David Bohnett Foundation

Special Opportunities

When David Bohnett discovers a unique opportunity to make a positive change through a grant, he may choose to make a grant under his own initiative.

Due to the unique nature of these grants listed below, they do not fall within one of the five stated program areas.

When applying for a grant, it remains necessary to follow our stated grant guidelines as unsolicited grants that do not fall within the guidelines as set out in our grant application will not be accepted.

For more information about eligibility, please contact Paul Moore at paul@bohnett.com.

Current timeframe:
Total: $952,483

After The Storm Foundation

Boise  ID

$100 awarded, since 2009 show/hide details

AIDS Action Foundation

AIDS Action Foundation

Washington  DC

$9,150 awarded, since 1995 show/hide details

AIDS Alive

  

$500 awarded, since 1999 show/hide details

AIDS Marathon

  

$250 awarded, since 2004 show/hide details

AIDS Red Ribbon Foundation

  

$100 awarded, since 1994 show/hide details

Alaskan AIDS Assistance Association

Anchorage  AK

$100 awarded, since 2000 show/hide details

Alpha Tau Omega Foundation / Zeta Beta Alumni Association

Redondo Beach  CA

$500 awarded, since 2011 show/hide details

Alternative Gifts

  

$55 awarded, since 2002 show/hide details

Alumni Association of the University of Michigan

Palatine  IL

$2,310 awarded, since 1981 show/hide details

America SCORES

New York  NY

$250 awarded, since 2008 show/hide details

American Foundation for AIDS Research (AMFAR)

American Foundation for AIDS Research (AMFAR)

New York  NY

$285,618 awarded, since 2006 show/hide details

American Jewish Committee

American Jewish Committee

Los Angeles  CA

$250 awarded, since 1984 show/hide details

American Jewish World Service

San Francisco  CA

$500 awarded, since 2010 show/hide details

American Lung Association

New York  NY

$30 awarded, since 1986 show/hide details

American Red Cross

Washington  DC

$50 awarded, since 1989 show/hide details

Americans for the Arts

Americans for the Arts

Washington  DC

$13,050 awarded, since 2007 show/hide details

Amie Karen Cancer Fund

  

$500 awarded, since 2003 show/hide details

AMRON

  

$10,560 awarded, since 2003 show/hide details

Aspen Institute

Aspen  CO

$5,000 awarded, since 2009 show/hide details

Barbara Davis Center for Juvenile Diabetes

Denver  CO

$2,100 awarded, since 2000 show/hide details

Benjamin Ford

  

$1,645 awarded, since 2002 show/hide details

Beverly Hills Meals On Wheels

  

$25 awarded, since 1998 show/hide details

Brandeis National Committee

Waltham  MA

$500 awarded, since 2009 show/hide details

BritWeek

Los Angeles  CA

$1,000 awarded, since 2009 show/hide details

Broadway Cares / Equity Fights AIDS

New York  NY

$250 awarded, since 2009 show/hide details

Brothers of Mercy Campus Foundation

Clarence  NY

$500 awarded, since 2011 show/hide details

Camp Manito-Wish YMCA

Boulder Junction  WI

$20,501 awarded, since 2006 show/hide details

Canadian Paraplesic Assoc.

  

$100 awarded, since 1999 show/hide details

Chai Lifeline

New York  NY

$500 awarded, since 2010 show/hide details

Chicago AIDS Ride

  

$250 awarded, since 1997 show/hide details

Children Affected by AIDS Foundation

  

$1,000 awarded, since 2003 show/hide details

Children's Hope Foundation

  

$500 awarded, since 1998 show/hide details

Childrens Hospital of Philadelphia

Philadelphia  PA

$250 awarded, since 2010 show/hide details

Christian Childrens Fund

Richmond  VA

$525 awarded, since 1980 show/hide details

Church World Service / CROP

Elkhart  IN

$100 awarded, since 2008 show/hide details

Citizens For New York City

New York  NY

$15,000 awarded, since 2009 show/hide details

City of Hope

  

$1,075 awarded, since 1997 show/hide details

Computer History Museum

Mountain View  CA

$16,000 awarded, since 2011 show/hide details

Conservation International

Washington  DC

$2,250 awarded, since 2002 show/hide details

Contemporary Museum

Honolulu  HI

$26,750 awarded, since 2005 show/hide details

CRSM Foundation

  

$35 awarded, since 1999 show/hide details

Cystic Fibrosis Foundation

Bethesda  MD

$5 awarded, since 1988 show/hide details

Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra

Dayton  OH

$10,000 awarded, since 2011 show/hide details

Delray Beach Playhouse

  

$1,000 awarded, since 2002 show/hide details

East West Institute

  

$10,000 awarded, since 2003 show/hide details

Easter Seals

Chicago  IL

$5 awarded, since 1989 show/hide details

Eichberg Vision Fund

  

$50 awarded, since 1995 show/hide details

Ellen's Run / Ellen P. Hermanson Foundation

New York  NY

$575 awarded, since 2007 show/hide details

faces - Finding A Cure for Epilepsy and Seizures

New York  NY

$1,000 awarded, since 2011 show/hide details

Fales Library and Special Collections New York University

New York  NY

$7,700 awarded, since 2007 show/hide details

Food Allergy & Anaphylaxis Network - FAAN

Fairfax  VA

$1,000 awarded, since 2010 show/hide details

Founders' Circle Ltd. / The Mint Museum Uptown

Charlotte  NC

$1,000 awarded, since 2011 show/hide details

Fractured Atlas

New York City  NY

$250 awarded, since 2011 show/hide details

French Heritage Society

New York  NY

$20,900 awarded, since 2007 show/hide details

Glenwood School

  

$1,000 awarded, since 2005 show/hide details

GMCLA

  

$148 awarded, since 1989 show/hide details

Guthy Jackson Charitable Foundation

San Diego  CA

$2,500 awarded, since 2009 show/hide details

HEAVEN

New York  NY

$2,000 awarded, since 1998 show/hide details

Historic Districts Council

New York  NY

$5,000 awarded, since 2011 show/hide details

Hope Net

  

$32 awarded, since 1995 show/hide details

Howard Brown Health Center

  

$350 awarded, since 1993 show/hide details

Human Rights Campaign Foundation

Human Rights Campaign Foundation

Washington  DC

$1,450 awarded, since 1984 show/hide details

Independent Curators International (iCI)

New York  NY

$4,500 awarded, since 2005 show/hide details

Julie Wolin Memorial Fund

State College  PA

$1,000 awarded, since 2007 show/hide details

Kennedy Center

Washington  DC

$20,000 awarded, since 2009 show/hide details

Kidpower of Colorado Springs

Colorado Springs  CO

$1,000 awarded, since 2010 show/hide details

Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund, Inc.

New York  NY

$150 awarded, since 1993 show/hide details

League of American Orchestras

New York  NY

$7,500 awarded, since 2009 show/hide details

Leeza Gibbons Memory Foundation

Los Angeles  CA

$46,100 awarded, since 2007 show/hide details

LFOHA

  

$65 awarded, since 1989 show/hide details

Life AIDS Lobby

  

$25 awarded, since 1990 show/hide details

Lincoln Center For The Performing Arts Inc.

New York  NY

$53,500 awarded, since 2005 show/hide details

Little Sisters of the Poor

  

$5,000 awarded, since 2001 show/hide details

Los Angeles Frontrunners

  

$164 awarded, since 1989 show/hide details

Los Angeles Sheriff's Star LASSO

  

$1,000 awarded, since 2005 show/hide details

Los Feliz Improv. Assn

  

$55 awarded, since 1990 show/hide details

March on Washington

  

$50 awarded, since 1993 show/hide details

Metropolitan Museum of Art

New York  NY

$45,000 awarded, since 2006 show/hide details

Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research

New York  NY

$1,500 awarded, since 2009 show/hide details

Movember

Venice  CA

$500 awarded, since 2011 show/hide details

Museum of Science & Industry

Chicago  IL

$10,450 awarded, since 1990 show/hide details

MUSICaids

  

$1,000 awarded, since 2004 show/hide details

National Association of Railroad Passengers

Washington  DC

$1,115 awarded, since 2001 show/hide details

National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts

Miami  FL

$2,500 awarded, since 2008 show/hide details

National Gallery of Art

Washington  DC

$30,003 awarded, since 2007 show/hide details

National Outdoor Leadership School

Lander  WY

$1,000 awarded, since 2009 show/hide details

Nature Conservancy

Arlington  VA

$55 awarded, since 1994 show/hide details

Neuropathy Association

New York  NY

$2,000 awarded, since 2006 show/hide details

New Generation For Change

  

$5,000 awarded, since 2005 show/hide details

Peconic Land Trust

Southampton  NY

$70,973 awarded, since 2006 show/hide details

Playwrights Horizons

New York  NY

$500 awarded, since 2011 show/hide details

Pratt Institute

Brooklyn  NY

$5,000 awarded, since 2008 show/hide details

Princeton Day School

Princeton   NJ

$2,500 awarded, since 2002 show/hide details

Raw Art Works

Lynn  MA

$1,000 awarded, since 2006 show/hide details

Rising Tide Therapeutic Equestrian Center, Inc.

West Tisbury  MA

$1,500 awarded, since 2009 show/hide details

Riverhead Foundation for Marine Research & Preservation

Riverhead  NY

$500 awarded, since 2007 show/hide details

Santa Monica AIDS Project

  

$100 awarded, since 1998 show/hide details

Sarasota-Manatee OSU Scholarship Fund

Oneco  FL

$250 awarded, since 2010 show/hide details

Shriners Hospitals for Children

Denver  CO

$1,000 awarded, since 2008 show/hide details

So. Cal. Lib. Soc. Stud. Res.

  

$225 awarded, since 1994 show/hide details

Southampton Cultural Center

Southampton  NY

$1,000 awarded, since 2006 show/hide details

Southampton Historical Museum

Southampton  NY

$6,500 awarded, since 2006 show/hide details

Southampton Rotary Club

Southampton  NY

$20 awarded, since 2009 show/hide details

Southampton Village Volunteer Ambulance Inc.

Southampton  NY

$400 awarded, since 2007 show/hide details

Southampton Volunteer Firemen's Benevolent Association

Southampton  NY

$250 awarded, since 2007 show/hide details

Southampton Youth Services

Southampton  NY

$1,000 awarded, since 2009 show/hide details

StreetSquash

New York  NY

$2,500 awarded, since 2010 show/hide details

Swim With Mike

  

$500 awarded, since 2004 show/hide details

Synergos Institute

New York  NY

$100,000 awarded, since 2005 show/hide details

Taubman Museum of Art

Roanoke  VA

$500 awarded, since 2008 show/hide details

The Garden Conservancy

Cold Spring  NY

$10,000 awarded, since 2005 show/hide details

Theater LA

  

$35 awarded, since 1994 show/hide details

Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz

Washington  DC

$4,000 awarded, since 2007 show/hide details

Thirsty Turtle Productions, Inc.

New York  NY

$100 awarded, since 2006 show/hide details

Time For Teens, Inc.

Southampton  NY

$250 awarded, since 2010 show/hide details

Trinity Pawling School

Pawling  NY

$1,000 awarded, since 2005 show/hide details

Trust for the National Mall

Washington  DC

$5,000 awarded, since 2011 show/hide details

Tuesday's Angels

Fort Lauderdale  FL

$100 awarded, since 2006 show/hide details

United Jewish Federation of San Diego County

San Diego  CA

$250 awarded, since 2009 show/hide details

University of California Berkeley

Berkeley  CA

$1,000 awarded, since 2007 show/hide details

USC Alumni Association

Los Angeles  CA

$328 awarded, since 1980 show/hide details

Village Improvement Association of Southampton - VIAS

Southampton  NY

$5,000 awarded, since 2006 show/hide details

Washington DC AIDS Ride

  

$125 awarded, since 1999 show/hide details

Watts / Willowbrook

  

$500 awarded, since 2002 show/hide details

Weeksville Heritage Center

Brooklyn  NY

$2,000 awarded, since 2010 show/hide details

Workman's Circle

  

$150 awarded, since 2004 show/hide details

Youth Foundation

Edwards  CO

$500 awarded, since 2009 show/hide details

Program Areas

LGBT Community info grants

CyberCenters info grants

David Bohnett Fund For Los Angeles info grants

Handgun Control info grants

Voting info grants

Animal Language Research info grants

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