Grants awarded
Who does Laughing Gull Foundation fund?
Laughing Gull Foundation has awarded $27 million across 562 grants to 208 grantees between 2020 and 2024. Its giving concentrates in civil rights & advocacy. Its typical grant is $50,000, with most between $20,000 and $70,000. Repeat grantees receive a median $50,000 versus $25,000 for first-time grantees.
Total awarded
$26.9M
Typical grant
$50K
Grantees
208
Grants
562
Years
2020–2024
Organizations this funder supports
Each grantee's funding from this organization, summed across all reported years. Largest first — click any column to re-sort.
| Grantee | Total received | Grants | Years | Latest | State | Support |
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Campaign for Southern Equality
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$956K | 17 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | NC | |
| I Individual recipient | $809K | 20 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Southerners on New Ground INC
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$654K | 5 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | GA | |
| F Funders for Lgbtq Issues | $590K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Equality Virginia
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$580K | 7 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | VA | |
| I Individual recipient | $542K | 9 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
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$520K | 7 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | NC | |
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$516K | 7 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | NC | |
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$450K | 5 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | GA | |
| B Building Equity & Align for Env Jus | $450K | 3 | 2021–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
Neighborhood Funders Group
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$450K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | CA | |
Time Out Youth INC
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$430K | 7 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | NC | |
Nationz Foundation Incorporated
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$404K | 8 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | VA | |
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$401K | 8 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | NC | |
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$400K | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | MN | |
Southern Vision Alliance
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$380K | 8 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | NC | |
| L Life University | $372K | 7 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| A ACLU Foundation of NC | $370K | 6 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| C Center for Heirs' Prop Preservatio | $360K | 5 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| A Alliance for Higher Ed in Prison | $330K | 4 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| F Florida Prison Education Project | $321K | 8 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $317K | 6 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
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$315K | 7 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | NC | |
Claflin University
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$303K | 7 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | SC | |
Auburn University Foundation
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$300K | 4 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | AL | |
| S Stetson Community Education Project | $289K | 6 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| P Piedmont Virginia Community College Educational Foundation | $288K | 5 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | VA | |
| G Georgia Conservation Voters Ed Fund | $285K | 5 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Appalachian Voices
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$275K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | NC | |
| N New Virginia Majority Ed Fund | $275K | 4 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Tides Foundation
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$255K | 4 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | CA | |
Rappahannock Community College Educational Foundation INC
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$251K | 6 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | VA | |
| I Individual recipient | $250K | 4 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Education Trust INC
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$250K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | DC | |
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$244K | 5 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | NY | |
| G Georgia Coalition for Highed Ed | $241K | 5 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| M Miami Dade College | $240K | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
Virginia Anti-Violence Project
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$226K | 8 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | VA | |
| F Federation of Southern Cooperatives | $225K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| P Power Coalition for Equity & | $225K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
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$222K | 5 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | VA | |
| G Georgia St University Prison Edu | $219K | 6 | 2021–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
Health Brigade
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$215K | 6 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | VA | |
Vera Institute of Justice INC
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$210K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
| I Individual recipient | $210K | 5 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $201K | 5 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| L Land Loss Prevention Project | $200K | 4 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Taproot Earth
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$200K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | LA | |
| S Southwest Georgia Project for | $200K | 2 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
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$198K | 5 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | VA | |
| W Wvu Higher Education in Prison | $197K | 5 | 2021–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| S Southside Virginia Community | $192K | 6 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
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$189K | 8 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | NC | |
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$185K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | NY | |
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$175K | 7 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | NC | |
| T Trans Justice Funding Project | $165K | 3 | 2021–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
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$160K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | DC | |
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$160K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | GA | |
| T The Virginia Foundation for | $160K | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $152K | 5 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Black Family Land Trust INC
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$150K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | NC | |
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$150K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | VA | |
| I Individual recipient | $150K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Sowega Rising
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$150K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | GA | |
| T The Southeast Climate & Energy Net | $150K | 3 | 2021–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| F Formerly Incarcerated College | $150K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| T The Movement for Black Lives | $150K | 3 | 2021–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| J Justice40 Accelerator | $150K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| R Rural Empowerment Association of | $150K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Lgbt Life Center
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$150K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | VA | |
| I Individual recipient | $150K | 2 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
Equality North Carolina Foundation
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$145K | 2 | 2024 | 2024 | NC | |
Florida Justice Center INC
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$145K | 3 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | FL | |
The Shaw University
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$140K | 4 | 2021–2023 | 2023 | NC | |
Guilford College
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$131K | 3 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | NC | |
| I Individual recipient | $130K | 3 | 2021–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
Outright Youth of Catawba Valley INC
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$125K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | NC | |
| I Individual recipient | $125K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $122K | 2 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
University of Central Florida Foundation INC
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$105K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | FL | |
Equality Federation Institute
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$105K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | OR | |
| T The University of Mississippi | $100K | 2 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| G Gulf Coast Center for Law & Policy | $100K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
Offender Alumni Association
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$100K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | AL | |
Mississippi Humanities Council INC
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$100K | 2 | 2021–2022 | 2022 | MS | |
| I Individual recipient | $100K | 2 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| T Time Out Youth Center | $100K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| C Center for Justice at Columbia Univ | $100K | 2 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| C City Dibs | $100K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
| I Individual recipient | $100K | 2 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $100K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $95K | 4 | 2021–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
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Southeast Climate & Energy Network INC
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$95K | 3 | 2024 | 2024 | FL | |
| I Individual recipient | $90K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| C Community Partners | $90K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| H Horizons Foundation | $80K | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| A Auburn University Panhellenic Council | $80K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | AL | |
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$80K | 5 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | NC | |
| W Western NC Community Health Service | $75K | 3 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| S Somos Siembra | $75K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | NC |
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