Partners
Our partners are rooted in the communities they serve, share our core values, and align to our grantmaking priorities.
American Civil Liberties Union, United States
human rights, justice reform, racial justice, social justice
Grants Awarded:
2021: $25,000
2020: $25,000
Ashesi University, Ghana
entrepreneurship, education, research, workforce development
Grants Awarded:
2021: $25,000
2020: $25,000
2019: $25,000
Beso Foundation, Uganda
community-driven, entrepreneurship, economic development, education
Grants Awarded:
2021: $260,000 (five-year grant)
2020: $45,000
2019: $25,000
Budondo Intercultural Center, Uganda
community-driven, entrepreneurship, education, human rights
Grants Awarded:
2020: $25,000 (via fiscal sponsor Glorious)
2019: $25,000 (via fiscal sponsor Glorious)
California Calls Education Fund, California
community-driven, social justice, advocacy, voting rights
Grants Awarded:
2021: $25,000
2020: $25,000
2019: $25,000
California Policy Lab (project of the Regents of the University of California), California
justice reform, education, research
Grants Awarded:
2021: $55,000 (two-year grant)
2020: $27,500
Capable International, Northern Uganda
community-driven, entrepreneurship, economic development, health
Grants Awarded:
2021: $57,000 (two-year grant)
2020: $25,000
2019: $25,000
Code for America, United States
justice reform, food security, technology, economic development
Grants Awarded:
2021: $100,000 (two-year grant)
2020: $50,000
2019: $50,000
2018: $40,000
Danish Refugee Council, Democratic Republic of the Congo
urgent aid
Grants Awarded:
2019: $25,000
Dost Education, India
community-driven, parenting support, technology, education, empathy building
Grants Awarded:
2020: $80,000 (two year grant)
2019: $25,000
dZi Foundation, Nepal
community-driven, food security, economic development, education, health
Grants Awarded:
2021: $120,000 (two-year grant)
2020: $70,000
2019: $50,000
2018: $30,000
Earth Enable, Rwanda and Uganda
entrepreneurship, housing security, health, workforce development
Grants Awarded:
2021: $100,000 (two-year grant)
2020: $50,000
2019: $50,000
Educators’ Institute for Human Rights, Global
social justice, education, human rights, empathy building
Grants Awarded:
2020: $275,000
2019: $275,000
Ella Baker Center, California
justice reform, community organizing, advocacy, racial justice
Grants Awarded:
2021: $80,000 (two-year grant)
2020: $40,000
Friends of Orphans, Northern Uganda
community-driven, entrepreneurship, education, workforce development
Grants Awarded:
2021: $187,000 (three-year grant)
2020: $25,000
2019: $25,000
Glorious Orphanage, Tanzania
community-driven, entrepreneurship, education, human rights
Grants Awarded:
2020: $25,000 (via fiscal sponsor Glorious)
2019: $25,000 (via fiscal sponsor Glorious)
Groundswell Project, United Kingdom
community-driven, community organizing, human rights, empathy building
Grants Awarded:
2021: $60,000 (two-year grant)
2020: $25,000
Heart Forward (project of Community Partners), California
advocacy, human rights, justice reform, health
Grants Awarded:
2021: $50,000 (two-year grant)
2020: $25,000
Hope of Family, Rwanda
community-driven, parenting support, education, economic development
Grants Awarded:
2021: $315,000 (three-year grant)
2020: $100,000
2019: $75,000
Impact Africa Network, Kenya
entrepreneurship, technology, economic development, workforce development
Grants Awarded:
2019: $15,000
Inner City Law Center, California
community organizing, advocacy, housing security
Grants Awarded:
2021: $25,000
2020: $25,000
2019: $25,000
Justice Lab (project of Columbia University), United States
justice reform
Grants Awarded:
2019: $25,000
Kula Project, Rwanda
community-driven, entrepreneurship, economic development, education
Grants Awarded:
2020: $150,000 (two-year grant)
2019: $50,000
Learning Equality, Global
community-driven, technology, education
Grants Awarded:
2020: $195,000 (three-year grant)
2019: $50,000
Lwala Community Alliance, Kenya
community-driven, education, research, health
Grants Awarded:
2020: $50,000 (two-year grant)
2019: $25,000
National Police Accountability Project, United States
human rights, social justice, racial justice
Grants Awarded:
2021: $25,000
2020: $25,000
M.K. Gandhi Institute for Nonviolence, United States
social justice, education, human rights, research, empathy building, racial justice
Grants Awarded:
2020: $200,000 (two-year grant)
2019: $100,000
Nurse-Family Partnership, California
parenting support, education, health, advocacy
Grants Awarded:
2021: $100,000 (two-year grant)
2020: $50,000
2019: $50,000
Our Lady of Perpetual Support, Kenya
education, community-driven, food security
Grants Awarded:
2021: $35,000
2020: $25,000
One and All Aid, Iraq
education, community-driven
Grants Awarded:
2021: $55,000
2020: $30,000
Peace Education Initiative, Rwanda
education, social justice, human rights, community-driven
Grants Awarded:
2021: $90,000 (three-year grant)
2020: $25,000
2019: $25,000
Project Wayfinder (project of Multiplier), Global
education, empathy building, social justice, health
Grants Awarded:
2021: $100,000 (two-year grant)
2020: $50,000
PRX (Ear Hustle), Global
restorative justice, justice reform, independent media
Grants Awarded:
2020: $25,000
Smart Justice California Education Fund (project of Tides Foundation), California
justice reform, advocacy, racial justice, human rights
Grants Awarded:
2020: $25,000
Spark Microgrants, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Ghana, Liberia, Guinea
community-driven, community organizing, food security, economic development
Grants Awarded:
2020: $50,000 (two-year grant)
2019: $25,000
StrongMinds, Sub-Saharan Africa
food security, human rights, health, empathy building
Grants Awarded:
2020: $50,000 (two-year grant)
2019: $25,000
Summer Search, California
community-driven, education, empath-building
Grants Awarded:
2021: $25,000
2020: $25,000
2019: $25,000
Tejiendo Futuros, Guatemala
community-driven, entrepreneurship, education, human rights
Grants Awarded:
2020: $100,000 (via fiscal sponsor Glorious)
2019: $100,000 (via fiscal sponsor Glorious)
The Academy for Human Rights, New York
education, human rights, social justice
Grants Awarded:
2020: $15,000
2019: $15,000
Tostan, West Africa
community-driven, education, human rights, health
Grants Awarded:
2021: $100,000 (two-year grant)
2020: $50,000
2019: $50,000
Tropical Focus, Kenya
community driven, economic development, health, education
Grants Awarded:
2021: $304,000 (three-year grant)
2020: $116,000
2019: $100,000
UC San Diego Social Impact Incubator, California
research, education, social justice, racial justice, restoration justice
Grants Awarded:
2020: $300,000 (two-year grant)
2019: $150,000
Ushahidi, Global
community-driven, community organizing, technology, human rights, social justice
Grants Awarded:
2021: $250,000 (two-year grant)
2020: $125,000
2019: $100,000
Vera Institute of Justice, United States
justice reform, social justice, racial justice, human rights
Grants Awarded:
2021: $25,000
2020: $25,000
VIGLOJ, Democratic Republic of the Congo
community-driven, community organizing, human rights, empathy building, education, health
Grants Awarded:
2021: $225,000 (three-year grant)
2020: $50,000
2019: $43,675
Woven Teaching, Global
education, empathy building, racial justice, human rights
Grants Awarded:
(became an official program of the foundation in late 2019)
2019: $452,000