Funding search · EIN 237103042 · San Francisco, CA
Public Advocates
A grantmaking public charity (files IRS Form 990, Schedule I). Charities like this often run real grant programs with application cycles.
- 70
- grants reported
- $4.8M
- total given
- 2021–2024
- filing years
- $57,500
- 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
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Funding pattern
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6 grants matching “elements” · $360,000
- $68,000
Legal Aid of Marin · San Rafael, CA · 2024
Supporting tracking, implementation, and enforcement of housing elements through the bay area
- $68,000
Housing Leadership Council of San Mateo County · San Mateo, CA · 2024
Supporting tracking, implementation, and enforcement of housing elements through the bay area
- $64,000
Svhome · San Jose, CA · 2024
Supporting tracking, implementation, and enforcement of housing elements through the bay area
- $64,000
East Bay Housing Organizations · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Supporting tracking, implementation, and enforcement of housing elements through the bay area
- $56,000
People Power Media · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Supporting tracking, implementation, and enforcement of housing elements through the bay area
- $40,000
The Public Interest Law Project · Oakland, CA · 2024
Supporting tracking, implementation, and enforcement of housing elements through the bay area
Top recipients
Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.
- Californians for Justice2 grants · $323,150
- Tenants Together2 grants · $275,000
- Acce Institute2 grants · $245,285
- Right To the City Alliance2 grants · $240,500
- Tenants Together2 grants · $214,231
- Vocal-Ny2 grants · $200,000
- Acce Institute2 grants · $200,000
- Miami Workers Center2 grants · $200,000
- United for a New Economy2 grants · $190,000
- Nc Housing Coalition2 grants · $185,000
Giving over time
Grant history
All 70 reported grants, largest first.
- $212,500
Tenants Together · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Homelessness prevention, social housing and renter stabilization
- $202,500
Californians for Justice · San Jose, CA · 2021
P'ship/Future of Learning
- $200,000
Tenants Together · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Tenants' rights
- $182,785
Acce Institute · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Alliance for housing justice
- $157,500
Right To the City Alliance · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
Alliance for housing justice
- $128,000
Right To the City Alliance · Brooklyn, NY · 2021
Alliance for Housing Justice
- $120,650
Californians for Justice · San Jose, CA · 2022
P'ship/Future of Learning
- $120,285
Voices of Community Activists & Leaders · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
Alliance for housing justice
- $115,000
The Education Trust · Washington, DC · 2024
Ca teacher quality
- $112,500
Right To the City Alliance · Brooklyn, NY · 2022
Alliance for Housing Justice
- $100,000
Florida Rising Together · Miami, FL · 2024
Alliance for housing justice
- $100,000
Acce Institute · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Alliance for Housing Justice
- $100,000
Miami Workers Center · Miami, FL · 2022
Alliance for Housing Justice
- $100,000
Vocal-Ny · Brooklyn, NY · 2022
Alliance for Housing Justice
- $100,000
Acce Institute · Los Angeles, CA · 2021
Alliance for Housing Justice
- $100,000
Miami Workers Center · Miami, FL · 2021
Alliance for Housing Justice
- $100,000
Vocal-Ny · Brooklyn, NY · 2021
Alliance for Housing Justice
- $97,785
Policylink · Oakland, CA · 2023
Alliance for housing justice
- $95,000
United for a New Economy · Commerce City, CO · 2023
Alliance for housing justice
- $95,000
United for a New Economy · Commerce City, CO · 2022
Alliance for Housing Justice
- $95,000
United for a New Economy · Commerce City, CO · 2021
Alliance for Housing Justice
- $92,500
Make the Road States · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
Alliance for housing justice
- $92,500
North Carolina Housing Coalition · Durham, NC · 2023
Alliance for housing justice
- $92,500
Make the Road States · Brooklyn, NY · 2022
Alliance for Housing Justice
- $92,500
Nc Housing Coalition · Durham, NC · 2022
Alliance for Housing Justice
- $92,500
Make the Road States · Brooklyn, NY · 2021
Alliance for Housing Justice
- $92,500
Nc Housing Coalition · Durham, NC · 2021
Alliance for Housing Justice
- $68,000
Housing Leadership Council of San Mateo County · San Mateo, CA · 2024
Supporting tracking, implementation, and enforcement of housing elements through the bay area
- $68,000
Legal Aid of Marin · San Rafael, CA · 2024
Supporting tracking, implementation, and enforcement of housing elements through the bay area
- $64,000
Californians for Justice · San Francisco, CA · 2024
To increase awareness and use of californias new teacher assignment workforce dashboards
- $64,000
East Bay Housing Organizations · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Supporting tracking, implementation, and enforcement of housing elements through the bay area
- $64,000
Svhome · San Jose, CA · 2024
Supporting tracking, implementation, and enforcement of housing elements through the bay area
- $62,500
Acce Institute · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Alliance for housing justice
- $62,500
Tenants Together · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Alliance for housing justice
- $57,500
Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law · Washington, DC · 2023
Alliance for housing justice
- $57,500
Poverty & Race Research Action Council · Washington, DC · 2023
Alliance for housing justice
- $56,000
People Power Media · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Supporting tracking, implementation, and enforcement of housing elements through the bay area
- $50,000
The Education Trust · Washington, DC · 2023
Ca teacher quality
- $50,000
Poverty & Race Res Actn Cncl · Washington, DC · 2022
Alliance for Housing Justice
- $50,000
The Education Trust · Washington, DC · 2022
Teacher quality
- $40,000
The Public Interest Law Project · Oakland, CA · 2024
Supporting tracking, implementation, and enforcement of housing elements through the bay area
- $40,000
Lawyerscmtecivilrightslaw · Washington, DC · 2022
Alliance for Housing Justice
- $40,000
Parent Inst for Quality Edu · National City, CA · 2022
Teacher quality
- $38,473
Center for Popular Democracy · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
Alliance for housing justice
- $38,473
Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law · Washington, DC · 2024
Alliance for housing justice
- $38,473
Liberation in a Generation · Lorton, VA · 2024
Alliance for housing justice
- $38,473
Policylink · Oakland, CA · 2024
Alliance for housing justice
- $38,473
Poverty & Race Research Action Council · Washington, DC · 2024
Alliance for housing justice
- $38,473
Powerswitch Action · Oakland, CA · 2024
Alliance for housing justice
- $38,473
Voices of Community Activists & Leaders · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
Alliance for housing justice
- $35,250
Californians for Justice · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Ca partnership for the future of learning
- $31,624
Community Legal Services · East Palo Alto, CA · 2021
Comm. Redevelopment Subgrant
- $31,624
East Bay Comm Law Center · Berkeley, CA · 2021
Comm. Redevelopment Subgrant
- $30,000
Gente Organizada · Pomona, CA · 2022
Dev. of digital campaign tools
- $30,000
Policylink · Oakland, CA · 2022
Alliance for Housing Justice
- $28,000
Lawyerscmtecivilrightslaw · Washington, DC · 2021
Alliance for Housing Justice
- $28,000
Policylink · Oakland, CA · 2021
Alliance for Housing Justice
- $28,000
Poverty & Race Res Actn Cncl · Washington, DC · 2021
Alliance for Housing Justice
- $20,290
Center for Popular Democracy · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
Alliance for housing justice
- $20,285
Action Center On Race and the Economy Institute · Chicago, IL · 2023
Alliance for housing justice
- $20,285
National Housing Law Project · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Alliance for housing justice
- $20,285
Power Switch Action · Oakland, CA · 2023
Alliance for housing justice
- $20,000
True North Organizing Ntwk · Eureka, CA · 2022
Access to justice subgrant
- $20,000
True North Organizing Ntwk · Eureka, CA · 2021
Access to justice subgrant
- $14,231
Tenants Together · San Francisco, CA · 2021
Comm. redevelopment subgrant
- $14,231
Urban Habitat · Oakland, CA · 2021
Redevelopment Subgrant
- $12,500
Center for Popular Democracy · Brooklyn, NY · 2022
Alliance for Housing Justice
- $12,500
Powerswitch Action · Oakland, CA · 2022
Alliance for Housing Justice
- $12,500
Tides Center · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Alliance for Housing Justice
- $10,000
Parent Institute for Quality Education · National City, CA · 2023
Ca teacher quality
Who else funds this kind of work
Same state
- Silicon Valley Community Foundation10,471 grants · $10.10B
- Tides Foundation9,402 grants · $1.86B
- UCLA Foundation276 grants · $1.75B
Similar purposes
- The San Francisco Foundation6,369 grants · $813.9M
- The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg2,631 grants · $402.4M
- California Community Foundation8,086 grants · $1.34B
Similar grant size
- The Ojc Fund12,726 grants · $1.41B
- The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation13,555 grants · $2.27B
- Ohio Child Care Resource and Referral16,278 grants · $1.08B
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