
The Five Together Foundation makes a small number of large, strategic grants focused mainly on civic engagement and progressive electoral work, while routing a portion of its giving through intermediary vehicles. Its grants heavily favor national voter mobilization and public affairs efforts, with an outlier gift to international agricultural/educational development. The foundation commonly uses fiscal sponsors and donor-advised channels rather than many direct operating grants.
Concentrated giving: few, large grants (five grants totaling ~$2.8M) with repeat funding to the same civic-engagement recipient and significant use of intermediaries/DAFs rather than many small direct grants.
Five Together Foundation C/o Cozen O'connor’s largest recent grant was a $1,000,000 award to Movement Voter Fund at the Tides Foundation for general support, a clear signal that the foundation favors large, strategic commitments rather than many small awards. Across its recent grants, it also backed voter-formation and democracy work, youth-serving organizations, and homelessness-related legal advocacy, alongside a smaller set of international and health-related gifts. The foundation’s pattern shows repeated support for the same recipients over multiple years, including Movement Voter Fund at the Tides Foundation, Youth Represent, Coalition for the Homeless, and Jevs Foundation. Those repeated awards suggest a grantmaker that tends to continue relationships once it has identified a fit. Its recent grants also include intermediary channels such as Tides Foundation and Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, showing comfort with routed philanthropy as part of its giving strategy. While most of the portfolio is U.S.-based, the grant record includes an international education and sustainable agriculture grant to Earth University Foundation, which stands out among the larger domestic civic and human-services commitments.
In civic engagement and voter mobilization, the foundation gave $500,000 in 2023 to Voter Formation Project for exempt-purpose support, and $250,000 in 2023 to Movement Voter Fund at the Tides Foundation for the same type of support. Those grants sit alongside later support for the same democracy-focused intermediary through 2025. In homelessness-related legal and service work, it awarded $300,000 in 2025 to Coalition for the Homeless for general support. It also supported Hias and Council Migration Serivice of Philadelphia with $200,000 in 2023 and $150,000 in 2025, indicating continued interest in service organizations connected to housing, migration, and client support. Youth development appears as another recurring area. The foundation gave $265,000 in 2024 to Youth Represent and $250,000 in 2025 to the same organization, plus $215,000 in 2024 to Agahozo-shalom Youth Village and $190,000 in 2024 to Rise Education Fund.
Typical grants cluster in the large-gift range: the 25th percentile is $50,000, the median is $93,750, and the 75th percentile is $141,000. Recent awards show both general support and exempt-purpose support, with several grantees receiving follow-on funding across 2023, 2024, and 2025. The foundation is a regular funder rather than a donor-advised fund, but it does route some gifts through fiscal sponsors and intermediary vehicles. It does not fund individuals and does not make program-related investments. Unsolicited applications are not accepted; grantmaking is invitation-only.
$4M
$43M
$6M
$4.4M
Most grants fall between $50K and $141K, with a median of $94K.
25th Percentile
$50K
Median
$94K
75th Percentile
$141K
About 15% of grants go to recipients in NY.
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Notable grantees: Movement Voter Fund at The Tides Foundation, Tides Foundation, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Earth University Foundation
Grant recipients are overwhelmingly U.S.-based: 99 grants, or 100.0%, go to U.S. organizations. The top state by recipient count is California, while 15% of grants go to recipients in Pennsylvania, the foundation’s headquarters state. Recent recipient cities include Northampton, Boston, Los Angeles, New York, Washington, Philadelphia, Detroit, Seattle, Oakland, and Pittsburgh. The only non-U.S. element in the record is the foundation’s international grantmaking scope, but the recipient distribution shown here is entirely domestic.
Its recent grants concentrate on civic engagement and election work, youth development, and services for families in need. Named grantees include Movement Voter Fund at the Tides Foundation, Youth Represent, Coalition for the Homeless, and Earth University Foundation, showing a mix of democracy, youth, human-services, and international education support.
No. The active grant program is invitation-only, and unsolicited applications are marked as not accepted. The program description also says the foundation makes multi-year and single-year general operating and project grants across its three strategic focus areas.
Its typical grants are relatively large: the 25th percentile is $50,000, the median is $93,750, and the 75th percentile is $141,000. The recent grant list also includes several seven-figure and high-six-figure awards, including a $1,000,000 grant and multiple $500,000 grants.
Yes. Several organizations appear across multiple years, including Movement Voter Fund at the Tides Foundation, Youth Represent, Coalition for the Homeless, Jevs Foundation, Voter Formation Project, and Hias and Council Migration Serivice of Philadelphia. That repeated pattern suggests ongoing relationships rather than one-time gifts.
The top state by grant count is California, and 15% of grants go to recipients in Pennsylvania. The recipient list is otherwise national in scope, with organizations in cities such as New York, Washington, Philadelphia, Los Angeles, and Seattle.
2025
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2025.
Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MOVEMENT VOTER FUND AT THE TIDES FOUNDATION | NORTHAMPTON, MA | $1,000,000 | 2025 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND | BOSTON, MA | $500,000 | 2025 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| EARTH UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION | ATLANTA, GA | $314,159 | 2025 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| COALITION FOR THE HOMELESS | NEW YORK, NY | $300,000 | 2025 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| YOUTH REPRESENT | NEW YORK, NY | $250,000 | 2025 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| JEVS FOUNDATION | PHILADELPHIA, PA | $175,000 | 2025 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| AGAHOZO-SHALOM YOUTH VILLAGE | NEW YORK, NY | $150,000 | 2025 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| HIAS AND COUNCIL MIGRATION SERIVICE OF PHILADELPHIA | PHILADELPHIA, PA | $150,000 | 2025 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| HUMBLE DESIGN INC | SAN DIEGO, CA | $100,000 | 2025 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| HISPANICS IN PHILANTHROPY | OAKLAND, CA | $100,000 | 2025 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| MULTIPLE MYELOMA RESEARCH FOUNDATION | NORWALK, CT | $100,000 | 2025 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| OVERTOWN YOUTH CENTER INC | MIAMI, FL | $100,000 | 2025 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| GIRLS LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE INC | OAKLAND, CA | $100,000 | 2025 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| SPREAD THE VOTE | LOS ANGELES, CA | $100,000 | 2025 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| ABOLITIONIST LAW CENTER | PITTSBURGH, PA | $100,000 | 2025 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| SADIE NASH LEADERSHIP PROJECT | NEW YORK, NY | $100,000 | 2025 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| GENERATION CITIZENS | NEW YORK, NY | $100,000 | 2025 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| RESONATE WORKSHOPS | ALBION, CA | $85,000 | 2025 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| STRATEGIES FOR YOUTH INC | CAMBRIDGE, MA | $60,000 | 2025 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| A BRIDGE FOR KIDS | SAN DIEGO, CA | $60,000 | 2025 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| ACLU FOUNDATION OF SAN DIEGO & IMPERIAL COUNTIES | SAN DIEGO, CA | $50,000 | 2025 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| TIDES FOUNDATION | LOS ANGELES, CA | $500,000 | 2024 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| YOUTH REPRESENT | NEW YORK, NY | $265,000 | 2024 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| AGAHOZO-SHALOM YOUTH VILLAGE | NEW YORK, NY | $215,000 | 2024 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| EARTH UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION | ATLANTA, GA | $203,742 | 2024 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| RISE EDUCATION FUND | LITHONIA, GA | $190,000 | 2024 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| PANORAMA GLOBAL | SEATTLE, WA | $190,000 | 2024 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| AMIGOS OF COSTA RICA INC | WEST CHESTER, PA | $188,000 | 2024 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| VOTER FORMATION PROJECT | WASHINGTON, DC | $165,000 | 2024 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| COALITION FOR THE HOMELESS | NEW YORK, NY | $165,000 | 2024 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| JEVS FOUNDATION | PHILADELPHIA, PA | $163,000 | 2024 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| GIRLS LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE INC | OAKLAND, CA | $141,000 | 2024 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| SADIE NASH LEADERSHIP PROJECT | NEW YORK, NY | $141,000 | 2024 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| SPREAD THE VOTE | LOS ANGELES, CA | $115,000 | 2024 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| HIAS AND COUNCIL MIGRATION SERIVICE OF PHILADELPHIA | PHILADELPHIA, PA | $115,000 | 2024 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| GENERATION CITIZENS | NEW YORK, NY | $115,000 | 2024 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| MULTIPLE MYELOMA RESEARCH FOUNDATION | NORWALK, CT | $100,000 | 2024 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| LEGAL AID SOCIETY | NEW YORK, NY | $100,000 | 2024 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| HISPANICS IN PHILANTHROPY | OAKLAND, CA | $100,000 | 2024 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| AKILAH FOUNDATION | TAMPA, FL | $100,000 | 2024 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| RESONATE WORKSHOPS | ALBION, CA | $97,500 | 2024 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| HUMBLE DESIGN INC | SAN DIEGO, CA | $90,000 | 2024 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| NEW VOICES PITTSBURGH INC | PITTSBURGH, PA | $90,000 | 2024 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| AVESTA HOUSING DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION | PORTLAND, ME | $75,000 | 2024 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| OVERTOWN YOUTH CENTER INC | MIAMI, FL | $70,000 | 2024 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| STRATEGIES FOR YOUTH INC | CAMBRIDGE, MA | $70,000 | 2024 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| MOTHERING JUSTICE | DETROIT, MI | $65,000 | 2024 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| BABY'S BOUNTY | LAS VEGAS, NV | $65,000 | 2024 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| YOUTH SENTENCING & REENTRY PROJECT INC | PHILADELPHIA, PA | $65,000 | 2024 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| A BRIDGE FOR KIDS | SAN DIEGO, CA | $55,000 | 2024 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
MOVEMENT VOTER FUND AT THE TIDES FOUNDATION
$1,000,000GENERAL SUPPORT
JEVS FOUNDATION
GENERAL SUPPORT
RESONATE WORKSHOPS
$85,000GENERAL SUPPORT
STRATEGIES FOR YOUTH INC
$60,000GENERAL SUPPORT
A BRIDGE FOR KIDS
$60,000GENERAL SUPPORT
TIDES FOUNDATION
$500,000GENERAL SUPPORT
RISE EDUCATION FUND
$190,000GENERAL SUPPORT
JEVS FOUNDATION
$163,000GENERAL SUPPORT
AVESTA HOUSING DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
$75,000GENERAL SUPPORT
STRATEGIES FOR YOUTH INC
$70,000GENERAL SUPPORT
A BRIDGE FOR KIDS
$55,000GENERAL SUPPORT