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Grants paid by The Helen Gurley Brown Foundation, tax year 2020
EIN 27-3406311 · New York, NY · Form 990-PF, Part XV · NTEE T23
In tax year 2020, The Helen Gurley Brown Foundation (EIN 27-3406311) reported 27 grants paid totaling $16,185,996. Dataset version 2026.09.0, built 2026-09-03.
Every grant, 2020
| Tax year | Recipient | Match | Amount | Type | Purpose | Source filing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Dana Farber Cancer Institute Inc Boston, MA | B | $2,350,000 | paid | THE HGB PRESIDENTIAL INITIATIVE GRANT PURPOSE: FOSTERING THE DEVELOPMENT OF FEMALE LEADERS IN CANCER RESEARCH, BY FUNDING "HELEN FELLOWS", "HELEN MENTORS AND "HELEN TRAILBLAZER" AWARDS AT THE DANA-FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE. THE INITIATIVE CREATES A SUPPORTIVE ENVIRONMENT AND NETWORK FOR WOMEN RESEARCHERS TO ADVANCE THEIR CAREERS, AND HELPS SHEPHERD THE NEXT ERA OF BREAKTHROUGHS IN CANCER MEDICINE AND DISCOVERY. | 202201099349101120 |
| 2020 | Northern Stage Company White River Junction, VT | B | $1,350,000 | paid | BOLD CIRCLE GRANT (BOLD THEATER WOMEN'S LEADERSHIP CIRCLE GRANT)PURPOSE: TO CREATE A NETWORK OF WOMEN ARTISTIC DIRECTORS IN THEATER LEADERSHIP WHO IN TURN WILL SUPPORT WOMEN WRITERS, DIRECTORS, DESIGNERS, AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF NEW PIECES OF MUSICAL THEATER. | 202201099349101120 |
| 2020 | Cardinal Hayes High School Bronx, NY | B | $1,250,000 | paid | BRIDGEUP 2.0 GRANT PURPOSE: "BRIDGEUP:CORE AND BRIDGEOUT" PROGRAMS, TO WORK COLLABORATIVELY TO SUPPORT SELECTED BRIDGEUP SCHOLARS FROM CARDINAL HAYES HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS AND AQUINAS HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS BY PROVIDING INNOVATIVE PROGRAMMING, SCHOLARSHIPS, POST-GRADUATION PLANNING AND ALUMNI SUPPORT. | 202201099349101120 |
| 2020 | College of Saint Rose Albany, NY | B | $1,200,000 | paid | BOLD WOMEN'S LEADERSHIP NETWORK GRANT PURPOSE: TO ESTABLISH AND FUND THE BOLD SCHOLARS NETWORK PROGRAM AT THE COLLEGE OF SAINT ROSE, THE PURPOSE OF WHICH IS TO DEVELOP LEADERSHIP AND SUPPORT YOUNG WOMEN WITHIN HIGHER EDUCATION. | 202201099349101120 |
| 2020 | Rutgers University-Newark Campus Newark, NJ | U | $1,200,000 | paid | BOLD WOMEN'S LEADERSHIP NETWORK GRANTPURPOSE: TO ESTABLISH AND FUND THE BOLD SCHOLARS NETWORK PROGRAM AT RUTGERS UNIVERSITY-NEWARK CAMPUS, THE PURPOSE OF WHICH IS TO DEVELOP LEADERSHIP AND SUPPORT YOUNG WOMEN WITHIN HIGHER EDUCATION. | 202201099349101120 |
| 2020 | Middlebury College Middlebury, VT | B | $1,200,000 | paid | BOLD WOMEN'S LEADERSHIP NETWORK GRANT PURPOSE: TO ESTABLISH AND FUND THE BOLD SCHOLARS NETWORK PROGRAM AT MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE, THE PURPOSE OF WHICH IS TO DEVELOP LEADERSHIP AND SUPPORT YOUNG WOMEN WITHIN HIGHER EDUCATION. | 202201099349101120 |
| 2020 | University of Connecticut Storrs, CT | B | $1,200,000 | paid | BOLD WOMEN'S LEADERSHIP NETWORK GRANTPURPOSE: TO ESTABLISH AND FUND THE BOLD SCHOLARS NETWORK PROGRAM AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT, THE PURPOSE OF WHICH IS TO DEVELOP LEADERSHIP AND SUPPORT YOUNG WOMEN WITHIN HIGHER EDUCATION. | 202201099349101120 |
| 2020 | Colby-Sawyer College New London, NH | U | $1,200,000 | paid | BOLD WOMEN'S LEADERSHIP NETWORK GRANTPURPOSE: TO ESTABLISH AND FUND THE BOLD SCHOLARS NETWORK PROGRAM AT COLBY-SAWYER COLLEGE, THE PURPOSE OF WHICH IS TO DEVELOP LEADERSHIP AND SUPPORT YOUNG WOMEN WITHIN HIGHER EDUCATION. | 202201099349101120 |
| 2020 | Ithaca College Ithaca, NY | U | $1,200,000 | paid | BOLD WOMEN'S LEADERSHIP NETWORK GRANT PURPOSE: TO ESTABLISH AND FUND THE BOLD SCHOLARS NETWORK PROGRAM AT ITHACA COLLEGE, THE PURPOSE OF WHICH IS TO DEVELOP LEADERSHIP AND SUPPORT YOUNG WOMEN WITHIN HIGHER EDUCATION. | 202201099349101120 |
| 2020 | American Museum of National History (amnh) New York, NY | D | $1,134,762 | paid | THE BRIDGEUP STEM GRANTPURPOSE: TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF GIRLS AND WOMEN IN STEM FIELDS WHILE FOCUSING ON THE INTERSECTION OF COMPUTER SCIENCE AND THE NATURAL SCIENCES. | 202201099349101120 |
| 2020 | Wb Productions LLC Jennifer Callaha New York, NY | U | $350,000 | paid | BOLD - MAGIC GRANT (GLASSBREAKER FILMS GRANT)PURPOSE: FUNDING FOR POST-PRODUCTION COSTS OF THREE SHORT DOCUMENTARY FILMS: "NAMING THE BAG", "MEXICO", "DREAMS AND COLORS". THESE PRODUCTIONS SHOULD INSPIRE AUDIENCES AS WELL AS TO EMPOWER OTHER WOMEN TO FOLLOW THEIR PASSIONS. | 202201099349101120 |
| 2020 | Student Conservation Association (sca) Arlington, VA | D | $341,038 | paid | BRIDGEUP-ENVIRONMENT GRANTPURPOSE: TO PROVIDE NEW YORK CITY HIGH SCHOOL YOUTH WITH THE OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN ABOUT ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION, GAIN PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE DURING SUMMERS BETWEEN SCHOOL, AND TO DEVELOP AND STRENGTHEN THEIR SOFT-SKILL SETS TO CULTIVATE DIVERSE FUTURE CONSERVATION LEADERS. | 202201099349101120 |
| 2020 | Northern Stage Company White River Junction, VT | B | $294,000 | paid | BRIDGEUP-THE BOOTCAMP GRANTPURPOSE: "PROFESSIONAL TRAINING & MENTORSHIP FOR THE NEXT GENERATION OF THEATER ARTISTS". BOOT CAMP PREPARES JUNIORS, SENIORS, AND RECENT HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES TO PREPARE FOR FURTHER TRAINING IN THE THEATER ARTS BY PROVIDING PERSONALIZED AND IN-DEPTH THEATER TRAINING, MENTORSHIP, AND COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIP FUNDS TO ACHIEVE THE NEXT STEP IN FURTHERING THEIR CAREERS OR EDUCATION. | 202201099349101120 |
| 2020 | Northern Stage Company White River Junction, VT | B | $285,000 | paid | BRIDGEUP THEATER IN THE SCHOOLS GRANTPURPOSE: "CHANGING THE LIVES OF STUDENTS IN VERMONT AND NEW HAMPSHIRE", TO SUPPORT STUDENT MATINEES AND SCHOLARSHIPS, AND TO INCREASE THEATER ACCESS AND LEARNING RESOURCES FOR RURAL AND UNDERSERVED YOUTH IN VERMONT AND NEW HAMPSHIRE THROUGH PROGRAMS THAT BRING ARTISTS INTO THE CLASSROOM, SUPPORT CURRICULAR NEEDS IN UNDERSERVED SCHOOLS, AND INTRODUCE YOUNG PEOPLE TO THEATER THROUGH LOW-COST ACCESS TO PROFESSIONAL PRODUCTIONS. | 202201099349101120 |
| 2020 | Columbia University New York, NY | B | $275,000 | paid | BROWN INSTITUTE CHAIR'S BI-COASTAL FUND PURPOSE: A BI-COASTAL COLLABORATIVE INITIATIVE BETWEEN COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY AND STANFORD UNIVERSITY TO ENCOURAGE AND SUPPORT NEW ENDEAVORS IN MEDIA INNOVATION. THE EAST COAST INSTITUTE IS ANCHORED IN THE GRADUATE SCHOOL OF JOURNALISM AT COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY WHERE THE FOCUS IS ON CONTENT. | 202201099349101120 |
| 2020 | Columbia University New York, NY | B | $250,000 | paid | BROWN INSTITUTE STAFF FUNDPURPOSE: TO SUPPORT TWO POSITIONS FOR THREE YEARS FOR STAFF WHO WILL ASSIST THE DIRECTOR, GRANTEES, AND FURTHER THE MISSION OF THE BROWN INSTITUTE. | 202201099349101120 |
| 2020 | YMCA Camp Coniston Inc Grantham, NH | U | $201,830 | paid | BRIDGEUP SUMMER CAMP GRANTPURPOSE: TO PROVIDE FREE PROGRAMMING AND THEMATIC DAYS OF ACTIVITIES AT YMCA CAMP CONISTON FOR DIVERSE FAMILIES AND THEIR CHILDREN, AND FOR THE PEOPLE OF THE SURROUNDING AREAS OF NEW HAMPSHIRE, WITH SOCIAL DISTANCING GUIDELINES, AND TO EXPERIENCE THE BENEFITS OF BEING OUTSIDE. | 202201099349101120 |
| 2020 | Literature to Life (through Pentacle) New York, NY | D | $200,000 | paid | MAGIC GRANT FOR LAURA HANDMANPURPOSE: FUNDING FOR LITERATURE TO LIFE WHICH PRODUCES AND PRESENTS A SERIES OF ONE-PERSON SHOWS WHICH WILL INSPIRE AUDIENCES UNDERSTANDING OF HOW THE STORY COULD AFFECT THEIR OWN LIVES, AND TO BRING MORE DIVERSE LITERARY STORIES TO STAGES ACROSS THE COUNTRY. | 202201099349101120 |
| 2020 | Friends of the Peace Parks Inc Sact-Mariette Ferreira | U | $175,000 | paid | MAGIC GRANTPURPOSE: TO EXPAND SOUTH AFRICA COLLEGE FOR TOURISM (SACT) TRAINING TO REACH EVEN MORE YOUNG PEOPLE ACROSS SOUTH AFRICA. | 202201099349101120 |
| 2020 | Northern Stage Company White River Junction, VT | B | $125,000 | paid | BOLD VENTURES GRANT PURPOSE: TO PROVIDE ARTISTS OUTSIDE THE BOLD CIRCLE WITH AN OPPORTUNITY TO DEVELOP NEW AND INNOVATIVE WORKS FOR THE THEATER. | 202201099349101120 |
| 2020 | Dr Freya Schnabel Director of Breast Surgerynyu Langone Medical Center New York, NY | U | $122,000 | paid | MAGIC (GENIUS) GRANTPURPOSE: TO CONDUCT THE "BEATNBC" RESEARCH PROJECT BY USING AI (ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE) SOFTWARE TO EVALUATE THE PRETREATMENT BIOPSIES OF PATIENTS OF TNBC (TRIPLE NEGATIVE BREAST CANCER) TREATED WITH PRE-OPERATIVE CHEMOTHERAPY. | 202201099349101120 |
| 2020 | The Marshall Project Susan Chira New York, NY | D | $100,000 | paid | MAGIC GRANTPURPOSE: AWARDED FOR LIFELONG COMMITMENT TO JOURNALISM AND TRUTH TELLING AS WELL AS A COMMITMENT TO WOMEN'S RIGHTS AND A FAIR CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM. | 202201099349101120 |
| 2020 | The Fuller Project Washington, CT | U | $50,000 | paid | FULLER PROJECT BOLD FELLOWSHIP FUNDPURPOSE: "FELLOW PROGRAM: SUPPORTING RISING FEMALE LEADERS", TO PROVIDE A FELLOWSHIP OPPORTUNITY FOR THE BOLD PROGRAM SCHOLAR AT THE FULLER PROJECT WHICH IS A DC-BASED AND AN AWARD-WINNING GLOBAL NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION, TO TRAIN, MENTOR AND SUPPORT THE FEMALE FELLOW TO RISE AS A LEADER IN A RESPECTIVE FIELD. | 202201099349101120 |
| 2020 | Literature to Life (through Pentacle) New York, NY | D | $49,550 | paid | MAGIC GRANT-COLLABORATION GRANTPURPOSE: LITERATURE TO LIFE, IN A THREE-WAY PARTNERSHIP WITH THE BRIDGEUP PROGRAMS AT THE MENNINGER CLINIC AND NORTHERN STAGE, WILL BRING DIVERSE STORIES TO ADOLESCENTS BEYOND NEW YORK CITY AND ACROSS THE COUNTRY DURING A TIME WHERE SOCIAL INTERACTION, ALBEIT VIRTUAL, IS NEEDED, INCLUDING A CULMINATING EVENT FEATURING STUDENTS FROM NEW YORK, VERMONT AND TEXAS. | 202201099349101120 |
| 2020 | YMCA Camp Coniston Inc Grantham, NH | U | $43,388 | paid | BRIDGEUP-COLLABORATION GRANTPURPOSE: "YMCA/SACT BRIDGEUP FOREIGN EXCHANGE PROGRAM", AWARDED TO YMCA CAMP CONISTON IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE SOUTH AFRICA COLLEGE FOR TOURISM (SACT) TO CREATE AN EXCHANGE PROGRAM BETWEEN COLLEGE-AGED STUDENTS IN NEW HAMPSHIRE AND IN SOUTH AFRICA FOCUSING ON CROSS TRAINING, RELATIONSHIP BUILDING, SKILL SHARING, AND CAREER DEVELOPMENT. | 202201099349101120 |
| 2020 | South Africa College for Tourism (sact) Co Friends of the Peace Parks Inc | U | $34,428 | paid | MAGIC GRANT-COLLABORATION GRANTPURPOSE: "YMCA/SACT BRIDGEUP FOREIGN EXCHANGE PROGRAM", AWARDED TO SOUTH AFRICA COLLEGE FOR TOURISM (SACT) IN PARTNERSHIP WITH YMCA CAMP CONISTON TO CREATE AN EXCHANGE PROGRAM BETWEEN COLLEGE-AGED STUDENTS IN SOUTH AFRICA AND NEW HAMPSHIRE FOCUSING ON CROSS TRAINING, RELATIONSHIP BUILDING, SKILL SHARING AND CAREER DEVELOPMENT. | 202201099349101120 |
| 2020 | Wb Productions LLC Jennifer Callaha New York, NY | U | $5,000 | paid | BOLD-MAGIC GRANT (GLASSBREAKER FILMS GRANT)PURPOSE: FUNDING FOR ADDITIONAL EDITS AND LENGTHENING OF PREVIOUSLY FUNDED FILM "MAKING THE CASE". | 202201099349101120 |
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