Foundation for a Just Society
Invitation OnlyNew York, New York · EIN 27-3345774 · Private foundation · Website
Grants paid (2024)$63.1M
Organizations funded357
Typical grant$125,000
Total assets$1.3B
Half of its grants to organizations were between $60,000 and $250,000.
From the return
How to apply
On its return for tax year 2024 the foundation checked the box saying it only makes contributions to preselected charitable organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests for funds.
What it funds
Share of grant lines on the latest return, classified from the purpose each grant states.
Where it gives
34% of grants went outside New York.
Grants paid in tax year 2024
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fondo de Accion Urgente Para America Latina Y El Caribe | New York, NY | To provide general operating support | $1,100,000 |
| Urgent Action Fund - Africa | New York, NY | To provide general operating support | $1,100,000 |
| Borealis Philanthropy | Minneapolis, MN | To support the black-led movement fund | $1,000,000 |
| Capital for Good USA | Paoli, PA | To support the charitable activities of girls first fund | $1,000,000 |
| Fondo Centroamericano de Mujeres Foundation | Dover, DE | To provide general operating support to asociacion fondo centroamericano de mujeres (fcam) | $1,000,000 |
| Fondo Semillas Ac | New York, NY | To provide general operating support | $1,000,000 |
| Initiative Sankofa D'afrique de L'ouest | New York, NY | To support the charitable activities of isdao | $1,000,000 |
| Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors | New York, NY | To support the charitable activities of collaborative for gender and reproductive equity (cgre) | $1,000,000 |
| Amalgamated Charitable Foundation | Washington, DC | To support the charitable activities of the black feminist fund | $850,000 |
| Im-Defensoras | Toronto, CA | To provide general operating support | $750,000 |
| Urgent Action Fund Asia and Pacific | East Melbourne, AS | To support the urgent action sister fund's care at the center initiative | $750,000 |
| Ipas | New York, NY | To support the charitable activities of le centre odas | $700,000 |
| Women's Fund Asia Limited | Melbourne, AS | To support the charitable activities of women's fund asia | $700,000 |
| Initiative Sankofa D'afrique de L'ouest | New York, NY | To provide accompaniment support for strengthening the movements isdao supports | $600,000 |
| Equality Fund | Ottawa, CA | To provide general operating support | $555,000 |
| Amalgamated Charitable Foundation | Washington, DC | To support the emerging southern strategy project | $500,000 |
| Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice | New York, NY | To provide core support to astraea's u.s. fund | $500,000 |
| Awid | Toronto, CA | To provide philanthropic advocacy support for awids 2024 international forum | $500,000 |
| International Women's Development Agency | Melbourne, AS | To provide general operating support | $500,000 |
| New York Women's Foundation | New York, NY | To support the NYC fund for girls and young women of color | $500,000 |
| Organizacion Fraternal Negra Hondurea Ofraneh | New York, NY | To provide general operating support | $500,000 |
| Prospera International Network of Women's Funds | Ottawa, CA | To provide general operating support | $500,000 |
| Qosangana African Youth Network | New York, NY | To provide general operating support | $500,000 |
| Stichting Mama Cash | Amsterdam, NL | To provide general operating support | $500,000 |
| Stichting Women Win | Amsterdam, NL | To support the charitable activities of the nebula fund | $500,000 |
| Urgent Action Fund Asia and Pacific | East Melbourne, AS | To provide general operating support | $500,000 |
| Womin Alliance Trust | Johannesburg, SF | To provide general operating support | $500,000 |
| Awid | Toronto, CA | To provide general operating support | $400,000 |
| Funders for Lgbtq Issues | New York, NY | To support the out in the south initiative | $400,000 |
| Partners Asia | Oakland, CA | To support partners asia's regranting and capacity building support to women, girls, and lgbtqi rights organizations across thailand | $400,000 |
| Proteus Fund | Waltham, MA | To provide general communications support | $400,000 |
| The Myanmar Trust Uk | Bristol, UK | To support collaboration between the myanmar trust uk and itthiya foundation | $400,000 |
| Urgent Action Fund for Feminist Activism | Alameda, CA | To provide general operating support | $400,000 |
| Women's Fund Asia | New York, NY | To support sangram's swasa program | $400,000 |
| Asia Pacific Forum on Women Law and Development (Apwld) | New York, NY | To provide general operating support | $375,000 |
| Initiative for Strategic Litigation in Africa | Braamfontein, SF | To support the charitable activities | $365,000 |
| Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice | New York, NY | To provide general operating support | $350,000 |
| Creating Resources for Empowerment and Action Inc | New York, NY | To provide general operating support | $350,000 |
| Initiative Pananetugri Pour Le Bien Etre de LA Femme | New York, NY | To provide general operating support | $350,000 |
| Tewa | New York, NY | To provide general operating support | $350,000 |
| We Are Purposeful | London, UK | To support purposeful's work to resource girls' resistance with a focus in francophone west africa | $350,000 |
| Windward Fund | Washington, DC | To support the gulf south grantmaking project | $346,667 |
| Proteus Fund | Waltham, MA | To provide general operating support | $333,333 |
| Awaj Foundation | New York, NY | To provide general operating support | $325,000 |
| Codigo Sur | New York, NY | To provide general operating support to codigo sur | $300,000 |
| Groundswell Fund | San Francisco, CA | To provide general operating support | $300,000 |
| Ilga World | Geneva, SZ | To support the 2024 ilga world conference | $300,000 |
| Mijente Support Committee | Phoenix, AZ | To provide general operating support | $300,000 |
| National Latina Institute for Reproductive Justice | New York, NY | To provide general operating support | $300,000 |
| Panorama Global | Seattle, WA | To support the charitable activites of gender funders colab | $300,000 |
| Stichting Mama Cash | Amsterdam, NL | To support the charitable activities of red umbrella fund | $300,000 |
| Stichting Women Win | Amsterdam, NL | To support the charitable activities of the numun fund | $300,000 |
| Women's March Network | Waldorf, MD | To provide general operating support | $300,000 |
| Appalachian Community Fund | Knoxville, TN | To provide emergency support for hurricane helene relief work | $275,000 |
| Thousand Currents | San Francisco, CA | To provide general operating support | $275,000 |
| Urgent Action Fund for Feminist Activism | Alameda, CA | To provide accompaniment support for young feminist organizing | $270,000 |
| Agitarte Inc | Cambridge, MA | To support the charitable activities of movement culture hub | $250,000 |
| Appalachian Community Fund | Knoxville, TN | To provide general operating support | $250,000 |
| Asociacion Colectiva de Mujeres Para El Desarrollo Local (Colectiva Feminis | New York, NY | To provide general operating support to colectiva feminista | $250,000 |
| Borealis Philanthropy | Minneapolis, MN | To support the emerging lgbtq leaders of color fund (ellc) | $250,000 |
Showing the 60 largest of 357 grants to organizations.
Grants approved for future payment
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fondo de Accion Urgente Para America Latina Y El Caribe | New York, NY | To provide general operating support | $2,200,000 |
| Fondo Centroamericano de Mujeres Foundation | Dover, DE | To provide general operating support to asociacion fondo centroamericano de mujeres (fcam) | $2,000,000 |
| Tewa | New York, NY | To provide general operating support | $1,150,000 |
| Capital for Good USA | Paoli, PA | To support the charitable activities of girls first fund | $1,000,000 |
| Organizacion Fraternal Negra Hondurea Ofraneh | New York, NY | To provide general operating support | $1,000,000 |
| Urgent Action Fund - Africa | New York, NY | To provide general operating support | $1,000,000 |
| Urgent Action Fund Asia and Pacific | East Melbourne, | To provide general operating support | $1,000,000 |
| Amalgamated Charitable Foundation | Washington, DC | To support the charitable activities of the black feminist fund | $850,000 |
| Urgent Action Fund for Feminist Activism | Alameda, CA | To provide general operating support | $800,000 |
| Women's Fund Asia | New York, NY | To support sangram's swasa program | $800,000 |
| The Baring Foundation | London, | To support the equal, safe, and free fund | $750,000 |
| Proteus Fund | Waltham, MA | To provide general operating support | $666,667 |
| Ipas | New York, NY | To support the charitable activities of le centre odas | $600,000 |
| Panorama Global | Seattle, WA | To support the charitable activites of gender funders colab | $600,000 |
| Qosangana African Youth Network | New York, NY | To provide general operating support | $600,000 |
| Stichting Women Win | Amsterdam, | To support the charitable activities of the numun fund | $600,000 |
| Initiative for Strategic Litigation in Africa | Braamfontein, | To support the charitable activities | $585,000 |
| Nagorik Uddyog | New York, NY | To support the promoting the rights of dalit women and girls through awareness and facilitating the access to basic services project | $505,000 |
| Borealis Philanthropy | Minneapolis, MN | To support the black-led movement fund | $500,000 |
| New York Women's Foundation | New York, NY | To support the NYC fund for girls and young women of color | $500,000 |
| Women Lead | Arlington, VA | To provide general operating support | $500,000 |
| Cradesc | New York, NY | To support the charitable activities of cradesc | $400,000 |
| Fair Food Standards Council | Miami, FL | To provide general operating support | $400,000 |
| Funders for Lgbtq Issues | New York, NY | To support the out in the south initiative | $400,000 |
| Proteus Fund | Waltham, MA | To support the charitable activities of contigo fund | $400,000 |
| The Myanmar Trust Uk | Bristol, | To support collaboration between the myanmar trust uk and itthiya foundation | $400,000 |
| Women Enabled International | Washington, DC | To provide general operating support | $400,000 |
| Progressive Voice | New York, NY | To support the charitable activities | $375,000 |
| Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice | New York, NY | To provide general operating support | $350,000 |
| Focus on the Global South | New York, NY | To support the charitable activities of the southern peasants' federation of thailand | $300,000 |
| Fondo de Accion Urgente Para America Latina Y El Caribe | New York, NY | To support the black feminist hubs | $300,000 |
| Fondo de Accion Urgente Para America Latina Y El Caribe | New York, NY | To support the care and protection initiative | $300,000 |
| Mitini Nepal | New York, NY | To provide general operating support | $300,000 |
| Asia Pacific Network of Service Workers (Apnsw) | New York, NY | To provide general operating support | $280,000 |
| Im-Defensoras | Toronto, | To support the collaboration between im-defensoras, uaf-lac, and fcam | $274,000 |
| Fahamu Africa | New York, NY | To enhance the mobilization and visibility of the nss movement and to strengthen nous sommes le solutions charitable activities | $250,000 |
| Feminist Africa Journal | New York, NY | To support the feminist africa journal, with a focus on francophone west africa | $250,000 |
| Fund for Global Human Rights | Washington DC, DC | To provide general operating support | $250,000 |
| Lumiere Synergie Pour Le Developpement | New York, NY | To support the charitable activities of africa climate justice collective, focusing on the sahel region | $250,000 |
| The Festival Center Inc | Washington, DC | To support the charitable activities of movement culture hub | $250,000 |
| Women Possibilities | New York, NY | To support the charitable activities of women possibilities | $250,000 |
| Women With Disabilities Development Foundation | New York, NY | To provide general operating support | $250,000 |
| African Indigenous Women's Organization | New York, NY | To strengthen the charitable activities of seven grassroots indigenous womens organizations in four countries including burkina faso,… | $200,000 |
| Asia Feminist Lbq Network | New York, NY | To support the queer feminist fund | $200,000 |
| Asociacion Puntos de Encuentro Para Transformar LA Vida Cotidiana | New York, NY | To support the charitable activities of asociacion puntos de encuentro | $200,000 |
| Empower Foundation | New York, NY | To support the charitable activities of the organization | $200,000 |
| Filiadie Frauenstiftung | Hamburg, | To support the on the right track initiative | $200,000 |
| Foro Internacional de Mujeres Indgenas | New York, NY | To provide general operating support | $200,000 |
| Global Network of Sex Work Projects | Edinburgh, | To provide general operating support | $200,000 |
| Grassroots Global Justice | Washington, DC | To support ggj's participation in the strengthening international grassroots movements initiative | $200,000 |
| Instituto de Liderazgo Simone de Beauvoir Ac | New York, NY | To provide general operating support | $200,000 |
| Nagorik Uddyog | New York, NY | To support the protecting and promoting the rights and tackling the poverty and exclusion of dalits and excluded groups project | $200,000 |
| North Star Fund | New York, NY | To provide general operating support | $200,000 |
| Opendemocracy | London, | To support opendemocracy's "tracking the backlash" initiative | $200,000 |
| Proteus Fund | Waltham, MA | To support the sex workers giving circle | $200,000 |
| Seattle International Foundation | Seattle, WA | To support the charitable activities of fondo camy | $200,000 |
| Translash Media | New York, NY | To provide general operating support | $200,000 |
| Association for Progressive Communications | San Francisco, CA | To support the women's rights programme | $150,000 |
| Balance Promocion Para El Desarrollo Y Juventud Ac | New York, NY | To provide general operating support | $150,000 |
| Focus on the Global South | New York, NY | To support focus's work to strengthen and integrate feminist and gender justice analysis both within the organization and within its work… | $150,000 |
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants paid | Grant lines |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $63,123,280 | 447 |
| 2023 | $61,203,721 | 550 |
Sources
- IRS Form 990-PF, tax year 2024, filed Nov 6, 2025 - IRS e-file batch, object ID 202523109349101872
- IRS Tax Exempt Organization Search for EIN 27-3345774
- Profile updated Nov 4, 2026
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