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Illinois Coalition for Immigrant → Chinese Mutual Aid Association: $2.0M across 4 grants, latest 2024The Ford Foundation → Caribbean Agroecology Institute Inc: $1.5M across 2 grants, latest 2024Foundation to Promote Open Society → Trust Africa: $1.0M across 1 grant, latest 2024Liberty Mutual Foundation Inc → Boston Foundation Inc: $600K across 3 grants, latest 2023J F Schoellkopf Silver Wedding Fund → Mutual Aid Society: $439K across 4 grants, latest 2025The California Endowment → Possibility Labs: $233K across 1 grant, latest 2021The Chicago Community Trust → Mutual Assistance Network of Del Paso Heights: $148K across 2 grants, latest 2021Boston Foundation Inc → The Cambodian Mutual Assistance Association of Greater Lowell Inc: $135K across 6 grants, latest 2024Self-Help Enterprises → Bella Vista Mutual Water Inc: $114K across 2 grants, latest 2022Greater Houston Community Foundation → Solidaire Network Inc: $50K across 1 grant, latest 2024Communities Foundation of Oklahoma → Harper County Development Authority: $40K across 1 grant, latest 2024The Rosenthal Family Foundation → Hungeractionla for the Flying Squad: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2023Illinois Coalition for Immigrant → Iraqi Mutual Aid Societymeira: $1.1M across 3 grants, latest 2024The Ford Foundation → Skylight Engagement Inc: $516K across 2 grants, latest 2024Foundation to Promote Open Society → Tides Center: $475K across 1 grant, latest 2022Liberty Mutual Foundation Inc → City Year Greater Boston: $300K across 3 grants, latest 2023The Chicago Community Trust → Chinese Mutual Aid Association Inc: $130K across 3 grants, latest 2022The California Endowment → National Day Laborer Organizing Network: $65K across 1 grant, latest 2021Self-Help Enterprises → Tooleville Mutual Water Compa: $44K across 4 grants, latest 2024Greater Houston Community Foundation → United Service Organizations Inc: $36K across 1 grant, latest 2023Boston Foundation Inc → Coast Guard Mutual Assistance Incorporated: $32K across 4 grants, latest 2024Communities Foundation of Oklahoma → Take Control Initiative: $20K across 1 grant, latest 2024The Rosenthal Family Foundation → Chrysalis Center: $7K across 1 grant, latest 2023The Ford Foundation → China Friendship Foundation for Peace and Development: $275K across 1 grant, latest 2024Illinois Coalition for Immigrant → Iraqi Mutual Aid Society: $274K across 1 grant, latest 2021Foundation to Promote Open Society → Hopewell Fund: $225K across 1 grant, latest 2023Liberty Mutual Foundation Inc → City Year Inc: $100K across 1 grant, latest 2024The Chicago Community Trust → Mutual Ground Inc: $82K across 4 grants, latest 2023The California Endowment → Sahaba Initiative Inc: $60K across 1 grant, latest 2023Greater Houston Community Foundation → Experimental Aircraft Association Inc: $30K across 3 grants, latest 2024Boston Foundation Inc → Mutual Aid Eastie: $25K across 1 grant, latest 2024Communities Foundation of Oklahoma → Rural Enterprises of Oklahoma Inc Dba Rei Oklahoma: $15K across 1 grant, latest 2024Self-Help Enterprises → Old River Mutual: $9K across 1 grant, latest 2023The Rosenthal Family Foundation → The Dillon Henry Foundation: $5K across 1 grant, latest 2023The Ford Foundation → Fy Chang Foundation: $230K across 1 grant, latest 2022The Ford Foundation → The Fy Chang Foundation: $220K across 1 grant, latest 2023The Ford Foundation → Carnegie Endowment for International Peace: $187K across 1 grant, latest 2023The Ford Foundation → International Development Research Centre: $100K across 1 grant, latest 2024The Ford Foundation → Center for Democracy in the Americas: $100K across 2 grants, latest 2023The Ford Foundation → Southern Mutual Help Association Inc: $100K across 1 grant, latest 2024Liberty Mutual Foundation Inc → Rian Immigrant Center: $100K across 1 grant, latest 2022Foundation to Promote Open Society → Centro De Apoyo Mutuo Bucarabones Unido: $100K across 1 grant, latest 2022Foundation to Promote Open Society → Mesa Multisectorial Del Bosque Modelo De Puerto Ri: $72K across 3 grants, latest 2023The Chicago Community Trust → East Central Illinois Refugee Mutual Assistance Center: $70K across 2 grants, latest 2021The California Endowment → Pilipino Workers Center of Southern California: $50K across 2 grants, latest 2023The California Endowment → Alianza Coachella Valley: $35K across 1 grant, latest 2023The Ford Foundation → Center for Engagement and Advocacy in the Americas: $28K across 1 grant, latest 2024The California Endowment → Pilipino Workers Center of Southern: $25K across 1 grant, latest 2021The California Endowment → Brotherhood of Elders Network: $25K across 1 grant, latest 2023The California Endowment → Project 4r Inc: $25K across 1 grant, latest 2021The Chicago Community Trust → Wv Cant Wait Mutual Aid A Non-Profit Corporation: $20K across 1 grant, latest 2023Communities Foundation of Oklahoma → Lindsey House: $15K across 1 grant, latest 2024Communities Foundation of Oklahoma → Dress for Success Oklahoma City Inc: $15K across 1 grant, latest 2024Greater Houston Community Foundation → Catholic Daughters of the Americas: $15K across 1 grant, latest 2022Communities Foundation of Oklahoma → Greater Oklahoma City Hispanic Chamber of Commerce Foundation: $12K across 1 grant, latest 2024Communities Foundation of Oklahoma → Oklahoma Donor Alliance: $12K across 1 grant, latest 2024Greater Houston Community Foundation → Order of St Basil the Great Inc: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2024Communities Foundation of Oklahoma → Stitchcrew Inc: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2024Communities Foundation of Oklahoma → United We: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2024Greater Houston Community Foundation → San Antonio Police Officers Benefit: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2023The Rosenthal Family Foundation → Working for America: $5K across 1 grant, latest 2023The Ford Foundation → Hlanganisa Community Fund: $5K across 1 grant, latest 2024The Rosenthal Family Foundation → Union Station Homeless Services: $3K across 1 grant, latest 2023The Rosenthal Family Foundation → Sandy Hook Promise Foundation: $2K across 1 grant, latest 2023Illinois Coalition for Immigrant: $3.3M on this topic. Open the funder.Illinois Coalition for Immigr…$3.3MThe Ford Foundation: $3.2M on this topic. Open the funder.The Ford Foundation$3.2MFoundation to Promote Open Society: $1.9M on this topic. Open the funder.Foundation to Promote Open So…$1.9MLiberty Mutual Foundation Inc: $1.1M on this topic. Open the funder.Liberty Mutual Foundation Inc$1.1MThe California Endowment: $518K on this topic. Open the funder.The California Endowment$518KThe Chicago Community Trust: $450K on this topic. Open the funder.The Chicago Community Trust$450KJ F Schoellkopf Silver Wedding Fund: $439K on this topic. Open the funder.J F Schoellkopf Silver Weddin…$439KBoston Foundation Inc: $191K on this topic. Open the funder.Boston Foundation Inc$191KSelf-Help Enterprises: $167K on this topic. Open the funder.Self-Help Enterprises$167KGreater Houston Community Foundation: $151K on this topic. Open the funder.Greater Houston Community Fou…$151KCommunities Foundation of Oklahoma: $148K on this topic. Open the funder.Communities Foundation of Okl…$148KThe Rosenthal Family Foundation: $32K on this topic. Open the funder.The Rosenthal Family Foundati…$32KChinese Mutual Aid Association: received $2.0M on this topicChinese Mutual Aid Association$2.0MCaribbean Agroecology Institute Inc: received $1.5M on this topicCaribbean Agroecology Institute…$1.5MIraqi Mutual Aid Societymeira: received $1.1M on this topicIraqi Mutual Aid Societymeira$1.1MTrust Africa: received $1.0M on this topicTrust Africa$1.0MBoston Foundation Inc: received $600K on this topicBoston Foundation Inc$600KSkylight Engagement Inc: received $516K on this topicSkylight Engagement Inc$516KTides Center: received $475K on this topicTides Center$475KMutual Aid Society: received $439K on this topicMutual Aid Society$439KCity Year Greater Boston: received $300K on this topicCity Year Greater Boston$300KChina Friendship Foundation for Peace and Development: received $275K on this topicChina Friendship Foundation for…$275KIraqi Mutual Aid Society: received $274K on this topicIraqi Mutual Aid Society$274KPossibility Labs: received $233K on this topicPossibility Labs$233KFy Chang Foundation: received $230K on this topicFy Chang Foundation$230KHopewell Fund: received $225K on this topicHopewell Fund$225KThe Fy Chang Foundation: received $220K on this topicThe Fy Chang Foundation$220KCarnegie Endowment for International Peace: received $187K on this topicCarnegie Endowment for Internat…$187KMutual Assistance Network of Del Paso Heights: received $148K on this topicMutual Assistance Network of De…$148KThe Cambodian Mutual Assistance Association of Greater Lowell Inc: received $135K on this topicThe Cambodian Mutual Assistance…$135KChinese Mutual Aid Association Inc: received $130K on this topicChinese Mutual Aid Association…$130KBella Vista Mutual Water Inc: received $114K on this topicBella Vista Mutual Water Inc$114KCity Year Inc: received $100K on this topicCity Year Inc$100KInternational Development Research Centre: received $100K on this topicInternational Development Resea…$100KCenter for Democracy in the Americas: received $100K on this topicCenter for Democracy in the Ame…$100KSouthern Mutual Help Association Inc: received $100K on this topicSouthern Mutual Help Associatio…$100KRian Immigrant Center: received $100K on this topicRian Immigrant Center$100KCentro De Apoyo Mutuo Bucarabones Unido: received $100K on this topicCentro De Apoyo Mutuo Bucarabon…$100KMutual Ground Inc: received $82K on this topicMutual Ground Inc$82KMesa Multisectorial Del Bosque Modelo De Puerto Ri: received $72K on this topicMesa Multisectorial Del Bosque…$72KEast Central Illinois Refugee Mutual Assistance Center: received $70K on this topicEast Central Illinois Refugee M…$70KNational Day Laborer Organizing Network: received $65K on this topicNational Day Laborer Organizing…$65KSahaba Initiative Inc: received $60K on this topicSahaba Initiative Inc$60KSolidaire Network Inc: received $50K on this topicSolidaire Network Inc$50KPilipino Workers Center of Southern California: received $50K on this topicPilipino Workers Center of Sout…$50KTooleville Mutual Water Compa: received $44K on this topicTooleville Mutual Water Compa$44KHarper County Development Authority: received $40K on this topicHarper County Development Autho…$40KUnited Service Organizations Inc: received $36K on this topicUnited Service Organizations Inc$36KAlianza Coachella Valley: received $35K on this topicAlianza Coachella Valley$35KCoast Guard Mutual Assistance Incorporated: received $32K on this topicCoast Guard Mutual Assistance I…$32KExperimental Aircraft Association Inc: received $30K on this topicExperimental Aircraft Associati…$30KCenter for Engagement and Advocacy in the Americas: received $28K on this topicCenter for Engagement and Advoc…$28KMutual Aid Eastie: received $25K on this topicMutual Aid Eastie$25KPilipino Workers Center of Southern: received $25K on this topicPilipino Workers Center of Sout…$25KBrotherhood of Elders Network: received $25K on this topicBrotherhood of Elders Network$25KProject 4r Inc: received $25K on this topicProject 4r Inc$25KTake Control Initiative: received $20K on this topicTake Control Initiative$20KWv Cant Wait Mutual Aid A Non-Profit Corporation: received $20K on this topicWv Cant Wait Mutual Aid A Non-P…$20KRural Enterprises of Oklahoma Inc Dba Rei Oklahoma: received $15K on this topicRural Enterprises of Oklahoma I…$15KLindsey House: received $15K on this topicLindsey House$15KDress for Success Oklahoma City Inc: received $15K on this topicDress for Success Oklahoma City…$15KCatholic Daughters of the Americas: received $15K on this topicCatholic Daughters of the Ameri…$15KGreater Oklahoma City Hispanic Chamber of Commerce Foundation: received $12K on this topicGreater Oklahoma City Hispanic…$12KOklahoma Donor Alliance: received $12K on this topicOklahoma Donor Alliance$12KHungeractionla for the Flying Squad: received $10K on this topicHungeractionla for the Flying S…$10KOrder of St Basil the Great Inc: received $10K on this topicOrder of St Basil the Great Inc$10KStitchcrew Inc: received $10K on this topicStitchcrew Inc$10KUnited We: received $10K on this topicUnited We$10KSan Antonio Police Officers Benefit: received $10K on this topicSan Antonio Police Officers Ben…$10KOld River Mutual: received $9K on this topicOld River Mutual$9KChrysalis Center: received $7K on this topicChrysalis Center$7KThe Dillon Henry Foundation: received $5K on this topicThe Dillon Henry Foundation$5KWorking for America: received $5K on this topicWorking for America$5KHlanganisa Community Fund: received $5K on this topicHlanganisa Community Fund$5KUnion Station Homeless Services: received $3K on this topicUnion Station Homeless Services$3KSandy Hook Promise Foundation: received $2K on this topicSandy Hook Promise Foundation$2K
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Source: IRS Form 990-PF Part XV and Form 990 Schedule I, tax years 20192025. 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 →