New York · Private foundation
The Liberal Do-Gooder 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.
- $25k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 13
- Grants FY2025
- 20
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 25%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $1,250
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 11 to 20
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 5
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 25% of the organizations The Liberal Do-Gooder Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 7% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6k 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 | 13 | $25k | 31% |
| FY2024 | 20 | $79k | 25% |
| FY2023 | 14 | $57k | 43% |
| FY2022 | 16 | $68k | 38% |
| FY2021 | 11 | $50k | 64% |
| FY2020 | 11 | $59k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Henry Street Settlement | $89,700 | 4 | 0% |
| New York Shakespeare Festival | $50,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Bennington College Corporation | $25,000 | 4 | 0% |
| The Actors' Fund of America | $10,300 | 5 | 0% |
| Camp Kinderland Inc | $8,250 | 3 | 0% |
| J Street Education Fund Inc | $5,400 | 3 | 0% |
| Westchester Resettlement Coalition | $5,000 | 1 | 13% |
| World Central Kitchen Inc | $4,000 | 3 | 0% |
| The New 42nd Street Inc | $3,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Abundant Waters Fellowship Inc | $3,000 | 3 | n/a |
Show all 24 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Henry Street Settlement | $89,700 | 4 | 0% |
| New York Shakespeare Festival | $50,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Bennington College Corporation | $25,000 | 4 | 0% |
| The Actors' Fund of America | $10,300 | 5 | 0% |
| Camp Kinderland Inc | $8,250 | 3 | 0% |
| J Street Education Fund Inc | $5,400 | 3 | 0% |
| Westchester Resettlement Coalition | $5,000 | 1 | 13% |
| World Central Kitchen Inc | $4,000 | 3 | 0% |
| The New 42nd Street Inc | $3,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Abundant Waters Fellowship Inc | $3,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc | $2,250 | 2 | 0% |
| Berkshire Playwrights Lab Inc | $2,125 | 2 | 10% |
| The Actors Center Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies North America Inc | $1,800 | 1 | 0% |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $1,700 | 3 | 0% |
| Actblue Charities Inc | $1,037 | 1 | 0% |
| Triplex Cinema Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Community Access to the Arts Inc | $1,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Freedom Now Inc | $750 | 1 | 0% |
| The Malala Fund | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Milwaukee Community Orchestra Inc | $500 | 1 | 1% |
| Stephen Wise Free Synagogue | $360 | 1 | n/a |
| 350org | $350 | 1 | 0% |
| Oxfam-America Inc | $200 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 15 recipients with no EIN on record ($118k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Liberal Do-Gooder Foundation supplied at peak.
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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: Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About The Liberal Do-Gooder Foundation
- How much does The Liberal Do-Gooder Foundation give?
- The Liberal Do-Gooder Foundation reported 13 grants totaling $25,050 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 11 and 20 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does The Liberal Do-Gooder Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (29%), Arts & Culture (27%), Religion (13%).
- Who are The Liberal Do-Gooder Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Henry Street Settlement ($90k), New York Shakespeare Festival ($50k), Bennington College Corporation ($25k).
- Does The Liberal Do-Gooder Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 25% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Liberal Do-Gooder 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 The Liberal Do-Gooder Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc, Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc.
- Where is The Liberal Do-Gooder Foundation based?
- The Liberal Do-Gooder Foundation is based in NY.
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