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The Christensen Fund: 134 grants to organizations, $13.2 million (tax year ended December 2024)
The Christensen Fund, a private foundation in San Francisco, CA, paid 134 grants to organizations totaling $13,235,092 in its tax year ended December 2024, according to its Form 990-PF filed with the IRS on November 10, 2025. The largest was $350,000 to Indigenous Peoples Rights Inc in West Boothbay Harbor, ME for general support.
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- EIN
- 946055879
- Based in
- San Francisco, CA
- Assets
- $354,475,645
- Grants paid
- $13,235,092
- Tax year ended
- December 2024
Grants paid, tax year ended December 2024
From the Form 990-PF filed November 10, 2025, IRS object ID 202513149349102576. It reported $13,235,092 in grants paid; 134 grants to organizations are listed.
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Cause | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indigenous Peoples Rights Inc | West Boothbay Harbor, ME | General support | Human services | $350,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs | Copenhagen, DA | General support | $350,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Snowchange Cooperative | Lehtoi, FI | General support | $325,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Center for Research and Development in Drylands | Marsabit, KE | General support | $300,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Rights and Resources Institute Inc | Washington, DC | General support | Environment | $300,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Rudolf Steiner Foundation Dba RSF Social Finance | San Francisco, CA | Support for the pawanka fund | $300,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Drylands Learning and Capacity Building Initiatives | Nairobi, KE | Genral support | $280,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Forest Peoples Programme | Moretoninmarsh, UK | General support | $260,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Indigenous Movement for Peace Advancement and Conflict Transformation | Nanyuki, KE | General support | $260,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Cultural Survival | Cambridge, MA | General support | Civil rights, social action and advocacy | $250,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Fondo Defensores Ac | Guadalajara, MX | General support | $250,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Illuminative Inc | Tusla, OK | General support | $250,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| International Indian Treaty Council | Tucson, AZ | General support | Civil rights, social action and advocacy | $250,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| International Indian Treaty Council | Tucson, AZ | Support to engage with the united nations environment programme (unep) | Civil rights, social action and advocacy | $250,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| International Indigenous Women's Forum | Lima, PE | General support | $250,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| International Land and Forest Tenure Facility | Stockholm, SW | General support | $250,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Native Americans in Philanthropy | Washington, DC | Support for the tribal community vision partnership | Civil rights, social action and advocacy | $250,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Rainforest Foundation Inc | Brooklyn, NY | Core support for the global alliance of territorial communities -- a fiscally sponsored project of the rainforest foundation, inc. | Environment | $250,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Tebtebba Foundation Inc | Baguio City, RP | General support | $250,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Samburu Women Trust | Nanyuki, KE | General support | $240,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Pastoralist Women for Health and Education | Isiolo, KE | General support | $230,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Law College Association of the University of Arizona | Tucson, AZ | Support for the united nations special rapporteur | Education | $225,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Pastoralists Indigenous Non Governmental Organization's Forum (pingo's) | Arusha, TZ | General support | $220,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Alliance for A Just Society | Seattle, WA | Support for native organizers alliance -- a fiscally sponsored project of the alliance for a just society | Community improvement and capacity building | $200,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Asia Indigenous Peoples Pact Foundation | Chiang Mai, TH | General support | $200,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Kivulini Trust | Isiolo, KE | General support | $200,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Legal Advice Centre | Nairobi, KE | General support | $200,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Namati Inc | Nairobi, KE | General support | $200,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Reseau Des Populations Autochtones Et Locales Pour La Gestion Durable Des E | Yaounde, CM | General support | $200,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Solidaritas Masyarakat Adat Asia | Bogor, ID | General support | $170,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Friends of Lake Turkana Trust | Lodwar, KE | General support | $160,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Ogiek Peoples' Development Program | Nakuru, KE | General support | $160,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Aliansi Masyarakat Adat Nusantara | South Jakarta, ID | General support | $150,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Alliance for A Just Society | Seattle, WA | Support for native organizers alliance -- a fiscally-sponsored project of alliance for a just society | Community improvement and capacity building | $150,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Colorado Plateau Foundation | Flagstaff, AZ | General support | Education | $150,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Denver Art Museum Inc | Denver, CO | Core support for an art program | Arts, culture and humanities | $150,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Drylands Learning and Capacity Building Initiatives (dlci) | Nairobi, KE | Promote networking and capacity-building of peoples toward implementing national policies for securing customary tenure, focusing on marsabit and isiolo counties in kenya. | $150,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Dynamique Des Groupes de Peuples Autochtones | Kinshasa, CG | General support | $150,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs | Copenhagen, DA | To enhance participation in united nations human rights processes | $150,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Resource Conflict Institute | Nakuru, KE | General support | $150,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Rewild | Austin, TX | Support for initiatives in latin america | Animal-related | $150,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Strategies for Northern Development | Moyale, KE | General support | $150,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Ujamaa Community Resource Team | Arusha, TZ | General support | $150,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Gayo Pastoral Development Initiative | Addis Ababa, ET | General support | $130,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Coalition of Pastoralist Civil Society Organizations Inc | Kampala, UG | To enhance the pastoralist network in northeastern uganda and its cross-border collaboration with northern kenya. | $120,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Horn of Africa Development Initiative | Marsabit, KE | Support of pastoralist communities in northern kenya. | $120,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Indigenous Livelihoods Enhancement Partners | Narok, KE | To support maasai pastoralists | $120,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Pastoralists Alliance for Resilience and Adaptation Across Nations | Nanyuki, KE | General support | $120,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Asia Indigenous Peoples Pact Foundation | Chiang Mai, TH | Support for 2025 meeting in thailand | $110,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| North Eastern Province Aid | Nairobi, KE | Facilitate dialogue amoung kenya's wajir county cross-border communities | $110,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Aliansi Masyarakat Adat Nusantara | South Jakarta, ID | Promotion and defense of rights in the the philippines. | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Alliance of Local Communities in Hardship Areas | Moyale, KE | Support creation of multi-stakeholder platform to promote peoples in dabel artisanal mining sites. | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Asociacion Civil de Trabajo Socioambiental de La Amazonia Wataniba | Caracas DC, VE | General support | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Frontier Counties Development Council | Nairobi, KE | Support for the frontier counties leaders conference 2024 | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Indian Law Resource Center Inc | Helena, MT | General support | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Indigenous Resource Management Organization-Iremo | Marsabit, KE | General support | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Karamoja Herders of the Horn | Moroto, UG | To promote dialogue karamoja and turkana peoples | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Pastoral Women's Council | Arusha, TZ | General support | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Pastoralist Integrated Support Programme | Marsabit, KE | Support for the dasanach people | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Podaali - Fundo Indigena Da Amazonia Brasileira | Manaus, BR | General support | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Rainforest Foundation Inc | Brooklyn, NY | Rapid response addressing the needs of communities affected by the fires in belize. | Environment | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Yayasan Anak Dusun Papua | Jayapura, ID | General support | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Indigenous Media Foundation | Anamnagar, NP | General support | $80,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Marsabit Women Advocacy and Development Organization | Marsabit, KE | To document, celebrate, and promote pastoral cultural self-expressions | $80,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Mongabay Org Corporation | Menlo Park, CA | General support | $80,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Pueblo Originario Kichwa de Sarayaku | Sarayaku, EC | To increase dialogue with the kichwa people and the greater community | $80,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Impact Charitable | Denver, CO | Contribution to a special purpose fund | Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $77,250 | apps.irs.gov |
| Global Greengrants Fund Inc | Boulder, CO | General support for the environmental defenders collaborative, fiscally sponsored by global greengrants fund, inc. | Environment | $75,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| If Not Us Then Who | Venice, CA | General support | $75,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| The National Foundation On Fitness Sports and Nutrition | Washington, DC | Support for a sports gathering celebration designed to share the basic foundational principles of lacrosse. | Human services | $75,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Community Initiatives Facilitation and Assistance New Ethiopia | Addis Ababa, ET | To support community resilience building, cross-border conflict resolution and fair use of natural resources in partnership with community institutions. | $60,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Pastoralists Peoples' Initiative | Marsabit, KE | To support women's participation in decision-making processes, knowledge preservation, and cultural celebration within their community. | $60,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Dynamic Agro Pastoralist Development Organisation | Kampala, UG | Support the pastoralists' land rights program in northeastern uganda . | $55,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Ardha Jabesa Foundation | Isiolo, KE | To promote awareness of and support for customary tenure registration, community cohesion, and solidarity in isiolo south. | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Business and Human Rights Resource Center | London, UK | Support for april 2024 event | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Indigenous Peoples Movement for Self-Determination and Liberation Inc | Quezon City, RP | General support | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Pastoralist Initiative Development Aid | Moyale, ET | Support the rehabilitation of degraded environments across the ethiopia-kenya border region | $45,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Rebuilding Pastoralist Livelihoods | Marsabit, KE | To enhance the resilience of pastoralist communities in marsabit south. | $45,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Strategies for Northern Development | Moyale, KE | Address the emergency needs of pastoralists in northern kenya, which has been affected by years of droughts and a destructive flood. | $35,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Aliansi Masyarakat Adat Nusantara | South Jakarta, ID | Support for an aman-hosted international conference in indonesia in august 2024. | $30,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs | Copenhagen, DA | Support for addressing opportunities in asia | $30,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Land Is Life Inc | New York, NY | Event support: cultural event and reception on the occasion of the 23rd session of a united nations permanent forum. | $30,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Pastoral Women's Council | Arusha, TZ | Increase democractic participation in ngorongoro conservation area. | $30,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Silicon Valley Community Foundation | Mountain View, CA | Contribution to the christensen fund donor advised fund. | Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $30,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Asociacion Civil de Trabajo Socioambiental de La Amazonia Wataniba | Caracas DC, VE | Support and resilience building for peoples living in the amazon | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Ekvnv Yefolecvlke | Weogufka, AL | General support | Human services | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Forest Peoples Programme | Moretoninmarsh, UK | Support for peoples living in uganda. | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| La Plazita Institute | Albuquerque, NM | Engage youth in a multi-media community-building program. | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Ogiek Peoples' Development Program | Nakuru, KE | Rapid response to recover and bolster opdp's office security systems | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Rainforest Foundation Norway | Oslo, NO | General support | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Fundacion Pro Defensa de La Naturaleza Y Sus Derechos | Quito, EC | Support for emergent actions for the protection of the pachamama. | $22,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| If Not Us Then Who | Venice, CA | Support for the a partner gathering | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Labata Fantalle Organization | Matahara, ET | To enhance the resilience of the karrayyu community | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Solidaire Network Inc | Oakland, CA | General support | Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| International Funders for Indigenous Peoples | Sacramento, CA | General support | International, foreign affairs and national security | $15,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Muuch-Kambal | Ichek, MX | Support for the establishing meeting of the pan-peninsular maya alliance | $15,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Native Americans in Philanthropy | Washington, DC | General support | Civil rights, social action and advocacy | $15,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Synchronicity Earth USA Inc | New York, NY | Rapid response following the rio grande do sul flooding affecting communities in southern brazil, including the commission guarani yvyrupa. | Environment | $15,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Justice Funders | Oakland, CA | General support | $12,500 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Rights and Resources Institute Inc | Washington, DC | Event on the importance of supporting communities in the congo basin. | Environment | $12,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Companies for Causes | Washington, DC | Support to impact finance center--a fiscally-sponsored project of companies for causes | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Edge Funders Alliance | San Francisco, CA | General support | Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| International Indian Treaty Council | Tucson, AZ | Support for project access training | Civil rights, social action and advocacy | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Meridian Institute | Dillon, CO | Membership support for climate smile -- a fiscally-sponsored project of meridian institute | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Native American Fish and Wildlife Society | Northglenn, CO | Support for community environmental data tracking training | Animal-related | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Panorama Global | Seattle, WA | General support | International, foreign affairs and national security | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Possibility Labs | San Francisco, CA | Support to collective action for just finance--a fiscally-sponsored project of possibility labs | Human services | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Rainforest Foundation Inc | Brooklyn, NY | Support for advocacy efforts aiming to protect territories in brazil. | Environment | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Servicios Integrales Emuri Ac | Creel, MX | Support the representation of collective rights and environmental activists at the cbd-cop16 in cali. | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Somos Viento Ac | Morelia, MX | Humanitarian assistance to the communities in the coastal territories of oaxaca de jurez and guerrero, mxico. | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| The Aspen Institute Inc | Washington, DC | Event support: white house tribal youth forum 2024 | Social science | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Tsikini Ac | Guadalajara, MX | Provide access to justice for the coca indigenous community of ayotitln in jalisco, mexico | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| If Not Us Then Who | Venice, CA | Support for cop16 engagement | $8,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| A Foundation Building Strength Inc | Palo Alto, CA | General support | Medical research | $5,250 | apps.irs.gov |
| Friends of Palo Alto Junior Museum and Zoo | Palo Alto, CA | General support | $5,250 | apps.irs.gov | |
| World Central Kitchen Inc | Washington, DC | General support | International, foreign affairs and national security | $5,250 | apps.irs.gov |
| American Indian Science and Engineering Society | Albuquerque, NM | Support for aises national conference | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Mongabay Org Corporation | Menlo Park, CA | Support for reporting on human rights abuses in north tanzania | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Billion Oyster Project | New York, NY | General support | Education | $3,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Congregation Kol Ami Inc | Kansas City, MO | General support | Religion-related | $3,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Head-Royce School | Oakland, CA | General support--annual fund | $3,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| National Indigenous Women's Resource Center | Lame Deer, MT | General support | $3,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Pta North Carolina Congress | Carrboro, NC | General support | $3,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Raba Gada USA | Seattle, WA | General support | $3,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Tarahumara Childrens Hospital Fund of El Paso | El Paso, TX | Core support for childrens hospital fund of el paso | Human services | $3,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Confluence Philanthropy Inc | New York, NY | General support | Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $1,650 | apps.irs.gov |
| City Hope San Francisco | San Francisco, CA | General support | Human services | $1,500 | apps.irs.gov |
| Douglas L Jamerson Jr Elementary Pta | St Petersburg, FL | General support | $1,500 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Gulf Beaches Elementary Magnet Pta | St Pete Beach, FL | General support | $1,500 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Las Mananitas Education Foundation | San Francisco, CA | General support | Education | $1,500 | apps.irs.gov |
| Little League Baseball Inc | Oakland, CA | General support | Recreation and sports | $1,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Oakland Literacy Coalition Inc | Oakland, CA | General support | Education | $1,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Pta California Congress of Parents Teachers & Students Inc | Oakland, CA | General support | $1,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Technology Association of Grantmakers | Chicago, IL | General support | $942 | apps.irs.gov |
Causes funded
From grants whose recipient has a cause.
| Cause | Granted |
|---|---|
| Civil rights, social action and advocacy | $1,025,000 |
| Environment | $762,000 |
| Human services | $464,500 |
| Education | $380,500 |
| Community improvement and capacity building | $350,000 |
| Animal-related | $160,000 |
| Arts, culture and humanities | $150,000 |
| Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $138,900 |
States funded
| Recipient state | Granted |
|---|---|
| Arizona | $885,000 |
| District of Columbia | $677,250 |
| California | $605,000 |
| New York | $409,650 |
| Washington | $363,000 |
| Maine | $350,000 |
| Colorado | $322,250 |
| Massachusetts | $250,000 |
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Updated November 10, 2025. 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.