Organization · EIN 04-3091431 · San Francisco, CA

Who funds Electronic Frontier Foundation?

81 private foundations reported paying Electronic Frontier Foundation $4.29M on returns for tax year 2023.

81 funders · 8 foundations that fund peers · 6 closest peers

Funders 81

FoundationPaidPurpose as filedMatchSource
Filecoin Foundation for the
Middletown, DE · Preselected only
$2,000,000 OPERATING Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 09/2024
Kaphan Foundation
Seattle, WA · Preselected only
$390,601 GENERAL SUPPORT Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
The Ford Foundation
New York, NY
$337,802
6 grant lines
GENERAL SUPPORT +2 more Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Mark Cuban Foundation
Dallas, TX
$250,000 GENERAL PURPOSE Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Alfred P Sloan Foundation
New York, NY
$247,154 TO SUPPORT TEN NEW EPISODES OF HOW TO FIX THE INTERNET, AN IN-DEPTH PODCAST ABOUT THE PROBLEMS OF THE MODERN WEB GEARED TOWARD A LAY AUDIEN… Same city 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Craig Newmark Foundation
San Francisco, CA · Preselected only
$200,000 GENERAL PURPOSE Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Liberty Ears
Longmont, CO · Preselected only
$200,000 TO ENSURE THAT TECHNOLOGY SUPPORTS FREEDOM, JUSTICE, AND INNOVATION FOR ALL PEOPLE OF THE WORLD Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
John D and Catherine T MacArthur Foundation (Consolidated)
Chicago, IL
$150,000 in support of the organization's general operations Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Amazonsmile Foundation
Seattle, WA · Preselected only
$106,237 GENERAL SUPPORT Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
The 2A Foundation
New York, NY · Preselected only
$100,000 GENERAL FUND Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
The Stanton Foundation
New York, NY · Preselected only
$84,975 TO ACHIEVE CHARITABLE PURPOSE Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Ting Tsung & Wei Fong Chao Foundation
Houston, TX · Preselected only
$25,000 GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
The Elizabeth B and Arthur E Roswell Foundation
Baltimore, MD
$15,000 general support Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Small River Foundation
Woodside, CA · Preselected only
$12,500 CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTION Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
John Jewett & Helen Chandler Garland Fou Ndation
Pasadena, CA · Preselected only
$10,000 General Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Washakie Foundation
Wilmington, DE · Preselected only
$10,000 General & Unrestricted Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
The Tinybell Charitable Fund
Wilmington, DE · Preselected only
$10,000 General & Unrestricted Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
The Craft Foundation
Glendale, CA · Preselected only
$10,000 GENERAL SUPPORT Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Theodore P Chuffers Foundation
Wilmington, DE · Preselected only
$10,000 General & Unrestricted Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
The Tibore Foundation
Wilmington, DE · Preselected only
$10,000 General & Unrestricted Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023

Amounts are as filed on each foundation's 990-PF for a tax year beginning in 2023. The match shows how the payee on the filing was linked to this EIN (what each match type means); hover or tap it for the score. Wrong? Report it.

Foundations that fund organizations like Electronic Frontier Foundation

These foundations paid at least two of the 25 organizations that share the most funders with Electronic Frontier Foundation, but don't appear on its own funder list for 2023. This is a factual overlap from filings, not a recommendation or an endorsement.

  1. The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Princeton, NJ
    Paid 23 of the 25 closest peers · $7.42M to them
  2. Sempra Foundation San Diego, CA
    Paid 23 of the 25 closest peers · $127K to them · Says it funds preselected organizations only
  3. Chubb Charitable Foundation Philadelphia, PA
    Paid 22 of the 25 closest peers · $475K to them
  4. The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation Menlo Park, CA
    Paid 21 of the 25 closest peers · $3.92M to them
  5. Citizens Charitable Foundation Johnston, RI
    Paid 20 of the 25 closest peers · $101K to them · Says it funds preselected organizations only
  6. Select Equity Group Foundation New York, NY
    Paid 19 of the 25 closest peers · $372K to them · Says it funds preselected organizations only
  7. Gannett Foundation New York, NY
    Paid 21 of the 25 closest peers · $36.2K to them
  8. Baxter International Foundation Deerfield, IL
    Paid 19 of the 25 closest peers · $284K to them · Says it funds preselected organizations only

Organizations with the most funders in common

  1. Wikimedia Foundation San Francisco, CA
    33 shared funders · 380 funders in all
  2. Medecins Sans Frontieres USA New York, NY
    31 shared funders · 2370 funders in all
  3. World Central Kitchen Washington, DC
    27 shared funders · 1099 funders in all
  4. Environmental Defense Fund New York, NY
    25 shared funders · 492 funders in all
  5. Natural Resources Defense Council New York, NY
    24 shared funders · 625 funders in all
  6. Pro Publica New York, NY
    25 shared funders · 219 funders in all

Where this comes from

Each row is a grant line from Part XV of a private foundation's Form 990-PF. The 990-PF has no field for the recipient's tax ID, so WHOFUNDS matched the payee's name and address to the IRS Business Master File. How matching works and where it fails.

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