Totals
- Total revenue
- $60,388,887
- Total expenses
- $34,529,691
- Contributions and grants received
- $75,053,514
- Grants paid
- $24,969,059
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Investment income
- -$14,665,366
- Other revenue
- $739
- Total assets, end of year
- $200,315,945
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $4,157,206
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $196,158,739
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $31,941,397
- Management and general expenses
- $2,366,947
- Fundraising expenses
- $221,347
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $31,941,397
Program services were 92.5% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.
Line items
Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.
Revenue
Part VIII, the statement of revenue.
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1d · Related organizations
$53,116,013
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$21,937,501
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1g · Noncash contributions included above
$5,625,638
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3 · Investment income
total $1,459,795 · unrelated business -$145,902 · excluded $1,605,697
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7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory
securities $12,507,214
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7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses
securities $28,632,375
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7c · Gain or loss
securities -$16,125,161
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7d · Net gain or loss
total -$16,125,161 · unrelated business $329,987 · excluded -$16,455,148
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11a · Other revenue: REFUND/OTHER
total $739 · excluded $739
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11e · Other revenue, total
$739
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments
total $24,969,059 · program services $24,969,059
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5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $1,574,419 · program services $1,172,759 · management and general $297,131 · fundraising $104,529
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $1,163,345 · program services $160,544 · management and general $970,694 · fundraising $32,107
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8 · Pension plan contributions
total $80,650 · program services $42,138 · management and general $34,169 · fundraising $4,343
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9 · Other employee benefits
total $211,327 · program services $75,347 · management and general $125,736 · fundraising $10,244
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $134,705 · program services $70,381 · management and general $57,070 · fundraising $7,254
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11b · Fees: legal
total $223,308 · program services $188,341 · management and general $34,967
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11c · Fees: accounting
total $84,645 · management and general $84,645
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11d · Fees: lobbying
total $464,250 · program services $464,250
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11f · Fees: investment management
total $469,818 · management and general $469,818
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11g · Fees: other
total $4,256,720 · program services $4,103,751 · management and general $115,699 · fundraising $37,270
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13 · Office expenses
total $81,904 · program services $57,360 · management and general $21,913 · fundraising $2,631
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14 · Information technology
total $46,875 · program services $28,323 · management and general $16,564 · fundraising $1,988
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16 · Occupancy
total $63,047 · program services $36,290 · management and general $22,274 · fundraising $4,483
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17 · Travel
total $441,986 · program services $408,599 · management and general $28,936 · fundraising $4,451
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19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $66,286 · program services $61,278 · management and general $4,340 · fundraising $668
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22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $29,998 · program services $4,398 · management and general $25,200 · fundraising $400
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23 · Insurance
total $56,025 · program services $32,248 · management and general $19,794 · fundraising $3,983
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24a · Other expenses: DUES AND SUBSCRIPTION
total $78,126 · program services $46,126 · management and general $26,639 · fundraising $5,361
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24b · Other expenses: EQUIPMENT RENTAL
total $16,547 · program services $9,998 · management and general $5,847 · fundraising $702
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24c · Other expenses: PUBLICATIONS
total $13,776 · program services $8,470 · management and general $4,495 · fundraising $811
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24d · Other expenses: PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMEN
total $2,497 · program services $1,509 · management and general $882 · fundraising $106
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24e · All other expenses
total $378 · program services $228 · management and general $134 · fundraising $16
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $3,501,914 · end of year $3,462,104
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2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
beginning of year $16,755,764 · end of year $16,070,789
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3 · Pledges and grants receivable
beginning of year $4,903,465 · end of year $5,604,217
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4 · Accounts receivable
beginning of year $109,901 · end of year $17,949
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9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
beginning of year $0 · end of year $4,518
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10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$116,798
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10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$83,112
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10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
beginning of year $53,373 · end of year $33,686
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11 · Investments: publicly traded securities
beginning of year $22,619,563 · end of year $36,300,478
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12 · Investments: other securities
beginning of year $90,642,940 · end of year $138,822,204
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $1,578,935 · end of year $633,471
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18 · Grants payable
beginning of year $337,500 · end of year $1,598,865
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25 · Other liabilities
beginning of year $2,319,764 · end of year $1,924,870
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $124,519,394 · end of year $119,934,310
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28 · Net assets with donor restrictions
beginning of year $9,831,327 · end of year $76,224,429
Mission and programs · 2023
Mission
ROCKEFELLER FAMILY FUND IS A U.S. BASED, FAMILY-LED PUBLIC CHARITY THAT INITIATES, CULTIVATES, AND FUNDS STRATEGIC EFFORTS TO PROMOTE A SUSTAINABLE, JUST, FREE, AND PARTICIPATORY SOCIETY.
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ROCKEFELLER FAMILY FUND PROGRAMSRFF WORKS IN THREE MAIN PROGRAM AREAS: ENVIRONMENT, DEMOCRACY, AND ECONOMIC JUSTICE FOR WOMEN. IN EACH OF THESE AREAS, RFF DEVELOPS AND MANAGES INITIATIVES IN CONJUNCTION WITH FUNDER PARTNERS, INDIVIDUALS, AND EXISTING NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS, TO ADVANCE CRITICAL POLICY OBJECTIVES OR BUILD NECESSARY CAPACITY.ENVIRONMENT: RFF FOCUSES ITS ENVIRONMENT PROGRAM ALMOST EXCLUSIVELY ON CLIMATE CHANGE. OUR PROGRAM EMPHASIZES PUBLIC EDUCATION ON THE RISKS OF GLOBAL WARMING AND IMPLEMENTATION OF SOUND SOLUTIONS TO ACCELERATE THE TRANSITION TO A CLEAN ENERGY ECONOMY. RFF DEVELOPS INITIATIVES TO WIND DOWN THE LIFE CYCLE OF FOSSIL FUELS FROM EXTRACTION TO TRANSPORTATION TO EXPORTING; MAKE CLIMATE POLLUTERS RESPONSIBLE AND PAY FOR THE DAMAGE THEY HAVE CAUSED; ENACT EFFECTIVE POLICIES AT THE STATE AND NATIONAL LEVELS TO REDUCE CARBON EMISSIONS; BRING DIVERSE NEW VOICES INTO THE CLIMATE DEBATE; AND EXAMINE HOW SPECIAL INTERESTS ARE DISTORTING SCIENCE AND DELAYING CONSTRUCTIVE STEPS TO DEAL WITH THIS IMPENDING GLOBAL CRISIS.DEMOCRACY: RFF'S DEMOCRACY PROGRAM WORKS TO BUILD AND SUSTAIN A TRUE MULTIRACIAL DEMOCRACY IN THE UNITED STATES FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THE NATION'S HISTORY. RFF'S FOCUS IS ON SUPPORTING COMMUNITIES OF COLOR AND OTHER VULNERABLE POPULATIONS IN THEIR WORK TO INCREASE CIVIC ENGAGEMENT AND TO ACT COLLECTIVELY TO BUILD AND WIELD THE POLICY, SOCIAL, AND GOVERNMENTAL POWER NECESSARY TO WIN CHANGE THAT IMPROVES THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR FAMILIES AND THEIR COMMUNITIES.ECONOMIC JUSTICE FOR WOMEN: RFF WORKS TO PROMOTE ECONOMIC EQUITY FOR WOMEN BY MAKING A FAMILY-FRIENDLY ECONOMIC AGENDA A PRIORITY FOR STATE AND FEDERAL OFFICIALS. RFF DOES THIS BY SUPPORTING A DIVERSE COALITION OF WOMEN TO EDUCATE THE GENERAL PUBLIC AND WIN POLICY VICTORIES, BUILD WOMEN'S ENGAGEMENT, AND REFRAME OUR NATIONAL NARRATIVE AROUND THE LINK BETWEEN ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL PROGRESS AND EQUITY FOR WOMEN.EMERGING OPPORTUNITIES: THIS PROGRAM ENCOURAGES CREATIVE EDUCATIONAL PROJECTS AND ADVOCACY IN ISSUE AREAS OUTSIDE OF RFF'S CURRENT PRIORITIES, BUT STILL WITHIN RFF'S ESTABLISHED PROGRAM AREAS AND SUPPLEMENTS THE RESPECTIVE ANNUAL BUDGET ALLOCATIONS FOR RFF'S OTHER PROGRAM AREA IN ORDER TO SEIZE EMERGING OPPORTUNITIES.
Expenses $26,696,197 · Grants $19,723,859
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OTHER CHARITABLE GRANTMAKINGRFF ALSO CONDUCTS ADDITIONAL CHARITABLE GRANTMAKING TO PROMOTE A SUSTAINABLE, JUST, FREE, AND PARTICIPATORY SOCIETY.
Expenses $5,245,200 · Grants $5,245,200
As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.
Listed in Part VII
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MIRANDA KAISER
PRESIDENT/TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 4 + 2 related
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LUCIA GILL CASE
VICE PRESIDENT/TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 3
-
PETER GILL CASE
VICE PRESIDENT/TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 3
-
NEVA GOODWIN
VICE PRESIDENT/TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 3
-
TARA ROCKEFELLER
VICE PRESIDENT/TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 3
-
WENDY GORDON
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 3
-
ALEJANDRO FOUNG
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 3
-
MICHAEL LAMBERT
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 3
-
PHEBE PIERSON
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 3
-
ELIZA ROCKEFELLER
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 3
-
FRAN SUSSNER RODGERS
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 3
-
TRACY TOON SPENCER
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 3
-
NAOMI WALETZKY
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 3
-
LIAM DRURY-WANG
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 3
-
ANNA WIENER
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 3
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LAMIN CEESAY
TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $129,521
- From this org
- $90,653
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $38,868
- Hours/week
- 21
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $90,368
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $285
- Deferred
- $14,102
- Nontaxable benefits
- $24,766
- Filer's total
- $129,521
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LEE H WASSERMAN
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR & SECRETARY
- Total calculated
- $917,905
- From this org
- $808,673
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $109,232
- Hours/week
- 50
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $347,999
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $460,674
- Deferred
- $62,700
- Nontaxable benefits
- $46,532
- Filer's total
- $917,905
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LISA GUIDE
ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $374,052
- From this org
- $283,673
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $90,379
- Hours/week
- 32
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $279,539
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $4,134
- Deferred
- $43,257
- Nontaxable benefits
- $47,122
- Filer's total
- $374,052
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LAWRENCE G SHAPIRO
ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR-PROG. DEV.
- Total calculated
- $329,898
- From this org
- $256,970
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $72,928
- Hours/week
- 50
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $249,964
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $7,006
- Deferred
- $48,413
- Nontaxable benefits
- $24,515
- Filer's total
- $329,898
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ROXANNE STACHOWSKI
DEPUTY DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $252,559
- From this org
- $179,895
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $72,664
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $179,549
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $346
- Deferred
- $27,750
- Nontaxable benefits
- $44,914
- Filer's total
- $252,559
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JULIE FERNANDES
ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR FOR DEMOCRACY
- Total calculated
- $365,548
- From this org
- $277,981
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $87,567
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $275,339
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $2,642
- Deferred
- $40,014
- Nontaxable benefits
- $47,553
- Filer's total
- $365,548
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SARAH A BRENNAN
ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR FOR OIL AND GAS
- Total calculated
- $334,649
- From this org
- $266,412
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $68,237
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $215,004
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $51,408
- Deferred
- $40,363
- Nontaxable benefits
- $27,874
- Filer's total
- $334,649
Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.
Schedule J
Answered yes
- 1a · Housing allowance or residence for personal use
- 1b · Written policy on the line-1a expenses
- 2 · Substantiation required before reimbursing expenses
- 3 · Compensation committee
- 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
- 3 · Compensation survey or study
- 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
- 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
Answered no
- 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
- 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
- 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
- 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
- 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
- 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
- 7 · Other non-fixed payments
- 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception
The filer's explanations (Part III)
- PART I, LINE 1A
- HOUSING ALLOWANCE IS BASED ON A FIXED AMOUNT DETERMINED BY THE COMPENSATION COMMITTEE. THE 2023 HOUSING ALLOWANCE IN THE AMOUNT OF $31,800 PAID TO LEE WASSERMAN, DIRECTOR & SECRETARY, IS INCLUDED IN THE REPORTABLE COMPENSATION, PART II, COLUMN B (III).
- PART I, LINE 4B
- IN MARCH 2020, THE FUND ENTERED INTO A NEW SUPPLEMENTAL RETIREMENT PLAN FOR LEE H. WASSERMAN. AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2023, A LIABILITY OF $342,704 IS INCLUDED IN PENSION COSTS REPRESENTING THE VALUE OF THE FUND'S CURRENT OBLIGATION TO THE SERP. IN 2023, DISTRIBUTION WAS MADE TO LEE H. WASSERMAN, AS INSTRUCTED BY THE SUPPLEMENTAL RETIREMENT PLAN AGREEMENTS, IN THE AMOUNT OF $418,861. THE DISTRIBUTION AMOUNT IS REPORTED IN PART II, COLUMN (B)(III).
- PART II, LINE 8:
- THE TREASURER IS PAID BY AN UNRELATED ORGANIZATION, ROCKEFELLER BROTHERS FUND (RBF), EIN 13-1760106, FOR SERVICES RENDERED TO THE FILING ORGANIZATION. TWENTY-ONE HOURS PER WEEK ARE DEVOTED AND ITS ALLOCABLE SHARE OF COMPENSATION, PENSION, AND BENEFITS ARE REPORTED ON PART VII.
Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.
Grants on this return
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$3,500,000
GENERAL SUPPORT
-
PROJECT SUPPORT - ENVIRONMENT
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$892,000
PROJECT SUPPORT - ENVIRONMENT
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PROJECT SUPPORT - ENVIRONMENT
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$630,000
GENERAL SUPPORT & PROJECT SUPPORT - ENVIRONMENT
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$525,200
PROJECT SUPPORT - CHARITABLE & GENERAL SUPPORT
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PROJECT SUPPORT - ENVIRONMENT
-
$410,000
GENERAL SUPPORT
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CENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY
$375,000
PROJECT SUPPORT - ENVIRONMENT
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PROJECT SUPPORT - ENVIRONMENT & GENERAL SUPPORT
The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.
Related organizations on this return
Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.
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THE WILLIAM B WIENER JR FOUNDATION
501(C)(3) · CIVIL LIBERTIES, SUSTAINABLE ECOSYSTEMS, PROTECTING HUMAN HEALTH · LA · controlled entity
Directly controlled by ROCKEFELLER FAMILY FUND
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990
- Tax year
- 2023
- Filed
- 7 November 2024
- IRS schema version
- 2023v5.1
- Source object
- 202413199349319151
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