Cs Fund
Petaluma, CA · EIN 95-3607882. Reported 276 grants totalling $14.5M to 132 organizations across tax years 2020-2023. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
Does this foundation accept applications?
Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Cs Fund did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $40,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $20,000 and $52,000; the smallest was $200 and the largest $1,253,400. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- more than one means a real relationship rather than a one-off.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marin Community Foundation | Novato, CA | $2,251,100 | 9 | 4 | 2023 |
| Tides Foundation | San Francisco, CA | $1,253,400 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Friends of Action Group on Erosion Technology and Concentration Inc | Oakland, CA | $909,800 | 12 | 3 | 2023 |
| Tides Center | San Francisco, CA | $565,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Center for Constitutional Rights | New York, NY | $470,000 | 5 | 4 | 2023 |
| Partnership for Civil Justice Fund | Washington, DC | $395,000 | 7 | 4 | 2023 |
| Public Citizen Foundation Inc | Washington, DC | $380,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Center for International Environmental Law | Washington, DC | $365,000 | 8 | 4 | 2023 |
| Global Greengrants Fund | Boulder, CO | $356,350 | 7 | 3 | 2023 |
| Proteus Fund Inc | Amherst, MA | $345,000 | 9 | 3 | 2023 |
| Center for the Study of the Americas | Berkeley, CA | $336,600 | 6 | 3 | 2023 |
| American Economic Liberties Project | Washington, DC | $300,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Ecology Action of the Mid-Peninsula | Willits, CA | $300,000 | 9 | 4 | 2023 |
| Solidaire Network | Oakland, CA | $300,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Indigenous Environmental Network | Bemidiji, MN | $295,000 | 5 | 2 | 2023 |
| Project on Government Oversight Inc | Washington, DC | $275,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Justice Funders | Oakland, CA | $200,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Pesticide Action Network North America Regional Center | Berkeley, CA | $200,000 | 6 | 4 | 2023 |
| Global Justice Ecology Project | Buffalo, NY | $180,000 | 3 | 2 | 2023 |
| Institute for Food and Development Policy Inc | Oakland, CA | $176,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Defending Rights & Dissent | Washington, DC | $165,000 | 4 | 2 | 2023 |
| People's Parity Project | St Paul, MN | $160,000 | 4 | 3 | 2023 |
| Neo Philanthropy | New York, NY | $150,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Physicians for Social Responsibility - Los Angeles | Santa Monica, CA | $150,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Trade Justice Education Fund | Washington, DC | $140,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Fjc | New York, NY | $135,700 | 3 | 2 | 2023 |
| Government Accountability Project | Washington, DC | $130,000 | 2 | 1 | 2023 |
| International Center for Not-for-Profit Law | Washington, DC | $130,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Friends of the Earth | Washington, DC | $120,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Friends of the Earth | Berkeley, CA | $120,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Inquiring Systems Inc | Santa Rosa, CA | $105,600 | 3 | 2 | 2023 |
| Indigenous Peoples Rights International | West Boothbay Harbor, ME | $105,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| South Africa Development Fund | Jamaica Plain, MA | $104,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Possibility Labs | San Francisco, CA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Semillero De Ideas | Richland, WA | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| The Xerces Society | Seattle, WA | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Americans United for Separation of Church & State | Washington, DC | $90,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| National Lawyers Guild Foundation Inc | New York, NY | $90,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| National Security Archive Fund Inc | Washington, DC | $90,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Praxis Project the | Oakland, CA | $87,200 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Global Exchange | San Francisco, CA | $86,750 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| The Good Nation Foundation Inc | New York, NY | $85,000 | 2 | 1 | 2023 |
| Whistleblower Aid | Washington, DC | $85,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| National Black Food & Justice Alliance | Atlanta, GA | $83,600 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Whyhunger Inc | New York, NY | $80,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Fund for Constitutional Government | Washington, DC | $75,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Central California Environmental Justice Network | Fresno, CA | $73,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Climate Justice Alliance | Berkeley, CA | $70,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Native American Food Sovereignty Alliance | Flagstaff, AZ | $70,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs | Calabasas, CA | $60,500 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Center for Food Safety | San Francisco, CA | $60,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Center for Food Safety | Washington, DC | $60,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Ceres Trust | Chicago, IL | $60,000 | 3 | 2 | 2022 |
| Sierra Club Foundation | Oakland, CA | $60,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Asian Americans Advancing Justice - Atlanta | Norcross, GA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Democracy Matters Foundation | Washington, DC | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Equitable Food Initiative | Washington, DC | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Institute for Agriculture & Trade Policy | Minneapolis, MN | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Just Vision Inc | Washington, DC | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| New World Foundation | New York, NY | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| One Fair Wage Inc | Cambridge, MA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Sustainable Markets Foundation | New York, NY | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Translash Media | New York, NY | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| American Constitution Society for Law & Policy | Washington, DC | $45,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Constitutional Accountability Center | Washington, DC | $45,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Hawai'i Investment Ready | Honolulu, HI | $45,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Native Movement | Fairbanks, AK | $45,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Kua'aina Ulu Auamo | Kaneohe, HI | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Friends of the Congo | Washington, DC | $32,300 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors | New York, NY | $32,100 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| American Jewish World Service | New York, NY | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Center for Media Justice | Oakland, CA | $30,000 | 2 | 1 | 2020 |
| Ekvn-Yefolecv | Weogufka, AL | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Free Press | Florence, MA | $30,000 | 2 | 1 | 2020 |
| Grassroots International | Boston, MA | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Just Futures Law | Canton, MA | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Pie Ranch | Pescadero, CA | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| University of California Berkeley Foundation | Berkeley, CA | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Alliance for Justice | Washington, DC | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Earthrights International | Washington, DC | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Federation of American Scientists | Washington, DC | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Hawai'i Seed | Koloa, HI | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Peace Development Fund | Amherst, MA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Beyond Pesticides | Washington, DC | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Thousand Currents | San Francisco, CA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Institute for Policy Studies | Washington, DC | $16,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Appalachian Community Fund | Knoxville, TN | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Sustainable Systems Research Foundation | Santa Cruz, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Free History Project Inc | San Francisco, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Huukuiko | Nicasio, CA | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| La Familia Health | Santa Fe, NM | $4,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Act Blue | Washington, DC | $3,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Kuamo'o Foundation | Waikoloa, HI | $3,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| North Bay Organizing Project | Santa Rosa, CA | $2,900 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Aina Momona | Hoolehua, HI | $2,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Vidas | Santa Rosa, CA | $2,200 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| California Black Women's Health Project | Inglewood, CA | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Causa Justa | Oakland, CA | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Earth Island Institute | Berkeley, CA | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Elico Foundation | Dar Es Salaam | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Link House | Amesbury, MA | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Civilbeat | Honolulu, HI | $1,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Greater Gallatin United Way | Bozeman, MT | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Hui Ho'oleimaluo | Hilo, HI | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Many Mothers | Santa Fe, NM | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| New Mexico Community Capital | Albuquerque, NM | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Graton Day Labor Center | Graton, CA | $1,200 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Fitch Mountain Fund | Healdsburg, CA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Independent Arts & Media | San Francisco, CA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Landpaths | Santa Rosa, CA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Mcdowell PTA | Petaluma, CA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Mohala Hou Foundation | New York, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Polynesian Voyaging Society | Honolulu, HI | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Poor Magazine | Oakland, CA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Bigfoot Trail Alliance | Bayside, CA | $750 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| First Nations Development Institute | Pasadena, CA | $750 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Dogwood Animal Rescue | Santa Rosa, CA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Hawai'i Community Foundation | Honolulu, HI | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Healdsburg Education Foundation | Healdsburg, CA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Integrative Medical Clinic Foundation | Santa Rosa, CA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Petaluma Blacks for Community Development | Petaluma, CA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Petaluma Pride | Petaluma, CA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Petaluma River Park | Petaluma, CA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Story of Stuff Project | Berkeley, CA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Toni's Kitty Rescue | San Francisco, CA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Wildcare | San Rafael, CA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Council on Aging | Santa Rosa, CA | $200 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Food for Thought | Forestville, CA | $200 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| River to Coast Children's Services | Guerneville, CA | $200 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| The Living Room | Santa Rosa, CA | $200 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| West County Community Services | Guerneville, CA | $200 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| West County Health Centers | Guerneville, CA | $200 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
55 of 132 (42%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold.
Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 62%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is about typical. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.
- Friends of Action Group on Erosion Technology and Concentration Inc
ACTION GROUP ON EROSION, TECHNOLOGY AND CONCENTRATION - Public Citizen Foundation Inc
PUBLIC CITIZEN GLOBAL TRADE WATCH - Indigenous Environmental Network
FIGHTING FALSE, CORPORATE CLIMATE SCHEMES AT COP27 AND BEYOND - Justice Funders
JUST TRANSITION INTEGRATED CAPITAL FUND - Possibility Labs
BUILDING THE FIELD OF NON-EXTRACTIVE FINANCE IN THE GLOBAL SOUTH - Global Greengrants Fund
A PARTNERSHIP TO BUILD AND STRENGTHEN TERRITORIAL MARKETS
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 222 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 49 | $1,923,700 | $35,000 |
| 2021 | 45 | $2,897,300 | $43,600 |
| 2022 | 76 | $4,201,150 | $44,300 |
| 2023 | 106 | $5,451,350 | $40,000 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.
Already committed for future years
Form 990-PF has a separate schedule for grants approved but not yet paid. Cs Fund has 70 of them, worth $5,369,950. This is the one part of the filing that looks forward rather than back -- and it also tells you how much of the next year's budget is already spoken for.
| Organization | Location | Approved |
|---|---|---|
| Center for Constitutional Rights | New York, NY | $460,000 |
| Solidaire Network | Oakland, CA | $300,000 |
| American Economic Liberties Project | Washington, DC | $200,000 |
| Partnership for Civil Justice Fund | Washington, DC | $200,000 |
| Project on Government Oversight Inc | Washington, DC | $160,000 |
| Center for the Study of the Americas | Berkeley, CA | $154,500 |
| Center for the Study of the Americas | Berkeley, CA | $154,500 |
| Public Citizen Foundation Inc | Washington, DC | $150,000 |
| Native American Food Sovereignty Alliance | Flagstaff, AZ | $140,000 |
| National Black Food & Justice Alliance | Atlanta, GA | $120,000 |
| Public Citizen Foundation Inc | Washington, DC | $115,000 |
| Global Greengrants Fund | Boulder, CO | $105,000 |
| Marin Community Foundation | Novato, CA | $103,000 |
| Tides Foundation | San Francisco, CA | $100,000 |
| Marin Community Foundation | Novato, CA | $100,000 |
Where its money goes
Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 53% of this one's giving went to organizations in California. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are the strongest available signal that two funders have overlapping priorities, and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $40,000. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in California.
- Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
- Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Cs Fund's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2020-2023). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.
Address of record on the latest return: 245 Kentucky St E, Petaluma, CA, 94952. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.
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