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WHALESBACK FOUNDATION

· BROOKLYN, NY · private_foundation · program funder

31recipients FY2016–24
$3Mgiving on file
2024latest grant year
noaccepts unsolicited
LocalLocal funder, 57% of giving in New York

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A local funder — 57% of its dollars go to NY. It is a candidate for organizations in the 9 states it has funded, whatever their cause: DC, FL, MA, ME, MT, NJ, NY, TX, VA.

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ROBERTSON FOUNDATIONNEW YORK, NYprogram funder2
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Recent recipients

OrganizationStateYearsLatestTotal
WOODWELL CLIMATE RESEARCH CENTERMA62024$231,000
SHERIFFS MEADOW FOUNDATIONMA22023$22,500
BROOKLYN BOTANIC GARDEN CORPORATIONNY62023$19,500
BIODIVERSITYWORKS INCMA22023$15,500
SAINT ANNS SCHOOLNY12023$3,500
AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORYNY42022$305,000
COUNCIL ON FOREIGN RELATIONS INCNY52022$250,000
WILDERNESS SOCIETYDC52022$147,000
BROOKLYN COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONNY32022$47,500
WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETYNY32022$27,500
PRINCETON UNIVERSITYNJ22022$21,000
BROOKLYN BRIDGE PARK CORPORATIONNY42022$10,000
HOWARD UNIVERSITYDC12022$10,000
LEMUR CONSERVATION FOUNDATION INCFL42022$6,000
THE TRUSTEES OF THE NEW YORK SOCIETY LIBRARYNY32022$4,000
NAVY SEAL FOUNDATION INCVA12021$10,000
MEDAL OF HONOR MUSEUM FOUNDATIONTX12021$8,000
MONTANA LAND RELIANCEMT12021$7,000
BOONE & CROCKETT CLUBMT12021$5,000
WILLIAM J BRENNAN JR CENTER FOR JUSTICE INCNY22021$2,000
TRUSTEES OF DEERFIELD ACADEMYMA12021$1,000
ISLAND PRESSDC22020$3,500
ECOAMERICADC22020$3,000
CERES INCMA22020$2,000
BROOKLYN HEIGHTS ASSOCIATION INCNY22019$5,500
INSTITUTE FOR THE STUDY OF WAR INCDC12019$5,000
ATLANTIC SALMON FEDERATION INCME12019$5,000
TRUSTEES OF RESERVATIONSMA22019$4,500
BIODIVERSITY WORKSTX22019$1,500
CLIMATE MUSEUMNY12019$1,000
SECOND STAGE THEATRENY12018$2,500