Earthjustice
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
$1.5MTax year 2024
Grant purpose
First installment of a three-year grant for prevailing justice: fight back, fight forward
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John Sperling Foundation Grants
Private foundation · EIN 32-0284165 · IRS 990-PF filings through tax year 2024
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Original filing text
Reported organization name: JOHN SPERLING FOUNDATION
Giving by tax year
Year-level totals across every reported grant in this profile — a summary, not a filter. The awards further down are the largest individual grants across all years, not each year's complete list.
| Tax year | Grants paid | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 22 | $3.8M |
| 2023 | 19 | $3.8M |
Where John Sperling Foundation gives
States of grant recipients reported on the foundation's 990-PF filings, by dollars received.
Largest reported grants
Historical awards reported to the IRS. These are examples of past giving, not open opportunities.
Earthjustice
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
$1MTax year 2023
Grant purpose
Third installment of a three year grant for the climate and energy program
Western Environmental Law Center
EUGENE, OR
$500KTax year 2023
Grant purpose
First installment of a two year grant for defending public lands across the western u.s
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation
NEW YORK, NY
$500KTax year 2024
Grant purpose
To support work related to protection of abortion and reproductive health care
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation
NEW YORK, NY
$500KTax year 2024
Grant purpose
For the voting rights project
Showing 5 of the 25 largest grants (41 reported in all).
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Figures are aggregated from John Sperling Foundation's IRS Form 990-PF electronic filings (2 filings on file, most recent tax year 2024). Totals reflect grants the foundation reported as paid, and can lag the current year because foundations file annually and often on extension. Source: IRS 990-PF filing on ProPublica. Raw e-file archive (ZIP) — a large IRS yearly archive download.
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