The FOUNDATION FOR EQUITY AND JUSTICE LTD focuses its giving on urgent humanitarian relief overseas and targeted civil-rights/legal advocacy in the U.S. The bulk of its recent funding went to emergency food, medicine, and equipment for victims of Russia’s war in Ukraine, while a much smaller grant supported U.S.-based anti-hate education and legal work. The mix suggests a philanthropic priority on crisis response abroad combined with support for organizations combating extremism and protecting marginalized communities domestically.
A $1.8 million grant to Humanitian Aid Project for Ukraine sets the tone for Foundation for Equity and Justice Ltd’s recent giving: the foundation has put most of its capital toward emergency food, medicine, and equipment for people affected by Russia’s war in Ukraine. That overseas relief sits alongside a smaller but consistent domestic stream aimed at civil-rights and anti-hate work. In 2025, it awarded $25,000 to the Southern Poverty Law Center for tolerance education, legal action against white supremacists, and hate-group tracking. Other grants show the same split between crisis response and rights protection: World Central Kitchen received support for meals in response to crises, and Doctors without Borders was funded for humanitarian awareness, recruitment, and advocacy. The foundation also appears in community-based channels through groups such as In-sight Collaborative, which it backed for improving humanitarian aid delivery. Across the portfolio, the pattern is clear: large-scale emergency relief, paired with targeted support for organizations that document hate, defend marginalized communities, and respond to humanitarian need.
Humanitarian relief is the foundation’s largest theme. It gave $20,000 to World Central Kitchen for meals in response to crises and to build resilient food systems, and another $15,000 to Doctors without Borders for humanitarian awareness, field recruitment, and advocacy. Aid delivery itself is also a focus: In-sight Collaborative received $20,000 to improve the delivery of humanitarian aid. Civil-rights and anti-hate work is another visible thread. The Southern Poverty Law Center received $25,000 for tolerance education, legal action against white supremacists, and tracking hate groups. The foundation also supported The Trevor Project with $10,000 for eliminating prejudice and discrimination, extending its domestic funding toward anti-discrimination work.
Typical grants are small: the p25 is $2,500, the median is $5,000, and the p75 is $5,000. That indicates a cluster of modest awards, with one very large outlier. The recent record also shows repeat funding to several organizations across 2024 and 2025, including World Central Kitchen, Doctors without Borders, The Trevor Project, 350org, Northwest Harvest, and CAST Abolish Slavery. The funder is classified as a regular funder and funds individuals. Its grantmaking appears to be primarily grant-based rather than program-related investing.
$219K
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$2.6M
$269K
Most grants fall between $3K and $5K, with a median of $5K.
25th Percentile
$3K
Median
$5K
75th Percentile
$5K
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Highly concentrated giving with one very large, single-purpose emergency relief grant and occasional smaller grants to U.S. civil-rights organizations; appears to favor one-off large crisis grants rather than broad diversified portfolios or many repeat small awards.
Notable grantees: Humanitarian Aid Project for Ukraine, Southern Poverty Law Center
Recipients are entirely U.S.-based in the recent grants list, with 49 grants to U.S. organizations. Giving is spread nationally, but Washington stands out in the recent record through Bainbridge Island, Seattle, Silverdale, Bellevue, and Poulsbo. Massachusetts also appears as a frequent recipient location, including Boston and Concord. Other recurring recipient cities include New York, Montgomery, Chicago, and Washington, DC. The foundation gives most often in Massachusetts by count, while 35% of grants go to recipients in Washington.
Its recent grants center on emergency humanitarian relief, especially aid tied to Ukraine, and on civil-rights or anti-hate work in the U.S. The record also includes food access, healthcare, climate justice, immigrant support, human trafficking survivor services, and Indigenous economic justice.
Yes. Several organizations appear in multiple years, including World Central Kitchen, Doctors without Borders, The Trevor Project, 350org, Northwest Harvest, and CAST Abolish Slavery. That pattern suggests some ongoing relationships rather than one-time gifts only.
The middle of the distribution is very small: p25 is $2,500, median grant size is $5,000, and p75 is also $5,000. Most recent awards sit at $5,000 or below, with a single much larger grant at $1,800,591.
By recipient count, Massachusetts is the top state. Washington is also important in the recent record, with 35% of grants going to recipients in that state. The recipient list includes organizations in Seattle, Bainbridge Island, Silverdale, Bellevue, and Poulsbo, as well as Boston and Concord.
Yes. The foundation’s profile indicates that it funds individuals, in addition to organizations. The recent grants list itself is entirely made up of organizational recipients.
2026
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2026.
Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southern Poverty Law Center | Montgomery, AL | $37,500 | 2026 | Tolerance education, legal fight against white supremacists and tracking of hate groups |
| In-sight Collaborative | Concord, MA | $30,000 | 2026 | Improving the delivery of humanitarian aid |
| World Central Kitchen | WASHINGTON DC, DC | $21,000 | 2026 | First to the front lines providing fresh meals in response to crises, while working to build resilient food systems with locally led solutions. |
| Doctors without Borders | NEW YORK, NY | $20,000 | 2026 | Creating awareness, recruiting field staff, and advocating with the UN and US government on humanitarian concerns |
| Erie Family Health | Chicago, IL | $20,000 | 2026 | provides high quality medical, dental, and behavioral healthcare to all in need, regardless of ability to pay |
| The Trevor Project | W Hollywood, CA | $10,500 | 2026 | Elimination of prejudice and discrimination (race, religion, sex, national origin, etc) |
| Homesight | Seattle, WA | $10,000 | 2026 | PROMOTING SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC EQUITY TO PRESERVE AND ENHANCE ECONOMICALLY AND CULTURALLY DIVERSE COMMUNITIES THROUGH AFFORDABLE HOMEOWNERSHIP, BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT, AND COMMUNITY ADVOCACY. |
| Panhandle Area Foundation for Education | Sandpoint, ID | $9,000 | 2026 | Promoting excellence In education |
| Northwest Harvest | Seattle, WA | $6,300 | 2026 | Leading the fight for hungry people statewide to have access to nutritious food while respecting their dignity and promoting good health. |
| Bainbridge Ometepe Sister Island Ass | Rolling Bay, WA | $6,000 | 2026 | Helping Ometepe communities in education, health, livelihood and community improvements |
| Immigration Equality | Brooklyn, NY | $6,000 | 2026 | IMMIGRATION EQUALITY PROMOTES JUSTICE AND EQUALITY FOR LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENDER, QUEER, AND HIV-POSITIVE IMMIGRANTS THROUGH DIRECT LEGAL SERVICES, POLICY ADVOCACY, AND IMPACT LITIGATION. |
| Kitsap Community Foundation | Silverdale, WA | $5,850 | 2026 | Working for the well-being and empowerment of immigrants through education, advocacy and social justice |
| North Kitsap Fishline | Poulsbo, WA | $5,500 | 2026 | Foodbank and Emergency Services |
| Rethink Food NYC | NEW YORK, NY | $5,500 | 2026 | exists to bridge the gap between excess food and the communities that need it. Founded in 2017, we are a nonprofit growing a network to alleviate food insecurity. |
| AFS International | NEW YORK, NY | $5,250 | 2026 | Providing intercultural learning opportunities to help people develop knowledge, skills and understanding to create a more just and peaceful world. |
| ISNAD Taawon | Irvine, CA | $5,000 | 2026 | Supporting health, education and recovery for Palestinian communities |
| Indigenious Environmental Network | Bemidji, MN | $3,200 | 2026 | IEN was formed by grassroots Indigenous peoples and individuals to address environmental and economic justice issues (EJ) |
| No More Deaths | Tucson, AZ | $3,200 | 2026 | a humanitarian organization that provides aid to migrants crossing the US-Mexico border |
| Northwest Abortion Access Fund | Eugene, OR | $3,200 | 2026 | organization that helps people in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and Alaska pay for abortion care. |
| Rainier Prep Public Charter | Seattle, WA | $2,500 | 2026 | Rainier Prep's work is equity work as we ensure that academic growth, student agency, and college and career success mutually reinforce each other. |
| Island Volunteer Coordinatoras | Bainbridge Island, WA | $2,500 | 2026 | Bainbridge Island Volunteer organization supporting elderly and disabled in need |
| Kingston House NGO | Kingston, WA | $923 | 2026 | Supporting legacy forest and farmes in Pacific Northwest |
| Pelotonia Cancer Fundraiser | Columbus, OH | $500 | 2026 | Pelotan fight for cancer fundraiser (via Shawn McGrath) |
| Southern Povertly Law Center | Montgomery, AL | $25,000 | 2025 | Tolerance education, legal fight against white supremacists and tracking of hate groups |
| In-sight Collaborative | Concord, MA | $20,000 | 2025 | Improving the delivery of humanitarian aid |
| World Central Kitchen | WASHINGTON DC, DC | $20,000 | 2025 | First to the front lines providing fresh meals in response to crises, while working to build resilient food systems with locally led solutions. |
| Doctors without Borders | NEW YORK, NY | $15,000 | 2025 | Creating awareness, recruiting field staff, and advocating with the UN and US government on humanitarian concerns |
| Erie Family Health | Chicago, IL | $10,000 | 2025 | provides high quality medical, dental, and behavioral healthcare to all in need, regardless of ability to pay |
| 350org | Boston, MA | $10,000 | 2025 | Building a grass-roots climate movement to hold leaders accountable to realities of science and the principles of justice |
| The Trevor Project | W Hollywood, CA | $10,000 | 2025 | Elimination of prejudice and discrimination (race, religion, sex, national origin, etc) |
| Homesight | Seattle, WA | $7,000 | 2025 | PROMOTING SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC EQUITY TO PRESERVE AND ENHANCE ECONOMICALLY AND CULTURALLY DIVERSE COMMUNITIES THROUGH AFFORDABLE HOMEOWNERSHIP, BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT, AND COMMUNITY ADVOCACY. |
| Northwest Harvest | Seattle, WA | $6,000 | 2025 | Leading the fight for hungry people statewide to have access to nutritious food while respecting their dignity and promoting good health. |
| North Kitsap Fishline | Poulsbo, WA | $5,000 | 2025 | Foodbank and Emergency Services |
| Immigration Equality | Brooklyn, NY | $5,000 | 2025 | IMMIGRATION EQUALITY PROMOTES JUSTICE AND EQUALITY FOR LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENDER, QUEER, AND HIV-POSITIVE IMMIGRANTS THROUGH DIRECT LEGAL SERVICES, POLICY ADVOCACY, AND IMPACT LITIGATION. |
| Rethink Food NYC | NEW YORK, NY | $5,000 | 2025 | exists to bridge the gap between excess food and the communities that need it. Founded in 2017, we are a nonprofit growing a network to alleviate food insecurity. |
| CAST Abolish Slavery | Los Angeles, CA | $5,000 | 2025 | Ending moderns slavery through education, advocacy and empowering survivors of human trafficking |
| AFS International | NEW YORK, NY | $5,000 | 2025 | Providing intercultural learning opportunities to help people develop knowledge, skills and understanding to create a more just and peaceful world. |
| Kitsap Community Foundation | Silverdale, WA | $5,000 | 2025 | Working for the well-being and empowerment of immigrants through education, advocacy and social justice |
| Asiyah Womens Shelter | Brooklyn, NY | $3,000 | 2025 | an emergency center in New York City addressing the gap of appropriate residential services for the Arab, Middle Eastern, Muslim, South Asian (AMEMSA) and Black, Indigenous, People of Color (BIPOC) populations. |
| Indigenious Environmental Network | Bemidji, MN | $3,000 | 2025 | IEN was formed by grassroots Indigenous peoples and individuals to address environmental and economic justice issues (EJ) |
| No More Deaths | Tucson, AZ | $3,000 | 2025 | a humanitarian organization that provides aid to migrants crossing the US-Mexico border |
| Northwest Abortion Access Fund | Eugene, OR | $3,000 | 2025 | organization that helps people in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and Alaska pay for abortion care. |
| Rainier Prep Public Charter | Seattle, WA | $2,500 | 2025 | Rainier Prep's work is equity work as we ensure that academic growth, student agency, and college and career success mutually reinforce each other. |
| Bainbridge Ometepe Sister Island Ass | Rolling Bay, WA | $2,400 | 2025 | Helping Ometepe communities in education, health, livelihood and community improvements |
| Island Volunteer Coordinatoras | Bainbridge Island, WA | $2,175 | 2025 | Bainbridge Island Volunteer organization supporting elderly and disabled in need |
| SCSU Foundation | New Haven, CT | $2,000 | 2025 | Established in 1972, the SCSU Foundation's purpose is to solicit, receive, invest, and administer gifts and financial resources from private sources for the benefit of all programs at Southern. The foundation has responsibility for the election of board members who will support Southern's educational and public service programs and initiatives. |
| Pelotonia Cancer Fundraiser | Columbus, OH | $500 | 2025 | Pelotan fight for cancer fundraiser (via Shawn McGrath) |
| Rio Grande do Sul flooding | SANDPOINT, ID | $200 | 2025 | a local (Porto Alegre) fundraiser for their terrible flooding |
| Humanitian Aid Project for Ukraine | Bainbridge Island, WA | $1,800,591 | 2024 | DONATE DESPERATELY NEEDED FOOD, MEDICINE, AND EQUIPMENT FOR VICTIMS OF RUSSIA'S WAR OF AGGRESSION IN UKRAINE |
| Tvoya-oporaorg | SANDPOINT, ID | $20,000 | 2024 | Providing psychosocial assistance to children and their parents who suffer from the military agression inside Ukraine |
Tolerance education, legal fight against white supremacists and tracking of hate groups
In-sight Collaborative
$30,000Improving the delivery of humanitarian aid
World Central Kitchen
$21,000First to the front lines providing fresh meals in response to crises, while working to build resilient food systems with locally led solutions.
Doctors without Borders
$20,000Creating awareness, recruiting field staff, and advocating with the UN and US government on humanitarian concerns
Erie Family Health
$20,000provides high quality medical, dental, and behavioral healthcare to all in need, regardless of ability to pay
Elimination of prejudice and discrimination (race, religion, sex, national origin, etc)
PROMOTING SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC EQUITY TO PRESERVE AND ENHANCE ECONOMICALLY AND CULTURALLY DIVERSE COMMUNITIES THROUGH AFFORDABLE HOMEOWNERSHIP, BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT, AND COMMUNITY ADVOCACY.
Panhandle Area Foundation for Education
$9,000Promoting excellence In education
Northwest Harvest
$6,300Leading the fight for hungry people statewide to have access to nutritious food while respecting their dignity and promoting good health.
Bainbridge Ometepe Sister Island Ass
$6,000Helping Ometepe communities in education, health, livelihood and community improvements
IMMIGRATION EQUALITY PROMOTES JUSTICE AND EQUALITY FOR LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENDER, QUEER, AND HIV-POSITIVE IMMIGRANTS THROUGH DIRECT LEGAL SERVICES, POLICY ADVOCACY, AND IMPACT LITIGATION.
Working for the well-being and empowerment of immigrants through education, advocacy and social justice
exists to bridge the gap between excess food and the communities that need it. Founded in 2017, we are a nonprofit growing a network to alleviate food insecurity.
AFS International
$5,250Providing intercultural learning opportunities to help people develop knowledge, skills and understanding to create a more just and peaceful world.
ISNAD Taawon
$5,000Supporting health, education and recovery for Palestinian communities
Indigenious Environmental Network
$3,200IEN was formed by grassroots Indigenous peoples and individuals to address environmental and economic justice issues (EJ)
No More Deaths
$3,200a humanitarian organization that provides aid to migrants crossing the US-Mexico border
Northwest Abortion Access Fund
$3,200organization that helps people in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and Alaska pay for abortion care.
Rainier Prep Public Charter
$2,500Rainier Prep's work is equity work as we ensure that academic growth, student agency, and college and career success mutually reinforce each other.
Island Volunteer Coordinatoras
$2,500Bainbridge Island Volunteer organization supporting elderly and disabled in need
Kingston House NGO
$923Supporting legacy forest and farmes in Pacific Northwest
Pelotonia Cancer Fundraiser
$500Pelotan fight for cancer fundraiser (via Shawn McGrath)
Tolerance education, legal fight against white supremacists and tracking of hate groups
In-sight Collaborative
$20,000Improving the delivery of humanitarian aid
World Central Kitchen
$20,000First to the front lines providing fresh meals in response to crises, while working to build resilient food systems with locally led solutions.
Doctors without Borders
$15,000Creating awareness, recruiting field staff, and advocating with the UN and US government on humanitarian concerns
Erie Family Health
$10,000provides high quality medical, dental, and behavioral healthcare to all in need, regardless of ability to pay
Building a grass-roots climate movement to hold leaders accountable to realities of science and the principles of justice
Elimination of prejudice and discrimination (race, religion, sex, national origin, etc)
PROMOTING SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC EQUITY TO PRESERVE AND ENHANCE ECONOMICALLY AND CULTURALLY DIVERSE COMMUNITIES THROUGH AFFORDABLE HOMEOWNERSHIP, BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT, AND COMMUNITY ADVOCACY.
Northwest Harvest
$6,000Leading the fight for hungry people statewide to have access to nutritious food while respecting their dignity and promoting good health.
Immigration Equality
$5,000IMMIGRATION EQUALITY PROMOTES JUSTICE AND EQUALITY FOR LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENDER, QUEER, AND HIV-POSITIVE IMMIGRANTS THROUGH DIRECT LEGAL SERVICES, POLICY ADVOCACY, AND IMPACT LITIGATION.
exists to bridge the gap between excess food and the communities that need it. Founded in 2017, we are a nonprofit growing a network to alleviate food insecurity.
CAST Abolish Slavery
$5,000Ending moderns slavery through education, advocacy and empowering survivors of human trafficking
AFS International
$5,000Providing intercultural learning opportunities to help people develop knowledge, skills and understanding to create a more just and peaceful world.
Working for the well-being and empowerment of immigrants through education, advocacy and social justice
Asiyah Womens Shelter
$3,000an emergency center in New York City addressing the gap of appropriate residential services for the Arab, Middle Eastern, Muslim, South Asian (AMEMSA) and Black, Indigenous, People of Color (BIPOC) populations.
Indigenious Environmental Network
$3,000IEN was formed by grassroots Indigenous peoples and individuals to address environmental and economic justice issues (EJ)
No More Deaths
$3,000a humanitarian organization that provides aid to migrants crossing the US-Mexico border
Northwest Abortion Access Fund
$3,000organization that helps people in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and Alaska pay for abortion care.
Rainier Prep Public Charter
$2,500Rainier Prep's work is equity work as we ensure that academic growth, student agency, and college and career success mutually reinforce each other.
Bainbridge Ometepe Sister Island Ass
$2,400Helping Ometepe communities in education, health, livelihood and community improvements
Island Volunteer Coordinatoras
$2,175Bainbridge Island Volunteer organization supporting elderly and disabled in need
SCSU Foundation
$2,000Established in 1972, the SCSU Foundation's purpose is to solicit, receive, invest, and administer gifts and financial resources from private sources for the benefit of all programs at Southern. The foundation has responsibility for the election of board members who will support Southern's educational and public service programs and initiatives.
Pelotonia Cancer Fundraiser
$500Pelotan fight for cancer fundraiser (via Shawn McGrath)
Rio Grande do Sul flooding
$200a local (Porto Alegre) fundraiser for their terrible flooding
Humanitian Aid Project for Ukraine
$1,800,591DONATE DESPERATELY NEEDED FOOD, MEDICINE, AND EQUIPMENT FOR VICTIMS OF RUSSIA'S WAR OF AGGRESSION IN UKRAINE
Tvoya-oporaorg
$20,000Providing psychosocial assistance to children and their parents who suffer from the military agression inside Ukraine