Funding search · EIN 656263327 · Oakland, CA

Lynn Handleman Charitable Foundation

Name: Lynn Handleman Charitable 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.

61
grants reported: $3.9M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $35,000
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

election education guatemala voter democracy observation coverage partisan

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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.

Top recipients

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

Global Exchange8 grants · $1.7M
Trade Justice Education Fund3 grants · $200,000
Working America Education Fund2 grants · $185,000
Mi Familia Vota Ed Fund1 grant · $150,000
California Trade Justice Coalition Co Earth Island Institute1 grant · $150,000
Mi Familia Vota Education Fund1 grant · $150,000
Casa Circulo Cultural8 grants · $127,000
Native Organizer Alliance1 grant · $125,000
Fundacion Derechos Economicos Sociales Y Culturales Para America Latina5 grants · $125,000
Centro De Estudios Socio Juridicos Latinoamericanos - Cesjul3 grants · $90,000

Giving over time

$1.3M

2022

$983,000

2023

$1.7M

2024

Grant history

All 61 reported grants, largest first.

$685,000
Global Exchange · San Francisco, CA · 2024
General support and support for international partners
$340,000
Global Exchange · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Various per agreement
$191,000
Global Exchange · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Assorted projects and regranting
$170,000
Global Exchange · San Francisco, CA · 2022
May 2022-2023 binational
$150,000
California Trade Justice Coalition Co Earth Island Institute · Berkeley, CA · 2024
General support for trade justice education
$150,000
Mi Familia Vota Ed Fund · Phoenix, AZ · 2024
General support for mvf non-partisan voter education and registratation programs
$150,000
Global Exchange · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Democracy summer & web upgradedemocracy summer and web upgrade
$150,000
Mi Familia Vota Education Fund · Phoenix, AZ · 2022
Voter engagement
$125,000
Native Organizer Alliance · Seattle, WA · 2024
Support for non-partisan voter education and registration
$125,000
Working America Education Fund · Washington, DC · 2024
Support for non-partisan voter education and registration
$110,000
Global Exchange · San Francisco, CA · 2022
General support for programs and distributions
$100,000
Trade Justice Education Fund · Washington, DC · 2022
2022 hires/wto climate campaign
$70,000
Social Focus · Redwood City, CA · 2024
General support
$64,200
Global Exchange · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Go program
$60,000
California Trade Justice Coalition · Berkeley, CA · 2023
Trade justice/climate
$60,000
Alliance for a Just Society · Seattle, WA · 2022
Native organizers alliance/voter education
$60,000
Georgia Coalition for the People'S Agenda · Atlanta, GA · 2022
Voter education
$60,000
Working America Education Fund · Washington, DC · 2022
Voter education
$55,000
Alliance for Social and Economic Justice · San Francisco, CA · 2024
General support
$50,000
Fundacion Derechos Economicos Sociales Y Culturales Para America Latina · 2024
Support for research and advocacy projects in guatemala
$50,000
Centro De Estudios Socio Juridicos Latinoamericanos - Cesjul · 2023
Support for cesjul's leadership of multi-national guatemala elections observation mission and coverage (round 2)
$50,000
Trade Justice Education Fund · Washington, CA · 2023
Climate peace clause camp
$50,000
Trade Justice Education Fund · Washington, DC · 2023
Wto peace clause campaign
$50,000
Center of Study for Democracy (Cespad) · 2022
General support for civic monitoring and analysis
$45,000
Casa Circulo Cultural · Redwood City, CA · 2022
Brazil election coverage
$40,000
Centro De Estudio Para La Democracia - Cespad · 2024
Support for mission to expand and solidify democracy in honduras
$40,000
Middle East Children'S Alliance · Berkeley, CA · 2024
Support for food aid and humanitarian relief in gaza
$40,000
Tamarindo Foundation · Indianapolis, IN · 2024
General support
$40,000
Comision Mexicana De Defensa Y Promocion De Los Derechos Humanos Ac · 2022
50% general support; 50% to support national truth commission logistics
$40,000
Institute for Local Innovations · Atlanta, GA · 2022
Ewi/dem summer
$35,000
Latin America Working Group · Washington, DC · 2024
General support
$35,000
Ofrenda · Watsonville, CA · 2022
For support of columbian indigenous communities
$30,000
National Lawyers Guild Sf Bay Area · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Education advocacy
$30,000
Centro De Estudio Para La Democracia - Cespad · 2023
General support for democracy monitoring program
$30,000
Transnational Villages Network - Red De Pueblos Transnacionales · Bronx, NY · 2022
Nuestra red collaborationgeneral support
$25,000
Centro De Estudios Socio Juridicos Latinoamericanos - Cesjul · 2023
Emergency human rights delegation and investigation in peru
$25,000
Fundacion Derechos Economicos Sociales Y Culturales Para America Latina · 2023
Election analysis
$25,000
Centro De Estudios Socio Juridicos Latinoamericanos · 2022
Election observation and reporting in brazil
$23,000
Igualtat · 2024
Suppport for completion of "signature" video project conducted with pmpj
$20,000
Center for Economic and Policy Research · Washington, DC · 2024
General support for media fellowships
$20,000
Nisgua · Durham, NC · 2024
General support to support human rights and democracy in guatemala
$20,000
Casa Circulo Cultural · Redwood City, CA · 2023
Peru emergency/media response
$20,000
Fundacion Derechos Economicos Sociales Y Culturales Para America Latina · 2023
Support for research and advocacy for democracy in tense post election (pre-transition) context
$20,000
Fundacion Derechos Economicos Sociales Y Culturales Para America Latina · 2023
Pre-election survey of indigenous and other key communities across guatemala to assess priorities
$20,000
National Lawyers Guild Sf Bay Area · San Francisco, CA · 2023
International human rights action
$20,000
Global Exchange · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Columbia si paz
$15,000
John F Tinker Foundation · Salem, WI · 2024
General support for opening minds to peace in palestine project
$15,000
Centro De Estudios Socio Juridicos Latinoamericanos - Cesjul · 2023
Support for guatemala non-partisan elections observation (round 1)
$15,000
Casa Circulo Cultural · Redwood City, CA · 2022
June 19, 2022 columbian election coverage
$15,000
Casa Circulo Cultural · Redwood City, CA · 2022
Columbian 2022 election ind media reporting
$12,000
Casa Circulo Cultural · Redwood City, CA · 2023
Guatemala elections
$10,000
Alliance for Social and Economic Justice · San Francisco, CA · 2023
General support
$10,000
Casa Circulo Cultural · Redwood City, CA · 2023
General support
$10,000
Fundacion Derechos Economicos Sociales Y Culturales Para America Latina · 2023
Support for election observation work and ongoing community research
$10,000
John F Tinker Foundation · Salem, WI · 2023
General support
$8,000
Rights Action · Washington, DC · 2022
General support
$5,000
Casa Circulo Cultural · Redwood City, CA · 2023
Support for coverage of gaza invasion and technical support
$5,000
Latin America Working Group · Washington, DC · 2023
Guatemala election observation and follow-up
$5,000
National Lawyers Guild Sf Bay Area · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Peru delegation reporting and follow up
$5,000
Casa Circulo Cultural · Redwood City, CA · 2022
General support
$864
Rompeviento Tv · 2024
For acquisition of a switcher to assist with special transmissions from jordan, the west bank, and egypt, part of an international mission to document reactions to the war in the region and efforts for peace

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