Funding search · EIN 208087695 · Boston, MA
The Chorus
A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.
- 356
- grants reported
- $43.9M
- total given
- 2021–2023
- filing years
- $40,000
- median grant
Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2021–2023. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.
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4 grants matching “taproot” · $500,000
- $200,000
Taproot Earth Co Mt Airy Axis · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
General operations
- $100,000
Taproot Earth · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
General operating support
- $100,000
Taproot Earth · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
General operating support
- $100,000
Taproot Earth · Tulsa, OK · 2021
General operating support
Top recipients
Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.
- Native Movement3 grants · $2.8M
- Open Buffalo12 grants · $2.6M
- Seed Commons6 grants · $2.5M
- Appalshop13 grants · $2.5M
- Justice Funders6 grants · $2.0M
- Asian Pacific Environmental Network8 grants · $1.8M
- Urban Tilth6 grants · $1.7M
- Mountain Association9 grants · $1.3M
- Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo1 grant · $1.3M
- Solidaire Network1 grant · $1.0M
Giving over time
Grant history
The 100 largest of 356 grants.
- $2.6M
Native Movement · Fairbanks, AK · 2023
General operations & program/project support
- $2.3M
Seed Commons · New York, NY · 2023
General operations & program/project support
- $1.8M
Open Buffalo · Upper Buffalo, NY · 2023
General operations & program/project support
- $1.3M
Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo · Buffalo, NY · 2023
Program/project support
- $1.2M
Urban Tilth · Richmond, CA · 2023
General operations
- $1.1M
Asian Pacific Environmental Network · Oakland, CA · 2023
General operations
- $1.0M
Solidaire Network · Seattle, WA · 2023
General operations
- $1.0M
Appalshop · Whitesburg, KY · 2022
Program/project support
- $1.0M
Appalshop · Whitesburg, KY · 2022
Program/project support
- $970,000
Appalachian Community Fund · Knoxville, TN · 2023
General operations & program/project support
- $876,174
Justice Funders · Oakland, CA · 2022
General operating support
- $876,174
Justice Funders · Oakland, CA · 2022
General operating support
- $825,000
East Bay Community Foundation · Oakland, CA · 2023
Program/project support
- $650,000
Voices for a Sustainable Future Dba Labor Network for Sustainability · Takoma Park, MD · 2023
General operations
- $570,000
Social Good Fund · Richmond, CA · 2023
Program/project support
- $500,000
People United for Sustainable Housing · Buffalo, NY · 2023
General operations & program/project support
- $500,000
Proteus Fund · Amherst, MA · 2023
Program/project support
- $387,500
Indigenous Environmental Network · Bemidji, MN · 2023
General operations
- $375,000
Ekvnv Yefolecvlke · Weogufka, AL · 2023
General operations
- $350,000
North American Students of Cooperation · Chicago, IL · 2023
Program/project support
- $330,000
Mountain Association · Berea, KY · 2022
General operating support
- $330,000
Mountain Association · Berea, KY · 2022
General operating support
- $330,000
Mountain Association · Berea, KY · 2021
General operating support
- $328,528
New Venture Fund · Anchorage, AK · 2022
General operating support
- $328,528
New Venture Fund · Anchorage, AK · 2022
General operating support
- $300,000
New Venture Fund · Washington, DC · 2023
Program/project support
- $280,000
Kentucky Coalition · London, KY · 2022
General operating support
- $280,000
Kentucky Coalition · London, KY · 2022
General operating support
- $280,000
Kentucky Coalition · London, KY · 2021
General operating support
- $270,000
Highlander Research & Education Center · New Market, TN · 2023
General operations & program/project support
- $250,000
Mountain Association · Berea, KY · 2023
General operations & program/project support
- $250,000
Grassroots International · Boston, MA · 2022
Program/project support
- $250,000
Grassroots International · Boston, MA · 2022
Program/project support
- $250,000
Movement Alliance Project · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Program/project support
- $250,000
Movement Alliance Project · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Program/project support
- $250,000
Mondo Bizarro Productions · New Orleans, LA · 2021
Program/project support
- $237,500
Climate Justice Alliance · Berkeley, CA · 2023
General operations
- $220,000
Center for Economic Democracy · Jamaica Plain, MA · 2023
General operations
- $200,000
Action Group On Erosion Technology and Concentration · Oakland, CA · 2023
General operations
- $200,000
Alliance for a Just Society · Seattle, WA · 2023
Program/project support
- $200,000
Center for Third World Organizing · Oakland, CA · 2023
Program/project support
- $200,000
Communities for a Better Environment · Huntington Park, CA · 2023
General operations
- $200,000
Indigenous Peoples Power Project · Portland, OR · 2023
General operations
- $200,000
Movement Generation · Berkeley, CA · 2023
General operations
- $200,000
Movement Training Network · Tierra Amarilla, NM · 2023
General operations
- $200,000
Native American Rights Fund · Anchorage, AK · 2023
Program/project support
- $200,000
Ruckus Society · Oakland, CA · 2023
General operations
- $200,000
Taproot Earth Co Mt Airy Axis · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
General operations
- $200,000
Asian Pacific Environmental Network · Oakland, CA · 2022
General operating support
- $200,000
Asian Pacific Environmental Network · Oakland, CA · 2022
General operating support
- $200,000
Communities for a Better Environment · Huntington Park, CA · 2022
General operating support
- $200,000
Communities for a Better Environment · Huntington Park, CA · 2022
General operating support
- $200,000
Indigenous Environmental Network · Bemidji, MN · 2022
General operating support
- $200,000
Indigenous Environmental Network · Bemidji, MN · 2022
General operating support
- $200,000
Urban Tilth · Richmond, CA · 2022
General operating support
- $200,000
Urban Tilth · Richmond, CA · 2022
General operating support
- $200,000
Asian Pacific Environmental Network · Oakland, CA · 2021
General operating support
- $200,000
Communities for a Better Environment · Huntington Park, CA · 2021
General operating support
- $200,000
Indigenous Educational Network of Turtle Islandmutual Aid · Bemidji, MN · 2021
General operating support
- $187,500
Grassroots Global Justice · Washington, DC · 2023
General operations
- $187,500
Right To the City Alliance · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
General operations
- $180,000
Appalachian Citizens' Law Center · Whitesburg, KY · 2022
General operating support
- $180,000
Appalachian Citizens' Law Center · Whitesburg, KY · 2022
General operating support
- $150,000
Filmmakers Collaborativechris Landry · Melrose, MA · 2023
Program/project support
- $150,000
Foundation for Appalachian Kentucky · Hazard, KY · 2023
Program/project support
- $150,000
Greenwave Organization · New Haven, CT · 2023
General operations
- $150,000
Mondo Bizarro Productions · New Orleans, LA · 2023
Program/project support
- $150,000
Running Strong for American Indian Youth · Alexandria, VA · 2023
Program/project support
- $150,000
Smartmeme Dba Center for Story-Based Strategy · Oakland, CA · 2023
General operations
- $150,000
Running Strong for American Indian Youth · Alexandria, VA · 2022
General operating support
- $150,000
Running Strong for American Indian Youth · Alexandria, VA · 2022
General operating support
- $150,000
Hoonah Indian Association · Hoonah, AK · 2021
Program/project support
- $150,000
Native Conservancy · Cordova, AK · 2021
General operating support
- $150,000
Native Peoples Action Community Fund · Anchorage, AK · 2021
General operating support
- $125,000
Native American Rights Fund · Anchorage, AK · 2022
General operating support
- $125,000
Native American Rights Fund · Anchorage, AK · 2022
General operating support
- $125,000
Open Buffalo · Buffalo, NY · 2022
General operating support
- $125,000
Open Buffalo · Buffalo, NY · 2022
Program/project support
- $125,000
Open Buffalo · Buffalo, NY · 2022
General operating support
- $125,000
Open Buffalo · Buffalo, NY · 2022
Program/project support
- $125,000
People United for Sustainable Housing · Buffalo, NY · 2022
General operating support
- $125,000
People United for Sustainable Housing · Buffalo, NY · 2022
General operating support
- $125,000
Native American Rights Fund · Boulder, CO · 2021
Program/project support
- $125,000
Native Movementnative Movement Alaska · Fairbanks, AK · 2021
Program/project support
- $125,000
Open Buffalo · Buffalo, NY · 2021
General operating support
- $125,000
People United for Sustainable Housing · Buffalo, NY · 2021
General operating support
- $120,000
Appalshop · Whitesburg, KY · 2023
General operations & program/project support
- $120,000
Kentucky Coalition · London, KY · 2023
Program/project support
- $100,000
Beaver Village Council · Beaver, AR · 2023
Program/project support
- $100,000
Edge Funders Alliance · San Francisco, CA · 2023
General operations
- $100,000
Grassroots International · Boston, MA · 2023
General operations
- $100,000
Justice Funders · Oakland, CA · 2023
General operations
- $100,000
National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy · Washington, DC · 2023
General operations
- $100,000
Native Conservancy · Cordova, AK · 2023
General operations
- $100,000
Native Peoples Action Community Fund · Anchorage, AK · 2023
General operations
- $100,000
Neighborhood Funders Group · San Francisco, CA · 2023
General operations
- $100,000
Not An Alternative · Vashon, WA · 2023
General operations
- $100,000
Resource Generation · New York, NY · 2023
General operations
- $100,000
Texas Environmental Justice Advocacy Services · Houston, TX · 2023
General operations
- $100,000
Thousand Currents · San Francisco, CA · 2023
General operations
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