Globetrotter Foundation
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About Globetrotter Foundation
Globetrotter Foundation prioritizes place-based economic and land justice, funding grassroots organizations that advance community ownership, regenerative agriculture, food sovereignty, and worker/cooperative economies. They favor operating support and flexible grants to movement-led groups (including Indigenous, Black, and rural constituencies) and fund both regional community development funds and legal/technical intermediaries that build community-controlled capital and land stewardship. Grants often support organizations organizing for climate and racial justice in the food/land systems rather than project-specific capacity building.
Focus Areas
Community-controlled land & land trusts (e.g., land funds, corridor trusts)Food sovereignty and Black/Latinx community food justice organizationsNative and rural economic development and Native-led financial intermediariesCooperative and community-owned real estate/worker-owned enterprise supportRegenerative agriculture research and university–community partnershipsRural women in ranching and sustainable ranching initiatives
Who They Fund
BIPOC farmers and agroecology practitioners
About Globetrotter Foundation
Globetrotter Foundation’s recent grantmaking is built around place-based economic and land justice, with large operating grants to organizations advancing community ownership, regenerative agriculture, food sovereignty, and worker- and cooperative-economy models. The foundation’s portfolio shows a strong preference for movement-led groups and intermediaries that can move capital, land, and technical assistance into community hands. Among the largest recent awards are $225,000 to Kensington Corridor Trust for operating support and $200,000 to Higher Purpose Co for operating support. Those grants sit alongside support for land and food-system institutions such as The People’s Land Fund in Oakland, National Black Food and Justice Alliance in Atlanta, and Oweesta Corporation in Longmont. The pattern points to funding that is not narrowly project-based: grants are often used for operations, salary support, loan conversions, or loan guarantees. The foundation also backs organizations working at the intersection of climate and racial justice in food and land systems. Recent awards include support for community development funds, Native-led financial intermediaries, cooperative real-estate efforts, and research or network organizations tied to regenerative agriculture and land stewardship. Its work spans rural, urban, and Indigenous communities, with a visible emphasis on community-controlled capital and long-term land access.
What Globetrotter Foundation Funds
In community-controlled land work, Globetrotter Foundation gave $125,000 to Sustainable Economies Law Center for East Bay Permanent Real Estate Cooperative operating support and $150,000 to The People’s Land Fund for operations. That combination points to an interest in structures that keep land under community control rather than short-term project support. In food sovereignty and food-justice organizing, the foundation awarded $187,500 to Community Services Unlimited Inc. for the #NRI Grant 2024 South Central Equitable Development Fund and $122,000 to La Semilla Food Center for operating support. It also funded National Black Food and Justice Alliance with $150,000 for operations. Its agricultural capacity-building work includes $100,000 to Carbon Cycle Institute for BIPOC Agroecology Network operating support and $105,000 to The University Foundation CSU Chico for distribution to the Center for Regenerative Agriculture & Resilient Systems. The grant list also includes Women in Ranching Inc. and Occidental Arts & Ecology Center, showing support for women-led ranching and food leadership.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$3.9M
Total Assets
$21.3M
Total Revenue
$861K
Total Expenses
$4.6M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $33K and $71K, with a median of $50K.
25th Percentile
$33K
Median
$50K
75th Percentile
$71K
Geographic Reach
National20 states funded
Funding intensity
LowHigh
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