Funding search · EIN 136082763 · San Francisco, CA

Rsf Social Finance

Name: Rsf Social Finance grants, 2021–2024
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A grantmaking public charity (files IRS Form 990, Schedule I). Charities like this often run real grant programs with application cycles.

1,743
grants reported: $145.4M
total given: 2021–2024
filing years: $25,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2021–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

land community recommended work black cohort participatory women

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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

Indigenous land, language, and cultural revitalization projects
Regenerative and cooperative agriculture, food sovereignty, farmer land access
Transfers to other donor-advised sponsors and fiscal intermediaries
Biodynamic and Waldorf-rooted farm education and land trusts
Democracy, civic engagement, and voter education infrastructure
Anti-nuclear, environmental health, and conservation advocacy

Typical grant

Median grant is $25,000 and the middle half runs $10,000 to $55,000, so most checks are modest. The seven-figure grants go almost entirely to other charitable sponsors and pooled funds (ImpactAssets, National Philanthropic Trust, New World Foundation, Impact Charitable) rather than to direct-service organizations; the largest direct grantees sit around $300,000 to $500,000. With 1,743 grants to 985 recipients over four years, repeat giving is the norm rather than the exception.

Their words

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

“GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT”
“Indigenous”
“Cooperative”
“Land”
“Justice”

Positioning adjacent work

Every grant is coded general operating support; ask for unrestricted funds, not a project budget line.
Connect to Indigenous-led land stewardship or cooperative farmland access, their two densest direct-giving clusters.
Ask $25,000 to $100,000 on a first approach; six figures goes to established repeat grantees.
Find the donor advisor, not a program officer; funds here are advised by individuals.

Worth knowing: RSF Social Finance is a donor-advised sponsor, so the giving reflects many individual advisors rather than one strategy, and it is heavily relationship-driven with no open call. California takes 510 of the grants and a large share of dollars simply moves to other intermediaries (ImpactAssets, NPT, Fidelity Charitable, Tides), meaning the addressable pool for a new grantee is smaller than the $145 million total suggests.

2 grants matching “bama” · $175,000

$100,000
Bama Kids Incorporated · Camden, AL · 2024
General operating support
$75,000
Bama Kids Incorporated · Camden, AL · 2021
For support for the creative me business collective to create a volunteer-run teaching and demonstration farm to provide learning and growing opportunities

Top recipients

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

Impactassets4 grants · $8.7M
Fwdus Education Fund4 grants · $7.6M
Choose Love3 grants · $4.4M
New World Foundation4 grants · $4.2M
Living Lands Trust2 grants · $4.0M
Global Whole Being Fund3 grants · $3.4M
National Black Food and Justice Alliance3 grants · $3.2M
Land Is Life4 grants · $3.0M
Ekvnv Yefolecvlke4 grants · $2.5M
Tides Foundation4 grants · $2.4M

Giving over time

$34.7M

2021

$29.5M

2022

$33.1M

2023

$48.2M

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 1,743 grants.

$5.5M
Impactassets · Bethesda, MD · 2024
General operating support
$5.3M
Fwdus Education Fund · Washington, DC · 2021
For ecosystem-based grassroots support for forcibly displaced people along the u.s.-mexico border; for national dignity for families fund
$3.0M
National Black Food and Justice Alliance · Atlanta, GA · 2024
General operating support
$2.7M
Choose Love · New York, NY · 2022
For general operating support
$2.6M
Global Whole Being Fund · Alameda, CA · 2024
General operating support
$2.6M
Impactassets · Bethesda, MD · 2021
For sarah christiano application to open the nagliano charitable fund
$2.3M
Living Lands Trust · Burlington, WI · 2024
General operating support
$2.3M
National Philanthropic Trust · Jenkintown, PA · 2024
General operating support
$2.0M
Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston · Boston, MA · 2023
For the def fund
$1.7M
Center for Third World Organizing · Oakland, CA · 2023
For general support of reparations summer by the black land liberation initiative, recommended by naomi roswell
$1.7M
New World Foundation · New York, NY · 2024
General operating support
$1.7M
Choose Love · New York, NY · 2021
For humanitarian support
$1.6M
Living Lands Trust · Burlington, WI · 2023
For the high hope reserve fund
$1.6M
New World Foundation · New York, NY · 2023
For the local economies project
$1.3M
Ekvnv Yefolecvlke · Weogufka, AL · 2024
General operating support
$1.3M
Fwdus Education Fund · Washington, DC · 2024
General operating support
$1.2M
Yggdrasil Land Foundation · Burlington, WI · 2022
For capacity building
$1.2M
Climate Justice Alliance · Berkeley, CA · 2021
For climate justice alliance
$1.0M
Quipa · Albany, NY · 2024
General operating support
$1.0M
Land Is Life · New York, NY · 2023
For alianza milpa
$1.0M
Impact Charitable · Denver, CO · 2024
General operating support
$997,750
Tides Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2022
For project support
$980,000
Land Is Life · New York, NY · 2022
For protection of indigenous territories, promoting the right to free prior informed consent, support to promote the participation of indigenous women, promotion of indigenous peoples human rights and advocacy action
$902,500
New World Foundation · New York, NY · 2021
To support the local economies project for covid relief funds; to support the phoenix fund; to support the goodwill fund
$870,000
Federation of Southern Cooperatives Land Assistance Fund · East Point, GA · 2022
For the soco regional marketing system; farmer marketing readiness; general operating support
$865,000
Ekvnv Yefolecvlke · Weogufka, AL · 2023
For general operating support
$838,041
The Denver Foundation · Denver, CO · 2021
For the barry k. Rosenberg fund
$833,185
Community Foundation of San Benito County · Hollister, CA · 2024
General operating support
$800,000
Fwdus Education Fund · Washington, DC · 2022
To support the ecosystem that improves rights and wellbeing of people on the move
$764,104
Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Cincinnati, OH · 2024
General operating support
$721,195
Friends of Vancouver Foundation · Seattle, WA · 2024
General operating support
$654,250
Tides Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2023
For trans justice funding project fund
$620,000
Land Is Life · New York, NY · 2021
For alianza milpa sur; for protecting human rights for indigenous peoples & territories in latin america
$590,000
Inquiring Systems · Santa Rosa, CA · 2024
General operating support
$554,961
Jubilee Justice · Oakland, CA · 2023
For general operating support
$510,000
Groundswell International · Asheville, NC · 2021
For promoting agroecology in west africa through advocacy, and providing alternatives to farmer input subsidy programs in ghana and burkina faso
$506,000
The Farm School · Athol, MA · 2024
General operating support
$500,000
Tule River Indian Tribe of the Tule River Reservation California · Porterville, CA · 2024
General operating support
$490,000
Cultural Conservancy Sacred Land Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2022
For general operating support
$486,000
Proteus Fund · Amherst, MA · 2023
For support of third wave fund
$485,000
Proteus Fund · Amherst, MA · 2021
For third wave fund for core support; for jewish liberation fund
$484,201
Jubilee Justice · Oakland, CA · 2024
General operating support
$473,470
Impactassets · Bethesda, MD · 2023
For neighborhood economics as a project of gather lab
$465,000
Proteus Fund · Amherst, MA · 2022
For sex workers giving circle / third wave fund / jewish liberation fund
$465,000
Higher Purpose Co · Clarksdale, MS · 2021
General operating support
$450,000
Global Whole Being Fund · Alameda, CA · 2023
To support emergency relief organizations in morocco
$440,000
Tides Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2021
To support the hollyhock fund at nextwave foundation; for the inland empowerment fund; to support the movement voter fund; for bloc education fund; for the trans justice funding project
$432,000
Common Counsel Foundation · Oakland, CA · 2021
For movement for black lives (m4bl); for kindle project afghanistan; for native voices rising
$430,000
Common Counsel Foundation · Oakland, CA · 2022
For movement for black lives
$403,550
Realize Impact · Bainbridge Island, WA · 2024
General operating support
$400,000
Federation of Southern Cooperatives Land Assistance Fund · East Point, GA · 2024
General operating support
$400,000
Qizhjeh Vena Alaska · Eagle River, AK · 2024
General operating support
$400,000
Higher Purpose Co · Clarksdale, MS · 2022
To support the capital campaign / general operating support
$400,000
Queer Asterisk · Boulder, CO · 2022
For general operating support
$400,000
Women Make Movies · New York, NY · 2022
For index: trace, a film by cynthia madansky
$396,000
The Farm School · Athol, MA · 2023
For general operating support, bpg (big pig gig, spring fundraiser)
$381,000
Canticle Farm · Oakland, CA · 2023
For casa caminante
$370,000
Higher Purpose Co · Clarksadale, MS · 2023
For emergency relief
$370,000
Cultural Conservancy Sacred Land Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2021
For general operating support; for braiding the sacred's work on sacred soils, sacred seeds
$355,000
Commonweal · Bolinas, CA · 2024
General operating support
$350,000
Land Is Life · New York, NY · 2024
General operating support
$350,000
Friends International · Walnut Creek, CA · 2023
For general operating support
$350,000
Women Make Movies · New York, NY · 2023
For index/trace
$350,000
Hope Enterprise Corporation · Jackson, MS · 2021
For general operating support
$344,000
Cultural Survival · Cambridge, MA · 2024
General operating support
$337,000
Cultural Survival · Cambridge, MA · 2023
For general operating support
$335,000
Ekvnv Yefolecvlke · Weogufka, AL · 2022
For general operating support
$330,000
Springboard To Opportunities · Jackson, MS · 2021
For general operating support
$325,000
Mississippi Center for Cultural Production · Utica, MS · 2023
For greenhouse production planning project
$325,000
Global Whole Being Fund · Alameda, CA · 2022
For general operating support
$320,000
Women Make Movies · New York, NY · 2024
General operating support
$320,000
Common Future · Oakland, CA · 2021
For general operating support
$319,500
Ndn Collective · Rapid City, SD · 2024
General operating support
$300,000
California Heritage Indigenous Research Project · Nevada City, CA · 2024
General operating support
$300,000
Hui Malama I Ke Ala Ulili · Paauilo, HI · 2024
General operating support
$300,000
Native Conservancy · Cordova, AK · 2024
General operating support
$300,000
Ohana Waa · Lihue, HI · 2024
General operating support
$300,000
The Good Nation Foundation · New York City, NY · 2024
General operating support
$300,000
California Indian Museum & Cultural Center · Santa Rosa, CA · 2023
For general operating support
$300,000
Fwdus Education Fund · Washington, DC · 2023
For supporting dignity for families fund
$300,000
Mesa Independent Living · Ojai, CA · 2023
For general operating support
$300,000
California Indian Museum & Cultural Center · Santa Rosa, CA · 2022
For general operating support
$300,000
Energy Employees Claimant Assistance Project · Yellow Springs, OH · 2022
For litigation support and/or document archiving
$300,000
Road Warriors Lacrosse Inc a Delaware Non-Stock Non Profit Corp · Wilmington, DE · 2022
For general operating support for haudenosaunee nationals lacrosse
$300,000
California Indian Museum and Cultural Center · Santa Rosa, CA · 2021
For general operating support
$290,000
Jubilee Justice · Oakland, CA · 2021
For general operating support
$280,000
Huukuiko · Brisbane, CA · 2023
To support land return/purchase of 25.9 acres of ancestral homeland in 'etcha tamal (nicasio) to coast miwok people
$277,000
Rudolf Steiner Fellowship Foundation · Chestnut Ridge, NY · 2022
For pine lodge on behalf of mark finser; for general operating support
$270,000
Southern Rural Black Women Initiative for Social Economic Justice · Jackson, MS · 2023
For general operating support
$268,332
American Society for Technion - Israel Institute of Technology · New York, NY · 2022
For judith kaplan doctorial fellowship fund
$266,750
Tides Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
General operating support
$265,000
Mississippi Assoc of Cooperatives · Jackson, MS · 2024
General operating support
$265,000
Inquiring Systems · Santa Rosa, CA · 2021
For general operating support
$262,500
La Semilla Food Center · Anthony, NM · 2021
For the support of the "open letter group; for general operating support
$262,000
Jubilee Justice · Oakland, CA · 2022
For general operating support
$259,977
Amalgamated Charitable Foundation · Washington, DC · 2023
For general operating support of kindle project
$251,000
Global Greengrants Fund · Boulder, CO · 2023
For general operating support
$250,000
Boggs Rural Life Center · Keysville, GA · 2024
General operating support
$250,000
Canal Alliance · San Rafael, CA · 2024
General operating support
$250,000
New Stories · Spokane, WA · 2024
General operating support

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Source: IRS Form 990, Schedule I, as filed by this organization. These are grants already paid. Grants paid directly to individuals are reported to the IRS only as totals, so they do not appear as named lines here.