California · Public charity
The Ruckus Society
To provide environmental, human rights, and social justice organizers with the tools, training, and support needed to achieve their goals through the strategic use of creative, nonviolent direct action.
- $200k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 1
- Grants FY2024
- 5
- Organizations funded FY2021
- 60%
- First-time grantees FY2021
- Median grant, FY2024
- $200,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $200,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 12
- FY2017 to FY2021
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $2.2M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2021, 60% of the organizations The Ruckus Society funded were first-time grantees, receiving 95% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2021, 5% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2.1M 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 1 | $200k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 5 | $2.2M | 60% |
| FY2020 | 12 | $1.0M | 100% |
| FY2017 | 1 | $91k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 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, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Center for Third World Organizing | $1,400,500 | 2 | 22% |
| Highlander Research & Education Center Inc | $831,729 | 1 | 2% |
| SoulShifting LLC | $200,000 | 1 | n/a |
| TKO Farming LLC | $155,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Black Oaks Center for Sustainable Renewable Living | $100,000 | 1 | 21% |
| Natures Garden for Victory and Peace Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 78% |
| Southern Conservation Partners Inc | $100,000 | 2 | 15% |
| Operation Spring Plant | $100,000 | 1 | 33% |
| Foxfire Ranch LLC | $95,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Thunder Valley Community Development Cor | $91,176 | 1 | 2% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Center for Third World Organizing | $1,400,500 | 2 | 22% |
| Highlander Research & Education Center Inc | $831,729 | 1 | 2% |
| SoulShifting LLC | $200,000 | 1 | n/a |
| TKO Farming LLC | $155,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Black Oaks Center for Sustainable Renewable Living | $100,000 | 1 | 21% |
| Natures Garden for Victory and Peace Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 78% |
| Southern Conservation Partners Inc | $100,000 | 2 | 15% |
| Operation Spring Plant | $100,000 | 1 | 33% |
| Foxfire Ranch LLC | $95,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Thunder Valley Community Development Cor | $91,176 | 1 | 2% |
| The Come Up Project | $80,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Operation Restoration | $75,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Clinton Community Christian Corp | $65,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Black Church Food Security Network | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Yisrael Family Urban Farm | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| G4 Farms LLC | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
Where it is load-bearing
The Ruckus Society supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 9 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: Center for Third World Organizing · The Praxis Project Inc · Impactassetsinc · Movement Strategy Center · Common Counsel Foundation · Rsf Social Finance Inc · Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc · Robert Rauschenberg Foundation · Tides Foundation · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About The Ruckus Society
- How much does The Ruckus Society give?
- The Ruckus Society reported 1 grants totaling $200,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 12 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2021.
- What does The Ruckus Society fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Civil Rights (64%), Food & Nutrition (11%), Human Services (7%).
- Who are The Ruckus Society's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Center for Third World Organizing ($1.4M), Highlander Research & Education Center Inc ($832k), SoulShifting LLC ($200k).
- Does The Ruckus Society fund new organizations?
- In FY2021, 60% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Ruckus Society?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Center for Third World Organizing, The Praxis Project Inc, Impactassetsinc.
- Where is The Ruckus Society based?
- The Ruckus Society is based in CA.
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