California · Nonprofit
Black Freedom Fund
Black Freedom Fund (California) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,975,000 to it, the largest being WEINGART FOUNDATION ($1,625,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
Against its field
Black Freedom Fund receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $2.0M to it.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,946 community improvement nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Three funders worth looking at
Grantmakers with no record of funding this organization, ranked by how strongly the co-funder graph and the mission embeddings agree. The evidence is in section 03.
- The Rose Hills Foundationshared funderslocal
- Perkins Hunter Foundationportfolio match
- Rosenberg Foundationportfolio match
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of Black Freedom Fund’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
Black Freedom Fund leans on a few funders — its largest provides 82% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
82% of Black Freedom Fund's grant income comes from California funders.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Funders to approach
Grantmakers that don’t fund you yet, surfaced two ways: they back organizations that share your funders, or their grantees resemble your mission. The ones both signals agree on come first.
- The Rose Hills Foundationshared funderslocalCA · backs 60 organizations that share your funders · funds 477 organizations near you
- Perkins Hunter Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Rosenberg Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Actblue Charities Incportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- The Voter Participation Centerportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- The Parallax Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Key Lime Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Groundswell Action Fundportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- The Sarah Min and Matt Pincus Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Lorber Family Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Asian AmericansPacific Islanders in Philanthropy Incportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Foundation for Truth Justice and Compassionportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
From the co-funder graph (funders backing at least two comparable organizations, shrunk for grantee count, donor-advised and mega-funds excluded) and the universe embeddings. A research starting point; overlap is association, not a guarantee of fit.
Organizations like Black Freedom Fund
Nonprofits whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over the universe of US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
0% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Black Freedom Fund: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
Screens are triage, not determinations; a source that cannot be read reports not screened, never clear. How the screen works · on the API as GET /api/screening/{ein}?format=pdf
Questions and answers
- Who funds Black Freedom Fund?
- Black Freedom Fund (California) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,975,000 to it, the largest being WEINGART FOUNDATION ($1,625,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Black Freedom Fund have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $1,975,000 in grants to Black Freedom Fund.
- Who is the largest funder of Black Freedom Fund?
- WEINGART FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $1,625,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Black Freedom Fund find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2024–2024), and the filings of 3funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported August 27, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing