Grants awarded
Who does Popplestone Foundation fund?
Popplestone Foundation has awarded $244 million across 134 grants to 83 grantees between 2020 and 2024. Its giving concentrates in education. Its typical grant is $750,000, with most between $325,000 and $2,315,000.
Total awarded
$243.8M
Typical grant
$750K
Grantees
83
Grants
134
Years
2020–2024
Organizations this funder supports
Each grantee's funding from this organization, summed across all reported years. Largest first — click any column to re-sort.
| Grantee | Total received | Grants | Years | Latest | State | Support |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
William J Brennan JR Center for Justice INC
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$20.5M | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
New England Conservatory of Music
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$14.5M | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | MA | |
| C Community Music Works Project | $10.5M | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
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$10.0M | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | DC | |
The Voter Participation Center
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$10.0M | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | DC | |
Protect Democracy Project
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$10.0M | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | DC | |
| N NAACP Legal Defense & Education Fund | $10.0M | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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$8.0M | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | MA | |
Boston Youth Symphony Orchestras INC
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$6.4M | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | MA | |
| F Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund | $5.7M | 4 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
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$5.5M | 2 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | MA | |
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$5.0M | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | CT | |
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$5.0M | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | NY | |
| C Center for Election Innovation & Research (ceir) | $5.0M | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
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$5.0M | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | DC | |
The San Francisco Foundation
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$4.9M | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | CA | |
Icivics INC
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$4.2M | 2 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | MA | |
| I Individual recipient | $4.0M | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| A Americans United for the Separation of Church and State | $3.5M | 3 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
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$3.5M | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | GA | |
| I Individual recipient | $3.0M | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| P Parentcorps | $3.0M | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| E Education Through Music INC | $3.0M | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| L Literacy INC (linc) | $3.0M | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
Tides Foundation
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$3.0M | 2 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | CA | |
| Y Young People's Chorus of New York City | $3.0M | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Community Music Center of Boston INC
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$2.7M | 2 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | MA | |
| N National Parks Foundation | $2.6M | 2 | 2021–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| S SD Foundation FBO Voting Rights Lab | $2.5M | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| T The Boston Foundation for Chorus America | $2.5M | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
American Journalism Project INC
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$2.5M | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | DC | |
Pro Publica INC
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$2.5M | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | NY | |
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$2.5M | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | NY | |
| P Parentchild INC | $2.2M | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $2.2M | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| S Southern Poverty Law Center INC | $2.0M | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | AL | |
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$2.0M | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | NY | |
| N Neo Philanthropy FBO More Equitable Democracy | $2.0M | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| B Baltimore Symphony - Orchkids | $2.0M | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
The Urban Institute
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$2.0M | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | DC | |
Neighborhood Music School INC
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$2.0M | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | CT | |
| N New Venture Fund FBO Media Democracy Fund | $2.0M | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| T Tides Center FBO Abriendo Puertasopening Doors | $2.0M | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
Fair Elections Center
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$2.0M | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | DC | |
| T The Boston Foundation for Zumix INC | $2.0M | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
Florida Rights Restoration Coalition INC
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$2.0M | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | FL | |
The Greater Boston Food Bank INC
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$1.8M | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | MA | |
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$1.6M | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | MA | |
| I Individual recipient | $1.6M | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $1.5M | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| T Tides Foundation FBO Movement Voter Fund | $1.5M | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Generation Citizen INC
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$1.5M | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
Handel and Haydn Society
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$1.5M | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | MA | |
| T The Boston Foundation for Emmanuel Music | $1.5M | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| C Cambridge Public Schools | $1.5M | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| M Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation | $1.3M | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
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$1.0M | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | PA | |
| I Individual recipient | $1.0M | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| T The Boston Foundation for Boston City Singers INC | $1.0M | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
Boston Debate League
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$1.0M | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | MA | |
Proteus Fund INC
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$1.0M | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | MA | |
Movement Advancement Project INC
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$1.0M | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | CO | |
| I Individual recipient | $1.0M | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
Massachusetts Budget and Policy Center INC
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$1.0M | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | MA | |
| F Food for Free | $850K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| A Asian & Pacific Islander American Vote | $750K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
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$700K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | MA | |
| I Individual recipient | $700K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Voto Latino INC
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$500K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | DC | |
Center for Civic Design INC
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$500K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | MD | |
Georgetown University
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$400K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | DC | |
| I Individual recipient | $375K | 2 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
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$350K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | MA | |
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
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$300K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | DC | |
Save the Children Federation INC
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$250K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | CT | |
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$250K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | NY | |
Friends of the World Food Program INC
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$250K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | DC | |
| C City of Cambridge Mayor's Disasterrelief Fund | $200K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
Boston City Singers INC
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$170K | 2 | 2021–2022 | 2022 | MA | |
| I Individual recipient | $150K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
Zumix INC
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$100K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | MA | |
| P Pharmedout Research - Georgetown University | $100K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
Chorus America Association
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$50K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | DC |
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