Open Foundations · Connecticut

Mulberry Essence Foundation

Greenwich, Connecticut · EIN 812068389. Its Form 990-PF says giving is not restricted to organizations picked in advance, which is how a private foundation files that it accepts unsolicited requests. It paid $3.1M across 57 grants in 2024, a median of $5K each.

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$3.1M
paid in 2024
57
grants paid
$5K
median grant
1%
to first-time recipients
$49.7M
assets on file

How to apply, as filed

Straight off Part XV of the return. Where the foundation left a line blank, this says so rather than guessing.

Send requests to
EIICHIRO KUWANA
Address
2 SOUNDVIEW AVE, GREENWICH, CT, 06830
Phone
2038612930
Email
Not stated in the filing
Form the request should take
THE FOUNDATION DOES NOT REQUIRE AN APPLICATION OR A GRANT PROPOSAL. IN LIEU OF THESE FORMAL REQUIREMENTS, THE FOUNDATION WILL INVESTIGAGE ALL POTENTIAL GRANT RECIPIENTS TO DETERMINE THE HISTORY OF THE ORGANIZATION, ITS CHARITABLE PURPOSES AND HOW THOSE PURPOSES ARE FULFILLED, THE FINANCIAL SITUATION OF THE ORGANIZATION, ITS TAX-EXEMPT STATUS, AND HOW PREVIOUS GRANTS WERE USED BY THE ORGANIZATION.
Submission deadline
NONE
Restrictions on awards
GRANT CAN ONLY BE USED IN FURTHERANCE OF THE RECIPENT ORGANIZATION'S CHARITABLE PURPOSES, AND THAT THE ORGANIZATION MAY HAVE OBLIGATIONS TO REPORT BACK TO THE FOUNDATION ON ITS USE OF ALL DISTRIBUTED FUNDS.

As filed on the Form 990-PF for tax year 2024, IRS filing object id 202543189349104039. Printed word for word, including the entries that only say to see a website or an attachment.

What it funds, in its own words

The filing states only a general purpose, with nothing specific enough to pull out as recurring language.

Biggest grants in 2024

The 15 largest of the 57 grants paid in 2024, with the purpose the foundation wrote for each.

#RecipientStateAmountPurpose as filed
1Brown UniversityRI$1,230,000GENERAL
2Stanford UniversityCA$400,000GENERAL
3Phillips Exeter AcademyNH$300,000GENERAL
4Gci IncCT$150,000GENERAL
5Global Citizens InitiativeCT$150,000GENERAL
6Brown UniversityRI$130,000GENERAL
7Presidents Fellow of HarvardMA$125,000GENERAL
8Presidents Fellow of HarvardMA$100,000GENERAL
9Us - Japan CouncilDC$100,000GENERAL
10Presidents Fellow of HarvardMA$50,000GENERAL
11Presidents Fellow of HarvardMA$45,000GENERAL
12Weil Cornell MedicineNY$40,000GENERAL
13Rocky Mountain InstituteCO$25,000GENERAL
14The Asia FoundationCA$25,000GENERAL
15The Nature ConservancyVA$25,000GENERAL

Giving by year, and who received it

Grants paid by year

Every year of this foundation's grants that Civly holds
Tax yearGrantsPaid
202038$2.0M
202142$2.4M
202242$3.1M
202360$2.3M
202457$3.1M

Where the money went

Share of 2024 grant dollars by recipient state
New York21%
Massachusetts18%
Connecticut16%
District of Columbia9%
California7%

Who decides

Officers, directors and trustees as filed, with the year of the return they appeared on.

Eiichiro KuwanaPRESIDENT, SECRETARY, DIRE · 2024

Every figure on this page is that foundation's own latest filed year, which is 2022 or later. This foundation is listed because its Form 990-PF says it does not restrict giving to preselected organizations and it paid at least 5 grants totaling $100K or more that year. Latest-year grants and terms per foundation from IRS 990-PF e-file returns; the newest tax year is partial until the IRS finishes releasing it. Grants are de-duplicated on funder, year, recipient and amount, so identical repeat grants collapse into one and totals can run low. Full method.

Source: IRS Form 990-PF e-file releases (public domain). Analysis: Civly.

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