Funding search · EIN 854241927 · New York, NY

The Highland Project

Name: The Highland Project grants, 2022–2025
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A grantmaking public charity (files IRS Form 990, Schedule I). Charities like this often run real grant programs with application cycles.

50
grants reported: $4.6M
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $100,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2025. 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

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.

1 grant matching “underinvested” · $95,000

$95,000
She'S Well Networked · Baltimore, MD · 2025
Develop/support underinvested entrepreneurs

Top recipients

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

Education Leaders of Color2 grants · $300,000
Beloved Community3 grants · $290,000
Our Village United1 grant · $200,000
Katecha Cares Foundation2 grants · $150,000
The Big We Dba Historic Clayborn Temple1 grant · $135,000
Chic1 grant · $100,000
Color Farm Impact1 grant · $100,000
Colorado Black Arts Movement1 grant · $100,000
Cpm Global (Chelsea Miller)1 grant · $100,000
Destination Liberation1 grant · $100,000

Giving over time

$150,000

2022

$1.3M

2023

$1.4M

2024

$1.8M

2025

Grant history

All 50 reported grants, largest first.

$200,000
Education Leaders of Color · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
To directly support senior leaders of color who are explicitly focused on dismantling systemic barriers to the academic and economic advancement and success of young people of color.
$200,000
Our Village United · Atlanta, GA · 2024
To establish economic parity at scale for black americans
$135,000
The Big We Dba Historic Clayborn Temple · Memphis, TN · 2025
Develop/support community leaders
$100,000
Black Cultural Zone Cdc · Oakland, CA · 2025
Community and economic development
$100,000
Color Farm Impact · Brooklyn, NY · 2025
Leadership and economic mobility
$100,000
Cpm Global (Chelsea Miller) · New York, NY · 2025
Develop/support community leaders
$100,000
League of Women Voters of Arkansas Education Fund · Fayetteville, AR · 2025
Advance civic participation
$100,000
Me Too International · Atlanta, GA · 2025
Advance survivor-led justice
$100,000
Melanated Leaders · Indianapolis, IN · 2025
Support/develop education leaders
$100,000
National Center for Civic Innovation · New York, NY · 2025
Develop/support education leaders
$100,000
Poise Foundation · Pittsburgh, PA · 2025
Develop/support philanthropic leaders
$100,000
Sister Song · Atlanta, GA · 2025
Advance health access
$100,000
The Kaleidoscope Collective · Denver, CO · 2025
Develop/support non-profit leaders
$100,000
Amalgamated Charitable Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024
Redefine philanthropy by empowering activism, harnessing generosity and leveraging technology
$100,000
Center for Community Change Action · Washington, DC · 2024
Broaden the definition of wealth by centering the perspectives and lived experiences of black women through research, storytelling, and the archiving of their origin stories
$100,000
Chic · Aurora, CO · 2024
Help families break intergenerational cycles of poverty and violence
$100,000
Colorado Black Arts Movement · Denver, CO · 2024
Support the training, anchoring, and sustenance of black creatives of all genres through the freshlo/arts education center, a place where creators can acquire the skills and opportunities to monetize and export their wo… read allSupport the training, anchoring, and sustenance of black creatives of all genres through the freshlo/arts education center, a place where creators can acquire the skills and opportunities to monetize and export their work in a way that sustains the creators, their community, and their heirs now and into the future. less
$100,000
Indiana Black Legislative Caucus Education Foundation · Indianapolis, IN · 2024
To advance indiana's black community by empowering youth, developing leaders, informing policy, and educating the public on important issues impacting minority communities
$100,000
The Fund for Constitutional Government · Washington, DC · 2024
To counter authoritarianism and advance inclusive and resilient democracies.
$100,000
The Roosevelt Institute · New York, NY · 2024
To champion new ideas and new leaders to make our economy and democracy work for the many, not the few
$100,000
Therapyluv Pllc · Tempe, AZ · 2024
Increase access to health for the black community
$100,000
Allied Media Projects · Detroit, MI · 2023
This restricted general operating grant constitutes a charitable gift and has been provided for costs for giftee's "freedom dreaming" project under the direction of asia johnson, project lead at hamtramck free school fo… read allThis restricted general operating grant constitutes a charitable gift and has been provided for costs for giftee's "freedom dreaming" project under the direction of asia johnson, project lead at hamtramck free school for the outcomes below that further the giftee's charitable mission to cultivate media for liberation and be a network of people and projects, rooted in detroit and connected to hundreds of other places across the globe. less
$100,000
Beloved Community · New Orleans, LA · 2023
To further their collaborative journey for racial and economic equity through (1) partnership with generation hope to support their continued work and expansion to new orleans and (2) support leader's personal growth an… read allTo further their collaborative journey for racial and economic equity through (1) partnership with generation hope to support their continued work and expansion to new orleans and (2) support leader's personal growth and wellbeing less
$100,000
Destination Liberation · Washington, DC · 2023
To (1) invest in building and sustaining a pipeline of southern black girl and women leadership, and (2) establish amultimedia platform for progressive voices and narrative shifts.
$100,000
Education Leaders of Color · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
To directly support senior leaders of color who are explicitly focused on dismantling systemic barriers to the academic and economic advancement and success of young people of color.
$100,000
Equity for All · Lithonia, GA · 2023
To mobilize the unorganized organizer and create an active ecosystem of young people passionate about creating justice-centered policies.
$100,000
Instituto Lab · Phoenix, AZ · 2023
To build sustained power with low-income and communities of color in arizona.
$100,000
Lnh Solutions Llc · Denver, CO · 2023
Conduct research and evaluation in the areas of housing, technology, and the development of black women leaders
$100,000
Springboard To Operations · Portland, ME · 2023
To connect families living in affordable housing with resources and programs that help them advance themselves in school, work and life.
$100,000
The Tides Center · San Francisco, CA · 2023
To secure additional capacity at children's rights innovation fund (crif) and finalize strategy for staying connected to black feminist movements and contribute to narrative change as key levers for multi-generational w… read allTo secure additional capacity at children's rights innovation fund (crif) and finalize strategy for staying connected to black feminist movements and contribute to narrative change as key levers for multi-generational wealth building and change. less
$100,000
Topeka K Sam Ventures Llc · New York, NY · 2023
To remove barriers to building financial and multi-generational wealth for black women and girls impacted by poverty and incarceration. The project will support the grantee in the exploration, design and piloting of a t… read allTo remove barriers to building financial and multi-generational wealth for black women and girls impacted by poverty and incarceration. The project will support the grantee in the exploration, design and piloting of a tech and corporate partnerships that will increase equitable access to financial services and products by families impacted by poverty and incarceration. less
$100,000
Katecha Cares Foundation · Indianapolis, IN · 2022
Assists in providing mental and emotional well-being resources. The highland project communicates with grantees on a regular basis and monitors their goals and objectives per their funding request.
$98,500
Beloved Community · New Orleans, LA · 2025
Mental health programming
$95,000
Chicago South Side Birth Center · Chicago, IL · 2025
Maternal health
$95,000
Florida Food Policy Council · Petersburg, FL · 2025
Advance food access for all
$95,000
She'S Well Networked · Baltimore, MD · 2025
Develop/support underinvested entrepreneurs
$95,000
Surge Institute · Chicago, IL · 2025
Develop/support education leaders
$91,500
Beloved Community · New Orleans, LA · 2024
To further their collaborative journey for racial and economic equity through (1) partnership with generation hope to support their continued work and expansion to new orleans and (2) support leader's personal growth an… read allTo further their collaborative journey for racial and economic equity through (1) partnership with generation hope to support their continued work and expansion to new orleans and (2) support leader's personal growth and wellbeing less
$90,000
Open Buffalo · Buffalo, NY · 2025
Develop/support community leaders
$75,000
Rise Colorado · Aurora, CO · 2025
Support/advocacy for low-income families
$75,000
Civic Health Alliance · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
To use care model design, advocacy and education to create equitable health delivery systems for historically marginalized populations
$75,000
Mangrove Community Wealth · New York, NY · 2023
Assists in developing emerging and aspiring professionals for civic and, community and non-profit leadership roles
$50,000
Black Leadership and Legacies · Fishers, IN · 2024
Assists in developing emerging and aspiring professionals for civic and, community and non-profit leadership roles.
$50,000
Jeremiah Program · Minneapolis, MN · 2023
To help assist the organization in their mission to end the cycle of poverty for single mothers and their children, two generations at a time.
$50,000
Katecha Cares Foundation · Indianapolis, IN · 2023
Assists in providing mental and emotional well-being resources
$50,000
Black Leadership and Legacies · Fishers, IN · 2022
Assists in developing emerging and aspiring professionals for civic and, community and non-profit leadership roles.the highland project communicates with grantees on a regular basis and monitors their goals and objectiv… read allAssists in developing emerging and aspiring professionals for civic and, community and non-profit leadership roles.the highland project communicates with grantees on a regular basis and monitors their goals and objectives per their funding request. less
$25,000
Better Stories Now Llc · Duluth, GA · 2025
Education/research
$25,000
Givesankofa · Chicago, IL · 2024
Assists in developing emerging and aspiring professionals for civic and, community and non-profit leadership roles
$25,000
Rise Colorado · Aurora, CO · 2024
To educate, engage, and empower low-income families of color to rise as change agents for educational equity in our public school systemts
$25,000
Social Good Fund · Richond, CA · 2023
To use care model design, advocacy and education to create equitable health delivery systems for historically marginalized populations.

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Source: IRS Form 990, Schedule I, as filed by this organization. These are grants already paid. Grants paid directly to individuals are reported to the IRS only as totals, so they do not appear as named lines here.