Grants paid by The 2a Foundation Inc
EIN 27-0846607 · New York, NY · Form 990-PF, Part XV · NTEE T20
The 2a Foundation Inc of New York, NY (EIN 27-0846607) reported 94 grants paid totaling $16,700,000 to 36 recipients in tax years 2020–2024, on Form 990-PF, Part XV. It also reported $2,340,000 approved for future payment, which is listed separately and not included in the total. Derived from IRS e-file data, dataset version 2026.09.0, built 2026-09-03.
Grants paid
$16,700,000
94 grants
Recipients
36
distinct organizations
Tax years
2020–2024
4 filings in the corpus
Approved for future payment
$2,340,000
7 commitments · not included in grants paid
By tax year
| Tax year | Grants paid | Amount paid | Approved for future |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 19 | $2,732,500 | $1,115,000 |
| 2022 | 26 | $4,567,500 | — |
| 2023 | 24 | $4,395,000 | $450,000 |
| 2024 | 25 | $5,005,000 | $775,000 |
Top recipients
The 36 recipients receiving the most from The 2a Foundation Inc, by grants paid, out of 36 distinct recipients.
| Recipient | Match | Location | Grants | Total paid | Latest year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ncssm Foundation | U | Durham, NC | 3 | $3,500,000 | 2024 |
| Bank of America Charitable Gift Fund 04-6010342 | B | Boston, MA | 3 | $3,160,000 | 2024 |
| Aclu | U | New York, NY | 3 | $1,500,000 | 2024 |
| Robin Hood Foundation 13-3441066 | B | New York, NY | 4 | $1,150,000 | 2024 |
| City Harvest Inc 13-3170676 | B | Brooklyn, NY | 4 | $1,100,000 | 2024 |
| Nc School of Science & Mathematics Foundation | U | Durham, NC | 1 | $850,000 | 2020 |
| Project On Middle East Democracy 14-1952056 | B | Washington, DC | 4 | $800,000 | 2024 |
| Stone Barn Center for Food & Agriculture 13-4150082 | C | Pocantico Hills, NY | 3 | $500,000 | 2024 |
| Best Friends Animals Society 23-7147797 | C | Kanab, UT | 4 | $425,000 | 2024 |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology 04-2103594 | B | Cambridge, MA | 2 | $375,000 | 2022 |
| Doctors Without Borders | U | New York, NY | 3 | $375,000 | 2024 |
| New York-Presbyterian Hospital | U | New York, NY | 3 | $375,000 | 2024 |
| Central Park Conservancy 13-3022855 | B | New York, NY | 4 | $300,000 | 2024 |
| Electronic Frontier Foundation 04-3091431 | B | San Francisco, CA | 3 | $300,000 | 2024 |
| Care Inc 85-2463066 | D | Atlanta, GA | 3 | $300,000 | 2024 |
| Greensboro Day School | U | Greensboro, NC | 4 | $270,000 | 2024 |
| The Bowery Mission 47-1741012 | D | New York, NY | 4 | $240,000 | 2024 |
| Gotham Gives Inc 85-3808077 | B | New York, NY | 3 | $200,000 | 2024 |
| NY Presbyterian Hospital | U | New York, NY | 1 | $100,000 | 2020 |
| Texas A&m Foundation 74-2245072 | B | College Station, TX | 1 | $100,000 | 2020 |
| Texas A&m Foundation College of Edu & Human Dev | U | College Station, TX | 1 | $100,000 | 2022 |
| Lifting Up Westchester 13-3121606 | B | White Plains, NY | 3 | $100,000 | 2024 |
| Aspca | U | New York, NY | 4 | $85,000 | 2024 |
| Wmc Foundation 41-4132397 | D | Madison, WI | 3 | $75,000 | 2024 |
| Doctors Without Borders USA Inc | U | New York, NY | 1 | $65,000 | 2020 |
| Barnard Center for Toddler Development | U | New York, NY | 4 | $55,000 | 2024 |
| NYC Foundation for Computer Science Education | U | New York, NY | 1 | $50,000 | 2020 |
| Relay Graduate School of Education 27-5316628 | B | New York, NY | 1 | $50,000 | 2024 |
| Mathcounts Foundation 54-1295407 | B | Alexandria, VA | 4 | $40,000 | 2024 |
| Teachers College Hollingworth Preschool | U | New York, NY | 2 | $30,000 | 2023 |
| Free Software Foundation 04-2888848 | C | Boston, MA | 3 | $30,000 | 2024 |
| NY Math Circle | U | New York, NY | 3 | $30,000 | 2024 |
| Teachers College Columbia University 13-1624202 | B | New York, NY | 1 | $25,000 | 2020 |
| Duke University 56-0532129 | C | Durham, NC | 1 | $20,000 | 2020 |
| The Sharing Shelf Inc 84-4315667 | B | Port Chester, NY | 1 | $15,000 | 2024 |
| New York Math Circle 26-1162539 | C | New York, NY | 1 | $10,000 | 2020 |
Match tier: A Reported EIN · B Exact name and place · C Strong name match · D Probable name match · U Unresolved. Tiers C and D are inferred, not reported; see how matching works.
Every grant
All 101 grant rows this organization reported, most recent first.
| Tax year | Recipient | Match | Amount | Type | Purpose | Source filing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Ncssm Foundation Durham, NC | U | $1,500,000 | paid | ACADEMIC COMMONS & RESIDENTIAL HALL RENOVATIONS PROJECTS | 202523219349103067 |
| 2024 | Bank of America Charitable Gift Fund Boston, MA | B | $1,000,000 | paid | GENERAL FUND | 202523219349103067 |
| 2024 | Aclu New York, NY | U | $500,000 | paid | GENERAL FUND | 202523219349103067 |
| 2024 | Stone Barn Center for Food & Agriculture Pocantico Hills, NY | C | $400,000 | approved, future | GENERAL FUND | 202523219349103067 |
| 2024 | Central Park Conservancy New York, NY | B | $375,000 | approved, future | GENERAL FUND | 202523219349103067 |
| 2024 | Robin Hood Foundation New York, NY | B | $300,000 | paid | GENERAL FUND | 202523219349103067 |
| 2024 | Project On Middle East Democracy Washington, DC | B | $200,000 | paid | GENERAL FUND | 202523219349103067 |
| 2024 | Stone Barn Center for Food & Agriculture Pocantico Hills, NY | C | $200,000 | paid | GENERAL FUND | 202523219349103067 |
| 2024 | City Harvest Inc Brooklyn, NY | B | $150,000 | paid | GENERAL FUND | 202523219349103067 |
| 2024 | Doctors Without Borders New York, NY | U | $150,000 | paid | GENERAL FUND | 202523219349103067 |
| 2024 | Greensboro Day School Greensboro, NC | U | $150,000 | paid | GENERAL FUND | 202523219349103067 |
| 2024 | New York-Presbyterian Hospital New York, NY | U | $125,000 | paid | GENERAL FUND | 202523219349103067 |
| 2024 | Central Park Conservancy New York, NY | B | $125,000 | paid | GENERAL FUND | 202523219349103067 |
| 2024 | Care Inc Atlanta, GA | D | $100,000 | paid | GENERAL FUND | 202523219349103067 |
| 2024 | Electronic Frontier Foundation San Francisco, CA | B | $100,000 | paid | GENERAL FUND | 202523219349103067 |
| 2024 | The Bowery Mission New York, NY | D | $75,000 | paid | GENERAL FUND | 202523219349103067 |
| 2024 | Best Friends Animals Society Kanab, UT | C | $75,000 | paid | GENERAL FUND | 202523219349103067 |
| 2024 | Gotham Gives Inc New York, NY | B | $50,000 | paid | GENERAL FUND | 202523219349103067 |
| 2024 | Relay Graduate School of Education New York, NY | B | $50,000 | paid | GENERAL FUND | 202523219349103067 |
| 2024 | Lifting Up Westchester White Plains, NY | B | $50,000 | paid | GENERAL FUND | 202523219349103067 |
| 2024 | Wmc Foundation Madison, WI | D | $25,000 | paid | GENERAL FUND | 202523219349103067 |
| 2024 | Aspca New York, NY | U | $25,000 | paid | GENERAL FUND | 202523219349103067 |
| 2024 | The Sharing Shelf Inc Port Chester, NY | B | $15,000 | paid | GENERAL FUND | 202523219349103067 |
| 2024 | NY Math Circle New York, NY | U | $10,000 | paid | GENERAL FUND | 202523219349103067 |
| 2024 | Free Software Foundation Boston, MA | C | $10,000 | paid | GENERAL FUND | 202523219349103067 |
| 2024 | Barnard Center for Toddler Development New York, NY | U | $10,000 | paid | GENERAL FUND | 202523219349103067 |
| 2024 | Mathcounts Foundation Alexandria, VA | B | $10,000 | paid | GENERAL FUND | 202523219349103067 |
| 2023 | Ncssm Foundation Durham, NC | U | $1,000,000 | paid | ACADEMIC COMMONS & RESIDENTIAL HALL RENOVATIONS PROJECTS | 202433199349103078 |
| 2023 | Bank of America Charitable Gift Fund Boston, MA | B | $1,000,000 | paid | GENERAL FUND | 202433199349103078 |
| 2023 | Aclu New York, NY | U | $500,000 | paid | GENERAL FUND | 202433199349103078 |
| 2023 | City Harvest Inc Brooklyn, NY | B | $450,000 | approved, future | GENERAL FUND | 202433199349103078 |
| 2023 | City Harvest Inc Brooklyn, NY | B | $350,000 | paid | GENERAL FUND | 202433199349103078 |
| 2023 | Robin Hood Foundation New York, NY | B | $300,000 | paid | GENERAL FUND | 202433199349103078 |
| 2023 | Project On Middle East Democracy Washington, DC | B | $200,000 | paid | GENERAL FUND | 202433199349103078 |
| 2023 | Stone Barn Center for Food & Agriculture Pocantico Hills, NY | C | $150,000 | paid | GENERAL FUND | 202433199349103078 |
| 2023 | Doctors Without Borders New York, NY | U | $150,000 | paid | GENERAL FUND | 202433199349103078 |
| 2023 | New York-Presbyterian Hospital New York, NY | U | $125,000 | paid | GENERAL FUND | 202433199349103078 |
| 2023 | Care Inc Atlanta, GA | D | $100,000 | paid | GENERAL FUND | 202433199349103078 |
| 2023 | Electronic Frontier Foundation San Francisco, CA | B | $100,000 | paid | GENERAL FUND | 202433199349103078 |
| 2023 | Central Park Conservancy New York, NY | B | $75,000 | paid | GENERAL FUND | 202433199349103078 |
| 2023 | Best Friends Animals Society Kanab, UT | C | $75,000 | paid | GENERAL FUND | 202433199349103078 |
| 2023 | The Bowery Mission New York, NY | D | $75,000 | paid | GENERAL FUND | 202433199349103078 |
| 2023 | Gotham Gives Inc New York, NY | B | $50,000 | paid | GENERAL FUND | 202433199349103078 |
| 2023 | Aspca New York, NY | U | $25,000 | paid | GENERAL FUND | 202433199349103078 |
| 2023 | Lifting Up Westchester White Plains, NY | B | $25,000 | paid | GENERAL FUND | 202433199349103078 |
| 2023 | Wmc Foundation Madison, WI | D | $25,000 | paid | GENERAL FUND | 202433199349103078 |
| 2023 | Teachers College Hollingworth Preschool New York, NY | U | $15,000 | paid | GENERAL FUND | 202433199349103078 |
| 2023 | Barnard Center for Toddler Development New York, NY | U | $15,000 | paid | GENERAL FUND | 202433199349103078 |
| 2023 | Greensboro Day School Greensboro, NC | U | $10,000 | paid | GENERAL FUND | 202433199349103078 |
| 2023 | NY Math Circle New York, NY | U | $10,000 | paid | GENERAL FUND | 202433199349103078 |
| 2023 | Mathcounts Foundation Alexandria, VA | B | $10,000 | paid | GENERAL FUND | 202433199349103078 |
| 2023 | Free Software Foundation Boston, MA | C | $10,000 | paid | GENERAL FUND | 202433199349103078 |
| 2022 | Bank of America Charitable Gift Fund Boston, MA | B | $1,160,000 | paid | GENERAL FUND | 202303199349102265 |
| 2022 | Ncssm Foundation Durham, NC | U | $1,000,000 | paid | ACADEMIC COMMONS & RESIDENTIAL HALL RENOVATIONS PROJECTS | 202303199349102265 |
| 2022 | Aclu New York, NY | U | $500,000 | paid | GENERAL FUND | 202303199349102265 |
| 2022 | Robin Hood Foundation New York, NY | B | $250,000 | paid | GENERAL FUND | 202303199349102265 |
| 2022 | City Harvest New York, NY | C | $200,000 | paid | GENERAL FUND | 202303199349102265 |
| 2022 | Project On Middle East Democracy Washington, DC | B | $200,000 | paid | GENERAL FUND | 202303199349102265 |
| 2022 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA | B | $187,500 | paid | GENERAL FUND | 202303199349102265 |
| 2022 | Stone Barn Center for Food & Agriculture Pocantico Hills, NY | C | $150,000 | paid | GENERAL FUND | 202303199349102265 |
| 2022 | New York-Presbyterian Hospital New York, NY | U | $125,000 | paid | GENERAL FUND | 202303199349102265 |
| 2022 | Gotham Gives Inc New York, NY | B | $100,000 | paid | GENERAL FUND | 202303199349102265 |
| 2022 | Texas A&m Foundation College of Edu & Human Dev College Station, TX | U | $100,000 | paid | UNRESTRICTED TO COLLEGE OF EDUCATION | 202303199349102265 |
| 2022 | Electronic Frontier Foundation San Francisco, CA | B | $100,000 | paid | GENERAL FUND | 202303199349102265 |
| 2022 | Care Atlanta, GA | D | $100,000 | paid | GENERAL FUND | 202303199349102265 |
| 2022 | Doctors Without Borders New York, NY | U | $75,000 | paid | GENERAL FUND | 202303199349102265 |
| 2022 | Best Friends Animals Society Kanab, UT | C | $75,000 | paid | GENERAL FUND | 202303199349102265 |
| 2022 | Central Park Conservancy New York, NY | B | $50,000 | paid | GENERAL FUND | 202303199349102265 |
| 2022 | The Bowery Mission New York, NY | D | $50,000 | paid | GENERAL FUND | 202303199349102265 |
| 2022 | Lifting Up Westchester White Plains, NY | B | $25,000 | paid | GENERAL FUND | 202303199349102265 |
| 2022 | Aspca New York, NY | U | $25,000 | paid | GENERAL FUND | 202303199349102265 |
| 2022 | Wmc Foundation Madison, WI | D | $25,000 | paid | GENERAL FUND | 202303199349102265 |
| 2022 | Barnard Center for Toddler Development New York, NY | U | $15,000 | paid | GENERAL FUND | 202303199349102265 |
| 2022 | Teachers College Hollingworth Preschool New York, NY | U | $15,000 | paid | GENERAL FUND | 202303199349102265 |
| 2022 | NY Math Circle New York, NY | U | $10,000 | paid | GENERAL FUND | 202303199349102265 |
| 2022 | Mathcounts Foundation Alexandria, VA | B | $10,000 | paid | GENERAL FUND | 202303199349102265 |
| 2022 | Greensboro Day School Greensboro, NC | U | $10,000 | paid | GENERAL FUND | 202303199349102265 |
| 2022 | Free Software Foundation Boston, MA | C | $10,000 | paid | GENERAL FUND | 202303199349102265 |
| 2020 | Nc School of Science & Mathematics Foundation Durham, NC | U | $850,000 | paid | ACEDEMIC COMMONS & RESIDENCE HALL RENOVATION | 202133169349102413 |
| 2020 | City Harvest Inc New York, NY | C | $600,000 | approved, future | GENERAL FUND | 202133169349102413 |
| 2020 | City Harvest Inc New York, NY | C | $400,000 | paid | GENERAL FUND | 202133169349102413 |
| 2020 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA | B | $375,000 | approved, future | MIT MEDIA LAB | 202133169349102413 |
| 2020 | Robin Hood Foundation New York, NY | B | $300,000 | paid | RISE UP NY - RELIEF BENEFIT AND CORONAVIRUS RELIEF FUND | 202133169349102413 |
| 2020 | The Project On Middle East Democracy Inc Washington, DC | C | $200,000 | paid | GENERAL FUND | 202133169349102413 |
| 2020 | Best Friends Animal Society Kanab, UT | B | $200,000 | paid | SOHO PET ADOPTION CENTER RENOVATIONS | 202133169349102413 |
| 2020 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA | B | $187,500 | paid | MIT MEDIA LAB | 202133169349102413 |
| 2020 | Texas A&m Foundation College Station, TX | B | $100,000 | paid | COLLEGE OF EDUCATION-UNRESTRICTED | 202133169349102413 |
| 2020 | Greensboro Day School Greensboro, NC | U | $100,000 | approved, future | ENDOWMENT FOR FACULTY PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT | 202133169349102413 |
| 2020 | NY Presbyterian Hospital New York, NY | U | $100,000 | paid | GENERAL FUND | 202133169349102413 |
| 2020 | Greensboro Day School Greensboro, NC | U | $100,000 | paid | ENDOWMENT FOR FACULTY PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT | 202133169349102413 |
| 2020 | Doctors Without Borders USA Inc New York, NY | U | $65,000 | paid | GENERAL FUND | 202133169349102413 |
| 2020 | Central Park Conservancy New York, NY | B | $50,000 | paid | GENERAL FUND | 202133169349102413 |
| 2020 | NYC Foundation for Computer Science Education New York, NY | U | $50,000 | paid | GENERAL FUND | 202133169349102413 |
| 2020 | Duke University Durham, NC | B | $40,000 | approved, future | TALENT IDENTIFICATION PROGRAM | 202133169349102413 |
| 2020 | The Bowery Mission New York, NY | D | $40,000 | paid | CORONAVIRUS RELIEF FUND | 202133169349102413 |
| 2020 | Teachers College Columbia University New York, NY | B | $25,000 | paid | GENERAL FUND | 202133169349102413 |
| 2020 | Duke University Durham, NC | C | $20,000 | paid | TALENT IDENTIFICATION PROGRAM | 202133169349102413 |
| 2020 | Barnard Center for Toddler Development New York, NY | U | $15,000 | paid | GENERAL FUND | 202133169349102413 |
| 2020 | New York Math Circle New York, NY | C | $10,000 | paid | GENERAL FUND | 202133169349102413 |
| 2020 | Aspca New York, NY | U | $10,000 | paid | GENERAL FUND | 202133169349102413 |
| 2020 | Mathcounts Foundation Alexandria, VA | B | $10,000 | paid | GENERAL FUND | 202133169349102413 |
Match tier: A Reported EIN · B Exact name and place · C Strong name match · D Probable name match · U Unresolved. Tiers C and D are inferred, not reported; see how matching works.
Recipient matching for this dataset version has not yet completed its independent precision check. Tier A rows carry the EIN the filer reported; tiers B–D are the matcher's inference and should be read as leads until the check is published on the methodology page.
Source filings
Every figure above is traceable to one of these IRS e-file returns by its OBJECT_ID.
| Form | Tax year | Period end | Filed | Schema | IRS OBJECT_ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990PF | 2024 | 2024-12-31 | not stated | 2024v5.2 | 202523219349103067 |
| 990PF | 2023 | 2023-12-31 | not stated | 2023v5.1 | 202433199349103078 |
| 990PF | 2022 | 2022-12-31 | not stated | 2022v5.0 | 202303199349102265 |
| 990PF | 2020 | 2020-12-31 | not stated | 2020v4.1 | 202133169349102413 |
Derived from IRS Form 990-PF e-file XML; recipient identities from the IRS Exempt Organizations Business Master File. Dataset version 2026.09.0, built 2026-09-03. The same rows as Parquet: manifest; as JSON: /api/funders/270846607.json.
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