About Tides Center
Together with our partners, we advance social justice by shifting resources and power to historically excluded communities.
Focus Areas
Social justiceEquityRacial justiceClimate justiceEnvironmental justiceReproductive freedomVoting rights and democracyImmigrant rightsHealth equityGender justiceGirls and young women of colorCivic participationCapacity building
Who They Fund
marginalized and underserved communities
About Tides Center
Tides Center moves large sums through intermediary organizations that work on equity, human rights, and economic empowerment. Its recent grants show a model built around fiscal sponsorship and affiliated entities: Oneten Coalition Inc received $53,211,202 in both 2023 and 2024, while Tides Advocacy received $18,208,110 in each of those years for healthy individuals and communities. That pattern points to a funder supporting institutions that can channel substantial resources into coordinated social change efforts. The foundation’s portfolio also includes large awards to Women Building Up Inc, Cooperatives for a Better World, and Tides Foundation, alongside support for groups such as Alliance for Safety and Justice and National Aids Memorial Inc. These grants indicate a mix of justice, health, and community infrastructure work rather than a single-issue grantmaker. Tides Center also appears to back organizations over multiple years, with repeated awards to the same recipients across 2023, 2024, and 2025. Its stated purpose is to advance social justice by shifting power and resources to communities historically denied power, and the grant record reflects that operating approach.
What Tides Center Funds
A core theme is equity, human rights, and economic empowerment. Tides Center awarded $53,211,202 to Oneten Coalition Inc in 2023 and again in 2024 for that purpose, and gave $15,840,627 to Women Building Up Inc in 2024 with the same grant theme. It also funded Cooperatives for a Better World twice, at $14,630,616 in both 2023 and 2024. Health and community well-being is another visible area. The foundation gave $18,208,110 to Tides Advocacy in both 2023 and 2024 for healthy individuals and communities, and $2,374,978 to Emerging Practitioners in Philanthropy Inc in 2024 under the same category. Environmental work appears as well, including $9,598,594 to Shelterwood Collective in 2024 for sustainable environment.
How Tides Center Gives
Tides Center’s typical grant size sits at a p25 of $24,000, a median of $44,285, and a p75 of $100,000, though its recent roster also includes very large, multi-million-dollar awards. The grant record shows repeated support to the same recipients across years, including 2023, 2024, and 2025, which suggests recurring relationships rather than one-off gifts. It is classified as a mixed community foundation and does not fund individuals. The foundation also makes no program-related investments.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$55.3M
Total Assets
$297.4M
Total Revenue
$265.4M
Total Expenses
$285.1M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $24K and $100K, with a median of $44K.
25th Percentile
$24K
Median
$44K
75th Percentile
$100K
Geographic Reach
National50 states funded
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Headquarters
Leadership
JANIECE EVANS-PAGE
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