Organization · EIN 52-1263996 · Washington, DC · Public & societal benefit
Who funds Public Citizen Foundation?
45 private foundations reported paying Public Citizen Foundation $2.52M on returns for tax year 2023.
45 funders · 8 foundations that fund peers · 6 closest peers
Funders 45
| Foundation | Paid | Purpose as filed | Match | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sequoia Climate Foundation Irvine, CA · Preselected only |
$1,000,000 | TO SUPPORT EDUCATION AND ENGAGEMENT WITH RESPECT TO CLIMATE FINANCE EFFORTS | Same address 1.00 Wrong? | 990-PF FYE 11/2024 |
| The Perls Foundation Boston, MA · Preselected only |
$285,000 | TO SUPPORT WORK IN THE AREA OF ACCESS TO MEDICINES. $80,000 OF THE GRANT IS RESTRICTED TO PUBLIC CITIZEN'S WORK IN LATIN AMERICA. | Same address 1.00 Wrong? | 990-PF FYE 12/2023 |
| Foundation to Promote Open Society New York, NY · Preselected only |
$250,000 | TO PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR CONSUMER PROTECTION, TRANSPARENCY, AND INDUSTRY ACCOUNTABILITY IN THE USE OF AI TECHNOLOGY | Same address 1.00 Wrong? | 990-PF FYE 12/2023 |
| Jacob and Terese Hershey Foundation Houston, TX |
$110,000 2 grant lines |
Toward operating support for the Healthy Port Communities Coalition +1 more | Exact name 1.00 Wrong? | 990-PF FYE 12/2023 |
| The Cynthia & George Mitchell Foundation The Woodlands, TX |
$100,000 | To advance clean energy in Texas | Same address 1.00 Wrong? | 990-PF FYE 12/2023 |
| Lisa & Douglas Goldman Fund San Francisco, CA |
$100,000 | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT | Same address 1.00 Wrong? | 990-PF FYE 12/2023 |
| The Leonard & Sophie Davis Fund San Francisco, CA · Preselected only |
$100,000 | SUPPORT FOR SOCIAL SERVICE PROGRAMS OR EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS | Same address 1.00 Wrong? | 990-PF FYE 12/2023 |
| Stephen M Silberstein Foundation Belvedere, CA · Preselected only |
$100,000 | SERVES AS THE PEOPLE'S VOICE IN THE NATION'S CAPITAL. | Same address 1.00 Wrong? | 990-PF FYE 12/2023 |
| Colombe Peace Foundation Boston, MA · Preselected only |
$100,000 | GENERAL PURPOSES | Same address 1.00 Wrong? | 990-PF FYE 06/2024 |
| Park Foundation Ithaca, NY |
$90,000 2 grant lines |
DEMOCRACY - GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT +1 more | Same address 1.00 Wrong? | 990-PF FYE 12/2023 |
| Cs Fund Petaluma, CA |
$75,000 | GLOBAL TRADE WATCH | Same city 1.00 Wrong? | 990-PF FYE 09/2024 |
| Rockefeller Brothers Fund New York, NY |
$60,000 | FOR ITS GLOBAL TRADE WATCH PROGRAM | Same address 1.00 Wrong? | 990-PF FYE 12/2023 |
| The Thomas Phillips and Jane Moore Johnson Foundation Telluride, CO · Preselected only |
$50,000 | General Charitable | Same address 1.00 Wrong? | 990-PF FYE 12/2023 |
| Omidyar Network Fund Redwood City, CA · Preselected only |
$45,000 | General operating support | Same address 1.00 Wrong? | 990-PF FYE 12/2023 |
| Tr Edna Wardlaw Chrtble Tr Ua Orlando, FL |
$11,000 | GENERAL OPERATING | Same address 1.00 Wrong? | 990-PF FYE 12/2023 |
| Mertz Gilmore Foundation New York, NY |
$10,000 | CORPORATE ACCOUNTABILITY WORK | Same address 1.00 Wrong? | 990-PF FYE 12/2023 |
| Cloud Mountain Foundation New York, NY · Preselected only |
$10,000 | CIVIC | Same ZIP 1.00 Wrong? | 990-PF FYE 12/2023 |
| The Woods and Gil Family Foundation Chicago, IL · Preselected only |
$2,700 | GENERAL OPERATION SUPPORT FOR THE ORGANIZATION - NO MEMBERSHIP | Same address 1.00 Wrong? | 990-PF FYE 12/2023 |
| Wayne Goldstein Memorial Foundation St Paul, MN |
$2,500 | GENERAL FUNDING | Same address 1.00 Wrong? | 990-PF FYE 12/2023 |
| James G Hart Foundation Wadsworth, IL · Preselected only |
$2,000 | GENERAL FUND Filed as “PUBLIC CITIZENS FOUNDATION” |
Same street 0.87 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 Public Citizen Foundation
These foundations paid at least two of the 25 organizations that share the most funders with Public Citizen 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.
- The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation Menlo Park, CA
Paid 19 of the 25 closest peers · $30.1M to them - The Ford Foundation New York, NY
Paid 19 of the 25 closest peers · $44.7M to them - John D and Catherine T MacArthur Foundation (Consolidated) Chicago, IL
Paid 17 of the 25 closest peers · $13.7M to them - The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Princeton, NJ
Paid 17 of the 25 closest peers · $26.3M to them - Gorlitz Foundation Washington, DC
Paid 13 of the 25 closest peers · $82.5K to them - Ge Foundation Norwalk, CT
Paid 15 of the 25 closest peers · $557K to them - Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation Princeton, NJ
Paid 15 of the 25 closest peers · $1.26M to them - Sempra Foundation San Diego, CA
Paid 13 of the 25 closest peers · $45.7K to them · Says it funds preselected organizations only
Organizations with the most funders in common
- Medecins Sans Frontieres USA New York, NY
20 shared funders · 2370 funders in all - American Civil Liberties Union Foundation New York, NY
12 shared funders · 366 funders in all - Southern Poverty Law Center Montgomery, AL
12 shared funders · 616 funders in all - Project on Government Oversight Washington, DC
7 shared funders · 24 funders in all - Sierra Club Foundation Oakland, CA
12 shared funders · 246 funders in all - Environmental Defense Fund New York, NY
11 shared funders · 492 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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