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Grant recipient EIN 91-2106274Community development

Who funds Aspiration?

20 private foundations gave Aspiration in San Francisco, CA $13.6 million across 46 grants, in tax years 2018 to 2025.

Grants listed on funders’ 990-PF returns for tax years 2018 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

46 grants

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

  1. Wallace Global Fund IIWashington, DC 2025

    Support for work to end female genital mutilation

    $50,000
  2. Lumena Foundation a New Jersey Nonprofit CorporationWilmington, DE 2025

    General & Unrestricted

    $30,000
  3. Open Society InstituteNew York, NY 2024

    To ensure effective enforcement of social media accountability rules during the 2024 eu elections in order to reduce and mitigate the spread of disinformation

    $2,000,000
  4. Alfred P Sloan FoundationNew York, NY 2024

    To support research on the building, deployment, and maintenance of open digital infrastructure

    $605,000
  5. The William & Flora Hewlett FoundationMenlo Park, CA 2024

    For support of the critical internet studies institute

    $600,000
  6. Foundation to Promote Open SocietyNew York, NY 2024

    To support the critical internet studies institute, a project of the grantee, in the development of a public-interest oriented internet

    $500,000
  7. The Ford FoundationNew York, NY 2024

    Core support for the coalition for independent technology research to advance, defend, and sustain ethical research that will support evidence-based governance of digital technologies and their impact on society

    $400,000
  8. Democracy Fund IncWashington, DC 2024

    Program support for The Revival Lab

    $300,000
  9. The Ford FoundationNew York, NY 2024

    Core support for ai now institute/cadence project committee's research on diagnosing the harms of unaccountable and concentrated power within the tech industry and providing actionable, scalable policy recommendations

    $275,000
  10. Foundation to Promote Open SocietyNew York, NY 2024

    To support ai now institute, a project of the grantee, as it works to promote accountability within tech and ai and support the rights of workers

    $250,000
  11. Alfred P Sloan FoundationNew York, NY 2024

    To investigate ai chatbots for accuracy and bias and disseminate the results via videos on youtube and tiktok, while developing a network of online video practitioners

    $246,234
  12. The James Irvine FoundationSan Francisco, CA 2024

    For Impact Assessment and Learning in CA

    $232,800
  13. Omidyar Network Fund IncRedwood City, CA 2024

    To support Grantee's project, AI Now

    $150,000
  14. John D and Catherine T MacArthur FoundationChicago, IL 2024

    In support of the coalition for independent technology research

    $150,000
  15. Freedom Together FoundationNew York, NY 2024

    Labor and ai and digital technologies fellowship and lab

    $120,000
  16. The Ford FoundationNew York, NY 2024

    Tie-off core support for digital infrastructure insights fund to support work on the economics, maintenance, and sustainability of open source infrastructure

    $100,000
  17. Wallace Global Fund IIWashington, DC 2024

    Support for work to end female genital mutilation

    $75,000
  18. The Ford FoundationNew York, NY 2024

    Core support for the digital policy leadership summit to increase opportunity and community for underrepresented professionals in technology policy

    $30,000
  19. The Andrew W Mellon FoundationNew York, NY 2023

    To support community rebuilding for ketida (formerly: editoria), a digital-first monograph publishing platform

    $595,000
  20. The Skoll FoundationPalo Alto, CA 2023

    Reset

    $500,000
  21. Open Society InstituteNew York, NY 2023

    To support the ai now institute in their work on artificial intelligence accountability to ensure that all artificial intelligence is sensitive and responsive to the people who bear the highest risk of bias, error, or exploitation by producing research, shaping standards and practices and helping shape a rigorous and inclusive field focused on these issues.

    $400,000
  22. The William & Flora Hewlett FoundationMenlo Park, CA 2023

    For support of the critical internet studies institute

    $310,000
  23. The Ford FoundationNew York, NY 2023

    Core support for ai now institute/cadence project committee's research on diagnosing the harms of unaccountable and concentrated power within the tech industry and providing actionable, scalable policy recommendations

    $300,000
  24. Omidyar Network Fund IncRedwood City, CA 2023

    Support for Grantee's project, Proof News

    $150,000
  25. Omidyar Network Fund IncRedwood City, CA 2023

    To support Grantee's project, AI Now

    $100,000
  26. Foundation to Promote Open SocietyNew York, NY 2023

    To provide support for research into sensible ai reforms to mitigate the threats of new technologies

    $70,000
  27. John S and James L Knight FoundationMiami, FL 2023

    To sponsor the 2023 international workshop on reimagining democracy.

    $20,000
  28. Foundation to Promote Open SocietyNew York, NY 2022

    To support the grantee's fiscally sponsored program, luminate projects limited, on their work of providing support to civil society organizations, researchers, and academics on countering disinformation

    $650,000
  29. Luminate Foundation IncWashington, DC 2022

    To support the Grantee's "Cadence" (AI Now) project.

    $556,000
  30. Foundation to Promote Open SocietyNew York, NY 2022

    To support luminate projects limited, a fiscally sponsored project, in mapping and advocacy work around disinformation

    $500,000
  31. Catena FoundationCarbondale, CO 2022

    Civic engagement & protecting democracy- disinformation situation center

    $300,000
  32. The Ford FoundationNew York, NY 2022

    Core support for the ai now institute/cadence project committee's research on the ethical use and regulation of artificial intelligence technologies

    $170,000
  33. The William & Flora Hewlett FoundationMenlo Park, CA 2022

    For general operating support

    $50,000
  34. Open Society InstituteNew York, NY 2021

    to allow the Luminate Projects Limited (Reset), a fiscally sponsored project of the Grantee, to advance a resilient digital public sphere

    $1,000,000
  35. Luminate Foundation IncWashington, DC 2021

    To support the "Cadence Project" (AI Now)

    $200,000
  36. Rita Allen Foundation IncPrinceton, NJ 2021

    Civic science stories

    $20,000
  37. Amazonsmile FoundationSeattle, WA 2021

    General support

    $5
  38. The Andrew W Mellon FoundationNew York, NY 2020

    To support sustainability planning for the editoria publishing platform

    $370,000
  39. The Ford FoundationNew York, NY 2020

    Core support for the Save Internet Freedom Technol Technology Initiative to ensure critical technologies a resustainable through increased funding and defensive litigation

    $200,000
  40. Laura and John Arnold FoundationHouston, TX 2020

    To support the collaborative knowledge foundation.

    $70,000
  41. Foundation to Promote Open SocietyNew York, NY 2020

    to support the ""Save Internet Freedom Tech"" (SIFT) initiative, which will enhance collaborative efforts to advance the interests of internet freedom

    $60,000
  42. Amazonsmile FoundationSeattle, WA 2020

    General support

    $5
  43. The William & Flora Hewlett FoundationMenlo Park, CA 2019

    For sponsorship of technical working group retreat for online ad disclosure best practices

    $25,000
  44. The William & Flora Hewlett FoundationMenlo Park, CA 2019

    For sponsorship of technical working group retreat for online ad disclosure best practices

    $25,000
  45. The Andrew W Mellon FoundationNew York, NY 2018

    To support the further development of the editoria software, an open-source scholarly publishing platform

    $891,000
  46. The Ford FoundationNew York, NY 2018

    $15,000 To fund the Reproducible Builds Summit 4 in Paris a meeting of public interest technologists to discuss projects ideas and strategies to secure and standardize the worlds digital infrastructure G12972

    $0

Funders of similar organizations nearby

Foundations that gave to other community development organizations in San Francisco, CA and are not among Aspiration’s funders above.

  1. The Bank of America Charitable Foundation IncCharlotte, NC 118 grants Accepts applications $1,024,198 to similar organizations
  2. JPMorgan Chase FoundationNew York, NY 48 grants Preselected only $9,555,892 to similar organizations
  3. Crankstart FoundationSan Jose, CA 39 grants Preselected only $20,471,000 to similar organizations
  4. McNabb FoundationWilmington, DE 19 grants Preselected only $32,000 to similar organizations
  5. The David and Lucile Packard FoundationLos Altos, CA 11 grants Accepts applications $1,010,089 to similar organizations
  6. Mufg Union Bank Foundation AgMilwaukee, WI 16 grants Preselected only $640,000 to similar organizations
  7. Walter and Elise Haas FundSan Francisco, CA 14 grants Accepts applications $1,382,500 to similar organizations
  8. Citi FoundationNew York, NY 8 grants Preselected only $5,500,000 to similar organizations

About this match

Funders write a recipient’s name and address, not its EIN. We matched these grants to EIN 91-2106274 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.