About Amalgamated Charitable Foundation
Amalgamated Charitable Foundation is a donor-advised/fiscal-sponsorship vehicle that concentrates on labor-aligned social justice and systems-change philanthropy, making very large, strategic "big bet" investments and hosting pooled funds. They prioritize Black-led and gender-affirming organizing, voting rights and healthy democracy work, economic justice (including wealth tax advocacy), mutual aid/community resilience, and rapid-response emergency funding. Most giving is national (U.S.-focused) though some hosted initiatives have a global reach. Grants are typically made via invited, pooled initiatives or through the Foundation's hosted funds rather than unsolicited general requests.
Focus Areas
Black-Led Organizing & Black Liberation Pooled FundsVoting Rights & Healthy Democracy CoalitionsWealth Tax Advocacy / Economic Justice CampaignsBlack Feminist & Gender-Affirming Community OrganizingMutual Aid & Community Infrastructure / Rapid-Response Funding
Who They Fund
not specified
Giving Approach
Primarily invite-only, donor-advised and hosted pooled funds that make large multi-million-dollar "big bet" grants (bundle targets often between ~$1M and $40M) alongside occasional rapid-response and mid-range awards; grants are made through organized initiatives and fiscal-sponsorship vehicles rather than open unsolicited grant programs.
About Amalgamated Charitable Foundation
Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc’s recent giving is marked by very large, pooled grants to movement infrastructure groups rather than small dispersed awards. One of the clearest examples is a $8,893,452 general operating grant to Way to Rise in 2023, alongside an $8,565,000 project grant to All Voting Is Local in the same year. Those awards sit within a broader pattern of support for labor-aligned social justice, voting rights, economic justice, Black-led organizing, and gender-affirming community work. The foundation often uses hosted funds and intermediaries to move capital toward advocacy, organizing, and rapid-response efforts. In the latest grants list, that approach shows up in major support for Tides Foundation, Common Counsel Foundation, Thousand Currents, Proteus Fund, and Borealis Philanthropy. It also backs direct grantees such as Highlander Research and Education Center, Transgender Law Center, and mRelief. The mix of general operating support and project support suggests a preference for flexible funding tied to specific campaigns as well as ongoing organizational capacity. Across the recent record, the foundation’s grantmaking reads as strategic and networked, with repeated awards to organizations that serve as fiscal sponsors, coalition hubs, or national advocacy platforms.
What Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Funds
Voting rights and healthy democracy is a central lane in the recent record. The foundation gave $8,565,000 to All Voting Is Local for project support in 2023 and another $3,000,000 for project support in 2024. It also provided $1,980,005 in general operating support to Results for America in 2024. Economic justice is another visible focus. In 2025, Decolonizing Wealth Project Inc received $4,029,318 for project support, while New Venture Fund received $2,137,500 in general operating support and project support the same year. The foundation also funds Black-led and gender-affirming organizing through intermediaries and direct grantees. Transgender Law Center received $2,052,750 in 2025, and Borealis Philanthropy received $2,125,000 in 2025 after a $2,100,000 project grant in 2023. Mutual aid and community resilience appear in support for Taproot Earth, which received $2,125,000 in 2025.
How Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Gives
Typical grants cluster at a mid-to-large scale, with a p25 of $15,000, median of $50,000, and p75 of $110,000. The recent list also includes repeated multi-million-dollar awards to the same organizations across multiple years, especially intermediaries such as Tides Foundation, Common Counsel Foundation, Thousand Currents, and Windward Fund. That pattern points to ongoing relationships rather than isolated one-off gifts. Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc is a regular funder, not a fund for individuals, and the recent grants are largely framed as general operating support, project support, or both.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$230.9M
Total Assets
$361.1M
Total Revenue
$396.9M
Total Expenses
$266.5M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $15K and $110K, with a median of $50K.
25th Percentile
$15K
Median
$50K
75th Percentile
$110K
Geographic Reach
National53 states funded
About 8% of grants go to recipients in CA.
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Headquarters
Leadership
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Where Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Funds
Top 5 recipient countries by grant volume for Amalgamated Charitable Foundation.
| Rank | Country | Grants | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United StatesDomestic | 4,351 | $574.7M | 99.6% |
| 2 | Puerto Rico |
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