Funding search · EIN 954247443 · Los Angeles, CA

The Middle Passage Foundation

Name: The Middle Passage Foundation grants, 2021–2024
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.

47
grants reported: $726,000
total given: 2021–2024
filing years: $10,000
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.

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Funding pattern

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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.

Episcopal Community Services of San Francisco4 grants · $220,000
Project Open Hand4 grants · $100,000
World Central Kitchen3 grants · $65,000
Berkeley Food and Housing Project2 grants · $45,000
Aclu of Northern California4 grants · $42,000
Amnesty International4 grants · $40,000
A Better Chance1 grant · $35,000
American Indian College Fund4 grants · $34,000
Kqed-Fm4 grants · $26,000
Committee To Project Journalists3 grants · $26,000

Giving over time

$200,000

2021

$187,000

2022

$164,000

2023

$175,000

2024

Grant history

All 47 reported grants, largest first.

$60,000
Episcopal Community Services of San Francisco · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Sec 501(c)(3) organization
$60,000
Episcopal Community Services of San Francisco · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Sec 501(c)(3) organization
$50,000
Episcopal Community Services of San Francisco · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Sec 501(c)(3) organization
$50,000
Episcopal Community Services of San Francisco · San Francisco, CA · 2021
Sec 501(c)(3) organization
$35,000
A Better Chance · New York, NY · 2021
Sec 501(c)(3) organization
$25,000
Project Open Hand · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Sec 501(c)(3) organization
$25,000
World Central Kitchen · Washington, DC · 2024
Sec 501(c)(3) organization
$25,000
Project Open Hand · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Sec 501(c)(3) organization
$25,000
Berkeley Food and Housing Project · Berkeley, CA · 2022
Sec 501(c)(3) organization
$25,000
Project Open Hand · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Sec 501(c)(3) organization
$25,000
Project Open Hand · San Francisco, CA · 2021
Sec 501(c)(3) organization
$20,000
World Central Kitchen · Washington, DC · 2023
Sec 501(c)(3) organization
$20,000
World Central Kitchen · Washington, DC · 2022
Sec 501(c)(3) organization
$20,000
Berkeley Food and Housing Project · Berkeley, CA · 2021
Sec 501(c)(3) organization
$20,000
Doctors Without Borders · New York, NY · 2021
Sec 501(c)(3) organization
$12,000
Aclu of Northern California · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Sec 501(c)(3) organization
$10,000
American Indian College Fund · Denver, CO · 2024
Sec 501(c)(3) organization
$10,000
Amnesty International · Oakland, CA · 2024
Sec 501(c)(3) organization
$10,000
Committee To Project Journalists · New York, NY · 2024
Sec 501(c)(3) organization
$10,000
Aclu of Northern California · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Sec 501(c)(3) organization
$10,000
American Indian College Fund · Denver, CO · 2023
Sec 501(c)(3) organization
$10,000
Amnesty International · Oakland, CA · 2023
Sec 501(c)(3) organization
$10,000
Aclu of Northern California · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Sec 501(c)(3) organization
$10,000
American Indian College Fund · Denver, CO · 2022
Sec 501(c)(3) organization
$10,000
Amnesty International · Oakland, CA · 2022
Sec 501(c)(3) organization
$10,000
Aclu of Northern California · San Francisco, CA · 2021
Sec 501(c)(3) organization
$10,000
Amnesty International · Oakland, CA · 2021
Sec 501(c)(3) organization
$10,000
The San Francisco Spca · San Francisco, CA · 2021
Sec 501(c)(3) organization
$8,000
Kqed-Fm · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Sec 501(c)(3) organization
$8,000
Committee To Project Journalists · New York, NY · 2023
Sec 501(c)(3) organization
$8,000
Boys and Girl Club Sf · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Sec 501(c)(3) organization
$8,000
Committee To Project Journalists · New York, NY · 2022
Sec 501(c)(3) organization
$6,000
Kqed-Fm · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Sec 501(c)(3) organization
$6,000
Kqed-Fm · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Sec 501(c)(3) organization
$6,000
Rebuilding Together · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Sec 501(c)(3) organization
$6,000
Kqed-Fm · San Francisco, CA · 2021
Sec 501(c)(3) organization
$6,000
Rebuilding Together · San Francisco, CA · 2021
Sec 501(c)(3) organization
$5,000
Cultural Survivals · Cambridge, MA · 2024
Sec 501(c)(3) organization
$5,000
K9 Warriors · Ponte Vedra Beach, FL · 2024
Sec 501(c)(3) organization
$5,000
The San Francisco Spca · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Sec 501(c)(3) organization
$5,000
Cultural Survivals · Cambridge, MA · 2023
Sec 501(c)(3) organization
$5,000
K9 Warriors · Ponte Vedra Beach, FL · 2023
Sec 501(c)(3) organization
$5,000
The San Francisco Spca · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Sec 501(c)(3) organization
$5,000
The San Francisco Spca · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Sec 501(c)(3) organization
$4,000
K9 Warriors · Ponte Vedra Beach, FL · 2022
Sec 501(c)(3) organization
$4,000
American Indian College Fund · Denver, CO · 2021
Sec 501(c)(3) organization
$4,000
Cultural Survival · Cambridge, MA · 2021
Sec 501(c)(3) organization

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