Public Charity

SOJOURNER TRUST

SOJOURNER TRUST is a Public Charity headquartered in JACKSON, WY. Financial data from the 2025 filing: $2.1M revenue, $4.1M expenses, $118.7M total assets. IRS filings disclose 27 grants awarded by this foundation, totaling roughly $8.9M.

EIN: 886580636 JACKSON, WY Latest filing: 2025

Total Revenue$2.1M

Total Expenses$4.1M

Total Assets$118.7M

Grants Given27

Grant Total$8.9M

Filing Years2022–2025

Mission

ADVOCACY, EDUCATION, AND PHILANTHROPY RELATING TO THE ROOT CAUSES OF CLIMATE CHANGE, EXTRACTIVE CAPITALISM, STRUCTURAL INEQUITIES, AND DISINFORMATION; PROTECTION OF BIODIVERSITY THROUGH ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; LAND PRESERVATION; NATURE-BASED CLIMATE AND ENVIRONMENTAL SOLUTIONS; ADVOCACY AND SUPPORT OF INDIGENOUS AMERICANS, PEOPLE OF COLOR, REPARATIONS FOR IMPACT OF ANCESTORS ACTIONS; PROTECTING DEMOCRACY; PROVIDING LEGAL AID; PROTECTING WOMEN'S RIGHTS, INCLUDING ACCESS TO REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH CARE; JUDICIAL, POLICE, AND PRISON REFORM; LOBBYING AND OTHER ADVOCACY IN SUPPORT OF THESE ISSUES; AND MAKING GRANTS TO OTHER NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS.

Where $100 goes at Sojourner Trust

How Sojourner Trust divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 4 years.

$99 Programs the work itself

$1 Management running the organization

$0 Fundraising none reported

No fundraising costs are reported. That often means fundraising runs through a separate affiliated organization that files its own return.

Inside the $99 for programs

$99

Advocacy, education, and philanthropy relating to the root causes of climate change, extractive capitalism, structural inequities, and disinformation; protection of biodiversity through ecosystem restoration; land preservation; nature-based climate…

All program spending

Source: Form 990 filings with the IRS, latest fiscal year 2025. Shares are from the organization's reported expenses. Data by Imperigo; not affiliated with the IRS.

Before you apply to Sojourner Trust

Often funds new orgs 63% of recent recipients were first-time grantees (2023–2025).

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Sample Grants Given

MARIN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

NOVATO, CA · 2025

PHILANTHROPY RELATED TO PROTECTING OUR PLANET FROM CLIMATE CHANGE; GENERAL SUPPORT

$2,200,000

HOLDFAST TRUST

JACKSON, WY · 2025

ADVOCACY RELATED TO PROTECTING OUR PLANET FROM CLIMATE CHANGE; GENERAL SUPPORT

$1,655,000

LEAGUE OF CONSERVATION VOTERS INC

WASHINGTON, DC · 2025

ADVOCACY RELATED TO PROTECTING OUR PLANET FROM CLIMATE CHANGE; GENERAL SUPPORT

$25,000

VENTURA CITZENS FOR HILLSIDE PRESERVATION INC

VENTURA, CA · 2025

ADVOCACY RELATED TO PROTECTING OUR PLANET FROM CLIMATE CHANGE; GENERAL SUPPORT

$20,000

SOAR INC

BALSAM, NC · 2025

ADVOCACY RELATED TO PROTECTING OUR PLANET FROM CLIMATE CHANGE; GENERAL SUPPORT

$20,000

Showing up to 5 of 27 total records — full history available with membership.

Top Grant Purposes

Environment & Conservation

$8,796,089 23 grants

General Support

$112,000 4 grants

Financial Trends

Year	Revenue	Expenses	Assets
2025	$2.1M	$4.1M	$118.7M
2024	$5.3M	$622K	$120.7M
2023	$3.2M	$4.5M	$116.0M
2022	$117.4M	$209K	$117.2M

Between 2022 and 2025, reported annual revenue declined from $117.4M to $2.1M (-98%), with total assets most recently reported at $118.7M.

Interactive year-over-year charts and full filing details available with membership.

Grant Geography

Grants from this foundation were reported to recipients in CA, CO, DC, NC, VA, WY.

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