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73 grants matching “producer” · $5.4M

• $140,000

  K Powell · New York, NY · 2024

  To produce a film, educational materials, and impact campaign, to educate the public about black masculinity, gender, mental health, and build intersectional solidarity

• $100,000

  Casimir Pulaski Foundation · 2024

  To produce and disseminate research and educational materials to support ukraine's european integration, foster european union and ukraine relations and address the eu accession concerns and challenges for strengthening… read allTo produce and disseminate research and educational materials to support ukraine's european integration, foster european union and ukraine relations and address the eu accession concerns and challenges for strengthening the democratic pillars for the citizens of ukraine less
• $70,000

  Pms · New York, NY · 2024

  To produce research and educational materials to educate the public about the hindu nationalism movement and its impact on civic engagement in the united states

• $70,000

  Sr · New York, NY · 2024

  To produce a film and accompanying materials to educate the public about the hindu nationalism movement and its impact on civic engagement in the united states

• $65,000

  A Boundaoui · New York, NY · 2024

  To produce an exhibition and accompanying film and materials to educate the public on government surveillance programs that targeted muslim populations across the united states

• $65,000

  R Guidi · New York, NY · 2024

  To produce a bi-lingual podcast entitled happy forgetting that aims to educate the public about forgotten histories that grapple with issues of racial discrimination and how we can learn to build more just and equitable… read allTo produce a bi-lingual podcast entitled happy forgetting that aims to educate the public about forgotten histories that grapple with issues of racial discrimination and how we can learn to build more just and equitable societies less
• $65,000

  J Neal · New York, NY · 2024

  To produce and begin implementation of food waste management and compost systems and educational programming for the general public about the systemic racism of current waste management systems, in order to promote a co… read allTo produce and begin implementation of food waste management and compost systems and educational programming for the general public about the systemic racism of current waste management systems, in order to promote a community based approach to food waste management and change the environmental and health impacts that disproportionately affect bipoc communities less
• $65,000

  Yd · New York, NY · 2024

  To produce two books that will be used to educate the public about systems of caste discrimination in southern asia and how these systems have been translated into american culture and act as a barrier to just and equit… read allTo produce two books that will be used to educate the public about systems of caste discrimination in southern asia and how these systems have been translated into american culture and act as a barrier to just and equitable societies less
• $65,000

  Ts · New York, NY · 2024

  To produce a documentary film entitled holder of the sky to educate the public about the struggle for indigenous land and sovereignty in wisconsin

• $65,000

  M Zayid · New York, NY · 2024

  To produce a mockumentary style web series or film entitled marry me, majdoleen to educate the public on issues of disability rights, and cultural and religious belonging, through humor and popular culture

• $65,000

  T Hemphill · New York, NY · 2024

  To produce a variety of data based tools to analyze hip hop and study the racial bias implications of machine learning/ ai models and the language used to train these models, which will be used to educate the public on … read allTo produce a variety of data based tools to analyze hip hop and study the racial bias implications of machine learning/ ai models and the language used to train these models, which will be used to educate the public on technology, hip hop culture, and address issues of how technology can reinforce racial bias and erode belonging in a democratic society less
• $65,000

  E Williams · New York, NY · 2024

  To produce a series of events serving as a national truth commission on conditions faced by poor black women and girls which will serve to advance belonging by educating the public about the radical measures needed to c… read allTo produce a series of events serving as a national truth commission on conditions faced by poor black women and girls which will serve to advance belonging by educating the public about the radical measures needed to create a truly inclusive democratic society less
• $65,000

  A Oso · New York, NY · 2024

  To produce a style guide and accompanying educational programing for media organizations and the public on how to speak about black women and girls in a way that provides dignity, integrity, and belonging in representat… read allTo produce a style guide and accompanying educational programing for media organizations and the public on how to speak about black women and girls in a way that provides dignity, integrity, and belonging in representations in text and media less
• $56,667

  O Berrada · New York, NY · 2024

  To produce a book manuscript and design a performance series that confronts anti-black racism in north africa, situates questions of moroccan identity within global frameworks for racial justice, and explores themes of … read allTo produce a book manuscript and design a performance series that confronts anti-black racism in north africa, situates questions of moroccan identity within global frameworks for racial justice, and explores themes of pan-african solidarities, collective memory, and heritage in order to educate the public and to reimagine public space around more inclusive narratives less
• $56,667

  J Weber · New York, NY · 2024

  To produce the detroit remediation forest, an environmental regeneration project with a frontline community in detroit that has experienced severe environmental trauma and devastation, which will revitalize a square acr… read allTo produce the detroit remediation forest, an environmental regeneration project with a frontline community in detroit that has experienced severe environmental trauma and devastation, which will revitalize a square acre forest as an air detoxification zone, a community healing center to host trauma-informed programs, an open-air environmental justice classroom, and a site for tree transplants to counter the harmful effects of pollution from nearby automobile plants less
• $56,667

  M Linda Gapare · New York, NY · 2024

  To produce a series of art and community engaged works focused on examining issues of land injustice, reform, and restitution in south africa to educate the public and address contemporary realities of land dispossessio… read allTo produce a series of art and community engaged works focused on examining issues of land injustice, reform, and restitution in south africa to educate the public and address contemporary realities of land dispossession, cultural erasure, colonialism, and apartheid faced by indigenous people and black south africans less
• $56,667

  R Sahakian · New York, NY · 2024

  To produce a film and publication that centers iraqi experience in the global movement for environmental, climate, and reparative justice and explores the destructive impact that war and occupation have on land and the … read allTo produce a film and publication that centers iraqi experience in the global movement for environmental, climate, and reparative justice and explores the destructive impact that war and occupation have on land and the environment in order to educate the public less
• $56,667

  M Sofia Gonalves De Miranda · New York, NY · 2024

  To produce a collaborative film, decolonized archive, and series of programs that document stories of migration and land ecologies, interrogate the harmful impact of racialized and environmental gentrification, and brin… read allTo produce a collaborative film, decolonized archive, and series of programs that document stories of migration and land ecologies, interrogate the harmful impact of racialized and environmental gentrification, and bring together artists, activists, ecologists, and the migrant african community of lisbon, portugal in order to educate the public and to reimagine more inclusive, equitable, and environmentally sustainable public spaces less
• $56,667

  D Berenice Jimenez Martinez · New York, NY · 2024

  To produce a collaborative, multidisciplinary, and archival project with frontline communities in the basin of the valley of mexico, that preserves and uplifts native and local agricultural knowledge practices and langu… read allTo produce a collaborative, multidisciplinary, and archival project with frontline communities in the basin of the valley of mexico, that preserves and uplifts native and local agricultural knowledge practices and languages in relation to water, promotes alternative ways of knowing and being in relation with the environment, promotes audience learning, and works to restore and heal society's relationship to the land less
• $56,667

  C Caycedo · New York, NY · 2024

  To produce we place life at the center-situamos la vida al centro, an exhibition, publication, and pedagogical platform grounded in field research and engagement with indigenous and campesino/peasant communities through… read allTo produce we place life at the center-situamos la vida al centro, an exhibition, publication, and pedagogical platform grounded in field research and engagement with indigenous and campesino/peasant communities throughout the americas, that centers indigenous approaches to the natural world as sustaining solutions for global climate crisis in order to educate the public less
• $33,333

  N Sinnokrot · New York, NY · 2024

  To produce a series of collaborative and site-specific sculptures that uplift indigenous knowledge practices and reclaim cultural memory, employ artistic, agricultural, and land-based ecological processes and participat… read allTo produce a series of collaborative and site-specific sculptures that uplift indigenous knowledge practices and reclaim cultural memory, employ artistic, agricultural, and land-based ecological processes and participatory approaches to expand current discourse and action on environmental justice, in order to educate the public and activate public spaces in ways that are resonant and impactful for palestinian and indigenous communities globally less
• $25,000

  W Isom Ii · New York, NY · 2024

  To produce two books that educate the public about the experience of black appalachians

• $20,000

  C Cooper · New York, NY · 2024

  To produce a podcast investigative series on how a coordinated network of extremist sheriffs used popular resentment against the government to undermine racial and immigrant justice

• $18,000

  R Sanchez Cruz · New York, NY · 2024

  To support a market/cultural viability study to understand how to best increase demand for locally-produced food in underservved communities historically known as food deserts

• $15,000

  A Shahidah Simmons · New York, NY · 2024

  To produce an impactful limited podcast series, love with accountability, to educate the public about meditative practices, healing, and social justice activism for survivors of sexual violence

• $3,654

  Y Arrington · New York, NY · 2024

  To educate the public and produce a pilot and short-series visual podcast that will include interviews and debates with black and brown youth voices on issues and solutions to criminal justice reform, juvenile probation… read allTo educate the public and produce a pilot and short-series visual podcast that will include interviews and debates with black and brown youth voices on issues and solutions to criminal justice reform, juvenile probation reform, restorative justice, police reform, and reentry and recidivism less
• $918

  P Raval · New York, NY · 2024

  To produce a docuseries to radically reframe the immigrant experience and educate the public about the culture of incarceration in america, through the lives and work of artists participating in a trans-national, trans-… read allTo produce a docuseries to radically reframe the immigrant experience and educate the public about the culture of incarceration in america, through the lives and work of artists participating in a trans-national, trans-media work less
• $407

  Z Siegel · New York, NY · 2024

  To educate the public and to produce a series of journalistic articles and narrative audio stories that highlight public health and harm reduction approaches to overdose deaths where punishment, incarceration, and racis… read allTo educate the public and to produce a series of journalistic articles and narrative audio stories that highlight public health and harm reduction approaches to overdose deaths where punishment, incarceration, and racist policing has failed for decades less
• $400,000

  Aspiration · San Francisco, CA · 2023

  To support the ai now institute in their work on artificial intelligence accountability to ensure that all artificial intelligence is sensitive and responsive to the people who bear the highest risk of bias, error, or e… read allTo support the ai now institute in their work on artificial intelligence accountability to ensure that all artificial intelligence is sensitive and responsive to the people who bear the highest risk of bias, error, or exploitation by producing research, shaping standards and practices and helping shape a rigorous and inclusive field focused on these issues. less
• $400,000

  Data & Society Research Institute · New York, NY · 2023

  To support data & society research institute on their algorithmic accountability work, including the creation of an algorithmic impact methods lab by researching, testing and propagating viable methods for measuring alg… read allTo support data & society research institute on their algorithmic accountability work, including the creation of an algorithmic impact methods lab by researching, testing and propagating viable methods for measuring algorithmic impact in ways that produce accountability to the public less
• $220,365

  International Documentary Association · Los Angeles, CA · 2023

  To support mira studios, a fiscally sponsored project, to produce a documentary highlighting four women as they navigate the harsh reality of conflict in afghanistan and its impact on women's rights

• $65,000

  Tahir Hemphill · Baltimore, MD · 2023

  To produce a variety of data based tools to analyze hip hop and study the racial bias implications of machine learning/ ai models and the language used to train these models, which will be used to educate the public on … read allTo produce a variety of data based tools to analyze hip hop and study the racial bias implications of machine learning/ ai models and the language used to train these models, which will be used to educate the public on technology, hip hop culture, and address issues of how technology can reinforce racial bias and erode belonging in a democratic society less
• $65,000

  Erica Williams · Tacoma, WA · 2023

  To produce a series of events serving as a national truth commission on conditions faced by poor black women and girls which will serve to advance belonging by educating the public about the radical measures needed to c… read allTo produce a series of events serving as a national truth commission on conditions faced by poor black women and girls which will serve to advance belonging by educating the public about the radical measures needed to create a truly inclusive democratic society less
• $65,000

  Assia Boundaoui · Chicago, IL · 2023

  To produce an exhibition and accompanying film and materials to educate the public on government surveillance programs that targeted muslim populations across the united states

• $65,000

  Anshantia Oso · Mesa, AZ · 2023

  To produce a style guide and accompanying educational programing for media organizations and the public on how to speak about black women and girls in a way that provides dignity, integrity, and belonging in representat… read allTo produce a style guide and accompanying educational programing for media organizations and the public on how to speak about black women and girls in a way that provides dignity, integrity, and belonging in representations in text and media less
• $65,000

  Yd · Brooklyn, NY · 2023

  To produce two books that will be used to educate the public about systems of caste discrimination in southern asia and how these systems have been translated into american culture and act as a barrier to just and equit… read allTo produce two books that will be used to educate the public about systems of caste discrimination in southern asia and how these systems have been translated into american culture and act as a barrier to just and equitable societies less
• $65,000

  Seth Hernandez Rongkilyo · Panorama City, CA · 2023

  To produce a feature-length documentary called unseen that will be used to educate the public about the intersections of immigration, disability, and mental health through a character-driven portrait of pedro, an aspiri… read allTo produce a feature-length documentary called unseen that will be used to educate the public about the intersections of immigration, disability, and mental health through a character-driven portrait of pedro, an aspiring social worker less
• $65,000

  Maurice Weeks · Detriot, MI · 2023

  To produce a book, podcast and webinar series that educates the public about the growing debt crisis for a new generation of americans through the lens of systemic racism in the economy

• $65,000

  Jeffrey Neal · Washington, DC · 2023

  To produce and begin implementation of food waste management and compost systems and educational programming for the general public about the systemic racism of current waste management systems, in order to promote a co… read allTo produce and begin implementation of food waste management and compost systems and educational programming for the general public about the systemic racism of current waste management systems, in order to promote a community based approach to food waste management and change the environmental and health impacts that disproportionately affect bipoc communities less
• $65,000

  Maysoon Zayid · Cliffside Park, NJ · 2023

  To produce a mockumentary style web series or film entitled marry me, majdoleen to educate the public on issues of disability rights, and cultural and religious belonging, through humor and popular culture

• $65,000

  Ruxandra Guidi · Tucson, AZ · 2023

  To produce a bi-lingual podcast entitled happy forgetting that aims to educate the public about forgotten histories that grapple with issues of racial discrimination and how we can learn to build more just and equitable… read allTo produce a bi-lingual podcast entitled happy forgetting that aims to educate the public about forgotten histories that grapple with issues of racial discrimination and how we can learn to build more just and equitable societies less
• $65,000

  Ts · Big Pine, CA · 2023

  To produce a documentary film entitled holder of the sky to educate the public about the struggle for indigenous land and sovereignty in wisconsin

• $56,500

  Yasmine Arrington · Washington, DC · 2023

  To educate the public and produce a pilot and short-series visual podcast that will include interviews and debates with black and brown youth voices on issues and solutions to criminal justice reform, juvenile probation… read allTo educate the public and produce a pilot and short-series visual podcast that will include interviews and debates with black and brown youth voices on issues and solutions to criminal justice reform, juvenile probation reform, restorative justice, police reform, and reentry and recidivism less
• $42,000

  Zachary Siegel · Chicago, IL · 2023

  To educate the public and to produce a series of journalistic articles and narrative audio stories that highlight public health and harm reduction approaches to overdose deaths where punishment, incarceration, and racis… read allTo educate the public and to produce a series of journalistic articles and narrative audio stories that highlight public health and harm reduction approaches to overdose deaths where punishment, incarceration, and racist policing has failed for decades less
• $33,333

  Molemo Linda Gapare · 2023

  To produce a series of art and community engaged works focused on examining issues of land injustice, reform, and restitution in south africa to educate the public and address contemporary realities of land dispossessio… read allTo produce a series of art and community engaged works focused on examining issues of land injustice, reform, and restitution in south africa to educate the public and address contemporary realities of land dispossession, cultural erasure, colonialism, and apartheid faced by indigenous people and black south africans less
• $33,333

  Rijin Sahakian · Davis, CA · 2023

  To produce a film and publication that centers iraqi experience in the global movement for environmental, climate, and reparative justice and explores the destructive impact that war and occupation have on land and the … read allTo produce a film and publication that centers iraqi experience in the global movement for environmental, climate, and reparative justice and explores the destructive impact that war and occupation have on land and the environment in order to educate the public less
• $33,333

  Jordan Weber · New York, NY · 2023

  To produce the detroit remediation forest, an environmental regeneration project with a frontline community in detroit that has experienced severe environmental trauma and devastation, which will revitalize a square acr… read allTo produce the detroit remediation forest, an environmental regeneration project with a frontline community in detroit that has experienced severe environmental trauma and devastation, which will revitalize a square acre forest as an air detoxification zone, a community healing center to host trauma-informed programs, an open-air environmental justice classroom, and a site for tree transplants to counter the harmful effects of pollution from nearby automobile plants less
• $33,333

  Monica Sofia Gonalves De Miranda · 2023

  To produce a collaborative film, decolonized archive, and series of programs that document stories of migration and land ecologies, interrogate the harmful impact of racialized and environmental gentrification, and brin… read allTo produce a collaborative film, decolonized archive, and series of programs that document stories of migration and land ecologies, interrogate the harmful impact of racialized and environmental gentrification, and bring together artists, activists, ecologists, and the migrant african community of lisbon, portugal in order to educate the public and to reimagine more inclusive, equitable, and environmentally sustainable public spaces less
• $33,333

  Carolina Caycedo · Los Angeles, CA · 2023

  To produce we place life at the center-situamos la vida al centro, an exhibition, publication, and pedagogical platform grounded in field research and engagement with indigenous and campesino/peasant communities through… read allTo produce we place life at the center-situamos la vida al centro, an exhibition, publication, and pedagogical platform grounded in field research and engagement with indigenous and campesino/peasant communities throughout the americas, that centers indigenous approaches to the natural world as sustaining solutions for global climate crisis in order to educate the public less
• $33,333

  Omar Berrada · Brooklyn, NY · 2023

  To produce a book manuscript and design a performance series that confronts anti-black racism in north africa, situates questions of moroccan identity within global frameworks for racial justice, and explores themes of … read allTo produce a book manuscript and design a performance series that confronts anti-black racism in north africa, situates questions of moroccan identity within global frameworks for racial justice, and explores themes of pan-african solidarities, collective memory, and heritage in order to educate the public and to reimagine public space around more inclusive narratives less
• $33,333

  Nida Sinnokrot · Cambridge, MA · 2023

  To produce a series of collaborative and site-specific sculptures that uplift indigenous knowledge practices and reclaim cultural memory, employ artistic, agricultural, and land-based ecological processes and participat… read allTo produce a series of collaborative and site-specific sculptures that uplift indigenous knowledge practices and reclaim cultural memory, employ artistic, agricultural, and land-based ecological processes and participatory approaches to expand current discourse and action on environmental justice, in order to educate the public and activate public spaces in ways that are resonant and impactful for palestinian and indigenous communities globally less
• $33,333

  Dennis Berenice Jimenez Martinez · 2023

  To produce a collaborative, multidisciplinary, and archival project with frontline communities in the basin of the valley of mexico, that preserves and uplifts native and local agricultural knowledge practices and langu… read allTo produce a collaborative, multidisciplinary, and archival project with frontline communities in the basin of the valley of mexico, that preserves and uplifts native and local agricultural knowledge practices and languages in relation to water, promotes alternative ways of knowing and being in relation with the environment, promotes audience learning, and works to restore and heal society's relationship to the land less
• $26,667

  Meleko Mokgosi · New York, NY · 2023

  To produce pan-african pulp, a series of public artworks and published material that reconceptualizes important ideas of pan-africanism and black consciousness in order to educate the public and build alliances between … read allTo produce pan-african pulp, a series of public artworks and published material that reconceptualizes important ideas of pan-africanism and black consciousness in order to educate the public and build alliances between africans, diasporic africans, immigrants, and groups seeking to contest systemic racism, oppression, xenophobia, and anti-immigrant sentiment in the us context and abroad less
• $1,500

  Paul Raval · Austin, TX · 2023

  To produce a docuseries to radically reframe the immigrant experience and educate the public about the culture of incarceration in america, through the lives and work of artists participating in a trans-national, trans-… read allTo produce a docuseries to radically reframe the immigrant experience and educate the public about the culture of incarceration in america, through the lives and work of artists participating in a trans-national, trans-media work less
• $295,000

  Institute for Strategic Dialogue · Washington Dc, DC · 2022

  To produce regular and timely evidence of disinformation and extremism online in the run-up to the elections and track suspected online violations of the french electoral code and other election-related commitments, whe… read allTo produce regular and timely evidence of disinformation and extremism online in the run-up to the elections and track suspected online violations of the french electoral code and other election-related commitments, whether by private social media platforms or political actors online, to inform potential real-time litigation and legal precedent setting less
• $251,983

  Watchdoc Media Mandiri · 2022

  To produce high quality educational materials including reports and documentaries to counter disinformation and to support local communities and vulnerable groups through collaborative investigative reporting, discussio… read allTo produce high quality educational materials including reports and documentaries to counter disinformation and to support local communities and vulnerable groups through collaborative investigative reporting, discussions, and media training less
• $220,000

  Msingi East Africa Ltd · 2022

  To provide technical support to different categories of aquaculture producers in kenya, which will build a more inclusive and sustainable aquaculture sector

• $200,000

  Global Campaign for Education · 2022

  To provide support for the protection of education budgets, developing knowledge and skills in education financing, producing common resources and tools, and facilitating learning among the global campaign for education… read allTo provide support for the protection of education budgets, developing knowledge and skills in education financing, producing common resources and tools, and facilitating learning among the global campaign for education members less
• $143,000

  Cristina Jimnez Moreta · New Rochelle, NY · 2022

  To produce a book that will examine and educate the public about how the current immigration system in the united states is rooted in white supremacy and systemic racism and what needs to be done to fix it

• $120,000

  Outriders Spolka Not-for-Profit Sp Z Oo · 2022

  To produce journalism that educates and informs the public, scale up and strengthen its organizational capacity

• $87,164

  A a · 2022

  To produce an international artistic cooperation project between theater workers and social actors to educate the public and document an alternative history of migration in the arab region, while dismantling harmful "cr… read allTo produce an international artistic cooperation project between theater workers and social actors to educate the public and document an alternative history of migration in the arab region, while dismantling harmful "crisis" narratives and advancing public dialogue around the disappearance and fragmentation of public space less
• $83,955

  Pj Raval · Austin, TX · 2022

  To produce a docuseries to radically reframe the immigrant experience and educate the public about the culture of incarceration in america, through the lives and work of artists participating in a trans-national, trans-… read allTo produce a docuseries to radically reframe the immigrant experience and educate the public about the culture of incarceration in america, through the lives and work of artists participating in a trans-national, trans-media work less
• $74,704

  Ideas Policy Research Berhad · 2022

  To produce rigorous research and analysis on key economic challenges for timor leste

• $71,500

  Zachary Norris · Oakland, CA · 2022

  To write a book and produce a set of other written materials that will examine and offer solutions to the root causes and impact of family separation within communities of color

• $65,000

  Seth Hernandez Rongkilyo · Panorama City, CA · 2022

  To produce a feature-length documentary called "unseen" that will be used to educate the public about the intersections of immigration, disability, and mental health through a character-driven portrait of pedro, an aspi… read allTo produce a feature-length documentary called "unseen" that will be used to educate the public about the intersections of immigration, disability, and mental health through a character-driven portrait of pedro, an aspiring social worker less
• $65,000

  Maurice Weeks · Detriot, MI · 2022

  To produce a book, podcast and webinar series that educates the public about the growing debt crisis for a new generation of americans through the lens of systemic racism in the economy

• $43,178

  Zachary Siegel · Chicago, IL · 2022

  To educate the public and to produce a series of journalistic articles and narrative audio stories that highlight public health and harm reduction approaches to overdose deaths where punishment, incarceration, and racis… read allTo educate the public and to produce a series of journalistic articles and narrative audio stories that highlight public health and harm reduction approaches to overdose deaths where punishment, incarceration, and racist policing has failed for decades less
• $34,500

  Yasmine Arrington · Washington, DC · 2022

  To educate the public and produce a pilot and short-series visual podcast that will include interviews and debates with black and brown youth voices on issues and solutions to criminal justice reform, juvenile probation… read allTo educate the public and produce a pilot and short-series visual podcast that will include interviews and debates with black and brown youth voices on issues and solutions to criminal justice reform, juvenile probation reform, restorative justice, police reform, and reentry and recidivism less
• $26,667

  Olu Oguibe · Vernon Rockville, CT · 2022

  To produce an ambitious three-part project around the subject of refuge and hospitality, including site-specific artworks, sculptures in public space, and a convening in order to educate the public about art, activism, … read allTo produce an ambitious three-part project around the subject of refuge and hospitality, including site-specific artworks, sculptures in public space, and a convening in order to educate the public about art, activism, and immigration less
• $26,667

  Tiago Dos Santos De Sant'Ana · 2022

  To produce a series of art works at the site of former sugar mills in the region of bahia, brazil, interrogating historical legacies of forced migration, economic exploitation, and colonial violence carried out in these… read allTo produce a series of art works at the site of former sugar mills in the region of bahia, brazil, interrogating historical legacies of forced migration, economic exploitation, and colonial violence carried out in these spaces in order to educate the public and confront contemporary realities of racial and social inequality faced by afro-brazilians today less
• $13,000

  Endia Sherie Beal Lamarque · Winstonsalem, NC · 2022

  To produce the project, "performance review and create a comprehensive distribution strategy that includes a traveling exhibition that features "performance review" alongside previous bodies of work, lectures, and an ex… read allTo produce the project, "performance review and create a comprehensive distribution strategy that includes a traveling exhibition that features "performance review" alongside previous bodies of work, lectures, and an exhibition catalogue. less
• $13,000

  Rahima Gambo · 2022

  To produce a new project that crosses the boundary between documentary photography and sculpture, and engages with narratives about women in northern nigeria and the increasing use of female suicide bombers by boko hara… read allTo produce a new project that crosses the boundary between documentary photography and sculpture, and engages with narratives about women in northern nigeria and the increasing use of female suicide bombers by boko haram in public spaces in maiduguri, nigeria. less
• $1,459

  Bouchra Khalili · 2022

  To produce a collaborative video installation, "the assembly", with north african immigrant youth groups in france using film, history, and story-telling to collectively rethink the question of citizenship beyond normat… read allTo produce a collaborative video installation, "the assembly", with north african immigrant youth groups in france using film, history, and story-telling to collectively rethink the question of citizenship beyond normative conceptions of national belonging. less

Top recipients

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

• Central European University10 grants · $218.0M
• Bard College19 grants · $124.8M
• Media Development Investment Fund3 grants · $14.7M
• The Barack Obama Foundation3 grants · $9.0M
• Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors5 grants · $8.7M
• New Venture Fund9 grants · $8.5M
• Tides Foundation6 grants · $5.3M
• Asia Democracy Network4 grants · $5.2M
• European Council On Foreign Relations2 grants · $5.0M
• Natural Resource Governance Institute2 grants · $5.0M

Giving over time

Grant history

The 100 largest of 2,134 grants.

• $45.0M

  Bard College · Annandaleonhudson, NY · 2023

  To provide general support

• $40.9M

  Central European University · New York, NY · 2023

  To provide general support

• $38.0M

  Central European University · New York, NY · 2024

  To provide general support

• $37.5M

  Bard College · Annandaleonhudson, NY · 2022

  To provide general support

• $37.0M

  Central European University · New York, NY · 2022

  To provide general support

• $32.0M

  Central European University · New York, NY · 2024

  To provide general support

• $30.1M

  Central European University · New York, NY · 2023

  To provide general support

• $27.9M

  Central European University · New York, NY · 2022

  To provide general support

• $12.5M

  Bard College · Annandaleonhudson, NY · 2024

  To provide general support

• $10.0M

  Bard College · Annandaleonhudson, NY · 2022

  To support bard college's center for civic engagement as the new administrative hub for the open society university network's operations

• $9.3M

  Central European University · New York, NY · 2023

  To support the launch of the osun research excellence hub at central european university's budapest campus

• $7.5M

  Bard College · Annandaleonhudson, NY · 2023

  To support bard college's center for civic engagement as the new administrative hub for the open society university network's operations

• $5.0M

  Media Development Investment Fund · New York, NY · 2024

  To provide general support

• $5.0M

  Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors · New York, NY · 2024

  To advance open societies and inclusive democracies in politics and governance by hosting and supporting the establishment of the women's political leadership fund, a fiscally-sponsored project of the grantee

• $5.0M

  Media Development Investment Fund · New York, NY · 2023

  To provide general support

• $4.7M

  Media Development Investment Fund · New York, NY · 2022

  To provide general support

• $3.2M

  Kurawal Foundation · 2023

  To provide general support

• $3.2M

  New Venture Fund · Washington, DC · 2023

  To contribute to the pooled fund on spyware accountability that supports civil society organizations to investigate and expose mercenary spyware and help bring accountability to the global cyber arms trade

• $3.0M

  The Barack Obama Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2024

  To support the foundations efforts to scale up their international programs and in particular, obama foundation leaders, scholars and fellows programs

• $3.0M

  International Consortium of Investigative Journali · Washington, DC · 2023

  To provide general support

• $3.0M

  The Barack Obama Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2023

  To support the foundations efforts to scale up their international programs and in particular, obama foundation leaders, scholars and fellows programs

• $3.0M

  Natural Resource Governance Institute · New York, NY · 2022

  To provide general support

• $3.0M

  The Barack Obama Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2022

  To support the foundation's efforts to scale up their international programs and in particular, obama foundation leaders, scholars and fellows programs

• $2.8M

  Bard College · Annandaleonhudson, NY · 2024

  To support bard college's center for civic engagement as the new administrative hub for the open society university network's operations

• $2.6M

  Journalism Development Network · Washington, DC · 2023

  To provide general support

• $2.5M

  European Council On Foreign Relations · 2023

  To provide general support

• $2.5M

  New Venture Fund · Washington, DC · 2023

  To support the joint skills building and strategizing of activists working nationally and across borders to renew democracy and resist backsliding

• $2.5M

  European Council On Foreign Relations · 2022

  To provide general support

• $2.5M

  Swiss Philanthropy Foundation · 2022

  To support the early childhood regional networks fund in sustaining and strengthening the early childhood field's civil society architecture and advance the rights of young children to develop to their fullest potential… read allTo support the early childhood regional networks fund in sustaining and strengthening the early childhood field's civil society architecture and advance the rights of young children to develop to their fullest potential through provision of multi-year core funding to four regional professional early childhood networks. The early childhood regional networks fund is a pooled philanthropic fund hosted by swiss philanthropy foundation less
• $2.1M

  Center for Global Development · Washington, DC · 2023

  To develop partnerships and support research that will build consensus on the revised scope and focus of the multilateral development banks

• $2.1M

  Asia Democracy Network · 2022

  To provide general support

• $2.0M

  Aspiration · San Francisco, CA · 2024

  To ensure effective enforcement of social media accountability rules during the 2024 eu elections in order to reduce and mitigate the spread of disinformation

• $2.0M

  Reset Tech · Washington Dc, DC · 2024

  To support the grantees work in protecting public safety, fundamental rights and election integrity by encouraging effective enforcement of the digital services act

• $2.0M

  Asian University for Women Support Foundation · Cambridge, MA · 2023

  To provide general support

• $2.0M

  International Budget Partnership · Washington, DC · 2023

  To provide general support

• $2.0M

  Natural Resource Governance Institute · New York, NY · 2023

  To provide general support

• $2.0M

  Asia Democracy Network · 2023

  To provide general support

• $1.8M

  Central European University · New York, NY · 2022

  To support the threatened scholars integration initiative

• $1.8M

  Bard College · Annandaleonhudson, NY · 2023

  To develop an integrated curriculum, and a set of public programs, research opportunities, and collaborative activities across the open society university network

• $1.7M

  Tides Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2023

  To support the asia advancement fund to enhance participatory and good governance in south asia

• $1.7M

  Foxglove Legal Community Interest Company · 2023

  To provide general support

• $1.6M

  European Network On Debt and Development · 2023

  To provide general support

• $1.6M

  Bard College · Annandaleonhudson, NY · 2022

  To support a network of initiatives for osun institutions emphasizing skills-based learning with a range of technologies, critical reflection, and social justice components

• $1.6M

  Bard College · Annandaleonhudson, NY · 2022

  To integrate curricular, co-curricular, teaching, and research across osun partner institutions through civic engagement activities that build upon and enhance existing initiatives

• $1.5M

  Institute of International Education · New York, NY · 2024

  To allow the grantee to manage a travel and learning fund for individuals and organizations to participate in convenings, exchanges, education, global learning, conducting research, and travel

• $1.5M

  Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors · New York, NY · 2024

  To support the international fund for public interest media to seed new revenue streams for public interest media in the global south

• $1.5M

  Center for Civilians in Conflict · Washington, DC · 2023

  To support grantee's charitable operations

• $1.5M

  Human Rights Watch · New York, NY · 2023

  To provide general support

• $1.5M

  Open Society Foundation for Albania · 2023

  To provide general support

• $1.5M

  Human Rights Watch · New York, NY · 2022

  To provide general support

• $1.4M

  Tides Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2024

  To support the asia empowerment fund for civil society groups advancing democratic governance

• $1.3M

  The Fund for Global Human Rights · Washington, DC · 2023

  To provide general support

• $1.3M

  The Fund for Global Human Rights · Washington, DC · 2022

  To provide general support

• $1.3M

  Lapis Middle East and Africa Fz Llc · 2023

  To improve access to basic education for unserved and underserved children in afghanistan

• $1.3M

  International Development Economics Associates · 2024

  To provide general support

• $1.3M

  Global Citizen · New York, NY · 2023

  To support global citizens programmatic work to increase development finance and improve global governance for the global south

• $1.3M

  International Development Economics Associates · 2023

  To provide general support

• $1.2M

  Access Now · New York City, NY · 2024

  To provide general support

• $1.1M

  Tides Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2022

  To support the asia advancement fund to enhance participatory and good governance in south asia

• $1.0M

  Central European University · New York, NY · 2023

  To support central european university's budapest campus operations and programs

• $1.0M

  Brac USA · New York, NY · 2024

  To support brac usa's ultra poor graduation initiative, which aims to mobilize governments globally to scale graduation and economic inclusion programs through government social protection systems

• $1.0M

  Climate Vulnerable Forum · 2024

  To provide general support

• $1.0M

  Dignity Alliance International · 2024

  To provide general support

• $1.0M

  Global Citizen · New York, NY · 2024

  To support global citizens programmatic work to increase development finance and improve global governance for the global south

• $1.0M

  Transparentem · New York, NY · 2024

  To provide general support

• $1.0M

  Brac USA · New York, NY · 2023

  To support brac usa's ultra poor graduation initiative, which aims to mobilize governments globally to scale graduation and economic inclusion programs through government social protection systems

• $1.0M

  Crisis Action Limited · 2023

  To provide general support

• $1.0M

  Global Citizen · New York, NY · 2023

  To provide general support

• $1.0M

  Privacy International · 2023

  To provide general support

• $1.0M

  Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors · New York, NY · 2023

  To support the climate emergency collaboration group, a fiscally sponsored project, to build and test a strategy toward delivering substantive changes in the development finance system

• $1.0M

  Transparentem · New York, NY · 2023

  To provide general support

• $1.0M

  Brac USA · New York, NY · 2022

  To support brac usa's ultra poor graduation initiative, which aims to mobilize governments globally to scale graduation and economic inclusion programs through government social protection systems

• $1.0M

  Center for Civilians in Conflict · Washington, DC · 2022

  To support grantee's charitable operations

• $1.0M

  Committee To Protect Journalists · New York, NY · 2022

  To support committee to protect journalists' campaign for its press freedom center

• $1.0M

  Geneva Science and Diplomacy Anticipator · 2022

  To provide general support

• $1.0M

  Human Rights Watch · New York, NY · 2022

  To provide general support

• $1.0M

  Ifex · 2022

  To provide general support

• $999,500

  Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors · New York, NY · 2024

  To support the climate emergency collaboration group, a project of the grantee, and its work on global financial architecture reform through building an effective global ecosystem of civil society, political and technic… read allTo support the climate emergency collaboration group, a project of the grantee, and its work on global financial architecture reform through building an effective global ecosystem of civil society, political and technical actors working together to create momentum and political space for ambitious change aimed to reduce poverty and promote sustainability less
• $945,000

  Kurawal Foundation · 2022

  To provide general support

• $938,692

  Bard College · Annandaleonhudson, NY · 2023

  To support the second and third year of a masters program curriculum in transnationalism that will prepare students to shape the transnational public debate about urgent contemporary global problems

• $930,000

  Freedom Voices Network · 2024

  To provide general support

• $915,000

  Proteus Fund · Amherst, MA · 2023

  To support the transparency and accountability initiative donor collaborative, a fiscally-sponsored project of the grantee, to assist its members to strengthen the impact and effectiveness of their transparency and acco… read allTo support the transparency and accountability initiative donor collaborative, a fiscally-sponsored project of the grantee, to assist its members to strengthen the impact and effectiveness of their transparency and accountability funding, and the movement as a whole less
• $910,136

  The Carter Center · Atlanta, GA · 2023

  To promote and protect human rights through research and knowledge exchange

• $900,000

  Pulitzer Center On Crisis Reporting · Washington, DC · 2023

  To provide general support.

• $900,000

  The Governing Council of the University of Toronto · 2023

  To support the citizens labs work on researching issues around human rights and the digital space

• $900,000

  The Jain Family Institute · New York, NY · 2023

  To support the grantee's research on green industrial policy, central banking, and fiscal justice across latin america

• $880,000

  Open Society Foundation for Albania · 2022

  To support humanitarian relief efforts for displaced afghans evacuated to albania

• $871,069

  Bard College · Annandaleonhudson, NY · 2022

  To provide funding for training osun faculty in best practices for liberal arts & sciences instruction

• $850,000

  Norwegian Human Rights Fund · 2023

  To provide general support

• $800,000

  New Venture Fund · Washington, DC · 2023

  To contribute to the funding initiative on mercenary spyware accountability, hosted by new venture funds dignity & justice fund, to support civil society organizations working to investigate, expose, and prevent mercena… read allTo contribute to the funding initiative on mercenary spyware accountability, hosted by new venture funds dignity & justice fund, to support civil society organizations working to investigate, expose, and prevent mercenary spyware less
• $800,000

  Tides Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2023

  To support the asia advancement fund to enhance participatory and good governance in south asia

• $750,000

  Black Equity Organisation · 2024

  To provide general support

• $750,000

  Asociacion Tecnologia Educacion Desarrollo Inve · 2023

  To support the grantee's work in safeguarding privacy, freedom of expression, and open access to information online, to enhance the capacity of actors in the region to defend and promote these rights in the digital sphe… read allTo support the grantee's work in safeguarding privacy, freedom of expression, and open access to information online, to enhance the capacity of actors in the region to defend and promote these rights in the digital sphere less
• $750,000

  Black Equity Organisation · 2023

  To provide general support

• $750,000

  New Venture Fund · Washington, DC · 2023

  To increase available funding for research and analytical work on how multilateral development banks (mdbs) can scale up lending in low- and middle-income countries, in line with the new g20 capital adequacy review comm… read allTo increase available funding for research and analytical work on how multilateral development banks (mdbs) can scale up lending in low- and middle-income countries, in line with the new g20 capital adequacy review commission recommendations less
• $750,000

  Project Everyone · 2023

  To support the grantees work on achieving the sustainable development goals (sdgs) by launching a campaign for global leaders and key institutions to mobilize financial support for developing and emerging economies to a… read allTo support the grantees work on achieving the sustainable development goals (sdgs) by launching a campaign for global leaders and key institutions to mobilize financial support for developing and emerging economies to avert a development and climate catastrophe less
• $750,000

  Uplift Afghanistan Fund · Westlake Village, CA · 2023

  To provide general support

• $750,000

  Black Equity Organisation · 2022

  To provide general support

• $750,000

  Institute for Strategic Initiatives · 2022

  To provide general support

• $750,000

  Uplift Afghanistan Fund · Westlake Village, CA · 2022

  To pilot electronic direct aid mechanisms in support of afghan women

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