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Funders to approach for Future 500

San Francisco, California$1.0M revenue3 funders on file

See attached statementprimary missionFuture 500 builds trust between corporations, advocates, investors, and philanthropists to advance business as a force for good. We are experts in stakeholder engagement with over 25 years of experience depolarizing conflict by building alliances between adversarial stakeholders. We utilize market-based approaches to solve social and environmental issues around energy & climate, food & water, materials & supply chains, and people & power. Through genuine stakeholder engagement, Future 500 aligns the power of the private sector with the purpose of its most critical stakeholders. We envision a world that realizes sustainable economic growth by addressing social and environmental externalities with market-based solutions. We unite the corporate, philanthropic, and ngo sectors to break through gridlock, encourage thoughtful dialogue, and achieve broad systemic change. We find that uncommon ideas often reveal uncommon…

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a funder to approach

Best betsLikely, smaller grants1 in 40$83k, your typical grantunder 1 in 1001 in 1001 in 40$10k$30k$100k$300k$1.0MChance of a first grant within two years →Likely grant for you →
Expected from this list$0–$160kover two years, from 0–1 new funder
Last two years (2023–24)$10kfrom 1 new funder

Half the value is in your top 11 funders, of 155

$0$85k$170khalf from the top 11likely range1st10thAll 155
FunderWay inChanceLikely grant
  1. 1Silicon Valley Community FoundationSimilar grantees: The Century Foundation Inc ($110k/yr), Ignite ($65k/yr), Common Future ($930k/yr)1 in 29$51k
  2. 2Gates FoundationSimilar grantees: The Century Foundation Inc ($330k/yr), The San Diego Foundation ($620k/yr), The Changeorg Charitable Foundation Inc ($1.3M/yr)1 in 77$170k
  3. 3The William & Flora Hewlett FoundationSimilar grantees: Common Future ($460k/yr), Friends of the Urban Forest ($2k/yr), Clearpath Inc ($500k/yr)1 in 46$41k

152 more funders on the list for Future 500

The full ranking, every way in, an approach plan for each funder and the CSV are included from the $75 plan up.

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