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Cultures of Resistance Network Foundation at a glance

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Cultures of Resistance Network Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$1.1M
Granted FY2025still arriving
81
Grants FY2025still arriving
17
States reached
$130k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

International$2.2MEducation$871kEnvironment$353kCivil Rights$336kPhilanthropy$243kArts & Culture$228kAnimals$213kFood & Nutrition$160kOther$0
02FY2025 · 81 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k30 grants · $124k
  • $10k–50k47 grants · $673k
  • $50k–250k4 grants · $280k
$10,000
Median grant
17
States reached
$406k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Individual grant recipient$130,000
WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INCORPORATED$50,000
AMAZON WATCH$50,000
MADRE INC$50,000
STUDIO IN A SCHOOL ASSOCIATION$30,000
TURTLE FOUNDATION$26,880
FRIENDS OF THE EARTH INTERNATIONAL (FOE INTERNATIO$26,000
PANZI FOUNDATION$20,000
HEAL PALESTINE INC$20,000
CENTER FOR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS INC$20,000
CHARITIES AID FOUNDATION AMERICA$20,000
PEOPLE FOR THE ETHICAL TREATMENT OF ANIMALS INC$20,000
EARTHRIGHTS INTERNATIONAL INC$20,000
CORE COMMUNITY ORGANIZED RELIEF EFFORT$20,000
INTERNATIONAL RIVERS NETWORK$20,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $400k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 97% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%THE CITIZENS FOUNDATION USA: $29k → 16%FRIENDS OF BAREFOOT COLLEGE INTERNATIONAL INC: $10k → 15%FREE TO RUN INC: $3k → 9%THE CITIZENS FOUNDATION USA: $136k → 14%THE GLOBAL DIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC: $10k → 9%TIDES CENTER: $5k → 10%AFGHANS EMPOWERED CORP: $9k → 11%FRIENDS OF BAREFOOT COLLEGE INTERNATIONAL INC: $5k → 15%THE CITIZENS FOUNDATION USA: $27k → 14%TIDES CENTER: $2k → 10%APOPO US INC: $10k → 14%CENTER FOR THE WORKING POOR: $2k → 14%CHOOSE LOVE INC: $10k → 17%AFGHANS EMPOWERED CORP: $5k → 11%CENTER FOR THE WORKING POOR: $1k → 14%THE ACADEMY FOR INTERNATIONAL CULTURE AND PROFESSI: $2k → 10%APOPO US INC: $10k → 14%THE ACADEMY FOR INTERNATIONAL CULTURE AND PROFESSI: $2k → 10%CHOOSE LOVE INC: $6k → 17%PUPPIES BEHIND BARS INC: $5k → 17%CHOOSE LOVE INC: $2k → 17%FREE TO RUN INC: $3k → 17%APOPO US INC: $5k → 14%GLOBALFEST INC: $5k → 17%BRAZIL CHILD HEALTH INC: $5k → 17%GLOBALFEST INC: $5k → 17%GLOBALFEST INC: $3k → 17%FREE TO RUN INC: $3k → 17%CHILDREN IN CONFLICT INC: $5k → 17%INNOCENCE PROJECT INC: $50k → 17%INNOCENCE PROJECT INC: $10k → 17%INNOCENCE PROJECT INC: $5k → 17%INNOCENCE PROJECT INC: $5k → 17%CHILDREN IN CONFLICT INC: $5k → 17%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

VT
NH
WA
IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
OH
PA
NJ
CT
CA
NE
VA
MD
DE
AZ
NM
KS
NC
DC
OK
LA
AL
GA
TX
FL
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
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Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 18% of Cultures of Resistance Network Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.

Cultures of Resistance Network Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address · 34% directed abroad (not shown)
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

81%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$3.7M · 79 repeat orgs$858k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +32% since the first grant, against +11% for those funded once.

79 repeat relationships: 49 still active in FY2025, 30 since wound down; 18 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

79
97

Total granted

$3.7M
$645k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+32%
+11%

Still filing today

94%
72%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 79% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $213k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
InternationalArts & CultureHuman ServicesEducationEnvironmentCivil RightsOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • THE CITIZENS FOUNDATION USA
    5× · 2017–2023 · $218k · revenue +156%
  • CW
    CODEPINK WOMEN FOR PEACE
    6× · 2017–2023 · $155k · revenue +114%
  • MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC
    4× · 2017–2024 · $150k · revenue +98%

Funded once

  • MS
    MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA - DOCTORS WO BORDERS
    one grant, 2020 · $50k
  • AP
    AFRICAN PARKS FOUNDATION OF AMERICA
    one grant, 2020 · $50k · revenue -53%
  • TJ
    THE JUSTICE AND EDUCATION FUND INC
    one grant, 2024 · $40k · revenue 0%
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.

04Its field

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.

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Actionaid Usa

Actionaid is an international network building a just, equitable, and sustainable world in solidarity with communities on the frontlines of poverty and injustice. actionaid usa is the u.s. branch of actionaid international, which works in…

Social Science
2
Global Policy Forum Inc

Research and education of United Nations activities

International
3
Asociacion Interamericana Para La Defensa Del Ambiente

To strenghten people's ability to guarantee their individual and collective right to a healthy environment, via the development, implementation, and effective enforcement of national and international law.

Crime & Legal
4
Rights and Resources Institute Inc

Rri's mission is to support local communities and indigenous peoples' struggles against poverty and marginalization by promoting greater global commitment and action towards policy, market, and legal reforms that secure their rights to…

Environment
5
Indigenous Peoples Rights Inc

To lead and coordinate the global initiative to address and prevent criminalization, violence, and impunity against indigenous peoples towards strengthening their collectives, solidarity, and actions.

Human Services
6
The International Institute On Race Equality and Human Rights

The international institute on race, equality and human rights contributes to the promotion and defense of human rights, through training, technical assistance, advocacy, and strategic litigation conducted at the regional and international…

International
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International Crisis Group

Crisis group works to prevent and resolve deadly conflict around the world by informing and influencing the perceptions and actions of policymakers and other key conflict actors. to this end, we endeavour to talk to all sides and provide…

International
8
Global Voice
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Global Poverty Project Inc

Our mission is to build a movement of global citizens whose actions will help achieve our vision of a world without extreme poverty.

Social Science
10
Direct Action for Women Now World-Wide Inc Formerly Indias Daughters Inc
Philanthropy
11
The Fund for Peace Inc

Building bridges across diverse sectors, and developing innovative technologies and tools for policy makers. a leader in the conflict assessment and early warning field, the fund for peace focuses on the problems of weak and failing…

International
12
Rainforest Foundation Inc

The purpose of rainforest foundation us is to support indigenous peoples and forest communities in their efforts to secure their lands, protect their environment, and uphold their rights.

Environment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Human Rights Watch Inc; the most unlike its peers is Turtle Foundation. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

171 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. 171 of the 206 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
48
Early backer (in before they grew)
167/171
Grantees still filing
108/171
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

MYRIAD USA INC: $280,000 · InternationalMYRIAD USA INCMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $150,000 · InternationalMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INCMIDDLE EAST CHILDREN'S ALLIANCE: $79,000 · InternationalSISTERHOOD IS GLOBAL INSTITUTE INC: $74,000 · InternationalGRASSROOTS INTERNATIONAL INC: $70,000 · InternationalBRAZIL FOUNDATION: $64,860 · InternationalWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $60,000 · InternationalHUMAN RIGHTS WATCH INC: $60,000 · InternationalFriends of the Congo: $57,000 · InternationalMADRE INC: $55,000 · International+43 more: $650,845 · International+43 moreBIRZEIT UNIVERSITY FUND: $510,000 · EducationBIRZEIT UNIVERSITY F…CODEPINK WOMEN FOR PEACE: $155,288 · EducationCODEPINK WOMEN FOR P…Trustees of Dartmouth College: $100,000 · EducationTrustees of Dartmout…KASHMIR EDUCATION INITIATIVE INC: $62,300 · EducationKASHMIR EDUCATION IN…SOCIAL GOOD FUND INC: $32,000 · Education+8 more: $44,000 · EducationIndividual grant recipient: $160,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientSTUDIO IN A SCHOOL ASSOCIATION INC: $85,000 · OtherSTUDIO IN A SCHOOL ASSOCIATION I…MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA - DOCTORS WO BORDERS: $50,000 · OtherCENTER FOR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS: $55,000 · OtherPARTNERS IN HEALTH A NONPROFIT CORPORATION: $120,000 · OtherPARTNERS IN HEALTH A NONPROFIT C…THE FOUNDATION FIGHTING BLINDNESS INC: $60,000 · OtherMAGNUM CULTURAL FOUNDATION: $60,800 · OtherSLOW FOOD USA INC: $123,160 · OtherSLOW FOOD USA INCAFRICAN PARKS FOUNDATION OF AMERICA: $50,000 · Other+84 more: $703,394 · Other+84 moreTHE CITIZENS FOUNDATION USA: $218,352 · Human ServicesTHE CITIZ…THE INNOCENCE PROJECT INC: $70,000 · Human ServicesTHE INNOC…APOPO US INC: $25,000 · Human ServicesAPOPO US …CHOOSE LOVE INC: $18,000 · Human ServicesFRIENDS OF BAREFOOT COLLEGE INTERNATIONAL INC: $15,000 · Human Services+10 more: $80,000 · Human Services+10 moreCHARITIES AID FOUNDATION AMERICA: $127,000 · PhilanthropyFAUNA & FLORA INTERNATIONAL USA INC: $51,000 · PhilanthropyINTERNATIONAL PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION - WORLDWIDE INC: $38,000 · PhilanthropyKARAM FOUNDATION: $10,000 · PhilanthropyROCKEFELLER PHILANTHROPY ADVISORS INC: $10,000 · Philanthropy+3 more: $11,000 · PhilanthropyAmazon Watch Inc: $76,900 · EnvironmentRainforest Action Network: $55,000 · EnvironmentGREENPEACE FUND INC: $35,000 · EnvironmentFRIENDS OF THE EARTH: $23,000 · EnvironmentInternational Rivers Network: $20,000 · Environment+4 more: $20,000 · EnvironmentPEOPLE FOR THE ETHICAL TREATMENT OF ANIMALS INC: $45,000 · AnimalsFRIENDS OF BIRDLIFE INTERNATIONAL INC: $41,000 · AnimalsAnimal Equality: $35,000 · AnimalsANIMAL LEGAL DEFENSE FUND INC: $30,000 · AnimalsTURTLE FOUNDATION: $26,880 · AnimalsFARM SANCTUARY INC: $20,000 · Animals+3 more: $15,000 · Animals
International$1,600,705Education$903,588Other$1,467,354Human Services$426,352Philanthropy$247,000Environment$229,900Animals$212,880

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetBIRZEIT UNIVERSITY FUND: $510,000 over 4y, 12% of budgetMYRIAD USA INC: $280,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetTHE CITIZENS FOUNDATION USA: $218,352 over 5y, 1.6% of budgetCODEPINK WOMEN FOR PEACE: $155,288 over 6y, 6.0% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $150,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCHARITIES AID FOUNDATION AMERICA: $127,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetSLOW FOOD USA INC: $123,160 over 6y, 7.7% of budgetPARTNERS IN HEALTH A NONPROFIT CORPORATION: $120,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTrustees of Dartmouth College: $100,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSTUDIO IN A SCHOOL ASSOCIATION INC: $85,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetMIDDLE EAST CHILDREN'S ALLIANCE: $79,000 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetAmazon Watch Inc: $76,900 over 5y, 1.3% of budgetSISTERHOOD IS GLOBAL INSTITUTE INC: $74,000 over 7y, 1.2% of budgetGRASSROOTS INTERNATIONAL INC: $70,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetTHE INNOCENCE PROJECT INC: $70,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetBRAZIL FOUNDATION: $64,860 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetKASHMIR EDUCATION INITIATIVE INC: $62,300 over 5y, 3.9% of budgetMAGNUM CULTURAL FOUNDATION: $60,800 over 3y, 4.3% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $60,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE FOUNDATION FIGHTING BLINDNESS INC: $60,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetHUMAN RIGHTS WATCH INC: $60,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetFriends of the Congo: $57,000 over 8y, 8.9% of budgetCENTER FOR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS: $55,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetMADRE INC: $55,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetRainforest Action Network: $55,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetFAUNA & FLORA INTERNATIONAL USA INC: $51,000 over 5y, 2.5% of budgetAFRICAN PARKS FOUNDATION OF AMERICA: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPANZI FOUNDATION: $45,320 over 4y, 1.4% of budgetCOMMITTEE TO PROTECT JOURNALISTS INC: $45,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetPEOPLE FOR THE ETHICAL TREATMENT OF ANIMALS INC: $45,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF BIRDLIFE INTERNATIONAL INC: $41,000 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetTHE JUSTICE AND EDUCATION FUND INC: $40,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetINTERNATIONAL PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION - WORLDWIDE INC: $38,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetAnimal Equality: $35,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetGREENPEACE FUND INC: $35,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSOCIAL GOOD FUND INC: $32,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetSRD FOUNDATION: $32,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetSURVIVAL INTERNATIONAL (USA): $30,000 over 3y, 5.8% of budgetCenter for the study of the Americas: $30,000 over 4y, 2.1% of budgetMOLHAM VOLUNTEERING TEAM: $30,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetANIMAL LEGAL DEFENSE FUND INC: $30,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetPALESTINE CHILDREN'S RELIEF FUND: $28,440 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetGEORGES MALAIKA FOUNDATION INC: $27,750 over 4y, 1.0% of budgetAlliance for Global Justice Corp: $27,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetTURTLE FOUNDATION: $26,880 over 1y, 94% of budgetCORE COMMUNITY ORGANIZED RELIEF EFFORT: $25,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAPOPO US INC: $25,000 over 3y, 1.9% of budgetFEMINIST MAJORITY FOUNDATION: $23,914 over 3y, 0.1% of budget
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.

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.

Iara Lee and George G…The Ford FoundationTides FoundationOpen Society InstituteFoundation to Promote…Silicon Valley Commun…Amalgamated Charitabl…Globalgiving Foundati…ImpactassetsincThe David and Lucile …Rockefeller Brothers …Roy and Patricia Disn…
Iara Lee and George Gund III FoundationDE53.3× affinity23 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Iara Lee and George Gund III Foundation · The Ford Foundation · Tides Foundation · Open Society Institute · Foundation to Promote Open Society · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc · Globalgiving Foundation Inc · Impactassetsinc · The David and Lucile Packard Foundation · Rockefeller Brothers Fund Inc · Roy and Patricia Disney Family Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Cultures of Resistance Network Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Cultures of Resistance Network Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 150%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 2%
  • Global Diversity Foundation Inc: 100% of income from government
  • Bikes Not Bombs Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
15get no government money at all
24report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
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How do I get to Cultures of Resistance Network Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Cultures of Resistance Network Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 206 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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