About Jpb Foundation
The JPB Foundation gives large, strategic grants supporting progressive social change across climate and clean energy equity, reproductive justice, economic and racial justice, and civic participation. It funds national advocacy and field-building intermediaries, research institutes, and capacity-building organizations as well as direct service and innovation programs in public health and community resilience. Grants are often multi-year and sizable, routed through national partners and fiscal intermediaries to scale policy, workforce, and systems change. Geography is concentrated in Washington, D.C. and New York with targeted investments in California and Massachusetts.
Focus Areas
Climate and clean energy equity (community solar, clean energy workforce development, park access and urban green space)Reproductive health and rights advocacy and access (support for national reproductive health providers and coalitions)Racial and economic justice organizing and legal reform (movement infrastructure, narrative change, civil rights litigation/support)Democracy strengthening and civic participation (voter registration, census equity, civic engagement campaigns)Capacity-building and field infrastructure (large grants to intermediaries, philanthropy advisors, and nonprofit management/strategy partners)
About Jpb Foundation
The Jpb Foundation has repeatedly made eight-figure commitments to intermediary vehicles and collaborative funds, including a $15,961,350 general partnership grant to Blue Meridian Partners in 2024 and a $14,000,000 recommitment in 2025. That pattern points to a grantmaker that often uses large, multi-year awards to support field infrastructure rather than only single organizations. Across the recent grants list, the foundation backs reproductive health advocacy, environmental justice, civic participation, and racial and economic justice. It also funds capacity-building and knowledge organizations, such as a $10,000,000 grant to The Bridgespan Group for the Bridgespan Knowledge & Innovation Fund in 2024. Another large grant went to Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors for the Reproductive Health and Women’s Rights Collaborative, showing that the foundation often channels money through pooled or intermediary structures. The Jpb Foundation also supports movement and systems-change work through national partners. Community Change received $7,000,000 in 2024 and again in 2025 for Toward a Freedom to Thrive, while Equal Justice Initiative received repeated $6,000,000 grants for Changing the Narrative: Racial Justice Reform in America. These awards sit alongside funding for election-related, environmental, and housing-efficiency initiatives.
What Jpb Foundation Funds
In reproductive health and rights, the foundation gave $10,000,000 in 2024 to Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors for the Reproductive Health and Women’s Rights Collaborative, paired with another $10,000,000 grant in 2023 for the same collaborative. That suggests a sustained commitment to pooled advocacy and access work. For climate and clean energy equity, it supported Movement Strategy Center with multiple grants for Energy Efficiency for All, including $9,750,000 in 2024, $9,750,000 in 2023, and $9,350,000 in 2024. It also funded Elevate Energy with $5,250,000 for a national approach to scaling efficiency in affordable housing. On democracy and civic participation, the foundation granted $8,000,000 to Voter Registration Project for general operating support in 2025 and $6,250,000 to New Venture Fund for the Trusted Elections Fund in 2025. Racial justice reform also appears through Equal Justice Initiative’s Changing the Narrative: Racial Justice Reform in America grants.
How Jpb Foundation Gives
Typical grant size is large: the p25 is $200,000, the median is $500,000, and the p75 is $1,000,000. The recent grants list also shows a long tail of much larger awards, including many multi-million-dollar commitments. The pattern is recurring rather than one-off. Several recipients appear across multiple years, including Blue Meridian Partners, Movement Strategy Center, Community Change, Windward Fund, and Equal Justice Initiative. The foundation is classified as a regular funder, and it funds individuals. It does not make program-related investments. Grantmaking is frequently routed through intermediaries and collaborative funds rather than only direct operating grants.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$1.6B
Total Assets
$3.4B
Total Revenue
$1.1B
Total Expenses
$520.2M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $200K and $1M, with a median of $500K.
25th Percentile
$200K
Median
$500K
75th Percentile
$1M
Geographic Reach
National37 states funded
About 30% of grants go to recipients in FL.
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Headquarters
Leadership
DEEPAK BHARGAVA
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