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12 funders with a record of paying for “binary”
Where the money went
Largest: $100,000 to BIG SKY FILM PRODUCTIONS INC — for production of 'the gender project', a documentary film that follows activists and scholars who defy simplistic gender labels, and examine persistent binary notions of gender an…
East Bay Community FoundationOakland, CACharity · may take applications
6 matching grants · $190,833 · through 2024Largest: $45,000 to TRANSFORMATIVE IN-PRISON WORKGROUP FS SOCIAL GOOD FUND — general support, staffing for the transformative in-prison workgroup's women's committee and the women's directory and survey projects in 2023, transformative in-prison workgroup's…
Largest: $80,000 to OREGON TRADESWOMEN INC — support operations and career education programs to improve access to trade jobs for bipoc, low-income women, and people in the trans and non-binary communities. statewide
Largest: $1.8M to NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY — to support efforts to develop an open-access state-of-the-art binary-star modeling tool that leads to a deeper understanding of stellar evolution and astronomical observations.
Largest: $200,000 to ORI ART GALLERY — collaborative planning grant: ori gallery with black & beyond the binary collective, liberation medicine school and west coast black circus
Largest: $25,000 to CHINESE FOR AFFIRMATIVE ACTION — lavender phoenix - supporting trans and non-binary api mental health: to train and support transgender and non-binary asians and pacific islanders in the san francisco bay area to …
Largest: $200,000 to FONDS POUR LES FEMMES EN MEDITERRANEE — to support the creation of the susan treadwell memorial award which will benefit young cis-women, trans-women, and non-binary activists in europe by recognizing and supporting thei…
Largest: $100,000 to Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (Florida) — massive binaries have an important impact on both their environments and on undergraduate education
Largest: $50,000 to BREAKING THE BINARY THEATRE (FISCAL SPONSOR PRODUCER HUB) — foundation grant - working capital
Walter and Elise Haas FundSan Francisco, CA
3 matching grants · $80,000 · through 2024Largest: $50,000 to BAY AREA GIRLS ROCK CAMP — one year of general operating support for music education programs benefitting self-identified girls, trans, and non-binary youth
Largest: $12,000 to YOUNG WOMEN EMPOWERED — y-we programs are free to attend and center young women, trans, non-binary, and gender expansive youth.
Largest: $30,000 to AIR GALLERY — a.i.r. fellowship program for emerging and underrepresented women and non-binary artists (over 2 years)
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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 →