Surdna Foundation Inc
New York, NY · EIN 13-6108163. Reported 1,450 grants totalling $205.7M to 767 organizations across tax years 2020-2023. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$75,000median grant
$205.7Mgranted, 2020-2023
767organizations funded
59%of grantees funded again the next year
$1.2Bassets, latest filing
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. Surdna Foundation Inc did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
This is the foundation's own statement to the IRS, not our judgement, and it says nothing about whether they have a form, a deadline, or an appetite for new grantees. Treat it as the reason this foundation is worth your research time, not as an invitation. Many small foundations of this kind have no website and no application process -- a letter of inquiry is the normal first step.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $75,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $10,000 and $175,000; the smallest was $300 and the largest $2,971,945. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
Every organization it funded
All 767 recipients appear in its filings; the 250 largest are listed here. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which this organization received money -- the clearest signal of who this foundation actually has a relationship with.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John E Andrus Memorial Inc | Hastingsonhudson, NY | $6,814,707 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Julia Dyckman Andrus Memorial | Yonkers, NY | $6,812,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| New Venture Fund | Washington, DC | $6,342,445 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Living Cities | New York, NY | $2,945,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Ndn Collective | Rapid City, SD | $2,715,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Common Counsel Foundation | Oakland, CA | $2,493,595 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Amalgamated Charitable Foundation | Washington, DC | $2,487,350 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Neighborhood Funders Group | Oakland, CA | $2,300,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Allied Media Projects Inc | Detroit, MI | $2,279,154 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Race Forward | New York, NY | $2,150,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Highlander Research & Education Center Inc | New Market, TN | $2,075,500 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Policylink | Oakland, CA | $2,003,750 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| East Bay Community Foundation | Oakland, CA | $1,943,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Project South | Atlanta, GA | $1,925,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Center for Cultural Innovation | Los Angeles, CA | $1,880,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Threewalls | Chicago, IL | $1,855,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| North Star Fund | New York, NY | $1,837,950 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| National Performance Network | New Orleans, LA | $1,825,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Alternate Roots Inc | Atlanta, GA | $1,785,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors | New York, NY | $1,645,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Jobs With Justice Education Fund | Washington, DC | $1,600,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Right to the City Alliance Inc | New York, NY | $1,600,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Grassroots Global Justice | Washington, MD | $1,562,500 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Otv Open Television | Chicago, IL | $1,500,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| National Association of Latino Arts and Cultures | San Antonio, TX | $1,450,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Accelerate 500-Black Gravity | Washington, DC | $1,370,600 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Groundswell Fund | San Francisco, CA | $1,353,750 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Third Sector New England Inc | Boston, MA | $1,330,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| The Center for Cultural Power | Oakland, CA | $1,300,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Designing Justice Designing Spaces | Oakland, CA | $1,250,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Sweet Water Foundation | Chicago, IL | $1,200,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Partnership for Southern Equity | Atlanta, GA | $1,175,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Efforts of Grace Inc | New Orleans, LA | $1,150,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Alliance for Global Justice | Tucson, AZ | $1,122,150 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Fractured Atlas Productions Inc | New York, NY | $1,100,652 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| New Venture Fund-Communities for Just Schools Fund | Washington, DC | $1,065,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Cincinnati USA Regional Chamber Foundation | Cincinnati, OH | $1,050,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Jobs to Move America | Los Angeles, CA | $1,050,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| National Employment Law Project | New York, NY | $1,005,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Common Future | Oakland, WA | $1,000,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Rsf Social Finance | San Francisco, CA | $1,000,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Tides Center | San Francisco, CA | $995,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Transforming Power Fund | Detroit, MI | $955,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Hester Street | New York, NY | $950,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Social Science Research Council | Brooklyn, NY | $950,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Massachusetts College of Art and Design Foundation | Boston, MA | $900,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| The Partnership for Working Families | Oakland, CA | $875,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Greenlining Institute | Oakland, CA | $860,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Didtechnology Inc | Newark, NJ | $850,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Latino Business Action Network | San Jose, CA | $850,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Texas Organizing Project Education Fund | San Antonio, TX | $850,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Boston Impact Initiative Fund | Jamaica Plain, MA | $840,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| New York Foundation - Neighborhoods First Fund | New York, NY | $838,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Hester Street Collaborative Inc | New York, NY | $835,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| One Fair Wage Inc | Cambridge, MA | $825,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Accelerate 500 | Washington, DC | $805,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Center for Story-Based Strategy | Oakland, CA | $800,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Colorofchangeorg Education Fund | Oakland, CA | $800,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Creative Capital Foundation | New York, NY | $800,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Economic Policy Institute | Washington, DC | $800,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Family Values at Work a Multi-State Consortium | Milwaukee, WI | $800,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Good Jobs First | Washington, DC | $800,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Justice Funders | Oakland, CA | $800,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Next City | Philadelphia, PA | $800,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Southwest Folklife Alliance | Tucson, AZ | $800,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs | Calabasas, CA | $795,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Solidaire Network | Oakland, CA | $793,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Isaiah | St Paul, MN | $754,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Possibility Labs | San Francisco, CA | $750,005 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Greater New Orleans Foundation | New Orleans, LA | $750,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| National Urban Fellows | New York, NY | $750,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Yes Media | Bainbridge Island, WA | $750,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| The Funders Network | Coral Gables, FL | $735,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| The Village of Arts and Humanities | Philadelphia, PA | $725,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Foundation for Louisiana | Baton Rouge, LA | $722,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Community Lift | Memphis, TN | $717,600 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Foundation for Louisiana-Greater New Orleans Fund | Baton Rouge, LA | $700,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Powerswitch Action | Oakland, CA | $700,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Kentucky Coalition Inc | London, KY | $663,424 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Aspen Institute | Washington, DC | $655,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Amalgamated Charitable Foundation - Buildus | Washington, DC | $650,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Center for Economic Democracy | Boston, MA | $650,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Zebras Uniteorg | Portland, OR | $650,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Asian Americans Advancing Justice | Norcross, GA | $647,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Neo Philanthropy Inc | New York, NY | $630,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Movement Strategy Center | Rodeo, CA | $625,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| One Voice Inc | Jackson, MS | $625,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Grantmakers in the Arts | Bronx, NY | $615,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Ironbound Community Corporation | Newark, NJ | $605,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Asian Pacific Environmental Network | Oakland, CA | $600,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Blackstar Projects Inc | Philadelphia, PA | $600,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Free Press | Washington, DC | $600,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Inner City Advisors | Oakland, CA | $600,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| New York City Environmental Justice Alliance | Brooklyn, NY | $600,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| People United for Sustainable Housing Inc | Buffalo, NY | $600,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| The Solutions Project | Oakland, CA | $600,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Tides Center-the Maria Fund | San Francisco, CA | $600,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Rutgers University Foundation | Piscataway, NJ | $585,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Tides Center - Dream Defenders | San Francisco, CA | $577,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Higher Purpose Co | Clarksdale, MS | $575,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Movement Strategy Center - Heal Food Alliance | Rodeo, CA | $575,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Voice of Calvary Ministries | Jackson, MS | $575,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| President and Fellows of Harvard College | Cambridge, MA | $551,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Align the Alliance for a Greater New York | New York, NY | $550,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Center for Heirs Property Preservation | Charleston, SC | $550,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Common Counsel Foundcation-Movement for Black Live | Oakland, CA | $550,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Make the Road New York | Brooklyn, NY | $550,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs-Funders for | Calabasas, CA | $550,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Conservation Fund | Arlington, VA | $550,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| New York Community Trust | New York, NY | $530,950 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Code Fever Miami | Miami, FL | $525,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Muckrock - MLK50 Justice Through Journalism | Somerville, MA | $525,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Center for Popular Democracy | Brooklyn, NY | $520,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Fractured Atlas Productions Inc - Equality Labs | New York, NY | $520,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Association for Enterprise Opportunity | Washington, DC | $500,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Climate Justice Alliance | Berkeley, CA | $500,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Financial Services Stakeholder Project Nfp | Chicago, IL | $500,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Opportunity Finance Network | Philadelphia, PA | $500,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Pacific Community Ventures Inc | Oakland, CA | $500,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Public Advocates Inc | San Francisco, CA | $500,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Silicon Valley Community Foundation | Mountain View, CA | $500,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Sustainable Economies Law Center | Oakland, CA | $500,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Point Community Development Corporation | Bronx, NY | $500,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| The Laundromat Project Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $500,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Black Lily Inc (incl Amendment) | Philadelphia, PA | $477,722 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Local Progress Policy Institute | Washington, DC | $475,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| One Fair Wage Inc | Seattle, WA | $473,450 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Trend Community Development Corporation | Chicago, IL | $454,400 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Founders First Community Development Corporation | San Diego, CA | $448,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Funders' Network for Smart Growth and Livable Comm | Coral Gables, FL | $435,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Institute for Nonprofit Practice | Boston, MA | $435,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The New York Women's Foundation | New York, NY | $435,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Common Future-Racial Equity Asset Lab | Oakland, CA | $430,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Greater Milwaukee Committee for Community Develop | Milwaukee, WI | $430,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Chinese Progressive Association | San Francisco, CA | $425,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Corbin Hill Food Project | New York, NY | $425,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| National Center for Family Philanthropy | Washington, DC | $420,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| New Growth Innovation Network | Chicago, IL | $420,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Perception Institute | Brooklyn, NY | $412,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Asian Americanspacific Islanders in Philanthropy | Oakland, CA | $411,800 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Communities United | Chicago, IL | $410,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Regents of the University of California at Berkele | Berkeley, CA | $410,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Hillman Accelerator | Cincinnati, OH | $405,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Mission Investors Exchange | New York City, NY | $401,500 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Ai for the People Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $400,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Black Farmer Fund | Bronx, NY | $400,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Greater Jackson Arts Council - City of Jackson (fo | Jackson, MS | $400,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Juvenile Law Center | Philadelphia, PA | $400,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Mississippi Center for Cultural Production | Utica, MS | $400,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Multiplier - New York Energy Democracy Alliance | San Francisco, CA | $400,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Northwest Bronx Community & Clergy Coalition | Bronx, NY | $400,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Opportunity Agenda | New York, NY | $400,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| People's Action Institute | Chicago, IL | $400,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Propel Nonprofits-Twin Cities Theatres of Color Co | Minneapolis, MN | $400,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Taproot Earth | Slidell, LA | $400,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Praxis Project-National Black Food and Justice | Washington, DC | $400,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| The US Climate Action Network | Washington, DC | $400,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Hispanics in Philanthropy | Oakland, CA | $386,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Transform Finance Inc | New York, NY | $385,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Campaign for the Fair Sentencing of Youth | Washington, DC | $380,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Proteus Fund - Reframe Mentorship | Amherst, MA | $380,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Urban Manufacturing Alliance | Brooklyn, NY | $380,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Project South-Gulf Coast Center for Law & Policy | Atlanta, GA | $377,500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Borealis Philanthropy | Minneapolis, MN | $375,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Native Americans in Philanthropy | Los Angeles, CA | $375,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Equal Justice Initiative | Montgomery, AL | $371,746 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs - Building | Calabasas, CA | $370,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Good Old Lower East Side Inc | New York, NY | $365,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Regents of the Univ of California at Berkeley | Berkeley, CA | $360,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| The Climate and Clean Energy Equity Fund | Washington, DC | $357,469 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Just Capital | New York, NY | $350,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Movement Generation Justice and Ecology Project | Oakland, CA | $350,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Neo Philanthropy Inc-Arts in a Changing America | New York, NY | $350,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| National Association for Latino Community Asset Bu | San Antonio, TX | $350,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| New Economy Coalition | Cambridge, MA | $350,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Voice of Calvary Ministries - Cooperative Communit | Jackson, MS | $350,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Action Center on Race and the Economy Institute | Chicago, IL | $337,500 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Tides Foundation | San Francisco, CA | $330,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Vera Institute of Justice | Brooklyn, NY | $320,375 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Louisiana Center for Children's Rights | New Orleans, LA | $315,500 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| National Economic and Social Rights Initiative | New York, NY | $310,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Ica Fund | Oakland, CA | $305,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| New Jersey Environmental Justice Alliance | Summit, NJ | $305,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Transgender Law Center | Oakland, CA | $302,500 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Black Innovation Alliance | Atlanta, GA | $300,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Center for Law and Social Policy | Washington, DC | $300,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Emerald Cities Collaborative Inc | Washington, DC | $300,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Environmental Health Coalition | National City, CA | $300,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Girls for Gender Equity Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $300,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Mortar Cincinnati | Cincinnati, OH | $300,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Maryland Philanthropy Network - Revolve Fund | Baltimore, MD | $300,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| National Black Food and Justice Alliance | Atlanta, GA | $300,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Nonprofit Information Networking Association | Boston, MA | $300,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Proteus Fund | Amherst, MA | $300,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Realize Impact-Mission Driven Finance | Bainbridge Island, WA | $300,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Taproot Earth (formlerly Sponsored By Project Sout | Tulsa, OK | $300,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Brookings Institution | Washington, DC | $300,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Sentencing Project | Washington, DC | $300,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Repower Fund | Minneapolis, MN | $300,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| National Juvenile Justice Network | Washington, DC | $297,500 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Asian American Federation Inc | New York, NY | $293,480 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Taller Salud Inc | Loiza, PR | $290,500 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Bend the Arc - a Jewish Partnership for Justice | New York, NY | $290,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Firelight Media Inc | New York, NY | $280,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Funders for Lesbian and Gay Issues Inc | New York, NY | $280,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Community Labor United | Boston, MA | $275,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Just Capital Foundation (incl Amendment) | New York, NY | $275,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Third Sector New England Inc - Building Movement | Boston, MA | $275,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Common Justice | Brooklyn, NY | $270,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Just in Time for Foster Youth | San Diego, CA | $270,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Grantmakers for Effective Organizations | Washington, DC | $260,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| American Impact Capital-Our Body Politic | Westport, CT | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Asian and Pacific Islander American Vote | Washington, DC | $250,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Aubin Pictures | New York, NY | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Boston Foundation-New Commonwealth Fund | Boston, MA | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Center for Coalfield Justice | Washington, PA | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Center for Economic Democracy - Boston Ujima Proje | Boston, MA | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Chinese Progressive Association - Black Futures La | San Francisco, CA | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Committee Against Anti-Asian Violence | New York, NY | $250,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Fair Food Network | Ann Arbor, MI | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Historic Clayborn Temple | Memphis, TN | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Local Progress Policy Institute (previously Sponso | Washington, DC | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Movement Strategy Center - Artcoop | Oakland, CA | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| New Commonwealth Racial Equity & Social Justice Fd | Roxbury, MA | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| North Carolina Association of Black Lawyer Land Lo | Durham, NC | $250,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Philanthropy New York | New York, NY | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Pie Ranch | Pescadero, CA | $250,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors-Grantmakers for | New York, NY | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Rosebud Economic Development Corporation | Mission, SD | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Safe Passage Project Corporation | New York, NY | $250,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Southeast Asia Resource Action Center | Washington, DC | $250,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Stand Up Nashville | Nashville, TN | $250,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Sustainable Economies Law Center - East Bay Perman | Oakland, CA | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Investment Integration Project | Brookline, MA | $250,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Verde | Portland, OR | $250,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| The Lighthouse Black Girl Project | Jackson, MS | $243,750 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Collegebound Foundation | Baltimore, MD | $240,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| The Communications Network | Naperville, IL | $240,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Rutgers Univ Found-Rutgers Ctr for Urban Entre | New Brunswick, NJ | $235,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Rutgers University Foundation-Rutgers Center for U | New Brunswick, NJ | $235,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Boys and Girls Clubs of Puerto Rico | San Juan, PR | $233,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Silver Lining Mentoring | Boston, MA | $228,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Black Lily Inc | Philadelphia, PA | $225,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Greater Milwaukee Committee for Community Developm | Milwaukee, WI | $225,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Institute for Policy Studies | Washington, DC | $225,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Metropolitan Economic Development Association | Minneapolis, MN | $225,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Southwest Georgia Project for Community Education | Albany, NY | $225,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Strategic Actions for a Just Economy | Los Angeles, CA | $225,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| The Equity Alliance | Nashville, TN | $225,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Youth Sentencing & Reentry Project | Philadelphia, PA | $225,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
345 of 767 (45%) 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 59%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is about typical. 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 926 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 358 | $46.5M | $53,750 |
| 2021 | 351 | $45.6M | $70,000 |
| 2022 | 349 | $54.7M | $75,000 |
| 2023 | 392 | $58.9M | $75,000 |
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.
Already committed for future years
Form 990-PF has a separate schedule for grants approved but not yet paid. Surdna Foundation Inc has 604 of them, worth $219.6M. This is the one part of the filing that looks forward rather than back -- and it also tells you how much of the next year's budget is already spoken for.
| Organization | Location | Approved |
|---|---|---|
| John E Andrus Memorial Inc | Hastingsonhudson, NY | $10.0M |
| Julia Dyckman Andrus Memorial | Yonkers, NY | $10.0M |
| John E Andrus Memorial Inc | Hastingsonhudson, NY | $8,000,000 |
| Julia Dyckman Andrus Memorial | Yonkers, NY | $8,000,000 |
| Ndn Collective | Rapid City, SD | $3,275,000 |
| Ndn Collective | Rapid City, SD | $2,500,000 |
| Alternate Roots Inc | Atlanta, GA | $2,375,000 |
| East Bay Community Foundation | Oakland, CA | $2,375,000 |
| Hester Street | New York, NY | $2,375,000 |
| National Performance Network | New Orleans, LA | $2,375,000 |
| Threewalls | Chicago, IL | $2,375,000 |
| Transforming Power Fund | Detroit, MI | $2,375,000 |
| National Association of Latino Arts and Cultures | San Antonio, TX | $2,375,000 |
| Right to the City Alliance Inc | New York, NY | $2,000,000 |
| Alternate Roots Inc | Atlanta, GA | $1,900,000 |
Where its money goes
Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 26% of this one's giving went to organizations in New York. 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.
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How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $75,000. 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 New York.
- 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 Surdna Foundation Inc'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: 200 Madison Avenue Fl 25, New York, NY, 10016. 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.
EIN 13-6108163 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this
This is history, not an open call. Foundation returns are published about a year after the tax year ends. Nothing on this page is a deadline. It is a record of who this foundation has actually funded, which is the best available predictor of who it will fund next -- and a much better basis for deciding whether to write to them than a mission statement.
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