Levi Strauss Foundation
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About Levi Strauss Foundation
The Levi Strauss Foundation appears to concentrate its giving on philanthropic infrastructure by making large, unrestricted grants to online charitable giving intermediaries. Its recent grants support organizations that enable and aggregate donations (online giving platforms) rather than direct-service nonprofits, indicating a strategic interest in improving fundraising channels and donor-facing technology. Funding spans at least US and UK organizations, suggesting support for cross-border giving infrastructure.
Focus Areas
Online charitable giving platforms (e.g., PayPal/online giving fund models)Philanthropic infrastructure and fundraising technologyGeneral operating support for grantmaking intermediariesUS–UK online giving/cross-border donation infrastructure
Who They Fund
people seeking abortion/reproductive healthcare (women and pregnant people)immigrants facing deportationMuslim communities in the Bay Areatransgender, nonbinary, and queer Asian Pacific Islander (API) communities
About Levi Strauss Foundation
A defining feature of the Levi Strauss Foundation’s recent giving is its support for philanthropic infrastructure: a $7,932,915 general operating grant to American Online Giving Foundation and a $1,050,000 general operating grant to UK Online Giving Foundation. Alongside those platform-focused awards, the foundation also backs advocacy and service organizations working on reproductive rights, immigrant rights, democracy, worker well-being, and community leadership. Its recent grants show both large institutional support and targeted investments in groups doing policy, litigation, organizing, and direct-service work. The foundation’s grantmaking also includes recurring support for social-change intermediaries and for organizations tied to the Levi Strauss & Co. business ecosystem. Several grants are directed through the “Pioneers in Justice” program, pairing general support with leadership resilience and professional wellbeing for executive directors and deputy directors. Other awards go to organizations working on abortion access, deportation defense, civic engagement, harm reduction, and the rights of apparel workers. Recipients include Center for Reproductive Rights, Pangea Legal Services, International Planned Parenthood Federation Worldwide Inc, and Aids United.
What Levi Strauss Foundation Funds
In reproductive justice, the Levi Strauss Foundation gave $507,211 to Center for Reproductive Rights for advocacy efforts to protect women’s reproductive rights in the U.S., and $200,000 to American Online Giving Foundation Inc for project support to combat the criminalization of abortion seekers in Texas through legal trainings, research, and advocacy. Immigrant rights is another visible area. The foundation granted $276,833 to Pangea Legal Services for litigation, deportation defense, and community empowerment work, and $200,000 to International Refugee Assistance Project to improve inefficiencies within the immigration system that disadvantage immigrants of color and displaced people. The foundation also funds democracy and civic engagement work. It gave $200,000 to American Online Giving Foundation Inc for general operating support to leverage cultural media organizations and narrative change to spur civic engagement and advance democracy in the United States, and $152,500 to Repower Fund to strengthen the leadership of BIPOC and women leaders advancing democracy.
How Levi Strauss Foundation Gives
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$10.3M
Total Assets
$80.5M
Total Revenue
$9.2M
Total Expenses
$11.3M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $50K and $150K, with a median of $100K.
25th Percentile
$50K
Median
$100K
75th Percentile
$150K
Geographic Reach
National18 states funded
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Headquarters
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Where Levi Strauss Foundation Funds
Top 10 recipient countries by grant volume for Levi Strauss Foundation.
| Rank | Country | Grants | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United StatesDomestic | 150 | $23.1M | 72.8% |
| 2 | United Kingdom |
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