Funding search · EIN 680049658 · Petaluma, CA
Warsh-Mott Legacy
A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.
- 190
- grants reported
- $11.0M
- total given
- 2021–2024
- filing years
- $20,000
- 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
defensesurveillancecoalitionnationaladvancingemergingtechnologiesagriculture
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Top recipients
Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.
- Tides Foundation6 grants · $4.8M
- Government Accountability Project3 grants · $400,000
- Marin Foundation1 grant · $375,000
- Global Exchange5 grants · $315,000
- Defending Rights & Dissent4 grants · $245,000
- Native Movement17 grants · $240,000
- William J Brennan Jr Center for Justice4 grants · $200,000
- Apoyo Legal Al Emprendimiento Comunitario Inc (Aleci)3 grants · $180,000
- Center for Food Safety3 grants · $180,000
- Center for International Environmental Law3 grants · $180,000
Giving over time
Grant history
The 100 largest of 190 grants.
- $2.5M
Tides Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2022
General support
- $1.7M
Tides Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Donor advised fund
- $517,500
Tides Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Donor advised fund
- $375,000
Marin Foundation · Novato, CA · 2024
Donor advised fund
- $200,000
Government Accountability Project · Washington, DC · 2022
General support
- $100,000
Illuminative · Lafayette, CO · 2024
General support
- $100,000
New Venture Fund · Baltimore, MD · 2024
General support
- $100,000
Government Accountability Project · Washington, DC · 2021
General support
- $100,000
Government Accountability Project · Washington, DC · 2021
General support
- $80,000
Native Movement · Fairbanks, AK · 2022
General support
- $70,000
Global Exchange · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Our world is not for sale
- $70,000
Defending Rights & Dissent · Washington, DC · 2022
General support
- $70,000
Global Exchange · San Francisco, CA · 2022
General support
- $70,000
Defending Rights & Dissent · Washington, DC · 2021
General support
- $70,000
Defending Rights & Dissent · Washington, DC · 2021
General support
- $70,000
Global Exchange · San Francisco, CA · 2021
General support
- $70,000
Global Exchange · San Francisco, CA · 2021
General support
- $60,000
Apoyo Legal Al Emprendimiento Comunitario Inc (Aleci) · Caguas, PR · 2024
Instituto para la investigacion y accion en agroecologia
- $60,000
Tides Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Center for working families fund
- $60,000
Apoyo Legal Al Emprendimiento Comunitario Inc (Aleci) · Caguas, PR · 2023
Instituto para la investigacion y accion en agroecologia
- $60,000
Apoyo Legal Al Emprendimiento Comunitario Inc (Aleci) · Caguas, PR · 2022
General support
- $60,000
Center for Food Safety · Washington, DC · 2022
Nanoaction: ensuring strong regulations on emerging technologies
- $60,000
Center for International Environmental Law · Washington, DC · 2022
Advancing a precautionary approach to nanomaterials in the eu and global policy arenas
- $60,000
Sierra Club Foundation · Oakland, CA · 2022
A living economy program
- $60,000
Center for Food Safety · Washington, DC · 2021
Nanoaction: ensuring strong regulations on emerging technologies
- $60,000
Center for Food Safety · Washington, DC · 2021
Nanoaction: ensuring strong regulations on emerging technologies
- $60,000
Center for International Environmental Law · Washington, DC · 2021
Advancing a precautionary approach to nanomaterials in the eu and global policy arenas
- $60,000
Center for International Environmental Law · Washington, DC · 2021
Advancing a precautionary approach to nanomaterials in the eu and global policy arenas
- $60,000
Indigenous Environmental Network · Bemidji, NM · 2021
Emerging technologies in food and agriculture
- $60,000
Indigenous Environmental Network · Bemidji, NM · 2021
Emerging technologies in food and agriculture
- $60,000
Sierra Club · Oakland, CA · 2021
A living economy program
- $60,000
Sierra Club · Oakland, CA · 2021
A living economy program
- $50,000
Black Voters Matter Capacity Building Institute · Atlanta, GA · 2024
General support
- $50,000
Georgia Latino Alliance for Human Rights · Chamblee, GA · 2024
General support
- $50,000
Grantmakers Concerned With Immigrants and Refugees · Petaluma, CA · 2024
State and local democracy project
- $50,000
Somos Siembra · Greensboro, NC · 2024
General support
- $50,000
William J Brennan Jr Center for Justice · New York, NY · 2023
Liberty & national security program
- $50,000
William J Brennan Jr Center for Justice · New York, NY · 2022
Liberty & national security program
- $50,000
The Xerces Society · Portland, OR · 2021
Pollinator conservation in agriculture program
- $50,000
The Xerces Society · Portland, OR · 2021
Pollinator conservation in agriculture program
- $50,000
William J Brennan Jr Center for Justice · New York, NY · 2021
Liberty & national security program
- $50,000
William J Brennan Jr Center for Justice · New York, NY · 2021
Liberty & national security program
- $45,000
American Constitution Society for Law and Policy · Washington, DC · 2023
General support
- $45,000
Constitutional Accountability Center · Washington, DC · 2023
General support
- $45,000
American Constitution Society for Law and Policy · Washington, DC · 2022
General support
- $45,000
Constitutional Accountability Center · Washington, DC · 2022
General support
- $45,000
American Constitution Society for Law and Policy · Washington, DC · 2021
General support
- $45,000
American Constitution Society for Law and Policy · Washington, DC · 2021
General support
- $45,000
Constitutional Accountability Center · Washington, DC · 2021
General support
- $45,000
Constitutional Accountability Center · Washington, DC · 2021
General support
- $45,000
National Security Archive Fund · Washington, DC · 2021
Open government and accountability project aka freedom of information project
- $45,000
National Security Archive Fund · Washington, DC · 2021
Open government and accountability project aka freedom of information project
- $45,000
Proteus Fund · Amherst, MA · 2021
Piper fund, right to protest fund
- $45,000
Proteus Fund · Amherst, MA · 2021
Piper fund, right to protest fund
- $42,800
Inquiring Systems · Santa Rosa, CA · 2021
Saffon - growing the afroecology initiative
- $42,800
Inquiring Systems · Santa Rosa, CA · 2021
Saffon - growing the afroecology initiative
- $41,820
Friends of the Action Group On Erosion Technology and Concentration · Oakland, CA · 2021
Colectivo por la autonomia coa , the territorial defense of maize
- $41,820
Friends of the Action Group On Erosion Technology and Concentration · Oakland, CA · 2021
Colectivo por la autonomia coa , the territorial defense of maize
- $41,200
South Africa Development Fund · Jamaica Plain, MA · 2021
Southern african rural women's assembly rwa, we are the seeds
- $41,200
South Africa Development Fund · Jamaica Plain, MA · 2021
Southern african rural women's assembly rwa, we are the seeds
- $40,000
Asian Americans Advancing Justice - Atlanta · Norcross, GA · 2024
General support
- $40,000
Ko'Ihonua · Pearl City, HI · 2024
Hawaii unity and liberation institute
- $40,000
Rural Community Workers Alliance · Milan, MO · 2024
General support
- $40,000
Ecosystems of Care · Chicago, IL · 2023
Whetstone media
- $40,000
Global Justice Ecology Project · Buffalo, NY · 2021
Biofuelwatch us: geoengineering, biosequestration, & synbio critiques
- $40,000
Global Justice Ecology Project · Buffalo, NY · 2021
Biofuelwatch us: geoengineering, biosequestration, & synbio critiques
- $40,000
Whyhunger · New York, NY · 2021
Advancing food sovereignty and agroecology in the us
- $40,000
Whyhunger · New York, NY · 2021
Advancing food sovereignty and agroecology in the us
- $35,000
Asian American Community Fund of Pennsylvania · Novato, CA · 2024
Asian pacific islander political alliance general support
- $35,000
Global Exchange · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Our world is not for sale
- $35,000
Make the Road Pa · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
Democracy program
- $35,000
Defending Rights & Dissent · Washington, DC · 2023
General support
- $35,000
Climate Justice Alliance · Berkeley, CA · 2021
Building resistance to geoengineering in north america/turtle island
- $35,000
Climate Justice Alliance · Berkeley, CA · 2021
Building resistance to geoengineering in north america/turtle island
- $30,600
Friends of the Action Group On Erosion Technology and Concentration · Oakland, CA · 2021
Centro de estudios para el cambio en el campo mexicano ceccam, in defense of peasant seeds and territories
- $30,600
Friends of the Action Group On Erosion Technology and Concentration · Oakland, CA · 2021
Centro de estudios para el cambio en el campo mexicano ceccam, in defense of peasant seeds and territories
- $30,000
Georgia Alliance Education Fund · Atlanta, GA · 2024
General support
- $30,000
Center for Media Justice · Oakland, CA · 2023
Surveillance program
- $30,000
Free Press · Florence, MA · 2023
Surveillance program
- $30,000
Center for Media Justice · Oakland, CA · 2022
Surveillance program
- $30,000
Free Press · Florence, MA · 2022
Surveillance program
- $30,000
Center for Media Justice · Oakland, CA · 2021
Surveillance program
- $30,000
Center for Media Justice · Oakland, CA · 2021
Surveillance program
- $30,000
Free Press · Florence, MA · 2021
Surveillance program
- $30,000
Free Press · Florence, MA · 2021
Surveillance program
- $30,000
Proteus Fund · Amherst, MA · 2021
Rise together fund, general support
- $30,000
Proteus Fund · Amherst, MA · 2021
Rise together fund, general support
- $25,000
National Lawyers Guild Foundation · New York, NY · 2021
National lawyers guild, mass defense project
- $25,000
National Lawyers Guild Foundation · New York, NY · 2021
National lawyers guild, mass defense project
- $20,000
Aina Momona · Honolulu, HI · 2024
General support
- $20,000
Alianza Americas · Chicago, IL · 2024
General support
- $20,000
Comedores Sociales De Puerto Rico · Caguas, PR · 2024
General support
- $20,000
Cultural Survival · Cambridge, MA · 2024
General support
- $20,000
Hawai'I Peace and Justice · Honolulu, HI · 2024
General support
- $20,000
Hui Malama I Ke Ala 'Ulili · Paauilo, HI · 2024
General support
- $20,000
Illinois Workers in Action · Chicago, IL · 2024
General support
- $20,000
Kahea the Hawaiian Environmental Alliance · Honolulu, HI · 2024
General support
- $20,000
Miigwech · Harbor Springs, MI · 2024
General support
- $20,000
Movement 4 Black Lives · Carol Stream, IL · 2024
The black hive
- $20,000
Movement Generation · Berkeley, CA · 2024
General support
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Similar purposes
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