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12 funders with a record of paying for “sovereignty”
Where the money went
Glynwood CenterCold Spring, NYCharity · may take applications
52 matching grants · $975,854 · through 2024Largest: $106,000 to EVER-GROWING FAMILY FARM — support the food sovereignty program
Wk Kellogg FoundationBattle Creek, MI
38 matching grants · $7.1M · through 2024Largest: $50,000 to CENTER OF SOUTHWEST CULTURE INC — advance food sovereignty for the children and families of isleta pueblo, new mexico by conducting a food sovereignty assessment that provides a cultural framework for local food ec…
Largest: $50,000 to CHARITYVEST - PARTNERSHIP WITH NATIVE AMERICANS — growing youth in food sovereignty: indigenous foodways food sovereignty initiative
Naah Illahee FundSeattle, WACharity · may take applications
16 matching grants · $298,311 · through 2023Largest: $29,630 to Seventh Generation Fund — food sovereignty grant
Food LifelineSeattle, WACharity · may take applications
13 matching grants · $528,000 · through 2024Largest: $49,000 to BLACK FARMERS COLLECTIVE — community food sovereignty fund
Largest: $1.1M to TIDES FOUNDATION — project support : native american food sovereignty alliance: akwesasne seed sovereignty
Largest: $200,000 to FEED EM FREEDOM — collaborative planning grant: feed'em freedom foundation, black food sovereignty coalition/black futures farm and black oregon land trust
Largest: $40,000 to MA FOOD SYSTEM COLLABORATIVE — youth-led agriculture and local food sovereignty at the sankofa community farm at bartram's garden
Largest: $1.0M to SEMILLAS SOCIEDAD CIVIL — general operating support: to support an organization that promotes the health of young indigenous californians for improved health outcomes and academic success by advancing inclu…
Largest: $20,000 to KYLIE ELIZABETH QUAVE — quave, kylie (george washington u.) "engagement, intersectionality, and indigenous sovereignty: the eighth biennial meeting of the society for amazonian and andean studies"
Largest: $160,000 to INDIAN LAND TENURE FOUNDATION — indian land tenure foundation is a national organization focused on land reclamation as central to tribal sovereignty. they conduct critical data collection and analysis on issues …
Possibility LabsSan Francisco, CACharity · may take applications
7 matching grants · $1.0M · through 2024Largest: $200,000 to NATIVE AMERICAN FOOD SOVEREIGNTY ALLIANCE — general operating support
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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 →