The Danica Foundation
New York, NY · EIN 26-2471789. Reported 124 grants totalling $425,038 to 63 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. 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. The Danica 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 $350. Half of everything it gave fell between $200 and $3,000; the smallest was $100 and the largest $50,000. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Schalkenbach Foundation | New York, NY | $67,706 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Graham School | Brooklyn, NY | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Dollars & Sense | Portsmouth, NH | $44,200 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Rockefeller University | New York, NY | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Graham Windham Leadership | Brooklyn, NY | $33,750 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Responsible Wealth | Boston, MA | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Dollars and Sense | Boston, MA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Urpe | Amherst, MA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Fund for Reconciliation and Development | Riverhead, NY | $11,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| City College 21ST Centrury Foundation | New York, NY | $10,250 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Ccny Alumni Association | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| CUNY Medical School | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Prec | New York, NY | $10,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| United for a Fair Economy | Boston, MA | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Earth Rights Institute | Santa Monica, CA | $8,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Richard Milner | New York, NY | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| All Souls | New York, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Oxfam | New York, NY | $4,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Richard Pantell | New York, NY | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Barth Syndrome Foundation | Larchmont, NY | $3,001 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Prec | Alexandria, VA | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Alumni Association of City College | New York, NY | $2,350 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Institute of Policy Studies | Washington, DC | $2,005 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Global Health Partners | New York, NY | $2,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Economists for Peace and Security | Red Hook, NY | $1,502 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Friends of Natural History Foundation | Research Triangle Park, NC | $1,155 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| National Advocates for Pregnant Women | New York, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Physicians for a National Health Program | Chicago, IL | $1,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Center for Science in the Public Interest | Washington, DC | $802 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Center for the Study of Economics | Philadelphia, PA | $763 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Central Park Conservancy | New York, NY | $750 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Spence-Chapin | New York, NY | $708 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting | New York, NY | $520 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Judicial Process Commission | Rochester, NY | $516 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| UC Berkeley Foundation | Berkeley, CA | $510 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Soc for Science in the Public Interest | Washington DC, DC | $506 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| American Prospect | Washington, NY | $501 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Carnegie Friends | New York, NY | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Government Accountability Project | Washington, DC | $500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Holton Arms School | Bethesda, MD | $500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Partners in Health | Boston, MA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Pregnancy Justice | New York, NY | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| United States Olympic & Paralympic Foundation | Colorado Springs, CO | $462 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| The Sentencing Project | Washington, DC | $459 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Consumer Reports | Yonkers, NY | $420 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Make the Road Ny | Brooklyn, NY | $400 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Sustainable Markets Foundation | New York, NY | $300 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Corporate Accountability | Boston, MA | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Friends of the New York Public Library | New York, NY | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Smf-Palast Fund | Los Angeles, CA | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Alzheimer's Association | New York, NY | $212 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Union of Concerned Scientists | Cambridge, MA | $211 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| The Sun | Congers, NY | $210 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Sierra Club Foundation | San Francisco, CA | $207 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Courage to Resist | Oakland, CA | $205 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Charcot Marie Tooth Association | Glenolden, PA | $204 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Brenan Center for Justice | New York, NY | $202 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Boyce Thompson Institute | Ithaca, NY | $201 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Westside Campaign Against Hunger | New York, NY | $200 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Coalition for the Homeless | New York, NY | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Nation Magazine | New York, NY | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| National Park Foundation | Washington, DC | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| United Negro College Fund | Washington, DC | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
38 of 63 (60%) 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 60%, 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 the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.
- Richard Milner
ALFRED RUSSEL WALLACE PROJECT
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 59 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 45 | $158,590 | $250 |
| 2022 | 32 | $61,279 | $252 |
| 2023 | 20 | $123,638 | $1,500 |
| 2024 | 27 | $81,531 | $500 |
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. 66% 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.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $350. 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 The Danica Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.
Address of record on the latest return: Co Bonadio 1040 Sixth Ave 3RD Fl, New York, NY, 10018. 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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