New York · Grantmakers

Foundations That Fund Civil Rights & Social Justice in New York

Imperigo has identified 1,106 funders that made 8,610 grants totaling $2.1B to 402 civil rights & social justice organizations in New York, with a median grant of $26K. Every figure below is drawn from IRS Form 990 filings through 2025.

Civil Rights & Social Justice Funding in New York

Total granted $2.1B
Funders 1,106
Grants 8,610
Organizations funded 402

Top Funders — page 1 of 4

1. Tides Foundation
165 grants to 59 organizations · largest $25.5M · through 2024 · 3.9% of their giving
$99.9M
2. United Jewish Appeal-Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of New York Inc
21 grants to 8 organizations · largest $9.8M · through 2024 · 3.4% of their giving
$37.3M
3. Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc
83 grants to 39 organizations · largest $3.0M · through 2024 · 2.5% of their giving
$31.7M
4. Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc
160 grants to 88 organizations · largest $1.5M · through 2024 · 2.8% of their giving
$21.0M
5. Dayton Foundation Plus Inc
7 grants to 4 organizations · largest $3.1M · through 2024 · 5.5% of their giving
$8.3M
6. Sixdegreesorg
4 grants to 2 organizations · largest $1.5M · through 2023 · 30.8% of their giving
$2.2M
7. The Donald and Carole Chaiken Foundation
31 grants to 9 organizations · largest $572K · through 2024 · 10.7% of their giving
$3.7M
8. Munger Tolles & Olson Foundation
4 grants to 3 organizations · largest $1.9M · through 2024 · 20.4% of their giving
$1.9M
9. The Chicago Community Trust
88 grants to 26 organizations · largest $10.1M · through 2023
$45.6M
10. Silicon Valley Community Foundation
80 grants to 37 organizations · largest $4.7M · through 2024
$58.7M
11. Boston Foundation Inc
46 grants to 10 organizations · largest $5.0M · through 2024 · 1.4% of their giving
$15.3M
12. Marin Community Foundation
30 grants to 10 organizations · largest $5.0M · through 2024 · 1.3% of their giving
$15.0M
13. Solidaire Network Inc
35 grants to 7 organizations · largest $400K · through 2024 · 5.8% of their giving
$3.2M
14. Women Donors Network Action
20 grants to 6 organizations · largest $300K · through 2024 · 7.1% of their giving
$2.4M
15. Democracy Fund Voice Inc
9 grants to 2 organizations · largest $825K · through 2024 · 5.2% of their giving
$3.1M
16. Jewish Communal Fund
158 grants to 50 organizations · largest $2.2M · through 2024
$24.1M
17. Jewish Federation of Detroit
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $3.0M · through 2020 · 2.3% of their giving
$5.4M
18. Panonica Foundation
10 grants to 4 organizations · largest $225K · through 2024 · 12.7% of their giving
$855K
19. Donors Trust Inc
18 grants to 4 organizations · largest $6.8M · through 2024 · 1.0% of their giving
$10.6M
20. The Heising-Simons Action Fund
8 grants to 3 organizations · largest $400K · through 2024 · 4.1% of their giving
$2.4M
21. Arise Foundation Inc
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $125K · through 2024 · 56.7% of their giving
$483K
22. Hopewell Fund
13 grants to 11 organizations · largest $2.0M · through 2024 · 1.5% of their giving
$6.4M
23. Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia
30 grants to 7 organizations · largest $1.5M · through 2024 · 2.2% of their giving
$4.3M
24. Zioness Action Fund
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $462K · through 2024 · 92.0% of their giving
$462K
25. Women Donors Network
25 grants to 9 organizations · largest $100K · through 2024 · 4.1% of their giving
$2.0M

Funders are ordered by how much of their overall giving goes to civil rights & social justice work in New York, not by dollar totals alone — a foundation that concentrates its giving here is usually a better prospect than a larger one for which this is a rounding error. 20 of the funders counted here are donor-advised fund sponsors, which grant on behalf of individual donors and accept no applications; they are marked and ranked last.

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About This Data

A grant appears here when a funder reported it on its IRS Form 990 and the recipient organization is classified under the NTEE group covering civil rights & social justice work, with an address in New York. Grants are counted from the 2025 filing year backward.

Some 990 grant schedules list a recipient by name and address without an EIN, and those grants cannot be matched to a classification — so the totals above represent identifiable civil rights & social justice funding in New York, not every dollar that reached the sector. Figures are a floor, not a ceiling.

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