Private foundation · EIN 81-3783868 · Carbondale, CO · Return for the year ending 2023-12-31

Where Catena Foundation's grants went

It reported $30.2M in grants paid across 124 lines. WHOFUNDS matched 85.8% of those dollars to 95 recipient organizations.

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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 117 published lines

RecipientPaidPurpose as filedMatch
Environmental Defense Fund
New York, NY · EIN 11-6107128
$1,587,500INDEPENDENT PROJECTS/CLEAN ENERGY - SUPPORTING CLIMATE LEADERSHIP, PROTECTING AMERICANS FROM TOXIC CHEMICALS, AND PRIVATE SECTOR ENGAGEMENT…Same address 1.00
Western Resource Advocates
Boulder, CO · EIN 84-1113831
$1,443,199INDEPENDENT PROJECTS/CLEAN ENERGY - SUPPORT FOR DECARBONIZATION ACROSS THE WESTSame ZIP 1.00
State Leadership Project
Raleigh, NC · EIN 83-4006980
$1,150,000CIVIC ENGAGEMENT & PROTECTING DEMOCRACY SUPPORTSame address 1.00
The Voices Project USA
Brooklyn New York, NY · EIN 82-3505967
$1,000,000INDEPENDENT PROJECTS/CRISIS RESPONSE - WHITE HELMETS SYRIA/TURKEY EARTHQUAKE RELIEFSame address 1.00
Defending Democracy Together Institute
Washington, DC · EIN 83-1567380
$1,000,000CIVIC ENGAGEMENT & PROTECTING DEMOCRACY SUPPORTSame city 1.00
National Immigration Forum
Washington, DC · EIN 13-1776711
$900,000IMMIGRATION - SUPPORT BUILDING POSITIVE NARRATIVE ON IMMIGRATION AND GENERAL SUPPORT.Same address 0.73
Fwsuseducation Fund
Washington, DC · no confident EIN match
$900,000IMMIGRATION - TO SUPPORT RESEARCH, EDUCATION, AND OUTREACH ABOUT IMMIGRATIONUnmatched Help match
Civic Nation
Washington, DC · EIN 47-3576918
$800,000CIVIC ENGAGEMENT & PROTECTING DEMOCRACY SUPPORTSame city 1.00
International Rescue Committee
New York, NY · EIN 13-5660870
$708,071INDEPENDENT PROJECTS/CRISIS RESPONSE - TURKEY AND SYRIA EARTHQUAKE RELIEF EFFORTS AND IMMIGRATION - SUPPORT FOR AT-RISK AND DISPLACED PERSO…Same address 1.00
Save the Children Federation
Fairfield, CT · EIN 06-0726487
$700,000INDEPENDENT PROJECTS/CRISIS RESPONSE - TURKEY & SYRIA EARTHQUAKE RELIEF EFFORTS.Same ZIP 1.00
American Immigration Council
Washington, DC · EIN 52-1549711
$600,000IMMIGRATION - TO SUPPORT RESEARCH, EDUCATION, AND OUTREACH ABOUT IMMIGRATIONSame street 1.00
Neo Philanthropy
New York, NY · EIN 13-3191113
$565,000CIVIC ENGAGEMENT & PROTECTING DEMOCRACY SUPPORTSame address 1.00
Aspen Global Change Institute
Basalt, CO · EIN 84-1305687
$550,000INDEPENDENT PROJECTS/CLEAN ENERGY - SUPPORT MODELING, ANALYSIS, AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCESame address 1.00
Workmoney Foundation
Milwaukee, WI · EIN 88-1168529
$550,000CIVIC ENGAGEMENT & PROTECTING DEMOCRACY - ADDRESSING DISENGAGED AND DISAFFECTED CITIZENS.Same address 1.00
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors
New York, NY · EIN 13-3615533
$500,000IMMIGRATION - BUILD AND SUPPORT A POSITIVE NARRATIVE AROUND NEWCOMERS AND STRENGTHENING CAPACITY OF COMMUNITIES TO WELCOME AFGHANS AND UKRA…Same city 1.00
Friends of South Georgia Island
Carbondale, CO · EIN 45-2549443
$500,000INDEPENDENT PROJECTS/CRISIS RESPONSE - PLANNING, RESEARCH AND OPERATIONS OF THE MOUSE-FREE MARION PROJECT TO ERADICATE INVASIVE MICE FROM M…Same address 1.00
Protect Democracy Project
Washington, DC · EIN 81-4777062
$500,000CIVIC ENGAGEMENT & PROTECTING DEMOCRACY - GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORTSame address 1.00
Deployus
Boston, MA · EIN 47-2818525
$500,000INDEPENDENT PROJECTS/CLEAN ENERGY - SUPPORT RESEARCH, EDUCATION AND OUTREACH ON CLIMATE AND ENERGYExact name 1.00
Western States Center
Portland, OR · EIN 93-0952137
$450,000CIVIC ENGAGEMENT & PROTECTING DEMOCRACY SUPPORTSame address 1.00
Colorado State University Foundation
Fort Collins, CO · EIN 23-7098397
$426,427INDEPENDENT PROJECTS/CLEAN ENERGY - PROJECTS RELATED TO ENERGY TRANSITIONSame ZIP 1.00
International Refugee Assistance Project
New York, NY · EIN 82-2167556
$400,000—Same address 0.89
America's Voice Education Fund
Washington, DC · EIN 26-2624247
$400,000IMMIGRATION - TO SUPPORT RESEARCH, EDUCATION, AND OUTREACH ABOUT IMMIGRATIONSame address 1.00
Welcoming America
Atlanta, GA · EIN 27-1049805
$375,000IMMIGRATION - UNITE THE MOVEMENT OF WELCOMERS TO COUNTER XENOPHOBIA WITH A POWERFUL NARRATIVE AND SET OF PROVEN TOOLS TO REJECT DISCRIMINAT…Same address 1.00
United Nations Foundation
Washington, DC · EIN 58-2368165
$360,000INDEPENDENT PROJECTS/CLEAN ENERGY - SUPPORT CLEAN ENERGY WORKSame address 1.00
Environmental Policy Innovation Center
College Park, MD · EIN 93-3208396
$354,463KLAMATH - SUPPORT TRIBAL-FEDERAL RELATIONSHIPS.Same address 1.00
National Public Radio
Washington, DC · EIN 52-0907625
$350,000IMMIGRATION - NPR AND TX PUBLIC RADIO IMMIGRATION COVERAGESame address 1.00
Contina Impact
San Francisco, CA · EIN 36-4657870
$330,000CIVIC ENGAGEMENT & PROTECTING DEMOCRACY SUPPORTExact name 1.00
Immigrant Legal Resource Center
San Francisco, CA · EIN 94-2939540
$325,000IMMIGRATION - SUPPORT EXPANSION OF ACCESS TO LEGAL COUNSELSame address 1.00
Neem Foundation
NI · outside the US
$321,590INDEPENDENT PROJECTS/EDUCATION - SUPPORT THE LAFIYA SARARI SCHOOL YEARS 5-7Foreign
Refugee & Immigrant Center for Education & Legal Services
San Antonio, TX · EIN 74-2436920
$300,000IMMIGRATION - SUPPORT EXPANDION OF ACCESS TO LEGAL COUNSEL AND SAFE FACILITIESSame city 1.00
World Central Kitchen
Washington, DC · EIN 27-3521132
$250,000INDEPENDENT PROJECTS/CRISIS RESPONSE - TURKEY & SYRIA EARTHQUAKE RELIEF EFFORTS.Known alias 1.00
Hopewell Fund
Washington, DC · EIN 47-3681860
$250,000CIVIC ENGAGEMENT & PROTECTING DEMOCRACY SUPPORTSame address 1.00
Port of Houston Credit Union
Houston, TX · EIN 74-1315220
$250,000INDEPENDENT PROJECTS/CLEAN ENERGY - IMPROVE EXISTING DECARBONIZATION PLANSSame address 0.70
Public Democracy America
Great Falls, VA · EIN 27-1017781
$250,000CIVIC ENGAGEMENT & PROTECTING DEMOCRACY - BETTER ANGELS NETWORKSame street 1.00
Amalgamated Charitable Foundation
Washington, DC · EIN 82-1517696
$250,000CIVIC ENGAGEMENT & PROTECTING DEMOCRACY SUPPORTSame city 1.00
Vera Institute of Justice
Brooklyn, NY · EIN 13-1941627
$250,000IMMIGRATION - SCALE LEGAL REPRESENTATION AND COLLABORATION FOR IMMIGRANTS FACING DEPORTATION.Same street 1.00
Tennessee Immigrant and Refugee Rights Coalition
Nashville, TN · EIN 20-0121100
$250,000IMMIGRATION - SUPPORT IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE COMMUNITES THOUGH HEALTH AND LEGAL SERVICES.Same address 1.00
Nextgen Education Fund
San Fransisco, CA · no confident EIN match
$250,000CIVIC ENGAGEMENT & PROTECTING DEMOCRACY - GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORTUnmatched Help match
American Business Immigration
Chicago, IL · no confident EIN match
$250,000IMMIGRATION - GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT.Unmatched Help match
Gridworks Organization
Berkeley, CA · EIN 27-4910811
$240,000INDEPENDENT PROJECTS/CLEAN ENERGY - SUPPORTING CLEAN ENERGY IN THE WEST.Same address 0.85
Poynter Institute
Stpetersburg, FL · no confident EIN match
$240,000IMMIGRATION - TO SUPPORT RESEARCH, EDUCATION, AND OUTREACH ABOUT IMMIGRATIONUnmatched Help match
Innovation Law Lab
Portland, OR · EIN 47-1012852
$235,858IMMIGRATION - SUPPORT EXPANDION OF ACCESS TO LEGAL COUNSEL AND SAFE FACILITIESSame address 1.00
Cycle Kids
Cambridge, MA · EIN 20-1169399
$235,357INDEPENDENT PROJECTS/TRAILS AND YOUTH CYCLING - SUPPORT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL-BASED CYCLING AND NUTRITION PROGRAMS IN THE SOUTHWEST.Same street 1.00
Grand Canyon Youth
Flagstaff, AZ · EIN 86-0905180
$226,057COLORADO RIVER BASIN/RESTORATION - CONNECTING YOUTH TO SOUTHWEST RIVERS WITH A FOCUS ON STEWARDSHIP, RESTORATION, AND INDIGENOUS YOUTH PART…Same address 1.00
Urban Ecology Center
Milwaukee, WI · EIN 39-1712663
$225,000INDEPENDENT PROJECTS/EDUCATION - GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT FOR UEC'S INVOLVEMENT IN TRAILS AND CYCLING PROJECTS IN WASHINGTON PARK AND THE…Same address 1.00
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches
Washington, DC · EIN 53-0196605
$200,000INDEPENDENT PROJECTS/CRISIS RESPONSE - TURKEY AND SYRIA EARTHQUAKE EMERGENCY RELIEF EFFORTSKnown alias 1.00
National Partnership for New Americans
Chicago, IL · EIN 45-3419142
$200,000IMMIGRATION - TO SUPPORT RESEARCH, EDUCATION, AND OUTREACH ABOUT IMMIGRATIONSame city 1.00
The Trustees of Princeton University
Princeton, NJ · EIN 21-0634501
$180,000CIVIC ENGAGEMENT & PROTECTING DEMOCRACY - SUPPORT DE-ESCALATION AND ANTI-VIOLENCE NETWORK.Known alias 1.00
The ONE America Movement
Bowie, MD · EIN 84-5006315
$175,000CIVIC ENGAGEMENT & PROTECTING DEMOCRACY - GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORTSame street 1.00
The Niskanen Center
Washington, DC · EIN 45-5308952
$175,000IMMIGRATION - TO SUPPORT RESEARCH, EDUCATION, AND OUTREACH ABOUT IMMIGRATIONSame address 1.00

7 more lines ($794K) 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
    63 recipients in common
  2. The Ford Foundation New York, NY
    25 recipients in common
  3. The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation Menlo Park, CA
    23 recipients in common
  4. JPMorgan Chase Foundation New York, NY
    19 recipients in common
  5. The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Charlotte, NC
    18 recipients in common
  6. The Pfizer Foundation New York, NY
    17 recipients in common
  7. WK Kellogg Foundation Battle Creek, MI
    15 recipients in common
  8. The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Princeton, NJ
    14 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.