Vital Projects Fund Inc
Private foundation · New York, NY · EIN 13-3711340 · reported 2023–2025
346grants reported
$68Kmedian award
$25Klower quartile
$5,000smallest grant
$46.5Mtotal paid
32states reached
3years giving
This foundation funds faith-based organizations. 12 of its 346 reported grants went to churches, ministries or other religious organizations, $1.4M in total. That is what it paid, not what it says in a policy.
Gives every year. This foundation reported grants in 2023, 2024, 2025. A funder that shows up year after year is worth a letter even if this year is a no.
Where to write
1 Vanderbilt Ave
New York, NY 10017-3978
Address as registered with the IRS. Most foundations this size have no website and no application form, which is not a dead end: a short letter to this address is the whole process, and almost nobody sends one.
Who they funded
| Recipient and stated purpose | Where | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Community Funds Inc | New York, NY | $3,850,000 |
| Proteus Fund | Amherst, MA | $3,496,000 |
| Proteus Fund | Amherst, MA | $2,753,000 |
| Proteus Fund | Amherst, MA | $2,705,000 |
| Chef Ann Foundation | Boulder, CO | $1,250,000 |
| Community Funds Inc | New York, NY | $900,000 |
| New York Presbyterian Hospital - Weill Cornell Medical School | New York, NY | $675,000 |
| Civil Rights Corps | Washington, DC | $560,000 |
| Louisiana Parole Project Inc | Baton Rouge, LA | $550,000 |
| Association for the Public Defender of Maryland | Baltimore, MD | $500,000 |
| Louisiana Parole Project Inc | Baton Rouge, LA | $500,000 |
| Louisiana Parole Project Inc | Baton Rouge, LA | $470,000 |
| Texas Defender Service | Houston, TX | $400,000 |
| Portland Institute for Contempory Art | Portland, OR | $397,000 |
| Yale University | New Haven, CT | $391,000 |
| Civil Rights Corps | Washington, DC | $350,000 |
| Texas Defender Service | Houston, TX | $350,000 |
| Duke University | Durham, NC | $340,000 |
| Seattle Celemency Project | Seattle, WA | $325,000 |
| Texas Defender Service | Houston, TX | $300,000 |
| Tulane University | New Orleans, LA | $300,000 |
| Investigative Reporters and Editors Inc | Columbia, MO | $282,000 |
| Hopewell Fund | Washington, DC | $262,000 |
| Tides Center | Los Angeles, CA | $260,000 |
| City Harvest Inc | New York, NY | $250,000 |
| Chef Ann Foundation | Boulder, CO | $250,000 |
| Mitchell Hamline School of Law | St Paul, MN | $246,000 |
| The Metropolitan Museum of Art | New York, NY | $242,000 |
| Association for the Public Defender of Maryland | Baltimore, MD | $235,000 |
| Mitchell Hamline School of Law | St Paul, MN | $230,000 |
| Mitchell Hamline School of Law | St Paul, MN | $230,000 |
| Brain & Behavior Research Fdn | New York, NY | $225,000 |
| Yale University | New Haven, CT | $225,000 |
| ACLU of Michigan Foundation | Detroit, MI | $225,000 |
| National Advocates for Pregnant Women | New York, NY | $225,000 |
| ACLU of Michigan Foundation | Detroit, MI | $210,000 |
| Duke University | Durham, NC | $206,000 |
| Arizona Capital Representation Project | Tucson, AZ | $200,000 |
| The Political Report Inc | Washington, DC | $200,000 |
| Drug Policy Alliance | New York, NY | $200,000 |
| Museum of Modern Art | Manhattan, NY | $200,000 |
| Safe and Just Michigan | Lansing, MI | $200,000 |
| Rights Behind Bars | Washington, DC | $200,000 |
| The Political Report Inc | Washington, DC | $200,000 |
| Healing Advocacy Fund | Portland, OR | $200,000 |
| Rights Behind Bars | Washington, DC | $200,000 |
| The Political Report Inc | Washington, DC | $200,000 |
| Florida International University Fdn | Miami, FL | $189,000 |
| Deep South Today | Jackson, MS | $175,000 |
| Chef Ann Foundation | Boulder, CO | $175,000 |
| Families Against Mandatory Minimums | Washington, DC | $175,000 |
| Investigative Reports & Editors Inc | Columbia, MO | $175,000 |
| Yale University | New Haven, CT | $170,500 |
| Players Philanthropy Fund | Towson, MD | $170,000 |
| Women in California Leadership Inc | Sacramento, CA | $165,000 |
| Duke University | Durham, NC | $162,000 |
| Social and Enviormental Entrepreneurs | Calabasas, CA | $160,000 |
| City University of NY School of Law | Queens, NY | $150,000 |
| Parole Preparation Project Inc | New York, NY | $150,000 |
| Safe and Just Michigan | Lansing, MI | $150,000 |
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