Funders › DC › Howard and Geraldine Polinger Family Foundation › 2020
Grants paid by Howard and Geraldine Polinger Family Foundation, tax year 2020
EIN 52-6078041 · Chevy Chase, DC · Form 990-PF, Part XV
In tax year 2020, Howard and Geraldine Polinger Family Foundation (EIN 52-6078041) reported 71 grants paid totaling $3,226,846. Dataset version 2026.09.0, built 2026-09-03.
Every grant, 2020
| Tax year | Recipient | Match | Amount | Type | Purpose | Source filing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Jewish Federation of Greater Washington North Bethesda, MD | B | $345,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT, EMERGENCY GRANT | 202130889349100718 |
| 2020 | Edlavitch DC Jewish Community Center of Washington DC Washington, DC | D | $307,500 | paid | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT | 202130889349100718 |
| 2020 | League of Women Voters Education Fund Lewiston, ME | U | $203,000 | paid | EDUCATION FUND, EMERGENCY GRANT | 202130889349100718 |
| 2020 | Harold Grinspoon Foundation Agawam, MA | B | $200,000 | paid | PJ LIBRARY ALLIANCE PARTNERSHIP | 202130889349100718 |
| 2020 | Childrens National Medical Center Washington, DC | D | $195,000 | paid | EARLY CHILDHOOD MENTAL HEALTH IN PRIMARY CARE PROJECT | 202130889349100718 |
| 2020 | Mary's Center Washington, DC | U | $153,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT, EMERGENCY GRANT | 202130889349100718 |
| 2020 | Dance Place Washington, DC | C | $150,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT | 202130889349100718 |
| 2020 | Moishe House Encinitas, CA | B | $147,500 | paid | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT | 202130889349100718 |
| 2020 | Building Bridges Across the River Washington, DC | B | $120,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT | 202130889349100718 |
| 2020 | Anti-Defamation League New York, NY | B | $117,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT | 202130889349100718 |
| 2020 | Sixth & I Historic Synagogue Washington, DC | D | $105,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT | 202130889349100718 |
| 2020 | Icivics Cambridge, MA | B | $100,000 | paid | EDUCATING FOR AMERICAN DEMOCRACY DISSEMINATION CAMPAIGN | 202130889349100718 |
| 2020 | Yale University Temple Medical Center New Haven, CT | U | $100,000 | paid | DC MOMS PARTNERSHIP | 202130889349100718 |
| 2020 | Refed Queens, NY | U | $100,000 | paid | REFED COVID-19 FOOD WASTE SOLUTIONS FUND | 202130889349100718 |
| 2020 | From the Top Boston, MA | C | $95,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT, EMERGENCY AID | 202130889349100718 |
| 2020 | The Washington Ballet Washington, DC | B | $90,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT, EMERGENCY GRANTS | 202130889349100718 |
| 2020 | Sitar Arts Center Washington, DC | B | $80,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT | 202130889349100718 |
| 2020 | Jewish Social Service Agency Rockville, MD | B | $75,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT, EMERGENCY GRANT | 202130889349100718 |
| 2020 | Jewish Community Centers Association of North America New York, NY | B | $75,000 | paid | JCC MOVEMENT | 202130889349100718 |
| 2020 | World Central Kitchen Washington, DC | C | $55,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT | 202130889349100718 |
| 2020 | Western States Center Inc Portland, OR | C | $45,000 | paid | LEADERSHIP INITIATIVE TO CONFRONT WHITE NATIONALISM IN SCHOOLS | 202130889349100718 |
| 2020 | American Jewish Joint Distribution Comm New York, NY | C | $37,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT & EMERGENCY GRANTS | 202130889349100718 |
| 2020 | Atlas Performing Arts Center Washington, DC | B | $35,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT | 202130889349100718 |
| 2020 | Capital Area Food Bank Washington, DC | B | $30,000 | paid | EMERGENCY DISCRETIONARY GRANT | 202130889349100718 |
| 2020 | Voter Participation Center Washington, DC | B | $27,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT | 202130889349100718 |
| 2020 | 350org Brooklyn, NY | U | $23,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT | 202130889349100718 |
| 2020 | Levine Music Inc Washington, DC | B | $22,500 | paid | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT | 202130889349100718 |
| 2020 | National Museum of American of Jewish History East Philadelphia, PA | D | $16,000 | paid | STRATEGIC - JEWISH LIFE | 202130889349100718 |
| 2020 | National Immigration Law Center Los Angeles, CA | B | $16,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT | 202130889349100718 |
| 2020 | Young Playwrights Theater Washington, DC | B | $10,000 | paid | STRATEGIC - PERFORMING ARTS | 202130889349100718 |
| 2020 | Gatherdc Washington, DC | U | $10,000 | paid | NEW TO DC INITIATIVE | 202130889349100718 |
| 2020 | Goucher College Baltimore, MD | U | $10,000 | paid | HOWARD AND GERALDINE POLINGER SCHOLARSHIP IN DANCE | 202130889349100718 |
| 2020 | Fjc Fbo Hidden Sparks New York, NY | U | $10,000 | paid | FY 20 SPRING STRATEGIC | 202130889349100718 |
| 2020 | Global Lyme Alliance Stanford, CT | C | $10,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT | 202130889349100718 |
| 2020 | Planned Parenthood Federation of America New York, NY | C | $9,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT | 202130889349100718 |
| 2020 | Pardes Jewish Day School Scottsdale, AZ | B | $7,500 | paid | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT | 202130889349100718 |
| 2020 | Camera Boston, MA | U | $6,500 | paid | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT | 202130889349100718 |
| 2020 | Standwithus Los Angeles, CA | C | $6,500 | paid | CENTER FOR COMBATING ANTISEMITISM | 202130889349100718 |
| 2020 | Congregation B'nai Tzedek Potomac, MD | B | $5,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT | 202130889349100718 |
| 2020 | Action for Boston Community Development Boston, MA | B | $5,000 | paid | SUMMERWORKS PROGRAM | 202130889349100718 |
| 2020 | The Lab School of Washington Washington, DC | B | $5,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT | 202130889349100718 |
| 2020 | Tides Advocacy Fbo Florida Rights Restoration San Francisco, CA | U | $5,000 | paid | FLORIDA RIGHTS RESTORATION COALITION EDUCATION FUND | 202130889349100718 |
| 2020 | Bender Jewish Community Center of Greater Washington Rockville, MD | U | $5,000 | paid | POLINGER ARTISTS OF EXCELLENCE SERIES | 202130889349100718 |
| 2020 | Jewish Free Loan Society Los Angeles, CA | C | $3,600 | paid | EMERGENCY AID MATCHING JOSH WERTLIEBS GIFT | 202130889349100718 |
| 2020 | Beth Joseph Congre of Greater Phoenix Phoenix, AZ | U | $3,600 | paid | BUILDING CAMPAIGN | 202130889349100718 |
| 2020 | Yaffed New York, NY | C | $3,600 | paid | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT | 202130889349100718 |
| 2020 | American Civil Liberties Union Fdn Washington, DC | U | $3,500 | paid | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT | 202130889349100718 |
| 2020 | Valley Beit Midrash Phoenix, AZ | C | $3,500 | paid | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT | 202130889349100718 |
| 2020 | Jewish Community Alliance of Southern Maine Portland, ME | B | $3,103 | paid | GENERAL OPERATING, EMERGENCY AID | 202130889349100718 |
| 2020 | Imagination Stage Bethesda, MA | U | $2,500 | paid | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT | 202130889349100718 |
| 2020 | The Malala Fund Washington, DC | C | $2,500 | paid | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT | 202130889349100718 |
| 2020 | Humane Rescue Alliance Washington, DC | U | $2,500 | paid | COMBAT CRUELTY | 202130889349100718 |
| 2020 | Jewish Family Service & Children's Center of Clifton-Passaic Passaic, NY | U | $2,500 | paid | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT | 202130889349100718 |
| 2020 | Hasbara Fellowships New York, NY | C | $2,500 | paid | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT | 202130889349100718 |
| 2020 | Tomchei Shabbos of Passaic-Clifton Passaic, NJ | U | $2,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT | 202130889349100718 |
| 2020 | Southern Poverty Law Center Montgomery, AL | B | $2,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT | 202130889349100718 |
| 2020 | Posse Foundation Inc Washington, DC | U | $2,000 | paid | POSSE D.C. | 202130889349100718 |
| 2020 | DC Scores Washington, DC | B | $2,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT | 202130889349100718 |
| 2020 | Team Rubicon Los Angeles, CA | B | $2,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT | 202130889349100718 |
| 2020 | Maine Public Health Association Augusta, ME | B | $2,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT | 202130889349100718 |
| 2020 | Environmental Defense Fund New York, NY | B | $2,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT | 202130889349100718 |
| 2020 | Smile On Seniors of Arizona Phoenix, AZ | C | $1,800 | paid | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT | 202130889349100718 |
| 2020 | Bonei Olam Brooklyn, NY | B | $1,500 | paid | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT | 202130889349100718 |
| 2020 | The Abraham Fund Initiatives New York, NY | B | $1,500 | paid | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT | 202130889349100718 |
| 2020 | Heritage Retreats Clifton, NJ | B | $1,500 | paid | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT | 202130889349100718 |
| 2020 | Hachnosas Kallah of Passaic-Clifton Passaic, NJ | D | $1,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT | 202130889349100718 |
| 2020 | Passaic Clifton Community Kollel Passaic, NJ | C | $1,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT | 202130889349100718 |
| 2020 | Refugepoint Cambridge, MA | C | $1,000 | paid | INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION AND DEVELOPMENT | 202130889349100718 |
| 2020 | The George Washington University Washington, DC | B | $540 | paid | MAYBERG CENTER FOR JEWISH EDUCATION & LEADERSHIP | 202130889349100718 |
| 2020 | Kool Kids Passaic, NJ | U | $500 | paid | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT | 202130889349100718 |
| 2020 | Full Plates Full Potential South Portland, ME | C | $103 | paid | EMERGENCY - GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT | 202130889349100718 |
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Derived from IRS Form 990-PF e-file XML. Dataset version 2026.09.0, built 2026-09-03. All years for this funder.
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