About Hidden Leaf Foundation
HIDDEN LEAF FOUNDATION concentrates significant, high-dollar support on U.S. progressive movement-building and community land stewardship in the San Francisco Bay Area. Its limited number of large grants fund intermediary organizations that build power and infrastructure for social movements, as well as local Indigenous land-back and stewardship efforts. The foundation prefers multi-grant relationships with a small set of strategic partners rather than broad, diffuse giving.
Focus Areas
Movement-building infrastructure and strategy organizations (movement capacity, training, convening)Progressive philanthropic intermediaries and grantmaking organizationsIndigenous land trusts and Bay Area land-back / stewardship projects
Who They Fund
Indigenous organizations / Native communities (e.g., Utah Diné Bikéyah)Women-led or women-focused groupsNonprofit organizationsLocal community organizations (e.g., Richmond-area groups)
Giving Approach
About Hidden Leaf Foundation
Hidden Leaf Foundation channels large, multi-year support to a small set of movement organizations that pair community organizing with inner-awareness and contemplative practices. Its grantmaking also includes intermediary philanthropy, Indigenous land stewardship, and community investments such as project grants, DAF creation, and bridge financing. The pattern is long-term rather than broad: five-year general operating grants are a defining part of the portfolio, alongside mission-related and program-related investments intended to strengthen the infrastructure around movement work. Among the largest recent awards, the foundation gave $1,184,500 to Amalgamated Foundation to create a donor-advised fund, followed by $927,835 to the same organization in 2024. It also awarded $500,000 to Movement Strategy Center for general support, signaling the scale at which it backs intermediary organizations. Another $500,000 grant went to Sogorea Te Land Trust, reflecting its support for Indigenous land-back and stewardship efforts. The grant list shows recurring relationships with a limited set of partners rather than one-off checks. Several recipients return across years, including Movement Strategy Center, Native Movement, Power California, and Climate Justice Alliance. The foundation’s active programs emphasize transformative change, frontline organizing, racial and environmental justice, and regenerative economy work.
What Hidden Leaf Foundation Funds
Movement infrastructure is a core theme. Hidden Leaf Foundation gave $309,000 to Movement Strategy Center for a project grant and later $500,000 for general support, both tied to organizing infrastructure and movement-building capacity. Indigenous land stewardship is another clear area. The foundation awarded $500,000 to Sogorea Te Land Trust, and its active programs also cover Indigenous land in the United States. Native Movement appears more than once in the recent grants list, with $75,000 grants in both 2023 and 2025. The portfolio also reaches into community finance and local bridge support. A $100,000 project grant to Full Spectrum Labs was specifically for Richmond bridge loans, while the foundation’s program-related and recoverable-grant activity is designed to build community economic power. Women-focused and justice-oriented organizing show up as well, including $75,000 grants to Forward Together and Essie Justice Group, both based in Oakland.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$2.6M
Total Assets
$58.3M
Total Revenue
$4.4M
Total Expenses
$4.3M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $25K and $75K, with a median of $50K.
25th Percentile
$25K
Median
$50K
75th Percentile
$75K
Geographic Reach
Regional15 states funded
Funding intensity
LowHigh
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