Organization · EIN 20-1476451 · Arlington, VA · Arts, culture & humanities

Who funds PBS Foundation?

40 private foundations reported paying PBS Foundation $4.4M on returns for tax year 2023.

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

Funders 40

FoundationPaidPurpose as filedMatchSource
The Robert D and Patricia E Kern Family Foundation
Waukesha, WI · Preselected only
$1,000,000 DEVELOPMENT OF KEN BURNS FILM Same ZIP 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
The Rosalind P Walter Foundation XXXXX1002
Chicago, IL · Preselected only
$625,000 GENERAL Same street 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Hoveida Family Foundation
Bainbridge Island, WA · Preselected only
$500,000 PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR NOVA AND A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE FUTURE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMING Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Lohengrin Foundation
Chicago, IL · Preselected only
$500,000 GENERAL FUND Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
The Klarman Family Foundation
Boston, MA
$375,000 Healthy Democracy: To support the documentary television series "Black & Jewish in America and to provide a challenge grant Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation
Owings Mills, MD
$200,000 TO SUPPORT THE DR. HENRY LOUIS GATE'S PBS EDUCATIONAL DOCUMENTARY PROJECT, "BLACK AND JEWISH IN AMERICA." Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Arthur V Davis Foundation Pf #3
Ponte Vedra Beach, FL
$194,250 GENERAL OPERATING Same ZIP 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
The Marsal Family Foundation
New York, NY · Preselected only
$150,000 FINANCIAL SUPPORT Exact name 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Sage Foundation
Arlington, WA · Preselected only
$150,000 REFER TO STATEMENT 12 (FOOTNOTE OF THIS TAX RETURN Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Abby S & Howard P Milstein Foundation
New York, NY · Preselected only
$120,000 IRC SEC. 501(C)(3) ORG. Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Hobsonlucas Family Foundation
San Rafael, CA
$100,000 BLACK & JEWISH IN AMERICA PROJECTS Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
The Righteous Persons Foundation
Los Angeles, CA
$100,000 BRIDGING COMMUNITIES Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
David & Candace Weir Foundation
Albany, NY · Preselected only
$80,000 GENERAL CHARITABLE PURPOSES Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Mimi and Peter Haas Fund
San Francisco, CA
$75,000 HENRY LOUIS GATES, JRS. SERIES "BLACK AND JEWISH IN AMERICA" Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
The Markkula Foundation
Woodside, CA
$50,000 unrestricted Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 06/2024
Grain Family Foundation
Sarasota, FL · Preselected only
$50,000 TO SUPPORT HENRY LOUIS GATES, JR. AND HIS FILM IN DEVELOPMENT, BLACK AND JEWISH IN AMERICA. THE PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN PBS AND PROFESSOR GATES… Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Winslow Family Foundation
Kamuela, HI
$25,000 GENERAL OPERATING Same ZIP 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
The Katzenberger Foundation
Palm Beach, FL · Preselected only
$20,000 SUPPORT NAT'L PUBLIC BROADCASTING Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
The Shelby and Frederick Gans Foundation
West Hollywood, CA · Preselected only
$15,000 GENERAL USE Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
The Shores Foundation
New York, NY · Preselected only
$15,000 ACHIEVE CHARITABLE PURPOSE 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 PBS Foundation

These foundations paid at least two of the 25 organizations that share the most funders with PBS 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 Cigna Group Foundation Philadelphia, PA
    Paid 20 of the 25 closest peers · $139K to them
  2. The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Princeton, NJ
    Paid 17 of the 25 closest peers · $5.46M to them
  3. Chubb Charitable Foundation Philadelphia, PA
    Paid 17 of the 25 closest peers · $431K to them
  4. The Rockefeller Foundation New York, NY
    Paid 16 of the 25 closest peers · $1.88M to them · Says it funds preselected organizations only
  5. Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation Princeton, NJ
    Paid 17 of the 25 closest peers · $1.31M to them
  6. The Ford Foundation New York, NY
    Paid 16 of the 25 closest peers · $3.27M to them
  7. Ge Foundation Norwalk, CT
    Paid 15 of the 25 closest peers · $613K to them
  8. Sempra Foundation San Diego, CA
    Paid 14 of the 25 closest peers · $77.2K to them · Says it funds preselected organizations only

Organizations with the most funders in common

  1. International Rescue Committee New York, NY
    14 shared funders · 769 funders in all
  2. Medecins Sans Frontieres USA New York, NY
    10 shared funders · 2370 funders in all
  3. WNET New York, NY
    7 shared funders · 174 funders in all
  4. Southern Poverty Law Center Montgomery, AL
    10 shared funders · 616 funders in all
  5. The Aspen Institute Washington, DC
    8 shared funders · 245 funders in all
  6. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Washington, DC
    8 shared funders · 614 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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