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Accepts applications
The funder's latest Form 990-PF says it accepts applications. Read the instructions below before you write.
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The funder's latest Form 990-PF says it accepts applications. Read the instructions below before you write.
Application policy: Accepts applications, as stated on the FY2024 return.
These lines count this foundation's own Form 990-PF returns that the IRS has published as data. An amended return replaces its original. They describe past returns only.
This is a count from past returns. It does not say the foundation will consider a new request. How it is counted: names are compared as written on the returns, without "The" at the start, without endings such as "Inc" or "LLC", and without spaces and punctuation. A recipient also counts as already listed when our records link it to the same organization as an earlier recipient, or when its name is almost the same as an earlier name (a trigram similarity of 0.8 or more, where 1 means identical). The state on the grant row is not compared. Grants that the foundation marked as paid to an individual, such as a scholarship, are left out of both numbers, and no count is shown when most of its grants are marked that way. A person whom the foundation did not mark as an individual is still counted as a recipient. A recipient can still look new when its name is written very differently from year to year, and two different recipients with almost the same name can be counted as one.
Application guidance comes from the funder's own Form 990-PF, Part XV (the section where a private foundation says how to apply), shown as filed. It is the funder's words, not ours. These fields are free text and the IRS form cuts them short. Filers sometimes put whole sentences in the contact-name box. Shown exactly as filed.
Grants paid by year
Total assets by year
Where the money went · FY2025
Form 990 splits expenses into program services, management and fundraising. The split is self-reported, and a grantmaker, a research institute and a direct-service nonprofit book the same work differently. A line the return does not carry reads "not available"; it is never counted as zero.
| Year | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Grants paid | Assets | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | 990 | $650,330 | $807,056 | $70,000 | $654,844 |
Figures are as reported on the e-filed return, with no restatement. Fiscal years are the funder's own tax year, labelled by the calendar year the period ends in. A blank line means the return does not carry that figure; a real zero shows as $0. When an amended return replaces an original, every figure here uses the amended return. The original is not shown. Giving is what the funder actually paid out toward its charitable purpose in the year (qualifying distributions on Form 990-PF, charitable disbursements otherwise). Assets are what it holds; giving is what moves.
Recipient focus areas
No public data foundWhere recipients are
Based on the 0% of grant rows we could match to an organization record. The rest stay as reported. The IRS assigns the NTEE category when it grants exemption. It often reflects the original filing, not today's giving.
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount | Year | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TERESA MENGNAPA, CA | AWARD | $50,000 | 2024 | |
Recipients are shown as the funder wrote them on the return. A recipient with a link was matched to an organization record; the rest stay as reported and are never guessed.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stefania Bartoletti | DIRECTOR | 1.00 | $0 |
| Nomi Bergman | DIRECTOR | 1.00 | $0 |
| Paul Berriman | DIRECTOR | 1.00 | $0 |
| John M Cioffi | DIRECTOR |
From the officer list on the latest e-filed return. Compensation is as reported there; a blank means the return carries no figure.
| $637,117 |
| FY2024 | 990-PF | $588,735 | $905,069 | $902,033 | $766,347 | $763,784 |
| FY2023 | 990-PF | $1,025,418 | $1,086,681 | $1,094,623 | $1,314,509 | $1,146,890 |
| FY2022 | 990-PF | $1,132,214 | $955,365 | $951,629 | $1,351,938 | $1,189,155 |
| FY2021 | 990-PF | $656,687 | $502,235 | $499,788 | $1,230,826 | $1,024,237 |
| FY2020 | 990-PF | $313,803 | $412,649 | $271,812 | $939,575 | $901,934 |
| FY2018 | 990-PF | $219,116 | $536,431 | $463,557 | $2,013,074 | $1,980,868 |
| FY2017 | 990-PF | $426,664 | $446,848 | $396,142 | $2,170,569 | $2,136,280 |
| Broadband Project |
| $50,000 |
| 2020 |
| RESILIANT AFRICA NETWORK | CELESTINI PROJECT | $47,480 | 2022 |
| JARED GREENEBROOKLYN, NY | INTERNET & DEMOCRACY RESEARCH GRANT | $14,000 | 2018 |
| RESILIANT AFRICA NETWORK | CELESTINI PROJECT | $8,740 | 2023 |
| RESILIANT AFRICA NETWORK | CELESTINI PROJECT | $8,740 | 2021 |
| VENKAT ARUNAUSTIN, TX | SCHOLAR AWARD | $5,000 | 2024 |
| ZIXIAN WEI | SCHOLAR AWARD | $5,000 | 2024 |
| RONIT SOHANPAL | SCHOLAR AWARD | $5,000 | 2024 |
| WENHAN DAICAMBRIDGE, MA | SCIENTIFIC ACHIEVEMENT | $4,000 | 2018 |
| DINESH BHARADIACAMBRIDGE, MA | SCIENTIFIC ACHIEVEMENT | $4,000 | 2017 |
| GEORGE MACCARTNEY JRBROOKLYN, NY | SCIENTIFIC ACHIEVEMENT | $4,000 | 2017 |
| NEGAR REISKARIMIANNEW YORK, NY | SCIENTIFIC ACHIEVEMENT | $4,000 | 2018 |
| ANANDA THEERTA SURESHNEW YORK, NY | SCIENTIFIC ACHIEVEMENT | $4,000 | 2018 |
| STEFANIA BARTOLETTICAMBRIDGE, MA | SCIENTIFIC ACHIEVEMENT | $4,000 | 2017 |
| SHU SUNBROOKLYN, NY | SCIENTIFIC ACHIEVEMENT | $4,000 | 2018 |
| JUNWEN ZHANGMORRISTOWN, NJ | SCIENTIFIC ACHIEVEMENT | $4,000 | 2017 |
| JUNWEN ZHANGMORRISTOWN, NJ | TRAVEL REIMBURSEMENT | $1,000 | 2017 |
| GEORGE MACCARTNEY JRBROOKLYN, NY | TRAVEL REIMBURSEMENT | $1,000 | 2017 |
| STEFANIA BARTOLETTICAMBRIDGE, MA | TRAVEL REIMBURSEMENT | $1,000 | 2017 |
| DINESH BHARADIACAMBRIDGE, MA | TRAVEL REIMBURSEMENT | $1,000 | 2017 |
| WENHAN DAICAMBRIDGE, MA | TRAVEL REIMBURSEMENT | $881 | 2018 |
| KENNETH MARK PESYNA JRAUSTIN, TX | TRAVEL REIMBURSEMENT | $800 | 2017 |
| NEGAR REISKARIMIANNEW YORK, NY | TRAVEL REIMBURSEMENT | $779 | 2018 |
| SHU SUNBROOKLYN, NY | TRAVEL REIMBURSEMENT | $631 | 2018 |
| 1.00 |
| $0 |
| Chris Earnshaw | DIRECTOR | 1.00 | $0 |
| Taher Elgamal | DIRECTOR | 1.00 | $0 |
| Giulia Fortunato | DIRECTOR | 1.00 | $0 |
| Andrea Goldsmith | DIRECTOR | 1.00 | $0 |
| Joseph Kakande | DIRECTOR | 1.00 | $0 |
| Dina Katabi | DIRECTOR | 1.00 | $0 |
| Victor Lawrence | DIRECTOR | 1.00 | $0 |
| Gianluca Mazzini | DIRECTOR | 1.00 | $0 |
| Vicente San Miguel | DIRECTOR | 1.00 | $0 |
| Arogyaswami Paulraj | DIRECTOR | 1.00 | $0 |
| William Webb | DIRECTOR | 1.00 | $0 |
| Zvi Galil | VICE CHAIRMA | 1.00 | $0 |
| John Janowiak | PRESIDENT & | 1.00 | $0 |
| Dennis Roberson | CHAIRMAN | 1.00 | $0 |
| Hao Zou | SECRETARY/TR | 1.00 | $0 |
Only shared inboxes and organization phone lines that appear in public filings are shown here. Contact details for named individuals are never published, even though the filing itself is public.
Nearest by size, location and giving pattern in the database. Geography weighs heavily. Treat it as a starting list, not a ranking of fit.
Form 990-PF · FY2024 · period ending Jun 30, 2024IRS bulk XML
Filing id 202530749349100603
Form 990-PF · FY2023 · period ending Jun 30, 2023
Filing id 202312559349100301
Form 990-PF · FY2022 · period ending Jun 30, 2022
Filing id 202301109349100100
Form 990-PF · FY2021 · period ending Jun 30, 2021
Filing id 202311099349100626
Form 990-PF · FY2020 · period ending Jun 30, 2020
Filing id 202110089349100906
Form 990-PF · FY2018 · period ending Jun 30, 2018
Filing id 201812889349100536
Form 990-PF · FY2017 · period ending Jun 30, 2017
Filing id 201742849349100619
Form 990-PF · FY2016 · period ending Jun 30, 2016
Filing id 201633199349102343
IRS filings are the source for every fact on this page. Nothing a model writes is ever a source; it can only point at a row here.