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Foundation for Systemic Change

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.

$750k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
46
Grants FY2024
17
Organizations funded FY2023
71%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$15,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$100,000
Organizations funded a year
3 to 17
FY2021 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
10
Total assets, FY2024
$1.2M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 71% of the organizations Foundation for Systemic Change funded were first-time grantees, receiving 53% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 47% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $136k went to new ones.

50%100%’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’22’23
InternationalArts & CultureCivil RightsEducationHuman ServicesFood & NutritionOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving34$735k68%
FY202317$257k71%
FY202213$175k85%
FY20213$35kn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2024.

International$382kArts & Culture$365kEducation$174kCivil Rights$172kPhilanthropy$30kPublic Benefit$25kFood & Nutrition$24kEnvironment$20kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
MN
WI
NY
MA
IN
CA
CO
MD
AZ
NC
DC

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 46 grantees
All grantees of Foundation for Systemic Change by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Educators Institute for Human Rights In$189,500425%
Creative Visions Foundation$122,50021%
Disability Rights International Inc$72,50036%
Open Roads Academy Inc$61,000313%
Reportage International Inc$59,000416%
Human Rights Watch Inc$45,00020%
Sima Studios$40,00031%
Georgetown University$40,00010%
The African American Policy Forum Inc$37,50021%
Entertainment 2 Affect Change$35,00011%
Institute Justice and Democracy in Haiti Inc$30,00023%
The Advocacy Project$27,000210%
Independent Feature Project Inc$25,00010%
Voto Latino Foundation Inc$25,00010%
Fractured Atlas Inc$24,00010%
Food for Education Foundation Inc$23,00010%
Safe Space Pictures Foundation$20,0001n/a
Docs in Progress Inc$20,00015%
The VII Foundation Inc$20,00011%
Democracy for the Arab World Now Inc$15,00011%
Voice of Witness a Nonprofit Public Benefit Corporation$15,00012%
Every Woman Treaty Inc$15,00011%
The Film Collaborative Inc$15,00010%
Johns Hopkins University$15,00010%
Monsenor Romero Foundation$12,0001n/a
Film Independent$12,00010%
Proof Media for Social Justice Inc$10,000111%
world federalist movementinst for global policy Ltd$10,00017%
New York Foundation for the Arts Inc$10,00010%
International Child Program Inc Icp$10,0001n/a
Rhinelander District Library Foundation Inc$10,00013%
Nc State Natural Resources Foundation Inc$10,00010%
Wildlands Restoration Volunteers$10,00010%
Artworks for Freedom$10,0001n/a
Pollen Initiative$10,0001n/a
Realize Impact$9,00010%
Trustafrica$8,00011%
Buntport Theater Company$6,00012%
National Scholastic Press Association$5,25020%
Adelphi University$3,00010%
Washington Ethical Society$2,5001n/a
Kama DC$2,5001n/a
The Foundation for Farmworkers$2,00011%
Feedie Foundation$1,0001n/a
Little Wishes$1,00010%
Palisades Community Church$1,0001n/a

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 3 recipients with no EIN on record ($55k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Foundation for Systemic Change supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetEducators Institute for Human Rights In: $189,500 over 4y, 25% of budgetCreative Visions Foundation: $122,500 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetDisability Rights International Inc: $72,500 over 3y, 5.5% of budgetOpen Roads Academy Inc: $61,000 over 3y, 13% of budgetReportage International Inc: $59,000 over 4y, 16% of budgetHuman Rights Watch Inc: $45,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSima Studios: $40,000 over 3y, 1.5% of budgetGeorgetown University: $40,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe African American Policy Forum Inc: $37,500 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetEntertainment 2 Affect Change: $35,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetInstitute Justice and Democracy in Haiti Inc: $30,000 over 2y, 2.6% of budgetThe Advocacy Project: $27,000 over 2y, 10% of budgetIndependent Feature Project Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetVoto Latino Foundation Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetFractured Atlas Inc: $24,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFood for Education Foundation Inc: $23,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDocs in Progress Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 4.6% of budgetThe VII Foundation Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetDemocracy for the Arab World Now Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetVoice of Witness a Nonprofit Public Benefit Corporation: $15,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetEvery Woman Treaty Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetThe Film Collaborative Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetJohns Hopkins University: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFilm Independent: $12,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetProof Media for Social Justice Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetworld federalist movementinst for global policy Ltd: $10,000 over 1y, 6.6% of budgetNew York Foundation for the Arts Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetRhinelander District Library Foundation Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 3.0% of budgetNc State Natural Resources Foundation Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetWildlands Restoration Volunteers: $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetRealize Impact: $9,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTrustafrica: $8,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetBuntport Theater Company: $6,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetNational Scholastic Press Association: $5,250 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetAdelphi University: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Foundation for Farmworkers: $2,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetLittle Wishes: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 37.

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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.

Silicon Valley Community FoundationCA13.7× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Marin Community Foundation · Wellspring Philanthropic Fund Inc · The Ford Foundation · The San Francisco Foundation · Impactassetsinc · Greater Washington Community Foundation · Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc · Seattle Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program

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.

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About Foundation for Systemic Change

How much does Foundation for Systemic Change give?
Foundation for Systemic Change reported 46 grants totaling $750,250 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 17 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2023.
What does Foundation for Systemic Change fund?
By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2024, its largest causes are International (31%), Arts & Culture (30%), Education (14%).
Who are Foundation for Systemic Change's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2021 to FY2024: Educators Institute for Human Rights In ($190k), Creative Visions Foundation ($123k), Disability Rights International Inc ($73k).
Does Foundation for Systemic Change fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 71% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Foundation for Systemic Change accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Which funders back the same organizations as Foundation for Systemic Change?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Silicon Valley Community Foundation, Marin Community Foundation, Wellspring Philanthropic Fund Inc.
Where is Foundation for Systemic Change based?
Foundation for Systemic Change is based in DE.

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 51 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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