About Center for Third World Organizing
CTWO’s Mission is to help build and sustain a thriving racial justice movement led by communities of color.
Focus Areas
racial justiceleadership developmentorganizing and base-buildingorganizational developmentgrantmaking / regrants to Black-led projectstraining and coaching
Who They Fund
communities of colorBlack-led organizations and projectsgrassroots community groupscommunity organizers and emergent leadersartists and arts organizations working on racial justice
Funding Style
About Center for Third World Organizing
A $2,000,000 grant to Central Mesa Inc appears at the top of Center for Third World Organizing’s recent awards, and it is matched by another $2,000,000 grant to the same recipient in a later year. That scale sits alongside a mission centered on helping build and sustain a thriving racial justice movement led by communities of color. The foundation’s grantmaking reaches beyond single-project support: it backs Black-led projects, grassroots organizing, leadership development, and organizational development through both direct grants and cohort-based funding. Its recent portfolio also includes repeated support for Destiny Entertainment LLC and Lakeisha LucasFlowing Water, each at six-figure scale, showing that the funder can operate in a mix of large awards and smaller recurring grants. At the same time, the foundation maintains a visible pipeline for emerging leaders through apprenticeship and fellowship programs. Those programs combine training, coaching, and direct financial support for Black-led and community-based work. The overall picture is a funder oriented toward movement infrastructure, not only program delivery.
What Center for Third World Organizing Funds
Center for Third World Organizing supports racial justice movement-building through a mix of grants and structured fellowships. In organizer training, it funds the Movement Activist Apprenticeship Program at $4,200 for hands-on summer training, skill-building workshops, field placements, and participant stipends. For Black-led organizational development, the foundation gives $30,000 through the Liberatory Leadership Praxis Vision Cohort for projects and formations in their founding stages, with coaching and leadership development. It also funds the Praxis Power Cohort Fellowship at $60,000 for Black-led base-building organizations in years 0-5, pairing mentorship and training with organizational support. Its grantmaking also reaches arts-linked civic engagement. The Praxis Power Cohort includes artist partnership funding, and the foundation has supported arts-connected grantees such as Destiny Entertainment LLC and Lakeisha LucasFlowing Water. These awards fit a broader pattern of using culture, organizing, and leadership support together.
How Center for Third World Organizing Gives
Typical grant size clusters tightly around $15,000, with the median at $15,000 and the 75th percentile at $21,750. That suggests a core stream of modest awards, alongside a smaller set of much larger commitments such as the $2,000,000 grants in the recent record. The foundation is a public charity and a regular funder, not a DAF or individual-granting institution. The recent grant list shows repeated support to the same recipients across 2023 and 2025, indicating continuity rather than one-off giving. Some of its cohort programs are open to unsolicited participation, while others are not.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$2.2M
Total Assets
$5.8M
Total Revenue
$9.9M
Total Expenses
$6.8M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $15K and $22K, with a median of $15K.
25th Percentile
$15K
Median
$15K
75th Percentile
$22K
Geographic Reach
National8 states funded
About 17% of grants go to recipients in MS.
Funding intensity
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