About Project South
Project South builds power in communities of the South to challenge and dismantle structures of oppression, and to develop and sustain grassroots organizations and networks that address racial, economic and social justice.
Focus Areas
Community organizingRacial justiceCivic engagementLeadership developmentMovement-building
Who They Fund
grassroots social justice movements and organizerslow-income communitiesBlack, Indigenous, and other communities of colorimmigrants and refugeesincarcerated and formerly incarcerated individuals
Funding Style
capacity building
About Project South
Project South Inc backs Southern-based organizing at a notable scale, with a $4,750,376 grant in 2024 to Gs4gnd in Tulsa as the largest award in the recent record. That one grant sits alongside other seven-figure operating awards to groups working on law, immigration, environmental justice, and civic power across the South. The pattern points to a funder that uses substantial operating support to strengthen grassroots institutions rather than narrow project work. Across the recent grants list, the foundation appears repeatedly in movement-infrastructure roles: giving $1,000,311 to Gulf Coast Center for Law in Slidell and $1,000,000 each to Community Justice Project in Miami, Gasp in Duluth, and Steps Coalition in Gulfport. It also sustained organizations over multiple years, including Imagine Water Works in New Orleans and Crescent City Media Group in Slidell. The mix of legal advocacy, immigrant justice, environmental work, and community media fits Project South’s stated emphasis on racial, economic, and social justice in Southern communities.
What Project South Funds
Project South Inc funds several linked cause areas through operating support. In immigrant and refugee rights, it gave $854,819 in 2024 and $377,333 in 2023 to Immigration Alliance for Just in Jackson. In prison and criminal-justice reform, Gulf Coast Center for Law in Slidell received $1,000,311 in 2024 and $293,000 in 2023. The foundation also supports economic and environmental justice: Alliance for Affordable Energ in New Orleans received $632,285 in 2023, while Imagine Water Works in New Orleans received $600,000 in both 2023 and 2024. Community media and civic capacity also appear in the record. Crescent City Media Group in Slidell received $265,967 in 2025, after prior grants of $185,000 in 2023 and 2024 and $165,967 in 2025 under the spelling Cresent City Media Group. These awards show a funder supporting both organizing and the communication infrastructure around it.
How Project South Gives
Project South Inc’s recent grant sizes are wide-ranging: the 25th percentile is $40,180, the median is $205,000, and the 75th percentile is $600,000. Most awards in the recent list are operating or operations grants, suggesting flexible general support rather than tightly restricted project funding. The record also shows repeat support to the same recipients across multiple years, including Imagine Water Works, Crescent City Media Group, Pecan Milk Cooperative, Immigration Alliance for Just, and Gulf Coast Center for Law. The foundation does not fund individuals and is not making program-related investments. Its grantmaking is regional rather than national.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$2.3M
Total Assets
$16.6M
Total Revenue
$4.8M
Total Expenses
$6.5M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $40K and $600K, with a median of $205K.
25th Percentile
$40K
Median
$205K
75th Percentile
$600K
Geographic Reach
Regional14 states funded
About 22% of grants go to recipients in LA.
Funding intensity
LowHigh
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