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A national network of chapters that amplify youth voices through writing. The largest youth writing network in the country, it serves over 100,000 students annually in its centers and online. In addition to free writing programs, it publishes the narratives and perspectives of young writers and creates a space for volunteers and stakeholders to listen to and learn from local students. The 826 Digital platform provides free access to timely and topical writing curricula alongside real samples of student writing.
| Giving Area | Amount | Year | Purpose |
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| Stories | $100,000 | general support, $100,00 per year for three years (payment two of three, total grant amount $300,000) |
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| Stories | $100,000 | general support, $100,00 per year for three years (payment one of three, total grant amount $300,000) |
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| Stories | $75,000 | general support, $75,000 per year for two years (payment two of two, total grant amount $150,000) |
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| Stories | $75,000 | general support, $75,000 per year for two years (payment one of two, total grant amount $150,000) |
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| Stories | $75,000 | general support, $75,000 per year for two years (payment two of two, total grant amount $150,000) |
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| Stories | $75,000 | general support, $75,000 per year for two years (payment one of two, total grant amount $150,000) |
The world's oldest and largest library association comprised of 57,000 libraries and library professionals. It provides programmatic and financial support, as well as education, publications, and professional development to member libraries. With this support, libraries provide their communities an inclusive space to connect and build empathy, breaking down institutional and cultural barriers.
| Giving Area | Amount | Year | Purpose |
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| Areas of Exploration | $200,000 | general support, $200,000 per year for three years (payment one of three, total grant amount $600,000) |
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| Areas of Exploration | $200,000 | general support, $150,000 in 2021 and $200,000 in 2022 (payment two of two, total grant amount $350,000) |
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| Good Fight Grants | $50,000 | Unite Against Book Bans Campaign, hosted by Office for Intellectual Freedom General Donations |
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| Responsive | $2,000,000 | COVID-19 responsive regranting program for libraries |
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| Areas of Exploration | $150,000 | general support, $150,000 in 2021 and $200,000 in 2022 (payment one of two, total grant amount $350,000) |
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| Responsive | $1,000,000 | COVID-19 responsive regranting program for libraries |
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| Areas of Exploration | $150,000 | general support |
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| Areas of Exploration | $75,000 | general support |
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| Areas of Exploration | $50,000 | Great Stories Club (GSC) |
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| Areas of Exploration | $50,000 | Great Stories Club (GSC) |
A national nonprofit uniquely delivering choice and ownership of books to children from low-income families. Working with Title 1 schools, it provides a book allowance to students so they can select their own books from Scholastic Reading Club each month, building an extensive home library each year. It provides equity, dignity, and responsibility for all children.
| Giving Area | Amount | Year | Purpose |
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| Stories | $50,000 | general support, $50,000 per year for three years (payment two of three, total grant amount $150,000) |
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| Stories | $50,000 | general support, $50,000 per year for three years (payment one of three, total grant amount $150,000) |
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| Stories | $10,000 | general support |
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| Stories | $10,000 | general support |
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| Stories | $10,000 | general support |
A Sacramento-based public radio service that aims to provide a trusted and indispensable source of information, music, and entertainment while strengthening the civic and cultural life of the communities it serves. Its reporting inspires people to look at the world from multiple perspectives and capitalizes on emerging opportunities to serve audiences and engage communities.
| Giving Area | Amount | Year | Purpose |
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| Stories | $50,000 | general support, $50,000 per year for two years (payment one of two, total grant amount $100,000) |
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| Stories | $50,000 | general support, $50,000 per year for two years (payment two of two, total grant amount $100,000) |
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| Stories | $50,000 | general support, $50,000 per year for two years (payment one of two, total grant amount $100,000) |
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| Stories | $50,000 | general support |
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| Areas of Exploration | $50,000 | general support |
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| Stories | $50,000 | View From Here |
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| Stories | $50,000 | View From Here |
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| Stories | $50,000 | View From Here |
A chimpanzee sanctuary in Louisiana. It provides a home to over 300 chimpanzees, most from government biomedical research centers. In addition to promoting best care practices as a permanent sanctuary, it offers educational outreach programs and works to inspire action for the species on a global scale.
| Giving Area | Amount | Year | Purpose |
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| Animal Connection | $100,000 | general support, $100,000 per year for three years (payment three of three, total grant amount $300,000) |
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| Animal Connection | $100,000 | general support, $100,000 per year for three years (payment two of three, total grant amount $300,000) |
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| Animal Connection | $100,000 | general support, $100,000 per year for three years (payment one of three, total grant amount $300,000) |
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| One Time Gifts | $500,000 | Habitat Expansion Campaign |
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| Animal Connection | $100,000 | general support, $100,000 per year for three years (payment three of three, total grant amount $300,000) |
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| Animal Connection | $100,000 | general support, $100,000 per year for three years (payment two of three, total grant amount $300,000) |
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| One Time Gifts | $200,000 | Expansion Campaign |
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| Animal Connection | $100,000 | general support, $100,000 per year for three years (payment one of three, total grant amount $300,000) |
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| Animal Connection | $100,000 | general support |
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| Animal Connection | $100,000 | general support |
A donor collaborative housed at Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors that is working to build a world where every women, no matter her zip code or income level, has the knowledge, resources, and power to shape her own life. The founding donors share a deep commitment to advancing reproductive health and women’s rights and recognize these as inextricably linked to the broader advancement of women and girls.
| Giving Area | Amount | Year | Purpose |
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| CGRE | $5,000,000 | Collaborative for Gender & Reproductive Equity |
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| CGRE | $5,000,000 | Collaborative for Gender and Reproductive Equity |
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| CGRE | $5,000,000 | Collaborative for Gender & Reproductive Equity |
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| CGRE | $5,000,000 | Collaborative for Gender & Reproductive Equity |
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| CGRE | $5,000,000 | Collaborative for Gender & Reproductive Equity |
An education nonprofit that uses lessons of history to nurture empathy, critical thinking, and civic agency in generations of young people, inspiring them to be upstanders and leverage their civic power for the common good.
| Giving Area | Amount | Year | Purpose |
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| Stories | $50,000 | general support, $50,000 per year for two years (payment two of two, total grant amount $100,000) |
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| Stories | $50,000 | general support, $50,000 per year for two years (payment one of two, total grant amount $100,000) |
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| Areas of Exploration | $50,000 | general support |
A scientific research center based at UC Berkeley. It sponsors groundbreaking scientific research on social and emotional well-being, and helps the public apply this research to their personal and professional lives. In addition to its studies on the psychology, sociology, and neuroscience of well-being, its website, programs, and podcasts provide research-based tools and training to foster a thriving, resilient, and compassionate society.
| Giving Area | Amount | Year | Purpose |
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| Areas of Exploration | $75,000 | Greater Good Science Center, $75,000 per year for three years (payment three of three, total grant amount $225,000) |
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| Areas of Exploration | $75,000 | Greater Good Science Center, $75,000 per year for three years (payment two of three, total grant amount $225,000) |
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| One Time Gifts | $100,000 | Greater Good Science Center, capacity building |
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| Areas of Exploration | $75,000 | Greater Good Science Center, $75,000 per year for three years (payment one of three, total grant amount $225,000) |
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| Responsive | $25,000 | Greater Good Science Center, COVID-19 Rapid Response Funding |
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| Areas of Exploration | $50,000 | Greater Good Science Center, $50,000 per year for two years (payment two of two, total grant amount $100,000) |
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| Areas of Exploration | $50,000 | Greater Good Science Center, $50,000 per year for two years (payment one of two, total grant amount $100,000) |
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| Areas of Exploration | $12,500 | Greater Good Science Center's empathy research |
An education nonprofit putting LGBTQ+ history in the classroom through a groundbreaking digital curriculum. By integrating these histories into the mainstream curriculum, it aims to ensure all students are able to learn and understand a more complete story of our nation and develop a more genuine understanding and empathy for all humans who have shaped America.
| Giving Area | Amount | Year | Purpose |
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| Stories | $25,000 | general support, $25,000 per year for two years (payment two of two, total grant amount $50,000) |
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| Stories | $25,000 | general support, $25,000 per year for two years (payment one of two, total grant amount $50,000) |
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| Stories | $50,000 | capacity building |
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| Areas of Exploration | $25,000 | general support |
An animal protection organization in Silicon Valley. This trusted, best-in-class nonprofit shelter offers quality services that treat and rehabilitate animals and shares its best practices across the country with other organizations. It also works toward finding homes for shelter animals, keeping pets in homes, preventing overpopulation, and educating the community about animal welfare to enhance the human-animal bond.
| Giving Area | Amount | Year | Purpose |
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| Family Giving | $10,000 | general support, $10,000 per year for two years (payment two of two, total grant amount $20,000) |
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| Animal Connection | $25,000 | Mutual Rescue, $25,000 per year for two years (payment one of two, total grant amount $50,000) |
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| Family Giving | $10,000 | general support, $10,000 per year for two years (payment one of two, total grant amount $20,000) |
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| Areas of Exploration | $25,000 | Mutual Rescue |
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| Animal Connection | $25,000 | Mutual Rescue capacity support |
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| Family Giving | $25,000 | general support, $25,000 per year for two years (payment two of two, total grant amount $50,000) |
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| Family Giving | $25,000 | general support, $25,000 per year for two years (payment one of two, total grant amount $50,000) |
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| Animal Connection | $100,000 | general support, $100,000 per year for three years (payment three of three, total grant amount $300,000) |
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| Animal Connection | $100,000 | general support, $100,000 per year for three years (payment two of three, total grant amount $300,000) |
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| Animal Connection | $100,000 | general support, $100,000 per year for three years (payment one of three, total grant amount $300,000) |
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| Animal Connection | $100,000 | general support |
An academic institute that executes education and research programs to elevate the relationships between people, other species, and the environment to improve the health and welfare of all. It is dedicated to understanding, confronting, and dismantling historic and ongoing marginalization and oppression in human-animal-environment interactions.
| Giving Area | Amount | Year | Purpose |
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| Areas of Exploration | $50,000 | Institute for Human-Animal Connection, $50,000 per year for two years (payment two of two, total grant amount $100,000) |
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| Areas of Exploration | $50,000 | Institute for Human-Animal Connection, $50,000 per year for two years (payment one of two, total grant amount $100,000) |
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| Areas of Exploration | $50,000 | Institute for Human-Animal Connection |
A nonprofit organization focused on bridging divides through conversation. It develops and disperses materials to create conversational bridges across issues that divide and separate us. By providing self-guided conversation toolkits, it helps participants build relationships, generate understanding , and enable collaborative problem-solving.
| Giving Area | Amount | Year | Purpose |
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| Stories | $25,000 | Living Room Conversations |
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| Stories | $25,000 | Living Room Conversations, $25,000 per year for two years (payment two of two, total grant amount $50,000) |
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| Stories | $25,000 | Living Room Conversations, $25,000 per year for two years (payment one of two, total grant amount $50,000) |
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| Stories | $15,000 | Living Room Conversations |
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| Responsive | $15,000 | Living Room Conversations, COVID-19 Rapid Response Funding |
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| Areas of Exploration | $10,000 | Living Room Conversations |
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| Stories | $10,000 | Living Room Conversations |
A funder and field builder collaborative supporting the expanding community of practitioners, storytellers, researchers, and innovators working to foster a culture of pluralism in America.
| Giving Area | Amount | Year | Purpose |
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| New Pluralists | $1,000,000 | New Pluralists |
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| New Pluralists | $1,000,000 | New Pluralists, $1,000,000 per year for two years (payment two of two, total grant amount $2,000,000) |
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| New Pluralists | $1,000,000 | New Pluralists, $1,000,000 per year for two years (payment one of two, total grant amount $2,000,000) |
A nationwide champion of writers and freedom of expression. Recognizing the written word as a tool of great power and great change, it brings together novelists, journalists, essayists, poets, translators, and more to create a network of advocates to inspire change in America and the world. It encourages discourse, diversity, and the spread of ideas with a focus on ensuring that everyone has the freedom to create, express, share, and access literature.
| Giving Area | Amount | Year | Purpose |
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| Stories | $125,000 | general support, $125,000 per year for three years (payment two of three, total grant amount $375,000) |
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| One Time Gifts | $500,000 | capital campaign to bolster programmatic expansion and capacity |
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| Stories | $125,000 | general support, $125,000 per year for three years (payment one of three, total grant amount $375,000) |
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| Stories | $125,000 | general support, $125,000 per year for three years (payment three of three, total grant amount $375,000) |
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| Responsive | $5,000 | Writers' Emergency Fund, COVID-19 Rapid Response Funding |
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| Stories | $125,000 | general support, $125,000 per year for three years (payment two of three, total grant amount $375,000) |
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| Stories | $125,000 | general support, $125,000 per year for three years (payment one of three, total grant amount $375,000) |
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| Stories | $125,000 | general support |
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| Stories | $75,000 | general support |
A nonprofit that uses media, storytelling, and collaboration to cultivate a powerful community of rural people and their allies around a sense of common concern and shared purpose. The organization believes that by empowering and amplifying diverse rural voices to tell their stories in their own words they are influencing broader perceptions about equity and who belongs.
| Giving Area | Amount | Year | Purpose |
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| Areas of Exploration | $50,000 | general support, $50,000 per year for two years (payment one of two, total grant amount $100,000) |
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| Areas of Exploration | $50,000 | general support |
A national storytelling organization. It preserves and shares humanity’s stories in order to build connections and create a more just and compassionate world. It provides people across the country the opportunity to record interviews about their lives, pass wisdom from one generation to the next, and leave a legacy for future generations in its archive at the Library of Congress. Through "One Small Step," it asks people with different political viewpoints to record interviews with each other to help people get to know each other as human beings and remember our common humanity.
| Giving Area | Amount | Year | Purpose |
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| One Time Gifts | $500,000 | StoryCorps 20th Anniversary Capital Campaign |
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| Stories | $500,000 | general support, $500,000 per year for three years (payment two of three, total grant amount $1,500,000) |
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| Stories | $500,000 | general support, $500,000 per year for three years (payment one of three, total grant amount $1,500,000) |
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| One Time Gifts | $1,000,000 | general support |
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| Stories | $500,000 | general support, $500,000 per year for two years (payment two of two, total grant amount $1,000,000) |
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| Stories | $500,000 | general support, $500,000 per year for two years (payment one of two, total grant amount $1,000,000) |
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| Stories | $500,000 | general support, $500,000 per year for two years (payment two of two, total grant amount $1,000,000) |
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| Stories | $500,000 | general support, $500,000 per year for two years (payment one of two, total grant amount $1,000,000) |
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| Stories | $500,000 | general support |
An historical museum based in New York City. It preserves and interprets the history of immigration through the personal experiences of generations who settled in and built lives on Manhattan's Lower East Side, America's iconic immigrant neighborhood. The Museum forges emotional connections between visitors and immigrants past and present; and enhances appreciation for the profound role immigration has played and continues to play in shaping America's evolving national identity.
| Giving Area | Amount | Year | Purpose |
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| Stories | $100,000 | general support, $100,000 per year for three years (payment one of three, total grant amount $300,000) |
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| Stories | $50,000 | general support, $50,000 per year for three years (payment three of three, total grant amount $150,000) |
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| Stories | $50,000 | general support, $50,000 per year for three years (payment two of three, total grant amount $150,000) |
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| One Time Gifts | $500,000 | 97 Orchard Street stabilization project / Joseph Moore exhibit expansion |
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| Stories | $50,000 | general support, $50,000 per year for three years (payment one of three, total grant amount $150,000) |
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| Responsive | $150,000 | general support, COVID-19 Rapid Response Funding |
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| Areas of Exploration | $25,000 | general support |
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| Stories | $15,000 | general support |
An academic center at the University of North Carolina that aims to reduce animosity in America by increasing moral understanding through three key initiatives: building knowledge, developing scholars, and bridging science and society.
| Giving Area | Amount | Year | Purpose |
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| Areas of Exploration | $50,000 | The Center for the Science of Moral Understanding |
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| Areas of Exploration | $50,000 | The Center for the Science of Moral Understanding |
A wildlife and wilderness conservation organization in East Africa. The Sheldrick Trust works alongside Kenya’s local people to share narratives of the relationships between Kenyans and wildlife in order to drive connections to a larger community and those around the world.
| Giving Area | Amount | Year | Purpose |
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| Responsive | $500,000 | Orphans’ Project |
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| Animal Connection | $75,000 | general support, $75,000 per year for three years (payment two of three, total grant amount $225,000) |
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| Animal Connection | $75,000 | general support, $75,000 per year for three years (payment one of three, total grant amount $225,000) |
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| Animal Connection | $75,000 | general support, $50,000 in 2020 and $75,000 in 2021 (payment two of two, total grant amount $125,000) |
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| Animal Connection | $50,000 | general support, $50,000 in 2020 and $75,000 in 2021 (payment one of two, total grant amount $125,000) |
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| Animal Connection | $50,000 | general support, $50,000 per year for two years (payment two of two, total grant amount $100,000) |
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| Animal Connection | $50,000 | general support, $50,000 per year for two years (payment one of two, total grant amount $100,000) |
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| Animal Connection | $75,000 | general support |
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| Animal Connection | $75,000 | general support |
A national immigrant youth-led community fighting for justice and dignity at the local, state, and federal level. It empowers young people to make their voices heard and win, helping them show politicians and the country that their #HomeisHere. Although the Supreme Court blocked the current administration's attack on the DACA program, there is still no permanent solution for Dreamers. They are our neighbors, teachers, students, friends, lawyers, caregivers, and doctors and should feel safe and welcome in the U.S. -- in their home. Now is the time for Congress to step up and not only protect 700,000+ DACA recipients and their families but provide a pathway to citizenship for all undocumented immigrants.
| Giving Area | Amount | Year | Purpose |
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| Good Fight Grants | $50,000 | Home Is Here Campaign |
A New York City organization that approaches dance from a woman-centered perspective and as members of the African Diaspora community. Working to create a more equitable balance of power and representation in the dance world, they use their performances as the message and the medium to bring together diverse audiences across the country through choreography and collaboration.
| Giving Area | Amount | Year | Purpose |
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| Areas of Exploration | $50,000 | general support, $50,000 per year for two years (payment two of two, total grant amount $100,000) |
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| Areas of Exploration | $50,000 | general support, $50,000 per year for two years (payment one of two, total grant amount $100,000) |
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| Stories | $75,000 | general support |
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| Stories | $100,000 | general support |
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| Stories | $100,000 | general support |
A nonprofit that advances human rights by amplifying the voices of people impacted by and fighting against injustice. Through an oral book series and educational programming, VOW emphasizes the importance of listening to and learning from the firsthand experiences of marginalized communities. Its stories build empathy that fosters critical inquiry into and understanding of seldom-heard stories.
| Giving Area | Amount | Year | Purpose |
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| Stories | $75,000 | general support, $100,000 in 2021, $75,000 in 2022, and $75,000 in 2023 (payment three of three, total grant amount $250,000) |
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| Stories | $50,000 | capacity building |
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| Stories | $75,000 | general support, $100,000 in 2021, $75,000 in 2022, and $75,000 in 2023 (payment two of three, total grant amount $250,000) |
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| Stories | $100,000 | general support, $100,000 in 2021, $75,000 in 2022, and $75,000 in 2023 (payment one of three, total grant amount $250,000) |
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| Stories | $100,000 | general support, $150,000 in 2019 and $100,000 in 2020 (payment two of two, total grant amount $250,000) |
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| Stories | $150,000 | general support, $150,000 in 2019 and $100,000 in 2020 (payment one of two, total grant amount $250,000) |
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| Stories | $150,000 | general support, $150,000 per year for two years (payment two of two, total grant amount $300,000) |
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| Stories | $150,000 | general support, $150,000 per year for two years (payment one of two, total grant amount $300,000) |
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| Stories | $100,000 | general support |
A sanctuary for injured, orphaned, or abused wild animals in Half Moon Bay, CA. It provides lifetime care, including quality nutrition, health care, and behavioral enrichment, for over 50 non-releasable wild animals. It also works to inspire curiosity, empathy, and awe in future stewards of the earth through extensive school engagement programs about wild animals.
| Giving Area | Amount | Year | Purpose |
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| Animal Connection | $25,000 | general support |
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| Animal Connection | $25,000 | general support, $45,000 in 2021 and $25,000 in 2022 (payment two of two, total grant amount $70,000) |
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| Animal Connection | $45,000 | general support, $45,000 in 2021 and $25,000 in 2022 (payment one of two, total grant amount $70,000) |
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| Animal Connection | $60,000 | general support |
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| Animal Connection | $60,000 | general support, $60,000 per year for three years (payment three of three, total grant amount $180,000) |
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| Animal Connection | $60,000 | general support, $60,000 per year for three years (payment two of three, total grant amount $180,000) |
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| Animal Connection | $60,000 | general support, $60,000 per year for three years (payment one of three, total grant amount $180,000) |
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| Animal Connection | $50,000 | general support |
A worldwide conservation organization. WWF shares the belief that elevating stories from communities grounded in their interconnectedness with wildlife and the environment has the power to inspire humans to care deeply for all life on Earth and, as a result, protect it. The organization's expansive global network ensures the amplification of these stories will transcend borders.
| Giving Area | Amount | Year | Purpose |
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| Areas of Exploration | $100,000 | Arctic Youth Ambassador Program, $100,000 per year for two years (payment one of two, total grant amount $200,000) |
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| Areas of Exploration | $100,000 | Wolakota Rosebud Bison Project, $100,000 per year for two years (payment two of two, total grant amount $200,000) |
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| Areas of Exploration | $100,000 | Wolakota Rosebud Bison Project, $100,000 per year for two years (payment one of two, total grant amount $200,000) |
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| Animal Connection | $84,000 | Protecting Ocean Pathways in the Mexican Pacific, $60,600 in 2018 and $84,000 in 2019 (payment two of two, total grant amount $144,600) |
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| Animal Connection | $60,600 | Protecting Ocean Pathways in the Mexican Pacific, $60,600 in 2018 and $84,000 in 2019 (payment one of two, total grant amount $144,600) |
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| Animal Connection | $25,000 | Fresh Water program |
A San Francisco-based youth storytelling and empowerment organization. It creates spaces, both in person and virtually, that challenge youth to find and present their voices through arts education and youth development practices, civic engagement strategies, and artistic presentations. It produces local and national poetry slams, festivals, and readings, alongside a slate of arts-in-education programs.
| Giving Area | Amount | Year | Purpose |
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| Stories | $125,000 | general support, $125,000 per year for two years (payment two of two, total grant amount $250,000) |
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| Stories | $125,000 | general support, $125,000 per year for two years (payment one of two, total grant amount $250,000) |
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| One Time Gifts | $100,000 | capital campaign to purchase building |
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| Stories | $125,000 | general support, $125,000 per year for two years (payment two of two, total grant amount $250,000) |
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| Stories | $125,000 | general support, $125,000 per year for two years (payment one of two, total grant amount $250,000) |
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| Stories | $125,000 | general support, $125,000 per year for two years (payment two of two, total grant amount $250,000) |
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| Stories | $125,000 | general support, $125,000 per year for two years (payment one of two, total grant amount $250,000) |
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| Stories | $100,000 | general support |