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Funders to approach for Smartmeme DBA Center for Story-based Strategy

Los Angeles, California$4.2M revenue28 funders on file

Smartmeme inc. Dba center for story-based strategy ("css") is a national strategy center dedicated to harnessing the power of narrative for movement building and social change. Css provides social, economic and ecological justice leaders, organizations and alliances the strategic support to reframe issues and win critical campaigns. We use story-based approaches to amplify the impact of grassroots organizing, to communicate transformative possibilities and to re-imagine social change strategy. Through training and consulting, weve supported over 300 nonprofit organizations and 6,000 individual change…

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Best betsLikely, smaller grants1 in 40$90k, your typical grantunder 1 in 1001 in 1001 in 40$30k$100k$300k$1.0MChance of a first grant within two years →Likely grant for you →
Expected from this list$26k–$420kover two years, from 1–3 new funders
Last two years (2023–24)$1.1Mfrom 1 new funder

Half the value is in your top 12 funders, of 158

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  1. Silicon Valley Community FoundationAlready funds you$94k
  2. 1Gates FoundationSimilar grantees: Stand for Children Leadership Center Inc ($210k/yr), Common Sense Media ($330k/yr), Movement Strategy Center ($300k/yr)1 in 79$450k
  3. 2Waverley Street FoundationSimilar grantees: The Center for Cultural Power ($1.0M/yr), Movement Strategy Center ($930k/yr), Prime Coalition Inc ($1.0M/yr)under 1 in 100$1.0M
  4. 3The Andrew W Mellon FoundationSimilar grantees: Movement Strategy Center ($600k/yr), Smarthistory Inc ($500k/yr), Social Science Research Council ($3.8M/yr)1 in 100$520k
  5. 4The Heising-Simons FoundationSimilar grantees: Stand for Children Leadership Center Inc ($490k/yr), Common Sense Media ($25k/yr), Movement Strategy Center ($200k/yr)1 in 65$170k
  6. 5The Kresge FoundationSimilar grantees: Stand for Children Leadership Center Inc ($180k/yr), The Center for Cultural Power ($740k/yr), Community Sustainability Partners Inc ($200k/yr)1 in 62$130k
  7. 6Community PartnersSimilar grantees: National Compadres Network Inc ($8k/yr), Ryse Inc ($20k/yr), Council for a Strong America ($54k/yr)1 in 47$64k
  8. 7Freedom Together FoundationSimilar grantees: Cec Stuyvesant Cove Inc ($700k/yr), Center for the Study of Social Policy ($1.2M/yr), The Center for Cultural Power ($500k/yr)under 1 in 100$340k
  9. 8Chan Zuckerberg Initiative FoundationSimilar grantees: Center for Collaborative Education Inc ($1.0M/yr), Child Trends Inc ($600k/yr), Prime Coalition Inc ($5.0M/yr)under 1 in 100$1.0M
  10. 9The William & Flora Hewlett FoundationSimilar grantees: Stand for Children Leadership Center Inc ($800/yr), Common Sense Media ($520k/yr), The Center for Cultural Power ($480k/yr)1 in 68$79k
  11. The Schmidt Family FoundationAlready funds you$130k
  12. 10Salesforce FoundationNo similar grantees yetunder 1 in 100$530k
  13. 11United Way IncGives in California (273 of 314)Similar grantees: Southern California Center for Nonprofit Management ($79k/yr), Corporation for Supportive Housing ($58k/yr), Center for Powerful Public Schools ($45k/yr)1 in 67$58k
  14. 12The Ford FoundationSimilar grantees: The Center for Cultural Power ($830k/yr), Movement Strategy Center ($600k/yr), Center for Courage & Renewal ($1k/yr)1 in 80$70k
  15. 13Massachusetts Higher Education Assistance CorporationSimilar grantees: Citizen Schools Inc ($750k/yr), Empower Schools Inc ($180k/yr)under 1 in 100$210k
  16. 14The Annenberg FoundationGives in California (603 of 1042)Similar grantees: Southern California Center for Nonprofit Management ($37k/yr), Movement Strategy Center ($15k/yr), Children's Institute Inc ($30k/yr)1 in 64$37k
  17. 15California Physicians' Service FDN Dba Blue Shield of California FDNGives in California (116 of 163)Similar grantees: Center for the Study of Social Policy ($140k/yr), The Center for Cultural Power ($800k/yr), Children's Institute Inc ($120k/yr)under 1 in 100$190k
  18. 16Crankstart FoundationGives in California (319 of 503)Similar grantees: Springboard Collaborative ($410k/yr)under 1 in 100$250k
  19. The California EndowmentAlready funds you$79k
  20. 17California Community FoundationGives in California (2173 of 3750)Similar grantees: Southern California Center for Nonprofit Management ($250k/yr), Common Sense Media ($80k/yr), Corporation for Supportive Housing ($330k/yr)1 in 75$49k
  21. 18Conrad N Hilton FoundationSimilar grantees: Southern California Center for Nonprofit Management ($180k/yr), Center for the Study of Social Policy ($1.2M/yr), Corporation for Supportive Housing ($2.1M/yr)1 in 57$28k
  22. The James Irvine FoundationAlready funds you$32k
  23. 19The David and Lucile Packard FoundationSimilar grantees: The Center for Cultural Power ($100k/yr), Citizen Schools Inc ($150k/yr), Child Trends Inc ($350k/yr)1 in 100$75k
  24. 20The Ahmanson FoundationGives in California (608 of 705)Similar grantees: Common Sense Media ($25k/yr), Spirit Series Inc ($65k/yr), Children's Institute Inc ($800k/yr)under 1 in 100$90k
  25. 21Perenchio FoundationGives in California (126 of 131)No similar grantees yetunder 1 in 100$300k
  26. 22Stupski FoundationGives in California (240 of 422)Similar grantees: Movement Strategy Center ($580k/yr), Collaborative Support Services Inc ($350k/yr), Ryse Inc ($330k/yr)under 1 in 100$120k
  27. 23The Bloomberg Family Foundation IncSimilar grantees: Stand for Children Leadership Center Inc ($2.4M/yr), GO Public Schools ($520k/yr), Rooted ($290k/yr)under 1 in 100$400k
  28. 24The Sunrise Project IncSimilar grantees: Training for Change ($190k/yr)under 1 in 100$160k
  29. 25Kaiser Foundation HospitalsGives in California (1385 of 1906)Similar grantees: Southern California Center for Nonprofit Management ($11k/yr), California Partnership Safe Communities ($280k/yr), Healthy Schools Campaign ($15k/yr)1 in 79$38k