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The Ford Foundation

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

coregiftmatchingstrengtheninginstitutionaljusticerightssocial

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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.

200 grants matching “documentaries” · $16.3M

  • $715,000

    Common Counsel Foundation · Oakland, CA · 2024

    Core support for color congress initiative to actualize a reimagined documentary landscape toward one that strengthens people of color visibility, voice, and power; and project support for institutional strengthening of… read all
  • $300,000

    Pbs Foundation · Arlington, VA · 2024

    Core support for "black and jewish in america," a documentary charting the parallel, intersecting, and forking streams of black and jewish experience in the united states

  • $200,000

    Quiet Pictures Llc · Queens, NY · 2024

    For production of the documentary film"latinos '24 and related outreach to explore the latino electorate through immersive content focusing on issues such as reproductive rights, climate justice, racial justice, and imm… read all
  • $200,000

    Wnet · New York, NY · 2024

    Core support for the simon schama documentary "against forgetting"

  • $200,000

    Kush Communications Limited · 2024

    For production of "signed ina," a documentary film focused on the life of sarah forbes bonetta, a mid-19th century yoruba girl who is a central public figure in the changing debate about race, slavery and identity

  • $200,000

    Utah Film Center · Salt Lake City, UT · 2024

    Core support for the impact campaign for the leap of faith documentary.

  • $185,000

    Disclosure 2 Film Llc · Malibu, CA · 2024

    For production of the documentary "disclosure 2," to explore the reversal in us media's reporting on trans issues, delving into its effects on trans lives and questioning how this shift occurred

  • $150,000

    Clarity Educational Productions · Berkeley, CA · 2024

    For post-production and the impact campaign for the feature documentary film "democracy noir," the compelling story of three women confronting the policies and corruption in hungary

  • $150,000

    Firelight Films · New York, NY · 2024

    For production of the documentary film "sun ra and the roots of afrofuturism," to explore and illuminate the artistic and intellectual foundations for much of the politically engaged culture being created by african ame… read all
  • $144,000

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology · Cambridge, MA · 2024

    For the mit open documentary lab for research to advance the boundaries and discourse of documentary media in all forms

  • $125,000

    Kvo Incorporated · Brooklyn, NY · 2024

    For the social impact campaign of "when we free the world" documentary film, through free community screenings and interactive conversations

  • $124,000

    President and Fellows of Harvard College · Cambridge, MA · 2024

    Core support for the documentary film in the public interest initiative at the shorenstein center on media, politics and public policy

  • $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 all
  • $109,000

    Mwanzo Dot Org · 2024

    For support for the shangazi power project for strategic communication work and documentary production to promote knowledge of and the work of women activists in east africa

  • $104,795

    Mahashakti Seva Kendra · 2024

    For scholarships for rural youth to collaborate with civil society organizations to produce high-quality documentary films about farmer distress in order to improve policies and raise awareness of the economic contribut… read all
  • $100,000

    Points North Institute · Camden, ME · 2024

    Core support to the diane weyermann fellowship, which provides resources for filmmakers creating feature documentaries that take artistic risks in highlighting stories of moral and ethical urgency

  • $100,000

    The Center for Independent Documentary · Newton, MA · 2024

    Core support for the disability justice project to grow its partnerships and expand its mission and visibility while steering toward sustainability

  • $100,000

    Producer Hub · Princeton, NJ · 2024

    Core support for the documentary "i feel myself to be part of something", which explores the impact of the arts in communities across the u.s.

  • $100,000

    Whileblackfilm Llc · Brooklyn, NY · 2024

    For production of "#whileblack", a documentary film that explores how technology platforms and social media shape the trauma of racial violence against african americans

  • $100,000

    The Center for Independent Documentary · Newton, MA · 2024

    Core support for dark laboratory to research and use immersive technologies to produce solutions towards tackling climate crisis and racial injustice

  • $100,000

    The Center for Independent Documentary · Newton, MA · 2024

    For the production of "united states of urvashi," an intimate portrait of the late activist and author urvashi vaid, examining her 20-year career as a queer agitator and thinker

  • $100,000

    Matinino Llc · Atlanta, GA · 2024

    For the production of "matinino," a hybrid documentary about a multigenerational family of puerto rican women who transform their experience with gender violence into a science fiction film

  • $100,000

    Reel Medicine Media · Piedmont, CA · 2024

    For the production of the documentary "the chaplain of oakland," to explore the harms caused by implicit bias in healthcare when the power of the stethoscope combines with unconscious bias

  • $100,000

    International Documentary Foundation (Dba International Documentary Assoc · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

    For the international documentary association nonfiction access initiative to support disabled documentary filmmakers through data collection, a field survey and the design and launch of a regranting fund for disabled p… read all
  • $100,000

    Osun Group Ltd · 2024

    For the production and post-production of the feature documentary "walk with me" about polarization and racial divides in the american south

  • $100,000

    Papertown USA Llc · Canton, NC · 2024

    For the production of the documentary feature "papertown" to explore how the people of a small appalachian town navigate the impending transformation of their way of life and identity as a community after the closing of… read all
  • $100,000

    Uniondocs · Queens, NY · 2024

    For the uniondocs fellowship for documentary art, which will provide practice-based support to four documentary film artists and partnership with leading cultural writers

  • $100,000

    Indigo Films Llc · Brooklyn, NY · 2024

    For the production of an untitled documentary film about the twentieth-century united states black liberation movement

  • $100,000

    Harvest Documentary Llc · San Francisco, CA · 2024

    For production and post-production of the documentary film, "harvest" that follows the stories of next-generation bipoc farmers in an effort to change the narrative around people of color and land ownership

  • $100,000

    Bronx Documentary Center · Bronx, NY · 2024

    General support

  • $100,000

    Captions Llc · San Francisco, CA · 2024

    For the production of "captions will be needed," a magical-realist, science-fiction documentary about beauty and grief

  • $100,000

    International Documentary Foundation (Dba International Documentary Assoc · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

    For the biennial getting real conference, to convene the field of documentary practitioners

  • $100,000

    Marminchilla Llc · Brooklyn, NY · 2024

    For the production of "untitled julia loktev project," a documentary about journalism and world politics today

  • $100,000

    Color Farm Media Llc · Brooklyn, NY · 2024

    For production of the documentary film "between starshine and clay," exploring the story of diahann carroll through the eyes of her daughter, suzanne kay

  • $97,500

    Cnex Foundation Limited · 2024

    For the chinese documentary forum to explore "china in the world" themes through the production of short films and free public screenings and events focusing on social or environmental challenges and constructive soluti… read all
  • $85,000

    Red Nut Films Llc · Brooklyn, NY · 2024

    For production of "the people vs. Austerity," a documentary film that exposes the origins and outcomes of fiscal austerity measures across time in new york city, detroit and puerto rico

  • $80,000

    New York University · New York, NY · 2024

    Tie-off core support for the world records journal, a biannual peer-reviewed journal on documentary criticism and writing published by the center for media, culture, and history

  • $75,000

    Local Video Llc · Tulsa, OK · 2024

    For production of "drowned land," a documentary film set in the choctaw nation of rural oklahoma that depicts a fight to preserve the kiamichi river, reckoning with a cycle of land loss for the indigenous diaspora and t… read all
  • $75,000

    The Center for Independent Documentary · Newton, MA · 2024

    For the production of the documentary "the inquisitor" to explore and reconsider the essence of democracy through the intricate layers of race, power, and representation in american society

  • $75,000

    Louverture Films Llc · New York, NY · 2024

    For a feature documentary directed by sky hopinka that delves into the heart of mary kathryn's work as a storyteller and advocate, and the power that art can have in asserting sovereignty and survival

  • $75,000

    Realside Productions · The Bronx, NY · 2024

    For the production of the documentary "speed queen" about olympian florence griffith joyner

  • $75,000

    2073 Films Ltd · 2024

    For the documentary feature "2073," which explores a world grappling with societal collapse, environmental devastation, and technological excess

  • $75,000

    Bvm Productions Llc · Snellville, GA · 2024

    For production of "black voters matter," a feature documentary about the co-founders of the black voters matter fund and the work they do to empower african american communities especially in the rural south

  • $75,000

    East African Documentary Film Fund · 2024

    General support

  • $75,000

    Franchise Film Project Llc · Brooklyn, NY · 2024

    For production of the feature documentary "the franchise," to explore the economic systems that profit from mass incarceration

  • $75,000

    Freedom Reads · Hamden, CT · 2024

    For the production of "shahid," a documentary film about poet and freedom reads founder reginald dwayne betts

  • $75,000

    Likerightnow Films Llc · Concord, NH · 2024

    For post-production of "ride ahead," a feature documentary film about the challenges faced by samuel habib, a college student and a community of disability activists

  • $75,000

    Lnolh Llc · Washington, DC · 2024

    For the production of "let no one lose heart," a feature documentary film about gulf south environmental activist sharon lavigne

  • $75,000

    The Reckoning Production Services · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

    For production of "untitled policing documentary," that explores the personal and political consequences of corruption and misconduct within a major metropolitan police department

  • $75,000

    Mother Texas Llc · New Orleans, LA · 2024

    For the production of "unplanned," a documentary film that explores the impact of dobbs v. Jackson on texas women and families

  • $75,000

    Natchez Film Llc · New Orleans, LA · 2024

    For the production of "natchez," a documentary film that captures an unsettling clash between memory and history, asking the question "who gets to tell america's story?"

  • $75,000

    Walking Iris Media · San Francisco, CA · 2024

    Core support for the asian american documentary network a national network that works to increase the visibility and support of asian americans in the documentary field

  • $60,000

    The Southern Documentary Fund · Durham, NC · 2024

    Core support for the sdf production grant initiative for filmmakers telling stories they are connected to, and that fully represent the complexity and nuance of, the american south

  • $60,000

    In Time Productions Llc · Brooklyn, NY · 2024

    For the production of "with time," a documentary that follows a group of trans elders as they search for meaning in their memories and build a living archive of trans life for gender-expansive people

  • $60,000

    Psfflp Llc · New York, NY · 2024

    For the production of "free leonard peltier," a feature documentary film that aims to shed light on the urgent legal battle of a former leader of the american indian movement

  • $60,000

    Life After Llc · Brooklyn, NY · 2024

    For the production of the documentary film, "life after" that explores the complex ethical challenges that face disabled communities, and the media narratives that shape their experience

  • $60,000

    Interior Films Llc · Dayton, OH · 2024

    For production of seeds, a documentary film depicting a portrait of a centennial african-american farm in thomasville, georgia

  • $55,000

    Pink Gators · Detroit, MI · 2024

    For the impact campaign for "it was all a dream", a documentary film reflecting on the dawn of the golden era of hip-hop

  • $53,000

    Stichting International Documentary Filmfestival Amsterdam · 2024

    Core support for a symposium to address some of the pressing challenges that film and cultural institutions are facing today

  • $50,000

    Lunch Money Films Llc · New Orleans, LA · 2024

    For production of "unlearned," a documentary exploring the battle over what parts of the american story belong in the classroom

  • $50,000

    International Documentary Foundation (Dba International Documentary Assoc · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

    For production of the feature documentary "finding ma," a personal film exploring the experiences of a child of refugees whose life has been impacted by immigration, foster care, addiction and incarceration

  • $50,000

    Isla Bonita Films Llc · Albuquerque, NM · 2024

    For the production of the documentary, "mujeres publicas," to explore the lives of four members of argentina's sex worker union

  • $50,000

    Goodpix Llc · New York, NY · 2024

    For the production of a documentary film exploring the life and work of iconic artist and activist, faith ringgold

  • $50,000

    Festival Internacional De Cine Documental De La Ciudad De Mexico Ac · 2024

    For the production the documentary "gu juk gio gu yooxi," to explore the conflict over the defense of mexican forests and the murder of an indigenous father

  • $50,000

    Evidence Documentary Film Llc · Newark, DE · 2024

    For production of the documentary film, "evidence of things not seen," exploring how generational trauma affects an african american family

  • $50,000

    La Ventana Cine Ltda · 2024

    For the production of "untitled chilean film," an investigative documentary film that exposes greenwashing by one of the worlds most powerful brands

  • $50,000

    Afterimage Public Media · San Francisco, CA · 2024

    For production of the feature documentary "marlee matlin: not alone anymore" to explore the groundbreaking achievements of deaf actress marlee matlin, chronicling her career as an actor, author, and advocate

  • $50,000

    Documental Ambulante Ac · 2024

    Core support for disco - decentralized independent story and culture organizer - a network of global documentary organizations to collaborate and coordinate around shared field challenges

  • $50,000

    Making Waves Films Llc · Honolulu, HI · 2024

    For the production of "i of the water," a feature documentary film about acclaimed samoan writer sia figiel

  • $50,000

    City Forest Llc · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

    For production of "a city in the forest," a feature documentary film about a web of land defenders, community safety advocates, and climate justice activists in atlanta, ga

  • $50,000

    Metropole Film Board · New York, NY · 2024

    For production of the documentary feature film "what it takes (working title)," to explore the consequences of global warming through the lens of environmental justice leaders and a legendary american family

  • $50,000

    Metropole Film Board · New York, NY · 2024

    Core support for the production of "the fight of our lives", a documentary about the opposition of the build-out of fossil fuel production

  • $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

    Mvmachine Ltd · 2024

    For the production of "molly vs the machines," a documentary film that unveils the tragic and deeply troubling true story behind a teenage girl driven to take her life by machines built to control people for profit

  • $50,000

    Hiptruth Productions Llc · Chicago, IL · 2024

    For the production of the documentary feature "eyes on the prize reclaimed" to examine the creation of the acclaimed television history series of the civil rights movement

  • $50,000

    Imbuu Media Limited · 2024

    For the production of "pulo: bloodstream," a documentary about the kirike people and their ongoing struggle against oil extraction and pollution

  • $50,000

    Dream Oracles Limited · 2024

    For the production of "collateral echoes," a documentary exploring the disproportionate deaths of black and immigrant britons at the hands of the police since 1969

  • $50,000

    Openhood · Oakland, CA · 2024

    For the production of "untitled nursing doc," a documentary film about three nurses as they provide care - and struggle to care for themselves - in the wake of one of the most devastating events to ever impact american … read all
  • $50,000

    Participant Media Llc · Culver City, CA · 2024

    For the production of 'blknws', a documentary film that combines appropriated news and social media with originally produced anchored segments to reimagine what news can be for marginalized people in america

  • $50,000

    Pinball Llc · Louisville, KY · 2024

    For the production of "pinball," a feature documentary about an immigrant teen in suburban louisville, kentucky, as he dives into the memories of his journey from iraq to america

  • $50,000

    Polvo De Estrellas Films Sa De Cv · 2024

    For the production of "el invencible verano de liliana | lilianas invincible summer," a documentary film that explores the grieving process of sisters in the wake of violence

  • $50,000

    Rememory Ltd · 2024

    For public outreach and education around "in the black fantastic", a documentary film exploring how speculative fictions in black art and culture are challenging existing mainstream narratives about race

  • $50,000

    The Center for Independent Documentary · Newton, MA · 2024

    For production of the feature documentary "untitled shirley clarke film," that explores the life and work of groundbreaking female filmmaker shirley clarke

  • $50,000

    The Center for Independent Documentary · Newton, MA · 2024

    For the production of "survival floating," an essay film that weaves near and far histories of black swimmers to contemplate pathways toward freedom and survival

  • $50,000

    The North Carolina Public Television Foundation · Durham County, NC · 2024

    For production of the feature documentary "wilmington 1898 (wt)," to explore the story of an extremist insurrection and racial massacre in wilmington, north carolina, examining it's historical context and the present-da… read all
  • $50,000

    The Southern Documentary Fund · Durham, NC · 2024

    Core support for the documentary film "plainspoken" to explore the ongoing cultural conversation of racial equality

  • $50,000

    Time Hunter Llc · Carpinteria, CA · 2024

    For the production of 'time hunter', a documentary film that explores the intersections of technology, creativity and art making, and social change

  • $50,000

    Ummah Chroma Creative Partners Llc · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

    For the production of "untitled," a documentary film about the carceral system

  • $50,000

    Wonderfilm Llc · New York, NY · 2024

    For production of the feature documentary "saund vs. Cochran," to explore the dramatic and groundbreaking 1956 california congressional campaign between dalip singh saund and jackie cochran odlum

  • $45,050

    Instituto Incube · 2024

    For black lives with disabilities matter to develop capacity-building activities, produce a mapping on people with disabilities, and make a documentary

  • $35,000

    International Documentary Foundation (Dba International Documentary Assoc · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

    For the archival producers alliance for the local television news archives initiative to assess and report on the state of local television news archives in new york city

  • $35,000

    1000543880 Ontario · 2024

    For production of the documentary film "the sandbox," to examine the complex realm of immigration surveillance

  • $30,000

    Nayanaya Trust · 2024

    For support for a three-part documentary series on the impact of climate change in southern africa.

  • $30,000

    Tabitha Jane Jackson · New York, NY · 2024

    For the research project "structuring freedom" to explore the themes of ai and form in the documentary film sector, and provide public access to the research online and through free panels and discussions

  • $30,000

    Impacta Cine Sap I De Cv · 2024

    For weaving networks of solidarity and action with social justice organizations, collectives, and activists through documentary media and to develop audience engagement models through cinematic human rights discourses a… read all
  • $30,000

    Afrofilms International Ltd · 2024

    For production of 'widow champion', a feature documentary film about a kenyan woman who defies all odds to become a fighter for social justice in a deeply patriarchal community that enforces the culture of widow inherit… read all
  • $30,000

    Not Drowning Productions · Brooklyn, NY · 2024

    For the development and production of an untitled documentary featuring jamaican novelist marlon james as he examines the colonial roots of jamaican homophobia and the role played by white evangelicals

  • $30,000

    American Citizens for Justice · Westland, MI · 2024

    Core support for the asian american pacific islander documentary film series held in conjunction with the 11th annual freep film festival in detroit

  • $25,000

    The Center for Independent Documentary · Newton, MA · 2024

    For production of "shadow of nanook," a documentary exploring the legacy of robert flaherty's 1922 film "nanook of the north" through the eyes of his unacknowledged inuit-irish descendants, martha flaherty and her daugh… read all
  • $25,000

    Curare Films · 2024

    For the production of 'the wind's thirst,' a documentary film that explores the life and death of the wayuu people in colombia and their resistance against massive coal mining projects, extreme evangelicals, paramilitar… read all
  • $25,000

    Ecovoice Films Llc · Meridian Charter Towns, MI · 2024

    For a feature documentary film addressing the water crisis in benton harbor, michigan to explore the underlying causes and highlight the impact on residents

  • $25,000

    Kartemquin Educational Films · Chicago, IL · 2024

    For production of 'tres fridas', a documentary film that connects with present-day artists with disabilities to imagine a society in which the barriers they face no longer exist and disability art and culture is celebra… read all
  • $25,000

    Realness Institute · 2024

    For research and development of a documentary lab/intervention in post-production with the aim of up-skilling directors and editors and to elevate the final cut of creative documentaries in south africa

  • $25,000

    Starfish Media Group Llc Dba Soledad O'Brien Productions · New York, NY · 2024

    For production of "after roe", a documentary film that puts a spotlight on the experiences of women and their health care providers suddenly facing a world without reproductive rights

  • $20,000

    Spicy Baby Productions Llc · Chicago, IL · 2024

    For the production of the documentary "untitled jury film" examining a system that undermines the constitutional right to a jury trial and exposes the erosion of the american juryand what we can do about it

  • $15,000

    The Good Black Project (Pty) Ltd Dba Early Hours · 2024

    For post-production for the documentary "milisuthando," a personal essay documentary on race, explored through the memories of the filmmaker, who grew up during apartheid but didn't know it was happening until it was ov… read all
  • $14,000

    The Rada Film Group · Brooklyn, NY · 2024

    For impact and outreach of the documentary film, "going to mars: the nikki giovanni project," exploring the life and work of one of americas most important living poets, political icons, and social commentators

  • $10,000

    The Nelson Mandela Foundation · 2024

    Project support to produce a documentary podcast titled wabhubha umhlaba/julys people to provide public education on the 2021 july unrest and south african histories of inequality and oppression.

  • $10,000

    One Story Up Llc · Brooklyn, NY · 2024

    For production of the feature documentary "laikipia," centered around the conflict in laikipia, kenya, between peaceful african herders and white conservationists

  • $10,000

    New York Labor Documentary Llc · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

    For production of 'jfk8', a documentary film about current and former amazon workers taking on one of the worlds largest and most powerful companies in the fight to unionize

  • $10,000

    Ifc Theatres Llc · New York, NY · 2024

    For free educational, professional development and networking activities for independent documentary filmmakers and the broader documentary industry

  • $5,000

    Storyline · Brooklyn, NY · 2024

    For production of 'untitled michael premo film', a feature-length documentary that explores issues in contemporary america.

  • $400,000

    Stichting Idfa Fonds · 2023

    For a regranting program to provide funding to global documentary filmmakers with an emphasis on the global south, to create more inclusive, global documentary sector and to support films that raise public awareness abo… read all
  • $260,417

    Rockwood Leadership Institute · San Francisco, CA · 2023

    For the rockwood documentary leaders fellowship, a leadership development program to catalyze a shift in the leadership and collaboration capacity of documentary sector leaders

  • $250,000

    Medgar Evers Film Project Llc · New York, NY · 2023

    For the development and production of a documentary film about the civil rights leader medgar evers

  • $212,500

    Cnex Foundation Limited · 2023

    For the chinese documentary forum to explore "china in the world" themes through the production of short films and free public screenings and events focusing on social or environmental challenges and constructive soluti… read all
  • $190,000

    International Documentary Foundation (Dba International Documentary Assoc · Los Angeles, CA · 2023

    For the international documentary association nonfiction access initiative to support disabled documentary filmmakers through data collection, a field survey and the design and launch of a regranting fund for disabled p… read all
  • $150,000

    Common Counsel Foundation · Oakland, CA · 2023

    Core support for the color congress initiative to strengthen the field of documentary organizations led by and serving communities of color in the u.s., through regranting and participatory grantmaking activities

  • $150,000

    The Center for Independent Documentary · Newton, MA · 2023

    Core support for the fwd-doc project to network, community build and advocate for disabled documentary filmmakers

  • $150,000

    The Reckoning Production Services · Los Angeles, CA · 2023

    For production of "untitled policing documentary," that explores the personal and political consequences of corruption and misconduct within a major metropolitan police department

  • $150,000

    Yayasan Rekam Jejak Alam Nusantara · 2023

    To strengthen narratives in promoting just transition and renewable energy through a series of documentaries and communication products

  • $150,000

    At the Barricades Llc · New York, NY · 2023

    For the production of 'at the barricades', a documentary film that explores what it takes to fight domestic extremism through the eyes of frontline activists at the southern poverty law center

  • $150,000

    Harvest Documentary Llc · San Francisco, CA · 2023

    For production and post-production of the documentary film, "harvest" that follows the stories of next-generation bipoc farmers in an effort to change the narrative around people of color and land ownership

  • $150,000

    Allied Media Projects · Detroit, MI · 2023

    Core support for the undocumented filmmakers collective for efforts to advocate and provide professional development and career sustainability for undocumented documentary filmmakers in the united states

  • $150,000

    Aubin Pictures · New York, NY · 2023

    Core support for paint me a road out of here, a documentary film about the inequitable conditions facing women detainees through the stories of two women artists and an iconic painting.

  • $125,000

    Uniondocs · Queens, NY · 2023

    For the uniondocs fellowship for documentary art, which will provide practice-based support to four documentary film artists and partnership with leading cultural writers

  • $120,000

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology · Cambridge, MA · 2023

    For the mit open documentary lab for research to advance the boundaries and discourse of documentary media in all forms

  • $110,000

    Walking Iris Media · San Francisco, CA · 2023

    Core support for the asian american documentary network a national network that works to increase the visibility and support of asian americans in the documentary field

  • $101,575

    Mahashakti Seva Kendra · 2023

    For scholarships for rural youth to collaborate with civil society organizations to produce high-quality documentary films about farmer distress in order to improve policies and raise awareness of the economic contribut… read all
  • $100,000

    Time Hunter Llc · Carpinteria, CA · 2023

    For the production of 'time hunter', a documentary film that explores the intersections of technology, creativity and art making, and social change

  • $100,000

    In Proportion Llc · Oakland, CA · 2023

    For production of the documentary film "untitled dwarfism project," to explore the filmmaker's relationship to the dwarf community, as well as deeper questions about how disability and dwarfism narratives have been soci… read all
  • $100,000

    Marminchilla Llc · Brooklyn, NY · 2023

    For the production of "untitled julia loktev project," a documentary about journalism and world politics today

  • $100,000

    Firelight Films · New York, NY · 2023

    For production of the documentary film "sun ra and the roots of afrofuturism," to explore and illuminate the artistic and intellectual foundations for much of the politically engaged culture being created by african ame… read all
  • $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 all
  • $100,000

    East African Documentary Film Fund · 2023

    General support

  • $100,000

    Mwanzo Dot Org · 2023

    For support for the shangazi power project for strategic communication work and documentary production to promote knowledge of and the work of women activists in east africa

  • $100,000

    Big Sky Film Productions · Newark, NJ · 2023

    For production of 'the gender project', a documentary film that follows activists and scholars who defy simplistic gender labels, and examine persistent binary notions of gender and the biology of sex

  • $100,000

    Doc Society · 2023

    For a documentary investigating the global landscape of sex, gender, and feminism

  • $100,000

    1000543880 Ontario · 2023

    For production of the documentary film "the sandbox," to examine the complex realm of immigration surveillance

  • $100,000

    Bronx Documentary Center · Bronx, NY · 2023

    General support

  • $100,000

    Life After Llc · Brooklyn, NY · 2023

    For the production of the documentary film, "life after" that explores the complex ethical challenges that face disabled communities, and the media narratives that shape their experience

  • $100,000

    Wnet · New York, NY · 2023

    For production and distribution of "?american historia," a documentary series that aims to provide a more complex history of latino cultures in the united states

  • $100,000

    Unseen Documentary Llc · Los Angeles, CA · 2023

    For an impact campaign for the film unseen, a documentary film that seeks to reimagine the accessibility of cinema, while exploring the intersections of immigration, disability, and mental health

  • $100,000

    Trilogy Films Llc · New York, NY · 2023

    For the production of "the disruptors," a documentary film that explores stories of black female progressive prosecutors in america

  • $100,000

    The Futurists Film Co Llc · Valatie, NY · 2023

    For production of the documentary film "the futurists," to explore the work of a group of latinx visionaries who are reimagining a more equitable future

  • $100,000

    The Center for Independent Documentary · Newton, MA · 2023

    For the production of "united states of urvashi," an intimate portrait of the late activist and author urvashi vaid, examining her 20-year career as a queer agitator and thinker

  • $95,000

    The Regents of the University of California Santa Cruz · Santa Cruz, CA · 2023

    For the academic periodical film quarterly to advance criticism, analysis, and reporting on social justice documentary and cinema practice

  • $75,000

    Loira Limbal · New York, NY · 2023

    For research and development of a book and documentary that center on care and the care economy within broader national narratives around race, equity, and the economy

  • $75,000

    Cristal Cine Srl · 2023

    For production of the feature documentary "scarlet girls," which examines the importance of reproductive rights and the impact of restrictive laws on women's lives in the dominican republic

  • $75,000

    One Story Up Llc · Brooklyn, NY · 2023

    For production of the feature documentary "laikipia," centered around the conflict in laikipia, kenya, between peaceful african herders and white conservationists

  • $75,000

    Bellemoon Productions Llc · North Miami, FL · 2023

    For the production of the feature documentary film "lights of passage," to explore personal histories and african diasporic filmmaking practices, as well as the creative process, and how they shape contemporary culture … read all
  • $75,000

    Ping Chong Documentary Llc · Albany, NY · 2023

    For production of the documentary film "untitled ping chong project," to explore the life and career of the distinguished theater artist and how the creative process has been used to address many pressing social concern… read all
  • $75,000

    Tngg Llc · Atlanta, GA · 2023

    For production of the documentary film "travel notes of a geechee girl" which explores the life of culinary anthropologist, actor and broadcast journalist vertamae smart-grosvenor

  • $75,000

    Afrofilms International Ltd · 2023

    For production of 'widow champion', a feature documentary film about a kenyan woman who defies all odds to become a fighter for social justice in a deeply patriarchal community that enforces the culture of widow inherit… read all
  • $75,000

    Madeline Anderson Productions Llc · Brooklyn, NY · 2023

    For extensive development and pre-production of "untitled madeline anderson film," a documentary film by a pioneering african-american filmmaker assessing her life and work in film

  • $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

  • $75,000

    Lunch Money Films Llc · New Orleans, LA · 2023

    For production of "unlearned," a documentary exploring the battle over what parts of the american story belong in the classroom

  • $75,000

    Hitplay Production · 2023

    For production of a documentary film that explores the destructive impact of mining in latin america

  • $75,000

    Curare Films · 2023

    For the production of 'the wind's thirst,' a documentary film that explores the life and death of the wayuu people in colombia and their resistance against massive coal mining projects, extreme evangelicals, paramilitar… read all
  • $75,000

    Empowerment Avenue Society · Oakland, CA · 2023

    For production of the feature length documentary "silent treatment: incarcerated deaf people fighting for equality and safety," to illuminate the challenges and experiences of dear/hard of hearing individuals who are in… read all
  • $70,000

    Yintah Film Ltd · 2023

    For production and outreach activities of 'yintah,' a documentary film that presents a portrait of freda huson, a wetsuweten leader, who galvanizes her nation in a high-stakes struggle to protect their territory from ga… read all
  • $70,000

    Fundacion Endemica Studios · 2023

    For training, workshops, and production of the documentary 'uwas, soul of a nation', chronicling the u'wa nation's resistance against extractive companies and their lawsuit against the colombian state

  • $70,000

    Nayanaya Trust · 2023

    For support for a three-part documentary series on the impact of climate change in southern africa.

  • $65,000

    Blacked Out Dreams Llc · North Miami, FL · 2023

    To produce a documentary that reflects experiences of young people in flint, michigan, to further public understanding of the inter-related impact of poverty, school closures and the school-to-prison pipeline

  • $55,000

    Atcv Llc · Houston, TX · 2023

    For production of "a town called victoria," a documentary film series that explores how race, religion, place and polarization have shaped and affected this small, largely hispanic texas town

  • $54,950

    Instituto Incube · 2023

    For black lives with disabilities matter to develop capacity-building activities, produce a mapping on people with disabilities, and make a documentary

  • $50,000

    Culturesource · Detroit, MI · 2023

    Core support for the post production of the documentary "gradually, then suddenly" by filmmaker sam katz and its accompanying podcast

  • $50,000

    Clarity Educational Productions · Berkeley, CA · 2023

    Core support for the digitization of the documentary series "have you heard from johannesburg?"

  • $50,000

    International Documentary Foundation (Dba International Documentary Assoc · Los Angeles, CA · 2023

    For the viewers like us project to vision a more inclusive and sustainable public media system in the united states

  • $50,000

    Kartemquin Educational Films · Chicago, IL · 2023

    For production of 'tres fridas', a documentary film that connects with present-day artists with disabilities to imagine a society in which the barriers they face no longer exist and disability art and culture is celebra… read all
  • $50,000

    Laboratorio De Litigio Estructural Ac · 2023

    For production of 'principios', a documentary film chronicling the life and work of argentinian political activist and human rights defender juan mendez

  • $50,000

    Bartolo Doc Llc · 2023

    For the post-production of the documentary film, "bartolo," following families that occupied an abandoned school in a remote region of puerto rico after their housing was destroyed by hurricane maria

  • $50,000

    Gullane Entretenimento Sa · 2023

    For the production of the "time to change" documentary which explores how power imbalances and inequities present in post-colonial countries continue to shape all aspects of these societies.

  • $50,000

    Gurland Documentaries Llc · New York, NY · 2023

    For outreach, engagement, educational and community impact activities for "storming caesars palace," a documentary film that chronicles the journey of a group of low-income mothers who waged their own war on poverty

  • $50,000

    Fathom Film Group Ltd · 2023

    For production of "#whileblack", a documentary film that explores how technology platforms and social media shape the trauma of racial violence against african americans

  • $50,000

    Downtown Community Television Center · New York, NY · 2023

    For the production of "one block, three days, eight deaths," a documentary that examines the impact of the opioid epidemic on the african american community in st. Louis, missouri

  • $50,000

    Little Egypt Productions Llc · Edwardsburg, MI · 2023

    For production of "untitled (cairo, il project)", a documentary which captures the rhythms and underlying vitality of the former boom town of cairo, illinois

  • $50,000

    Pallasite Films · 2023

    For production and distribution of "wilfred buck" a documentary film that tells the story of a cree elder who is at the forefront of a knowledge movement that is interested in bringing indigenous science perspectives in… read all
  • $50,000

    The Center for Independent Documentary · Newton, MA · 2023

    For development and production of the feature documentary "artificial horizon," which chronicles the complex and layered racial histories of a tract of former plantation land in eastern alabama

  • $50,000

    Bimshire Project Llc · Miami, FL · 2023

    For development and production of "the first plantation," a documentary film that examines the legacy of slavery in barbados, through the history of drax hall, the longest continuously operating sugar cane plantation/fa… read all
  • $50,000

    River of Grass Llc · Brooklyn, NY · 2023

    For production of 'river of grass' a documentary film that explores how floridas vulnerability to climate change is historically rooted in the everglades ongoing legacies of settler colonialism

  • $50,000

    Workingfilms · Wilmington, NC · 2023

    Core support for the documentary accountability working group to consider the values, guiding principles and ethics that inform the practices of filmmakers and shape their relationship to the story, the participants, th… read all
  • $50,000

    Rule of 3 Llc · Sacramento, CA · 2023

    For production of the documentary film "the heart grows old in autumn," to explore the experiences of three generations of displaced rohingya refugees adapting to new cultures and political contexts

  • $50,000

    Powwow People Llc · Hudson, NY · 2023

    For development of powwow people, a documentary which would explore contemporary native american communities through the history and present-day cultures of powwows

  • $50,000

    Project On Organizing Development Education and Research Ltd · New York, NY · 2023

    For a documentary series examining private sector corruption & the climate crisis in mexico in order to educate diverse audiences about the phenomenon of state capture by private economic interests and its effect on dem… read all
  • $50,000

    Project On Organizing Development Education and Research Ltd · New York, NY · 2023

    To support a campaign on a documentary series examining private sector corruption, state capture and environmental crisis in mexico, and its effect on democracy, the planet, and human rights

  • $50,000

    The Center for Independent Documentary · Newton, MA · 2023

    For production "raised by wolves", a documentary film about how young, white, rural men are being radicalized by forces on the internet

  • $35,000

    Mmxx Llc · Bad Axe, MI · 2023

    For impact and engagement activities for 'bad axe', a documentary film portraying an asian/mexican american family in rural america striving to run a family business in the age of covid and the black lives matter moveme… read all
  • $30,000

    All Is Well Pictures Llc · New York, NY · 2023

    For an impact campaign for "photographic justice", a documentary film that provides a first-hand account of fifty years of asian american activism through the lens of chinese american photographer corky lee

  • $30,000

    Fire Through Dry Grass Llc · Warren, CT · 2023

    For an impact campaign for 'fire through dry grass', a documentary film that builds awareness of the experiences and needs of disabled individuals of color who reside in long term care facilities and nursing homes

  • $30,000

    Firelight Media · New York, NY · 2023

    For the menasa advisory group, a newly-founded network of muslim american and allied bipoc filmmakers advocating for greater accountability and ethics in the documentary ecosystem

  • $26,250

    Cinema Lamont · Oak Park, MI · 2023

    For the prismatic ground film festival that centers on experimental documentary and avant-garde film making and screening

  • $25,000

    The Center for Independent Documentary · Newton, MA · 2023

    For the impact campaign of 'water for life,' a documentary film following activists in central & south america fighting to stop multinational corporations from polluting rivers and lakes, destroying farming communities … read all
  • $25,000

    Queer Futures Corp · Brooklyn, NY · 2023

    For production of a five-part series of documentary shorts showcasing queer and trans, bipoc, disabled, working-class, and underrepresented experiences as a point of pride and power

  • $25,000

    Blackscrackle Films Llc · Catskill, NY · 2023

    For an impact campaign for "landfall", a documentary that examines life post-hurricane maria that focuses on educators and students to make vital connections between education and aspects of puerto rican life

  • $25,000

    Nomadic Fairy · Los Angeles, CA · 2023

    For production of "the red thread," a documentary film series that traces the political activism of women in the caribbean, particularly in the southern antilles during the 1970s and 1980s

  • $25,000

    Unseen Documentary Llc · Los Angeles, CA · 2023

    For production of "unseen", a documentary film that seeks to reimagine the accessibility of cinema, while exploring the intersections of immigration, disability, and mental health

  • $23,000

    Rea Tajiri · New York, NY · 2023

    For post-production, impact and engagement activities for "wisdom gone wild" a documentary film that explores themes of aging and living with dementia through the lens of japanese american history

  • $22,575

    Documental Ambulante Ac · 2023

    To support marcela zamora to make a collection of documentaries made in mesoamerica that address social issues of regional and international interest with the purpose of opening spaces for dialogue.

  • $20,000

    Ps By Peninsula Sa De Cv · 2023

    For the post-production of the investigative documentary "el guardian," following the life and murder of homero gomez gonzalez, an environmentalist, activist, and defender of the monarch butterfly sanctuary in michoacan… read all

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 all
  • $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 all
  • $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 all
  • $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 all
  • $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 all
  • $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 all
  • $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 all
  • $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 all
  • $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 all
  • $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 all
  • $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 all
  • $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 all
  • $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 all
  • $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 all
  • $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 all
  • $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 all
  • $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 all
  • $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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