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12 funders with a record of paying for “lift”
Where the money went
In Our Own Voice National Black Women'SWashington, DCCharity · may take applications
39 matching grants · $3.3M · through 2024Largest: $215,000 to SPARK REPRODUCTIVE JUSTICE NOW — to amplify and lift up the voices of black women at the national and regional levels in our ongoing fight to secure reproductive justice for all women and girls.
Largest: $375,000 to LIFT INC — this grant will enable lift to expand the reach of its family-centered coaching model and approach through the expansion of their action and training tank.
The Chicago Community TrustChicago, ILCharity · may take applications
20 matching grants · $4.5M · through 2023Largest: $350,000 to Lift Inc — in support of its lift-chicago: growing wealth by investing in families initiative
Largest: $250,000 to LIFT INC — program/operating support
Largest: $1.4M to NEIGHBORHOOD FUNDERS GROUP INC — core support grant for lift to ensure the equitable implementation of federal industrial policy investments
The Community Foundation forJacksonville, FLCharity · may take applications
18 matching grants · $1.9M · through 2024Largest: $200,000 to LIFT JAX INC — general operating support for lift jax with a specific focus on funding the launch of the main street initiative along the a. philip randolph commercial corridor.
Neighborhood Legal ServicesGlendale, CACharity · may take applications
18 matching grants · $1.2M · through 2022Largest: $135,000 to Asian Resources Inc — subcontractor to the california community foundation (ccf) grant for the implementation of the los angeles linking immigrants and individuals to benefits, resources and education c…
Open Medicine FoundationAgoura Hills, CACharity · may take applications
10 matching grants · $450,412 · through 2025Largest: $300,000 to THE BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL INC — post extertional malaise muscle biopsy study & lift trial
Wk Kellogg FoundationBattle Creek, MI
12 matching grants · $5.8M · through 2024Largest: $1.7M to AMERICAN PUBLIC HUMAN SERVICES ASSOCIATION — advance family economic mobility and good jobs in the southern region of ms and nationally through systems change work that engages public-private, cross-sector peer learning netwo…
Largest: $200,000 to AMERICAN PUBLIC HEALTH ASSOCIATION INC — continuing education of public health professionals: to support a conference that will lift up critical public health issues and crises facing california and the nation.
Largest: $650,000 to Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc — to support the climate nexus water hub in delivering strategic water communications and lifting up diverse voices.
The San Francisco FoundationSan Francisco, CACharity · may take applications
9 matching grants · $5.9M · through 2024Largest: $2.3M to TIDES CENTER — to support the poder project. to support the leaderspring center. to support the generation housing project. to support the bay area regional health inequities coalition. to suppor…
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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 →