Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
GRASSROOTS GLOBAL JUSTICE
GRASSROOTS GLOBAL JUSTICE (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 62 organizations whose IRS filings report $20,301,826 to it, the largest being NOVO FOUNDATION ($5,107,500). 34 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $2.9M
- Funders on record
- 62
- Grants received
- $20M
- Net assets
- $6.5M
What Grassroots Global Justice does
Mission
Support low income grassroots communities to participate in grassroots global economic development through community leadership, cultural development, instruction and training.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Public awareness and education for the relief of the poor and disadvantaged.
$825,475 spentof which $100,000 as grants31% of program spendingEducational programs for disadvantaged communities to build skills and learn about their rights.
$1,096,626 spent$222,700 earned by the program41% of program spendingCreate learning opportunities and stronger connection and coordination between organizations working with disadvantaged communities.
$750,908 spent28% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,673,009.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2019 to 2020, from $5.9M to $7.7M (+30%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2020 0% · 2021 1% · 2022 4% · 2024 2%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
91% of GRASSROOTS GLOBAL JUSTICE’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (97% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 5 funders to 19 funders, grant income rose $143k → $3.2M.
20 of 62 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 16% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $1.2M from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Grassroots International Inc). These are real filings, and they are not money GRASSROOTS GLOBAL JUSTICE raised.
From the IRS filings of GRASSROOTS GLOBAL JUSTICE’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 62 funders by total. 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
GRASSROOTS GLOBAL JUSTICE has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 25% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 53% · 2018 63% · 2019 56% · 2020 38% · 2021 37% · 2022 25% · 2023 34% — diversifying over time.
“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.
How long its funders stay
30% of GRASSROOTS GLOBAL JUSTICE's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 55% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
GRASSROOTS GLOBAL JUSTICE draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Washington, D.C., across 9 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $3.2M arriving through sponsors registered in 10 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. 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.
Against its field
GRASSROOTS GLOBAL JUSTICE is better cushioned than half of the 479 civil rights nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 479 civil rights nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like GRASSROOTS GLOBAL JUSTICE
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Washington, D.C.
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
68% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
99%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 15 states
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for GRASSROOTS GLOBAL JUSTICE: 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.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds GRASSROOTS GLOBAL JUSTICE?
- GRASSROOTS GLOBAL JUSTICE (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 62 organizations whose IRS filings report $20,301,826 to it, the largest being NOVO FOUNDATION ($5,107,500). 34 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does GRASSROOTS GLOBAL JUSTICE have?
- IRS filings report 62 organizations giving $20,301,826 in grants to GRASSROOTS GLOBAL JUSTICE, 34 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of GRASSROOTS GLOBAL JUSTICE?
- NOVO FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $5,107,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like GRASSROOTS GLOBAL JUSTICE find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Washington, D.C.. 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 FY2025 (financials across 2018–2025), and the filings of 62 funders 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 October 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing