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2018 Grantmaking Report

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Greetings. It’s my pleasure to share with you our 2018 Grantmaking Report. As we are witnessing both threats to our basic rights, the separation of church and state, our court systems, and other core elements of our democracy as well as opportunities for proactive progress on social change issues, Proteus is pleased to share that we are having a more significant impact than ever. This was the fourth straight groundbreaking year for us, as our aligned organizations (Proteus Fund, Proteus Action League, and Colombe Peace Foundation, a family foundation managed by Proteus) made a combined 470 grants for a total of $19,222,611.

Not only was this both the highest number of grants and the most funds awarded in Proteus Fund’s history, but in 2018 we also reached the cumulative milestone of over $200 million in total grant awards to advance our vision of democracy, human rights and peace.

At the core of our growth trajectory are our three donor collaboratives: Piper Fund, the RISE Together Fund, and the Rights, Faith & Democracy Collaborative. These programs continue to evolve and innovate, responding to the needs of the issues and organizations they support, as well as learning from their donor partners, grantees and allied organizations, and colleagues. One such evolution is within Piper Fund, which continues to expand its new line of grantmaking to protect the right to protest as a core element of its broader work to defend democratic institutions and build a robust democracy that works for all.

Colombe Peace Foundation’s longtime dedication to movements for peace, as well as the steady expansion of grantmaking by our fiscally sponsored projects and Donor Advised Funds, were also key

to our growth in 2018. For example, 2018 saw the continued expansion of our grantmaking to support international work, with over $575,000 awarded across the range of our projects and programs.

In this report, you’ll read about the scope and issue area focus of our grantmaking, learn about the geographic focus of our programs and projects, and find a full index of the 388 cutting-edge organizations we supported last year.

As a philanthropic intermediary, our mission is to partner with foundations and advocates. The more than $19 million we awarded in 2018 is a testament to these partnerships: our work is driven by the networks and communities of dedicated social justice changemakers working within philanthropy, as well as the visionary grassroots, grasstops and other leaders and organizations across the country—and the world—who, in response to this perilous time for democracy, human rights, and peace, continue to innovate, mobilize, and organize.

I want to extend thanks for your partnership throughout 2018, and beyond.

Best Regards,

Paul Di DonatoPresident and CEOProteus Fund and Proteus Action LeagueNew York, NY

Dear Colleagues,

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Proteus Fund is a public foundation that advances democracy, human rights and peace.

Proteus Fund and its affiliated organizations (Proteus Action League, our 501(c)(4) sister organization, and Colombe Peace Foundation, which we manage) awarded 470 grants for a total of $19,222,611 in 2018.

We specialize in strong donor collaboratives, in which our partners’ combined assets, networks, resources, and efforts work in concert to create maximum impact. Our collaboratives bring funders and movement leaders together to identify challenges and opportunities to achieve collective goals, build collaborative strategies for change, and bolster the field through grantmaking, leadership development, and other forms of support.

In 2018, Proteus was home to three donor collaboratives:

Piper Fund (and Piper Action Fund), which defend democratic institutions and diminish the influence of corporate and special interest money on our political and judicial systems.

The Rights, Faith & Democracy Collaborative, which supports state-based coalitions that bring together LGBTQ and reproductive justice advocates, as well as progressive faith leaders, to balance the free exercise of religion with protection against discrimination.

RISE Together Fund (and RISE Together Action Fund), the only national donor collaborative dedicated to supporting Muslim, Arab and South Asian (MASA) communities, goes beyond traditional grantmaking to bolster the critical work of MASA communities, and to advocate for all those impacted by racism and xenophobia.

Proteus Fund also manages Colombe Peace Foundation, a family foundation dedicated to building and sustaining intersectional movements for peace that bring about changes in United States policy.

Additionally, we offer fiscal sponsorship and Donor and Group Advised Funds to aligned projects and philanthropists.

Piper Fund and Action Fund

Rights, Faith & Democracy Collaborative

RISE Together Fund and Action Fund

Colombe Peace Foundation

Fiscally Sponsored Projects

Advised Funds

2018 Grantmaking Overview

$19,222,611TOTAL AMOUNT

•$3,364,900

•$940,000

$2,975,318•

•$2,287,000

• $1,537,993

$8,117,400•

470

TOTAL GRANTS

•49

•75

•16

•157

•19

154•

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All the programs, projects, and funds of Proteus Fund, Proteus Action League, and Colombe Peace Foundation are built on our flexible, responsive grantmaking capacity, and benefit from our deep experience in facilitating collaborative social justice philanthropy.

2018 was again, for the fourth straight year, the biggest year in the history of our grantmaking, in terms of both grants made and total funds awarded.

This report will illustrate this grantmaking across our areas of work, highlight some particular success stories, show our national footprint and issue area focuses, and provide a full index of our nearly 400 grantees.

All figures referenced in this report refer to the combined activity of Proteus Fund, Proteus Action League, and Colombe Peace Foundation.

$12,913,761•

$14,547,647•

$17,441,323•

$18,400,948•

$19,222,611•

2014 2015 2016 2017 2018

GRANTS BY YEAR

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GRANT ISSUE AREAS

Human Rights

Judicial Independence

LGBTQI Justice

Right to Protest

Immigrant Justice

National Security

Free & Fair

Elections

Economic Justice

Free & Fair Press

Disability Justice

Transparency &

Accountability

Racial Justice

De-militarism

Gender Justice

Police Accountability

Money in Politics Reform

Reproductive Justice

Democracy

Environmental Justice

Health Justice

Peace

Proteus Fund is committed to advancing democracy, human rights, and peace. Within those broad issue areas are many more specific areas of focus—and most of our grantmaking is intersectional and multi-issue. The bubbles below show the most common issue areas that our work supports, scaled for proportion of grantmaking activity.

Civic Participation

Civil Rights

Civil Society

Criminal Justice

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HI

AK

$200k or more

$120k – $199k

$75k – $119k

$25k – $74k

Less than $25k

TOTAL FUNDS AWARDED BY STATE:

STATE-BASED FUNDING

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RISE Together Fundand RISE Together Action Fund

America is a land of diverse races and faiths, but not all communities have experienced equal protection or justice as guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution. In particular, Muslim, Arab and South Asian (MASA) communities frequently experience acts of anti-Muslim bigotry and xenophobia as well as structural and societal barriers designed to sideline these growing and influential communities. Nevertheless, MASA communities are rising together locally and nationally to build community power and resilience, to diversify the media coverage of MASA communities, and to advocate for the rights of their communities and all those impacted by racism and xenophobia. As the only national donor collaborative dedicated to supporting MASA communities, the RISE Together Fund works with partners to bolster the critical work of MASA-led advocacy and organizations. Our role goes beyond traditional grantmaking. We intentionally direct our grants toward building long-term, sustainable movements, and then also work alongside our grantees and others in the MASA field to help them grow, connect, and develop a collective voice.

Communications

Advocate Travel & Convening Fund

Field Building

Rapid Response

RISE Together Action Fund

49

TOTAL GRANTS

$1,537,993

TOTAL AMOUNT

58%•

•28%

•1%

9%•

5%•

Racial Justice

Civil Society

Peace

LGBTQI Justice

Economic Justice

Gender Justice

Civic Participation

Democracy

Human Rights

Police Accountability

Immigrant Justice

Civil Rights

GRANT ISSUE AREAS

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ReThink Media, $425,000

ReThink Media was launched in July 2007 as the first nonprofit, strategic media organization focused on progressive foreign policy and national security issues. The RISE Together Fund (then known as Security & Rights Collaborative) began funding ReThink Media in 2009 to provide strategic communications tools and services to organizations in the MASA field. This support grew into the Rights & Inclusion team, which now exclusively focuses on supporting the communications work of the Muslim, Arab, and South Asian (MASA) advocacy field.

The 2018 grant supported ReThink Media’s Rights & Inclusion team in increasing the voice share of the MASA community in mainstream and social media by building out a speaker’s bureau that fills journalists’ need for fresh voices, training new spokespeople, and supporting proactive and responsive communications campaigns.

“ReThink has been a great resource and a partner to us. Most recently, they helped our new Civic Engagement Manager Dhaha Nur publish an op-ed on the Muslim Ban. Check out his story in our local Union Tribune.

When ReThink media placed stories on the Supreme Courts decision on the Muslim Ban, they did an assessment to determine the effectiveness of the media placements. We learned that the op-ed we helped publish with their help on USA Today was better received by readers. We plan to continue to lean on them for this type of support.

—Ramla Sahid, Executive Director of Partnership for the Advancement of New Americans

FEATURED GRANT

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Piper Fund is a donor collaborative that unites individual donors and foundations to defend democratic institutions and diminish the influence of corporate and special interest money on our political and judicial systems.

Like never before, our democracy is under assault. Corporate and special interests are making it harder for everyday people to participate in the democratic process, have a fair day in court, and exercise their right to protest—all fundamental pillars of our democracy. It’s time to fight back.

At Piper Fund, we champion work that defends democratic ideals and institutions and gives a stronger voice to historically disenfranchised communities. We collaborate with funders and movement leaders to build community power and create a healthy democracy that protects fundamental rights for all individuals.

AK

$1,378,700TOTAL FUNDS AWARDED IN NATIONAL GRANTS

Money in Politics

Judicial Independence

Right to Protest

Cross Program

Piper Action Fund

75

TOTAL GRANTS

$3,364,900

TOTAL AMOUNT

4%•

•21%

•28%

20%•

27%•

$120k or more

$90k – $119k

$60k – $89k

$30k – $59k

Less than $30k

$1,986,200TOTAL FUNDS AWARDED IN STATE-BASED GRANTS

Piper Fundand Piper Action Fund

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Money in Politics

After leading successful efforts to create public financing programs in Montgomery and Howard Counties in 2014 and 2016, the Fair Elections Maryland (FEM) Coalition—led by Piper grantees Progressive Maryland, Common Cause Maryland and Maryland PIRG—advocated for similar reforms in Prince George’s County and Baltimore City in 2018. The public support fostered by the coalition’s education efforts led to two new programs: a public financing system created by the Prince George’s County council for implementation in 2026 and a similar program passed via ballot initiative in November by Baltimore City. The FEM coalition is leveraging this momentum to push for statewide money in politics reforms that will ensure underrepresented communities have a stronger voice in our democracy. Judicial Independence

ReThink Media has been a key communications resource for Piper’s Money in Politics and Judicial Independence focus area. To build the

communications capacity of the judicial independence field, in 2018 Piper grantee, ReThink Media created a messaging guide based on Piper-funded research. Shared through a webinar and in several state-based meetings, the guide has served as a critical resource for organizers. As one advocate explained, “a fresh look at best messages was long overdue for the field and both the underlying work and the webinar were extremely useful in getting everyone oriented in the proper direction.” Right to protest

When the National Park Service proposed new regulations that would significantly restrict protest rights in Washington DC—charging fees for protests, eliminating protest in front of the White House, and more—Piper sprung into action. We provided a rapid response grant to the Partnership for Civil Justice Fund (PCJF), which created an online platform to gather comments, and to conduct outreach to organizations. Within just two weeks, 140,000 people submitted comments expressing their outrage over the proposed regulations.

FEATURED GRANTS

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Rights, Faith & Democracy Collaborative

The Rights, Faith & Democracy Collaborative (RFDC) believes in a democracy that balances freedom of religion with progress made by the movements for LGBTQ justice and reproductive health, rights and justice (RHRJ).

We are seeing an alarming growth in attempts to harm the LGBTQ community and limit reproductive rights under the guise of religious freedom, including religious refusals legislation. This legalized imposition of one set of religious beliefs on others represents an erosion of the separation of church and state.

The RFDC, formed in 2016, is a donor collaborative that builds state-based coalition capacity at the intersection of LGBTQ justice, RHRJ, and allied faith communities to defend and advance legal protections and build public support. It awards grants to support the organizations leading this fight, bridges divides between allies, and builds a learning community of donor partners.

16TOTAL GRANTS

$20,000COLORADO

$500,000GEORGIA

$20,000MINNESOTA

$400,000NEW MEXICO

Core Support

Planning Grants

$940,000TOTAL AMOUNT

•96%

4%•

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FEATURED GRANTS

SisterSong, $125,000

Within the Georgia coalition, SisterSong developed and launched a plan to build a strong network of faith leaders as spokespeople for the Reproductive Justice movement in Georgia. They joined the abortion out loud Amplify Campaign, and hired a project coordinator to engage faith communities of color to mobilize people in RJ organizing in Atlanta, Clarkston, and South Fulton. This work has included creating a survey in order to map the landscape of faith leaders’ openness to RJ, identify leaders to train and topics to focus on, and build their faith leaders cohort. Additionally, they hosted a “Faith & RJ” webinar with over 400 registrants, featuring diverse clergy and people of faith in exploring how faith has been used as a tool to attack rights and autonomy, and how it can also be a positive tool for change. At their annual Southern RJ Cohort meeting, they gathered input on southern RJ organization’s experiences and insights on RFRA messaging.

ACLU of New Mexico Foundation, $100,000

A highlight within the New Mexico collaboration has been ACLU of NM’s work on Catholic hospitals. Their research and investigative work has included speaking to reports at national outlets to encourage investigation, and reaching out to doctors in the community to examine admitting privileges agreements and speak with them about their knowledge of refusals throughout the state. They also drafted a public records request to the New Mexico Department of Health, requesting any complaints submitted by medical staff, patients and their families, and members of the public alleging a patient was refused care, treatment or information because of the religious policies of the healthcare institution or the providers. They also launched a public legal complaint form on the website. Findings from these activities have already resulted in a series of informative graphics supported by paid social media ads, and a scheduled video shoot with a local healthcare provider who has treated patients who were refused service at other facilities.

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Colombe Peace Foundation

The Colombe Peace Foundation is dedicated to building and sustaining intersectional movements for peace that bring about changes in United States policy.

As American war-making has come home, it is suffusing our society even as it wreaks destruction abroad. It has also become increasingly inoculated from accountability. For that reason, the Foundation’s grantmaking strategy is aimed at educating the public, building community power to transform American institutions and narratives, introducing accountability, and organizing toward a future in which militarism and exceptionalism play less of a role in shaping American life and policy.

The Foundation further seeks to advance public education around spending that favors human needs over the war machine as well as for cooperative approaches to U.S. foreign policy. Its work is built on the recognition that foreign policy is inextricably linked to domestic policy.

Fund to Challenge Militarism

Pentagon Spending Reduction

President’s Discretionary Fund

$2,287,000

TOTAL AMOUNT

19

TOTAL GRANTS

11%•

•17%

•72%

Peace

Transparency &

Accountability

Racial Justice

Police Accountability

Civic Participation

Democracy

Human Rights

National Security

De-militarism

GRANT ISSUE AREAS

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Win Without War, $350,000

Formed in 2002, Win Without War is a coalition of over 40 national organizations dedicated to ending the war paradigm, aspiring to serve as an anchor institution for the progressive movement on national security and foreign policy. They offer a mainstream, patriotic voice for engaging opinion makers, activating concerned citizens, and communicating effectively to the media.

This grant was given to support Win Without War’s building of its core capacity, Phase Two of their predictable emergencies effort, and expanded outreach to grasstops leaders to help with framing foreign policy issues.

Pentagon Budget Campaign, $285,000

Colombe Peace Foundation has been the anchor funder of the Pentagon Budget Campaign (PBC)since 2012. The PBC seeks a significant long-term reduction in Pentagon spending, driven by analternative vision of the military’s role in US national security.

It has created a unique, transpartisan experiment to infuse this new vision into national policy. Itsefforts are aimed at educating opinion makers and opinion-shapers on how to reduce the Pentagonbudget by hundreds of billions of dollars a years without sacrificing national security. Its partnersinclude a broad coalition of organizations across the political spectrum working to reshape federalspending priorities, starting with the Pentagon, and educating those not already active on this issueabout the consequences of federal budgeting trends.

Dissenters, $55,000

Dissenters envisions building a national youth-led organization that works to remove public support for all forms of U.S. militarism, including weapons manufacturing and sales, domestic law enforcement, and border security. Dissenters builds community power that primarily uses nonviolent direct action and public displays of dissent to generate a culture shift among young people to reject war, militarism, and empire. The organization is led by young people directly impacted by militarism living in the U.S., namely people of color and working class people.

FEATURED GRANTS

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Fiscally Sponsored Projects

2018 Highlights

Proteus Fund and PAL provide comprehensive fiscal sponsorship to a range of mission-aligned projects, with a particular focus on those that facilitate collaborative philanthropy. These include affinity groups, non-grantmaking donor collaboratives, and membership organizations, among others.

Some of our fiscally sponsored projects are grantmaking initiatives.

Third Wave Fund, the only activist fund led by and for women of color, intersex, queer, and trans folks under 35 years old in the United States.

Philanthropy Advancing Women’s Human Rights (PAWHR), an affinity group which expanded in 2017 to include a pooled fund. In 2017, this pooled fund made Proteus Fund’s first international grant, a number which expanded to four in 2018.

More Equitable Democracy and MED Action are new projects at Proteus Fund and PAL. They made their first grants in 2018 to strengthen democracy at the state and local levels.

$2,975,318TOTAL AMOUNT

157

TOTAL GRANTS

AK

$65k or more

$45k – $64k

$25k – $44k

$5k – $24k

Less than $5k

$1,447,356TOTAL FUNDS AWARDED IN STATE-BASED GRANTS

$334,915TOTAL FUNDS AWARDED IN INTERNATIONAL GRANTS

$1,193,047TOTAL FUNDS AWARDED IN NATIONAL GRANTS

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Proteus Fund offers Donor and Group Advised Funds to aligned institutions and individual donors to support their philanthropic objectives. Proteus Action League offers a similar donor advised 501(c)(4) grantmaking vehicle—Donor Advised c4 Accounts—to give donor partners the flexibility to support a broader range of lobbying and advocacy.

This area represents a continually growing proportion of Proteus Fund’s activities—2018 set a new record for us in terms of number of grants awarded from advised funds.

Donor and Group Advised Funds

$8,117,400TOTAL AMOUNT

154

TOTAL GRANTS

Civic Participation

Racial Justice

Criminal Justice

PeaceCivil Rights

Gender Justice

Environmental Justice

EconomicJustice

Immigrant Justice

Reproductive Justice

Health Justice

LGBTQI Justice

Human Rights

Democracy

GRANT ISSUE AREAS

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#InMyWords

18MillionRising.org

About Face: Veterans Against the War (aka Iraq Veterans Against the War)

ACCE Institute

Action Center on Race and the Economy Institute

ADC Research Institute

Adhikaar for Human Rights and Social Justice

Advance Native Political Leadership

Advancing Real Change

African Communities Together

Al Otro Lado

All* Above All

Alliance for Justice

Alliance for Nuclear Accountability

Alliance for Youth Organizing

Alliance to Mobilize Our Resistance Network

Amalgamated Charitable Foundation

American Civil Liberties Foundation of Oregon

American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Northern California

American Civil Liberties Union Of New Mexico Foundation

American Friends Service Committee

API Equality - Northern California

Arab American Association of New York

Arab American Civic Council

Arab American Institute Foundation

Arizona Advocacy Foundation

Arizona Advocacy Network

Arizona Center for Empowerment

Arkansas Committee to Defend Constitutional Rights and Judicial Independence

Arkansas Public Policy Panel

Asian American Organizing Project

Asian American Resource Workshop Inc

Asian Americans Advancing Justice - Asian Law Caucus

Asian Environmental Association

Asian Pacific American Network of Oregon

Assata’s Daughters

ASTRA - Anti Trafficking Action

Atlanta Jobs with Justice

Believers Bail Out

Better Elections for Santa Clara

Black Excellence Collective

Black Feminist Future

Black Land and Power

Black LGBTQIA+ Migrant Project

Black Love Resists in the Rust

Black Mothers Fellowship

Black Youth Project 100 Education Fund

Blueprint North Carolina

Brighton Park Neighborhood Council

Brooklyn Movement Center

Brown University of Providence

Buckeye Environmental Network

Building Power Coalition

Building Stories

CAIR Foundation

California Common Cause

Campaign for Southern Equality

Causa Oregon

Center for Death Penalty Litigation

Center for Nonviolent Education and Parenting

Center for Popular Democracy

Center for Popular Democracy Action Fund

Center for Social Sustainable Systems

Center for Sustainable Economy

Center for Victims of Torture

Grantee Index

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Center for Women’s Global Leadership

Center for Working Families Fund

Centro Presente

Chinese Progressive Association

Choclate Soul Revival

Citizen Action of New York

Citizen Action of Wisconsin Education Fund

Citizens for Pennsylvania’s Future

City Club Of Portland

Civic Nation

Class Action Network

Coalition For Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles

Coalition for Open Democracy

Coalition for Rights & Safety for People in the Sex Trade

Coalition to Stop Violence Against Native Women

Colectivo Intercultural TRANSgrediendo

Collective Action for Safe Space

Colorado Organization for Latina Opportunity and Reproductive Rights

ColorOfChange.org

Coming Clean

Common Cause Connecticut

Common Cause Illinois

Common Cause Maryland

Common Cause New Mexico Education Fund

Common Cause Oregon

Common Cause Wisconsin

Common Counsel Foundation

Community Justice Exchange

Community Labor United

Community Voices Heard Power

Connecticut Citizen Research Group

Corporate Accountability International

Council on American-Islamic Relations Minnesota

Creative Justice

Criminal Justice Initiative

DC Vote

Death Penalty Information Center

Demos: A Network for Ideas and Action

Detroit Revival Engaging American Muslims

Dissenters

Divest, Invest, Protect

Dream Action Oklahoma

Dream Defenders

Dream Defenders Action

DRUM - Desis Rising Up & Moving

East Bay Permanent Real Estate Cooperative

East Harlem/El Barrio Community Land Trust

East Michigan Environmental Action Council

Emgage Foundation

Empower MT

Enlace

Environmental Law Alliance Worldwide

Equality Foundation of Georgia

Equality Labs

Equity And Transformation

EveryBlackGirl, Inc.

Family Values At Work: A Multi-State Consortium

FCNL Education Fund

First Nations Development Institute

Fix Democracy First Education Fund

Foreign Policy for America Foundation

Foundation for National Progress

Free Speech for People

Fuerza Laboral

Fund for a Healthier Colorado

Funders’ Committee for Civic Participation

Garden of Peace Inc

Gays and Lesbians Living in a Transgender Society

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Gender Justice

Georgia Muslim Voter Project

Georgia WAND Education Fund

Got Green

Grassroots Collaborative

Grassroots Institute for Fundraising Training

Grassroots International

Greater Birmingham Ministries

Griffin-Gracy Educational Retreat & Historical Center

Hand in Hand: Domestic Employers Network

Hands Up United

Health Action New Mexico

HEART Women & Girls

Henry L Stimson Center

HIPS

Ignite NC

Indiana University Foundation

Indigenous Climate Action

Institute for Policy Studies

Institute for Social Policy and Understanding

Institute for Southern Studies

Institute of Legal Training and Instruction

InterAction Intiative

Interfaith Alliance Of Colorado

Iowa Coalition for Community Change

Islamic Society of Boston Cultural Center

It Takes Roots

Jahajee Sisters

Jetpac Resource Center

Jewish Community Action

Jobs with Justice Ballot Fund

Jolt Action

Juntos

Justice 360

Justice For Muslims Collective

Justice Not Politics Alaska Civics Education Fund

Justice Teams Network Education Fund

Kansas Values Institute

Kenwood-Oakland Community Organization

Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies

La Union Del Pueblo Entero

Latino Union

Latino Victory Foundation

Law Enforcement Defense Project

Law for Black Lives

League of Women Voters of Pennsylvania Citizen Education Fund

Lewis & Clark Law School

Long Island Progressive Coalition

Louisiana Bucket Brigade

Louisiana Rise

Maine Citizens for Clean Elections

Maine People’s Resource Center

Make the Road CT

Maryland PIRG Citizen Lobby

Maryland Public Interest Research Foundation

Massachusetts Interfaith Worker Justice

MCCE Action

Mi Familia Vota

Mid-South Peace and Justice Center

Migrant Justice

Mijente

Mijente Support Committee

Million Hoodies Movement for Justice

Missouri Organizing and Voter Engagement Collaborative

Mitchell Hamline School of Law

MN350

Momentum Community

Movement for Black Lives

Movement for Justice in El Barrio

Movimiento Cosecha

Muslim Anti-Racism Collaborative

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Muslim Students Association West

Muslim Wellness Foundation

NAACP Collective Action Fund

National Black Worker Center Project

National Domestic Workers Alliance

National Iranian American Council

National Lawyers Guild Foundation

National Priorities Project

National Queer Asian Pacific Islander Alliance

Native Americans in Philanthropy

Native Movement

Native Organizers Alliance

Native Village of Venetie Tribal Government

Native Youth Leadership Alliance

Neta

New Economy Coalition

New Florida Majority Education Fund

New Hampshire Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty

New Mexico Dream Team

New Mexico Religious Coalition For Reproductive Choice

New Orleans Video Access Center

New Sanctuary Coalition of NYC

New York Communities for Change

New York Immigration Coalition

NIAC Action

Nobody Leaves Mid Hudson

Nonprofit VOTE

North Carolina Voters for Clean Elections

North Star Fund

Northwest Immigrant Rights Project

Not This Time

Nuestro Centro

Ohio River Valley Environmental Coalition

Ohio Transformation Fund

Ohio Voice

One Colorado Education Fund

OneAmerica

Open Democracy Action

Orange County Communities Organized for Responsible Development

Organize Florida Education Fund

Organizers in the Land of Enchantment

Our Spot KC

Outfront Minnesota Community Services

Pan-African Community Development Initiative

Partnership for Civil Justice Fund

Partnership for the Advancement of New Americans

Pentagon Budget Campaign

People of Color Sustainable Housing Network

PeoplesHub

Pico National Network

Picture the Homeless

Pioneer Valley Worker’s Center

Planned Parenthood Federation of America

Ploughshares Fund

Political Research Associates

Poor Magazine

ProGeorgia State Table

Progress Florida Education Institute

Progressive Caucus Action Fund

Progressive Maryland

Progressive Maryland Education Fund

Project 562

Project Hajra

Project Ishmael

Project Prosper

Project South: The Institution for the Elimination Poverty & Genocide

Promise of Justice Initiative

Public Citizen Foundation

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Public Policy and Education Fund of New York

Puente Human Rights Movement

Queer the Land

Race Forward

Real Change Homeless Empowerment Project

Refugee & Immigrant Center For Education & Legal Services

Repairers of the Breach

Resist

Restaurant Opportunities Centers United

Restore Justice Foundation

ReThink Media

ReThink Media Advocacy

Revolutionizing Asian American Immigrant Stories on the East Coast

Rockwood Leadership Institute

SAAFON

San Diego Organizing Project

Schaghticoke First Nations

Science & Environmental Health Network

Seeding Sovereignty

Services & Immigrant Rights & Education Network

Shoulder to Shoulder

Sightline Institute

Sikh Coalition

SISTA Fire

Sister District Action Network

SisterSong

Snake River Waterkeeper

Social Justice Fund Northwest

Solidago Foundation

Solidaire Network

SOS Corpo Feminist Institute for Democracy

Soul 2 Soul

SOUL Sisters Leadership Collective

South Asian Americans Leading Together

South Dakota Voices for Peace

South Seattle Emerald

Southern Center for Human Rights

Southern Poverty Law Center

Southern Vision Alliance

Southsiders Organized for Unity and Liberation

Spirit in Action

Springboard Education Fund

Street Youth Rise Up

Support Ho(s)e

Sustainable Markets Foundation

TakeAction Minnesota Education Fund

Teaching for Change

Tenants Together

Tennessee Immigrant and Refugee Rights Coalition

Texas Civil Rights Project

The 8th Amendment Project

The City University of New York School of Law Foundation

The Coalition Of Immokalee Workers Inc

The FANG Collective

The Florence Immigrant & Refugee Rights Project

The Haze

The Influence Foundation

The Justice Collaborative

The Outlaw Project

The Racial Imaginary Institute

The Reproductive Justice Action Collective

The UndocuBlack Network

The Voter Participation Center

The Watershed Center

The Womanist Working Collective

Tides Foundation

TIRRC Votes

Trans Sistas of Color

Trans Women of Color Collective

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Transgender Law Center

Translatina Network

UltraViolet Action

Ultraviolet Education Fund

Unicorn Riot

Unite Oregon

United Territories of Pacific Islanders Alliance

United Vision For Idaho

United We Dream Action

United We Dream Network

University of California at Berkeley

University of Southern California, Center for Religion and Civic Culture

Urban Revival

Urban Survivor’s Union

Urgent Action Fund for Womens Human Rights

US Labor Against the War

Vigilant Love

Virginia Student Environmental Coalition

Voter Registration Project

Voto Latino

Washington Community Action Network Education and Research Fund

Washington Progress Fund

Waves Ahead

We Care TN

Wellstone Action Fund

West Fund

Western Mining Action Network

Western States Center

Willamette Valley Law Project

William J. Brennan Jr. Center for Justice

Win Without War

Win/Win Network

Women Engaged

Women Help Women

Women of Color Speak Out

Women With a Vision

Women’s Action for New Directions

Women’s Action for New Directions Education Fund

Worker’s Center for Racial Justice

Yakima Valley Community Foundation

Yemeni American Merchants Association

Young Women United

Youth Organizing Institute

Youth Rise Texas

Zero Hour