The Edmund Pettus Bridge over the Alabama River in Selma

Grant recipient EIN 20-1115618Civil rights

Who funds State Voices?

66 private foundations gave State Voices in Washington, DC $63.5 million across 189 grants, in tax years 2017 to 2025.

Grants listed on funders’ 990-PF returns for tax years 2017 to 2025, read from the IRS e-file on Nov 11, 2026. Returns reach the IRS 5 to 18 months after the year they describe.

Grants received by year

Grants from private foundations by the funder’s tax year. The latest year is in blue; it is not complete until all its returns reach the IRS.

Every foundation grant, by year

189 grants

Each line as the funder listed it on its return, newest year first, then largest.

  1. Jacques M Littlefield FoundationMenlo Park, CA 2025

    Voter engagement

    $75,000
  2. John D and Catherine T MacArthur FoundationChicago, IL 2024

    In support of general operations

    $1,500,000
  3. Freedom Together FoundationNew York, NY 2024

    State voices: nationwide infrastructure that builds grassroots capacity and advances social justice

    $1,300,000
  4. The Robert Wood Johnson FoundationPrinceton, NJ 2024

    82412 supporting state voices' 2024 civic-engagement activities to make it easier for all eligible americans to participate in civic life

    $855,000
  5. Mary Reynolds Babcock Foundation IncorporatedWinstonsalem, NC 2024

    General operating/regranting

    $675,000
  6. Carnegie Corporation of New YorkNew York, NY 2024

    As a final grant for general support

    $525,000
  7. The Ford FoundationNew York, NY 2024

    General support

    $500,000
  8. The Robert Wood Johnson FoundationPrinceton, NJ 2024

    80695 general operating support for state voices, 2023-2025

    $450,000
  9. Carnegie Corporation of New YorkNew York, NY 2024

    For general support

    $361,100
  10. Merle Chambers FundDenver, CO 2024

    General support (multi-year)

    $350,000
  11. Wallace H Coulter TrustSebastian, FL 2024

    General Support

    $250,000
  12. The Robert Wood Johnson FoundationPrinceton, NJ 2024

    81821 supporting the strategic resilience network in building and sustaining the resilience of leaders of color at the national level

    $230,846
  13. The Scherman Foundation IncNew York, NY 2024

    General operating support

    $150,000
  14. The Joyce FoundationChicago, IL 2024

    Democracy

    $150,000
  15. Park Foundation IncIthaca, NY 2024

    General operating support

    $125,000
  16. Clif Family FoundationSaint Helena, CA 2024

    Enhance Community Health

    $100,000
  17. Orr Family FoundationSaratoga, CA 2024

    General fund

    $100,000
  18. The Copen Family Foundation IncSanta Rosa, CA 2024

    Operating support

    $100,000
  19. Stupski FoundationSan Francisco, CA 2024

    To provide general operating support.

    $100,000
  20. The Leonard & Sophie Davis FundSan Francisco, CA 2024

    Support for social service programs or educational programs

    $100,000
  21. Leo Model Foundation IncPhiladelphia, PA 2024

    General operating support

    $80,000
  22. The Grove FoundationLos Altos, CA 2024

    General support

    $80,000
  23. The Arca FoundationWashington, DC 2024

    general support

    $75,000
  24. The Scherman Foundation IncNew York, NY 2024

    General operating support

    $50,000
  25. John P and Anne Welsh McNulty FoundationNew York, NY 2024

    General support

    $30,000
  26. Democracy Fund IncWashington, DC 2024

    General support

    $25,000
  27. Raikes FoundationSeattle, WA 2024

    General operating support

    $25,000
  28. Lora L and Martin N Kelley Family Foundation TrustOakland, CA 2024

    General operating support

    $20,000
  29. New Tudor FoundationBoston, MA 2024

    General support

    $10,000
  30. Norman Foundation IncNew York, NY 2024

    Civic engagement

    $10,000
  31. Arkay FoundationBerkeley, CA 2024

    General Operating Support

    $5,000
  32. Foundation to Promote Open SocietyNew York, NY 2023

    To provide general support

    $1,500,000
  33. Freedom Together FoundationNew York, NY 2023

    State voices: nationwide infrastructure that builds grassroots capacity and advances social justice

    $1,300,000
  34. Freedom Together FoundationNew York, NY 2023

    Engaging and supporting state tables

    $1,000,000
  35. The Ford FoundationNew York, NY 2023

    General support and core support for institutional strengthening

    $600,000
  36. Wellspring Philanthropic Fund IncNew York, NY 2023

    General operating support

    $500,000
  37. The Robert Wood Johnson FoundationPrinceton, NJ 2023

    80695 general operating support for state voices, 2023-2025

    $500,000
  38. Wallace H Coulter TrustSebastian, FL 2023

    General Support

    $250,000
  39. Merle Chambers FundDenver, CO 2023

    General support (multi-year)

    $250,000
  40. Louis and Anne Abrons Foundation IncWilmington, DE 2023

    General & Unrestricted

    $220,000
  41. The Joyce FoundationChicago, IL 2023

    Mission Fund

    $200,000
  42. The Scherman Foundation IncNew York, NY 2023

    General operating suport

    $150,000
  43. The Joyce FoundationChicago, IL 2023

    Democracy

    $150,000
  44. Park Foundation IncIthaca, NY 2023

    Democracy - general operating support

    $125,000
  45. The Joyce FoundationChicago, IL 2023

    Democracy

    $100,000
  46. The Arca FoundationWashington, DC 2023

    general support

    $75,000
  47. Bauman Family Foundation IncLittle Falls, NJ 2023

    Sustaining

    $50,000
  48. The Leonard & Sophie Davis FundSan Francisco, CA 2023

    Support for social service programs or educational programs

    $50,000
  49. The Grove FoundationLos Altos, CA 2023

    General support

    $40,000
  50. PatagoniaorgVentura, CA 2023

    To support environmental projects.

    $35,000
  51. Democracy Fund IncWashington, DC 2023

    General support

    $25,000
  52. Amazonsmile FoundationSeattle, WA 2023

    General support

    $74
  53. Freedom Together FoundationNew York, NY 2022

    State voices: nationwide infrastructure that builds grassroots capacity and advances social justice

    $1,300,000
  54. Mary Reynolds Babcock Foundation IncorporatedWinstonsalem, NC 2022

    Election protection fund

    $1,000,000
  55. Mary Reynolds Babcock Foundation IncorporatedWinstonsalem, NC 2022

    General operating/regranting

    $850,000
  56. The Ford FoundationNew York, NY 2022

    General support and core support for institutional strengthening

    $600,000
  57. Wellspring Philanthropic Fund IncNew York, NY 2022

    General operating support

    $500,000
  58. The Robert Wood Johnson FoundationPrinceton, NJ 2022

    78568 general operating support for state voices, 2021-2023

    $500,000
  59. Democracy Fund IncWashington, DC 2022

    General support

    $500,000
  60. Wallace H Coulter TrustSebastian, FL 2022

    General Support

    $500,000
  61. Carnegie Corporation of New YorkNew York, NY 2022

    For general support

    $433,300
  62. Merle Chambers FundDenver, CO 2022

    General support (multi-year)

    $250,000
  63. Louis and Anne Abrons Foundation IncWilmington, DE 2022

    General & Unrestricted

    $230,000
  64. The Arca FoundationWashington, DC 2022

    general support

    $200,000
  65. The Kohlberg Foundation IncArmonk, NY 2022

    For 501(c)(3) activities. For gotv, voter education, voter protection, voting integrity for state partners

    $150,000
  66. The Scherman Foundation IncNew York, NY 2022

    General operating support

    $150,000
  67. The Joyce FoundationChicago, IL 2022

    Democracy

    $150,000
  68. Park Foundation IncIthaca, NY 2022

    General operating support

    $125,000
  69. The Kohlberg Foundation IncArmonk, NY 2022

    For 501c3 activities, for gotv, voter education, voter protection, voting integrity, covid safe voting, vote by mail

    $100,000
  70. The Schmidt Family FoundationPalo Alto, CA 2022

    Advancing diversity and equity in the environmental movement

    $100,000
  71. Wend II IncBentonville, AR 2022

    to support the Democracy Frontlines Fund.

    $100,000
  72. Merle Chambers FundDenver, CO 2022

    General support

    $100,000
  73. The Ford FoundationNew York, NY 2022

    For the executive directors of color cohort: relationships & resilience project, a leadership development program for a diverse group of executive directors

    $58,000
  74. Hill-Snowdon FoundationWashington, DC 2022

    Project or program support

    $50,000
  75. Crankstart FoundationSan Jose, CA 2022

    For general support as part of the democracy frontlines fund

    $50,000
  76. The Grove FoundationLos Altos, CA 2022

    General support

    $45,000
  77. Loud Hound FoundationSan Francisco, CA 2022

    For general support as part of the democracy frontlines fund

    $25,000
  78. Kelson FoundationSan Francisco, CA 2022

    For general support as part of the democracy frontlines fund

    $25,000
  79. Kelson FoundationSan Francisco, CA 2022

    General support

    $25,000
  80. Cahn Fund for Social Change IncConcord, MA 2022

    General

    $15,000
  81. Merle Chambers FundDenver, CO 2022

    General support

    $5,000
  82. Amazonsmile FoundationSeattle, WA 2022

    General support

    $5
  83. Wellspring Philanthropic Fund IncNew York, NY 2021

    Operating support

    $2,271,300
  84. The Ford FoundationNew York, NY 2021

    General support

    $2,000,000
  85. Freedom Together FoundationNew York, NY 2021

    Strategic direction and growth

    $1,450,000
  86. The Ford FoundationNew York, NY 2021

    General support and core support for institutional strengthening

    $600,000
  87. Carnegie Corporation of New YorkNew York, NY 2021

    For general support

    $505,600
  88. The Robert Wood Johnson FoundationPrinceton, NJ 2021

    78568 General operating support for State Voices

    $500,000
  89. Wallace H Coulter FoundationSebastian, FL 2021

    General Support

    $500,000
  90. Foundation to Promote Open SocietyNew York, NY 2021

    to provide general support

    $450,000
  91. Merle Chambers FundDenver, CO 2021

    General Support (Multi-year)

    $250,000
  92. Louis and Anne Abrons Foundation IncWilmington, DE 2021

    General & Unrestricted

    $230,000
  93. The Joyce FoundationChicago, IL 2021

    Democracy

    $150,000
  94. Marguerite Casey FoundationSeattle, WA 2021

    For general operating support.

    $150,000
  95. Gill FoundationDenver, CO 2021

    Project support for LGBTQ issues

    $125,000
  96. The Ford FoundationNew York, NY 2021

    For the executive directors of color cohort: relationships & resilience project, a leadership development program for a diverse group of executive directors

    $117,000
  97. The Kohlberg Foundation IncArmonk, NY 2021

    For 501 c3 activities , for gotv, voter education, voter protection, voting integrity, covid safe voting, vote by mail.

    $100,000
  98. The Schmidt Family FoundationPalo Alto, CA 2021

    Advancing diversity and equity in the environmental movement

    $100,000
  99. Wend II IncBentonville, AR 2021

    Democracy Docket Project

    $100,000
  100. Park Foundation IncIthaca, NY 2021

    General operating support

    $75,000
  101. Park Foundation IncIthaca, NY 2021

    General operating support

    $75,000
  102. Crankstart FoundationSan Jose, CA 2021

    For general support as part of the democracy frontlines fund

    $50,000
  103. The Grove FoundationLos Altos, CA 2021

    General support

    $40,000
  104. The Leonard & Sophie Davis FundSan Francisco, CA 2021

    Support for social service programs or educational programs

    $40,000
  105. Loud Hound FoundationSan Francisco, CA 2021

    General support as part of the democracy frontlines fund

    $25,000
  106. Kelson FoundationSan Francisco, CA 2021

    General support as part of the democracy frontlines fund

    $25,000
  107. Kelson FoundationSan Francisco, CA 2021

    General support

    $25,000
  108. MSB Cockayne Fund IncNashville, TN 2021

    To further one or more of the exempt purposes of the charity

    $20,000
  109. The Prentice Foundation IncWilmington, DE 2021

    General & Unrestricted

    $5,000
  110. Fore River FoundationPortland, ME 2021

    Unrestricted

    $1,000
  111. Beloved Community FoundationWilmington, DE 2021

    Kentucky Civic Engagement Table, dedicated specifically to Kentucky Tornado Relief

    $350
  112. Amazonsmile FoundationSeattle, WA 2021

    General support

    $10
  113. Wellspring Philanthropic Fund IncNew York, NY 2020

    Operating support

    $4,500,000
  114. Wallace H Coulter FoundationSebastian, FL 2020

    General support grant.

    $1,000,000
  115. Freedom Together FoundationNew York, NY 2020

    Strategic direction and growth

    $1,000,000
  116. Foundation to Promote Open SocietyNew York, NY 2020

    to support the organization's charitable operations and the Voter Verification project

    $850,000
  117. Mary Reynolds Babcock Foundation IncorporatedWinstonsalem, NC 2020

    General operating support

    $800,000
  118. The Ford FoundationNew York, NY 2020

    General support and core support for institutional strengthening

    $683,576
  119. The Ford FoundationNew York, NY 2020

    General support and for project support for instit utional strengthening

    $600,000
  120. Democracy Fund IncWashington, DC 2020

    Program support for the Election Protection program

    $525,000
  121. Freedom Together FoundationNew York, NY 2020

    Covid-19 emergency relief response

    $500,000
  122. Carnegie Corporation of New YorkNew York, NY 2020

    For general support

    $416,700
  123. The Arca FoundationWashington, DC 2020

    general support

    $410,000
  124. John D and Catherine T MacArthur FoundationChicago, IL 2020

    in support of general operations.

    $400,000
  125. Mary Reynolds Babcock Foundation IncorporatedWinstonsalem, NC 2020

    Project support

    $350,000
  126. The Grove FoundationLos Altos, CA 2020

    General support & project support

    $290,000
  127. Park Foundation IncIthaca, NY 2020

    Michigan voices

    $250,000
  128. Foundation to Promote Open SocietyNew York, NY 2020

    to support Silver State Voices, a project of the Grantee, in its efforts to increase access to the ballot for all Nevadans

    $250,000
  129. The Libra FoundationSan Francisco, CA 2020

    General support

    $250,000
  130. The Joyce FoundationChicago, IL 2020

    Democracy

    $250,000
  131. Merle Chambers FundDenver, CO 2020

    General Support

    $250,000
  132. Catena FoundationCarbondale, CO 2020

    Civic engagement & protecting democracy

    $230,000
  133. Park Foundation IncIthaca, NY 2020

    State voices digital organizing in 2020

    $200,000
  134. Loud Hound FoundationSan Francisco, CA 2020

    To provide funding for state voices

    $160,000
  135. Marguerite Casey FoundationSeattle, WA 2020

    For general support.

    $150,000
  136. Gill FoundationDenver, CO 2020

    Project support for LGBTQ issues

    $125,000
  137. The Arca FoundationWashington, DC 2020

    general support

    $100,000
  138. The David Rockefeller Fund IncNew York, NY 2020

    Michigan voice voter education project

    $100,000
  139. The Schmidt Family FoundationPalo Alto, CA 2020

    General operating support

    $100,000
  140. Chestnut FundBoston, MA 2020

    General operating support

    $100,000
  141. Wend II IncBentonville, AR 2020

    Special Projects COVID-19 Relief Efforts

    $100,000
  142. The Arca FoundationWashington, DC 2020

    to support Michigan Voice

    $75,000
  143. Mertz Gilmore FoundationNew York, NY 2020

    General support

    $75,000
  144. The Scherman Foundation IncNew York, NY 2020

    Program/project support

    $75,000
  145. Park Foundation IncIthaca, NY 2020

    General support

    $75,000
  146. Wallace H Coulter FoundationSebastian, FL 2020

    General support grant.

    $75,000
  147. Meyer Memorial TrustPortland, OR 2020

    For operating support that will help partnering organizations run by and for historically marginalized communities build further capacity

    $75,000
  148. The Kohlberg Foundation IncArmonk, NY 2020

    For 501 c3 activities , For GOTV, Voter Education, Voter Protection, Voting Integrity, COVID Safe Voting, Vote By Mail.

    $50,000
  149. Fund for NonviolenceBerkeley, CA 2020

    Michigan Voices

    $50,000
  150. Crankstart FoundationSan Jose, CA 2020

    For general support as part of the democracy frontlines fund

    $50,000
  151. The Brookby FoundationMilwaukee, WI 2020

    General Support

    $48,000
  152. Meyer Memorial TrustPortland, OR 2020

    To support Oregon Voice, a network of multi-ethnic, multicultural and multilingual organizations, community leaders and organizers committed to movement and power building that centers the leadership, experiences, voice and votes of Black and Indigenous people

    $30,000
  153. Kelson FoundationSan Francisco, CA 2020

    To provide funding for state voices

    $25,000
  154. The Educational Foundation of AmericaBethesda, MD 2020

    The florida c3 civic engagement table

    $20,000
  155. The Educational Foundation of AmericaBethesda, MD 2020

    General operating support for covid-19 relief

    $20,000
  156. Cahn Fund for Social Change IncConcord, MA 2020

    General

    $10,000
  157. Panta Rhea FoundationLa Jolla, CA 2020

    General support

    $10,000
  158. Lora L and Martin N Kelley Family Foundation TrustOakland, CA 2020

    To build a reflective, responsive, and accountable democracy

    $10,000
  159. Lawson Valentine FoundationPrinceton, NJ 2020

    General purpose

    $5,000
  160. Summer Fund IIChicago, IL 2020

    General operating support/annual gift

    $5,000
  161. Amazonsmile FoundationSeattle, WA 2020

    General support

    $25
  162. Wellspring Philanthropic Fund IncNew York, NY 2019

    State regranting and voter verification projects

    $3,855,000
  163. Freedom Together FoundationNew York, NY 2019

    General operating support

    $1,450,000
  164. Wellspring Philanthropic Fund IncNew York, NY 2019

    Operating support

    $1,175,000
  165. Carnegie Corporation of New YorkNew York, NY 2019

    For general support

    $583,300
  166. The Grove FoundationLos Altos, CA 2019

    General support & project support

    $345,000
  167. The Ford FoundationNew York, NY 2019

    One time project support for executive director transition and strategic planning

    $270,000
  168. The Ford FoundationNew York, NY 2019

    General support to help grassroots organizations advance social justice policy and increase civic engagement at the state level

    $200,000
  169. The Ford FoundationNew York, NY 2019

    Core support for Michigan Voice to increase civic engagement build coalitions and promote policies that benefit low income residents youth and communities of color in Detroit and Michigan

    $200,000
  170. The Susan Thompson Buffett FoundationOmaha, NE 2019

    Project support

    $150,415
  171. Wallace Global Fund IIWashington, DC 2019

    Support to protect and expand democratic systems

    $60,000
  172. High Tide FoundationNew York, NY 2019

    To support voter registration efforts in florida

    $50,000
  173. The Leonard & Sophie Davis FundSan Francisco, CA 2019

    Support for social service programs or educational programs

    $50,000
  174. Warsh-Mott LegacyPetaluma, CA 2019

    Michigan voices general support

    $20,000
  175. The Lulu FoundationMinneapolis, MN 2019

    To provide eligible americans with elected officials who truly represent them.

    $5,000
  176. Fore River FoundationPortland, ME 2019

    Unrestricted

    $1,000
  177. Wellspring Philanthropic Fund IncNew York, NY 2018

    General operating support

    $2,425,000
  178. The Ford FoundationNew York, NY 2018

    Core support for Michigan Voice to increase civic engagement build coalitions and promote policies that benefit low income residents youth and communities of color in Detroit and Michigan

    $635,000
  179. Carnegie Corporation of New YorkNew York, NY 2018

    For general support

    $500,000
  180. Freedom Together FoundationNew York, NY 2018

    Stronger majority

    $500,000
  181. The Ford FoundationNew York, NY 2018

    General support

    $200,000
  182. The Susan Thompson Buffett FoundationOmaha, NE 2018

    Project support

    $188,178
  183. WK Kellogg FoundationBattle Creek, MI 2018

    build strategic alliances between people of color-led organizations in support of creating a common vision and agenda around issues that affect voting rights, ensure fair representation and remove barriers that impede employment opportunities in communities of color

    $111,450
  184. Meyer Memorial TrustPortland, OR 2018

    For operating support that will help partnering organizations run by and for historically marginalized communities build further capacity

    $75,000
  185. The Ford FoundationNew York, NY 2018

    $35,000 To support the People of Color POC Summit and Strategy Convening in Detroit which created a learning space where POC leaders gained a better understanding of the characteristics of and barriers to public policy reform The primary goal of the two day G11678

    $0
  186. Carnegie Corporation of New YorkNew York, NY 2017

    For general support

    $500,000
  187. Wellspring Philanthropic Fund IncNew York, NY 2017

    General operations

    $500,000
  188. Meyer Memorial TrustPortland, OR 2017

    To support operations at this agency that works to nurture nonpartisan civic engagement in oregon, providing leadership, resources and training to local community organizations serving under-represented constituencies

    $40,000
  189. Wellspring Philanthropic Fund IncNew York, NY 2017

    Support for organizational planning

    $19,000

Funders of similar organizations nearby

Foundations that gave to other civil rights organizations in Washington, DC and are not among State Voices’s funders above.

  1. The Pfizer Foundation IncNew York, NY 60 grants Preselected only $35,262 to similar organizations
  2. The William & Flora Hewlett FoundationMenlo Park, CA 163 grants Accepts applications $42,464,096 to similar organizations
  3. The David and Lucile Packard FoundationLos Altos, CA 67 grants Accepts applications $20,258,490 to similar organizations
  4. The Bank of America Charitable Foundation IncCharlotte, NC 190 grants Accepts applications $2,249,200 to similar organizations
  5. JPMorgan Chase FoundationNew York, NY 67 grants Preselected only $288,324 to similar organizations
  6. Lebowitz-Aberly Family FoundationBoston, MA 47 grants Preselected only $792,000 to similar organizations
  7. Annie E Casey Foundation IncBaltimore, MD 91 grants Preselected only $8,924,309 to similar organizations
  8. The California EndowmentLos Angeles, CA 58 grants Preselected only $8,006,689 to similar organizations

About this match

Funders write a recipient’s name and address, not its EIN. We matched these grants to EIN 20-1115618 by name and ZIP code, or by name, city and State against the IRS list of exempt organizations and our list of filers. Grants we could not tie to one organization are not counted here.