Private foundation · EIN 04-3296540 · Wellesley, MA · Return for the year ending 2023-12-31

Where The Knowledge Freedom Foundation's grants went

It reported $712,840 in grants paid across 39 lines. WHOFUNDS matched 78.3% of those dollars to 27 recipient organizations.

View the 990-PF

What its filing says about applications

Preselected only It checked the 990-PF box saying it only gives to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

Contact names and phone numbers are on the filing itself. WHOFUNDS doesn't republish them.

Grants paid 35 published lines

RecipientPaidPurpose as filedMatch
1INFINITELIFE
Palo Alto, CA · EIN 88-3625501
$197,000GIFTSame address 1.00
Givewell
Oakland, CA · no confident EIN match
$87,000GIFTUnmatched Help match
California Institute of Integral Studies
San Francisco, CA · EIN 94-2254303
$49,500GIFTSame ZIP 1.00
Naropa University
Boulder, CO · EIN 84-1029228
$39,600GIFTSame address 1.00
Givedirectly
New York, NY · EIN 27-1661997
$37,000GIFTExact name 1.00
Helen Keller International
New York, NY · EIN 13-5562162
$25,000GIFTSame city 1.00
Malaria Consortium US
Hermitage, PA · EIN 98-0627052
$25,000GIFTSame address 0.86
New Incentives
Covina, CA · EIN 45-2368993
$25,000GIFTExact name 1.00
Alameda County Community Food Bank
Oakland, CA · EIN 94-2960297
$12,000GIFTSame city 1.00
Americares Foundation
Stamford, CT · EIN 06-1008595
$12,000GIFTKnown alias 1.00
Holt International Children's Services
Eugene, OR · EIN 23-7257390
$12,000GIFTSame address 0.71
Map International
Brunswick, GA · EIN 36-2586390
$12,000GIFTSame address 1.00
Matthew 25 Ministries
Blue Ash, OH · EIN 31-1348100
$12,000GIFTSame address 1.00
Meds & Food for Kids
Saint Louis, MO · EIN 20-1257910
$12,000GIFTExact name 1.00
Syrian American Medical Society Foundation
Washington, DC · EIN 16-1717058
$12,000GIFTSame address 1.00
Heart to Heart International
Lenexa, KS · no confident EIN match
$12,000GIFTUnmatched Help match
Save the Children
Washington, DC · no confident EIN match
$12,000GIFTUnmatched Help match
Wilderness Torah
Berkeley, CA · EIN 45-4437061
$10,600GIFTSame address 1.00
Feeding America
Chicago, IL · EIN 36-3673599
$10,000GIFTKnown alias 1.00
National Network of Abortion Funds
Beaverton, OR · EIN 04-3236982
$10,000GIFTSame address 1.00
Givewell Maximum Impact Fund
Oakland, CA · no confident EIN match
$10,000GIFTUnmatched Help match
Association of Ramaytush Ohlone
San Francisco, CA · EIN 86-3991594
$7,500GIFTSame street 1.00
Chochmat Halev
Berkeley, CA · EIN 94-3200772
$5,840GIFTSame address 1.00
Humanity's Team
Boulder, CO · EIN 86-1088741
$5,200GIFTSame ZIP 1.00
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches
Washington, DC · EIN 53-0196605
$5,000GIFTKnown alias 1.00
Maui Food Bank
Wailuku, HI · EIN 99-0315110
$5,000GIFTSame address 1.00
Urban Adamah
Berkeley, CA · EIN 27-4349643
$4,200GIFTSame address 1.00
Esalen Institute
San Francisco, CA · EIN 94-6114235
$4,000GIFTSame address 1.00
Peace in Schools
Portland, OR · EIN 26-3664835
$3,600GIFTSame city 1.00
Holocost Memorial Museum
Merrifield, VA · no confident EIN match
$3,600GIFTUnmatched Help match
Vajrapani
Boulder Creek, CA · no confident EIN match
$3,600GIFTUnmatched Help match
Environmental Defense Fund
New York, NY · EIN 11-6107128
$3,000GIFTKnown alias 1.00
Anera
Washington, DC · no confident EIN match
$3,000GIFTUnmatched Help match
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, MA · EIN 04-2103594
$1,800GIFTKnown alias 1.00
Somatic Experiencing International
Broomfield, CO · no confident EIN match
$1,800GIFTUnmatched Help match

4 more lines ($22K) aren't listed because the payee name as filed could identify a private person.

Foundations that fund the same organizations

  1. Amazonsmile Foundation Seattle, WA
    25 recipients in common
  2. The Pfizer Foundation New York, NY
    15 recipients in common
  3. The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Charlotte, NC
    12 recipients in common
  4. Ge Foundation Norwalk, CT
    11 recipients in common
  5. Texas Instruments Foundation Dallas, TX
    11 recipients in common
  6. Jpmorgan Chase Foundation New York, NY
    11 recipients in common
  7. Shell USA Company Foundation Houston, TX
    11 recipients in common
  8. The Cigna Group Foundation Philadelphia, PA
    10 recipients in common

Where this comes from

Grant lines are from Part XV of this foundation's Form 990-PF (XML). The filing names each payee but gives no tax ID, so WHOFUNDS matched payees to the IRS Business Master File. Lines it couldn't match confidently are listed as filed. Method and limits.