
Foundation for a Just Society advances the rights of women, girls, and LGBTQI people and supports gender and racial justice by ensuring those most affected by injustice have the resources they need to cultivate the leadership and solutions that transform our world.
Foundation for a Just Society centers grants to women, girls, and LGBTQI people, with a pattern of multi-year general operating support and accompaniment for organizations and networks advancing gender and racial justice. The foundation’s recent records show repeated seven-figure commitments to feminist infrastructure: Urgent Action Fund - Africa received $1,100,000 in 2025 for general operating support, and Fondo De Accion Urgente Para America Latina Y El Caribe received the same amount in 2025 for general operating support. Those grants fit a broader model that prioritizes flexible, unrestricted funding rather than tightly scoped project awards. Its portfolio also includes movement-building intermediaries and funds that channel resources to grassroots organizers. In 2025, Borealis Philanthropy received $1,000,000 to support the Black-led Movement Fund, while the Black Feminist Fund received $850,000 through Amalgamated Charitable Foundation in 2025. Another large commitment went to the Girls First Fund via Capital for Good USA, reflecting support for girls’ rights alongside women’s and LGBTQI rights. Across the grant list, the foundation repeatedly backs organizations positioned to strengthen local leadership, collective safety, and advocacy capacity.
A large share of the foundation’s giving goes to women’s funds and feminist intermediaries. For example, Fondo Semillas AC received $1,000,000 in 2025 for general operating support, and Asociacion Fondo Centroamericano De Mujeres (FCAM) received $1,000,000 in 2024 for general operating support, showing consistent support for regional funding institutions. It also backs urgent-response and collective-care work. Urgent Action Fund Asia & Pacific received $1,000,000 in 2023 and $750,000 in 2024 for the Urgent Action Sister Fund’s Care at the Center initiative, and Uhai Eashri received $750,000 in 2023 to support the charitable activities of Initiative Sankofa D’Afrique De L’Ouest. The foundation funds Black feminist and racial justice work as well. In 2025, the Black Feminist Fund received $850,000 through Amalgamated Charitable Foundation, and in 2024 Global Fund for Women received $800,000 for the same purpose. It also supports gender and reproductive equity through Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors, which received $1,000,000 in 2025 for the Collaborative for Gender and Reproductive Equity.
$61.9M
$1.3B
$27.6M
$76.8M
Most grants fall between $50K and $200K, with a median of $100K.
25th Percentile
$50K
Median
$100K
75th Percentile
$200K
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Top 10 recipient countries by grant volume for Foundation for A Just Society.
| Rank | Country | Grants | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United StatesDomestic | 1,049 | $175.3M | 66.6% |
| 2 | Nepal |
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Typical grants cluster at a high operating-support level: the 25th percentile is $50,000, the median is $100,000, and the 75th percentile is $200,000. The recent grants list also includes multiple seven-figure awards, indicating that the foundation uses both smaller direct grants and larger institutional commitments. Recipients often appear across multiple years, including Fondo De Accion Urgente Para America Latina Y El Caribe, Urgent Action Fund Asia & Pacific, Global Fund for Women, and Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors. The foundation is a regular funder rather than a DAF, makes no program-related investments, and funds individuals.
Grant recipients are heavily concentrated in the United States, which accounts for 997 grants, or 70.6% of recipient locations. New York is the top state by grant count, and 56% of grants go to recipients in the HQ state. Beyond the U.S., the recipient distribution includes Nepal, Thailand, Bulgaria, Canada, Singapore, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, and several other locations. Recent grantees show this mix in practice, with recipients in New York, Minneapolis, Melbourne, Toronto, Nairobi, and Accra.
The foundation funds organizations and networks advancing the rights of women, girls, and LGBTQI people, with emphasis on gender justice, racial justice, movement building, grassroots organizing, strategic litigation, narrative change, and holistic safety and collective care. It also prioritizes organizations led by those most affected by injustice.
Its typical grant size is $50,000 at the 25th percentile, $100,000 at the median, and $200,000 at the 75th percentile. Recent awards also include larger commitments, including several $1,000,000 grants and one $1,100,000 grant.
The active grant programs listed for the foundation do not accept unsolicited applications. Its grantmaking is described as multi-year general operating support, strategic grants, and accompaniment to organizations and networks already aligned with its priorities.
The foundation gives nationally, but 56% of grants go to recipients in New York, and the U.S. overall accounts for 70.6% of recipient locations. Outside the U.S., recipient locations in the data include Nepal, Thailand, Bulgaria, Canada, Singapore, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, and others.
Yes. Recent grants include $1,000,000 to Fondo Semillas AC, $1,000,000 to Asociacion Fondo Centroamericano De Mujeres (FCAM), and $1,000,000 to New Venture Fund for Women’s Fund Donor Collaborative, along with support for regional and feminist funds such as Urgent Action Fund - Africa and Fondo De Accion Urgente Para America Latina Y El Caribe.
2025
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2025.
| 85 |
| $9.5M |
5.4% |
| 3 | Thailand | 66 | $8.8M | 4.2% |
| 4 | Bangladesh | 59 | $6.5M | 3.7% |
| 5 | Burkina Faso | 42 | $6.8M | 2.7% |
| 6 | Canada | 38 | $9.3M | 2.4% |
| 7 | Senegal | 37 | $5.2M | 2.4% |
| 8 | United Kingdom | 25 | $5.3M | 1.6% |
| 9 | South Africa | 21 | $4.9M | 1.3% |
| 10 | Netherlands | 21 | $4.7M | 1.3% |
Recipient country reflects the grantee's headquarters per IRS 990-PF and Schedule F filings, not the program's implementation country.
Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| URGENT ACTION FUND - AFRICA | NEW YORK, NY | $1,100,000 | 2025 | TO PROVIDE GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT |
| FONDO DE ACCION URGENTE PARA AMERICA LATINA Y EL CARIBE | NEW YORK, NY | $1,100,000 | 2025 | TO PROVIDE GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT |
| CAPITAL FOR GOOD USA | PAOLI, PA | $1,000,000 | 2025 | TO SUPPORT THE CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES OF GIRLS FIRST FUND |
| ROCKEFELLER PHILANTHROPY ADVISORS | NEW YORK, NY | $1,000,000 | 2025 | TO SUPPORT THE CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES OF COLLABORATIVE FOR GENDER AND REPRODUCTIVE EQUITY (CGRE) |
| FONDO CENTROAMERICANO DE MUJERES FOUNDATION | DOVER, DE | $1,000,000 | 2025 | TO PROVIDE GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT TO ASOCIACION FONDO CENTROAMERICANO DE MUJERES (FCAM) |
| FONDO SEMILLAS AC | NEW YORK, NY | $1,000,000 | 2025 | TO PROVIDE GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT |
| INITIATIVE SANKOFA D'AFRIQUE DE L'OUEST | NEW YORK, NY | $1,000,000 | 2025 | TO SUPPORT THE CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES OF ISDAO |
| BOREALIS PHILANTHROPY | MINNEAPOLIS, MN | $1,000,000 | 2025 | TO SUPPORT THE BLACK-LED MOVEMENT FUND |
| AMALGAMATED CHARITABLE FOUNDATION | WASHINGTON, DC | $850,000 | 2025 | TO SUPPORT THE CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES OF THE BLACK FEMINIST FUND |
| URGENT ACTION FUND ASIA AND PACIFIC | EAST MELBOURNE | $750,000 | 2025 | TO SUPPORT THE URGENT ACTION SISTER FUND'S CARE AT THE CENTER INITIATIVE |
| IM-DEFENSORAS | TORONTO | $750,000 | 2025 | TO PROVIDE GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT |
| IPAS | NEW YORK, NY | $700,000 | 2025 | TO SUPPORT THE CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES OF LE CENTRE ODAS |
| WOMEN'S FUND ASIA LIMITED | MELBOURNE | $700,000 | 2025 | TO SUPPORT THE CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES OF WOMEN'S FUND ASIA |
| INITIATIVE SANKOFA D'AFRIQUE DE L'OUEST | NEW YORK, NY | $600,000 | 2025 | TO PROVIDE ACCOMPANIMENT SUPPORT FOR STRENGTHENING THE MOVEMENTS ISDAO SUPPORTS |
| EQUALITY FUND | OTTAWA | $555,000 | 2025 | TO PROVIDE GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT |
| NEW YORK WOMEN'S FOUNDATION | NEW YORK, NY | $500,000 | 2025 | TO SUPPORT THE NYC FUND FOR GIRLS AND YOUNG WOMEN OF COLOR |
| AMALGAMATED CHARITABLE FOUNDATION | WASHINGTON, DC | $500,000 | 2025 | TO SUPPORT THE EMERGING SOUTHERN STRATEGY PROJECT |
| ASTRAEA LESBIAN FOUNDATION FOR JUSTICE | NEW YORK, NY | $500,000 | 2025 | TO PROVIDE CORE SUPPORT TO ASTRAEA'S U.S. FUND |
| WOMIN ALLIANCE TRUST | JOHANNESBURG | $500,000 | 2025 | TO PROVIDE GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT |
| PROSPERA INTERNATIONAL NETWORK OF WOMEN'S FUNDS | OTTAWA | $500,000 | 2025 | TO PROVIDE GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT |
| STICHTING MAMA CASH | AMSTERDAM | $500,000 | 2025 | TO PROVIDE GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT |
| AWID | TORONTO | $500,000 | 2025 | TO PROVIDE PHILANTHROPIC ADVOCACY SUPPORT FOR AWIDS 2024 INTERNATIONAL FORUM |
| INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DEVELOPMENT AGENCY | MELBOURNE | $500,000 | 2025 | TO PROVIDE GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT |
| ORGANIZACION FRATERNAL NEGRA HONDUREA OFRANEH | NEW YORK, NY | $500,000 | 2025 | TO PROVIDE GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT |
| STICHTING WOMEN WIN | AMSTERDAM | $500,000 | 2025 | TO SUPPORT THE CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES OF THE NEBULA FUND |
| QOSANGANA AFRICAN YOUTH NETWORK | NEW YORK, NY | $500,000 | 2025 | TO PROVIDE GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT |
| URGENT ACTION FUND ASIA AND PACIFIC | EAST MELBOURNE | $500,000 | 2025 | TO PROVIDE GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT |
| THE MYANMAR TRUST UK | BRISTOL | $400,000 | 2025 | TO SUPPORT COLLABORATION BETWEEN THE MYANMAR TRUST UK AND ITTHIYA FOUNDATION |
| WOMEN'S FUND ASIA | NEW YORK, NY | $400,000 | 2025 | TO SUPPORT SANGRAM'S SWASA PROGRAM |
| PROTEUS FUND | WALTHAM, MA | $400,000 | 2025 | TO PROVIDE GENERAL COMMUNICATIONS SUPPORT |
| FUNDERS FOR LGBTQ ISSUES | NEW YORK, NY | $400,000 | 2025 | TO SUPPORT THE OUT IN THE SOUTH INITIATIVE |
| PARTNERS ASIA | OAKLAND, CA | $400,000 | 2025 | TO SUPPORT PARTNERS ASIA'S REGRANTING AND CAPACITY BUILDING SUPPORT TO WOMEN, GIRLS, AND LGBTQI RIGHTS ORGANIZATIONS ACROSS THAILAND |
| URGENT ACTION FUND FOR FEMINIST ACTIVISM | ALAMEDA, CA | $400,000 | 2025 | TO PROVIDE GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT |
| AWID | TORONTO | $400,000 | 2025 | TO PROVIDE GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT |
| ASIA PACIFIC FORUM ON WOMEN LAW AND DEVELOPMENT (APWLD) | NEW YORK, NY | $375,000 | 2025 | TO PROVIDE GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT |
| INITIATIVE FOR STRATEGIC LITIGATION IN AFRICA | BRAAMFONTEIN | $365,000 | 2025 | TO SUPPORT THE CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES |
| CREATING RESOURCES FOR EMPOWERMENT AND ACTION INC | NEW YORK, NY | $350,000 | 2025 | TO PROVIDE GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT |
| INITIATIVE PANANETUGRI POUR LE BIEN ETRE DE LA FEMME | NEW YORK, NY | $350,000 | 2025 | TO PROVIDE GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT |
| TEWA | NEW YORK, NY | $350,000 | 2025 | TO PROVIDE GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT |
| WE ARE PURPOSEFUL | LONDON | $350,000 | 2025 | TO SUPPORT PURPOSEFUL'S WORK TO RESOURCE GIRLS' RESISTANCE WITH A FOCUS IN FRANCOPHONE WEST AFRICA |
| ASTRAEA LESBIAN FOUNDATION FOR JUSTICE | NEW YORK, NY | $350,000 | 2025 | TO PROVIDE GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT |
| WINDWARD FUND | WASHINGTON, DC | $346,667 | 2025 | TO SUPPORT THE GULF SOUTH GRANTMAKING PROJECT |
| PROTEUS FUND | WALTHAM, MA | $333,333 | 2025 | TO PROVIDE GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT |
| AWAJ FOUNDATION | NEW YORK, NY | $325,000 | 2025 | TO PROVIDE GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT |
| CODIGO SUR | NEW YORK, NY | $300,000 | 2025 | TO PROVIDE GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT TO CODIGO SUR |
| MIJENTE SUPPORT COMMITTEE | PHOENIX, AZ | $300,000 | 2025 | TO PROVIDE GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT |
| ILGA WORLD | GENEVA | $300,000 | 2025 | TO SUPPORT THE 2024 ILGA WORLD CONFERENCE |
| WOMEN'S MARCH NETWORK | WALDORF, MD | $300,000 | 2025 | TO PROVIDE GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT |
| GROUNDSWELL FUND | SAN FRANCISCO, CA | $300,000 | 2025 | TO PROVIDE GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT |
| STICHTING WOMEN WIN | AMSTERDAM | $300,000 | 2025 | TO SUPPORT THE CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES OF THE NUMUN FUND |
URGENT ACTION FUND - AFRICA
$1,100,000TO PROVIDE GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
FONDO DE ACCION URGENTE PARA AMERICA LATINA Y EL CARIBE
$1,100,000TO PROVIDE GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
ROCKEFELLER PHILANTHROPY ADVISORS
$1,000,000TO SUPPORT THE CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES OF COLLABORATIVE FOR GENDER AND REPRODUCTIVE EQUITY (CGRE)
FONDO CENTROAMERICANO DE MUJERES FOUNDATION
$1,000,000TO PROVIDE GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT TO ASOCIACION FONDO CENTROAMERICANO DE MUJERES (FCAM)
FONDO SEMILLAS AC
$1,000,000TO PROVIDE GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
INITIATIVE SANKOFA D'AFRIQUE DE L'OUEST
$1,000,000TO SUPPORT THE CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES OF ISDAO
TO SUPPORT THE CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES OF THE BLACK FEMINIST FUND
URGENT ACTION FUND ASIA AND PACIFIC
$750,000TO SUPPORT THE URGENT ACTION SISTER FUND'S CARE AT THE CENTER INITIATIVE
IM-DEFENSORAS
$750,000TO PROVIDE GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
IPAS
$700,000TO SUPPORT THE CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES OF LE CENTRE ODAS
WOMEN'S FUND ASIA LIMITED
$700,000TO SUPPORT THE CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES OF WOMEN'S FUND ASIA
INITIATIVE SANKOFA D'AFRIQUE DE L'OUEST
$600,000TO PROVIDE ACCOMPANIMENT SUPPORT FOR STRENGTHENING THE MOVEMENTS ISDAO SUPPORTS
EQUALITY FUND
$555,000TO PROVIDE GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
TO SUPPORT THE NYC FUND FOR GIRLS AND YOUNG WOMEN OF COLOR
AMALGAMATED CHARITABLE FOUNDATION
$500,000TO SUPPORT THE EMERGING SOUTHERN STRATEGY PROJECT
TO PROVIDE CORE SUPPORT TO ASTRAEA'S U.S. FUND
WOMIN ALLIANCE TRUST
$500,000TO PROVIDE GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
PROSPERA INTERNATIONAL NETWORK OF WOMEN'S FUNDS
$500,000TO PROVIDE GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
STICHTING MAMA CASH
$500,000TO PROVIDE GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
AWID
$500,000TO PROVIDE PHILANTHROPIC ADVOCACY SUPPORT FOR AWIDS 2024 INTERNATIONAL FORUM
INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DEVELOPMENT AGENCY
$500,000TO PROVIDE GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
ORGANIZACION FRATERNAL NEGRA HONDUREA OFRANEH
$500,000TO PROVIDE GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
STICHTING WOMEN WIN
$500,000TO SUPPORT THE CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES OF THE NEBULA FUND
QOSANGANA AFRICAN YOUTH NETWORK
$500,000TO PROVIDE GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
URGENT ACTION FUND ASIA AND PACIFIC
$500,000TO PROVIDE GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
THE MYANMAR TRUST UK
$400,000TO SUPPORT COLLABORATION BETWEEN THE MYANMAR TRUST UK AND ITTHIYA FOUNDATION
WOMEN'S FUND ASIA
$400,000TO SUPPORT SANGRAM'S SWASA PROGRAM
TO SUPPORT PARTNERS ASIA'S REGRANTING AND CAPACITY BUILDING SUPPORT TO WOMEN, GIRLS, AND LGBTQI RIGHTS ORGANIZATIONS ACROSS THAILAND
AWID
$400,000TO PROVIDE GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
ASIA PACIFIC FORUM ON WOMEN LAW AND DEVELOPMENT (APWLD)
$375,000TO PROVIDE GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
INITIATIVE FOR STRATEGIC LITIGATION IN AFRICA
$365,000TO SUPPORT THE CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES
TO PROVIDE GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
INITIATIVE PANANETUGRI POUR LE BIEN ETRE DE LA FEMME
$350,000TO PROVIDE GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
TEWA
$350,000TO PROVIDE GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
WE ARE PURPOSEFUL
$350,000TO SUPPORT PURPOSEFUL'S WORK TO RESOURCE GIRLS' RESISTANCE WITH A FOCUS IN FRANCOPHONE WEST AFRICA
AWAJ FOUNDATION
$325,000TO PROVIDE GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
CODIGO SUR
$300,000TO PROVIDE GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT TO CODIGO SUR
ILGA WORLD
$300,000TO SUPPORT THE 2024 ILGA WORLD CONFERENCE
WOMEN'S MARCH NETWORK
$300,000TO PROVIDE GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
STICHTING WOMEN WIN
$300,000TO SUPPORT THE CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES OF THE NUMUN FUND