Greenbaum Foundation

• The foundation says it does not accept unsolicited requests and funds by invitation only, so a small charity should not send a cold proposal and should look for a route to an invitation first.
• Its themes are plant-based diets, factory farming, animal protection and human rights, and it favours effective and efficient projects in areas of highest need where it can have the most impact, so a request should show that.
• About 8 in 10 of its grants fall between $15,000 and $200,000, with a median of $50,000, and half its grants are $50,000 or less, so a modest request in that typical band is the most likely fit.
• In the filing, 83% of its grant dollars went to organisations it had also funded in earlier filings, which suggests it is largely relationship-led and that existing grantees have the advantage.
• No geographic focus is stated; the filing shows grants mainly in California, District of Columbia, New York, Colorado and Maryland, but that is what it has funded, not a rule on who may apply.

The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:

• Karuna Foundation · General fund
  $1,060,8732024 tax year
• Humane America Animal Foundation · General fund
  $543,0002024 tax year
• Free to Thrive - Thrive Philanthropy · General fund
  $404,2252024 tax year
• American College of Lifestyle Medicine · General fund
  $350,0002024 tax year
• Humane League · General fund
  $300,0002024 tax year
• Physicians Association for Nutrition · General fund
  $218,2002024 tax year
• Friends of the Earth · General fund
  $200,0002024 tax year
• Animal Charity Evaluators · General fund
  $118,0002024 tax year

Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.

Figures from the foundation’s IRS Form 990-PF filings. Assets are at fair market value at year end. The document icon links to each year’s filing on ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer.