· Private foundation
Civis Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- $10k–50k5 grants · $130k
- $50k–250k2 grants · $100k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| HEADCOUNT | $50,000 |
| NATIONAL BLACK THEATER | $50,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $30,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $25,000 |
| TEH LGBT COMMUNITY CENTER | $25,000 |
| THE HUDSON ATHENS LIGHTHOUSE | $25,000 |
| CAMPAIGN LEGAL CENTER | $25,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY21–22, $600k) land where the poverty rate runs at 18%, against an area that typically sits at 13%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
49 repeat relationships: 0 still active in FY2024, 49 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $230k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- PPPLANNED PARENTHOOD ACTION FUND INC2× · 2021–2022 · $1.0M · revenue +30%
- SHSAFE HORIZON INC2× · 2021–2022 · $200k · revenue +5%
- UJURBAN JUSTICE CENTER2× · 2021–2022 · $200k · revenue +14%
Funded once
- GIGalvan Institute Foundationone grant, 2019 · $3.9M
- GFGALVAN FOUNDATION CHARITABLE TRUSTone grant, 2017 · $2.0M
- MPMARIJUANA POLICY PROJECT FOUNDATIONone grant, 2022 · $1.0M · revenue -59% · 42% of their budget
How this is measured
Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
Closest unfunded matches
The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
Housing works is a vibrant, healing community of people living with and affected by hiv/aids. our mission is to end the dual crises of homelessness and aids through relentless advocacy, the provision of lifesaving services, and…
EMPOWERING LGBT PEOPLE, BUILDING STRONG COMMUNITY. NEW YORK CITY'S LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, & TRANSGENDER COMMUNITY CENTER EMPOWERS PEOPLE TO LEAD HEALTHY, SUCCESSFUL LIVES. The Center celebrates our community and advocates for justice and…
The alliance leads new york citys mission to end sexual violence through education, prevention programming, research, and policy change. until we end sexual violence in all forms, we will be here for all survivors and the organizations…
The national black justice coalition (nbjc) is a civil rights organization dedicated to the empowerment of black lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer (lgbtq+) and same-gender loving (sgl) people, including people living with…
The legal action center (lac) uses legal policy strategies to fight discrimination, build health equity, and restore opportunity for people with arrest and conviction records, substance use disorders, and hiv or aids.
Avenues for justice operates a progressive diversion program for nyc court-involved and at-risk youth, ages 13 to 24, through adapted hybrid online and onsite programming, and 24/7 mentorship with community-based court advocates, the…
To provide leadership and professional development, education and research to create workplaces free from discrimination.
Lambda legal defense and education fund, inc. is a national organization committed to achieving full recognition of the civil rights of lesbians, gay men, bisexuals, transgender people, and anyone living with hiv through impact litigation,…
Alianza's mission is to empower hard-to-reach, vulnerable, and underserved populations through education and supportive services aimed at working with everyone we serve to achieve better outcomes and higher quality of life.
The audre lorde project, inc. alp is a lesbian, gay, bisexual, two spirit, trans and gender non-conforming people of color community organizing center, focusing on the new york city area. through mobilization, education, and…
Women's law project creates a more just and equitable society by advancing the rights and status of all women throughout their lives. to this end, we engage in high-impact litigation, advocacy, and education. the core values of women's law…
The mission of translatina network is to gain equal and lasting rights for all latina transgender women at a local, state and federal level. through the effective social mobilization of our community, we will have direct involvement in…
How this is measured
42 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.
How this is measured
Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 42 of the 223 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding
A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
- Who funds CIVIC INITIATIVES FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds DRUG POLICY ALLIANCE ↗
- Who funds GALVAN FOUNDATION CHARITABLE TRUST ↗
- Who funds PLANNED PARENTHOOD ACTION FUND INC ↗
- Who funds MARIJUANA POLICY PROJECT FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC ↗
- Who funds ALI FORNEY CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds AFRICAN SERVICES COMMITTEE INC ↗
- Who funds SAFE HORIZON INC ↗
- Who funds URBAN JUSTICE CENTER ↗
- Who funds NATIONAL HARM REDUCTION COALITION ↗
- Who funds ON POINT NYC INC ↗
- Who funds NEW YORK CITY GAY AND LESBIAN ANTI-VIOLENCE PROJECT ↗
- Who funds IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN VETERANS OF AMERICA INC ↗
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: Broadway Caresequity Fights AIDS Inc · The Ford Foundation · Tides Foundation · The Hyde and Watson Foundation · The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation · AIDS United · Wellspring Philanthropic Fund Inc · The New York Community Trust · Stonewall Community Foundation · Elton John AIDS Foundation Inc · The Mac AIDS Fund · Arcus Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Civis Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Civis Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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