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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 95-3607882

CS Fund

A private foundation in Petaluma, CA. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 129 grants and $6.5 million paid in grants.

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Tax year 2024 (period ending Sep 30, 2025), read from the IRS e-file on Nov 11, 2026. Returns reach the IRS 5 to 18 months after the year they describe.

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The return checks the box saying the foundation gives only to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

Assets and giving by year

7 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.

  • Tax year 2024

    $6,540,120

    Grants listed
    129
    Assets, end of year
    $5,002,812

  • Tax year 2023

    $5,451,350

    Grants listed
    106
    Assets, end of year
    $6,810,159

  • Tax year 2022

    $4,201,150

    Grants listed
    76
    Assets, end of year
    $6,661,400

  • Tax year 2021

    $2,897,300

    Grants listed
    45
    Assets, end of year
    $6,733,721

  • Tax year 2020

    $1,923,700

    Grants listed
    49
    Assets, end of year
    $8,523,825

  • Tax year 2019

    $1,571,000

    Grants listed
    44
    Assets, end of year
    $7,253,232

  • Tax year 2018

    $775,800

    Grants listed
    33
    Assets, end of year
    $7,205,644

Grants paid in 2024

129 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Tides FoundationSan Francisco, CA

    Donor advised fund

    $1,085,000
  2. Friends of Action Group on Erosion Technology and Concentration IncOakland, CA

    Action group on erosion, technology and concentration

    $250,000
  3. Government Accountability ProjectWashington, DC

    General support

    $150,000
  4. Center for Constitutional RightsNew York, NY

    General support

    $145,000
  5. Tides CenterSan Francisco, CA

    Community justice exchange

    $145,000
  6. Partnership for Civil Justice FundWashington, DC

    General support

    $130,000
  7. Global Greengrants FundBoulder, CO

    Agroecology fund

    $105,000
  8. American Economic Liberties ProjectWashington, DC

    Rethink trade

    $100,000
  9. Project on Government Oversight IncWashington, DC

    General support

    $100,000
  10. Social and Environmental EntrepreneursCalabasas, CA

    In defense of movements

    $100,000
  11. Solidaire NetworkOakland, CA

    General support

    $100,000
  12. Tides FoundationSan Francisco, CA

    Healthy democracy fund

    $100,000
  13. Defending Rights & DissentWashington, DC

    General support

    $90,000
  14. Proteus Fund IncWaltham, MA

    Rise together fund

    $85,000
  15. Center for the Study of the AmericasBerkeley, CA

    Movimento campones popular

    $82,500
  16. Proteus Fund IncWaltham, MA

    Piper fund

    $80,000
  17. Marin Community FoundationNovato, CA

    Donor advised fund

    $77,250
  18. Friends of Action Group on Erosion Technology and Concentration IncOakland, CA

    North american digital agriculture working group

    $75,000
  19. Friends of Action Group on Erosion Technology and Concentration IncOakland, CA

    Heinrich boll foundation

    $75,000
  20. Public Citizen Foundation IncWashington, DC

    Global trade watch

    $75,000
  21. Center for International Environmental LawWashington, DC

    Fighting false solutions: geoengineering

    $70,000
  22. Neo Philanthropy IncNew York, NY

    Law for black lives

    $65,000
  23. FJCNew York, NY

    African women's collaborative

    $62,700
  24. South Africa Development FundJamaica Plain, MA

    Southern african rural women's assembly

    $62,400
  25. Indigenous Environmental NetworkBemidji, MN

    Tribal-land connected training on geoengineering and false solutions in alaska

    $62,000
  26. Center for Food SafetySan Francisco, CA

    General support

    $60,000
  27. Center for International Environmental LawWashington, DC

    Advancing a precautionary approach to nanomaterials in the eu and global policy arenas

    $60,000
  28. Friends of Action Group on Erosion Technology and Concentration IncOakland, CA

    Center for global digital justice

    $60,000
  29. Friends of the EarthWashington, DC

    Emerging technologies campaign

    $60,000
  30. Indigenous Environmental NetworkBemidji, MN

    Geoengineering outreach organizer

    $60,000
  31. Pesticide Action Network North America Regional CenterBerkeley, CA

    Pan international secretariat project

    $57,500
  32. Earth Island InstituteBerkeley, CA

    Securing indigenous peoples' rights in the green economy

    $52,500
  33. Indigenous Peoples Rights InternationalWest Boothbay Harbor, ME

    Labata fantalle organization

    $52,500
  34. Center for the Study of the AmericasBerkeley, CA

    La via campesina

    $51,500
  35. Center for the Study of the AmericasBerkeley, CA

    Korean women peasant's association

    $51,500
  36. Center for the Study of the AmericasBerkeley, CA

    Zimbabwe smallholder organic farmers forum

    $51,500
  37. Climate Justice AllianceLos Angeles, CA

    General support

    $50,000
  38. Defending Rights & DissentWashington, DC

    Muslims for just futures

    $50,000
  39. Global ImpactWashington, DC

    Court accountability

    $50,000
  40. Global Justice Ecology ProjectRandolph, NY

    Biofuelwatch us

    $50,000
  41. International Indian Treaty CouncilTucson, AZ

    Plan de sonora

    $50,000
  42. Just Futures LawCanton, MA

    General support

    $50,000
  43. Justice FundersOakland, CA

    Just transition investing

    $50,000
  44. Neo Philanthropy IncNew York, NY

    Four freedoms fund - immigration frontlines fund

    $50,000
  45. Peace Development FundAmherst, MA

    Financial futures fund

    $50,000
  46. Physicians for Social ResponsibilityWashington, DC

    California captured: protecting communities from false solutions

    $50,000
  47. Possibility LabsConcord, CA

    Non-extractive finance global

    $50,000
  48. Sustainable Markets FoundationNew York, NY

    Tech critics network, convening and africa teach-in

    $50,000
  49. William J Brennan Jr Center for Justice IncNew York, NY

    Brennan center for justice

    $50,000
  50. Institute for Food and Development Policy IncOakland, CA

    Coordination nationale des organisations paysannes du mali

    $49,500
  51. Amalgamated Charitable FoundationWashington, DC

    A new era of philanthropy book project

    $46,170
  52. Friends of Action Group on Erosion Technology and Concentration IncOakland, CA

    Colectivo por la autonomia

    $45,900
  53. American Constitution Society for Law and PolicyWashington, DC

    General support

    $45,000
  54. Americans United for Separation of Church & StateWashington, DC

    Legal academy

    $45,000
  55. Constitutional Accountability CenterWashington, DC

    General support

    $45,000
  56. Ecology Action of the Mid-PeninsulaWillits, CA

    General support

    $45,000
  57. National Lawyers GuildRidgewood, NY

    Mass defense project

    $45,000
  58. National Security Archive Fund IncWashington, DC

    Open government and accountability project

    $45,000
  59. Trade Justice Education FundWashington, DC

    General support

    $45,000
  60. Whistleblower AidWashington, DC

    General support

    $45,000
  61. Inquiring Systems IncSanta Rosa, CA

    General support

    $42,800
  62. Friends of Action Group on Erosion Technology and Concentration IncOakland, CA

    Centro de estudios para el cambio en el campo mexicano

    $40,800
  63. Contina ImpactSan Francisco, CA

    Guardian fund

    $40,000
  64. International Center for Not-For-Profit LawWashington, DC

    Protecting protest - us program

    $40,000
  65. National Black Food & Justice AllianceAtlanta, GA

    General support

    $40,000
  66. Neo Philanthropy IncNew York, NY

    Movement law lab

    $40,000
  67. Whyhunger IncNew York, NY

    Peoples' agroecology process

    $40,000
  68. Central California Environmental Justice NetworkFresno, CA

    Central valley agroecology

    $35,000
  69. Climate Justice AllianceLos Angeles, CA

    Building resistance to geoengineering

    $35,000
  70. Just Vision IncWashington, DC

    General support

    $35,000
  71. Kua'aina Ulu AuamoKaneohe, HI

    General support

    $35,000
  72. Native American Food Sovereignty AllianceFlagstaff, AZ

    General support

    $35,000
  73. Panorama GlobalSeattle, WA

    Global alliance for the future of food

    $35,000
  74. Rockefeller Philanthropy AdvisorsNew York, NY

    Icca consortium

    $32,100
  75. California Immigrant Policy CenterLos Angeles, CA

    Central valley watch network

    $30,000
  76. Center for Media JusticeOakland, CA

    Surveillance program

    $30,000
  77. Ecology Action of the Mid-PeninsulaWillits, CA

    Ecopol

    $30,000
  78. Food Chain Workers AllianceLos Angeles, CA

    Immigrant rapid response fund

    $30,000
  79. Free PressFlorence, MA

    Surveillance program

    $30,000
  80. Neo Philanthropy IncNew York, NY

    Charity & security network

    $30,000
  81. Power 4 Puerto Rico EducationAlbany, NY

    Alliance of the people of us island territories for food sovereignty

    $30,000
  82. Sustainable Economies Law CenterOakland, CA

    General support

    $30,000
  83. Translash MediaBrooklyn, NY

    General support

    $30,000
  84. A New Era of Philanthropy Book ProjectWashington, DC

    General support

    $25,000
  85. Alliance for JusticeWashington, DC

    Justice program

    $25,000
  86. Pesticide Action Network North America Regional CenterBerkeley, CA

    Executive director transition and core programmatic support

    $25,000
  87. Beyond PesticidesWashington, DC

    Pollinator protection network (PPN)

    $20,000
  88. Center for Media JusticeOakland, CA

    General support (tech justice field visioning)

    $20,000
  89. Illinois Workers in ActionChicago, IL

    General support

    $20,000
  90. Inquiring Systems IncSanta Rosa, CA

    Regenerative economies organizing collaborative

    $20,000
  91. NDN Collective IncRapid City, SD

    General support

    $20,000
  92. Oil and Gas Action NetworkBerkeley, CA

    Trial monitoring team

    $20,000
  93. Possibility LabsConcord, CA

    Collective action for just finance

    $20,000
  94. Radio BilingueFresno, CA

    Indigenous language translation and programming

    $20,000
  95. Rural Community Workers AllianceMilan, MO

    General support

    $20,000
  96. Translash MediaBrooklyn, NY

    General support

    $20,000
  97. Alianza AmericasChicago, IL

    Uniting latin american diasporas in the struggle for democracy

    $16,000
  98. Illinois Workers in ActionChicago, IL

    Regional worker-led healing & power-building circles

    $16,000
  99. Ko'ihonuaPearl City, HI

    Kukulu lahui (building community)

    $16,000
  100. Native ConservancyCordova, AK

    Indigenous stewardship internship: preparing youth leaders for food and ocean sovereignty

    $16,000
  101. Native MovementFairbanks, AK

    Grandmothers growing goodness

    $16,000
  102. Solidarity STL IncSaint Louis, MO

    Grief in the storm

    $16,000
  103. The Engine RoomNew York, NY

    Life and care at the center: cross-experience dialogues

    $16,000
  104. The Engine RoomNew York, NY

    Re-imagining technology and data in the fight for equitable and sustainable societies

    $16,000
  105. Alianza AmericasChicago, IL

    General support

    $15,000
  106. Chisholm Legacy Project IncBurtonsville, MD

    General support

    $15,000
  107. Grassroots Global JusticeWashington, DC

    General support

    $15,000
  108. One Fair Wage IncCambridge, MA

    General support

    $15,000
  109. Tides FoundationSan Francisco, CA

    Center for working families fund

    $15,000
  110. Friends of Action Group on Erosion Technology and Concentration IncOakland, CA

    Criminal justice and police accountability project

    $10,000
  111. North Bay Organizing ProjectSanta Rosa, CA

    General support

    $2,000
  112. Sonoma Earth SchoolForestville, CA

    General support

    $2,000
  113. East Bay Sanctuary ConvenantBerkeley, CA

    General support

    $1,500
  114. CivilbeatHonolulu, HI

    General support

    $1,000
  115. Indigenous Permaculture ProjectSan Francisco, CA

    General support

    $1,000
  116. Kuamo'o FoundationWaikoloa, HI

    General support

    $1,000
  117. Mohala Hou FoundationNew York, NY

    General support

    $1,000
  118. Poor MagazineOakland, CA

    General support

    $1,000
  119. Aina MomonaHonolulu, HI

    General support

    $500
  120. Cafe PuentePetaluma, CA

    General support

    $500
  121. GLBT Center of Greater ReadingReading, PA

    General support

    $500
  122. Multicultural Center of MarinSan Rafael, CA

    General support

    $500
  123. Petaluma Blacks for Community DevelopmentPetaluma, CA

    General support

    $500
  124. Petaluma PridePetaluma, CA

    General support

    $500
  125. Petaluma River ParkPetaluma, CA

    General support

    $500
  126. Polynesian Voyaging SocietyHonolulu, HI

    General support

    $500
  127. Story of Stuff ProjectBerkeley, CA

    General support

    $500
  128. Toni's Kitty RescueSan Francisco, CA

    General support

    $500
  129. Yerba Buena Arts & EventsSan Francisco, CA

    General support

    $500

Approved for future payment

30 grants

Approved in 2024 and not yet paid.

  1. Friends of Action Group on Erosion Technology and Concentration IncOakland, CA

    Action group on erosion, technology and concentration

    $450,000
  2. Friends of Action Group on Erosion Technology and Concentration IncOakland, CA

    Heinrich boll foundation

    $225,000
  3. Center for Food SafetySan Francisco, CA

    General support

    $180,000
  4. Center for International Environmental LawWashington, DC

    Fighting false solutions: geoengineering

    $180,000
  5. Friends of the EarthWashington, DC

    Emerging technologies campaign

    $180,000
  6. Indigenous Environmental NetworkBemidji, MN

    Geoengineering outreach organizer

    $180,000
  7. Global Justice Ecology ProjectRandolph, NY

    Biofuelwatch us

    $150,000
  8. FJCNew York, NY

    African women's collaborative

    $125,400
  9. South Africa Development FundJamaica Plain, MA

    Southern african rural women's assembly

    $124,800
  10. Pesticide Action Network North America Regional CenterBerkeley, CA

    Pan international secretariat project

    $115,000
  11. Center for the Study of the AmericasBerkeley, CA

    Movimento campones popular

    $110,000
  12. Climate Justice AllianceLos Angeles, CA

    Building resistance to geoengineering

    $105,000
  13. American Economic Liberties ProjectWashington, DC

    Rethink trade

    $100,000
  14. Friends of Action Group on Erosion Technology and Concentration IncOakland, CA

    Colectivo por la autonomia

    $91,800
  15. Inquiring Systems IncSanta Rosa, CA

    General support

    $85,600
  16. Friends of Action Group on Erosion Technology and Concentration IncOakland, CA

    Centro de estudios para el cambio en el campo mexicano

    $81,600
  17. Whyhunger IncNew York, NY

    Peoples' agroecology process

    $80,000
  18. Friends of Action Group on Erosion Technology and Concentration IncOakland, CA

    North american digital agriculture working group

    $75,000
  19. Public Citizen Foundation IncWashington, DC

    Global trade watch

    $75,000
  20. Friends of Action Group on Erosion Technology and Concentration IncOakland, CA

    Center for global digital justice

    $60,000
  21. Defending Rights & DissentWashington, DC

    Muslims for just futures

    $50,000
  22. Global ImpactWashington, DC

    Court accountability

    $50,000
  23. Neo Philanthropy IncNew York, NY

    Movement law lab

    $40,000
  24. Just Vision IncWashington, DC

    General support

    $35,000
  25. California Immigrant Policy CenterLos Angeles, CA

    Central valley watch network

    $30,000
  26. Power 4 Puerto Rico EducationAlbany, NY

    Alliance of the people of us island territories for food sovereignty

    $30,000
  27. Sustainable Economies Law CenterOakland, CA

    General support

    $30,000
  28. Translash MediaBrooklyn, NY

    General support

    $30,000
  29. Tides CenterSan Francisco, CA

    22nd century initiative

    $25,000
  30. Friends of Action Group on Erosion Technology and Concentration IncOakland, CA

    Criminal justice and police accountability project

    $10,000

Where the money goes

By cause: grants to organizations we matched to the IRS list of exempt organizations, by their category.

  1. Philanthropy and grantmaking7 grants $1,455,52024% of the total
  2. Food and agriculture11 grants $731,70012% of the total
  3. Environment16 grants $711,50012% of the total
  4. Civil rights13 grants $645,50011% of the total
  5. International aid14 grants $622,90010% of the total
  6. Public affairs7 grants $510,0009% of the total
  7. 7 other causes39 grants $1,295,50022% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. California55 grants $3,319,750
  2. District of Columbia25 grants $1,461,170
  3. New York19 grants $787,800
  4. Massachusetts6 grants $357,400
  5. Minnesota2 grants $122,000
  6. Colorado1 grant $105,000
  7. Illinois4 grants $67,000
  8. Hawaii6 grants $54,000
  9. Maine1 grant $52,500
  10. Georgia1 grant $40,000

Officers, directors and trustees

7 people as filed

As filed on the return, with average hours per week and pay from the foundation.

  • Maryanne MottTRUSTEE Hours 4Pay $0
  • Michael WarshTRUSTEE Hours 4Pay $5,750
  • Corinne Meadows-EframVICE-PRESIDENT/TRUSTEE Hours 5Pay $15,500
  • Marise Meynet SheehanPRESIDENT/TRUSTEE Hours 5Pay $15,500
  • Teresa RobinsonSECRETARY/TRUSTEE Hours 4Pay $5,750
  • Kau'i KeliipioTREASURER/TRUSTEE Hours 4Pay $5,750
  • Bailey MaloneEXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Hours 32Pay $270,867

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