The Barbara McDowell and Gerald S. Hartman Foundation

Description

The Barbara McDowell and Gerald S. Hartman Foundation aims to improve the economic well-being, social conditions, and civil liberties of disadvantaged persons and groups in the United States by supporting nonprofit organizations that undertake systemic litigation.

The Foundation provides grants for social justice litigation designed to have systemic impact in the areas of:

access to benefits, including economic justice;
children's rights;
disability...

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Funder Information

Total Annual Giving: $685,280

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Grant Details

Total Assets: $0

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EIN

Application Procedures

The financial information is based on the most recent 990-PF tax form for 2025

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Grants History

This funder has a page on their website listing previous grantees.: Grants Awarded

You can review this for their grants history and giving priorities.: Annual report

You can review tax forms on ProPublica. Learn more about them and the 990.: 990s

This is a list of grant recipients noted on the funder’s 990 forms.

This includes forms filed in 2018 and later, so it can include information for tax years earlier than that.

The information below is pulled directly from the form itself without any alterations.

If the details are not included, e.g. “Various”, they may be indicated on the PDF on the IRS site.

Tax Year	Recipient	City	State / Province	Country	Amount	Purpose
2024	A BETTER CHILDHOOD	New York	NY	US	$25,000	Abc fights for children who are abused, neglected, and irreversibly damaged while dependent on child welfare systems.
2023	A BETTER CHILDHOOD	New York	NY	US	$25,000	A better childhood is a national 501(c)(3) nonprofit advocacy organization that uses the courts to reform dysfunctional child welfare systems around the country.
2018	AMERICAN IMMIGRATION COUNCIL	Washington	DC	US	$30,000	Strengthen america by honoring our immigrant history and shaping how america thinks about and acts towards immigrants and immigration.
2020	ASIAN AMERICANS ADVANCING JUSTICE	Washington	DC	US	$50,000	Asian americans advancing justice - los angeles is a non-profit legal aid and civil rights organization dedicated to advocating for civil rights, providing legal services and education and building coalitions on behalf of the asian americans, native hawaiian, and pacific islander communities.
2021	ASSYLUM SEEKER ADVOCACY PROJECTS	New York	NY	US	$50,000	The asylum seeker advocacy project (asap) sees a future where the united states welcomes individuals fleeing violence. We work alongside our members thousands of asylum seekers to make this vision a reality. We work with individuals who have come to the united states seeking asylum, regardless of where they are now located.

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The most recent tax form filed for 2025 lists the following key individuals.

Name	Title Sort descending	City	State / Province	Country
DANA FOSTER	Director	Washington	DC	US
RACHEL CHERINGTON	Director	New York	NY	US
LAURA SHORES	Director	Washington	DC	US
ANDREW ROSEN	Director	Fort Lauderdale	FL	US
DOUG KOFF	Director	New York	NY	US
KENYA DAVIS	Director	Washington	DC	US
JEFFREY GUTMAN	Director	Washington	DC	US
GERALD S HARTMAN	President	Falls Church	VA	US
DEBORAH SHEFLER	Secretary	Oakland	CA	US
JOSHUA HAUSER	Treasurer	Oyster Bay Cove	NY	US
PEGGY ZWISLER	Vice Chair	Bethesda	MD	US
WILLIAM O'REILLY	Vice Chair	Falls Church	VA	US

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