Data / Foundation grants / Civil rights, social action and advocacy
Who funds civil rights, social action and advocacy: 4,921 foundations in 52 states, $922 million in grants
4,921 private foundations paid $922,028,764 to civil rights, social action and advocacy nonprofits in 52 states and territories, in each foundation's latest Form 990-PF return, filed with the IRS from 2024 to 2026.
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- 4,921Foundations
- $922,028,764Total granted
By state
The state is where the recipient is.
| State | Foundations | Grants | Total |
|---|
| New York | 1,683 | 2,536 | $224,751,977 |
| California | 830 | 1,550 | $120,315,922 |
| District of Columbia | 701 | 1,407 | $222,670,152 |
| Virginia | 367 | 523 | $36,156,305 |
| Texas | 338 | 625 | $23,117,007 |
| Alabama | 331 | 368 | $20,737,600 |
| Massachusetts | 313 | 457 | $38,725,796 |
| Colorado | 254 | 372 | $17,573,401 |
| Arizona | 246 | 306 | $14,392,729 |
| Illinois | 210 | 394 | $20,708,610 |
| Pennsylvania | 183 | 266 | $13,714,811 |
| Florida | 148 | 279 | $16,367,388 |
| Georgia | 148 | 257 | $17,603,233 |
| Ohio | 135 | 243 | $14,833,185 |
| Oregon | 122 | 226 | $6,706,187 |
| Michigan | 104 | 198 | $10,059,015 |
| Maryland | 94 | 141 | $19,462,686 |
| Washington | 91 | 158 | $6,911,501 |
| Minnesota | 82 | 146 | $4,078,399 |
| North Carolina | 80 | 162 | $5,778,508 |
| Missouri | 70 | 121 | $1,845,635 |
| New Jersey | 61 | 121 | $2,055,634 |
| Wisconsin | 58 | 97 | $7,725,529 |
| Tennessee | 54 | 100 | $3,425,107 |
| Kansas | 52 | 76 | $5,454,409 |
| Indiana | 50 | 95 | $4,515,131 |
| Louisiana | 39 | 74 | $7,478,847 |
| Kentucky | 36 | 68 | $1,226,111 |
| New Mexico | 34 | 69 | $5,997,157 |
| Oklahoma | 31 | 57 | $1,669,851 |
| Utah | 31 | 46 | $882,276 |
| Nebraska | 25 | 70 | $8,718,150 |
| South Carolina | 23 | 43 | $928,469 |
| Connecticut | 21 | 33 | $321,810 |
| Maine | 20 | 23 | $533,143 |
| Montana | 20 | 38 | $962,194 |
| Wyoming | 20 | 25 | $423,479 |
| Delaware | 19 | 28 | $2,591,745 |
| Mississippi | 18 | 30 | $3,047,615 |
| New Hampshire | 17 | 28 | $3,219,719 |
| Idaho | 17 | 33 | $188,820 |
| Nevada | 17 | 28 | $1,640,971 |
| Rhode Island | 15 | 19 | $240,583 |
| Iowa | 14 | 34 | $85,754 |
| South Dakota | 11 | 17 | $175,747 |
| Alaska | 11 | 18 | $719,989 |
| Arkansas | 11 | 21 | $699,950 |
| West Virginia | 8 | 13 | $95,133 |
| Hawaii | 8 | 12 | $287,930 |
| Vermont | 4 | 5 | $65,043 |
| North Dakota | 3 | 6 | $142,170 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 3 | $251 |
Largest funders
Ranked by the total each paid to these recipients across all states.
| Foundation | Based in | Total | Source |
|---|
| The Ford Foundation | New York, NY | $56,379,217 | apps.irs.gov |
| Freedom Together Foundation | New York, NY | $44,575,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation | Omaha, NE | $42,496,617 | apps.irs.gov |
| Wellspring Philanthropic Fund Inc | New York, NY | $34,457,735 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation | Princeton, NJ | $26,628,741 | apps.irs.gov |
| Pivotal Philanthropies Foundation | Redmond, WA | $21,725,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Novo Foundation | Hurley, NY | $21,225,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation | Menlo Park, CA | $20,871,688 | apps.irs.gov |
| John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation | Chicago, IL | $17,195,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Popplestone Foundation | Boston, MA | $15,650,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Foundation To Promote Open Society | New York, NY | $12,927,187 | apps.irs.gov |
| The James Irvine Foundation | San Francisco, CA | $12,723,130 | apps.irs.gov |
| Lilly Endowment Inc | Indianapolis, IN | $11,547,416 | apps.irs.gov |
| Gates Foundation | Seattle, WA | $11,433,579 | apps.irs.gov |
| The David and Lucile Packard Foundation | Los Altos, CA | $11,173,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| WK Kellogg Foundation | Battle Creek, MI | $10,586,055 | apps.irs.gov |
| Houston Endowment Inc | Houston, TX | $9,946,500 | apps.irs.gov |
| The California Endowment | Los Angeles, CA | $9,347,754 | apps.irs.gov |
| Sarnat Family Foundation | Carlsbad, CA | $8,325,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Crankstart Foundation | San Jose, CA | $8,275,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Munger Charitable Trust Number Eight | Pasadena, CA | $7,361,878 | apps.irs.gov |
| Skyline Foundation | San Francisco, CA | $6,768,333 | apps.irs.gov |
| Conrad N Hilton Foundation | Westlake Village, CA | $6,262,600 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Heising-Simons Foundation | Los Altos, CA | $6,107,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Marguerite Casey Foundation | Seattle, WA | $5,967,733 | apps.irs.gov |
| Mary Reynolds Babcock Foundation Incorporated | Winstonsalem, NC | $5,965,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Schmidt Family Foundation | Palo Alto, CA | $5,875,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| People's Support Foundation Limited | Chicago, IL | $5,370,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Kresge Foundation | Troy, MI | $5,240,500 | apps.irs.gov |
| Wallace H Coulter Trust | Sebastian, FL | $5,083,400 | apps.irs.gov |
| Galashiels Fund LTD | Sarasota, FL | $5,000,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Carnegie Corporation of New York | New York, NY | $4,814,300 | apps.irs.gov |
| Democracy Fund Inc | Washington, DC | $4,737,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Grove Foundation | Los Altos, CA | $4,380,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Sherwood Foundation | Omaha, NE | $4,273,129 | apps.irs.gov |
| The John A Hartford Foundation Inc | New York, NY | $4,255,233 | apps.irs.gov |
| Laura and John Arnold Foundation | Houston, TX | $4,224,482 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Klarman Family Foundation | Boston, MA | $4,205,162 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Leonard & Sophie Davis Fund | San Francisco, CA | $4,205,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The California Wellness Foundation | Los Angeles, CA | $4,171,287 | apps.irs.gov |
| Annie E Casey Foundation Inc | Baltimore, MD | $4,170,174 | apps.irs.gov |
| Marty and Dorothy Silverman Foundation | New York, NY | $3,820,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Weingart Foundation | Los Angeles, CA | $3,765,789 | apps.irs.gov |
| Jerome L Greene Foundation | New York, NY | $3,760,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Shapiro-Silverberg Foundation | New York, NY | $3,600,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Beth and Ravenel Curry Foundation | Erie, PA | $3,450,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Colorado Health Foundation | Denver, CO | $3,374,650 | apps.irs.gov |
| Sarah Scaife Foundation Incorporated | Pittsburgh, PA | $3,355,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Arthur M Blank Family Foundation | Atlanta, GA | $3,240,500 | apps.irs.gov |
| California Physicians' Service FDN Dba Blue Shield of California FDN | San Francisco, CA | $3,200,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| John S and James L Knight Foundation | Miami, FL | $3,170,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The McKnight Foundation | Minneapolis, MN | $3,010,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Deborah Joy Simon Charitable Foundation | Carmel, IN | $3,000,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Borrego Foundation Inc | Larchmont, NY | $3,000,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| John J & Mary R Schiff Foundation | Cincinnati, OH | $3,000,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Barry S Sternlicht Foundation | Wilmington, DE | $2,909,200 | apps.irs.gov |
| Meyer Memorial Trust | Portland, OR | $2,864,307 | apps.irs.gov |
| John Templeton Foundation | West Conshohocken, PA | $2,838,750 | apps.irs.gov |
| Walton Family Foundation Inc | Bentonville, AR | $2,829,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Joyce Foundation | Chicago, IL | $2,808,659 | apps.irs.gov |
| Foundation for A Just Society | New York, NY | $2,807,267 | apps.irs.gov |
| Beren Sea Foundation | Wichita, KS | $2,775,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Andrew W Mellon Foundation | New York, NY | $2,759,800 | apps.irs.gov |
| Samueli Foundation | Corona Del Mar, CA | $2,732,500 | apps.irs.gov |
| Arcus Foundation | New York, NY | $2,678,485 | apps.irs.gov |
| Evelyn and Walter Haas Jr Fund | San Francisco, CA | $2,658,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Tepper Foundation | New York, NY | $2,650,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Gill Foundation | Denver, CO | $2,645,175 | apps.irs.gov |
| Catena Foundation | Carbondale, CO | $2,575,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Norman R Rales and Ruth Rales Foundation | Washington, DC | $2,525,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The George Gund Foundation | Cleveland, OH | $2,459,722 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Searle Freedom Trust | Madison, WI | $2,410,650 | apps.irs.gov |
| Sandberg Goldberg Bernthal Family Charitable Foundation | San Francisco, CA | $2,400,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Sequoia Climate Foundation | Irvine, CA | $2,300,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Champions of Love Foundation Inc | Boston, MA | $2,280,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Skoll Foundation | Palo Alto, CA | $2,200,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Morningstar Philanthropic Foundation D/b/a the Morningstar Foundation | Bethesda, MD | $2,195,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Park Foundation Inc | Ithaca, NY | $2,175,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Leona M and Harry B Helmsley Charitable Trust | New York, NY | $2,081,072 | apps.irs.gov |
| Willow Redistribution Foundation | Covina, CA | $2,080,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Omidyar Network Fund Inc | Redwood City, CA | $2,078,380 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Smidt Foundation | Beverly Hills, CA | $2,040,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Sidhu-Singh Family Foundation | Dallas, TX | $2,000,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Hearthland Foundation | Los Angeles, CA | $2,000,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Sherman Fairchild Foundation Inc | Chevy Chase, MD | $2,000,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Waverley Street Foundation | Palo Alto, CA | $2,000,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Farmer Family Foundation | Cincinnati, OH | $2,000,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Kaphan Foundation | Seattle, WA | $1,951,115 | apps.irs.gov |
| Weitz Family Foundation | Omaha, NE | $1,918,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation | Palo Alto, CA | $1,903,639 | apps.irs.gov |
| Stupski Foundation | San Francisco, CA | $1,850,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Quadrivium | New York, NY | $1,830,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Surdna Foundation Inc | New York, NY | $1,719,954 | apps.irs.gov |
| Open Society Institute | New York, NY | $1,702,699 | apps.irs.gov |
| General Service Foundation | San Ramon, CA | $1,685,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Zegar Family Foundation | New York, NY | $1,675,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Steps Ahead Charitable Family Foundation | Canton, OH | $1,650,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Crimson Lion Foundation | Boston, MA | $1,600,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Satterberg Foundation Inc | Seattle, WA | $1,595,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The William Penn Foundation | Philadelphia, PA | $1,516,902 | apps.irs.gov |
Updated September 24, 2026. Read from IRS Form 990-PF e-file data. Public domain (U.S. government work). Grants are as each foundation reported them to the IRS on its Form 990-PF. Grants to individuals are left out. A grant has a cause only where the recipient's name and city match one organization in the IRS Business Master File, and the cause is that organization's NTEE major group. Free to reuse with credit to SpecStream under CC BY 4.0. Spot a wrong value? Write to [email protected] with the link to this page.