New York · Public charity
The Astraea Foundation Inc
The astraea lesbian foundation for justice, inc. ("astraea") is the only philanthropic organization working exclusively to advance lgbtqi rights around the world. Astraea serves as a feminist social justice hub working side-by side with grantee and donor partners to achieve racial, economic, social and gender justice worldwide.
- $5.0M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 30
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 27
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 70%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $1.0M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $30,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $90,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 23 to 54
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 16
- Total assets, FY2025
- $27M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 70% of the organizations The Astraea Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 65% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 35% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.1M went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 28 | $992k | 14% |
| FY2024 | 27 | $1.7M | 70% |
| FY2023 | 34 | $1.1M | 15% |
| FY2022 | 23 | $1.1M | 17% |
| FY2021 | 27 | $567k | 63% |
| FY2020 | 46 | $2.5M | 20% |
| FY2019 | 40 | $1.7M | 23% |
| FY2018 | 54 | $2.3M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.
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, FY2018 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs (See) Inc | $1,325,000 | 7 | 2% |
| Genders & Sexualities Alliance Network DBA GSA Network | $692,000 | 5 | 4% |
| Franklin & Marshall College | $569,527 | 3 | 0% |
| Southern Vision Alliance | $527,000 | 6 | 4% |
| Transgender Advocates Knowledgeable Empowering | $392,500 | 4 | 6% |
| Southerners on New Ground Inc | $375,000 | 3 | 4% |
| NEO Philanthropy Inc | $280,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Allied Media Projects Inc | $272,334 | 6 | 1% |
| Project South Inc | $235,000 | 3 | 10% |
| Mijente Support Committee | $220,000 | 3 | 2% |
Show all 120 grantees
Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($6k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Astraea Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 5 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 93 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
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: Borealis Philanthropy · Proteus Fund Inc · Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc · Groundswell Fund · Tides Foundation · NEO Philanthropy Inc · Ms Foundation for Women Inc · Solidaire Network Inc · Tides Center · Wellspring Philanthropic Fund Inc · Common Counsel Foundation · Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc
How this is measured
About The Astraea Foundation Inc
- How much does The Astraea Foundation Inc give?
- The Astraea Foundation Inc reported 30 itemized grants totaling $1,011,668, out of $5,026,930 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 23 and 54 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Astraea Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2025, its largest causes are Civil Rights (44%), Human Services (10%), Education (7%).
- Who are The Astraea Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2025: Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs (See) Inc ($1.3M), Genders & Sexualities Alliance Network DBA GSA Network ($692k), Franklin & Marshall College ($570k).
- Does The Astraea Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 70% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Astraea Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Borealis Philanthropy, Proteus Fund Inc, Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc.
- Where is The Astraea Foundation Inc based?
- The Astraea Foundation Inc is based in NY.
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