About Policylink
Let's partner to redesign this nation so that it governs for all.
Focus Areas
Housing and land justiceInfrastructure and transportation equityWater equity and climate resilienceRacial equity and governing powerPlace-based community strategies
Who They Fund
community-based organizationsunderserved or marginalized communitiescivic and democratic institutions
Funding Style
core support (general operating)unrestricted supportcrosscutting/strategic initiativescapacity building
About Policylink
Policylink’s largest recent grant was a $9.6 million core-support award to Black Ambition Opportunity Inc in Miami, showing a funder that backs organizations at substantial scale while keeping a strong emphasis on flexible support. Across the recent grants list, the foundation repeatedly funds groups working on racial equity, civic power, and systems change, often through crosscutting strategies rather than single-issue projects. That approach appears in multi-year support for Liberation in a Generation in Lorton and Liberation Ventures in Wilmington, as well as repeated backing for Just Capital Foundation Inc in New York through both core support and equitable-economy grants. The portfolio also includes public-policy and movement organizations such as Neo Philanthropy Inc, Results for America, The Urban Institute, and Center for Popular Democracy. Policylink’s stated focus areas—housing and land justice, infrastructure and transportation equity, water equity and climate resilience, racial equity and governing power, and place-based community strategies—align with a grantmaking pattern that favors organizations shaping institutions, policy, and community conditions together. The foundation’s work reads as national in scope, with grants reaching advocacy, research, and community-intermediary groups.
What Policylink Funds
In racial equity and governing power, Policylink backed Liberation in a Generation with $3.5 million in 2025 and $1.4 million in 2024, both for crosscutting strategies. It also supported Liberation Ventures Inc with $1.8 million in 2025, again through crosscutting strategies, and gave $183,203 to Center for Popular Democracy in Brooklyn for the same broad category. In equitable economy work, the foundation gave Just Capital Foundation Inc $254,810 in 2024 and $250,000 in 2025, plus $171,000 to Fsg - Boston in 2025. For thriving communities, Policylink awarded $450,000 to Coalicin De Coaliciones Pro Personas Sin Hogar De Puerto Rico Inc in Ponce and another $450,000 to La Liga De Ciudades De Puerto Rico in San Juan. Its democracy-related giving also includes $210,000 to The Urban Institute in Washington, DC for flourishing democracy.
How Policylink Gives
Policylink’s recent grants center on smaller and mid-sized awards, with a typical range of $11,000 at the 25th percentile, a median of $26,000, and $73,149 at the 75th percentile. The recent list also includes several much larger strategic awards, indicating a portfolio with both broad support and a few high-dollar commitments. Recipients appear across multiple years: Liberation in a Generation, Black Ambition Opportunity Inc, and Just Capital Foundation Inc all received follow-on grants in different years. Policylink is a regular funder, not a funder of individuals, and the grants shown are overwhelmingly framed as core support, unrestricted support, or crosscutting strategies.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$13.4M
Total Assets
$115.9M
Total Revenue
$48.2M
Total Expenses
$58.1M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $11K and $73K, with a median of $26K.
25th Percentile
$11K
Median
$26K
75th Percentile
$73K
Geographic Reach
National28 states funded
About 22% of grants go to recipients in MA.
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Headquarters
Leadership
MICHAEL MCAFEE
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