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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.

120 grants matching “exhibits” · $20.8M

$1.1M
Portland Art Museum · Portland, OR · 2024
Core support for us pavilion exhibition of artist jeffrey gibson (choctow-cherokee) at the 60th venice biennale.
$500,000
New Venture Fund · Washington, DC · 2024
Core support for the media democracy fund's digital equity and opportunity initiative to strengthen civic infrastructure, and support state coalitions exhibiting broad-based community engagement and mobilization capacit… read allCore support for the media democracy fund's digital equity and opportunity initiative to strengthen civic infrastructure, and support state coalitions exhibiting broad-based community engagement and mobilization capacity to advance broadband equity less
$350,000
Detroit Institute of Arts · Detroit, MI · 2024
Core support for the museum's art exhibitions
$300,000
Tate Americas Foundation · New York, NY · 2024
Core support for nigerian modernism exhibition, exploring mid-20th century art history from this crucial african nation and set to open in october 2025
$300,000
The Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York, NY · 2024
Core support for the harlem renaissance and transatlantic modernism exhibition
$300,000
The Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York, NY · 2024
Core support for the "flight into egypt: black artists and ancient egypt, 1876-now" exhibit organized by curator akili tommasino
$300,000
The Solomon R Guggenheim Foundation · New York, NY · 2024
Core support for exhibition of work by rashid johnson, a solo show that will feature a brief survey of the artists work to date
$300,000
Fondazione La Biennale Di Venezia · 2024
For inclusion of artists from the global south in the 60th international art exhibition
$250,000
Etablissement Public Du Musee Du Louvre · 2024
For core support for the exhibition: guillaume lethiere and his worlds
$250,000
Whitney Museum of American Art · New York, NY · 2024
Core support for the alvin ailey exhibition
$250,000
Le Centre National D'Art Et De Culture Georges Pompidou · 2024
Core support for paris noir exhibition to increase representation of black artists, better understand their contributions to art history, and to model inclusivity and decolonial practices within a french context
$225,000
Etablissement Public Du Musee Du Louvre · 2024
Core support for the barbara chase-ribouds exhibition: when a knot is untied, a god is freed
$200,000
The Bronx Museum of the Arts · Bronx, NY · 2024
Core support for exhibition and other museum programming focused on social justice
$200,000
Baltimore Museum of Art · Baltimore, MD · 2024
Core support for preoccupied: indigenizing the museum, a series of nine monographic and thematic exhibitions featuring historic and contemporary native-made artworks, institutional interventions, public programs, and an… read allCore support for preoccupied: indigenizing the museum, a series of nine monographic and thematic exhibitions featuring historic and contemporary native-made artworks, institutional interventions, public programs, and an untraditional catalog less
$200,000
Hilton Als · New York, NY · 2024
For a research projects and exhibition curation centered around james baldwin's pivotal years in europe; and nancy cunard's life journey examined through issues of race and miscegenation
$200,000
The President and Trustees of Colby College · Waterville, ME · 2024
Core support for young lords and their traces, an exhibition and engagement project led by theaster gates to examine incorporation of history in new artistic works
$200,000
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Core support for the amy sherald exhibition "american sublime"
$200,000
Smithsonian Institution · Washington, DC · 2024
Core support for the exhibition the shape of power: stories of race and american sculpture, at the smithsonian american art museum, focusing on historic and contemporary works that explore various dimensions around race… read allCore support for the exhibition the shape of power: stories of race and american sculpture, at the smithsonian american art museum, focusing on historic and contemporary works that explore various dimensions around race and its depictions less
$180,000
Rutgers University Foundation · New Brunswick, NJ · 2024
For the zimmerli art museum for an exhibition on disability spectatorship and embodiment
$170,000
Le Centre National D'Art Et De Culture Georges Pompidou · 2024
Core support for the barbara chase-ribouds exhibition: when a knot is untied, a god is freed
$170,000
Wangechi Mutu Studio Llc · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
Support for a new public exhibition by wangechi mutu and programming to engage the public around themes including the history and legacy of social justice in kenya.
$150,000
Ps 1 Contemporary Art Center · Queens, NY · 2024
Core support for an exhibition of work by ralph lemon, a renowned american choreographer, company director, writer, and visual artist.
$110,500
Museo De Arte Contemporaneo De Puerto Rico · San Juan, PR · 2024
Core support for curator position as part of advancing latinx art in museums to oversee the research and development of projects, expand collections and exhibitions specific to puerto rican and latinx artists in archipe… read allCore support for curator position as part of advancing latinx art in museums to oversee the research and development of projects, expand collections and exhibitions specific to puerto rican and latinx artists in archipelago and the us less
$100,000
The Morgan Library and Museum · New York, NY · 2024
Core support for the "belle da costa greene: a librarians legacy" exhibition to mark the 2024 centenary of the library and museum as a public institution and explore the influential and compelling life and career of its… read allCore support for the "belle da costa greene: a librarians legacy" exhibition to mark the 2024 centenary of the library and museum as a public institution and explore the influential and compelling life and career of its inaugural director less
$100,000
The Jewish Museum · New York, NY · 2024
Core support for the installation of the exhibition "draw them in, paint them out: trenton doyle hancock confronts philip guston"
$100,000
Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute · Williamstown, MA · 2024
Core support for an exhibition about guillaume lethiere
$100,000
Stories of US · New York, NY · 2024
Core support for the public exhibition of the stories of us sculptures in new york city
$100,000
Aperture Foundation · New York, NY · 2024
Core support for ernest cole exhibition
$100,000
Walker Art Center · Minneapolis, MN · 2024
Core support for the pacita abad exhibition curated by victoria sung
$100,000
Queens Museum of Art · Queens, NY · 2024
Core support for lyle ashton harris exhibition
$80,000
Musee Guimet · 2024
For the barbara chase- riboud exhibition: "when a knot is untied, a god is freed"
$80,000
The Black School · New Orleans, LA · 2024
Core support for it's gallery and residency programs, art exhibitions, site specific and responsive engagements, and professional artist support in new orleans
$75,000
June I Givanni · New York, NY · 2024
For the "excavating legacies" intergenerational program to map, develop and connect pan-african cinema over forty years and five continents, and provide public access through free exhibitions, publications, screenings a… read allFor the "excavating legacies" intergenerational program to map, develop and connect pan-african cinema over forty years and five continents, and provide public access through free exhibitions, publications, screenings and workshops less
$67,000
Art and Photography Foundation · 2024
For the museum of art and photography's exhibitions, public programming and community platform to increase representation of marginalized women in the art world and shift social norms that perpetuate gender-based violen… read allFor the museum of art and photography's exhibitions, public programming and community platform to increase representation of marginalized women in the art world and shift social norms that perpetuate gender-based violence in the public sphere less
$65,000
Turner Contemporary · 2024
Core support for the installation of the first solo exhibition in the united kingdom dedicated to pioneering artist ed clark
$65,000
Cite De La Musique - Philharmonie De Paris · 2024
For the exhibition of the work "la musica josephine red/black" by renowned artist barbara chase-riboud
$50,000
The Murtala Muhammed Foundation · 2024
For "the stolen daughters of chibok - discussions and photo exhibition" in london to raise awareness and for ongoing dialogue on gender equality and anti-terrorism, fostering global efforts for the long-term rehabilitat… read allFor "the stolen daughters of chibok - discussions and photo exhibition" in london to raise awareness and for ongoing dialogue on gender equality and anti-terrorism, fostering global efforts for the long-term rehabilitation of the abducted girls less
$50,000
The New School · New York, NY · 2024
Core support for the institute for race, power and political economy for publication related to exhibit and national symposium centered on romare beardens legacy
$50,000
Exhibit 3000 · Detroit, MI · 2024
General support
$50,000
Myriad USA · New York, NY · 2024
Core support for the freunde der nationalgalerie fund to undertake an exhibition and public education program focused on josephine baker
$50,000
Chattanoogans in Action for Love Equality & Benevolence · Chattanooga, TN · 2024
Core support for an exhibition by tabitha arnold on the history of workers rights and labor struggles in chattanooga
$50,000
Black Women'S Blueprint · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
Core support for the north american indigenous center of new york's native arts, design, and theater exhibition projects in collaboration with various nyc venues, including community gatherings, ipd, and native heritage… read allCore support for the north american indigenous center of new york's native arts, design, and theater exhibition projects in collaboration with various nyc venues, including community gatherings, ipd, and native heritage month celebrations in 2023 less
$50,000
Etablissement Public Du Palais De La Porte Doree · 2024
For the barbara chase-riboud exhibition: when a knot is untied, a god is freed
$50,000
Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art Foundation · North Adams, MA · 2024
Core support for the vincent valdez retrospective exhibition "just a dream"
$50,000
Jb Speed Art Museum · Louisville, KY · 2024
Core support for louisvilles black avant-garde," exhibitions, online educational resources, and programming, revealing the histories of the southeasts black avant-garde and louisvilles central role in the movement
$44,000
Cambridge in America · New York, NY · 2024
Core support for the "black atlantic: power people resistance" exhibition at the united nations in new york city
$1.1M
Brooklyn Museum · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
General support and core support for an exhibition highlighting the work of spike lee
$750,000
African Futures Institute Lbg · 2023
Core support for the participation of african architects at the 18th international architecture exhibition at la biennale di venezia
$500,000
The Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York, NY · 2023
Core support for the africa and byzantium exhibition
$500,000
New Venture Fund · Washington, DC · 2023
Core support for the media democracy fund's digital equity and opportunity initiative to strengthen civic infrastructure, and support state coalitions exhibiting broad-based community engagement and mobilization capacit… read allCore support for the media democracy fund's digital equity and opportunity initiative to strengthen civic infrastructure, and support state coalitions exhibiting broad-based community engagement and mobilization capacity to advance broadband equity less
$356,000
Tate Americas Foundation · New York, NY · 2023
Core support for the isaac julien exhibition and accompanying publication
$350,000
The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum · Boston, MA · 2023
Core support for special exhibitions featuring master contemporary artists exploring new ideas and scholarship on issues of race, representation, gender and power
$350,000
The Frick Collection · New York, NY · 2023
Core support for the barkley hendricks exhibition and related educational programming
$200,000
Spaces · Cleveland, OH · 2023
Core support for a group exhibition, everlasting plastics, examining possibilities for seeing existing plastic as a mineable resource, organized by spaces for the us participation in the biennale of architecture in veni… read allCore support for a group exhibition, everlasting plastics, examining possibilities for seeing existing plastic as a mineable resource, organized by spaces for the us participation in the biennale of architecture in venice in 2023 less
$200,000
Royal Academy of Arts · 2023
Core support for entangled pasts, 1768-now: art, colonialism and change? Exhibition.
$200,000
Jb Speed Art Museum · Louisville, KY · 2023
Core support for louisvilles black avant-garde," exhibitions, online educational resources, and programming, revealing the histories of the southeasts black avant-garde and louisvilles central role in the movement
$200,000
Baltimore Museum of Art · Baltimore, MD · 2023
Core support for the exhibition the culture: hip hop and 21st century art, a collaborative project of the baltimore museum of art and the st. Louis art museum
$200,000
The Museum of Fine Arts of Houston · Houston, TX · 2023
Core support for the presentation of wiley kehindes an archeology of silence exhibition
$125,000
Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art · Bentonville, AR · 2023
Core support for the architecture at home exhibition
$110,500
Museo De Arte Contemporaneo De Puerto Rico · 2023
Core support for curator positions to oversee the research and development of projects, and expand collections and exhibitions specific to puerto rican and latinx artists in the archipelago and the us
$100,000
The Center for Contemporary Arts of Santa Fe · Santa Fe, NM · 2023
Core support for exhibitions, programs, and organizational initiatives that center around healing methodologies
$100,000
Allied Media Projects · Detroit, MI · 2023
Core support for the racial imaginary institute (trii), a moving collaboration with other collectives, spaces, artists, and organizations towards art exhibitions, readings, dialogues, lectures, performances, and screeni… read allCore support for the racial imaginary institute (trii), a moving collaboration with other collectives, spaces, artists, and organizations towards art exhibitions, readings, dialogues, lectures, performances, and screenings that engage the subject of less
$100,000
Walker Art Center · Minneapolis, MN · 2023
Core support for the pacita abad exhibition curated by victoria sung
$100,000
Bric Arts Media Bklyn · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
Core support for collaboration and care: disability artistry & justice exhibition focusing on disability artistry and aesthetics
$100,000
New Orleans Museum of Art · New Orleans, LA · 2023
Core support for the installation of the artist wangechi mutus exhibition intertwined
$100,000
Extempora - Histoires Arts Cultures Et Ecologies De La Caraibe Et De Ses · 2023
Core support for travel and research related to the exhibition van leve: sovereign visions from the creole and maroon americas and amazonia guadeloupe, guyane, martinique, haiti & louisiana
$100,000
Jorge M Perez Art Museum of Miami-Dade County · Miami, FL · 2023
Core support for a gary simmons exhibition and related programming
$100,000
Mississippi Museum of Art · Jackson, MS · 2023
Core support for the purchase of works from the great migration exhibition for the museum's permanent collection
$87,000
The Black School · New Orleans, LA · 2023
Core support for it's gallery and residency programs, art exhibitions, site specific and responsive engagements, and professional artist support in new orleans
$75,000
Serpentine Trust · 2023
Project support for the installation of the exhibition of renowned artist lauren halsey
$75,000
Exhibit 3000 · Detroit, MI · 2023
General support
$63,000
Art and Photography Foundation · 2023
For the museum of art and photography's exhibitions, public programming and community platform to increase representation of marginalized women in the art world and shift social norms that perpetuate gender-based violen… read allFor the museum of art and photography's exhibitions, public programming and community platform to increase representation of marginalized women in the art world and shift social norms that perpetuate gender-based violence in the public sphere less
$50,000
National Portrait Gallery Company Limited · 2023
For the exhibition the time is always now: artists reframe the black figure which will explore the role of black subjects and artists in transatlantic figurative art
$50,000
Black Women'S Blueprint · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
Core support for the north american indigenous center of new york's native arts, design, and theater exhibition projects in collaboration with various nyc venues, including community gatherings, ipd, and native heritage… read allCore support for the north american indigenous center of new york's native arts, design, and theater exhibition projects in collaboration with various nyc venues, including community gatherings, ipd, and native heritage month celebrations in 2023 less
$50,000
The Morgan Library and Museum · New York, NY · 2023
Core support for the "belle da costa greene: a librarians legacy" exhibition to mark the 2024 centenary of the library and museum as a public institution and explore the influential and compelling life and career of its… read allCore support for the "belle da costa greene: a librarians legacy" exhibition to mark the 2024 centenary of the library and museum as a public institution and explore the influential and compelling life and career of its inaugural director less
$50,000
Association Pour La Recherche · 2023
For efforts to restore and enhance cambodian audiovisual memory through archiving, mentorship, film production and exhibition activities
$50,000
The New School · New York, NY · 2023
Project support for the institute for race, power and political economy to host an art exhibit and national symposium centered on romare beardens legacy
$50,000
Seattle Art Museum · Seattle, WA · 2023
Core support for joyce j. Scott: walk a mile in my dreams, an exhibition of work by artist joyce scott, organized by the baltimore museum of art and the seattle art museum
$50,000
Musee National Picasso-Paris · 2023
Core support for the first showing of the traveling faith ringgold exhibition in france
$50,000
Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen · 2023
Project support for the implementation of the exhibition "isaac julien: what freedom is to me"
$50,000
Duke University · Durham, NC · 2023
Core support for the exhibition and accompanying catalogue "spirit in the land", that examines urgent ecological concerns through a cultural lens, featuring voices of predominantly female artists and artists of color
$50,000
Cala Alliance · Phoenix, AZ · 2023
Core support for muddy terrains: mariana ramos ortiz and estephania gonzalez, a two-person exhibition on themes of occupation, self-determination, permanence, environmentalism, and protection
$32,000
National Hispanic Cultural Center Foundation · Albuquerque, NM · 2023
For the planning and execution of exhibition panos: visual symbolism, cultural significance and art historical relevance in chicano, latino, and american art
$25,000
European Cultural Centre-USA · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
Project support for the hymn to freedom exhibition
$25,000
The Parrish Art Museum · Water Mill, NY · 2023
Core support for frida kahlo exhibition, kahlo: an expanded body, and for the museum's access parrish disability programming
$15,000
Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland · Cleveland, OH · 2023
Core support for access components of "don't mind if i do" exhibition, featuring artist shannon finnegan
$2,500
Waiswa Sarah Marie · New York, NY · 2023
To support the sisi ni hao' exhibition showcasing east african women photographers in nairobi
$700,000
National Gallery of Art · Washington, DC · 2022
Core support for the exhibition, afro-atlantic histories
$625,000
Institute of Contemporary Art · Boston, MA · 2022
Core support to present simone leighs work at the u.s. Pavilion at the 2022 venice biennale, a subsequent survey exhibition and loophole of retreat for black women artists organized by simone leigh.
$500,000
Motown Historical Museum · Detroit, MI · 2022
Core support for the motown museum expansion exhibit design project, uncovering core elements of the motown story, and creating transformative experiences that strengthen connections between people, places, and history … read allCore support for the motown museum expansion exhibit design project, uncovering core elements of the motown story, and creating transformative experiences that strengthen connections between people, places, and history that resonate with society less
$500,000
Museum of Contemporary Art · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Core support for monuments exhibition in collaboration with laxart
$500,000
Cultural Shed · New York, NY · 2022
Core support for the exhibition particular matter(s) by tomas saraceno addressing the issue of environmental justice and its intersection with race
$250,000
Smithsonian Institution · Washington, DC · 2022
Core support for the designing peace exhibition to highlight innovative approaches that aim to build and sustain peace around the world
$250,000
Solomon R Guggenheim Foundation · New York, NY · 2022
Core support for the nick cave: forothermore exhibition
$208,334
Museo De Arte Contemporaneo De Puerto Rico · 2022
For the exhibition puerto rico negrx, focusing on the afro-puerto rican experience in visual art
$200,000
Fondazione La Biennale Di Venezia · 2022
For inclusion of artists from the global south in the 59th international art exhibition
$200,000
New York University · New York, NY · 2022
For the department of performance studies afro-atlantic futures conference, to bring together afro-brazilian and african-american artists, curators, scholars and other specialists during the afro-atlantic histories exhi… read allFor the department of performance studies afro-atlantic futures conference, to bring together afro-brazilian and african-american artists, curators, scholars and other specialists during the afro-atlantic histories exhibition less
$200,000
Asia Society · New York, NY · 2022
Core support for the center for u.s.-china relations coal + ice: inspiring climate change action through art and ideas exhibition at the kennedy center 50th anniversary
$200,000
President and Trustees of Colby College · Waterville, ME · 2022
Core support for the exhibition entitled young lords and their traces by theaster gates to examine incorporation of history in new artistic works
$150,000
Project Eats · New York, NY · 2022
Core support for project eats art inside/out exhibition program to increase the number of art-holding institutions investment in art exhibitions outside of museum and gallery walls
$125,000
Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art · Bentonville, AR · 2022
Core support for the architecture at home exhibition
$100,000
Serpentine Trust · 2022
Project support for the first uk institutional solo exhibition of renowned artist, poet, novelist, and sculptor barbara chase-riboud at serpentine's north gallery
$100,000
Allied Media Projects · Detroit, MI · 2022
Core support for the racial imaginary institute (trii), a moving collaboration with other collectives, spaces, artists, and organizations towards art exhibitions, readings, dialogues, lectures, performances, and screeni… read allCore support for the racial imaginary institute (trii), a moving collaboration with other collectives, spaces, artists, and organizations towards art exhibitions, readings, dialogues, lectures, performances, and screenings that engage the subject of less
$100,000
Corporation of the Fine Arts Museums · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Core support for the obama portraits tour exhibition at the de young museum in san francisco
$100,000
Corporation of the Fine Arts Museums · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Core support for the faith ringgold: american people exhibit tour at the de young museum in san francisco, a retrospective of an african-american artist important in the civil right era
$100,000
Duke University · Durham, NC · 2022
Core support for the exhibition and accompanying catalogue spirit in the land, that examines urgent ecological concerns through a cultural lens, featuring voices of predominantly female artists and artists of color
$100,000
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum · Boston, MA · 2022
Core support for special exhibitions featuring master contemporary artists exploring new ideas and scholarship on issues of race, representation, gender and power
$100,000
Royal Academy of Arts · 2022
For the exhibition souls grown deep like the rivers: black artists from the american south
$90,000
National Hispanic Cultural Center Foundation · Albuquerque, NM · 2022
For the planning and execution of exhibition panos: visual symbolism, cultural significance and art historical relevance in chicano, latino, and american art
$75,000
Camera News Inc Dba Third World Newsreel · New York, NY · 2022
For the digital preservation and housing of the twn 16mm film collection project and the first time theatrical exhibition of the work of renowned filmmakers camille billops and james v. Hatch
$75,000
Exhibit 3000 · Detroit, MI · 2022
General support
$50,000
Association Pour La Recherche La Production (Arpaa) · 2022
For efforts to restore and enhance cambodian audiovisual memory through archiving, mentorship, film production and exhibition activities
$50,000
Smithsonian Institution · Washington, DC · 2022
Core support for the exhibition witness: a group portrait of james baldwin which will honor the 100th anniversary of the revolutionary writer, essayist, and playwright
$50,000
Morgan Library and Museum · New York, NY · 2022
Core support for the belle da costa greene: a librarians legacy exhibition to mark the 2024 centenary of the library and museum as a public institution and explore the influential and compelling life and career of its i… read allCore support for the belle da costa greene: a librarians legacy exhibition to mark the 2024 centenary of the library and museum as a public institution and explore the influential and compelling life and career of its inaugural director less
$50,000
Guerilla Basement Productions Limited · 2022
For dirty laundry exhibition, a collection of poems and art exploring issues around womanhood, sexual and gender-based violence, feminine agency, healing and reimagination to mark the 2022 international women's day
$50,000
Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt Institute · New York, NY · 2022
Core support for the 'black americans, civil rights, and the roosevelts, 1932-1962' special exhibition
$42,500
Administrators of the Tulane Educational Fund · New Orleans, LA · 2022
For the newcomb art museum's exhibition rollercoaster: navigating the juvenile justice system through art, advocacy & social justice
$40,000
Leslie Lohman Museum of Gay and Lesbian Art · New York, NY · 2022
Core support for public programming around requiem for the norm, an exhibition of lorenza bottners work, to explore the intersections of disability, gender identity, and migration via queer dance, design, and fashion
$37,200
Community Partners · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Core support for the california african american museum to research and develop an art exhibition on george washington carver
$10,000
University of Texas Foundation · Austin, TX · 2022
For the blanton museum of art's curatorial staff travel to provide cultural exchange and enrich the exhibitions for the public

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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