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Private foundation (trust)EIN 264777735Est. 2010-06

GRACE COMMUNICATIONS FOUNDATION INC

NEW YORK, NY 10016

Total Assets

$131.9M

FY 2024

Annual Giving

$295K

FY 2024

Grants Made

15

FY 2024

Avg Grant

$20K

FY 2024

Grant Range

$5K–$55K

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Deadlines

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Programs & Activities

Program 1

$3.5M

This year, the communications program continued to help drive grace's mission to transform food systems by producing a wide range of digital and print content. Materials covered core focus areas including food systems communications, factory farming, aquaculture, biogas, and related issues. The team developed assets for online channels, convenings, and meetingssuch as press releases, email campaigns, brochures, slide decks, and one-pagers. In addition, the program collaborated with other like-minded organizations on various communications projects, including the continued production of an e-newsletter designed to share timely updates and insights on environmental sustainability, factory farms, and food systems, along with other types of communications assets.

Program 2

$2.3M

In 2024 the monday campaigns programming focused on partnerships and communications to create awareness for its public health initiatives through weekly monday newsletters and social media content, focusing on health education, environmental content, practical tips and topical news stories. It collaborated with various domestic and global organizations such as friends of the earth, slow food international, world food forum, nyu langone, syracuse university and the metropolitan transit authority (mta). It continued to grow its digital and social media channels along with the use of google ads. It also began the development of a new resource center in collaboration with johns hopkins center for a livable future.

Program 3

$1.6M

In 2024, the foodprint.org website continued to offer content and resources on sustainability that focused on topics including climate change, food waste, farmers' markets, food labels and industrial animal agriculture. The organization prepared a white paper on black agricultural land loss, ran a consumer awareness campaign on summer farmers' market eating, participated in several in-person events including conference panels and book talks, started a new tiktok channel and aired 4 new episodes of its podcast. It continued to provide content for consumers and students seeking to learn more about our country's food system and how to make choices that support a more sustainable one, and it expanded the reach of the site through partnerships, in-person outreach, and seo.

Focus Areas

FoodAgriculture & Nutrition

Financial Snapshot

2024 filing

Total Revenue

$2.3M

Total Expenses

$9.8M

Qualifying Distributions

$9.7M

Distributable Amount

$6.3M

Min. Investment Return

$6.4M

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Grant Range

15 grants

Grant sizes from minimum $5K through median $10K to maximum $55K, shown on a logarithmic scale.

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Giving Over Time

3 years

Giving over time from 2022 to 2024. Peak $295K in 2024. Hover bars for details.

Total dollars recorded per filing year. Scale adjusts to the foundation's range.

Top Recipients

19 grants

CITIZENS CAMPAIGN FUND FOR ENVIRONMENT
$55K
1 grant
EARTHSHARE
$50K
1 grant
MAINE ORGANIC FARMERS AND GARDENERS ASSOCIATION
$40K
1 grant
SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE AND FOOD SYSTEMS FUNDERS
$38K
2 grants
NORTH ATLANTIC MARINE ALLIANCE
$20K
1 grant
ROCKEFELLER PHILANTHROPY ADVISORS
$20K
1 grant
NATIONAL FAMILY FARM COALITION
$20K
1 grant
REGENERATIVE AGRICULTURE FOUNDATION
$15K
1 grant

Grant Size Distribution

19 grants

<$10K
11
grants
$10–50K
7
grants
$50–250K
1
grants
$250K–1M
$1–5M
$5M+

Geographic Focus

9 states

New York
$76K
23% of total
California
$73K
22% of total
District of Columbia
$50K
15% of total
Massachusetts
$50K
15% of total
Maine
$40K
12% of total
Minnesota
$15K
4% of total
Virginia
$15K
4% of total
Missouri
$10K
3% of total
Colorado
$5K
1% of total

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