About Tides Advocacy
Powering movements. Moving power. Support fearless leaders and organizations to build power and advance progressive policies that center equity and justice.
Focus Areas
DemocracyEquality & Human RightsHealth & the EnvironmentShared ProsperityGrantmakingFiscal SponsorshipCapacity BuildingCollaboratives
Who They Fund
Native communitiesvoters and civic participantseconomically marginalized communitiespeople impacted by the criminal justice systemcommunities affected by environmental harms
About Tides Advocacy
Tides Advocacy channels large, flexible grants into advocacy organizations working on democracy, equality and human rights, health and the environment, and shared prosperity. The foundation’s recent grants show a consistent preference for general support and policy-oriented work, often to organizations advancing civic participation, environmental issue advocacy, criminal justice reform, and economic justice. One of the largest grants in the record went to Local Jobs Economic Development Fund Inc in Dover, Delaware, at $3,445,100 for environmental issue advocacy, general support, and economic justice. Another major award supported Wikimedia Foundation Org in Washington, DC with $3,176,116 in general support. The portfolio also includes substantial support for organized campaigns and movement infrastructure. Working Families Organization Inc in Brooklyn received $2,957,000 for environmental policy advocacy in 2023 and $925,000 in 2025 for community organizing, general support, and civic participation. Tides Advocacy also gave $1,000,000 to Free and Fair Elections USA Inc for defense of democracy and general support, reflecting a pattern of backing organizations that work on structural policy change rather than direct services. Across the recent record, the foundation’s grants often sit in the six-figure and multi-million-dollar range, indicating a focus on durable advocacy capacity and coalition work.
What Tides Advocacy Funds
Within environmental work, Tides Advocacy backed both issue advocacy and organizing. It gave $3,445,100 to Local Jobs Economic Development Fund Inc for environmental issue advocacy, general support, and economic justice, and $750,000 to Sixteen Thirty Fund for environmental issue advocacy and general support. The foundation also supported environmental policy advocacy through $2,957,000 to Working Families Organization Inc. On democracy and civic participation, the foundation funded several organizations tied to election and turnout work. Free and Fair Elections USA Inc received $1,000,000 for defense of democracy and general support, while Black Voters Matter Fund Inc received $617,000 for civic participation and general support. The criminal justice and human rights portfolio includes $1,250,000 to Action for Safety and Justice for criminal justice reform and $356,680 to Taproot Earth for human rights and economic justice. Native communities also appear in the record through $375,000 to Ndn Action Network and $350,000 to Native Peoples Action Inc, both in general-support and organizing-oriented grants.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$29.5M
Total Assets
$39.4M
Total Revenue
$92.6M
Total Expenses
$93.2M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $30K and $100K, with a median of $60K.
25th Percentile
$30K
Median
$60K
75th Percentile
$100K
Geographic Reach
National42 states funded
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Headquarters
Leadership
VINCENT JONES
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