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The Libra Foundation

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.

$50M
Granted FY2020
162
Grants FY2020
25
States reached
$9.6M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead

Read this first · the figures below need context

100% of The Libra Foundation’s FY2024 grant dollars went to Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc, not to grantees.

Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2024 names 1 organization directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2020, the last year The Libra Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 127 organizations, $50M. It is dated, not current.

Organizations named directly on the return

111
’17
116
’18
145
’19
127
’20
30
’21
2
’22
1
’23
1
’24

Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.

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.

Philanthropy$135MCivil Rights$41MEnvironment$9.7MCrime & Legal$8.9MCommunity Improvement$8.9MPublic Benefit$7.9MHealth$5.3MInternational$5.0MOther$0
02FY2020 · 162 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2020

  • $10k–50k9 grants · $200k
  • $50k–250k101 grants · $12M
  • $250k+52 grants · $38M
$150,000
Median grant
25
States reached
$432M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
AMALGAMATED CHARITABLE FOUNDATION$9,630,928
CENTER FOR WORKING FAMILIES FUND$2,250,000
BVM CAPACITY BUILDING INSTITUTE INC$2,100,000
COMMUNITY CHANGE$2,100,000
THE ELECTORAL JUSTICE VOTER FUND$2,000,000
NATIONAL DOMESTIC WORKERS ALLIANCE INC$2,000,000
AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION$925,000
URGE UNITE FOR REPRODUCTIVE & GENDER EQUITY$650,000
NETWORK ON WOMEN IN PRISON$600,000
GROUNDSWELL FUND$600,000
PICO CALIFORNIA$600,000
SOUTHERNERS ON NEW GROUND$600,000
NEW FLORIDA MAJORITY EDUCATION FUND INC$600,000
NDN COLLECTIVE INC$500,000
JUSTICE FOR MIGRANT WOMEN$500,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–21, $1.4M) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 98% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%THE AFIYA CENTER: $100k → 14%COALITION TO STOP VIOLENCE AGAINST NATIVE WOMEN: $125k → 14%OPERATION RESTORATION: $100k → 23%COALITION TO STOP VIOLENCE AGAINST NATIVE WOMEN: $125k → 14%SPRINGBOARD TO OPPORTUNITIES: $100k → 23%COALITION TO STOP VIOLENCE AGAINST NATIVE WOMEN: $100k → 14%SISTERSONG: $100k → 13%LATINO COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $30k → 10%STRATEGIC CONCEPTS IN ORGANIZING AND POLICY EDUCATION: $200k → 14%STRATEGIC CONCEPTS IN ORGANIZING AND POLICY EDUCATION: $100k → 14%STRATEGIC CONCEPTS IN ORGANIZING AND POLICY EDUCATION: $100k → 14%FREEFROM: $100k → 14%IGNITE: $50k → 14%IGNITE: $50k → 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

VT
WA
MT
MN
IL
MI
NY
MA
OR
NV
SD
OH
PA
NJ
CT
CA
CO
NE
MD
AZ
NM
TN
NC
DC
LA
MS
AL
GA
TX
FL
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.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

80%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$78M · 164 repeat orgs$20M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +62% since the first grant, against +29% for those funded once.

164 repeat relationships: 111 still active in FY2020, 53 since wound down; 49 grantees were first funded in FY2020 (too recent to call). Read against FY2020, the last year this funder named its own grantees directly; its giving has since run through a sponsor, which reports no donor behind each grant.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

164
101

Total granted

$78M
$6.7M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+62%
+29%

Still filing today

86%
62%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $17k 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
Civil RightsEnvironmentCommunity ImprovementCrime & LegalArts & CultureHealthOther
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

  • AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION INC
    4× · 2017–2020 · $3.3M · revenue +102%
  • National Domestic Workers Alliance Inc
    3× · 2018–2020 · $2.4M · revenue +206%
  • BC
    BVM CAPACITY BUILDING INSTITUTE INC
    3× · 2018–2020 · $2.3M · revenue ×12

Funded once

  • PD
    PRISM - DAILY KOS EDUCATION FUND
    one grant, 2019 · $300k
  • SC
    STRONG CITY BALTIMORE INC
    one grant, 2019 · $250k · revenue 0%
  • TE
    THE EXPLORATORIUM
    one grant, 2017 · $225k · revenue -14%
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
Jobs with Justice San Francisco

A long-term, strategic alliance of labor, community, faith-based, and student organizations working together to build greater economic power for workers and community members through employee rights at work and access to good jobs,…

Employment
2
The Climate Center

The Climate Center is a climate and energy policy nonprofit working to rapidly reduce climate pollution at scale, starting in California.

Education
3
Fund for Justice

Fund for Justice is a nationally connected social impact research and advocacy organization that works to achieve fundamental, systemic reform by addressing policies and practicies that prevent individuals from reaching their full…

Crime & Legal
4
CarbonPlan

Improving the transparency and scientific integrity of climate solutions through open data and tools.

Environment
5
The Alliance for Collective Action

The Alliance for Collective Action convenes leaders of environmental and social movements to advance solutions for a thriving planet. We advance our mission through the Alliance Center building and community, as well as through Collective…

Environment
6
Southern Coalition for Social Justice

Southern coalition for social justice partners with communities of color and economically disadvantaged communities across the south to defend and advance their political, social, and economic rights. through an intersectional and…

Crime & Legal
7
California Forward

Ca fwd drives action to identify solutions that can be taken to scale to meet the challenges the state is facing. the organization is driven by the belief that regional solutions across the state will help ensure economic, environmental,…

Public Benefit
8
American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California

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…

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9
The Union of Concerned Scientists Inc

The union of concerned scientists puts rigorous, independent science into action, developing solutions and advocating for a healthy, safe, and just future.

International
10
Equal Justice Society

The Equal Justice Society (EJS) is transforming the nations consciousness on racethrough law, social science, and the arts. EJS works to dismantle structural andinstitutional racism to advance robust equal protection under the Fourteenth…

Civil Rights
11
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
12
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
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Policylink; the most unlike its peers is Nashulai Maasai Conservancy Corporation. 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

248 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. 248 of the 331 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.

5
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
84
Early backer (in before they grew)
243/248
Grantees still filing
178/248
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc: $130,785,928 · PhilanthropyAmalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc+7 more: $3,380,000 · PhilanthropyCENTER FOR WORKING FAMILIES FUND: $2,250,000 · OtherCENTER FOR WORKING F…COMMUNITY CHANGE: $2,100,000 · OtherTHE ELECTORAL JUSTICE VOTER FUND: $2,000,000 · OtherTHE ROGER BALDWIN FOUNDATION OF ACLU INC: $1,800,000 · OtherAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA INC: $1,400,000 · Other+101 more: $31,010,206 · Other+101 moreAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION INC: $3,250,000 · Civil RightsAMERICAN C…National Domestic Workers Alliance Inc: $2,350,000 · Civil RightsNational D…BVM CAPACITY BUILDING INSTITUTE INC: $2,300,000 · Civil RightsBVM CAPACI…EARTHRIGHTS INTERNATIONAL INC: $1,200,000 · Civil RightsEARTHRIGHT…URGE UNITE FOR REPRODUCTIVE & GENDER EQUITY: $1,050,000 · Civil RightsCENTER FOR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS: $1,000,000 · Civil RightsTHE CENTER FOR REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS INC: $1,000,000 · Civil RightsSOUTHERNERS ON NEW GROUND INC: $950,000 · Civil RightsFLORIDA RISING TOGETHER INC: $800,000 · Civil Rights+19 more: $7,672,500 · Civil Rights+19 moreGLOBAL GREENGRANTS FUND: $1,100,000 · EnvironmentEnvironmental Health Coalition: $1,000,000 · EnvironmentCalifornia Environmental Justice Alliance: $700,000 · EnvironmentHIGHLANDER RESEARCH & EDUCATION CENTER INC: $700,000 · EnvironmentENVIRONMENTAL LAW AND POLICY CENTER OF THE MIDWEST: $600,000 · EnvironmentOUR CHILDREN'S TRUST: $600,000 · EnvironmentDREAMORG: $550,000 · EnvironmentNEW VENTURE FUND: $500,000 · EnvironmentCOMMUNITIES FOR A BETTER ENVIRONMENT: $500,000 · EnvironmentAsian Pacific Environmental Network: $500,000 · EnvironmentCLIMATE JUSTICE ALLIANCE: $450,000 · EnvironmentSOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENTREPRENEURS (SEE) INC: $400,000 · EnvironmentCERES INC: $350,000 · Environment+9 more: $2,120,000 · EnvironmentNational Economic and Social Rights Initiative: $1,230,000 · InternationalGRASSROOTS INTERNATIONAL INC: $1,050,000 · InternationalTHOUSAND CURRENTS: $925,000 · InternationalHUMAN RIGHTS FIRST: $800,000 · InternationalSHARED INTEREST INC: $600,000 · InternationalFUND FOR GLOBAL HUMAN RIGHTS INC: $600,000 · InternationalWITNESS INC: $600,000 · InternationalGLOBAL FUND FOR WOMEN INC: $500,000 · InternationalIPAS: $400,000 · InternationalUS Human Rights Network: $385,000 · InternationalWASHINGTON OFFICE ON LATIN AMERICA: $285,000 · International+1 more: $200,000 · InternationalMULTIDISCIPLINARY ASSOCIATION FOR PSYCHEDELIC STUDIES INC: $1,310,000 · HealthDRUG POLICY ALLIANCE: $1,005,000 · HealthPLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC: $800,000 · HealthForward Together: $750,000 · HealthPlanned Parenthood of Illinois: $600,000 · HealthA NEW WAY OF LIFE REENTRY PROJECT: $400,000 · HealthStudents For Sensible Drug Policy Foundation: $300,000 · HealthNATIONAL LATINA INSTITUTE FOR REPRODUCTIVE JUSTICE: $225,000 · Health+2 more: $250,000 · HealthTHE WORKING WORLD INC: $900,000 · Community ImprovementMOVEMENT STRATEGY CENTER: $780,000 · Community ImprovementNDN COLLECTIVE INC: $600,000 · Community ImprovementTHE MARSHALL PROJECT INC: $500,000 · Community ImprovementTEXAS ORGANIZING PROJECT EDUCATION FUND: $500,000 · Community ImprovementCOMMUNITY COALITION FOR SUBSTANCE ABUSE PREVENTION AND TREATMENT: $400,000 · Community ImprovementCOMMON FUTURE: $300,000 · Community ImprovementINNER-CITY MUSLIM ACTION NETWORK: $300,000 · Community ImprovementCENTER FOR COMMUNITY ACTION AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE: $210,000 · Community ImprovementRESTORATIVE JUSTICE FOR OAKLAND YOUTH RJOY: $200,000 · Community ImprovementCentral Coast Alliance United for a Sustainable Economy: $200,000 · Community Improvement+3 more: $462,500 · Community Improvement
Philanthropy$134,165,928Other$40,560,206Civil Rights$21,572,500Environment$10,070,000International$7,575,000Health$5,640,000Community Improvement$5,352,500

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 budgetAmalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc: $130,785,928 over 6y, 16% of budgetAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION INC: $3,250,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetNational Domestic Workers Alliance Inc: $2,350,000 over 3y, 2.6% of budgetBVM CAPACITY BUILDING INSTITUTE INC: $2,300,000 over 3y, 9.2% of budgetTHE ROGER BALDWIN FOUNDATION OF ACLU INC: $1,800,000 over 4y, 9.0% of budgetAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA INC: $1,400,000 over 3y, 3.4% of budgetMULTIDISCIPLINARY ASSOCIATION FOR PSYCHEDELIC STUDIES INC: $1,310,000 over 4y, 5.9% of budgetNational Economic and Social Rights Initiative: $1,230,000 over 4y, 26% of budgetEARTHRIGHTS INTERNATIONAL INC: $1,200,000 over 4y, 7.5% of budgetWOMEN'S FOUNDATION OF CALIFORNIA: $1,200,000 over 4y, 5.2% of budgetGLOBAL GREENGRANTS FUND: $1,100,000 over 4y, 2.9% of budgetURGE UNITE FOR REPRODUCTIVE & GENDER EQUITY: $1,050,000 over 4y, 11% of budgetGRASSROOTS INTERNATIONAL INC: $1,050,000 over 4y, 5.5% of budgetHeartland Alliance for Human Needs and Rights: $1,035,000 over 4y, 2.0% of budgetDRUG POLICY ALLIANCE: $1,005,000 over 4y, 2.6% of budgetCENTER FOR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS: $1,000,000 over 4y, 1.8% of budgetNetwork on Women in Prison dba Legal Services for Prisoners w Children: $1,000,000 over 3y, 12% of budgetEnvironmental Health Coalition: $1,000,000 over 4y, 8.8% of budgetTHE CENTER FOR CULTURAL POWER: $1,000,000 over 3y, 7.0% of budgetTHE CENTER FOR REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS INC: $1,000,000 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetSOUTHERNERS ON NEW GROUND INC: $950,000 over 4y, 4.8% of budgetTHOUSAND CURRENTS: $925,000 over 4y, 5.3% of budgetGroundswell Fund: $900,000 over 3y, 2.0% of budgetTHE WORKING WORLD INC: $900,000 over 5y, 6.3% of budgetPROTEUS FUND INC: $815,000 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetHUMAN RIGHTS FIRST: $800,000 over 4y, 2.6% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC: $800,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetFLORIDA RISING TOGETHER INC: $800,000 over 3y, 3.6% of budgetMOVEMENT STRATEGY CENTER: $780,000 over 3y, 1.4% of budgetForward Together: $750,000 over 4y, 4.5% of budgetIMPACT JUSTICE: $700,000 over 4y, 2.5% of budgetHIGHLANDER RESEARCH & EDUCATION CENTER INC: $700,000 over 3y, 2.9% of budgetWESTERN STATES CENTER: $625,000 over 3y, 11% of budgetCommunities United for People: $612,500 over 4y, 55% of budgetBorder Network for Human Rights: $602,000 over 4y, 24% of budgetCOMMON JUSTICE INC: $600,000 over 4y, 3.3% of budgetENVIRONMENTAL LAW AND POLICY CENTER OF THE MIDWEST: $600,000 over 4y, 2.1% of budgetPREGNANCY JUSTICE INC: $600,000 over 4y, 7.5% of budgetSHARED INTEREST INC: $600,000 over 3y, 13% of budgetPlanned Parenthood of Illinois: $600,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetOUR CHILDREN'S TRUST: $600,000 over 3y, 8.0% of budgetRIGHT TO THE CITY ALLIANCE: $600,000 over 3y, 2.4% of budgetAsian Law Caucus: $600,000 over 4y, 3.9% of budgetNDN COLLECTIVE INC: $600,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetDEMOS A NETWORK FOR IDEAS AND ACTION LTD: $600,000 over 4y, 1.9% of budgetELLA BAKER CENTER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS: $600,000 over 3y, 5.8% of budgetWITNESS INC: $600,000 over 4y, 4.6% of budgetCOMMUNITY INITIATIVES: $550,000 over 3y, 0.7% 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.

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.

Amalgamated Charitabl…The Heising-Simons Fo…Wellspring Philanthro…The Ford FoundationTides FoundationNEO Philanthropy IncRockefeller Philanthr…Tides CenterThe California Endowm…Foundation to Promote…New Venture FundImpactassetsinc
Amalgamated Charitable Foundation IncDC120.6× affinity103 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc · The Heising-Simons Foundation · Wellspring Philanthropic Fund Inc · The Ford Foundation · Tides Foundation · NEO Philanthropy Inc · Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc · Tides Center · The California Endowment · Foundation to Promote Open Society · New Venture Fund · Impactassetsinc

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 100%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →median 15%
  • Baltimore Corps Inc: 15% of income from government
  • Coalition of Communities of Color: 15% of income from government
  • Verde Inc: 3% of income from government
  • Ceres Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
10get no government money at all
46report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
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.
05Through Plinth

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to The Libra Foundation?

Find your warmest path to The Libra Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

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 331 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 2020, released 2020. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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