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Bridging Bionics | Basalt, CO | $92,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Peer Forward | Washington, DC | $83,333 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Chabad Jewish Community Center | Aspen, CO | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| College Possible | Saint Paul, MN | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Family Promise of Greater Denver | Denver, CO | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| America Succeeds | Denver, CO | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Outer Coast College | Sitka, AK | $31,333 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Aspen Art Museum | Aspen, CO | $25,350 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Foundation for Student Communication Inc | Ewing, NJ | $25,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Wildfire Community Action Fund - Aspen Fire Protection District | Aspen, CO | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Wildwood School | Los Angeles, CA | $25,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| A Sense of Home | Hawthorne, CA | $21,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Network for Good | Bethesda, MD | $20,300 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Cambodian-American Foundation for Education | New York, NY | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Leaving Legacies Foundation | Lakewood Ranch, FL | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Pef Israel Endowment Fund | New York, NY | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Childhelp | Scottsdale, AZ | $16,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Breakthrough - Central Texas | Austin, TX | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Culver City Cowboys | Torrance, CA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Response Helps | Aspen, CO | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Scholar Match | San Francisco, CA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| St Lukes Medical Foundation | Fort Collins, CO | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Hospital for Sick Kids - Toronto | Toronto, Ontario | $11,840 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Native American Rights Fund | Boulder, CO | $11,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Alzheimer's Drug Discovery Foundation | New York, NY | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| College Track for Colorado | Oakland, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Conquistadores Del Cielo (heritage Fund) | Williamsburg, VA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Genesys Works | Houston, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Lucille Packard Foundation for Children's Health | Palo Alto, CO | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| No Barriers USA | Fort Collins, CO | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Ojai Earth Inc | Ojai, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| P E F Israel Endowment Funds Inc | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Semper Fi & America's Fund | Oceanside, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Shriners Hospitals for Children | Tampa, FL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| St Jude Children's Hospital | Memphis, TN | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Aspen Institute | Aspen, CO | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Works of Wonder International | Fernandina Beach, FL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| National College Attainment Network | Washington, DC | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| University City Education Foundation | St Louis, MO | $6,062 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Farm Collaborative | Aspen, CO | $5,495 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Aspen Community Foundation | Aspen, CO | $5,300 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Aspen Santa Fe Ballet | Aspen, CO | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Doctors Without Borders | Hagerstown, MD | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Dogs Without Borders | Encino, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Food Bank of the Rockies | Denver, CO | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Los Angeles Mission | Los Angeles, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Smith College Advancement | Northhampton, MA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Cleveland Clinic | Cleveland, OH | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Woof Dog Rescue | New York, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Hospital for Sick Children Toronto | Toronto, Ontario | $3,767 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Codeorg | Seattle, WA | $3,156 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Planned Parenthood of the Nortwest | Washington, DC | $3,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Winter Opera St Louis | St Louis, MO | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Young New Yorkers | Brooklyn, NY | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Bridging Bionic Foundation | Basalt, CO | $2,245 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Coast Alaska Public Radio | Ketchikan, AK | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| World Reader | San Francisco, CA | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Jazz Aspen Snowmass Snowmass Co | Aspen, CO | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Stray Dog Theatre | St Louis, MO | $1,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Union Ave Opera | St Louis, MO | $1,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Guiding Eyes for the Blind | Yorktown Heights, NY | $1,100 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Alzheimer's Association | Chicago, IL | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| American Kantorei | Chesterfield, MO | $1,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Do Something | New York, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Foster Love Project | Pittsburgh, PA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Friends of Puerto Rico | Washington, DC | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Leadership Enterprise for a Diverse America | New York, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Recidiviz | San Fransisco, CA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Transgender Law Center | Oakland, CA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Save the Redwoords League | San Francisco, CA | $516 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Semper Virens Fund | Los Altos, CA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Aspen Filmfest | Aspen, CO | $107 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Natural Resources Defense Council | New York, NY | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Nature Conservancy | Arlington, VA | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
29 of 89 (33%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold.
Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 32%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 68 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 34 | $1,560,915 | $10,000 |
| 2021 | 45 | $1,992,853 | $10,000 |
| 2022 | 27 | $349,300 | $5,000 |
| 2023 | 28 | $837,659 | $5,000 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.
Where its money goes
Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 25% of this one's giving went to organizations in California. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are the strongest available signal that two funders have overlapping priorities, and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $5,000. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in California.
- Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
- Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Greenwald Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2020-2023). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.
Address of record on the latest return: Po Box 8290, Aspen, CO, 81612. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.
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