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Who does Policylink fund?

Policylink has awarded $56 million across 453 grants to 330 grantees between 2020 and 2024. Its giving concentrates in civil rights & advocacy. Its typical grant is $27,500, with most between $10,000 and $65,000. Repeat grantees receive a median $40,000 versus $25,000 for first-time grantees.

Total awarded
$56.5M
Typical grant
$28K
Grantees
330
Grants
453
Years
2020–2024

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Organizations this funder supports

Each grantee's funding from this organization, summed across all reported years. Largest first — click any column to re-sort.

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Grantee Total receivedGrantsYearsLatestState Support
Black Ambition Opportunity INC $10.0M22022–20232023FL
Project South the Institution for the Elimination Poverty & Genocide $7.7M42020–20232023GA
Liberation in a Generation INC $5.0M22023–20242024VA
Center for Community Change Action $2.3M120212021DC
Liberation Ventures INC $1.7M120242024DE
Neo Philanthropy INC $1.3M22020–20222022NY
Sierra Health Foundation Center for Health Program Management $1.3M42020–20242024CA
The Urban Institute $1.2M22021–20232023DC
Stories of US INC $1.0M120242024NY
Harlem Children's Zone INC $940K120212021NY
Ford Foundation $829K120232023NY
Just Capital Foundation INC $824K32022–20242024NY
Results for America $752K120222022DC
L Livegistics LLC $750K120212021— —
C California Calls Education Fund $600K120212021CA
Acce Institute $570K52020–20232023CA
L Liga De Ciudades De Puerto Rico $450K120242024PR
C Coalicion De Coaliciones Pro Personas Sin Hogar De Puerto Rico $450K120232023PR
R Regents of the University of California at Berkeley $432K22020–20222022CA
Free Press $402K42021–20242024DC
Local Progress Policy Institute $400K22023–20242024DC
Fsg INC $320K22022–20242024MA
Northeastern Illinois University Foundation $305K42021–20242024IL
T The Beloved Community Center of Greensboro INC $305K42021–20242024NC
Forward Justice $303K32021–20242024NC
Northeastern University $302K32022–20242024MA
The Good Nation Foundation INC $286K120232023NY
P Project Truth and Reconciliation INC $280K22023–20242024NY —
Firstrepair $258K22023–20242024IL
Community Partners $251K22020–20212021CA
Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability $250K32021–20232023CA
Equity and Transformation $230K22023–20242024IL
The California Endowment $228K120222022CA
I Institute of the Black World 21st Century INC $228K22021–20232023NY
K Kreative Arts Collective INC $228K22022–20232023LA
Center for Popular Democracy INC $219K22023–20242024NY
Tides Center $218K22021–20242024CA
Neighborhood Housing Services of Los Angeles County $202K32021–20232023CA
The Chicago Community Trust $200K22020–20212021IL
Center for Community Change $200K120232023DC
C City and County of San Francisco $200K120222022— —
The New School $200K120212021NY
National Council for Incarcerated and Formerly Incarcerated Women $182K22020–20222022MA
The Center for Independent Documentary INC $180K32022–20242024MA
The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York $178K32022–20242024NY
New Venture Fund $174K32021–20242024DC
Possibility Labs $170K120242024CA
Allied Media Projects INC $158K22022–20242024MI
New Jersey Institute for Social Justice INC $155K22023–20242024NJ
Redress Movement $155K22023–20242024MA
Kinfolk Tech Foundation $155K22023–20242024NY
California Black Power Network $152K120242024CA
Equal Justice Society $152K120242024CA
Be Great Together INC $150K120212021MO
People United for Sustainable Housing Incorporated $147K22020–20222022NY
Partnership for Southern Equity $132K32022–20242024GA
Jobs with Justice Education Fund $132K120242024DC
Third Sector New England INC $130K22023–20242024MA
Network on Women in Prison DBA Legal Services for Prisoners W Children $129K22021–20242024CA
A Alodia Healthy Hair LLC $125K120212021— —
B Beereaders INC $125K120212021— —
D Dosso Beauty LLC $125K120212021— —
Q Quirktastic INC $125K120212021— —
Community Water Center $120K42020–20242024CA
R Rio Grande International Study Center $118K22023–20242024TX —
Housing California INC $112K22023–20242024CA
Bayou City Waterkeeper INC $110K32022–20242024TX
Urban Habitat Program $106K32021–20232023CA
A African-American Community Trust Nfp $105K22023–20242024IL
Tulsa Community Foundation $105K120242024OK
Black Veterans Project $105K22023–20242024NY
R Reparation Education Project $105K22023–20242024DC
E El Enjambre Colectivo INC $104K120242024PR
Fair Count INC $102K120242024GA
Level Ground INC $102K120242024CA
Eagle Market Streets Development Co $102K120232023NC
Kqed INC $102K120242024CA
Racial Justice Coalition of Asheville INC $102K120242024NC
Live Free Chicago DBA Live Free Illinois $102K120222022IL
Greater New Orleans Housing Alliance INC $100K120232023LA
Education Justice Academy $100K120242024CA
The Watershed Center INC $100K22021–20222022NY
We the People of Detroit $99K32022–20242024MI
Mapping Police Violence INC $95K120212021CA
National Institute for Criminal Justice Reform $95K120212021CA
U United Houma Nation INC $90K22022–20242024LA
Centro Para La Reconstruccion Del Habitat $90K120232023PR
West Street Recovery $85K22023–20242024TX
Verde $79K42020–20242024OR
Right to the City Alliance INC $75K120232023NY
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors INC $75K120222022NY
Race Forward $75K22022–20232023NY
North Lawndale Employment Network $75K42021–20242024IL
The Heising-Simons Foundation $71K120232023CA
Hatch $68K120242024MT
L Lilac $66K22022–20232023PA
Sacred Heart Community Service $65K120202020CA
Girl Scouts of Northern California $65K120202020CA
Community Action Board of Santa Cruz County INC $65K120202020CA
Destination Home Sv Co Silicon Valley Community Foundation $65K120202020CA

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