Open Foundations · District of Columbia

Fund Ii Foundation

Washington, District of Columbia · EIN 472396669. 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 $668K across 51 grants in 2023, a median of $5K each.

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$668K
paid in 2023
51
grants paid
$5K
median grant
75%
to first-time recipients
$138.7M
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
MONICA LUGO
Address
633 PENNSYLVANIA AVE NW, WASHINGTON, DC, 20004
Phone
2028107215
Email
Not stated in the filing
Form the request should take
LETTERS OF INTENT AND APPLICATIONS ARE SUBMITTED ONLINE OR TO THE DC OFFICE - 633 PENNSYLVANIA AVE NW, WASHINGTON, DC 20004 AND INCLUDE AN INTRODUCTION OF THE APPLICANT'S ORGANIZATION, HOW THEIR ORGANIZATION FITS WITH FUND II FOUNDATION'S PRIORITY MANDATES, A DESCRIPTION OF WHY IS IT CRITICAL TO CARRY OUT THEIR MISSION, GRANT AMOUNT REQUESTED, AND FINALLY, THE POPULATION THEIR ORGANIZATION WILL SERVE.
Submission deadline
NONE
Restrictions on awards
THE FOUNDATION MAKES GRANTS TO SECTION 501(C)(3) PUBLIC CHARITIES FOCUSED ON FIVE AREAS: 1) CULTURAL CONSERVATION THAT PRESERVES THE AFRICAN AMERICAN EXPERIENCE IN HISTORY FOR ALL FUTURE GENERATIONS 2) SAFEGUARDING HUMAN DIGNITY BY GIVING A VOICE TO THE VOICELESS AND PROMOTING HUMAN RIGHTS 3) ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION AND EDUCATION THAT CONNECTS PEOPLE OF ALL AGES AND BACKGROUNDS TO THE OUTDOORS 4) MUSIC EDUCATION, PARTICULARLY IN PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS, TO NOURISH TALENT AND THE SOUL 5) SUSTAINING AMERICAN VALUES OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP, EMPOWERMENT, INNOVATION AND SECURITY

As filed on the Form 990-PF for tax year 2023, IRS filing object id 202512829349101606. 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 words that come up most often across the purposes it wrote on its 2023 grants. These are the foundation's own words, not a category we assigned.

educational award

Biggest grants in 2023

The 15 largest of the 51 grants paid in 2023, with the purpose the foundation wrote for each.

#RecipientStateAmountPurpose as filed
1Thurgood Marshall College FundDC$175,000GENERAL SUPPORT
2The Piney Woods Country Life SchoolMS$60,000GENERAL SUPPORT
3Hollywood Cares Foundation IncCA$50,000GENERAL SUPPORT
4Legal Defense Fund (naacp Legal Defense & Educ Fund Inc)NY$50,000SPONSORSHIP
5Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyMA$50,000STUDENT SUMMER PROGRAM - 10 SPONSORSHIPS
6Justice for Black Girls (everyblackgirl)MD$25,0002024 CONFERENCE SPONSOR
7National Medical AssociationMD$21,700GENERAL SUPPORT
8The Howard UniversityDC$20,000DONATION FOR CENTER FOR JOURNALISM AND DEMOCRACY
92gether-internationalDC$10,000SPONSORSHIP
10Black Gravity Inc (dba Blk Grvty)DC$10,000GENERAL SUPPORT
11Brooklyn Public LibraryNY$10,000DONATION TO THE BROOKLYN PUBLIC LIBRARY FOR THEIR 1619 PROJECT
12National Education Equity Lab IncNY$10,000CONTRIBUTION TO SUPPORT THE NATIONAL EDUCATION EQUITY LAB
13Sphinx Organization IncMI$10,000GENERAL SUPPORT
14University at Buffalo Foundation IncNY$10,000SPONSORSHIP
15Aliyah KingDC$5,500EDUCATIONAL AWARD

Giving by year, and who received it

Grants paid by year

Every year of this foundation's grants that Civly holds
Tax yearGrantsPaid
201916$5.9M
202032$8.4M
202146$10.8M
202233$5.7M
202351$668K

Where the money went

Share of 2023 grant dollars by recipient state
District of Columbia55%
New York12%
California6%
Mississippi4%
Maryland4%

Who decides

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

A Jeanine Abrams-mclean PhdDIRECTOR · 2023
Anthony C SpikesTREASURER/DIRECTOR · 2023
Dafna TapieroSECRETARY/DIRECTOR · 2023
Linda WilsonEXECUTIVE DIRECTOR · 2023
Lori MalcolmDIRECTOR · 2023
Robert F SmithDIRECTOR · 2023
Wendell Layne IiiDIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS · 2023

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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