Washington, D.C. · Public charity
Search for Common Ground
Our mission is to transform the way the world deals with conflict, away from adversarial approaches and toward cooperative solutions. Our programs work to bridge diving lines and encourage collaboration. Our common ground approach drives change in three steps: humanize divided people through their shared interests and pursuits; mobilize…
- $7.8M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 9
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 8
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $2.5M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $138,749
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $1,522,513
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 8
- FY2022 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 7
- Total assets, FY2024
- $18M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 50% of the organizations Search for Common Ground funded were first-time grantees, receiving 75% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 8 | $2.3M | 38% |
| FY2023 | 8 | $2.3M | 50% |
| FY2022 | 4 | $198k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2022 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| American Bar Association | $3,104,253 | 2 | 1% |
| Multi-Faith Neighbors Network | $536,909 | 3 | 53% |
| Plessy & Ferguson Initiative | $247,041 | 2 | 92% |
| Everyday Peace Indicators | $195,997 | 2 | 20% |
| Soliya Inc | $180,000 | 1 | 8% |
| American University | $158,891 | 2 | 0% |
| How to Build Up Inc | $108,968 | 2 | 2% |
| Grameen Foundation USA | $87,795 | 1 | 1% |
| New Lines Inst for Strategy & Policy LLC | $75,000 | 1 | n/a |
| University of San Diego | $44,982 | 3 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| American Bar Association | $3,104,253 | 2 | 1% |
| Multi-Faith Neighbors Network | $536,909 | 3 | 53% |
| Plessy & Ferguson Initiative | $247,041 | 2 | 92% |
| Everyday Peace Indicators | $195,997 | 2 | 20% |
| Soliya Inc | $180,000 | 1 | 8% |
| American University | $158,891 | 2 | 0% |
| How to Build Up Inc | $108,968 | 2 | 2% |
| Grameen Foundation USA | $87,795 | 1 | 1% |
| New Lines Inst for Strategy & Policy LLC | $75,000 | 1 | n/a |
| University of San Diego | $44,982 | 3 | 0% |
| Committee of Seventy | $24,500 | 1 | 1% |
Where it is load-bearing
Search for Common Ground supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 10 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
About Search for Common Ground
- How much does Search for Common Ground give?
- Search for Common Ground reported 9 itemized grants totaling $2,535,823, out of $7,847,549 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 8 organizations a year over FY2022 to FY2023.
- What does Search for Common Ground fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2022 to FY2024, its largest causes are Crime & Legal (62%), Community Improvement (11%), International (8%).
- Who are Search for Common Ground's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2022 to FY2024: American Bar Association ($3.1M), Multi-Faith Neighbors Network ($537k), Plessy & Ferguson Initiative ($247k).
- Does Search for Common Ground fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Where is Search for Common Ground based?
- Search for Common Ground is based in DC.
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