Proteus Fund

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