Tikkun Olam Foundation Inc C/O Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors
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About Tikkun Olam Foundation Inc C/O Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors
This foundation makes targeted, high-dollar gifts focused on human services for vulnerable urban youth. Its single recorded $1,000,000 grant was routed through a Jewish community fiscal sponsor to benefit the Ali Forney Center, indicating a philanthropic interest at the intersection of Jewish donor advising and support for LGBTQ homeless youth in New York City. The pattern suggests project-specific, donor-advised or pass-through funding rather than broad program portfolios.
Focus Areas
Support for LGBTQ homeless youth services in New York City (Ali Forney Center)Jewish donor-advised / fiscal-sponsor philanthropy (giving via FJC)Direct-funded human services for vulnerable urban youth
Who They Fund
Black women and girlsLGBTQ+ people of color (including emerging leaders)Transgender individualsLow-income womenCommunities impacted by policing / people targeted by criminal-legal systemGrassroots movement organizations and organizers
About Tikkun Olam Foundation Inc C/O Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors
A single $1,000,000 grant in 2025 to FJC for the Ali Forney Center stands out in Tikkun Olam Foundation Inc C/o Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors’ recent record. That gift signals a grantmaker working through Jewish fiscal sponsorship to support LGBTQ homeless youth services in New York City, while the broader portfolio centers on women’s health, gender justice, reproductive rights, and direct service. The foundation’s recent grants also show repeated support for movement infrastructure and regranting vehicles rather than only direct program awards. Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice received $300,000 in 2024 and another $300,000 in 2025 for general operations, while the foundation also backed the Black Feminist Fund through Global Fund for Women Inc and Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc. In addition, several grants support national and regional intermediaries such as North Star Fund Inc, Proteus Fund Inc, Borealis Philanthropy, and Tides Foundation. The pattern points to targeted, high-dollar philanthropy aimed at equity-oriented organizations, with a strong emphasis on advocacy, general operations, and donor-advised or pass-through structures.
What Tikkun Olam Foundation Inc C/O Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Funds
Women’s health, gender justice, and reproductive rights are the clearest programmatic center of the foundation’s giving. In 2023, it gave $200,000 to National Network of Abortion Funds for general operations, and in 2024 and 2025 it gave $240,000 to In Our Own Voice National Black Womens Reproductive Justice Agenda for both program support and general operations. The arts also appear in the stated program focus, though the recent grant list shows the strongest evidence in direct service and advocacy. Movement infrastructure is another theme: the foundation provided $340,000 to Tides Center for the Movement Voter Fund and $300,000 to Common Counsel Foundation for Movement for Black Lives. It also gave $240,000 to North Star Fund Inc for Let It Breathe Fund, showing support for collaborative funds and organizing vehicles.
How Tikkun Olam Foundation Inc C/O Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Gives
Typical grants sit in a large middle band: p25 is $50,000, the median is $75,000, and p75 is $120,000. The recent record is much larger than that benchmark, with repeated $200,000 to $300,000 grants and a $1,000,000 award at the top. The same intermediaries appear across multiple years, including Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice, Global Fund for Women Inc, Common Counsel Foundation, North Star Fund Inc, Proteus Fund Inc, Borealis Philanthropy, Tides Foundation, and Haymarket People’s Fund Inc. That repetition, combined with the Pure DAF Provider classification and the use of fiscal sponsors and donor-advised intermediaries, suggests a grantmaking model built around regranting, general support, and project-specific funding rather than open solicitation. Unsolicited applications are not accepted in the listed general grantmaking program.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$7.2M
Total Assets
$38.6M
Total Revenue
$2.8M
Total Expenses
$7.7M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $50K and $120K, with a median of $75K.
25th Percentile
$50K
Median
$75K
75th Percentile
$120K
Geographic Reach
National16 states funded
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Headquarters
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