About Riff Foundation
The Riff Foundation concentrates virtually all of its philanthropic dollars through a single intermediary, the Amalgamated Charitable Foundation. Its giving pattern suggests the foundation supports mutual/membership-benefit or labor‑aligned philanthropic activity via an established charitable vehicle rather than funding many direct-service nonprofits. This indicates a strategic, centralized approach to grantmaking, likely relying on the intermediary to deploy funds to targeted programs or member communities.
Focus Areas
Intermediary funding through Amalgamated Charitable Foundation (pass‑through or pooled philanthropy)Support for mutual/membership‑benefit initiatives and member services (labor or association‑aligned programs)Capacity or program support distributed by an umbrella charitable foundation
Giving Approach
Highly concentrated: very large gifts (total $21.15M) delivered in only 3 grants and all to a single grantee, indicating reliance on an intermediary to allocate funds rather than multiple direct grants.
Funding Style
general operating supportunrestricted/core supportflexible funding
About Riff Foundation
Riff Foundation channels almost all of its philanthropy through Amalgamated Charitable Foundation, making that intermediary the clearest window into how the funder operates. The largest recent grants on file are large general-support awards to Amalgamated Charitable Foundation in Washington, DC: $7,136,000 in 2024, $7,048,000 in 2023, and $6,967,500 in 2025. That pattern points to a centralized grantmaking model built around multi-year support rather than a broad set of direct awards. The foundation’s active programs describe multi-year general support for community organizations and movements advancing racial, economic, gender, and environmental justice. The program language emphasizes grassroots organizations, community organizing, leadership development, movement building, culture change, and long-term partnerships. In the recent grants list, the intermediary structure is paired with smaller direct awards as well, including general support to Lawyers for Good Government Inc and Love Me Without Limited 4 Life. Riff Foundation is classified as a regular funder, does not fund individuals, and does not make program-related investments. Its giving is regional, but the recipient pattern is highly concentrated rather than widely distributed.
What Riff Foundation Funds
Riff Foundation’s stated program areas center on justice-oriented community organizing. In its core grantmaking, it provides multi-year general operating support to organizations advancing racial justice, economic justice, gender justice, and environmental justice. The program language also highlights leadership development and movement building, indicating support for organizations working at the level of community power. Its invitation-only multi-year general support grants follow the same pattern, with emphasis on longer-term partnerships with grassroots community organizations and movements. These grants are framed around community-led power building and intersectional approaches. The recent grants list also shows targeted general support outside the intermediary channel. Lawyers for Good Government Inc received $20,000 in Washington, DC, and Love Me Without Limited 4 Life received $20,000 in Jackson, MS. Those awards suggest the foundation occasionally makes direct grants alongside its larger pooled commitments.
How Riff Foundation Gives
The grant-size distribution is highly skewed: the 25th percentile is $20,000, the median is $3,534,000, and the 75th percentile is $7,070,000. That spread reflects a mix of very large pooled grants and a small number of much smaller direct awards. The recent record also shows repeated annual support to the same intermediary across 2023, 2024, and 2025, which points to a recurring relationship rather than one-off funding. Riff Foundation is a regular funder, not a private foundation vehicle for individuals, and it does not make program-related investments. The available grant descriptions emphasize general operating support and multi-year commitments. Unsolicited applications are not accepted for the active programs listed.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$21.2M
Total Assets
$32.1M
Total Revenue
$6.6M
Total Expenses
$7.7M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $20K and $7.1M, with a median of $3.5M.
25th Percentile
$20K
Median
$3.5M
75th Percentile
$7.1M
Geographic Reach
Regional2 states funded
About 0% of grants go to recipients in DC.
Funding intensity
LowHigh
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