About Right to the City Alliance
Organize renters and communities to fight displacement, gentrification, and win community-controlled, affordable housing and related policy solutions (Homes For All / Renter Nation political education and trainings).
Focus Areas
Housing affordabilityTenant rights / renters' protectionsAnti-gentrificationCommunity land trusts / community controlPolitical education and organizingUtility and climate justice (intersectional)
Who They Fund
low-income renterspeople experiencing or at risk of homelessnesscommunity residents seeking stable housing
Funding Style
advocacy/policy-focused (inferred from name)coalition-building/organizing (inferred)
About Right to the City Alliance
Right to the City Alliance Inc backs organizing that links renter power, anti-displacement work, and community control of housing. One of its clearest recent signals is the $500,000 grant to Right to the City Action Fund in 2023 for Homes For All, paired with a $150,000 grant to Neo Philanthropy Inc for Homes For All in the same year. The pattern points to a funder that uses significant grants to support coalition infrastructure, political education, and advocacy rather than individual services. The foundation’s recent grants also show durable support for tenant organizing and place-based housing justice work in multiple cities. In 2025, it gave $470,000 to Saint Joseph House of Hospitality in Rochester and $201,516 to Housing Justice League in Marietta. Earlier grants include $130,000 to Miami Workers Center in 2024 and $101,000 to Community Justice Project in Miami in 2023, indicating repeated attention to housing struggles tied to local organizing campaigns. Its existing summary aligns with those grants: organizing renters and communities to fight displacement, gentrification, and win community-controlled, affordable housing and related policy solutions through Homes For All and Renter Nation political education and trainings.
What Right to the City Alliance Funds
Housing affordability is the clearest throughline. Right to the City Alliance Inc gave $100,000 to Podemos Movement AZ 501c3 in Tucson in 2025, and $100,000 to Urban Habitat in Oakland in 2025, both tied to organization-level support in the recent grants list. Tenant rights and renters’ protections are another major theme. The foundation gave $80,000 to Tenants Union of Washington State in Seattle in 2025, and earlier awarded $100,000 to the same group in 2023 for Homes For All, showing continued support for tenant-led advocacy. Anti-gentrification and community control also appear in the grant record. Jane Place Neighborhood Sustainability Initiative in New Orleans received $90,000 in 2024, while One DC in Washington received $100,000 in 2024. The named focus areas and these grants fit the foundation’s emphasis on community-level systems change. Political education and organizing are part of the portfolio as well, reflected in grants to groups such as Inquilixs Unidxs Por Justicia in Minneapolis.
How Right to the City Alliance Gives
Right to the City Alliance Inc gives mid-sized grants, with a typical range of $30,000 at the 25th percentile, a median of $35,500, and $71,000 at the 75th percentile. The recent list also includes several larger awards above that range, including $500,000 and $470,000 grants. The pattern is recurring rather than one-off: several recipients appear in more than one year, including Housing Justice League, United for a New Economy, One DC, Jane Place Neighborhood Sustainability Initiative, Tenants Union of Washington State, and Inquilixs Unidxs Por Justicia. It is a regular funder, not a DAF, and it does not fund individuals or make program-related investments.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$2.4M
Total Assets
$30.6M
Total Revenue
$14.4M
Total Expenses
$15.8M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $30K and $71K, with a median of $36K.
25th Percentile
$30K
Median
$36K
75th Percentile
$71K
Geographic Reach
National22 states funded
About 12% of grants go to recipients in AZ.
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Headquarters
Leadership
DAWN PHILLIPS
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