Funding search · EIN 943297479 · Oakland, CA

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Name: Policylink grants, 2022–2024
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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.

317
grants reported: $38.3M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $32,500
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

crosscutting strategies core communities thriving democracy flourishing economy

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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.

Black Ambition Opportunity2 grants · $10.0M
Liberation in a Generation2 grants · $5.0M
Liberation Ventures1 grant · $1.7M
Neo Philanthropy1 grant · $1.3M
Sierra Health Foundation Center for Health Program Management3 grants · $1.2M
The Stories of US1 grant · $1.0M
Ford Foundation1 grant · $829,466
Just Capital Foundation3 grants · $824,255
Results for America1 grant · $752,045
Coalicin De Coaliciones Pro Personas Sin Hogar De Puerto Rico1 grant · $450,000

Giving over time

$15.8M

2022

$9.2M

2023

$13.2M

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 317 grants.

$8.6M
Black Ambition Opportunity · Miami, FL · 2022
Core support
$3.5M
Liberation in a Generation · Lorton, VA · 2024
Crosscutting strategies
$1.7M
Liberation Ventures · Wilmington, DE · 2024
Crosscutting strategies
$1.4M
Liberation in a Generation · Lorton, VA · 2023
Crosscutting strategies
$1.4M
Black Ambition Opportunity · Miami, FL · 2023
Crosscutting strategies
$1.3M
Neo Philanthropy · New York, NY · 2022
Core support
$1.1M
Sierra Health Foundation Center for Health Program Management · Sacramento, CA · 2022
Core support
$1.0M
The Stories of US · New York, NY · 2024
Crosscutting strategies
$829,466
Ford Foundation · New York, NY · 2023
Crosscutting strategies
$752,045
Results for America · Washington, DC · 2022
Core support
$450,000
La Liga De Ciudades De Puerto Rico · San Juan, PR · 2024
Thriving communities
$450,000
Coalicin De Coaliciones Pro Personas Sin Hogar De Puerto Rico · Ponce, PR · 2023
Thriving communities
$421,620
The Regents of the University of California · Berkeley, CA · 2022
Core support
$319,445
Just Capital Foundation · Ny, NY · 2022
Core support
$285,813
The Good Nation Foundation · New York, NY · 2023
Crosscutting strategies
$254,810
Just Capital Foundation · New York, NY · 2023
Equitable economy
$250,000
Just Capital Foundation · New York, NY · 2024
Equitable economy
$250,000
Local Progress Policy Institute · Washington, DC · 2024
Thriving communities
$250,000
Acce Institute · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Thriving communities
$228,204
The California Endowment · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Core support
$210,000
The Urban Institute · Washington, DC · 2023
Flourishing democracy
$200,000
Center for Community Change · Washington, DC · 2023
Crosscutting strategies
$200,000
City and County of San Francisco · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Core support
$183,203
Center for Popular Democracy · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
Crosscutting strategies
$175,000
Free Press · Florence, MA · 2023
Crosscutting strategies
$171,000
Fsg - Boston · Boston, MA · 2024
Equitable economy
$170,000
Possibility Labs · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Crosscutting strategies
$152,500
California Black Power Network · Long Beach, CA · 2024
Crosscutting strategies
$152,500
Equal Justice Society · Oakland, CA · 2024
Crosscutting strategies
$152,500
Get Free Movement Fund · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
Crosscutting strategies
$150,000
Local Progress Policy Institute · Washington, DC · 2023
Thriving communities
$150,000
Northeastern University · Boston, MA · 2023
Crosscutting strategies
$148,729
Fsg · Boston, MA · 2022
Core support
$145,000
Acce Institute · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Crosscutting strategies
$132,110
Jobs With Justice Education Fund · Washington, DC · 2024
Flourishing democracy
$130,000
Firstrepair · Evanston, IL · 2023
Crosscutting strategies
$130,000
People United for Sustainable Housing · Buffalo, NY · 2022
Core support
$127,500
Equity and Transformation · Chicago, IL · 2024
Crosscutting strategies
$127,500
Firstrepair · Evanston, IL · 2024
Crosscutting strategies
$127,500
Free Press · Florence, MA · 2024
Crosscutting strategies
$127,500
Northeastern University · Boston, MA · 2024
Crosscutting strategies
$127,500
Project Truth and Reconciliation · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
Crosscutting strategies
$125,000
Kreative Arts Collective · New Orleans, LA · 2022
Core support
$109,430
Forward Justice · Durham, NC · 2023
Crosscutting strategies
$109,000
Forward Justice · Durham, NC · 2024
Crosscutting strategies
$105,000
Tulsa Community Foundation · Tulsa, OK · 2024
Crosscutting strategies
$105,000
Allied Media Projects · Detroit, MI · 2022
Core support
$103,500
El Enjambre Colectivo · San Juan, PR · 2024
Thriving communities
$102,500
Beloved Community Center of Greensboro · Greensboro, NC · 2024
Crosscutting strategies
$102,500
Fair Count · Atlanta, GA · 2024
Crosscutting strategies
$102,500
Kinfolk Tech Foundation · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
Crosscutting strategies
$102,500
Kqed · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Crosscutting strategies
$102,500
Level Ground · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Crosscutting strategies
$102,500
New Jersey Institute for Social Justice · Newark, NJ · 2024
Crosscutting strategies
$102,500
New Venture Fund · Washington, DC · 2024
Crosscutting strategies
$102,500
Northeastern Illinois University Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2024
Crosscutting strategies
$102,500
Racial Justice Coalition of Asheville · Asheville, NC · 2024
Crosscutting strategies
$102,500
The Redress Movement · West Tisbury, MA · 2024
Crosscutting strategies
$102,500
Beloved Community Center of Greensboro · Greensboro, NC · 2023
Crosscutting strategies
$102,500
Center for Independent Documentary · Boston, MA · 2023
Crosscutting strategies
$102,500
Eagle Market Streets Development Corporation Cdc · Asheville, NC · 2023
Crosscutting strategies
$102,500
Equity and Transformation · Chicago, IL · 2023
Crosscutting strategies
$102,500
Institute of the Black World 21st Century · East Elmhurt, NY · 2023
Crosscutting strategies
$102,500
Kreative Arts Collective · New Orleans, LA · 2023
Crosscutting strategies
$102,500
Neighborhood Housing Services of Los Angeles County · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Crosscutting strategies
$102,500
Northeastern Illinois University Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2023
Crosscutting strategies
$101,500
Live Free Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022
Core support
$100,000
Education Justice Academy · Sacramento, CA · 2024
Thriving communities
$100,000
Partnership for Southern Equity · Atlanta, GA · 2024
Crosscutting strategies
$100,000
Greater New Orleans Housing Alliance · New Orleans, LA · 2023
Crosscutting strategies
$100,000
The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York · New York, NY · 2023
Crosscutting strategies
$90,000
Centro Para La Reconstruccion Del Habitat · San Juan, PR · 2023
Thriving communities
$81,000
Housing California · Sacramento, CA · 2023
Crosscutting strategies
$77,500
Black Veterans Project · Baltimore, MD · 2024
Crosscutting strategies
$77,500
Tides Center · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Crosscutting strategies
$75,000
Right To the City Alliance · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
Crosscutting strategies
$75,000
Beloved Community Center of Greensboro · Greensboro, NC · 2022
Core support
$75,000
Free Press · Florence, MA · 2022
Core support
$75,000
Neighborhood Housing Services of Los Angeles County · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Core support
$75,000
Northeastern Illinois University Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2022
Core support
$75,000
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors · New York, NY · 2022
Core support
$75,000
The Watershed Center · Millerton, NY · 2022
Core support
$71,298
The Heising-Simons Foundation · Los Altos, CA · 2023
Crosscutting strategies
$70,000
Third Sector New England · Boston, MA · 2023
Crosscutting strategies
$67,500
Hatch · Bozeman, MT · 2024
Crosscutting strategies
$65,000
Rio Grande International Study Center · Laredo, TX · 2023
Thriving communities
$62,000
New Venture Fund · Washington, DC · 2022
Core support
$60,000
Third Sector New England · Boston, MA · 2024
Crosscutting strategies
$60,000
West Street Recovery · Houston, TX · 2024
Thriving communities
$55,000
Ujima Cooperative · Frostburg, MD · 2024
Crosscutting strategies
$52,500
African-American Community Trust · Chicago, IL · 2024
Crosscutting strategies
$52,500
Allied Media Projects · Detroit, MI · 2024
Crosscutting strategies
$52,500
Center for Independent Documentary · Boston, MA · 2024
Crosscutting strategies
$52,500
Creative Agents of Change Foundation · Louisville, KY · 2024
Crosscutting strategies
$52,500
Imoyase Community Support Services · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Crosscutting strategies
$52,500
Justice for Greenwood · Tulsa, OK · 2024
Crosscutting strategies
$52,500
Marijuana Justice · Richmond, VA · 2024
Crosscutting strategies
$52,500
National Black Cultural Information Trust · Waldorf, MD · 2024
Crosscutting strategies
$52,500
Reparation Education Project · Washington, DC · 2024
Crosscutting strategies
$52,500
Rio Grande International Study Center · Laredo, TX · 2024
Thriving communities

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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.