Foundation to Decrease World Suck
Missoula, MT · EIN 45-3782765. Reported 125 grants totalling $8,195,561 to 69 organizations across tax years 2021-2024, on Form 990 Schedule I.
Does this grantmaker accept applications?
Its tax return does not say, and we will not guess. Private foundations file Form 990-PF, which asks outright whether they fund only organizations they select themselves -- 78% say yes, and that one answer is what lets the rest of this site tell you which foundations are worth approaching. Grantmaking charities like this one file a regular Form 990 instead, and the IRS never puts the question to them. Anyone claiming to know the answer from the filing is inventing it.
Three things in the filing do bear on it:
- What kind of organization it is. For Foundation to Decrease World Suck, the IRS classifies it as a fundraising and fund-distribution organization (NTEE T12).
- How spread out its giving is. 69 distinct organizations, with 26% of the dollars going to the largest single recipient. That is genuinely spread out -- the mark of a funder making many independent decisions rather than underwriting one institution.
- How much its list changes. 56% of one year's grantees are funded again the next, across 3 year-to-year transitions. That is about the 57% median for grantmaking charities -- noticeably lower than the 67% private foundations manage. Organizations like this one rotate more of their list each year, which is where an opening for a newcomer tends to be.
How big are its grants?
The median reported grant is $36,948. Half of what it reported fell between $32,023 and $37,297; the smallest was $27,545 and the largest $702,361. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong organization.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by the EIN the filer reported, not by name, so an organization that was typed differently in two years appears once rather than twice.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation | Boston, MA | $2,168,002 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Save the Children Federation Inc | Fairfield, CT | $2,125,914 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Shes the First Inc | New York, NY | $133,923 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| This Star Wont Go Out Inc | Foxboro, MA | $133,923 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Earthjustice | San Francisco, CA | $133,922 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Fandom Forward | Binghampton, NY | $133,922 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Ecology Project International | Missoula, MT | $133,921 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Prison Book Program | Quincy, MA | $133,921 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Thirst Project | Los Angeles, CA | $106,270 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Animal Wonders Inc | Potomac, MT | $106,268 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Audre Lorde Project Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $106,268 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Sustainability Matters Inc | Woodstock, VA | $106,268 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| The Against Malaria Foundation | Kansas City, MO | $96,975 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Not Forgotten Inc | Birmingham, AL | $96,626 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Uplift - Online Communities Against Sexual Violence | Saint Paul, MN | $96,626 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| American Friends of the Ocean Cleanup Foundation | New York, NY | $96,625 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Good Food Institute Inc | Arlington, VA | $96,625 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Nanowrimo | Berkeley, CA | $96,625 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| The Trevor Project Inc | W Hollywood, CA | $96,625 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| United States Association for Unhcr | Washington, DC | $96,625 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Gendersphere | Chesterland, OH | $74,245 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Hear Your Song Inc | New York, NY | $74,245 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Advocates for Trans Equality Education Fund | Washington, DC | $68,971 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Legacy Youth Leadership International | Los Angeles, CA | $68,971 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| No Means No Worldwide | Mclean, VA | $68,971 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Givedirectly Inc | New York, NY | $64,951 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| The Humane League | Rockville, MD | $59,676 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Trees for the Future Inc | Silver Spring, MD | $59,676 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Not Forgotten Inc | Lilburn, GA | $37,758 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Proveg International Incorporated | Pittsfield, MA | $37,397 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| A Cats Life Rescue | Hyattsville, MD | $37,298 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Childrens Future International Inc | Denver, CO | $37,298 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Drag Story Hour | San Francisco, CA | $37,298 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Instrument Shop | Missoula, MT | $37,298 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Iola Foundation | Los Angeles, CA | $37,298 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Palestinian American Community Center | Fairfield, NJ | $37,298 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Bali Childrens Project | Moraga, CA | $37,297 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| California Native Garden Foundation | San Jose, CA | $37,297 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Carabiner Collections | Bryan, TX | $37,297 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | New York, NY | $37,297 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Thrive Youth Center Inc | San Antonio, TX | $37,297 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Unrwa USA National Committee Inc | Washington, DC | $37,297 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| American Library Association | Chicago, IL | $36,948 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Asian Americans United | Philadelphia, PA | $36,948 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Center for Reproductive Rights Inc | New York, NY | $36,948 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Project Heal Inc | Marlton, NJ | $36,948 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Support for the Psyche Inc | Lancaster, NY | $36,948 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Wikimedia Foundation Org | San Francisco, CA | $36,948 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Aid and Friendship Associatio | Lisboa | $32,023 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Mermaids Uk | Leeds, West Yorkshire | $32,023 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| National Park Foundation | Washington, DC | $32,023 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Restore International | San Diego, CA | $32,023 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| United States Fund for Unicef | New York, NY | $32,023 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| War Child | Buffalo, NY | $32,023 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| World Bicycle Relief Nfp | Chicago, IL | $32,023 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| World Central Kitchen Incorporated | Washington, DC | $32,023 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Alzheimers Disease and Related Disorders Association Inc | Chicago, IL | $27,654 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Clean Air Task Force Inc | Boston, MA | $27,654 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Planned Parenthood Federation of | New York, NY | $27,654 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Equal Justice Initiative | Montgomery, AL | $27,653 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Feeding America | Chicago, IL | $27,653 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Fund for the City of New York Inc | New York, NY | $27,653 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Social Good Fund Inc | Richmond, CA | $27,653 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Actors Fund of America | New York, NY | $27,653 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Clear Fund | Oakland, CA | $27,653 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Translifeline | San Francisco, CA | $27,653 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| United Mitochondrial Disease Foundation Inc | Pittsburgh, PA | $27,653 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Wild Animal Initiative Inc | Minneapolis, MN | $27,653 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Charities Aid Foundation America | Alexandria, VA | $27,545 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
28 of 69 (41%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold. Remember the $5,000 floor: an organization funded every year at $3,000 shows up here as never funded at all.
What kind of organizations it funds
By each recipient's own IRS classification, for the 60 of 69 recipients we could match to a registered organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses -- Schedule I reports the recipient's EIN, so this is a lookup rather than a name match.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants reported | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 32 | $1,695,189 | $27,654 |
| 2022 | 33 | $2,033,759 | $32,023 |
| 2023 | 30 | $2,020,360 | $36,948 |
| 2024 | 30 | $2,446,253 | $37,297 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- Form 990 arrives about a year after the year it covers, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a grantmaker winding down.
Where its money goes
31% of its giving went to organizations in Massachusetts. Community foundations and federated funds are usually the most geographically bounded funders there are -- being outside the footprint is normally disqualifying in a way that a weak programme fit is not.
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How to approach this grantmaker
- Look for a published programme first. Unlike most private foundations, organizations of this kind often do run open, deadlined grant cycles with written guidelines. Its own website is the authority on that; this page is the authority on who it has actually paid.
- Check you are its size. The median reported grant is $36,948 -- and because grants under $5,000 need not be reported, it very likely writes smaller cheques than this page can see.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving concentrates in Massachusetts.
- Read the recipient list for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer and a cheap one to get.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Foundation to Decrease World Suck's own Form 990 Schedule I filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred or estimated.
On its most recent return it told the IRS it made grants to 30 section 501(c)(3) organizations and 0 other organizations. That is the filer's own count for one year; the totals above cover every year we hold.
Address of record on the latest return: Po Box 8147, Missoula, MT, 59806.
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