CS FUND directs nearly all of its giving through philanthropic intermediaries, using large gifts to donor-advised funds rather than to operating nonprofits. Its grants are concentrated and sizable, routed to regional/community DAFs and national progressive philanthropic platforms, indicating a preference for flexible, intermediary-managed philanthropy over direct program support.
Cs Fund’s recent giving is defined by large, repeated grants to donor-advised funds and other philanthropic intermediaries rather than to operating nonprofits. The two biggest 2025 grants went to Tides Foundation, at $1,253,400 and $1,085,000, both labeled donor advised fund support. That same intermediary-heavy pattern also appears in earlier years through Marin Community Foundation and Tides Center, showing a preference for pooled vehicles that can redistribute money across multiple causes and grantees. Within that structure, the foundation’s named recipients point to a strong policy-and-movement orientation. Friends of Action Group on Erosion Technology and Concentration Inc received multiple awards across 2023, 2024, and 2025, including both general support and project-specific funding. Cs Fund also backed Center for Constitutional Rights several times, along with Partnership for Civil Justice Fund and Government Accountability Project, suggesting ongoing support for legal defense and civil-society infrastructure. The portfolio also includes climate, trade, and agroecology work through groups such as Global Greengrants Fund, Indigenous Environmental Network, Public Citizen Foundation Inc, American Economic Liberties Project, and Global Justice Ecology Project. That mix of intermediary giving and issue-based grants is the clearest signature of the funder.
In climate justice, Cs Fund supported Indigenous Environmental Network with $100,000 for “Fighting False, Corporate Climate Schemes at COP27 and Beyond,” signaling attention to opposition to carbon capture, geoengineering, and other false climate solutions. A second climate-related grant went to Global Justice Ecology Project for “Hoodwinked Collaborative,” linking the funder to narrative and movement work around ecological harms. Agriculture and food-system work shows up through Global Greengrants Fund. In 2025, the foundation gave $105,000 to its Agroecology Fund, and in 2023 it gave $100,000 for “A Partnership to Build and Strengthen Territorial Markets.” Those grants connect Cs Fund to agroecology, territorial markets, and support for smallholder and peasant-led approaches. Trade and corporate-power issues appear in grants to Public Citizen Foundation Inc for “Public Citizen Global Trade Watch” and to American Economic Liberties Project for “Rethink Trade.” The funder also backed Friends of Action Group on Erosion Technology and Concentration Inc with both general support and project support.
$7.8M
$5M
$8.2M
$10.3M
Most grants fall between $25K and $52K, with a median of $40K.
25th Percentile
$25K
Median
$40K
75th Percentile
$52K
Top 2 recipient countries by grant volume for Cs Fund.
| Rank | Country | Grants | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United StatesDomestic | 360 | $19.2M | 99.7% |
| 2 | Tanzania | 1 |
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Highly concentrated: very few, large grants primarily to donor-advised funds and philanthropic intermediaries; at least one repeat grantee (Marin Community Foundation). Funding is intermediary-focused rather than directly to programmatic grantees.
Notable grantees: Marin Community Foundation, Tides Foundation, Donor-advised funds / philanthropic intermediaries (general)
Cs Fund’s typical grant size sits at $25,000 at the 25th percentile, $40,000 at the median, and $52,125 at the 75th percentile, even as a smaller set of awards reaches six-figure and seven-figure levels. The pattern is not one-off: several recipients appear across multiple years, including Tides Foundation, Marin Community Foundation, Friends of Action Group on Erosion Technology and Concentration Inc, Center for Constitutional Rights, Partnership for Civil Justice Fund, Global Greengrants Fund, and Solidaire Network. The foundation is classified as a regular funder rather than a DAF vehicle itself, and the grant list shows direct support to a mix of intermediaries and operating groups. No open application process is indicated in the provided data.
Grant recipients are overwhelmingly U.S.-based, with 359 grants to U.S. recipients and 1 to Tanzania. California organizations receive the largest share of awards, consistent with 39% of grants going to recipients in California. Recent recipients also cluster in San Francisco, Oakland, Novato, Boulder, Washington, DC, and New York City, with Boulder appearing in grants to Global Greengrants Fund and Washington, DC appearing repeatedly among policy and legal groups.
Cs Fund most often supports philanthropic intermediaries and pooled vehicles, including Tides Foundation, Marin Community Foundation, and Tides Center. It also gives to policy, legal, and movement organizations such as Center for Constitutional Rights, Partnership for Civil Justice Fund, Government Accountability Project, and Public Citizen Foundation Inc.
The grant list points to climate justice, agroecology and territorial markets, trade reform, and civil liberties work. Examples include funding for Indigenous Environmental Network’s “Fighting False, Corporate Climate Schemes at COP27 and Beyond,” Global Greengrants Fund’s Agroecology Fund, and American Economic Liberties Project’s “Rethink Trade.”
Yes. Several recipients appear in multiple years, including Tides Foundation in 2025 and 2024, Marin Community Foundation in 2024 and 2023, Center for Constitutional Rights in 2025, 2024, and 2023, and Friends of Action Group on Erosion Technology and Concentration Inc in 2025, 2024, and 2023.
The foundation’s grant-size distribution is centered in the tens of thousands: p25 is $25,000, median is $40,000, and p75 is $52,125. At the same time, it makes much larger grants to intermediaries, including seven-figure awards to Tides Foundation.
The grants are overwhelmingly U.S.-based, with 359 grants in the United States and 1 in Tanzania. California is the top recipient state by count, and recipients also appear in Washington, DC, New York, Colorado, and Minnesota.
2025
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2025.
| $2K |
0.3% |
Recipient country reflects the grantee's headquarters per IRS 990-PF and Schedule F filings, not the program's implementation country.
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Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TIDES FOUNDATION | SAN FRANCISCO, CA | $1,085,000 | 2026 | DONOR ADVISED FUND |
| FRIENDS OF ACTION GROUP ON EROSION TECHNOLOGY AND CONCENTRATION INC | OAKLAND, CA | $250,000 | 2026 | ACTION GROUP ON EROSION, TECHNOLOGY AND CONCENTRATION |
| GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY PROJECT | WASHINGTON, DC | $150,000 | 2026 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| CENTER FOR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS | NEW YORK, NY | $145,000 | 2026 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| TIDES CENTER | SAN FRANCISCO, CA | $145,000 | 2026 | COMMUNITY JUSTICE EXCHANGE |
| PARTNERSHIP FOR CIVIL JUSTICE FUND | WASHINGTON, DC | $130,000 | 2026 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| GLOBAL GREENGRANTS FUND | BOULDER, CO | $105,000 | 2026 | AGROECOLOGY FUND |
| PROJECT ON GOVERNMENT OVERSIGHT INC | WASHINGTON, DC | $100,000 | 2026 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENTREPRENEURS | CALABASAS, CA | $100,000 | 2026 | IN DEFENSE OF MOVEMENTS |
| TIDES FOUNDATION | SAN FRANCISCO, CA | $100,000 | 2026 | HEALTHY DEMOCRACY FUND |
| SOLIDAIRE NETWORK | OAKLAND, CA | $100,000 | 2026 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| AMERICAN ECONOMIC LIBERTIES PROJECT | WASHINGTON, DC | $100,000 | 2026 | RETHINK TRADE |
| DEFENDING RIGHTS & DISSENT | WASHINGTON, DC | $90,000 | 2026 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| PROTEUS FUND INC | WALTHAM, MA | $85,000 | 2026 | RISE TOGETHER FUND |
| CENTER FOR THE STUDY OF THE AMERICAS | BERKELEY, CA | $82,500 | 2026 | MOVIMENTO CAMPONES POPULAR |
| PROTEUS FUND INC | WALTHAM, MA | $80,000 | 2026 | PIPER FUND |
| MARIN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION | NOVATO, CA | $77,250 | 2026 | DONOR ADVISED FUND |
| FRIENDS OF ACTION GROUP ON EROSION TECHNOLOGY AND CONCENTRATION INC | OAKLAND, CA | $75,000 | 2026 | HEINRICH BOLL FOUNDATION |
| FRIENDS OF ACTION GROUP ON EROSION TECHNOLOGY AND CONCENTRATION INC | OAKLAND, CA | $75,000 | 2026 | NORTH AMERICAN DIGITAL AGRICULTURE WORKING GROUP |
| PUBLIC CITIZEN FOUNDATION INC | WASHINGTON, DC | $75,000 | 2026 | GLOBAL TRADE WATCH |
| CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL LAW | WASHINGTON, DC | $70,000 | 2026 | FIGHTING FALSE SOLUTIONS: GEOENGINEERING |
| NEO PHILANTHROPY INC | NEW YORK, NY | $65,000 | 2026 | LAW FOR BLACK LIVES |
| FJC | NEW YORK, NY | $62,700 | 2026 | AFRICAN WOMEN'S COLLABORATIVE |
| SOUTH AFRICA DEVELOPMENT FUND | JAMAICA PLAIN, MA | $62,400 | 2026 | SOUTHERN AFRICAN RURAL WOMEN'S ASSEMBLY |
| INDIGENOUS ENVIRONMENTAL NETWORK | BEMIDJI, MN | $62,000 | 2026 | TRIBAL-LAND CONNECTED TRAINING ON GEOENGINEERING AND FALSE SOLUTIONS IN ALASKA |
| FRIENDS OF THE EARTH | WASHINGTON, DC | $60,000 | 2026 | EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES CAMPAIGN |
| FRIENDS OF ACTION GROUP ON EROSION TECHNOLOGY AND CONCENTRATION INC | OAKLAND, CA | $60,000 | 2026 | CENTER FOR GLOBAL DIGITAL JUSTICE |
| CENTER FOR FOOD SAFETY | SAN FRANCISCO, CA | $60,000 | 2026 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL LAW | WASHINGTON, DC | $60,000 | 2026 | ADVANCING A PRECAUTIONARY APPROACH TO NANOMATERIALS IN THE EU AND GLOBAL POLICY ARENAS |
| INDIGENOUS ENVIRONMENTAL NETWORK | BEMIDJI, MN | $60,000 | 2026 | GEOENGINEERING OUTREACH ORGANIZER |
| PESTICIDE ACTION NETWORK NORTH AMERICA REGIONAL CENTER | BERKELEY, CA | $57,500 | 2026 | PAN INTERNATIONAL SECRETARIAT PROJECT |
| EARTH ISLAND INSTITUTE | BERKELEY, CA | $52,500 | 2026 | SECURING INDIGENOUS PEOPLES' RIGHTS IN THE GREEN ECONOMY |
| INDIGENOUS PEOPLES RIGHTS INTERNATIONAL | WEST BOOTHBAY HARBOR, ME | $52,500 | 2026 | LABATA FANTALLE ORGANIZATION |
| CENTER FOR THE STUDY OF THE AMERICAS | BERKELEY, CA | $51,500 | 2026 | ZIMBABWE SMALLHOLDER ORGANIC FARMERS FORUM |
| CENTER FOR THE STUDY OF THE AMERICAS | BERKELEY, CA | $51,500 | 2026 | LA VIA CAMPESINA |
| CENTER FOR THE STUDY OF THE AMERICAS | BERKELEY, CA | $51,500 | 2026 | KOREAN WOMEN PEASANT'S ASSOCIATION |
| JUST FUTURES LAW | CANTON, MA | $50,000 | 2026 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| NEO PHILANTHROPY INC | NEW YORK, NY | $50,000 | 2026 | FOUR FREEDOMS FUND - IMMIGRATION FRONTLINES FUND |
| PEACE DEVELOPMENT FUND | AMHERST, MA | $50,000 | 2026 | FINANCIAL FUTURES FUND |
| INTERNATIONAL INDIAN TREATY COUNCIL | SAN FRANCISCO, CA | $50,000 | 2026 | PLAN DE SONORA |
| JUSTICE FUNDERS | OAKLAND, CA | $50,000 | 2026 | JUST TRANSITION INVESTING |
| PHYSICIANS FOR SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY | WASHINGTON, DC | $50,000 | 2026 | CALIFORNIA CAPTURED: PROTECTING COMMUNITIES FROM FALSE SOLUTIONS |
| DEFENDING RIGHTS & DISSENT | WASHINGTON, DC | $50,000 | 2026 | MUSLIMS FOR JUST FUTURES |
| WILLIAM J BRENNAN JR CENTER FOR JUSTICE INC | NEW YORK, NY | $50,000 | 2026 | BRENNAN CENTER FOR JUSTICE |
| POSSIBILITY LABS | SAN FRANCISCO, CA | $50,000 | 2026 | NON-EXTRACTIVE FINANCE GLOBAL |
| SUSTAINABLE MARKETS FOUNDATION | NEW YORK, NY | $50,000 | 2026 | TECH CRITICS NETWORK, CONVENING AND AFRICA TEACH-IN |
| GLOBAL IMPACT | WASHINGTON, DC | $50,000 | 2026 | COURT ACCOUNTABILITY |
| GLOBAL JUSTICE ECOLOGY PROJECT | BUFFALO, NY | $50,000 | 2026 | BIOFUELWATCH US |
| CLIMATE JUSTICE ALLIANCE | LOS ANGELES, CA | $50,000 | 2026 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| INSTITUTE FOR FOOD AND DEVELOPMENT POLICY INC | OAKLAND, CA | $49,500 | 2026 | COORDINATION NATIONALE DES ORGANISATIONS PAYSANNES DU MALI |
ACTION GROUP ON EROSION, TECHNOLOGY AND CONCENTRATION
GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY PROJECT
$150,000GENERAL SUPPORT
CENTER FOR THE STUDY OF THE AMERICAS
$82,500MOVIMENTO CAMPONES POPULAR
HEINRICH BOLL FOUNDATION
NORTH AMERICAN DIGITAL AGRICULTURE WORKING GROUP
FIGHTING FALSE SOLUTIONS: GEOENGINEERING
TRIBAL-LAND CONNECTED TRAINING ON GEOENGINEERING AND FALSE SOLUTIONS IN ALASKA
CENTER FOR GLOBAL DIGITAL JUSTICE
ADVANCING A PRECAUTIONARY APPROACH TO NANOMATERIALS IN THE EU AND GLOBAL POLICY ARENAS
PAN INTERNATIONAL SECRETARIAT PROJECT
SECURING INDIGENOUS PEOPLES' RIGHTS IN THE GREEN ECONOMY
LABATA FANTALLE ORGANIZATION
CENTER FOR THE STUDY OF THE AMERICAS
$51,500ZIMBABWE SMALLHOLDER ORGANIC FARMERS FORUM
CENTER FOR THE STUDY OF THE AMERICAS
$51,500LA VIA CAMPESINA
CENTER FOR THE STUDY OF THE AMERICAS
$51,500KOREAN WOMEN PEASANT'S ASSOCIATION
JUST FUTURES LAW
$50,000GENERAL SUPPORT
INTERNATIONAL INDIAN TREATY COUNCIL
$50,000PLAN DE SONORA
PHYSICIANS FOR SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY
$50,000CALIFORNIA CAPTURED: PROTECTING COMMUNITIES FROM FALSE SOLUTIONS
TECH CRITICS NETWORK, CONVENING AND AFRICA TEACH-IN
INSTITUTE FOR FOOD AND DEVELOPMENT POLICY INC
$49,500COORDINATION NATIONALE DES ORGANISATIONS PAYSANNES DU MALI
