About Peace Development Fund
The Peace Development Fund works to build the capacity of community-based organizations through grants, training, and other resources as partners in human rights and social justice movements. As a public foundation, we nourish, foster, and encourage the diverse, self-sustaining and economically viable communities that are essential to building a peaceful, just and equitable world.
Focus Areas
community organizinghuman rightsracial and economic justiceenvironmental justicecapacity buildingfiscal sponsorshiprapid response fundingIndigenous rights / land backyouth organizing
Who They Fund
youth and young peopleIndigenous communitiesimmigrants, refugees, and asylum seekers
About Peace Development Fund
Peace Development Fund’s grantmaking centers on grassroots organizing, and its recent awards show a strong preference for large, flexible support to groups working on human rights, racial and economic justice, environmental justice, and Indigenous rights. The biggest grant in the recent list went to Whose Knowledge in San Diego for general support, while other sizable awards backed Restoring Justice for Indigenous in Sacramento for criminal justice work and Beloved Economies in Stanford for economic justice. The foundation also funded youth, housing, food, health, anti-war, and land-back efforts, which shows a broad movement-building portfolio rather than a single issue lane. The funder’s own program structure reinforces that pattern. Its Community Organizing Grants docket is built for grassroots organizations in the United States, Mexico, and Haiti, and the rapid response fund is designed for short-term organizing opportunities rather than emergency relief. Peace Development Fund also combines grantmaking with capacity-building support through The Sustainability Project, a training sequence for recent grantees and fiscal sponsorship projects focused on fundraising, financial management, and board development. Across the recent grants, support often appears as general support or other flexible project-based funding, consistent with its role as a public foundation for movement infrastructure.
What Peace Development Fund Funds
In community organizing and movement-building, Peace Development Fund backed Friends of Taghyeer Movement in Washington, DC with one grant for international solidarity and another for general support. It also funded Peoples Justice Project in Columbus for criminal justice work, linking organizing to systems-change advocacy. Indigenous rights and land back are a clear thread. The foundation awarded $65,000 to Tanka Fund in Kyle, SD for Indigenous rights, and it also supports a dedicated Haible Land Back Fund for Indigenous grassroots organizations working on land restoration and land repatriation. Youth and education work also appears in the recent record. I Am Why in Newton Center received major grants for youth programs and youth rights, while the Education Justice Coalition of VT in Burlington was funded for education reform and education support. Environmental and economic justice are present as well, including grants to Southern Farm Lab in Pineview for food justice and to Beloved Economies in Stanford for economic justice.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$2.1M
Total Assets
$10.8M
Total Revenue
$12.3M
Total Expenses
$3.1M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $10K and $58K, with a median of $23K.
25th Percentile
$10K
Median
$23K
75th Percentile
$58K
Geographic Reach
National30 states funded
About 19% of grants go to recipients in CA.
Funding intensity
LowHigh
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