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Smartmeme DBA Center for Story-based Strategy
Smartmeme inc. Dba center for story-based strategy ("css") is a national strategy center dedicated to harnessing the power of narrative for movement building and social change. Css provides social, economic and ecological justice leaders, organizations and alliances the strategic support to reframe issues and win critical campaigns. We…
- $663k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 6
- Grants FY2025
- 4
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 100%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $60,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $437,949
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 4
- FY2023 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $4.2M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 100% of the organizations Smartmeme DBA Center for Story-based Strategy funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 6 | $663k | 50% |
| FY2024 | 4 | $82k | 100% |
| FY2023 | 1 | $25k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2023 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2023 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frameworks Institute | $437,949 | 1 | 7% |
| Genders & Sexualities Alliance Network DBA GSA Network | $60,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Center on Policy Initiatives | $60,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs (See) Inc | $60,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Central Valley Movement Building Organizing Institute | $60,000 | 2 | 5% |
| The Black Organizing Project Inc | $60,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Climate Justice Alliance | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Movement Generation | $6,500 | 1 | 0% |
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: The California Endowment · The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation · Marin Community Foundation · Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc · Tides Foundation · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
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About Smartmeme DBA Center for Story-based Strategy
- How much does Smartmeme DBA Center for Story-based Strategy give?
- Smartmeme DBA Center for Story-based Strategy reported 6 grants totaling $662,949 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 4 organizations a year over FY2023 to FY2024.
- What does Smartmeme DBA Center for Story-based Strategy fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2023 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (57%), Civil Rights (16%), Environment (11%).
- Who are Smartmeme DBA Center for Story-based Strategy's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2023 to FY2025: Frameworks Institute ($438k), Genders & Sexualities Alliance Network DBA GSA Network ($60k), Center on Policy Initiatives ($60k).
- Does Smartmeme DBA Center for Story-based Strategy fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Smartmeme DBA Center for Story-based Strategy?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The California Endowment, The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation, Marin Community Foundation.
- Where is Smartmeme DBA Center for Story-based Strategy based?
- Smartmeme DBA Center for Story-based Strategy is based in CA.
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