The Left Tilt Fund concentrates on progressive civic engagement and international trade justice, funding organizations that combine grassroots organizing with policy advocacy. Its grants heavily support voter education and nonpartisan registration drives targeting communities of color and working-class constituencies, alongside sustained investment in trade/climate advocacy and allied campaign infrastructure. Funding is strategic and repeat-oriented, aimed at capacity-building for organizers and campaign work rather than small one-off operational gifts.
The largest recent grant from Lynn Handleman Charitable Foundation Dba the Left Tilt Fund went to Global Exchange: $685,000 in 2025 for general support and support for international partners. That award is a good signal of how the funder operates. It backs organizations that connect grassroots organizing with policy advocacy, and it repeatedly funds work tied to progressive civic engagement, trade justice, and election participation. The foundation’s recent grants also show sustained support for voter education and registration efforts aimed at specific communities, including Latino and Native voters, along with labor-aligned mobilization and coalition infrastructure. Working America Education Fund received $125,000 in 2025 for non-partisan voter education and registration, while Native Organizer Alliance received the same amount for the same purpose. On the trade side, the funder supports climate-linked advocacy and education, including California Trade Justice Coalition Co Earth Island Institute, which received $150,000 in 2025 for trade justice education. Several grants also support international partners and civic monitoring work in Latin America and the Middle East.
Trade justice and climate campaigning appear as a recurring theme. The foundation gave $150,000 in 2025 to California Trade Justice Coalition Co Earth Island Institute for general support for trade justice education, and $100,000 in 2023 to Trade Justice Education Fund for the 2022 HIRES/WTO climate campaign. It also backed the same intermediary with $50,000 in 2024 for the WTO Peace Clause campaign and $50,000 in 2024 for climate peace clause camp. Democracy and election-related work is another clear focus. In 2024, Centro De Estudios Socio Juridicos Latinoamericanos - Cesjul received $50,000 for leadership of a multi-national Guatemala elections observation mission and coverage. The funder also supported Center of Study for Democracy (CESPAD) with $50,000 in 2023 for civic monitoring and analysis, and Casa Circulo Cultural with $45,000 in 2023 for Brazil election coverage. Humanitarian relief is present as well: Middle East Children's Alliance received $40,000 in 2025 for food aid and humanitarian relief in Gaza.
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Most grants fall between $15K and $60K, with a median of $30K.
25th Percentile
$15K
Median
$30K
75th Percentile
$60K
Top 5 recipient countries by grant volume for Lynn Handleman Charitable Foundation Dba the Left Tilt Fund.
| Rank | Country | Grants | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United StatesDomestic | 46 | $3.5M | 74.2% |
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Concentrated, strategic philanthropy: a small number of relatively large grants (many multi-year or repeated awards) to a core group of advocacy and organizing partners. Heavy weighting toward a few flagship grantees (notably Global Exchange) with targeted support for voter mobilization and trade/climate campaigns rather than broadly dispersed small grants.
Notable grantees: Global Exchange, Mi Familia Vota Education Fund / Mi Familia Vota Ed Fund, Working America Education Fund, Native Organizer Alliance, Trade Justice Education Fund (and California Trade Justice Coalition via Earth Island)
Typical grants cluster around mid-five figures: the 25th percentile is $15,000, the median is $30,000, and the 75th percentile is $60,000. The pattern is repeat-oriented rather than one-off. Global Exchange appears across multiple years, including 2023, 2024, and 2025, with grants ranging from project-specific support to general support and regranting. The funder is structured as a charitable foundation and funds individuals. Recent awards combine general support, project support, and campaign-specific funding rather than program-related investments.
Most grants land in the United States, and 66% go to recipients in California, even though the top state by grant count is DC. Recent California recipients include San Francisco, Berkeley, Redwood City, and Oakland-area organizations. Outside the US, grants reach Guatemala, Mexico, Colombia, and Honduras. Among named locations, Guatemala-based Fundación Derechos Económicos Sociales y Culturales para América Latina and Bogotá-based Cesjul show the foundation’s cross-border civic and advocacy funding.
It supports organizations working on progressive civic engagement, trade justice, democracy monitoring, and allied advocacy. Recent grants include Global Exchange for international partners, California Trade Justice Coalition Co Earth Island Institute for trade justice education, and several voter education grantees such as Working America Education Fund, Mi Familia Vota Ed Fund, and Native Organizer Alliance.
Yes. Global Exchange appears in 2023, 2024, and 2025 with multiple awards, including $685,000 in 2025 and earlier grants for assorted projects, regranting, and campaign work. Trade Justice Education Fund also received grants in both 2023 and 2024.
The grant-size distribution centers on mid-five-figure awards. The 25th percentile is $15,000, the median is $30,000, and the 75th percentile is $60,000, with some larger awards such as $685,000 to Global Exchange in 2025.
Its highest grant concentration is in the United States, with 74.2% of grants going to US recipients. California receives 66% of grants, and DC is the top state by grant count. Recent city-level recipients include San Francisco, Berkeley, Washington, DC, Seattle, Phoenix, and Atlanta.
Three areas stand out: trade justice and WTO climate campaigning, non-partisan voter education and registration, and democracy monitoring or election coverage in Latin America. Examples include $150,000 to California Trade Justice Coalition Co Earth Island Institute, $125,000 to Working America Education Fund, and $50,000 to Cesjul for elections observation and coverage.
2025
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2025.
| Guatemala |
| 5 |
| $125K |
8.1% |
| 3 | Colombia | 4 | $115K | 6.5% |
| 4 | Mexico | 4 | $65K | 6.5% |
| 5 | Honduras | 3 | $120K | 4.8% |
Recipient country reflects the grantee's headquarters per IRS 990-PF and Schedule F filings, not the program's implementation country.
Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GLOBAL EXCHANGE | SAN FRANCISCO, CA | $685,000 | 2025 | GENERAL SUPPORT AND SUPPORT FOR INTERNATIONAL PARTNERS |
| CALIFORNIA TRADE JUSTICE COALITION CO EARTH ISLAND INSTITUTE | BERKELEY, CA | $150,000 | 2025 | GENERAL SUPPORT FOR TRADE JUSTICE EDUCATION |
| MI FAMILIA VOTA ED FUND | PHOENIX, AZ | $150,000 | 2025 | GENERAL SUPPORT FOR MVF NON-PARTISAN VOTER EDUCATION AND REGISTRATATION PROGRAMS |
| WORKING AMERICA EDUCATION FUND | WASHINGTON, DC | $125,000 | 2025 | SUPPORT FOR NON-PARTISAN VOTER EDUCATION AND REGISTRATION |
| NATIVE ORGANIZER ALLIANCE | SEATTLE, WA | $125,000 | 2025 | SUPPORT FOR NON-PARTISAN VOTER EDUCATION AND REGISTRATION |
| SOCIAL FOCUS | REDWOOD CITY, CA | $70,000 | 2025 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| ALLIANCE FOR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC JUSTICE | SAN FRANCISCO, CA | $55,000 | 2025 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| FUNDACION DERECHOS ECONOMICOS SOCIALES Y CULTURALES PARA AMERICA LATINA | GUATEMALA | $50,000 | 2025 | SUPPORT FOR RESEARCH AND ADVOCACY PROJECTS IN GUATEMALA |
| TAMARINDO FOUNDATION | INDIANAPOLIS, IN | $40,000 | 2025 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| CENTRO DE ESTUDIO PARA LA DEMOCRACIA - CESPAD | MORAZAN | $40,000 | 2025 | SUPPORT FOR MISSION TO EXPAND AND SOLIDIFY DEMOCRACY IN HONDURAS |
| MIDDLE EAST CHILDREN'S ALLIANCE | BERKELEY, CA | $40,000 | 2025 | SUPPORT FOR FOOD AID AND HUMANITARIAN RELIEF IN GAZA |
| LATIN AMERICA WORKING GROUP | WASHINGTON, DC | $35,000 | 2025 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| NATIONAL LAWYERS GUILD SF BAY AREA | SAN FRANCISCO, CA | $30,000 | 2025 | EDUCATION ADVOCACY |
| IGUALTAT | MEXICO CITY | $23,000 | 2025 | SUPPPORT FOR COMPLETION OF "SIGNATURE" VIDEO PROJECT CONDUCTED WITH PMPJ |
| CENTER FOR ECONOMIC AND POLICY RESEARCH | WASHINGTON, DC | $20,000 | 2025 | GENERAL SUPPORT FOR MEDIA FELLOWSHIPS |
| NISGUA | DURHAM, NC | $20,000 | 2025 | GENERAL SUPPORT TO SUPPORT HUMAN RIGHTS AND DEMOCRACY IN GUATEMALA |
| JOHN F TINKER FOUNDATION | SALEM, WI | $15,000 | 2025 | GENERAL SUPPORT FOR OPENING MINDS TO PEACE IN PALESTINE PROJECT |
| ROMPEVIENTO TV | MEXICO CITY | $864 | 2025 | FOR ACQUISITION OF A SWITCHER TO ASSIST WITH SPECIAL TRANSMISSIONS FROM JORDAN, THE WEST BANK, AND EGYPT, PART OF AN INTERNATIONAL MISSION TO DOCUMENT REACTIONS TO THE WAR IN THE REGION AND EFFORTS FOR PEACE |
| GLOBAL EXCHANGE | SAN FRANCISCO, CA | $340,000 | 2024 | VARIOUS PER AGREEMENT |
| GLOBAL EXCHANGE | SAN FRANCISCO, CA | $191,000 | 2024 | ASSORTED PROJECTS AND REGRANTING |
| CALIFORNIA TRADE JUSTICE COALITION | BERKELEY, CA | $60,000 | 2024 | TRADE JUSTICE/CLIMATE |
| CENTRO DE ESTUDIOS SOCIO JURIDICOS LATINOAMERICANOS - CESJUL | BOGOTA DC | $50,000 | 2024 | SUPPORT FOR CESJUL'S LEADERSHIP OF MULTI-NATIONAL GUATEMALA ELECTIONS OBSERVATION MISSION AND COVERAGE (ROUND 2) |
| TRADE JUSTICE EDUCATION FUND | WASHINGTON, DC | $50,000 | 2024 | WTO PEACE CLAUSE CAMPAIGN |
| TRADE JUSTICE EDUCATION FUND | WASHINGTON, CA | $50,000 | 2024 | CLIMATE PEACE CLAUSE CAMP |
| CENTRO DE ESTUDIO PARA LA DEMOCRACIA - CESPAD | MORAZAN | $30,000 | 2024 | GENERAL SUPPORT FOR DEMOCRACY MONITORING PROGRAM |
| FUNDACION DERECHOS ECONOMICOS SOCIALES Y CULTURALES PARA AMERICA LATINA | GUATEMALA | $25,000 | 2024 | ELECTION ANALYSIS |
| CENTRO DE ESTUDIOS SOCIO JURIDICOS LATINOAMERICANOS - CESJUL | BOGOTA DC | $25,000 | 2024 | EMERGENCY HUMAN RIGHTS DELEGATION AND INVESTIGATION IN PERU |
| FUNDACION DERECHOS ECONOMICOS SOCIALES Y CULTURALES PARA AMERICA LATINA | GUATEMALA | $20,000 | 2024 | PRE-ELECTION SURVEY OF INDIGENOUS AND OTHER KEY COMMUNITIES ACROSS GUATEMALA TO ASSESS PRIORITIES |
| CASA CIRCULO CULTURAL | REDWOOD CITY, CA | $20,000 | 2024 | PERU EMERGENCY/MEDIA RESPONSE |
| NATIONAL LAWYERS GUILD SF BAY AREA | SAN FRANCISCO, CA | $20,000 | 2024 | INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS ACTION |
| FUNDACION DERECHOS ECONOMICOS SOCIALES Y CULTURALES PARA AMERICA LATINA | GUATEMALA | $20,000 | 2024 | SUPPORT FOR RESEARCH AND ADVOCACY FOR DEMOCRACY IN TENSE POST ELECTION (PRE-TRANSITION) CONTEXT |
| CENTRO DE ESTUDIOS SOCIO JURIDICOS LATINOAMERICANOS - CESJUL | BOGOTA DC | $15,000 | 2024 | SUPPORT FOR GUATEMALA NON-PARTISAN ELECTIONS OBSERVATION (ROUND 1) |
| CASA CIRCULO CULTURAL | REDWOOD CITY, CA | $12,000 | 2024 | GUATEMALA ELECTIONS |
| CASA CIRCULO CULTURAL | REDWOOD CITY, CA | $10,000 | 2024 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| ALLIANCE FOR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC JUSTICE | SAN FRANCISCO, CA | $10,000 | 2024 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| JOHN F TINKER FOUNDATION | SALEM, WI | $10,000 | 2024 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| FUNDACION DERECHOS ECONOMICOS SOCIALES Y CULTURALES PARA AMERICA LATINA | GUATEMALA | $10,000 | 2024 | SUPPORT FOR ELECTION OBSERVATION WORK AND ONGOING COMMUNITY RESEARCH |
| CASA CIRCULO CULTURAL | REDWOOD CITY, CA | $5,000 | 2024 | SUPPORT FOR COVERAGE OF GAZA INVASION AND TECHNICAL SUPPORT |
| NATIONAL LAWYERS GUILD SF BAY AREA | SAN FRANCISCO, CA | $5,000 | 2024 | PERU DELEGATION REPORTING AND FOLLOW UP |
| LATIN AMERICA WORKING GROUP | WASHINGTON, DC | $5,000 | 2024 | GUATEMALA ELECTION OBSERVATION AND FOLLOW-UP |
| GLOBAL EXCHANGE | SAN FRANCISCO, CA | $170,000 | 2023 | MAY 2022-2023 BINATIONAL |
| MI FAMILIA VOTA EDUCATION FUND | PHOENIX, AZ | $150,000 | 2023 | VOTER ENGAGEMENT |
| GLOBAL EXCHANGE | SAN FRANCISCO, CA | $150,000 | 2023 | DEMOCRACY SUMMER & WEB UPGRADEDEMOCRACY SUMMER AND WEB UPGRADE |
| GLOBAL EXCHANGE | SAN FRANCISCO, CA | $110,000 | 2023 | GENERAL SUPPORT FOR PROGRAMS AND DISTRIBUTIONS |
| TRADE JUSTICE EDUCATION FUND | WASHINGTON, DC | $100,000 | 2023 | 2022 HIRES/WTO CLIMATE CAMPAIGN |
| GLOBAL EXCHANGE | SAN FRANCISCO, CA | $64,200 | 2023 | GO PROGRAM |
| ALLIANCE FOR A JUST SOCIETY | SEATTLE, WA | $60,000 | 2023 | NATIVE ORGANIZERS ALLIANCE/VOTER EDUCATION |
| GEORGIA COALITION FOR THE PEOPLE'S AGENDA | ATLANTA, GA | $60,000 | 2023 | VOTER EDUCATION |
| WORKING AMERICA EDUCATION FUND | WASHINGTON, DC | $60,000 | 2023 | VOTER EDUCATION |
| CENTER OF STUDY FOR DEMOCRACY (CESPAD) | MORAZAN | $50,000 | 2023 | GENERAL SUPPORT FOR CIVIC MONITORING AND ANALYSIS |
CALIFORNIA TRADE JUSTICE COALITION CO EARTH ISLAND INSTITUTE
$150,000GENERAL SUPPORT FOR TRADE JUSTICE EDUCATION
GENERAL SUPPORT FOR MVF NON-PARTISAN VOTER EDUCATION AND REGISTRATATION PROGRAMS
WORKING AMERICA EDUCATION FUND
$125,000SUPPORT FOR NON-PARTISAN VOTER EDUCATION AND REGISTRATION
NATIVE ORGANIZER ALLIANCE
$125,000SUPPORT FOR NON-PARTISAN VOTER EDUCATION AND REGISTRATION
SOCIAL FOCUS
$70,000GENERAL SUPPORT
ALLIANCE FOR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC JUSTICE
$55,000GENERAL SUPPORT
FUNDACION DERECHOS ECONOMICOS SOCIALES Y CULTURALES PARA AMERICA LATINA
$50,000SUPPORT FOR RESEARCH AND ADVOCACY PROJECTS IN GUATEMALA
TAMARINDO FOUNDATION
$40,000GENERAL SUPPORT
CENTRO DE ESTUDIO PARA LA DEMOCRACIA - CESPAD
$40,000SUPPORT FOR MISSION TO EXPAND AND SOLIDIFY DEMOCRACY IN HONDURAS
SUPPORT FOR FOOD AID AND HUMANITARIAN RELIEF IN GAZA
LATIN AMERICA WORKING GROUP
$35,000GENERAL SUPPORT
NATIONAL LAWYERS GUILD SF BAY AREA
$30,000EDUCATION ADVOCACY
IGUALTAT
$23,000SUPPPORT FOR COMPLETION OF "SIGNATURE" VIDEO PROJECT CONDUCTED WITH PMPJ
GENERAL SUPPORT FOR MEDIA FELLOWSHIPS
NISGUA
$20,000GENERAL SUPPORT TO SUPPORT HUMAN RIGHTS AND DEMOCRACY IN GUATEMALA
JOHN F TINKER FOUNDATION
$15,000GENERAL SUPPORT FOR OPENING MINDS TO PEACE IN PALESTINE PROJECT
ROMPEVIENTO TV
$864FOR ACQUISITION OF A SWITCHER TO ASSIST WITH SPECIAL TRANSMISSIONS FROM JORDAN, THE WEST BANK, AND EGYPT, PART OF AN INTERNATIONAL MISSION TO DOCUMENT REACTIONS TO THE WAR IN THE REGION AND EFFORTS FOR PEACE
CALIFORNIA TRADE JUSTICE COALITION
$60,000TRADE JUSTICE/CLIMATE
CENTRO DE ESTUDIOS SOCIO JURIDICOS LATINOAMERICANOS - CESJUL
$50,000SUPPORT FOR CESJUL'S LEADERSHIP OF MULTI-NATIONAL GUATEMALA ELECTIONS OBSERVATION MISSION AND COVERAGE (ROUND 2)
CENTRO DE ESTUDIO PARA LA DEMOCRACIA - CESPAD
$30,000GENERAL SUPPORT FOR DEMOCRACY MONITORING PROGRAM
FUNDACION DERECHOS ECONOMICOS SOCIALES Y CULTURALES PARA AMERICA LATINA
$25,000ELECTION ANALYSIS
CENTRO DE ESTUDIOS SOCIO JURIDICOS LATINOAMERICANOS - CESJUL
$25,000EMERGENCY HUMAN RIGHTS DELEGATION AND INVESTIGATION IN PERU
FUNDACION DERECHOS ECONOMICOS SOCIALES Y CULTURALES PARA AMERICA LATINA
$20,000PRE-ELECTION SURVEY OF INDIGENOUS AND OTHER KEY COMMUNITIES ACROSS GUATEMALA TO ASSESS PRIORITIES
NATIONAL LAWYERS GUILD SF BAY AREA
$20,000INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS ACTION
FUNDACION DERECHOS ECONOMICOS SOCIALES Y CULTURALES PARA AMERICA LATINA
$20,000SUPPORT FOR RESEARCH AND ADVOCACY FOR DEMOCRACY IN TENSE POST ELECTION (PRE-TRANSITION) CONTEXT
CENTRO DE ESTUDIOS SOCIO JURIDICOS LATINOAMERICANOS - CESJUL
$15,000SUPPORT FOR GUATEMALA NON-PARTISAN ELECTIONS OBSERVATION (ROUND 1)
ALLIANCE FOR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC JUSTICE
$10,000GENERAL SUPPORT
JOHN F TINKER FOUNDATION
$10,000GENERAL SUPPORT
FUNDACION DERECHOS ECONOMICOS SOCIALES Y CULTURALES PARA AMERICA LATINA
$10,000SUPPORT FOR ELECTION OBSERVATION WORK AND ONGOING COMMUNITY RESEARCH
SUPPORT FOR COVERAGE OF GAZA INVASION AND TECHNICAL SUPPORT
NATIONAL LAWYERS GUILD SF BAY AREA
$5,000PERU DELEGATION REPORTING AND FOLLOW UP
LATIN AMERICA WORKING GROUP
$5,000GUATEMALA ELECTION OBSERVATION AND FOLLOW-UP
DEMOCRACY SUMMER & WEB UPGRADEDEMOCRACY SUMMER AND WEB UPGRADE
CENTER OF STUDY FOR DEMOCRACY (CESPAD)
$50,000GENERAL SUPPORT FOR CIVIC MONITORING AND ANALYSIS