Grants awarded
Who does North Star Charitable Foundation fund?
North Star Charitable Foundation has awarded $41 million across 193 grants to 83 grantees between 2020 and 2024. Its giving concentrates in education. Its typical grant is $50,000, with most between $30,000 and $100,000. Repeat grantees receive a median $70,000 versus $40,000 for first-time grantees.
Total awarded
$41.5M
Typical grant
$50K
Grantees
83
Grants
193
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 | Follow |
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| P Planned Parenthood Federation | $13.5M | 4 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
The Colorado College
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$4.2M | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | CO | |
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$2.2M | 3 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | NY | |
| C Conservation International | $2.2M | 4 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Capital Area Food Bank INC
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$2.1M | 4 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | DC | |
| I Individual recipient | $1.2M | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
The Malala Fund
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$1.2M | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | DC | |
| U United Services Organization (uso) | $1.1M | 4 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Seattle Aquarium Society-Seas
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$1.1M | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | WA | |
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$1.0M | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | WA | |
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$935K | 4 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | AZ | |
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$725K | 4 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | OH | |
Wilderness Inquiry INC
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$640K | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | MN | |
Northwest Harvest E M M
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$400K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | WA | |
| H Homefront | $360K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Amigos of Costa Rica INC
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$352K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | PA | |
New Jersey Institute for Social Justice INC
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$350K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | NJ | |
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$325K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
National Outdoor Leadership School
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$300K | 3 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | WY | |
Family Law Casa of King County
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$300K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | WA | |
| A American University Wamu | $300K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| S Scholarchips INC | $285K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $280K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| A Armand Hammer Museum of Art and Cultural | $277K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| C Colorado Rocky Mountain School | $275K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $275K | 3 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
Interfaith Works of Central New York INC
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$255K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
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$250K | 4 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | CT | |
| A Alight | $250K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | — | — |
Bail Project INC
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$250K | 2 | 2021–2023 | 2023 | CA | |
| H Habitat for Humanity of the Roaring Fork | $250K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| T Treehouse | $200K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
United Way of King County
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$200K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | WA | |
| C College of William & Mary | $200K | 3 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| C College of William & Mary Foundation | $200K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Wild Montana Action Fund
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$200K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | MT | |
Mamatoto Village INC
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$180K | 3 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | DC | |
Montgomery College Foundation INC
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$175K | 3 | 2021–2023 | 2023 | MD | |
| F Food Bank of Central & Eastern NC | $175K | 4 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
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$175K | 4 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | MD | |
| P Plymouth Housing Group | $170K | 4 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| T The New Jersey Institute for Social | $150K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| U Urban Alliance | $150K | 3 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| T The University of NC at Chapel Hill | $115K | 3 | 2021–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
The Washington School for Girls
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$100K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | DC | |
| C Center for Human Services Nw | $100K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Seattle Art Museum
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$100K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | WA | |
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$100K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | DC | |
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$100K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | NJ | |
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$100K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | CO | |
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$80K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | CO | |
Reprohub
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$75K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | WA | |
| G Greenway Middle School | $57K | 4 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| S Stepping Stones of the Roaring Fork | $50K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Solid Ground Washington
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$50K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | WA | |
Aspen Center for Environmental Studies
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$50K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | CO | |
Aspen Community Foundation
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$50K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | CO | |
| B Bomb Techs Without Borders | $50K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | CA | |
The Aspen Institute INC
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$50K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | DC | |
| I Individual recipient | $50K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $45K | 2 | 2021–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
Pitt Hopkins Research Foundation
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$40K | 4 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | NC | |
Resource Area for Teaching
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$40K | 3 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | CA | |
| I Individual recipient | $30K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Pedigree Foundation
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$30K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | TN | |
Roaring Fork Public Radio INC
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$30K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | CO | |
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$30K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | CO | |
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$25K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | CO | |
| S Sweetwater Community School | $24K | 2 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Kitchen on the Street INC
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$20K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | AZ | |
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$20K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | NC | |
| I Individual recipient | $20K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
English in Action
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$20K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | CO | |
Crossroads Community Food Network INC
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$20K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | MD | |
| V Veterans of Foreign Wars | $20K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
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$20K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | WA | |
| I Individual recipient | $15K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| G Gbowee Peace Foundation | $15K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
The Center for Humane Living
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$10K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | AZ | |
Feeding America
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$10K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | IL | |
| M Manna Food Bank | $10K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| E Eagle Ridge Elementary School | $5K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
Silver Spring Village INC
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$2K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | MD |
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