· Private foundation
The Green Street Foundation of San Francisco
Its FY2018 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2018.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2018
- Under $10k5 grants · $22k
- $10k–50k4 grants · $141k
- $50k–250k3 grants · $212k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| BRENNAN CENTER FOR JUSTICE - NYU SCHOOL OF LAW | $88,238 |
| LAWYERS' COMMITTEE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS AND ECONOMIC JUSTICE | $70,590 |
| CONSTITUTIONAL ACCOUNTABILITY CENTER | $52,942 |
| COMMITTEE TO PROJECT JOURNALISTS - DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT | $35,295 |
| PROPUBLICA | $35,295 |
| CAMPAIGN LEGAL CENTER | $35,295 |
| THE CENTER FOR PUBLIC INTEGRITY | $35,295 |
| BRENNAN CENTER FOR JUSTICE - NYU SCHOOL OF LAW | $9,989 |
| NPR | $3,000 |
| ELECTRONIC FRONTIER FOUNDATION | $3,000 |
| PROJECT NIGHT NIGHT | $3,000 |
| CHARITY WATER | $3,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY17–18, $11k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 50% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
7 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2018, 0 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2018 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2018, 58% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $159k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
LAWYERS FOR CIVIL RIGHTS INC2× · 2017–2018 · $106k · revenue +161%- EFElectronic Frontier Foundation Inc2× · 2017–2018 · $6k · revenue +24%
CHARITY GLOBAL INC2× · 2017–2018 · $6k · revenue +17%
Funded once
- DDEMOSone grant, 2017 · $35k
- ACAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF NORTH CAROLINA LEGAL FOUNDATION INCgraduatedone grant, 2017 · $10k · revenue +263%
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.
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.
Preservation of civil liberties through litigation and public education.
The center for popular democracy (cpd) and its affiliates know that everyday people have the power to change the world. we upend business and politics as usual to forge a representative, multiracial government and society where we all…
The american civil liberties union of northern california (aclu nc union) defends and advances the principles of freedom, equality and justice contained in the united states constitution. aclu nc union, a california mutual benefit…
The foundation works to defend and promote the constitution of the united states, focusing especially on the first, fourth, fifth, sixth, eighth, and 14th amendments. the foundation also works to defend and promote the constitution of the…
The center for american progress (cap) is an independent nonpartisan policy institute that is dedicated to improving the lives of all americans through bold, progressive ideas, as well as strong leadership and concerted action. our aim is…
To advance economic and social liberties and a free enterprise society through strategic litigation, training, communication, activism and research. in addition, the center will train law students, lawyers and policy activists in the…
Public interest legal activities
Public knowledge promotes freedom of expression, an open internet, and access to affordable communications tools and creative works. we work to shape policy on behalf of the public interest.
The aclu foundation of oregon is dedicated to preserving and defending civil liberties and civil rights.
Council for court excellence's (cce's) mission is to bring people together to conduct research, educate, and advocate to make d.c.'s unique legal systems more just, equitable, and accountable to the community.
To advance the science of jurisprudence; to establish a closer relationship of the members with the state bar association of california; to promote the administration of justice and the uniformity of legislation and judicial decisions; to…
The american civil liberties union foundation of northern california (aclu nc foundation) defends and advances the principles of freedom, equality and justice contained in the united states constitution. aclu nc foundation, a california…
How this is measured
10 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
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 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 10 of the 14 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 LAWYERS FOR CIVIL RIGHTS INC ↗
- Who funds CONSTITUTIONAL ACCOUNTABILITY CENTER ↗
- Who funds THE CENTER FOR PUBLIC INTEGRITY ↗
- Who funds PRO PUBLICA INC ↗
- Who funds THE CAMPAIGN LEGAL CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds SONOMA COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF NORTH CAROLINA LEGAL FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds Electronic Frontier Foundation Inc ↗
- Who funds PROJECT NIGHT NIGHT ↗
- Who funds CHARITY GLOBAL INC ↗
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: Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Green Street Foundation of San Francisco funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Green Street Foundation of San Francisco. Bigger dots raise more.
- Lawyers for Civil Rights Inc: 1% of income from government
How this is measured
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