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Private foundation (trust)EIN 136082277Est. 1950-12

THE GREENWALL FOUNDATION

WASHINGTON, DC 20001

Accepts unsolicited proposals

Total Assets

$114.0M

FY 2024

Annual Giving

$3.3M

FY 2024

Grants Made

66

FY 2024

Avg Grant

$50K

FY 2024

Grant Range

$7K–$150K

Typical

Deadlines

See www.greenwall.org

Applications

Programs & Activities

Program 1

$752K

The foundation facilitates and provides ongoing mentoring, professional development and academic collaborations for scholars and alumni of the faculty scholars program to implement the goals of the grant-making initiative. This is carried out principally through organizing semi-annual meetings where scholars obtain feedback on their research and mentoring on career development and leadership skills. The foundation also convenes and funds meetings of the greenwall faculty scholars program committee to oversee the program.

Program 2

$75K

The foundation celebrated its 75th anniversary in 2024. In honor of this milestone, the foundation commissioned the development of a new project from theater of war productions a refutation aimed at catalyzing crucial discussions about healthcare inequity. Developed in 2024 (to be performed in early 2025), a refutation features dramatic readings by acclaimed actors from conflicting historical accounts of philadelphia's 1793 yellow fever epidemic; performances are structured to spark guided panel and audience discussions on america's current health inequities."

Program 3

$41K

The william c. Stubing memorial lecture was held in person at new york university's hemmerdinger hall and broadcast online on november 19, 2024 and featured beth macy, journalist and bestselling author of dopesick and raising lazarus: hope, justice, and the future of america's overdose crisis. Perri peltz, journalist, public health advocate, and emmy award-winning filmmaker known for the hbo documentary warning: this drug may kill you, moderated the discussion, titled "ethics in america's epidemic: navigating solutions and hope in the opioid crisis" mr. Stubing served as president of the foundation for 21 years. The lecture series was created in his honor and is intended to reach a broad public audience to show how ethics impacts their everyday lives.

Program 4

$34K

The greenwall foundation named usha lee mcfarling, national science correspondent at stat, as the recipient of the 2024 bernard lo, md award in bioethics. The award recognized ms. Mcfarling for her role in shaping the public discussion and policy debate about bioethics and equity in healthcare and research. The lo award honors dr. Lo's service to the greenwall foundation as its president & ceo (2012-2020) and founding director of the faculty scholars program. It conveys a cash prize of $25,000.

Financial Snapshot

2024 filing

Total Revenue

$4.8M

Total Expenses

$6.2M

Qualifying Distributions

$5.5M

Distributable Amount

$5.4M

Min. Investment Return

$5.5M

Undistributed Income

$294K

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Payout rate

Qualifying distributions as a share of distributable amount.

Grant Range

66 grants

Grant sizes from minimum $7K through median $50K to maximum $150K, shown on a logarithmic scale.

Logarithmic scale — typical grant portfolios span orders of magnitude, so distances are proportional to multiplicative change, not dollar gaps.

Giving Over Time

5 years

Giving over time from 2020 to 2024. Peak $3.7M in 2021. Hover bars for details.

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

Top Recipients

266 grants

JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY
$1.5M
24 grants
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO
$1.0M
17 grants
TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
$993K
13 grants
BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE
$592K
10 grants
UNIVERSITY OF UTAH
$424K
4 grants
BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL
$407K
4 grants
WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY
$407K
5 grants
THE RECTOR AND VISITORS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA
$373K
3 grants

Grant Size Distribution

266 grants

<$10K
26
grants
$10–50K
103
grants
$50–250K
136
grants
$250K–1M
1
grants
$1–5M
$5M+

Geographic Focus

30 states

Massachusetts
$2.2M
14% of total
California
$1.8M
11% of total
Maryland
$1.8M
11% of total
Pennsylvania
$1.5M
9% of total
Colorado
$948K
6% of total
New York
$876K
5% of total
North Carolina
$708K
4% of total
District of Columbia
$708K
4% of total
Illinois
$685K
4% of total
Texas
$642K
4% of total

+20 more states

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