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The Carolyn K Tribe Foundation

Preselected recipients only Cambridge, Massachusetts · EIN 276595079

The Carolyn K Tribe Foundation is a private foundation in Cambridge, Massachusetts. In tax year 2024 it gave $29,500 in 22 grants; the typical grant was $375 and the largest $10,000. It only gives to organizations it selects itself and does not accept unsolicited applications.

From its IRS Form 990-PF for tax year 2024.

Giving in 2024 was down from $30,000 the year before.

73% of its 2024 grantees had not received a grant from it the year before, a sign it is open to new organizations.

Giving by year

Tax yearGrants paidNumber of grantsAssets
2023$30,00013$528,926
2024$29,50022$610,753

How to apply

The Carolyn K Tribe Foundation says in its IRS filing that it only makes contributions to preselected organizations, so unsolicited applications are unlikely to be considered. Organizations it funds are usually invited.

IRS filings on ProPublica

What The Carolyn K Tribe Foundation funds

Where it gives

Its grants went to recipients in 4 states, the most to New York.

StateGrantsAmount
New York13$14,750
California7$8,725
Delaware1$5,775
Pennsylvania1$250

Grants paid in 2024

All 22 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Rhizome Communications Inc
New Tork, NY
Support for the organizations visual arts initiatives$10,000
Giving What We Can USA Inc
Newark, DE
Giving What We Can is a resource hub, community, and force for change. We're on a mission to make giving effectively and significantly a cultural norm. We help donors to find high-impact causes and identify the best charities working to solve them. We provide the support, community, and information you need to maximise the impact of your charitable donations.$5,775
Seva Foundation
Berkeley, CA
Preventing and treating blindness and other visual impairments.$3,975
Arts & Rec Inc
Stamford, NY
Committed to nurturing partnerships, bringing creative practitioners to the region, and offering workshops to foster creativity and community$1,500
Tree People
Beverly Hills, CA
Treepeople's mission is to inspire, engage, and support people to take personal responsibility for the urban environment, making it safe, healthy, fun, and sustainable and to share our process as a model for the world.$1,000
North Hollywood High School Department
North Hollywood, CA
Our program provides students with oustanding musical instruction while giving them the opportunity to improve their interpersonal skills in a positive and supportive learning environment$1,000
Inst of Contemporary Art LA
Los Angeles, CA
To support art that sparks the pleasure of discovery and challenges the way we see and experience the world, ourselves, and each other$1,000
Friends of the HGM
North Hollywood, CA
The goals of the highly gifted magney are twofold: racial integration and a college preparatory curiculum that serves a special needs population$1,000
White Columns
New York, NY
Alternative non-profit art space$500
Vidiots Foundation
Los Angeles, CA
Inspire human interaction around film through preserving, growing, and providing access to a 70,000-title diverse DVD, BluRay, and rare VHS collection, and showcasing and celebrating the work of emerging artists.$500
The Climate Mobilization Project
Brooklyn, NY
TCM is building power for national transformation that rapidly restores a safe climate and creates a just and democractic society$500
Womens Studio Workshop
Rosendale, NY
Artist Residency, intershipm and education programsin printmaking, papermaking, ceramics, letterpress, photgraphy, and book arts.$250
Wave Farm
Acra, NY
Experimentation with broadcast media and the airways$250
Wassaic Project
Wassaic, NY
Contemporary art gallery, artist residency, and art education center.$250
Tiger Strikes Asteroid
LA Crescenta, CA
Collectively bring people together, expand connections, and create community through artist-initiated exhibitions, projects, and curatorial opportunities.$250
The Laudromat Project
Brooklyn, NY
Advances artists and neighbors as change agents in their own comminities$250
Ortega y Gasset Projects
Havertown, PA
Non-profit artist-run curatorial collective and exhibition space.$250
John Burroughs Natural History Society
Kingston, NY
Strives to foster the study and enjoyment of natural history and to encourage conservation of natural resources$250
Forge Project
Aacram, NY
Cultivate and advance Indigenous leadership in arts and culture.$250
Endangered Language Alliance
New York, NY
Dedicated to documenting Indigenous, minority, and endangered languages$250
Catskill Mountainkeeper
Livingston Manor, NY
Safeguard wildlands, empower communities, protect pollinators, and free New York from fossil fuels.$250
Catskill Forest Association
Arkville, NY
Provides forestry education and servces to private Catskill landowners$250

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2024 filing.

Questions people ask

Does The Carolyn K Tribe Foundation accept grant applications?

No. Its IRS filing says it only makes contributions to preselected organizations.

How much does The Carolyn K Tribe Foundation give?

$29,500 in tax year 2024, across 22 grants, with a typical grant of $375.

Who runs The Carolyn K Tribe Foundation?

Its 2024 filing lists Carolyn K Tribe (Trustee).

What does The Carolyn K Tribe Foundation fund?

Based on its grants, mainly arts and culture, faith communities and disability.

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