OVERVIEW: The Roy and Patricia Disney Family Foundation supports affordable housing preservation, criminal justice reform and environmental justice, primarily in Los Angeles and secondarily in New Orleans and Tacoma, Washington. Civic empowerment … [Read more...] about Roy and Patricia Disney Foundation
Grants for Progressive Funders
Democracy Fund
OVERVIEW: The Democracy Fund supports election reform, voting rights, government oversight, media and journalism, migrant's rights, and other efforts toward a fair and inclusive democracy in the U.S. IP TAKE: Democracy Fund is a well-connected … [Read more...] about Democracy Fund
Democracy Alliance
OVERVIEW: Democracy Alliance is an influential network of progressive individual donors, foundations and labor unions that coordinates strategy and investments across elections, public policy, civic engagement, worker organizing and state-based power … [Read more...] about Democracy Alliance
Deer Creek Foundation
OVERVIEW: The Deer Creek Foundation’s primary purpose is to support organizations that promote government accountability, democratic institutions, civil rights and civil liberties in the United States. It also supports local public media in St. … [Read more...] about Deer Creek Foundation
128 Collective
Satterberg Foundation
OVERVIEW: This funder mainly supports local organizations in Washington State, but California organizations that promote a just society and a sustainable environment also receive funding. IP TAKE: The Satterberg Foundation engages in … [Read more...] about Satterberg Foundation
Ford Foundation
Brooklyn Org
OVERVIEW: Brooklyn Org gives broadly to support the diverse communities of the New York City borough of Brooklyn. IP TAKE: Brooklyn Org is a community foundation with an unusually explicit commitment to participatory grantmaking, racial … [Read more...] about Brooklyn Org
Arc of Justice
OVERVIEW: Arc of Justice, formerly known as the Benjamin Fund, supports community organizing and democracy efforts around the United States. IP TAKE: Arc of Justice is an inaccessible but potentially significant prospect for progressive … [Read more...] about Arc of Justice
General Service Foundation
OVERVIEW: The General Service Foundation (GSF) is a relatively small but well-connected family foundation that backs organizations building power for racial, gender and economic justice. IP TAKE: Intersectionality is key here. This funder … [Read more...] about General Service Foundation
Rockefeller Brothers Fund
OVERVIEW: The Rockefeller Brothers Fund runs thematic grantmaking programs for democracy in the U.S. and globally, climate and sustainable development, and peacebuilding. It also runs place-based initiatives in Central America, China and the Western … [Read more...] about Rockefeller Brothers Fund
Hill-Snowdon Foundation
OVERVIEW: The Hill-Snowdon Foundation broadly funds economic justice, civic engagement and community strengthening initiatives in Washington D.C. and across the United States. IP TAKE: The majority of this funder’s grants support general operating … [Read more...] about Hill-Snowdon Foundation
David Rockefeller Fund
OVERVIEW: The David Rockefeller Fund is a small family foundation that supports the arts, climate solutions and justice system transformation. Social justice and equity underpin all of its giving. IP TAKE: The David Rockefeller Fund is a family … [Read more...] about David Rockefeller Fund
Pride Foundation
Chinook Fund
OVERVIEW: The Chinook Fund supports racial justice, social justice and economic justice in Colorado. Its grantmaking spans racial, economic, disability, immigrant and LGBTQ+ justice, among other areas. IP TAKE: Chinook Fund is a strong prospect … [Read more...] about Chinook Fund
NEO Philanthropy
OVERVIEW: NEO Philanthropy is a philanthropic intermediary that supports social justice movements through collaborative grantmaking, fiscal sponsorship and strategic partnerships with funders. IP TAKE: NEO Philanthropy is an influential … [Read more...] about NEO Philanthropy
Open Society Foundations
Sandler Foundation
OVERVIEW: The Sandler Foundation is a spend-down funder in its final years. It supports a relatively small number of high-capacity organizations working nationally on American democracy, economic and consumer issues, children’s opportunity and … [Read more...] about Sandler Foundation
Levi Strauss Foundation
OVERVIEW: The Levi Strauss Foundation supports democracy, immigrant rights, reproductive justice, and worker rights and well-being. Its democracy and immigrant-rights grantmaking is U.S.-focused, while worker-rights funding targets apparel workers … [Read more...] about Levi Strauss Foundation
Kaphan Foundation
OVERVIEW: The Kaphan Foundation supports democracy and civic engagement, civil and immigrant rights, reproductive rights, nonprofit journalism, education and technology, climate and regional policy, international human rights, and selected … [Read more...] about Kaphan Foundation
Solidago Foundation
OVERVIEW: The Solidago Foundation supports grassroots civic engagement, voting rights, voter protection and democracy reform, particularly in communities affected by structural inequities. IP TAKE: Solidago is a progressive, relationship-driven … [Read more...] about Solidago Foundation
Ben & Jerry’s Foundation
OVERVIEW: The Ben & Jerry’s Foundation supports grassroots organizing for social and environmental justice, as well as community-based work in Vermont. IP TAKE: This funder's historical national program backed small, constituent-led organizing … [Read more...] about Ben & Jerry’s Foundation
Arcus Foundation
OVERVIEW: The Arcus Foundation supports LGBTQ social justice and the conservation and protection of great apes and gibbons. This is now a time-limited funding prospect: Arcus plans to cease operations in 2029, continue making Social Justice grants … [Read more...] about Arcus Foundation
Laughing Gull Foundation
OVERVIEW: The Laughing Gull Foundation supports progressive work in the U.S. South through three grantmaking programs: LGBTQ+ equality, higher education in prison, and climate and environmental justice. Across its portfolios, the foundation … [Read more...] about Laughing Gull Foundation
Arca Foundation
OVERVIEW: The Arca Foundation backs grassroots movement building and public-policy work related to social and economic justice, racial justice, democratic participation, corporate accountability and environmental sustainability. A smaller portion of … [Read more...] about Arca Foundation
New World Foundation
OVERVIEW: The New World Foundation mainly supports workers’ rights and labor organizing initiatives, especially ones that seek to build connections and networks among workers and activists in a globalized economy. IP TAKE: Though it is … [Read more...] about New World Foundation
Stephen M. Silberstein Foundation
OVERVIEW: The Stephen M. Silberstein Foundation supports democracy, civil liberties, progressive public policy, economic justice, journalism, environmental advocacy, education, libraries and select arts and cultural organizations. Grantmaking spans … [Read more...] about Stephen M. Silberstein Foundation
Weingart Foundation
OVERVIEW: The Weingart Foundation supports nonprofits, coalitions and collaboratives working to advance racial, social and economic justice in Southern California. Its grantmaking centers organizations that build community power, organize for … [Read more...] about Weingart Foundation
Heising-Simons Foundation
OVERVIEW: The Heising-Simons Foundation is a large family foundation whose grantmaking spans climate and clean energy, early childhood education, human rights, the physical sciences, journalism and youth homelessness. Its work is primarily … [Read more...] about Heising-Simons Foundation
Groundswell Fund
OVERVIEW: Groundswell Fund supports grassroots organizations working at the intersection of bodily autonomy and democracy. Its grantmaking centers reproductive freedom, gender justice, trans safety, civic participation, economic justice and … [Read more...] about Groundswell Fund
