Raised vegetable beds and benches in a community garden

Grant recipient EIN 47-3589804Community development

Who funds Center for Economic Democracy?

38 private foundations gave Center for Economic Democracy in Jamaica Plain, MA $6.5 million across 91 grants, in tax years 2017 to 2024.

Grants listed on funders’ 990-PF returns for tax years 2017 to 2024, 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

91 grants

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

  1. The Ford FoundationNew York, NY 2024

    General support

    $300,000
  2. Novo FoundationHurley, NY 2024

    General support

    $250,000
  3. Surdna Foundation IncNew York, NY 2024

    General support

    $150,000
  4. The Hyams Foundation IncBoston, MA 2024

    Boston Ujima Project

    $102,249
  5. Josephine and Louise Crane FoundationFalmouth, MA 2024

    Unrestricted

    $100,000
  6. The Nathan Cummings Foundation IncNew York, NY 2024

    General support

    $100,000
  7. The Henry Luce Foundation IncNew York, NY 2024

    General Operating Support

    $66,666
  8. The Hyams Foundation IncBoston, MA 2024

    General support

    $60,000
  9. Wagner FoundationCambridge, MA 2024

    Sei pooled fund

    $50,000
  10. The Hyams Foundation IncBoston, MA 2024

    CCDS Project

    $45,000
  11. Wagner FoundationCambridge, MA 2024

    Boston ujima project's podcast organize: radical alternatives to the given'

    $30,000
  12. The K2 Family FoundationBoston, MA 2024

    General

    $25,000
  13. Cedar Tree FoundationBoston, MA 2024

    Project support for boston ujima project

    $24,000
  14. The Hyams Foundation IncBoston, MA 2024

    Brave Narratives Project

    $10,000
  15. William Caspar Graustein Memorial FundHamden, CT 2024

    Solidarity philanthropy learning circle (SPLC)

    $10,000
  16. The George Gund FoundationCleveland, OH 2024

    Operating support.

    $1,500
  17. MLG FoundationHanover, NH 2024

    Sponsor for center for cooperative development and solidarity

    $1,000
  18. Polk Bros Foundation IncChicago, IL 2024

    Discretionary

    $500
  19. RDMSJ Charitable Trust DTD 101392Brookline, MA 2024

    Operational expenses

    $100
  20. Surdna Foundation IncNew York, NY 2023

    General Support

    $250,000
  21. Novo FoundationHurley, NY 2023

    General support

    $250,000
  22. The Hyams Foundation IncBoston, MA 2023

    Boston Ujima support, Center for Cooperative Development and Solidarity, employee match, and general support

    $233,517
  23. Flock IncBoston, MA 2023

    General operations

    $220,000
  24. The Kresge FoundationTroy, MI 2023

    To support boston ujima projects efforts to expand affordable capital available to invest in, purchase from, and advocate for bipoc enterprises and build community wealth.

    $200,000
  25. The Henry Luce Foundation IncNew York, NY 2023

    Center for Economic Democracy Project

    $100,000
  26. The Nathan Cummings Foundation IncNew York, NY 2023

    General support

    $100,000
  27. Josephine and Louise Crane FoundationFalmouth, MA 2023

    Unrestricted

    $75,000
  28. Imago Dei FundBoston, MA 2023

    General use

    $45,000
  29. Wagner FoundationCambridge, MA 2023

    Boston ujima project

    $25,000
  30. Cedar Tree FoundationBoston, MA 2023

    Project support for boston ujima project

    $24,000
  31. The Christopher Reynolds Foundation IncSea Girt, NJ 2023

    General support

    $5,000
  32. Wagner FoundationCambridge, MA 2023

    Boston ujima project's "assembly of black possibilities" event, waiving all goods and services.

    $5,000
  33. OneprojectorgSan Francisco, CA 2023

    Sponsorship

    $5,000
  34. Harry and Masie Masto Foundation dba masto foundationsan francisco, CA 2023

    Support for just transition investment community governing body members

    $5,000
  35. MLG FoundationHanover, NH 2023

    Sponsor for center for cooperative development and solidarity

    $1,000
  36. Foundation for A Just SocietyNew York, NY 2023

    To provide general operating support

    $800
  37. RDMSJ Charitable Trust DTD 101392Brookline, MA 2023

    Operational expenses

    $100
  38. Amazonsmile FoundationSeattle, WA 2023

    General support

    $31
  39. Novo FoundationHurley, NY 2022

    General support

    $250,000
  40. The Hyams Foundation IncBoston, MA 2022

    Boston Ujima, Center for Cooperative Development and Solidarity, Solidarity Economy Initiative

    $225,000
  41. The Henry Luce Foundation IncNew York, NY 2022

    Center for Economic Democracy Project

    $200,000
  42. The Kresge FoundationTroy, MI 2022

    To support boston ujima projects efforts to expand affordable capital available to invest in, purchase from, and advocate for bipoc enterprises and build community wealth.

    $200,000
  43. Flock IncBoston, MA 2022

    General operating support

    $100,000
  44. The Nathan Cummings Foundation IncNew York, NY 2022

    General support

    $100,000
  45. Josephine and Louise Crane FoundationFalmouth, MA 2022

    Unrestricted

    $75,000
  46. Wagner FoundationCambridge, MA 2022

    Boston ujima project

    $25,000
  47. Eastern Bank FoundationWakefield, MA 2022

    Exempt purpose

    $5,000
  48. MLG FoundationHanover, NH 2022

    Sponsor for center for cooperative development and solidarity

    $5,000
  49. Diane & Norman Bernstein Foundation IncWashington, DC 2022

    Charitable

    $5,000
  50. The Hyams Foundation IncBoston, MA 2022

    General support - Hyams employee donation match

    $1,619
  51. Foundation for A Just SocietyNew York, NY 2022

    Employee matching gift

    $1,000
  52. Rothstein Foundation IncNewburyport, MA 2022

    Democracy

    $500
  53. Amazonsmile FoundationSeattle, WA 2022

    General support

    $10
  54. Surdna Foundation IncNew York, NY 2021

    General Support

    $250,000
  55. The Hyams Foundation IncBoston, MA 2021

    Boston Ujima, Center for Cooperative Development and Solidarity, Solidarity Economy Initiative, and general support

    $235,000
  56. Novo FoundationHurley, NY 2021

    General support

    $150,000
  57. The Rockefeller FoundationNew York, NY 2021

    For use by its boston ujima project toward the costs of providing financial products and technical assistance to black- and latinx-owned small businesses in boston, ma

    $125,000
  58. Josephine and Louise Crane FoundationFalmouth, MA 2021

    Unrestricted

    $110,000
  59. The Nathan Cummings Foundation IncNew York, NY 2021

    General support

    $100,000
  60. Flock IncBoston, MA 2021

    General operating support

    $50,000
  61. Wagner FoundationCambridge, MA 2021

    Boston ujima project

    $25,000
  62. Untapped Resources IncCambridge, MA 2021

    General fund

    $25,000
  63. The Christopher Reynolds Foundation IncSea Girt, NJ 2021

    General support

    $15,000
  64. MLG FoundationHanover, NH 2021

    Sponsor for center for cooperative development and solidarity

    $500
  65. Amazonsmile FoundationSeattle, WA 2021

    General support

    $23
  66. The Hyams Foundation IncBoston, MA 2020

    Boston Ujima, Centro Cooperativo de Desarrollo y Solidaridad, ProjectMass Redistribution Fund, and general support

    $200,000
  67. Surdna Foundation IncNew York, NY 2020

    General Support

    $150,000
  68. Novo FoundationHurley, NY 2020

    General support

    $150,000
  69. Josephine and Louise Crane FoundationFalmouth, MA 2020

    Unrestricted

    $110,000
  70. Flock IncBoston, MA 2020

    General operating support

    $100,000
  71. The Nathan Cummings Foundation IncNew York, NY 2020

    General support

    $100,000
  72. The Rockefeller FoundationNew York, NY 2020

    For use by its boston ujima project toward the costs of providing financial products and technical assistance to black- and latinx-owned small businesses in boston, ma

    $50,000
  73. The Ford FoundationNew York, NY 2020

    Core support for the Boston Ujima Project, a cooperative investment, business, and arts ecosystem that is democratically run by Boston's working class communities of color

    $40,000
  74. Wagner FoundationCambridge, MA 2020

    In support of the boston ujima project

    $25,000
  75. Wagner FoundationCambridge, MA 2020

    In support of the ujima care fund

    $25,000
  76. The FB Heron FoundationNew Haven, CT 2020

    Market Intelligence

    $15,000
  77. The John H and H Naomi Tomfohrde FoundationBoston, MA 2020

    For covid-19 mass redistribution fund

    $10,000
  78. The Samuel Rubin Foundation IncBoston, MA 2020

    Mass redistribution fund

    $10,000
  79. Common Stream Inc #0745935Boston, MA 2020

    General fund

    $10,000
  80. MLG FoundationHanover, NH 2020

    Sponsor for center for cooperative development and solidarity

    $5,000
  81. The William B and Anngenette G Tyler Family FoundationAmesbury, MA 2020

    For mass redistribution fund

    $3,000
  82. The Hope Foundation - USA 1999 TrustConcord, MA 2020

    Various

    $1,000
  83. The Barry and Mimi Sternlicht FoundationWilmington, DE 2020

    Boston Ujama Project

    $500
  84. AbbVie FoundationNorth Chicago, IL 2020

    Matching grants

    $400
  85. Amazonsmile FoundationSeattle, WA 2020

    General support

    $6
  86. Novo FoundationHurley, NY 2019

    General Support

    $150,000
  87. The Hyams Foundation IncBoston, MA 2019

    Important Racial Justice Issues

    $120,000
  88. The Nathan Cummings Foundation IncNew York, NY 2019

    General support

    $100,000
  89. Singing Field Foundation IncWaltham, MA 2019

    General support

    $7,000
  90. The Access Strategies FundCambridge, MA 2018

    Building a solidarity economy

    $1,500
  91. The Access Strategies FundCambridge, MA 2017

    Building a solidarity economy

    $1,500

Funders of similar organizations nearby

Foundations that gave to other community development organizations in Boston, MA and are not among Center for Economic Democracy’s funders above.

  1. The Bank of America Charitable Foundation IncCharlotte, NC 79 grants Accepts applications $3,833,744 to similar organizations
  2. Cummings Foundation Grants Inc (fka Oneworld Boston Inc)Woburn, MA 23 grants Accepts applications $1,031,332 to similar organizations
  3. Fidelity FoundationBoston, MA 13 grants Accepts applications $2,137,350 to similar organizations
  4. Liberty Mutual Foundation IncBoston, MA 34 grants Accepts applications $2,416,959 to similar organizations
  5. Gates FoundationSeattle, WA 70 grants Accepts applications $59,357,137 to similar organizations
  6. The William & Flora Hewlett FoundationMenlo Park, CA 36 grants Accepts applications $11,963,500 to similar organizations
  7. Carnegie Corporation of New YorkNew York, NY 26 grants Accepts applications $10,628,100 to similar organizations
  8. JPMorgan Chase FoundationNew York, NY 17 grants Preselected only $9,097,631 to similar organizations

About this match

Funders write a recipient’s name and address, not its EIN. We matched these grants to EIN 47-3589804 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.