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Humanity United

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.

$17M
Granted FY2024still arriving
209
Grants FY2024still arriving
22
States reached
$612k
Largest
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

International$53MCivil Rights$25MArts & Culture$8.1MPublic Benefit$7.5MEmployment$7.2MHuman Services$7.1MPhilanthropy$6.8MEducation$4.6MOther$0
02FY2024 · 209 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k37 grants · $109k
  • $10k–50k59 grants · $1.4M
  • $50k–250k98 grants · $10M
  • $250k+15 grants · $5.1M
$50,000
Median grant
22
States reached
$15M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Business and Human Rights Resource Centre$612,000
Freedom Fund$562,218
Humanity United Charitable Fund$459,800
Thousand Currents$340,000
Instituto Incube$312,000
Humanity United Charitable Fund$300,000
Far Southeast Family Strengthening Collaborative$300,000
Guardian Org Foundation$300,000
FairSquare Projects$300,000
International Labor Rights Forum$300,000
Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York$270,000
Search for Common Ground$250,000
Alliance for Peacebuilding$250,000
Freedom Fund$250,000
Freedom Fund$250,000
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.

US giving: 66% of grant dollars ($91M). The need read here covers only this US portion; the 34% that went abroad ($46M) is mapped below.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $6.1M) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 90% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%Local Media Foundation: $80k → 13%Willow International: $100k → 12%Audacity Factory: $50k → 8%Azadi Inc: $50k → 11%Immigrant Guide: $50k → 9%International Commission for Dalit Rights Inc: $200k → 6%Freedom Network USA: $110k → 7%Azadi Inc: $40k → 11%Freedom Network USA: $100k → 7%Freedom Network USA: $50k → 7%Transparentem Ltd: $100k → 17%Coalition For Dialogue and Negotiations Inc: $50k → 11%Women's Refugee Commission Inc: $50k → 17%Rural Education and Development Inc: $175k → 10%Tides Center: $107k → 10%Article3 Org: $100k → 10%Thorn: $80k → 14%Article3Org: $75k → 10%Article3 Org: $75k → 10%Transparentem: $415k → 20%ARTICLE3 ORG: $75k → 10%Remake: $50k → 10%ARTICLE3 ORG: $50k → 10%Article3 Org: $50k → 10%Article3 Org: $50k → 10%Rural Education and Development Inc: $200k → 10%Rural Education and Development Inc: $185k → 10%Rural Education and Development Inc: $50k → 10%Transparentem: $300k → 17%Accountability Lab Inc: $130k → 14%Accountability Lab Inc: $100k → 14%Accountability Lab Inc: $63k → 14%Institute for Healing of Memories - North America Inc: $50k → 17%Institute for Healing of Memories - North America Inc: $40k → 17%Accountability Lab Inc: $40k → 14%Equitable Food Initiative: $150k → 14%Equitable Food Initiative: $150k → 14%Thorn: $50k → 17%Center for Civilians in Conflict: $50k → 14%Far Southeast Family Strengthening Collaborative: $400k → 14%Far Southeast Family Strengthening Collaborative: $370k → 14%Far Southeast Family Strengthening Collaborative: $300k → 14%Far Southeast Family Strengthening Collaborative: $300k → 14%Far Southeast Family Strenghtening Collaborative: $150k → 14%Far Southeast Family Strengthening Collaborative: $70k → 14%Far Southeast Family Strengthening Collaborative: $60k → 14%Far Southeast Family Strengthening Collaborative: $50k → 14%Far Southeast Family Strengthening Collaborative: $42k → 14%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

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VT
WA
MN
IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
OR
WY
SD
IA
IN
OH
PA
NJ
CT
RI
CA
UT
CO
KY
VA
MD
DE
AZ
NM
KS
TN
NC
DC
HI
AL
GA
TX
FL

Beyond the US: 34% of all-years giving ($46M)

43 countries, by the recipient’s country on the filing.

grant dollars sentlessmore
United Kingdom$14M · 104 grants
Switzerland$6.1M · 29 grants
South Africa$4.2M · 23 grants
Nepal$3.4M · 25 grants
Colombia$3.3M · 40 grants
Denmark$2.0M · 10 grants
Netherlands$1.7M · 15 grants
Canada$1.5M · 11 grants
Philippines$1.2M · 14 grants
France$805k · 8 grants
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. International giving is mapped by the recipient’s country from the same 990 filings; comparable need data isn’t available at that grain.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

79%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$105M · 269 repeat orgs$27M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +28% since the first grant, against +21% for those funded once.

269 repeat relationships: 101 still active in FY2024, 168 since wound down; 67 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

269
351

Total granted

$105M
$24M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+28%
+21%

Still filing today

72%
54%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 76% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3.7M went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
InternationalHuman ServicesEducationArts & CultureCivil RightsPhilanthropyOther
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

  • TF
    THE FREEDOM FUND
    8× · 2017–2024 · $7.9M · revenue +28%
  • GF
    GUARDIANORG FOUNDATION
    6× · 2018–2024 · $2.7M · revenue +389% · 29% of their budget
  • GF
    GLOBAL FAIRNESS INITIATIVE
    6× · 2017–2023 · $2.7M · revenue +224% · 41% of their budget

Funded once

  • IP
    International Peacebuilding Alliance
    one grant, 2018 · $3.7M
  • RF
    ROBERT F KENNEDY CENTER FOR JUSTICE AND HUMAN RIGHTS
    one grant, 2018 · $990k · revenue -71%
  • SI
    Social Impact Inc
    one grant, 2018 · $650k
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.

1
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
2
Open Markets Institute

The open markets institute works to help people relearn how to use competition policy to build stronger democracies, more just and equitable societies, more innovative and sustainable economies, and a more secure and peaceful world.

Education
3
Accion International

Our mission is to create a fair and inclusive economy where underserved people have quality financial choices and opportunities to improve their economic well-being. we find and help build innovative companies with the potential to reach…

International
4
World Resources Institute

Wri is committed to creating change that improves people's lives and ensures the natural world can thrive. (see schedule o)wri's bold vision requires a formula for success we call "count it. change it. scale it.":- count it: our work is…

International
5
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
6
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
7
Common Future

Common future is a network of pioneering leaders across the u.s. and canada who work deeply within their communities to create alternative approaches to business, philanthropy, and investing. we envision an economy that has transitioned…

Community Improvement
8
Guernica Centre for InternationalJustice

The Guernica Centre for International Justice represents the interests of victims in national and international legal proceedings, putting in place transnational accountability strategies that seek to maximize the protection of victims'…

International
9
International Women's Forum Inc

The mission of the international women's forum is to advance women's leadership worldwide. iwf takes direct action to achieve our mission in three important ways. connect: our convenings provide networking and cutting-edge content…

Education
10
Center for International Policy Inc

The center for international policy is a woman-led, progressive, independent nonprofit center for research, education, and advocacy working to advance a more peaceful, just, and sustainable u.s. approach to foreign policy. through…

International
11
Nuru International

Nuru is a global collective that enables inclusive and sustainable prosperity by identifying communities at the stability tipping point, strengthening rural livelihoods and market systems, and fostering stabilizing connections that repair…

International
12
The International Institute for Strategic Studies - Us

To provide accurate, objective information and analysis on international strategic issues for legislators, diplomats, foreign affairs analysts, international business leaders, economists, the military, defense commentators, journalists,…

International
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Policylink; the most unlike its peers is Conservation Music. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

454 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 454 of the 720 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.

34
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
103
Early backer (in before they grew)
447/454
Grantees still filing
280/454
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

International Peacebuilding Alliance: $3,712,097 · OtherInternational Peacebuilding AllianceThe Unyoke Foundation (RF) NPC: $2,229,893 · Other+120 more: $56,501,562 · Other+120 moreGLOBAL FAIRNESS INITIATIVE: $2,685,000 · InternationalGLOBAL FAIRNESS INITIAT…FULLER PROJECT FOR INTERNATIONAL REPORTING INC: $1,815,129 · InternationalFULLER PROJECT FOR INTE…GoodWeave International: $1,790,700 · InternationalGoodWeave InternationalINTERNATIONAL LABOR RIGHTS FORUM: $1,787,000 · InternationalINTERNATIONAL LABOR RIG…ALLIANCE FOR PEACEBUILDING: $1,671,000 · InternationalALLIANCE FOR PEACEBUILD…OXFAM-AMERICA INC: $1,167,250 · InternationalNonviolent Peaceforce: $971,069 · InternationalHumanity United Charitable Fund: $909,800 · International+34 more: $11,810,040 · International+34 moreTHE FREEDOM FUND: $7,946,769 · PhilanthropyTHE FREEDO…INTERNATIONAL CENTER ON NONVIOLENT CONFLICT: $785,800 · PhilanthropyINTERNATIO…Latino Community Fund Inc: $447,000 · PhilanthropyCATALYST FOR PEACE: $390,000 · PhilanthropyTHE APPEAL OF THE NOBEL PEACE LAUREATES FOUNDATION INC: $382,000 · Philanthropy+6 more: $1,410,100 · Philanthropy+6 morePULITZER CENTER ON CRISIS REPORTING: $2,369,820 · Public BenefitON BEING PROJECT: $1,965,000 · Public BenefitNEO Philanthropy Inc: $1,185,000 · Public BenefitFCNL EDUCATION FUND: $405,000 · Public BenefitCenter for US Global Leadership: $300,000 · Public Benefit+1 more: $170,000 · Public BenefitGUARDIANORG FOUNDATION: $2,700,000 · Arts & CultureVERITE INC: $1,081,000 · Arts & CultureGLOBAL INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM NETWORK INC: $1,075,000 · Arts & CultureGlobal Press Institute: $495,000 · Arts & CultureCAPITAL B NEWS INC: $400,000 · Arts & Culture+3 more: $527,290 · Arts & CultureFAR SOUTHEAST FAMILY STRENGTENING: $1,812,000 · Human ServicesTRANSPARENTEM LTD: $815,000 · Human ServicesRURAL EDUCATION & DEVELOPMENT INC: $610,000 · Human ServicesARTICLE3ORG: $475,000 · Human ServicesEquitable Food Initiative: $400,000 · Human ServicesACCOUNTABILITY LAB INC: $332,500 · Human ServicesFREEDOM NETWORK USA INC: $265,000 · Human ServicesInternational Commission for Dalit Rights Inc: $225,000 · Human ServicesBUSINESS AND HUMAN RIGHTS RESOURCE CENTRE: $3,043,000 · EmploymentCIERTO: $950,000 · EmploymentCENTRO DE TRABAJADORES UNIDOS EN LUCHA: $171,600 · Employment
Other$62,443,552International$24,606,988Philanthropy$11,361,669Public Benefit$6,394,820Arts & Culture$6,278,290Human Services$4,934,500Employment$4,164,600

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%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTHE FREEDOM FUND: $7,946,769 over 8y, 16% of budgetBUSINESS AND HUMAN RIGHTS RESOURCE CENTRE: $3,043,000 over 6y, 18% of budgetGUARDIANORG FOUNDATION: $2,700,000 over 6y, 29% of budgetGLOBAL FAIRNESS INITIATIVE: $2,685,000 over 6y, 41% of budgetPULITZER CENTER ON CRISIS REPORTING: $2,369,820 over 7y, 8.8% of budgetON BEING PROJECT: $1,965,000 over 3y, 57% of budgetFULLER PROJECT FOR INTERNATIONAL REPORTING INC: $1,815,129 over 7y, 39% of budgetFAR SOUTHEAST FAMILY STRENGTENING: $1,812,000 over 5y, 5.5% of budgetGoodWeave International: $1,790,700 over 5y, 25% of budgetINTERNATIONAL LABOR RIGHTS FORUM: $1,787,000 over 8y, 11% of budgetALLIANCE FOR PEACEBUILDING: $1,671,000 over 6y, 30% of budgetWORKER RIGHTS CONSORTIUM INC: $1,570,000 over 4y, 24% of budgetNEW VENTURE FUND: $1,385,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetNEO Philanthropy Inc: $1,185,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetOXFAM-AMERICA INC: $1,167,250 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetUniversity of Notre Dame du Lac: $1,145,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetVERITE INC: $1,081,000 over 6y, 4.8% of budgetGLOBAL INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM NETWORK INC: $1,075,000 over 6y, 16% of budgetROBERT F KENNEDY CENTER FOR JUSTICE AND HUMAN RIGHTS: $990,000 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetNonviolent Peaceforce: $971,069 over 4y, 35% of budgetCIERTO: $950,000 over 6y, 14% of budgetTHE HUMAN TRAFFICKING LEGAL CENTER: $933,800 over 7y, 17% of budgetHumanity United Charitable Fund: $909,800 over 2y, 34% of budgetCENTRO DE LOS DERECHOS DEL MIGRANTE INC: $905,020 over 7y, 8.4% of budgetTRANSPARENTEM LTD: $815,000 over 3y, 11% of budgetVISIONS MADE VIABLE: $802,500 over 3y, 37% of budgetGREENPEACE FUND INC: $800,000 over 3y, 1.5% of budgetSEARCH FOR COMMON GROUND: $786,538 over 5y, 1.1% of budgetINTERNATIONAL CENTER ON NONVIOLENT CONFLICT: $785,800 over 4y, 24% of budgetTEBALDI FUND: $746,000 over 7y, 94% of budgetNew York University: $725,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetPANORAMA GLOBAL: $700,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetPARTNERSGLOBAL INSTITUTE: $670,000 over 3y, 64% of budgetINDEPENDENT DIPLOMAT INC: $660,000 over 5y, 6.3% of budgetHUMAN RIGHTS WATCH INC: $633,660 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetRURAL EDUCATION & DEVELOPMENT INC: $610,000 over 3y, 51% of budgetMARY HOCH FOUNDATION LTD: $550,000 over 4y, 61% of budgetCOOPERATIVE FOR ASSISTANCE AND RELIEF EVERYWHERE INC: $525,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetOPEN SUPPLY HUB INC: $520,000 over 1y, 22% of budgetFRIENDS OF MAJAL INC: $500,000 over 1y, 51% of budgetGlobal Press Institute: $495,000 over 4y, 6.9% of budgetEveryday Peace Indicators: $491,000 over 5y, 83% of budgetTHOUSAND CURRENTS: $490,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetTHE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK: $476,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetINSTITUTE FOR CLIMATE AND PEACE: $475,000 over 4y, 63% of budgetARTICLE3ORG: $475,000 over 5y, 69% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE: $474,750 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLatino Community Fund Inc: $447,000 over 4y, 4.4% 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.

  • Who funds THE FREEDOM FUND ↗
  • Who funds BUSINESS AND HUMAN RIGHTS RESOURCE CENTRE ↗
  • Who funds GUARDIANORG FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds GLOBAL FAIRNESS INITIATIVE ↗
  • Who funds PULITZER CENTER ON CRISIS REPORTING ↗
  • Who funds ON BEING PROJECT ↗
  • Who funds FULLER PROJECT FOR INTERNATIONAL REPORTING INC ↗
  • Who funds FAR SOUTHEAST FAMILY STRENGTENING ↗
  • Who funds GoodWeave International ↗
  • Who funds INTERNATIONAL LABOR RIGHTS FORUM ↗
  • Who funds ALLIANCE FOR PEACEBUILDING ↗
  • Who funds WORKER RIGHTS CONSORTIUM INC ↗
  • Who funds NEW VENTURE FUND ↗
  • Who funds NEO Philanthropy Inc ↗
  • Who funds OXFAM-AMERICA INC ↗
  • Who funds University of Notre Dame du Lac ↗
  • Who funds VERITE INC ↗
  • Who funds GLOBAL INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM NETWORK INC ↗
  • Who funds ROBERT F KENNEDY CENTER FOR JUSTICE AND HUMAN RIGHTS ↗
  • Who funds Nonviolent Peaceforce ↗
  • Who funds CIERTO ↗
  • Who funds THE HUMAN TRAFFICKING LEGAL CENTER ↗
  • Who funds Humanity United Charitable Fund ↗
  • Who funds CENTRO DE LOS DERECHOS DEL MIGRANTE INC ↗
  • Who funds TRANSPARENTEM LTD ↗
  • Who funds VISIONS MADE VIABLE ↗
  • Who funds GREENPEACE FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds SEARCH FOR COMMON GROUND ↗

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.

Foundation to Promote Open SocietyNY66.7× affinity46 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Foundation to Promote Open Society · Wellspring Philanthropic Fund Inc · The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation · The Ford Foundation · The Skoll Foundation · The David and Lucile Packard Foundation · Rockefeller Brothers Fund Inc · Carnegie Corporation of New York · Open Society Institute · Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc · Skoll Fund · New Venture Fund

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 Humanity United funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Humanity United. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 160%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 19%
  • Mercy Corps: 47% of income from government
  • Save the Children Federation Inc: 30% of income from government
  • University of Delaware: 30% of income from government
  • Impact Inc: 25% of income from government
  • Verite Inc: 19% of income from government
  • Trustees of Tufts College: 13% of income from government
  • Brandeis University: 9% of income from government
  • Centro De Los Derechos Del Migrante Inc: 4% of income from government
  • Oxfam-America Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
16get no government money at all
37report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely 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.

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 720 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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