New York · Private foundation
James S Peterson Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $419k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 27
- Grants FY2025
- 27
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $50,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 27 to 35
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 6
- Total assets, FY2025
- $8.3M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations James S Peterson Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 26 | $394k | 8% |
| FY2024 | 27 | $452k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 29 | $407k | 17% |
| FY2022 | 35 | $482k | 29% |
| FY2021 | 33 | $423k | 21% |
| FY2020 | 32 | $426k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Robin Hood Foundation | $300,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Success Academy Charter Schools Inc | $300,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Uncommon Schools Inc | $210,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Guild Hall of East Hampton Inc | $210,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Equal Justice Initiative | $210,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Voteriders | $175,000 | 4 | 2% |
| Kipp Foundation | $150,000 | 6 | 0% |
| The Cedars of Marin | $150,000 | 6 | 0% |
| The Innocence Project Inc | $120,000 | 6 | 0% |
| The Doe Fund Inc | $105,000 | 6 | 0% |
Show all 51 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 5 recipients with no EIN on record ($62k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
James S Peterson Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 48 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund · Boston Foundation Inc · The Christine and Jaime Yordan Foundation · Kazickas Family Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Indian River Community Foundation Inc · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Michael a Peterson Foundation · The Thomas J Edelman Foundation · Holly Peterson Foundation · Quail Valley Charities Inc
How this is measured
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About James S Peterson Foundation
- How much does James S Peterson Foundation give?
- James S Peterson Foundation reported 27 grants totaling $419,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 27 and 35 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does James S Peterson Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (29%), Crime & Legal (15%), Philanthropy (13%).
- Who are James S Peterson Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Robin Hood Foundation ($300k), Success Academy Charter Schools Inc ($300k), Uncommon Schools Inc ($210k).
- Does James S Peterson Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does James S Peterson Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as James S Peterson Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund, Boston Foundation Inc, The Christine and Jaime Yordan Foundation.
- Where is James S Peterson Foundation based?
- James S Peterson Foundation is based in NY.
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