October Mountain Foundation concentrates its giving into a small number of large, targeted grants, prioritizing civil rights and public-interest policy work alongside arts and education/community programs. A handful of repeat grantees receive the bulk of funding—most notably multi-year support to The Hawkins Project and the Center for Reproductive Rights—while other sizable gifts back cultural institutions and partner foundations, largely in the New York region.
Concentrated and strategic: few, large grants with repeated multi-year commitments to select core grantees rather than many small awards; funding spans national advocacy groups and local arts/education organizations.
October Mountain Foundation Inc has made The Hawkins Project one of its clearest long-term commitments, with three seven-figure-scale general-support grants across 2023, 2024, and 2025, including two $500,000 awards in 2025. That recurring pattern sits alongside sustained support for the Center for Reproductive Rights, which received multiple general-support grants in 2023, 2024, and 2025. The foundation’s recent giving also reaches cultural, health, and public-interest organizations, but the largest recurring dollars are concentrated in a small set of repeat recipients. Across the recent grants list, the foundation favors unrestricted support rather than project-specific awards. Its portfolio includes legal and policy work, performing arts, health access, homelessness services, and intermediary funders, with several organizations appearing more than once over multiple years. The repeated grants to The Hawkins Project and the Center for Reproductive Rights show a clear preference for continuing relationships rather than one-off gifts. In the New York region, the foundation has also backed Symphony Space, The Brigid Alliance, Care for the Homeless, and Chess in the Schools, while additional grants have gone to organizations in California, Washington, Massachusetts, and New Jersey.
In reproductive rights and legal advocacy, October Mountain Foundation Inc gave $250,000 in 2025 to the Center for Reproductive Rights for general support, continuing the same recipient relationship seen in 2023 and 2024. In maternal health, it awarded $150,000 in 2025 to Fistula Foundation, also for general support, after prior support at the $100,000 level in 2023 and 2024. The foundation also funds access and crisis-response services. It gave $100,000 in 2025 to The Brigid Alliance Inc for general support, and it supported Care for the Homeless with a $100,000 general-support grant in 2025. In the arts, Wharton School for the Performing Arts received $100,000 in 2025 after similar support in 2023 and 2024, while Symphony Space received $415,000 in 2023 for general support.
October Mountain Foundation Inc gives at a fairly large scale: the typical grant size is $10,000 at the 25th percentile, $30,000 at the median, and $50,000 at the 75th percentile. The recent grants list shows a strong tilt toward repeat funding, especially for The Hawkins Project, the Center for Reproductive Rights, The Brigid Alliance Inc, Wharton School for the Performing Arts, Fistula Foundation, The Hnrnp Family Foundation, and Austen Riggs Center across multiple years. The foundation is a regular funder, not a DAF or PRI vehicle, and its grants are generally listed as general support or unrestricted support.
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$27M
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$5.1M
Most grants fall between $10K and $50K, with a median of $30K.
25th Percentile
$10K
Median
$30K
75th Percentile
$50K
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Notable grantees: The Hawkins Project, Center for Reproductive Rights, Symphony Space, Amalgamated Foundation Inc
The grants are national in scope, and every recent grant in the dataset goes to a U.S. recipient. New York is the most common recipient state, accounting for 37% of grants, with many awards going to New York, NY organizations. Seattle, WA also appears repeatedly, including multiple grants to The Hnrnp Family Foundation. Other recipient cities in the recent list include Ann Arbor, MI; San Jose, CA; and Los Angeles, CA.
Recent grants show support for civil rights and public-interest policy work, reproductive rights, arts organizations, and community-serving nonprofits. Examples in the data include The Hawkins Project, the Center for Reproductive Rights, Symphony Space, Fistula Foundation, and Care for the Homeless.
Yes. The recent grants list repeatedly labels awards as general support, and the foundation’s philosophy tags also point to unrestricted general operating support, core or organizational support, and flexible non-project-specific funding.
Several organizations appear across multiple years, including The Hawkins Project, the Center for Reproductive Rights, The Brigid Alliance Inc, Wharton School for the Performing Arts, Fistula Foundation, The Hnrnp Family Foundation, and Austen Riggs Center.
The grant-size distribution centers on $10,000 at the 25th percentile, a $30,000 median, and $50,000 at the 75th percentile. The recent grants list also includes several much larger awards, including $500,000 and $250,000 grants.
The foundation gives nationally, with all recent grants in the dataset going to U.S. recipients. New York is the top recipient state by grant count at 37%, and Seattle, WA is another repeated recipient city in the grant list.
2026
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2026.
Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| THE BRIGID ALLIANCE INC | NEW YORK, NY | $750,000 | 2026 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| THE HAWKINS PROJECT | ANN ARBOR, MI | $600,000 | 2026 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| VITAL VOICES GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP | WASHINGTON, DC | $500,000 | 2026 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| SYMPHONY SPACE INC | NEW YORK, NY | $250,000 | 2026 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| CENTER FOR REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS | NEW YORK, NY | $250,000 | 2026 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| AUSTEN RIGGS CENTER | STOCKBRIDGE, MA | $250,000 | 2026 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| FISTULA FOUNDATION | SAN JOSE, CA | $240,000 | 2026 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| ACADEMY FOR PRECISION LEARNING | SEATTLE, WA | $200,000 | 2026 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| INTERNATIONAL RESCUE COMMITTEE | ALBERT LEA, MN | $150,000 | 2026 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| THE GRABHORN INSTITUTE | SAN FRANCISCO, CA | $150,000 | 2026 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| CARE FOR THE HOMELESS | NEW YORK, NY | $100,000 | 2026 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| PEF ISRAEL ENDOWMENT FUNDS | NEW YORK, NY | $100,000 | 2026 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| HEVREH OF SOUTHERN BERKSHIRE | GREAT BARRINGTON, MA | $100,000 | 2026 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| WHARTON SCHOOL FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS | BERKELEY HEIGHTS, NJ | $100,000 | 2026 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| CHESS IN THE SCHOOLS | NEW YORK, NY | $100,000 | 2026 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| CITY HARVEST | BROOKLYN, NY | $75,000 | 2026 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| CHIPS | BROOKLYN, NY | $75,000 | 2026 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY DEVELOPMENT | WALTHAM, MA | $50,000 | 2026 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| THE HNRNP FAMILY FOUNDATION | SEATTLE, WA | $50,000 | 2026 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| LIVING JAZZ | OAKLAND, CA | $50,000 | 2026 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| RAILROAD STREET YOUTH PROJECT | GREAT BARRINGTON, MA | $50,000 | 2026 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| READ 718 INC | BROOKLYN, NY | $50,000 | 2026 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| ELIZABETH FREEMAN CENTER | PITTSFIELD, MA | $50,000 | 2026 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| VOLUNTEERS IN MEDICINE | GREAT BARRINGTON, MA | $50,000 | 2026 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| EVERY MOTHER COUNTS | NEW YORK, NY | $50,000 | 2026 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| THE BERKSHIRE IMMIGRANT CENTER | PITTSFIELD, MA | $50,000 | 2026 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| SEVA FOUNDATION | SOUTH KORTRIGHT, NY | $35,000 | 2026 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| READ ALLIANCE INC | NEW YORK, NY | $35,000 | 2026 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| CAMP FRIENDSHIP | BROOKLYN, NY | $30,000 | 2026 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| PBS FOUNDATION | ARLINGTON, VA | $30,000 | 2026 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| NEW YORK PUBLIC RADIO | NEW YORK, NY | $30,000 | 2026 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| SYNERGOS INSTITUTE INC | NEW YORK, NY | $25,000 | 2026 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| MOMS FOR MOMS | BROOKLYN, NY | $25,000 | 2026 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| THE HUMANE LEAGUE | ROCKVILLE, MD | $25,000 | 2026 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| JACOB'S PILLOW DANCE FESTIVAL INC | BECKET, MA | $25,000 | 2026 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| PS39 PARENT ASSOCIATION INC | BROOKLYN, NY | $25,000 | 2026 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| FIND YOUR LIGHT FOUNDATION | LOS ANGELES, CA | $25,000 | 2026 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| LITTLE ESSENTIALS | BROOKLYN, NY | $25,000 | 2026 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| THE FRED HOLLOWS FOUNDATION | NEW YORK, NY | $20,000 | 2026 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| MALARIA CONSORTIUM US INC | HERMITAGE, PA | $15,000 | 2026 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| MARY'S PLACE | SEATTLE, WA | $10,000 | 2026 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| FREEDOM FROM RELIGION FOUNDATION INC | MADISON, WI | $10,000 | 2026 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY OF NEW PALTZ INC | NEW YORK, NY | $10,000 | 2026 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| THE 19TH NEWS | AUSTIN, TX | $5,000 | 2026 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| PS 282 PTA | BROOKLYN, NY | $5,000 | 2026 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| BOOK TRUST | DENVER, CO | $5,000 | 2026 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| SEATTLE GIRLS SCHOOL | SEATTLE, WA | $5,000 | 2026 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| BROOKLYN PUBLIC LIBRARY | BROOKLYN, NY | $5,000 | 2026 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| MOUNT SINAI HEALTH SYSTEM | NEW YORK, NY | $5,000 | 2026 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| NO KID HUNGRY- SHARE OUR STRENGTH | WASHINGTON, DC | $3,000 | 2026 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
THE HAWKINS PROJECT
$600,000GENERAL SUPPORT
AUSTEN RIGGS CENTER
GENERAL SUPPORT
ACADEMY FOR PRECISION LEARNING
$200,000GENERAL SUPPORT
INTERNATIONAL RESCUE COMMITTEE
$150,000GENERAL SUPPORT
HEVREH OF SOUTHERN BERKSHIRE
$100,000GENERAL SUPPORT
CHESS IN THE SCHOOLS
$100,000GENERAL SUPPORT
BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY DEVELOPMENT
$50,000GENERAL SUPPORT
THE HNRNP FAMILY FOUNDATION
$50,000GENERAL SUPPORT
RAILROAD STREET YOUTH PROJECT
$50,000GENERAL SUPPORT
SEVA FOUNDATION
$35,000GENERAL SUPPORT
CAMP FRIENDSHIP
$30,000GENERAL SUPPORT
NEW YORK PUBLIC RADIO
$30,000GENERAL SUPPORT
MOMS FOR MOMS
$25,000GENERAL SUPPORT
PS39 PARENT ASSOCIATION INC
$25,000GENERAL SUPPORT
LITTLE ESSENTIALS
$25,000GENERAL SUPPORT
THE FRED HOLLOWS FOUNDATION
$20,000GENERAL SUPPORT
MARY'S PLACE
$10,000GENERAL SUPPORT
CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY OF NEW PALTZ INC
$10,000GENERAL SUPPORT
PS 282 PTA
$5,000GENERAL SUPPORT
MOUNT SINAI HEALTH SYSTEM
$5,000GENERAL SUPPORT