Warsh-Mott Legacy
Petaluma, CA · EIN 68-0049658. Reported 136 grants totalling $7,535,540 to 64 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. Warsh-Mott Legacy 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 $22,500. Half of everything it gave fell between $20,000 and $45,000; the smallest was $10,000 and the largest $2,490,000. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tides Foundation | San Francisco, CA | $3,047,500 | 4 | 2 | 2023 |
| Government Accountability Project | Washington, DC | $375,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Friends of the Action Group on Erosion Technology and Concentration | Oakland, CA | $305,040 | 6 | 2 | 2021 |
| Global Exchange | San Francisco, CA | $210,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| William J Brennan JR Center for Justice Inc | New York, NY | $190,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Defending Rights & Dissent | Washington, DC | $175,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Native Movement | Fairbanks, AK | $160,000 | 9 | 2 | 2023 |
| Proteus Fund Inc | Amherst, MA | $150,000 | 4 | 2 | 2021 |
| American Constitution Society for Law and Policy | Washington, DC | $135,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Constitutional Accountability Center | Washington, DC | $135,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Apoyo Legal Al Emprendimiento Comunitario Inc (aleci) | Caguas, PR | $120,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Center for Food Safety | Washington, DC | $120,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Center for International Environmental Law | Washington, DC | $120,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Indigenous Environmental Network | Bemidji, NM | $120,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Marin Community Foundation | Novato, CA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| The Xerces Society | Portland, OR | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Center for Media Justice | Oakland, CA | $90,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Free Press | Florence, MA | $90,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| National Security Archive Fund Inc | Washington, DC | $90,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Inquiring Systems | Santa Rosa, CA | $85,600 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| South Africa Development Fund | Jamaica Plain, MA | $82,400 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Global Justice Ecology Project | Buffalo, NY | $80,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Whyhunger Inc | New York, NY | $80,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Climate Justice Alliance | Berkeley, CA | $70,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| National Lawyers Guild Foundation Inc | New York, NY | $70,000 | 3 | 2 | 2021 |
| Sierra Club | Oakland, CA | $60,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Sierra Club Foundation | Oakland, CA | $60,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Pesticide Action North America Regional Center Panna | Berkeley, CA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Aina Momona | Honolulu, HI | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Alianza Americas | Chicago, IL | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Comedores Sociales De Puerto Rico Inc | Caguas, PR | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Cultural Survival Inc | Cambridge, MA | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Ecosystems of Care | Chicago, IL | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Hawai'i Peace and Justice | Honolulu, HI | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Hui Malama I Ke Ala 'ulili | Paauilo, HI | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Illinois Workers in Action | Bolingbrook, IL | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Kahea the Hawaiian Environmental Alliance | Honolulu, HI | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Miigwech Inc | Harbor Springs, MI | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Movement Generation | Berkeley, CA | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| One Fair Wage Inc | Cambridge, MA | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Parceleras Afrocaribenas Por La Transformacion Barrial Inc | Saint Just, PR | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Social Good Fund | Richmond, CA | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Native American Food Sovereignty Alliance | Scandia, MN | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Code for Science and Society | Portland, OR | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Grassroots Global Justice | Washington, DC | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Institute for Agriculture & Trade Policy | Minneapolis, MN | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| New Economy Coalition | Cambridge, MA | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Rewild | Austin, TX | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Solidarity Stl Inc | St Louis, MO | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Twin Cities Innovation Alliance | Minneapolis, MN | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Alaskans Take a Stand | Anchorage, AK | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Ceres Trust | Chicago, IL | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Common Counsel Foundation | Oakland, CA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Data for Indigenous Justice | Anchorage, AK | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Ko'ihonua | Pearl City, HI | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Movement 4 Black Lives Inc | Oakland, CA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Native Conservancy | Cordova, AK | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Ndn Collective | Rapid City, SD | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Rural Community Workers Alliance | Green City, MO | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| United Tribes of Bristol Bay | Dillingham, AK | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Illuminative | Lafayette, CO | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| New Venture Fund | Baltimore, MD | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Chisholm Legacy Project | Cambridge, MA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Chisholm Legacy Project | Burtonsville, MD | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
47 of 64 (73%) 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 72%, 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.
- Government Accountability Project
MATCHING GRANT/GENERAL SUPPORT - Global Exchange
OUR WORLD IS NOT FOR SALE - Center for Food Safety
NANOACTION: ENSURING STRONG REGULATIONS ON EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES - Center for International Environmental Law
ADVANCING A PRECAUTIONARY APPROACH TO NANOMATERIALS IN THE EU AND GLOBAL POLICY ARENAS - Indigenous Environmental Network
EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES IN FOOD AND AGRICULTURE - Apoyo Legal Al Emprendimiento Comunitario Inc (aleci)
INSTITUTO PARA LA INVESTIGACION Y ACCION EN AGROECOLOGIA
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 115 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 22 | $1,046,620 | $40,600 |
| 2021 | 25 | $1,156,420 | $45,000 |
| 2022 | 42 | $3,830,000 | $20,000 |
| 2023 | 47 | $1,502,500 | $20,000 |
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. Warsh-Mott Legacy has 56 of them, worth $2,706,420. 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Native Movement | Fairbanks, AK | $160,000 |
| Global Exchange | San Francisco, CA | $140,000 |
| Apoyo Legal Al Emprendimiento Comunitario Inc (aleci) | Caguas, PR | $120,000 |
| William J Brennan JR Center for Justice Inc | New York, NY | $100,000 |
| American Constitution Society for Law and Policy | Washington, DC | $90,000 |
| Constitutional Accountability Center | Washington, DC | $90,000 |
| Defending Rights & Dissent | Washington, DC | $70,000 |
| Center for Food Safety | Washington, DC | $60,000 |
| Center for International Environmental Law | Washington, DC | $60,000 |
| Center for Media Justice | Oakland, CA | $60,000 |
| Free Press | Florence, MA | $60,000 |
| Sierra Club | Oakland, CA | $60,000 |
| Ecosystems of Care | Chicago, IL | $60,000 |
| Ko'ihonua | Pearl City, HI | $60,000 |
| Indigenous Environmental Network | Bemidji, NM | $60,000 |
Where its money goes
Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 56% 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 $22,500. 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 Warsh-Mott Legacy'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 Street 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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