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Who does Vital Projects Fund INC fund?

Vital Projects Fund INC has awarded $93 million across 609 grants to 317 grantees between 2020 and 2025. Its giving concentrates in crime & legal. Its typical grant is $75,000, with most between $30,000 and $125,000. Repeat grantees receive a median $75,000 versus $50,000 for first-time grantees.

Total awarded
$93.4M
Typical grant
$75K
Grantees
317
Grants
609
Years
2020–2025

Organizations this funder supports

Each grantee's funding from this organization, summed across all reported years. Largest first — click any column to re-sort.

100 of 317 grantees
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Grantee Total receivedGrantsYearsLatestState Follow
I Individual recipient $16.6M120202020— —
Proteus Fund INC $10.5M42021–20242024MA
C Community Funds INC $3.9M120252025— —
P Proteus Fund $2.8M120252025— —
Louisiana Parole Project INC $1.4M42021–20242024LA
The New York and Presbyterian Hospital $1.3M22021–20222022NY
Y Yale University $1.3M52021–20252025— —
C Chef Ann Foundation $1.2M120252025— —
Texas Defender Service $1.2M42021–20242024TX
I Investigative Reports & Editors INC $1.1M42021–20252025— —
Civil Rights Corps $1.1M22021–20232023DC
M Mitchell Hamline School of Law $1.0M52021–20252025— —
T Tulane University $950K52021–20252025— —
The Metropolitan Museum of Art $938K32021–20232023NY
C Community Funds INC $900K120242024NY
Duke University $882K42021–20242024NC
City Harvest INC $875K42021–20242024NY
B Brain & Behavior Research Fdn $825K52021–20252025— —
N New York Presbyterian Hospital - Weill Cornell Medical School $750K32023–20252025— —
Chef Ann Foundation $750K42021–20242024CO
Tides Foundation $710K42021–20242024CA
Tides Center $676K42021–20242024CA
Museum of Modern Art $600K32021–20232023NY
Arizona Capital Representation Project $525K42021–20242024AZ
S Seattle Celemency Project $525K32022–20242024— —
Families Against Mandatory Minimums $515K32022–20242024DC
A ACLU of Michigan Foundation $510K32023–20252025— —
Nurse Family Partnership $500K42021–20242024CO
Safe & Just Michigan $500K32022–20242024MI
A Association for the Public Defender of Maryland $500K120252025— —
I International Documentary Assoc $490K22021–20222022— —
Lewis and Clark College $472K42021–20242024OR
L Louisiana Parole Project INC $470K120252025— —
Hopewell Fund $462K22022–20242024DC
Habitat for Humanity New York City and Westcherster County INC $450K42021–20242024NY
N National Marfan Foundation $450K32021–20232023— —
Second Look Project $445K42021–20242024DC
N National Advocates for Pregnant Women $425K22022–20242024NY —
I Individual recipient $425K52021–20252025— —
Players Philanthropy Fund $402K42021–20242024MD
P Political Report INC $400K22023–20242024DC
Rights Behind Bars INC $400K22023–20242024DC
W Wnycwqxr $400K22021–20222022— —
T Texas Defender Service $400K120252025— —
B British Schools & Universities Foundation $400K120212021— —
P Portland Institute for Contempory Art $397K120232023— —
Parole Preparation Project INC $380K42021–20242024NY
I Individual recipient $375K32021–20232023— —
C Coalition for the Homeless $365K52021–20252025— —
University of San Francisco $350K22022–20242024CA
P Phillips Black Project $350K22022–20242024— —
I Individual recipient $350K120252025— —
Loyola University $350K32021–20232023LA
T Tides Center (powell Project) $331K22021–20252025— —
B Brennan Center for Justice $300K32021–20232023— —
N New York Public Library $300K32021–20232023— —
T Thirteenwnet $300K22021–20222022— —
Healing Advocacy Fund $300K22023–20242024CO
A ACLU Foundation $300K22021–20222022— —
H Holy Rosary Church $300K42021–20242024— —
The Ceres Community Project $300K42021–20242024CA
Abolitionist Law Center $300K42021–20242024PA
Seeds of Peace INC $300K32021–20232023NY
C City University of NY School of Law $300K22023–20252025— —
Drug Policy Alliance $300K32021–20232023NY
N National Religious Campaign Against Torture $290K32023–20252025— —
Investigative Reporters and Editors INC $282K120232023MO
S Social & Enviormental Entrepreneurs $280K22021–20222022— —
Center for Community Alternatives $270K32021–20242024NY
S Social and Enviormental Entrepreneurs $260K32023–20252025— —
Restore Justice $250K22021–20222022CA
National Public Radio INC $250K22021–20222022DC
N NY Presbyterian - Division of Cardiology $250K22021–20242024— —
Mad Agriculture $250K42021–20242024CO
Mile High United Way INC $235K42021–20242024CO
L Loyola University New Orleans $235K22024–20252025— —
Juilliard School $235K42021–20242024NY
Association for the Public Defender of Maryland Ltd $235K120232023MD
F Florida Int'l University Fdn $231K120212021— —
National Gallery of Art $225K32021–20232023MD
A ACLU of New Jersey Foundation $225K32023–20252025— —
Vermonters for Criminal Justice Reform $225K32022–20242024VT
Northwest Film Forum $220K22021–20222022WA
S Southern Poverty Law Center INC $220K42021–20242024AL
M Mel Blount Youth Home of PA INC $215K32023–20252025— —
New York City Center INC $210K42021–20242024NY
D Duke University $206K120252025— —
Atlantic Center for Capital Representation INC $205K22023–20242024PA
Advancing Real Change INC $205K32021–20242024MD
Felony Murder Elimination Project $200K22023–20242024CA
New York City Ballet INC $200K32021–20242024NY
Equal Justice Initiative $200K22021–20222022AL
The Center for Independent Documentary INC $200K22021–20232023MA
Staten Island University Hospital $200K32021–20242024NY
Southern Center for Human Rights $200K32021–20232023GA
A ACLU of Pennsylvania Foundation $200K22023–20252025— —
H Hospital for Special Surgery $200K22021–20222022— —
A Arizona Capital Representation Project $200K120252025— —
T The Political Report INC $200K120252025— —
A American Civil Liberties Union Foundation $200K22021–20242024— —

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