Funding search · EIN 131684331 · New York, NY

The Ford Foundation

Name: The Ford Foundation grants, 2022–2024
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

10,731
grants reported: $2.35B
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $120,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

core gift matching strengthening institutional justice rights social

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

Where the money goes

General and core support for social justice advocacy organizations
Immigrant justice, civil rights, and racial equity movement infrastructure
Gender and reproductive equity, feminist funds, LGBTQI+ organizations
Worker power, anti-monopoly, economic mobility, and criminal justice reform
Public interest technology, digital rights, and investigative journalism
Arts and culture with an equity frame, including Detroit and regional initiatives

Typical grant

Median grant is $120,000 with the middle half between $50,000 and $250,000, so most of the 10,731 grants are modest institutional support checks. The seven-figure and eight-figure awards go almost entirely to pooled funds, funder collaboratives, and national anchor institutions such as Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors, Blue Meridian, ACLU, and NAACP LDF. Repeat giving is heavy: the same organizations appear across years, and several receive two separate grants in a single year.

Their words

Phrases from their own grant descriptions, worth speaking back to them.

“GENERAL SUPPORT AND CORE SUPPORT FOR INSTITUTIONAL STRENGTHENING”
“CORE SUPPORT”
“INSTITUTIONAL STRENGTHENING”
“MOVEMENT”
“GLOBAL SOUTH”
“NARRATIVE”

Positioning adjacent work

Frame the ask as core support for institutional strengthening, not a discrete project budget line.
Connect research to a named funded theme: worker organizing, public interest technology, gender equity, or narrative change.
Ask $100,000 to $250,000 for a first relationship; seven figures goes to pooled funds and anchors.
Emphasize movement partners and Global South collaborators rather than academic outputs alone.

Worth knowing: Money concentrates hard in New York and Washington DC, with California, Massachusetts, and Detroit next, and Detroit giving reflects long-standing Ford commitments there. A small set of intermediaries, Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors, New Venture Fund, NEO Philanthropy, and Proteus, absorb the largest checks and regrant them, so the practical route in is often through a collaborative Ford already funds rather than direct.

83 grants matching “criminal” · $66.2M

$12.7M
Blue Meridian Partners · New York, NY · 2024
Core support for the justice and mobility fund to accelerate economic mobility through criminal justice reforms for people with convictions and incarceration histories
$829,466
Center for Popular Democracy · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
Tie-off core support for the peoples coalition for safety and freedom to build a national grassroots base capable of reimagining federal and local public safety policy and addressing the harms of the criminal justice po… read allTie-off core support for the peoples coalition for safety and freedom to build a national grassroots base capable of reimagining federal and local public safety policy and addressing the harms of the criminal justice policy status quo less
$435,000
American Jewish World Service · New York, NY · 2024
Core support to empower collectives of family members of the disappeared in mexico, and core support to strengthen organizations in guatemala defending against the criminalization of land and environmental defenders.
$320,000
Colorado Criminal Justice Reform Coalition · Denver, CO · 2024
General support
$300,000
Fund for the City of New York · New York, NY · 2024
Core support for the independent commission on new york city criminal justice and incarceration reform to help new york city fully implement the plan to permanently close rikers island's jails
$300,000
Nacdl Foundation for Criminal Justice · Washington, DC · 2024
Core support for the fourth amendment center's work to build a robust legal infrastructure to challenge outdated legal doctrines that undermine privacy rights in the digital age, especially those involving emerging surv… read allCore support for the fourth amendment center's work to build a robust legal infrastructure to challenge outdated legal doctrines that undermine privacy rights in the digital age, especially those involving emerging surveillance technologies and tacti less
$290,000
National Institute for Criminal Justice Reform · Oakland, CA · 2024
Core support to advance effective violence reduction strategies at the state and local jurisdictional levels
$250,000
The Aspen Institute · Washington, DC · 2024
Core support for the criminal justice reform initiative to advance multi-sector, jurisdictional approaches to reduce the reliance on the criminal justice system to address social problems.
$250,000
Voices of Community Activists & Leaders - Vocal-Ny · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
General support and project support for the countering criminalization project.
$200,000
Council On Criminal Justice · Washington, DC · 2024
Core support for research and communications work to shape stronger and more explicit gender justice approaches in the criminal legal system, reduce women's incarceration rates, and making system approaches more respons… read allCore support for research and communications work to shape stronger and more explicit gender justice approaches in the criminal legal system, reduce women's incarceration rates, and making system approaches more responsive to the unique needs of women less
$200,000
Foundation for Louisiana · New Orleans, LA · 2024
Core support for louisiana justice fund to advance criminal legal system reforms and transformation that strengthen community safety and advance justice and equity
$200,000
Activating Change · Wilmington, DE · 2024
For the "promoting the voices of people with disabilities" program to ensure that the voices of self-advocates and people with disabilities are included in the solutions to violence, criminalization, and incarceration
$185,000
The Praxis Project · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Core support for realizing sexual and reproductive justice's beyond criminalization project to explore comprehensive approaches that look beyond the penal system to address gender-based violence and violations of sexual… read allCore support for realizing sexual and reproductive justice's beyond criminalization project to explore comprehensive approaches that look beyond the penal system to address gender-based violence and violations of sexual and reproductive rights. less
$172,000
Indigenous Peoples Rights International · 2024
To maximize decision-making spaces and intensify awareness and global actions to address the criminalization of indigenous peoples' social justice leaders and their communities
$150,000
Georgetown University · Washington, DC · 2024
Core support for the justice for youth survivors initiative that works to end the legal systems treatment of girls and gender-expansive youth who are survivors of gender-based violence but are punitively pulled into the… read allCore support for the justice for youth survivors initiative that works to end the legal systems treatment of girls and gender-expansive youth who are survivors of gender-based violence but are punitively pulled into the criminal legal system less
$150,000
Fund for the City of New York · New York, NY · 2024
Core support for the immigrant defense project to fight for fairness and justice for immigrants caught at the intersection of the u.s. Criminal and immigration systems and to end the mass criminalization, detention and … read allCore support for the immigrant defense project to fight for fairness and justice for immigrants caught at the intersection of the u.s. Criminal and immigration systems and to end the mass criminalization, detention and deportation of immigrants less
$150,000
Judge David L Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law · Washington, DC · 2024
Core support to end the criminalization and incarceration of people with mental disabilities by reforming mental health and criminal legal systems that perpetuate racial inequities and disability-based discrimination
$150,000
National Black Women'S Justice Institute · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
Core support for the justice for youth survivors initiative that works to end the legal systems treatment of girls and gender-expansive youth who are survivors of gender-based violence but are punitively pulled into the… read allCore support for the justice for youth survivors initiative that works to end the legal systems treatment of girls and gender-expansive youth who are survivors of gender-based violence but are punitively pulled into the criminal legal system less
$110,000
Abstract Nomadic Media Fvfk Llc · New York, NY · 2024
For production and post-production of the feature documentary "for venida, for kalief," a journey of criminal justice advocacy in new york city via the poetry of venida browder, whose words echo a movement for the legac… read allFor production and post-production of the feature documentary "for venida, for kalief," a journey of criminal justice advocacy in new york city via the poetry of venida browder, whose words echo a movement for the legacy of her son, kalief browder less
$100,000
The Guernica Centre for International Justice · San Francisco, CA · 2024
To support the activities of the inter-state working group to advance proposals on international criminal accountability for documented chemical weapons use
$100,000
Fund for the City of New York · New York, NY · 2024
Core support for the immigrant defense project for comm/unity, a national network of communicators dedicated to dismantling criminalization of immigrants
$100,000
La Mesa Por La Vida Y La Salud De Las Mujeres · 2024
For regional and international work to expand debates and strategic actions on the right to abortion free of criminalization and the development of arguments, capacities, and knowledge to strengthen leadership
$50,000
Fundacion Universidad De San Andres · 2024
To establish model rules of evidence standards for argentina's criminal legal systems (provincial and federal) to ensure consistency, transparency, and accuracy in fact-finding in criminal cases
$50,000
Mighty Squawk Productions Llc · Somerville, MA · 2024
For development and production of "nine," a documentary film that follows a seattle community leader organizing around criminal justice reform
$50,000
Centro De Cultura Negra Do Maranhao · 2024
To promote social justice and human rights to quilombola communities in the state of maranhao through legal, cultural and civic engagement activities focused on territorial protection, gender equity and overcoming right… read allTo promote social justice and human rights to quilombola communities in the state of maranhao through legal, cultural and civic engagement activities focused on territorial protection, gender equity and overcoming rights violation and criminalization less
$50,000
New Disabled South · Atlanta, GA · 2024
Core support for building a cross-movement response to rising criminalization
$50,000
New Venture Fund · Washington, DC · 2024
To support the horizons project to conduct a series of learning exchanges on building a cross-movement response to rising criminalization
$18.7M
Blue Meridian Partners · New York, NY · 2023
Core support for the justice and mobility fund to accelerate economic mobility through criminal justice reforms for people with convictions and incarceration histories
$650,000
The Aspen Institute · Washington, DC · 2023
Core support for the criminal justice reform initiative to advance multi-sector, jurisdictional approaches to reduce the reliance on the criminal justice system to address social problems.
$450,000
Nacdl Foundation for Criminal Justice · Washington, DC · 2023
Core support for the fourth amendment center to challenge outdated legal doctrines that undermine privacy rights in the digital age, and to support public defender offices grappling with the impact of surveillance and f… read allCore support for the fourth amendment center to challenge outdated legal doctrines that undermine privacy rights in the digital age, and to support public defender offices grappling with the impact of surveillance and forensic technology in criminal less
$416,666
Independent Television Service · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Core support for stories for justice, an initiative to support the publics understanding of criminal justice reform through a partnership between public media and the criminal justice sector
$389,027
Greater Cleveland Neighborhood Centers Association · Cleveland, OH · 2023
Tie-off core support for the ohio transformation fund's work to transform the state's criminal legal system from one that over-criminalizes and over-incarcerates to a system that promotes healthy and safe communities
$350,000
American Jewish World Service · New York, NY · 2023
Core support to empower collectives of family members of the disappeared in mexico, and core support to strengthen organizations in guatemala defending against the criminalization of land and environmental defenders.
$350,000
Immigrant Legal Resource Center · San Francisco, CA · 2023
General support and core support for the immigrant justice network (ijn) to advocate against criminalization of immigrants in the us
$300,000
Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs · Calabasas, CA · 2023
Core support for the formerly incarcerated and convicted people and families movement to help dismantle mass incarceration and restore the civil and human rights of people most impacted by the criminal legal system
$300,000
The New York Women'S Foundation · New York, NY · 2023
Tie-off core support for the justice fund to support and strengthen the ecosystem of organizations in nyc working to transform the criminal justice system, permanently close rikers, and significantly reduce nycs relianc… read allTie-off core support for the justice fund to support and strengthen the ecosystem of organizations in nyc working to transform the criminal justice system, permanently close rikers, and significantly reduce nycs reliance on the use of incarceration. less
$278,000
Indigenous Peoples Rights International · 2023
To maximize decision-making spaces and intensify awareness and global actions to address the criminalization of indigenous peoples' social justice leaders and their communities
$250,000
Policylink · Oakland, CA · 2023
Core support for the peoples coalition for safety and freedom to build a national grassroots base capable of reimagining federal and local public safety policy and addressing the harms of the criminal justice policy sta… read allCore support for the peoples coalition for safety and freedom to build a national grassroots base capable of reimagining federal and local public safety policy and addressing the harms of the criminal justice policy status quo less
$250,000
Fund for the City of New York · New York, NY · 2023
Core support for the immigrant defense project to fight for fairness and justice for immigrants caught at the intersection of the u.s. Criminal and immigration systems and to end the mass criminalization, detention and … read allCore support for the immigrant defense project to fight for fairness and justice for immigrants caught at the intersection of the u.s. Criminal and immigration systems and to end the mass criminalization, detention and deportation of immigrants less
$200,000
Colorado Criminal Justice Reform Coalition · Denver, CO · 2023
General support
$190,000
Indigenous Peoples Rights International · 2023
To strengthen indigenous communities to stop criminalization of, violence and impunity against them and provide better protection and access to justice
$160,000
Activating Change · Wilmington, DE · 2023
For the "promoting the voices of people with disabilities" program to ensure that the voices of self-advocates and people with disabilities are included in the solutions to violence, criminalization, and incarceration
$150,000
Fund for the City of New York · New York, NY · 2023
Core support for the immigrant defense project to fight for fairness and justice for immigrants caught at the intersection of the u.s. Criminal and immigration systems and to end the mass criminalization, detention and … read allCore support for the immigrant defense project to fight for fairness and justice for immigrants caught at the intersection of the u.s. Criminal and immigration systems and to end the mass criminalization, detention and deportation of immigrants less
$150,000
Judge David L Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law · Washington, DC · 2023
Core support to end the criminalization and incarceration of people with mental disabilities by reforming mental health and criminal legal systems that perpetuate racial inequities and disability-based discrimination
$150,000
The Praxis Project · Oakland, CA · 2023
Core support for realizing sexual and reproductive justice's beyond criminalization project to explore comprehensive approaches that look beyond the penal system to address gender-based violence and violations of sexual… read allCore support for realizing sexual and reproductive justice's beyond criminalization project to explore comprehensive approaches that look beyond the penal system to address gender-based violence and violations of sexual and reproductive rights. less
$150,000
National Institute for Criminal Justice Reform · Oakland, CA · 2023
Core support to advance effective violence reduction strategies at the state and local jurisdictional levels
$100,000
Fund for the City of New York · New York, NY · 2023
Core support for the independent commission on new york city criminal justice and incarceration reform to help new york city fully implement the plan to permanently close rikers island's jails
$100,000
Evenodd Llc · San Francisco, CA · 2023
For the production and distribution of the adachi project', a series of documentaries and moving-image works that illuminate powerful stories and unseen perspectives of the u.s. Criminal legal system via the lens of pub… read allFor the production and distribution of the adachi project', a series of documentaries and moving-image works that illuminate powerful stories and unseen perspectives of the u.s. Criminal legal system via the lens of public defenders and their client less
$75,000
Mighty Squawk Productions Llc · Somerville, MA · 2023
For development and production of "nine," a documentary film that follows a seattle community leader organizing around criminal justice reform
$50,000
Centro De Cultura Negra Do Maranhao · 2023
To promote social justice and human rights to quilombola communities in the state of maranhao through legal, cultural and civic engagement activities focused on territorial protection, gender equity and overcoming right… read allTo promote social justice and human rights to quilombola communities in the state of maranhao through legal, cultural and civic engagement activities focused on territorial protection, gender equity and overcoming rights violation and criminalization less
$30,000
The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York · New York, NY · 2023
For the center for justice's annual beyond the bars conference which seeks to contribute to the growing movement to end mass incarceration and transform the criminal legal system
$25,000
Hello Penelope · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
For production of a new virtual reality project, the chemistry of racism, which connects the dots between covid, color and the criminal justice system to explore the systematic, patriarchal poisoning of the black body
$20,000
Nacdl Foundation for Criminal Justice · Washington, DC · 2023
Core support for work to address voter prosecution and increased criminalization
$18,275
Unique Projects · New York, NY · 2023
Core support for leadership and capacity building of dream deferred inc's, dream tech program, a technology training program designed specifically for men and women impacted by the criminal justice system
$16.9M
Blue Meridian Partners · New York, NY · 2022
Core support for the justice and mobility fund to accelerate economic mobility through criminal justice reforms for people with convictions and incarceration histories
$750,000
New York Women'S Foundation · New York, NY · 2022
Core support for the justice fund to support and strengthen the ecosystem of organizations in nyc working to transform the criminal justice system, permanently close rikers, and significantly reduce nycs reliance on the… read allCore support for the justice fund to support and strengthen the ecosystem of organizations in nyc working to transform the criminal justice system, permanently close rikers, and significantly reduce nycs reliance on the use of incarceration less
$500,000
Proteus Fund · Amherst, MA · 2022
Core support for the rise together fund to end the criminalization of muslim, arab and south asian communities through rapid response grantmaking to help combat incidents of hate and islamophobia
$500,000
Policylink · Oakland, CA · 2022
Core support for the peoples coalition for safety and freedom to build a national grassroots base capable of reimagining federal and local public safety policy and addressing the harms of the criminal justice policy sta… read allCore support for the peoples coalition for safety and freedom to build a national grassroots base capable of reimagining federal and local public safety policy and addressing the harms of the criminal justice policy status quo less
$450,000
Nacdl Foundation for Criminal Justice · Washington, DC · 2022
Core support for the fourth amendment center to challenge outdated legal doctrines that undermine privacy rights in the digital age, and to support public defender offices grappling with the impact of surveillance and f… read allCore support for the fourth amendment center to challenge outdated legal doctrines that undermine privacy rights in the digital age, and to support public defender offices grappling with the impact of surveillance and forensic technology in criminal less
$416,667
Independent Television Service · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Core support for stories for justice, an initiative to support the publics understanding of criminal justice reform through a partnership between public media and the criminal justice sector
$390,000
Activating Change · Wilmington, DE · 2022
For the promoting the voices of people with disabilities program to ensure that the voices of self-advocates and people with disabilities are included in the solutions to violence, criminalization, and incarceration
$375,000
Fountain House · New York, NY · 2022
Core support for leadership development and to build advocacy capacity for people with serious mental illness and to transform policies and practices that reduce the criminalization and incarceration of people with ment… read allCore support for leadership development and to build advocacy capacity for people with serious mental illness and to transform policies and practices that reduce the criminalization and incarceration of people with mental illness less
$350,000
Vera Institute of Justice · Brooklyn, NY · 2022
For vera's narrative change work that identifies and elevates the messages, communications frames, and stories that build support for criminal justice reform
$350,000
Immigrant Legal Resource Center · San Francisco, CA · 2022
General support and core support for the immigrant justice network (ijn) to advocate against criminalization of immigrants in the us
$350,000
New Venture Fund · Washington, DC · 2022
Core support for the ohio transformation fund (otf) to cultivate and resource an ecosystem of advocates committed to reclaiming safety and transforming ohios criminal legal system.
$300,000
Fund for the City of New York · New York, NY · 2022
Core support for the immigrant defense project to fight for fairness and justice for immigrants caught at the intersection of the u.s. Criminal and immigration systems and to end the mass criminalization, detention and … read allCore support for the immigrant defense project to fight for fairness and justice for immigrants caught at the intersection of the u.s. Criminal and immigration systems and to end the mass criminalization, detention and deportation of immigrants less
$250,000
American Jewish World Service · New York, NY · 2022
Core support to empower collectives of family members of the disappeared in mexico, and core support to strengthen organizations in guatemala defending against the criminalization of land and environmental defenders.
$250,000
Fund for the City of New York · New York, NY · 2022
Core support for the immigrant defense project to fight for fairness and justice for immigrants caught at the intersection of the u.s. Criminal and immigration systems and to end the mass criminalization, detention and … read allCore support for the immigrant defense project to fight for fairness and justice for immigrants caught at the intersection of the u.s. Criminal and immigration systems and to end the mass criminalization, detention and deportation of immigrants less
$250,000
Aspen Institute · Washington, DC · 2022
Core support for the criminal justice reform initiative to advance narrative change and multi-sector, jurisdictional approaches to reduce the reliance on the criminal justice system to address social problems
$200,000
Colorado Criminal Justice Reform Coalition · Denver, CO · 2022
General support
$190,000
Make the Road New York · Brooklyn, NY · 2022
Core support for the urban youth collaborative's youth-led organizing in new york aimed at reducing the criminalization of and increasing supports for low-income youth, youth of color, lgbtq youth, and immigrant youth
$175,000
Policylink · Oakland, CA · 2022
Core support for policylinks community safety and justice program and their work to decrease mass criminalization and mass incarceration by reducing the over-reliance on police and developing alternative public safety a… read allCore support for policylinks community safety and justice program and their work to decrease mass criminalization and mass incarceration by reducing the over-reliance on police and developing alternative public safety approaches in the u.s. less
$170,000
Council On Criminal Justice · Washington, DC · 2022
Project support to advance research and communications work to document and raise awareness of sentencing trends and to build consensus for solutions particularly to mitigate unnecessarily long sentences
$150,000
Council On Criminal Justice · Washington, DC · 2022
For research and communications work that will generate evidence that helps shape efforts to simultaneously reduce racial and ethnic disparities and correctional populations
$150,000
Judge David L Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law · Washington, DC · 2022
Core support to end the criminalization and incarceration of people of color with mental illness by reforming mental health and criminal justice systems that perpetuate racial inequities and disability-based discriminat… read allCore support to end the criminalization and incarceration of people of color with mental illness by reforming mental health and criminal justice systems that perpetuate racial inequities and disability-based discrimination less
$150,000
Neo Philanthropy · New York, NY · 2022
Core support for law for black lives for law and policy support for efforts diverting public funds for criminal justice systems to education and social services and to cultivate a pipeline of community-based social just… read allCore support for law for black lives for law and policy support for efforts diverting public funds for criminal justice systems to education and social services and to cultivate a pipeline of community-based social justice lawyers less
$125,000
Documenta Analisis Y Accion Para La Justicia Social Ac · 2022
Core support for the disability and justice program to advocate for improved access to justice for people with intellectual and psychosocial disabilities involved in the criminal justice system
$100,000
Hello Penelope · Brooklyn, NY · 2022
For production of a new virtual reality project, the chemistry of racism, which connects the dots between covid, color and the criminal justice system to explore the systematic, patriarchal poisoning of the black body
$100,000
Evenodd Llc · San Francisco, CA · 2022
For the production and distribution of the adachi project', a series of documentaries and moving-image works that illuminate powerful stories and unseen perspectives of the u.s. Criminal legal system via the lens of pub… read allFor the production and distribution of the adachi project', a series of documentaries and moving-image works that illuminate powerful stories and unseen perspectives of the u.s. Criminal legal system via the lens of public defenders and their client less
$50,000
Mighty Squawk Productions Llc · Somerville, MA · 2022
For development and production of nine, a documentary film that follows a seattle community leader organizing around criminal justice reform
$50,000
Hackinghustling Llc · Brooklyn, NY · 2022
For an analysis of sex worker criminalization for sharing with the abortion access movement.
$50,000
North Star Fund · New York, NY · 2022
Core support for communities united for police reform's advocacy aimed at reducing public funds for criminal justice systems and increasing public resources for education, social services, and supports for young people
$6,000
Asociacion Instituto De Estudios Comparados En Ciencias Penales De Guatemal · 2022
Core support to create a judicial observatory (mirador judicial) in order to strengthen the guatemalan criminal system and the rule of law, and increase the transparency of justice institutions

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors56 grants · $69.4M
New Venture Fund125 grants · $62.4M
Blue Meridian Partners4 grants · $48.5M
Neo Philanthropy61 grants · $25.4M
Foundation for Detroit'S Future3 grants · $25.0M
Borealis Philanthropy24 grants · $15.1M
Climate and Land Use Alliance Llc8 grants · $13.3M
Proteus Fund40 grants · $12.6M
Amalgamated Charitable Foundation30 grants · $11.8M
Oxfam America16 grants · $11.4M

Giving over time

$769.9M

2022

$734.7M

2023

$843.5M

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 10,731 grants.

$18.7M
Blue Meridian Partners · New York, NY · 2023
Core support for the justice and mobility fund to accelerate economic mobility through criminal justice reforms for people with convictions and incarceration histories
$16.9M
Blue Meridian Partners · New York, NY · 2022
Core support for the justice and mobility fund to accelerate economic mobility through criminal justice reforms for people with convictions and incarceration histories
$15.0M
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors · New York, NY · 2024
Core support for the abundant futures fund (formerly, the new immigration fund), a national funder collaborative to engage new donors and significantly increase funding for immigration issues and the immigrant justice m… read allCore support for the abundant futures fund (formerly, the new immigration fund), a national funder collaborative to engage new donors and significantly increase funding for immigration issues and the immigrant justice movement less
$12.7M
Blue Meridian Partners · New York, NY · 2024
Core support for the justice and mobility fund to accelerate economic mobility through criminal justice reforms for people with convictions and incarceration histories
$10.6M
National Academy of Sciences · Washington, DC · 2022
For the ford fellowships program for predoctoral, dissertation and postdoctoral fellowships
$10.0M
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors · New York, NY · 2022
Core support for the reproductive health and women's rights collaborative
$9.8M
Climate and Land Use Alliance Llc · San Francisco, CA · 2022
To ensure indigenous peoples, afro-descendants, and local communities have secure land and resource rights; build resilient, well networked, and effective organizations; and contribute to global forest management, conse… read allTo ensure indigenous peoples, afro-descendants, and local communities have secure land and resource rights; build resilient, well networked, and effective organizations; and contribute to global forest management, conservation, and climate change goa less
$8.3M
Foundation for Detroit'S Future · Detroit, MI · 2024
For the detroit institute of arts settlement project to expedite detroit's bankruptcy settlement, assist in honoring pension commitments and preserve the institutes collection for public benefit
$8.3M
Foundation for Detroit'S Future · Detroit, MI · 2023
For the detroit institute of arts settlement project to expedite detroit's bankruptcy settlement, assist in honoring pension commitments and preserve the institutes collection for public benefit
$8.3M
Foundation for Detroit'S Future · Detroit, MI · 2022
For the detroit institute of arts settlement project to expedite detroit's bankruptcy settlement, assist in honoring pension commitments and preserve the institutes collection for public benefit
$5.0M
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors · New York, NY · 2024
Core support for the collaborative for gender and reproductive equity
$5.0M
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors · New York, NY · 2023
Core support for the collaborative for gender and reproductive equity
$5.0M
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors · New York, NY · 2022
Core support for the new immigration fund, a national funder collaborative to engage new donors and significantly increase funding for immigration issues and the immigrant justice movement
$5.0M
Yayasan Keanekaragaman Hayati Indonesia · 2022
For an endowment fund for civil society strengthening in indonesia as part of developing sustainable and resilient financial infrastructure in the global south
$3.5M
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors · New York, NY · 2022
Core support for the international fund for public interest media to bridge to a new paradigm of journalism by improving the health of media ecosystems and promoting equality, social justice, and civic participation
$3.4M
Henry Ford Health System · Detroit, MI · 2024
General support
$3.4M
Henry Ford Health System · Detroit, MI · 2023
General support
$3.3M
Drug Policy Alliance · New York, NY · 2024
General support and core support for institutional strengthening
$3.2M
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation · New York, NY · 2024
General support
$3.0M
Equality Fund · 2024
General support
$3.0M
The Global Fund for Women · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Core support for the launch of the black feminist fund, an unprecedented philanthropic initiative bridging black feminist resources to black feminist organizing around the world to strengthen their sustainability and re… read allCore support for the launch of the black feminist fund, an unprecedented philanthropic initiative bridging black feminist resources to black feminist organizing around the world to strengthen their sustainability and resilience less
$3.0M
Equality Fund · 2023
General support
$3.0M
The Global Fund for Women · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Core support for the launch of the black feminist fund, an unprecedented philanthropic initiative bridging black feminist resources to black feminist organizing around the world to strengthen their sustainability and re… read allCore support for the launch of the black feminist fund, an unprecedented philanthropic initiative bridging black feminist resources to black feminist organizing around the world to strengthen their sustainability and resilience less
$3.0M
Center for Popular Democracy · Brooklyn, NY · 2022
General support and core support for institutional strengthening
$3.0M
Equality Fund · 2022
General support
$3.0M
Global Fund for Women · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Core support for the launch of the black feminist fund, an unprecedented philanthropic initiative bridging black feminist resources to black feminist organizing around the world to strengthen their sustainability and re… read allCore support for the launch of the black feminist fund, an unprecedented philanthropic initiative bridging black feminist resources to black feminist organizing around the world to strengthen their sustainability and resilience less
$3.0M
New Venture Fund · Washington, DC · 2022
For the administration of the public interest technology infrastructure fund, to continue cross-foundation strategic collaboration and grantmaking to strengthen the field of public interest technology
$3.0M
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors · New York, NY · 2022
Core support for the creation of the international resource for impact and storytelling (iris), an external donor collaborative supporting a global-south moving-image storytelling network, narrative analysis and shared … read allCore support for the creation of the international resource for impact and storytelling (iris), an external donor collaborative supporting a global-south moving-image storytelling network, narrative analysis and shared learning space for donors less
$2.7M
New Venture Fund · Washington, DC · 2022
Core support to implement governance, management, strategies, grantmaking, and learning for the global network for social justice and digital resilience
$2.6M
Urgent Action Fund for Feminist Activism · Oakland, CA · 2023
Core support for the sister funds collective care program to build sustainable and scalable regional and global infrastructures that support the resilience, wellbeing, and safety of women and lbtqi+ defenders and their … read allCore support for the sister funds collective care program to build sustainable and scalable regional and global infrastructures that support the resilience, wellbeing, and safety of women and lbtqi+ defenders and their movements less
$2.5M
National Employment Law Project · New York, NY · 2022
General support and core support for institutional strengthening
$2.5M
Me Too International · Atlanta, GA · 2024
General support and core support for institutional strengthening
$2.5M
Community Foundation of Western Massachusetts · Springfield, MA · 2024
Core support for america's cultural treasures regional initiative in massachusetts, creative futures initiative: towards a just + equitable arts field, to support local arts and cultural activities
$2.5M
Ms Training Centre for Development Cooperation · 2024
Core support for fight inequality alliance's work with national movements in over 40 countries across asia, africa, europe and latin america and the caribbean that are connected globally
$2.5M
B Lab Company · Berwyn, PA · 2023
General support and for core support for institutional strengthening
$2.5M
B Lab Company · Berwyn, PA · 2022
General support and core support for institutional strengthening
$2.5M
Family Values at Work a Multi-State Consortium · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
General support and core support for capacity building.
$2.5M
Rockwood Leadership Institute · Oakland, CA · 2022
General support and core support for organizational strengthening
$2.4M
Amigos Del Museo Del Barrio · New York, NY · 2022
General support and core support for technical assistance
$2.4M
Demos a Network for Ideas and Action Ltd · New York, NY · 2022
General support and core support for institutional strengthening
$2.4M
Mary Reynolds Babcock Foundation Incorporated · Winstonsalem, NC · 2024
For the deep south/emerging social justice infrastructure strategic grantmaking program
$2.4M
Mary Reynolds Babcock Foundation Incorporated · Winstonsalem, NC · 2023
For the deep south/emerging social justice infrastructure strategic grantmaking program
$2.3M
Neo Philanthropy · New York, NY · 2024
Core support for the four freedoms fund to strengthen the capacity of the immigrant justice movement to ensure all immigrants, regardless of status, have dignity, power to shape change, and agency to determine their lif… read allCore support for the four freedoms fund to strengthen the capacity of the immigrant justice movement to ensure all immigrants, regardless of status, have dignity, power to shape change, and agency to determine their life, community, and future less
$2.3M
Upturn · Washington, DC · 2024
General support and core support for institutional strengthening
$2.3M
Center for Reproductive Rights · New York, NY · 2022
General support
$2.2M
Center On Budget and Policy Priorities · Washington, DC · 2024
General support and core support for institutional strengthening
$2.2M
Mary Reynolds Babcock Foundation Incorporated · Winstonsalem, NC · 2022
For the deep south/emerging social justice infrastructure strategic grantmaking program
$2.1M
Center On Budget and Policy Priorities · Washington, DC · 2023
General support and core support for institutional strengthening
$2.1M
Urgent Action Fund for Feminist Activism · Oakland, CA · 2024
Core support for the sister funds collective care program to build sustainable and scalable regional and global infrastructures that support the resilience, wellbeing, and safety of women and lbtqi+ defenders and their … read allCore support for the sister funds collective care program to build sustainable and scalable regional and global infrastructures that support the resilience, wellbeing, and safety of women and lbtqi+ defenders and their movements less
$2.1M
New Venture Fund · Washington, DC · 2024
For the administration of the public interest technology infrastructure fund, to continue cross-foundation strategic collaboration and grantmaking to strengthen the field of public interest technology
$2.1M
International Trade Union Confederation · 2023
To promote equal and equitable participation of women and equity seeking groups in leadership, and in economic, social, civic and cultural life
$2.0M
Urgent Action Fund for Women'S Human Rights · Oakland, CA · 2022
Core support for the sister funds collective care program to build sustainable and scalable regional and global infrastructures that support the resilience, wellbeing, and safety of women and lbtqi+ defenders and their … read allCore support for the sister funds collective care program to build sustainable and scalable regional and global infrastructures that support the resilience, wellbeing, and safety of women and lbtqi+ defenders and their movements less
$2.0M
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation · New York, NY · 2024
General support
$2.0M
Howard University · Washington, DC · 2024
Core support for the center for journalism and democracy to help strengthen americas democracy by training and supporting generations of black journalists in the field of investigative journalism
$2.0M
Oxfam America · Boston, MA · 2024
For the climate media collaborative for economic justice and community rights to leverage strategic communications and campaigns capacity
$2.0M
United States Artists · Chicago, IL · 2024
General support
$2.0M
Yayasan Solidaritas Dana Nusantara · 2024
For a direct funding mechanism to support indigenous peoples and local communities' initiatives in protecting and managing their territories, their environment and their agrarian resources, and for endowment support
$2.0M
Borealis Philanthropy · Minneapolis, MN · 2023
Core support to the racial equity in journalism fund, a donor collaborative to assist and strengthen people of color-led and -serving media institutions, particularly around civic news coverage and core support for fund… read allCore support to the racial equity in journalism fund, a donor collaborative to assist and strengthen people of color-led and -serving media institutions, particularly around civic news coverage and core support for fund strengthening less
$2.0M
Borealis Philanthropy · Minneapolis, MN · 2023
Core support for the racial equity in philanthropy fund to ensure funders are provided with the incentive and means to embrace racial equity in their operations and grantmaking
$2.0M
Center for Popular Democracy · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
General support and core support for institutional strengthening
$2.0M
Civicus World Alliance for Citizen Participation · Washington, DC · 2023
General support and core support for institutional strengthening
$2.0M
Hopewell Fund · Washington, DC · 2023
Core support for the administration of the civic (re)solve education fund, to center public interest technology as an approach across the fund's investment strategy
$2.0M
Internationella Insamlingsstiftelsen for Land Och Skogsrattigheter · 2023
General support and core support for institutional strengthening
$2.0M
Borealis Philanthropy · Minneapolis, MN · 2022
Core support for the racial equity in philanthropy fund to ensure funders are provided with the incentive and means to embrace racial equity in their operations and grantmaking
$2.0M
Borealis Philanthropy · Minneapolis, MN · 2022
Core support to the racial equity in journalism fund, a donor collaborative to assist and strengthen people of color-led and -serving media institutions, particularly around civic news coverage and core support for fund… read allCore support to the racial equity in journalism fund, a donor collaborative to assist and strengthen people of color-led and -serving media institutions, particularly around civic news coverage and core support for fund strengthening less
$2.0M
California Community Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Core support for the amerca's cultural treasures initiative (los angeles)
$2.0M
Capital B News · Brooklyn, NY · 2022
General support
$2.0M
Edison Institute Inc Dba the Henry Ford · Dearborn, MI · 2022
General support
$2.0M
Enterprise Community Partners · Columbia, MD · 2022
Core support for the cdo fund that provides support for community development organizations that engage in economic and community development, organizing, resident engagement, and social service projects that empowers d… read allCore support for the cdo fund that provides support for community development organizations that engage in economic and community development, organizing, resident engagement, and social service projects that empowers detroiters less
$2.0M
Houston Arts Alliance · Houston, TX · 2022
Core support for the america's cultural treasures initiative (houston)
$2.0M
International Center for Not-for-Profit Law · Washington, DC · 2022
General support and core support for institutional strengthening
$2.0M
International Labor Rights Forum · Washington, DC · 2022
General support
$2.0M
Naacp Legal Defense and Educational Fund · New York, NY · 2022
General support
$2.0M
National Domestic Workers Alliance · New York, NY · 2022
Core support for caring across generations to work towards a reality where all people can live and age with dignity, and core support for institutional strengthening of caring across generations
$2.0M
Neo Philanthropy · New York, NY · 2022
Core support for the four freedoms fund to strengthen the capacity of the immigrant justice movement to ensure all immigrants, regardless of status, have dignity, power to shape change, and agency to determine their lif… read allCore support for the four freedoms fund to strengthen the capacity of the immigrant justice movement to ensure all immigrants, regardless of status, have dignity, power to shape change, and agency to determine their life, community, and future less
$2.0M
Oxfam America · Boston, MA · 2022
For the climate media collaborative for economic justice and community rights to leverage strategic communications and campaigns capacity
$1.9M
Neo Philanthropy · New York, NY · 2023
Core support for the four freedoms fund to strengthen the capacity of the immigrant justice movement to ensure all immigrants, regardless of status, have dignity, power to shape change, and agency to determine their lif… read allCore support for the four freedoms fund to strengthen the capacity of the immigrant justice movement to ensure all immigrants, regardless of status, have dignity, power to shape change, and agency to determine their life, community, and future less
$1.8M
New Venture Fund · Washington, DC · 2024
Core support to implement governance, management, strategies, grantmaking, and learning for the global network for social justice and digital resilience
$1.8M
Movement Alliance Project · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
General support and core support for institutional strengthening
$1.8M
Center for Popular Democracy · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
General support and core support for institutional strengthening
$1.8M
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors · New York, NY · 2024
Core support for the pop culture collaborative, a donor collaborative and learning community transforming narratives about black and indigenous peoples, people of color, immigrants, refugees, and muslims; and core suppo… read allCore support for the pop culture collaborative, a donor collaborative and learning community transforming narratives about black and indigenous peoples, people of color, immigrants, refugees, and muslims; and core support for institutional strengthen less
$1.8M
International Labor Rights Forum · Washington, DC · 2023
General support
$1.8M
National Immigration Law Center · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
General support and for core support for institutional strengthening
$1.8M
Asian Americans Advancing Justice-Asian Law Caucus · San Francisco, CA · 2022
General support for asian american advancing justice-asian law caucus and core support for institutional strengthening of the asian american justice affiliation
$1.8M
Howard University · Washington, DC · 2022
Core support for the center for journalism and democracy to help strengthen americas democracy by training and supporting generations of black journalists in the field of investigative journalism
$1.7M
Center for Law and Social Policy · Washington, DC · 2024
General support and core support for institutional strengthening
$1.7M
Enterprise Community Partners · Columbia, MD · 2024
Core support for the cdo fund for community development organizations that engage in economic and community development, organizing, resident engagement, and social service projects that empower detroiters
$1.7M
Way To Rise · Washington, DC · 2024
Core support for the valiente fund to generate and organize donors, build year-round civic engagement programs focused on people of color, women, and young people, and strengthen state social justice infrastructure
$1.7M
Enterprise Community Partners · Columbia, MD · 2023
Core support for the cdo fund for community development organizations that engage in economic and community development, organizing, resident engagement, and social service projects that empower detroiters
$1.7M
Way To Rise · Washington, DC · 2023
Core support for the valiente fund to generate and organize donors, build year-round civic engagement programs focused on people of color, women, and young people, and strengthen state social justice infrastructure
$1.7M
Barack Obama Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2022
Core support for the obama presidential center capital campaign
$1.7M
American University of Beirut · 2024
To support the regionalization of the non-governmental organizations initiative (ngoi) and the set up of an institutional strengthening and capacity building program for civil society in the mena region.
$1.6M
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors · New York, NY · 2023
Core support for the collective future fund to create a future where all girls and women, cis, transgender, and gender non-conforming, can live, learn, and work with safety and dignity
$1.6M
Groundswell Fund · Oakland, CA · 2023
For strengthening trans and reproductive justice organizations that are led by women of color, low-income women, and transgender people to build power and create meaningful collaboration in service of gender justice in … read allFor strengthening trans and reproductive justice organizations that are led by women of color, low-income women, and transgender people to build power and create meaningful collaboration in service of gender justice in the united states. less
$1.6M
Asian Americans Advancing Justice-Asian Law Caucus · San Francisco, CA · 2023
General support and core support for institutional strengthening of the asian american justice affiliation
$1.6M
Florida Rising Together · Miami, FL · 2023
General support and core support for institutional strengthening
$1.6M
Fund for Global Human Rights · Washington, DC · 2024
General support and core support for institutional strengthening
$1.6M
Naacp Legal Defense and Educational Fund · New York, NY · 2024
General support
$1.6M
Powerswitch Action · Oakland, CA · 2024
General support and core support for institutional strengthening
$1.6M
Barack Obama Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2023
Core support for the obama presidential center capital campaign

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