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Private foundations don’t post open calls, so nobody can search them. We read IRS filings instead — 9.6 million grants from 174,053 foundations and grantmaking charities, searchable by what the money was actually for.

Foundation based inGave to recipients inFunder typeGrants of at leastActive since

5 funders with a record of paying for “basebuilding”

Where the money went

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5 funders, 44 recipients, grants matching “basebuilding” only. Ribbon width is proportional to the total given; each funder has its own colour. Hover a name to isolate its flows, click a funder to open it. Drag to move around; zoom with the buttons, a double-click, or the wheel after clicking the map.

Center for Popular DemocracyBrooklyn, NYCharity · may take applications
41 matching grants · $11.2M · through 2024
Largest: $886,500 to ACCE INSTITUTE — basebuilding - (general)campaigns - (housing)campaigns - (advocacy & mobilization)
Full grant history →IRS filings ↗
Chinese Progressive AssociationOakland, CACharity · may take applications
6 matching grants · $900,000 · through 2024
Largest: $150,000 to ARAB AMERICAN ACTION NETWORK — lotus and rice grant to support basebuilding and leadership development
Full grant history →IRS filings ↗
Social Justice Fund NorthwestSeattle, WACharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $200,000 · through 2023
Largest: $50,000 to RVC — general operating: basebuilding grant
Full grant history →IRS filings ↗
The California EndowmentLos Angeles, CA
1 matching grant · $50,000 · through 2023
Largest: $50,000 to KEE CHA-E-NAR CORPORATION — supporting native health through narrative and basebuilding efforts: to support native health through narrative efforts around the missing and murdered indigenous people crisis in …
Full grant history →IRS filings ↗
Brazilian Worker CenterAllston, MACharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $40,000 · through 2022
Largest: $40,000 to BRAZILIAN POLICY CENTER — basebuilding project - complete count grant program
Full grant history →IRS filings ↗

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Source: IRS Form 990-PF Part XV and Form 990 Schedule I, tax years 2019–2025. These are grants already paid, a record of what an organization funds rather than an open call. Private foundations rarely accept unsolicited applications and the route in is usually a program officer; grantmaking charities and associations more often run real application cycles, so check their website. How this data is built, and its limits →

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Center for Popular DemocracyBrooklyn, NYCharity · may take applications

Chinese Progressive AssociationOakland, CACharity · may take applications

Social Justice Fund NorthwestSeattle, WACharity · may take applications

The California EndowmentLos Angeles, CA

Brazilian Worker CenterAllston, MACharity · may take applications

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