About Thousand Currents
Thousand Currents leverages relationships and resources to realize loving and just futures by resourcing grassroots groups and movements, centering community-led solutions, and practicing solidarity philanthropy.
Focus Areas
Climate justiceAgroecology / regenerative agricultureEcosystem and watershed protectionSeed sovereigntyCommunity-owned renewable energyLand and forest protectionWomen's leadership and cooperative developmentDonor education and philanthropic practice
Funding Style
program-restricted/project supportdirect service / program fundingshort-term/annual grant support
About Thousand Currents
Thousand Currents’ recent grantmaking is built around long-term, flexible support for grassroots groups and movement formations working on climate justice, agroecology, ecosystem and forest protection, seed sovereignty, and community-owned renewable energy. The foundation’s largest recent grants show that pattern at scale: in 2024 it awarded $2,900,000 each to Urgent Action Fund, Global Greengrants Fund, and Grassroots International for program support, followed in 2025 by similarly large awards of $1,975,000, $1,925,000, and $1,900,000 to those same organizations. That repeating set of grantees points to a sustained funding relationship rather than isolated project support. The foundation also includes smaller program-support grants alongside those multi-million-dollar awards, including $200,000 to Global Fund for Women and $15,000 to Social Good Fund in 2025. Its active grant programs emphasize solidarity philanthropy and unrestricted support for movement partners in the Global South, with a stated focus on Indigenous communities, smallholder farmers, women-led cooperatives, and related social-justice work. Across the recent record, Thousand Currents appears to prioritize movement infrastructure and partner organizations that channel resources into community-led environmental and economic justice.
What Thousand Currents Funds
In climate and land stewardship work, Thousand Currents funded Global Greengrants Fund with $2,900,000 in 2024 and $1,975,000 in 2025 for program support. The same pattern appears in grassroots movement support: Grassroots International received $2,900,000 in 2024 and $1,925,000 in 2025. The foundation also backs urgent advocacy and intermediary organizations. Urgent Action Fund received $2,900,000 in 2024 and $1,900,000 in 2025 for program support, while Global Fund for Women received $200,000 in 2025. Smaller grants extend the portfolio into public-interest and civic work. Thousand Currents awarded $13,779 in 2023 to Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation Inc, $10,000 in 2024 to Ceres Trust, and $7,000 in 2025 to US Right to Know, all as program support. These awards show a mix of large movement-support grants and smaller targeted program grants.
How Thousand Currents Gives
Typical grant size is wide-ranging: the 25th percentile is $61,250, the median is $1,282,500, and the 75th percentile is $1,962,500. The recent record shows repeat awards to the same organizations across multiple years, especially Global Greengrants Fund, Grassroots International, and Urgent Action Fund, which indicates recurring support rather than one-time grants. Thousand Currents is a regular funder and does not fund individuals. Its active programs are structured around long-term, flexible, unrestricted movement support, including solidarity philanthropy and general support.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$6.7M
Total Assets
$28M
Total Revenue
$20M
Total Expenses
$54.5M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $61K and $2M, with a median of $1.3M.
25th Percentile
$61K
Median
$1.3M
75th Percentile
$2M
Geographic Reach
Regional4 states funded
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Headquarters
Leadership
SOLOME LEMMA
Accepts unsolicited proposals
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