About Proteus Fund
Proteus Fund connects philanthropy to the frontlines of social justice to advance racial, gender, queer, and disability justice, and an inclusive, fully representative democracy.
Focus Areas
Racial justiceGender justiceLGBTQ/Queer justiceDisability justiceDemocracy and civic participationJudicial integrityMoney in politics reformRight to protestReproductive rightsDigital security and safetyImmigrant and migrant justiceNarrative change and communications
Who They Fund
marginalized and rights-bearing communities
About Proteus Fund
Proteus Fund Inc centers philanthropy on social justice infrastructure, with grants that repeatedly back democracy work, rights and justice organizations, and collaborative vehicles that move money to the frontlines. Among its largest recent awards are $7,750,000 to Voter Registration Project and $3,000,000 to The Voter Participation Center, both in Washington, DC, alongside a $2,000,000 grant to Unidosus for democracy work. The pattern points to a funder that supports both large-scale civic participation efforts and organizations rooted in racial, gender, queer, and disability justice. The foundation also channels substantial support through its own affiliated and collaborative structures. Proteus Action League received $1,799,000 in 2025 for rights and justice, while collaborative initiatives such as the Piper Fund, the Rights, Faith & Democracy Collaborative, and RISE Together Fund show how the funder organizes capital around specific movements and issue intersections. Grants in the recent list include general support, rights & justice, and democracy, suggesting an emphasis on flexible funding for groups working on policy, advocacy, and field-building. The grant record includes recurring support for some recipients across multiple years, which indicates sustained relationships rather than isolated awards.
What Proteus Fund Funds
Democracy and civic participation is one of the clearest threads in Proteus Fund Inc’s recent grantmaking. It gave $1,000,000 to Center for Technology and Civic Life for democracy work and another $1,000,000 to State Innovation Exchange for the same purpose. The foundation also supported Nonprofit Vote with $500,000 in general support, linking civic participation to organizational capacity. Its rights-and-justice portfolio includes movement-oriented support for organizations such as Movement Strategy Center, which received $750,000 in 2024 and again in 2025, and Common Counsel Foundation, which received $700,000. The foundation also funded Social Good Fund with $526,000 and Allied Media Projects with $468,220, both in rights and justice. In reproductive and faith-related work, the Rights, Faith & Democracy Collaborative is positioned to fund coalitions at the intersection of religious-freedom claims and protections for gender, LGBTQ, and racial justice.
How Proteus Fund Gives
Proteus Fund Inc gives at a sizable mid-to-large grant scale: the typical grant size is $15,000 at the 25th percentile, $30,000 at the median, and $64,500 at the 75th percentile. The recent record also includes much larger program and general-support grants, showing a wide spread from core operating support to major institutional funding. The pattern is not one-off. Several recipients appear across multiple years, including The Voter Participation Center, Voter Registration Project, Grassroots International Inc, Movement Strategy Center, and People’s Solar Energy Fund. Proteus Fund Inc is a mixed community foundation and does not fund individuals or make program-related investments. The grant data also shows a strong reliance on general support and unrestricted/core operating support.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$42.5M
Total Assets
$67.1M
Total Revenue
$43.2M
Total Expenses
$50.9M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $15K and $65K, with a median of $30K.
25th Percentile
$15K
Median
$30K
75th Percentile
$65K
Geographic Reach
National46 states funded
About 5% of grants go to recipients in CA.
Funding intensity
LowHigh
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