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The Christopher Reynolds Foundation Inc

Accepts applications Sea Girt, New Jersey · EIN 136129401

The Christopher Reynolds Foundation Inc is a private foundation in Sea Girt, New Jersey. In tax year 2024 it gave $2.7 million in 62 grants; the typical grant was $2,000 and the largest $570,000. It accepts applications; its filing gives the instructions below.

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

Giving in 2024 was up from $1.2 million the year before.

58% 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$1.2 million68$20.7 million
2024$2.7 million62$19.0 million

How to apply

ContactCarolyn Rau
2 Liberty Square, Boston, MA 02109-4884
Phone or email(617) 426-7080
What to submitAccess website for application information
DeadlinesRolling deadlines to best meet grantee needs
RestrictionsAccess website for information on restrictions

As written in the foundation's IRS filing for tax year 2024. Details may have changed since.

Foundation website IRS filings on ProPublica

What The Christopher Reynolds Foundation Inc funds

Where it gives

Its US grants went to recipients in 17 states, the most to New York. It also paid $40,000 in 1 grant to recipients outside the US.

StateGrantsAmount
New York7$768,700
Massachusetts7$675,650
Oregon3$461,000
District of Columbia7$278,200
Washington1$137,500
Georgia1$80,000
California14$72,000
Vermont4$32,000
Minnesota1$30,000
New Mexico7$29,000

Grants paid in 2024

The 40 largest of 62 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
New World Foundation
New York, NY
General support$570,000
Schumacher Center
Great Barrington, MA
General support$518,650
Post Carbon Institute
Corvalis, OR
General support$445,500
Care Lab
Washington, DC
General support$180,000
Center for Democratic & Environmental Rights
Spokane, WA
General support$137,500
Clark University
Worcester, MA
General support$100,000
Good Work Institute
Kingston, NY
General support$100,000
Medical Education
Decatur, GA
General support$80,000
New World Foundation FBO Climate Action Hudson Valley
Chatham, NY
General support$75,000
Just Futures
Washington, DC
General support$70,000
Fondation Open CollectiveGeneral support$40,000
Orion Magazine
Great Barrington, MA
General support$35,000
Anishinaabe Agricultural Institute
Osage, MN
General support$30,000
Pesticide Action Network North America
Berkeley, CA
General support$30,000
Kindle Project
Santa Fe, NM
General support$25,000
Wellspring Commons Stewards
Litchfield, CT
General support$25,000
Institute for Development Impact
Washington, DC
General support$20,000
Garrison Institute
Garrison, NY
General support$19,500
Greenagers
South Egremont, MA
General support$15,000
Institute for Social Ecology
Plainfield, VT
General support$15,000
Post Growth Institute
Talent, OR
General support$15,000
Regents of the University of California at Berkeley
Berkeley, CA
General support$15,000
Spikenard Farm
Floyd, VA
General support$15,000
Vermont Caribbean Institiute DBA Caribbean Agroecology Institute
Burlington, VT
General support$12,000
The UCLA Foundation
Pasadena, CA
General support$11,500
World Central Kitchen
Washington, DC
General support$6,000
Off the Grid Missions
San Diego, CA
General support$5,000
Tsne FBO Massachusetts Food System Collaborative
Boston, MA
General support$5,000
Smokey House Center
Danby, VT
General support$3,000
Arts Bayside MLK Jr
Sausalito, CA
General support$2,000
Earth Viability Center
Norfolk, VA
General support$2,000
Landweb
Burlington, VT
General support$2,000
Mississippi Immigrants Rights
Jackson, MS
General support$2,000
Rainforest Foundation
Brooklyn, NY
General support$2,000
Weaving Earth
Graton, CA
General support$2,000
Blue Rider Stables
Great Barrington, MA
General support$1,500
Mill Valley Seniors for Peace
Mill Valley, CA
General support$1,500
Community Congregational
Tiburon, CA
General support$1,300
National Lawyers Guild
New York, NY
General support$1,200
Doctors Without Borders
Hagerstown, MD
General support$1,000

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2024 filing.

Questions people ask

Does The Christopher Reynolds Foundation Inc accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications, with this on deadlines: Rolling deadlines to best meet grantee needs.

How much does The Christopher Reynolds Foundation Inc give?

$2.7 million in tax year 2024, across 62 grants, with a typical grant of $2,000.

Who runs The Christopher Reynolds Foundation Inc?

Its 2024 filing lists Andrea Panaritis (Exec.dir./Sec./Assist.trea), John Boettiger (Chair), Suzanne Derrer (Director) and Virginia Kahn (Director).

What does The Christopher Reynolds Foundation Inc fund?

Based on its grants, mainly environment and conservation, education and international.

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