Peace Development Fund
Amherst, MA · EIN 04-2738794. Reported 243 grants totalling $15.1M to 132 organizations across tax years 2020-2023, on Form 990 Schedule I.
Does this grantmaker accept applications?
Its tax return does not say, and we will not guess. Private foundations file Form 990-PF, which asks outright whether they fund only organizations they select themselves -- 78% say yes, and that one answer is what lets the rest of this site tell you which foundations are worth approaching. Grantmaking charities like this one file a regular Form 990 instead, and the IRS never puts the question to them. Anyone claiming to know the answer from the filing is inventing it.
Three things in the filing do bear on it:
- What kind of organization it is. For Peace Development Fund, the IRS classifies it under international affairs rather than as a grantmaker (NTEE Q410) -- it is an operating charity that also makes grants.
- How spread out its giving is. 132 distinct organizations, with 12% of the dollars going to the largest single recipient. That is genuinely spread out -- the mark of a funder making many independent decisions rather than underwriting one institution.
- How much its list changes. 46% of one year's grantees are funded again the next, across 3 year-to-year transitions. That is below the 57% median for grantmaking charities, and well below the 67% private foundations manage. A list that turns over this much is one a newcomer can realistically join.
How big are its grants?
The median reported grant is $22,500. Half of what it reported fell between $8,785 and $55,000; the smallest was $5,100 and the largest $796,630. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong organization.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by the EIN the filer reported, not by name, so an organization that was typed differently in two years appears once rather than twice.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beloved Economies | Stanford, CA | $1,850,879 | 6 | 4 | 2023 |
| Whose Knowledge | San Diego, CA | $1,304,917 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Restoring Justice for Indigenous Pe | Sacramento, CA | $1,161,980 | 5 | 3 | 2022 |
| I Am Why | Newton, MA | $1,143,480 | 5 | 4 | 2023 |
| Friends of Taghyeer Movement | Washington, DC | $825,874 | 8 | 4 | 2023 |
| Lighthouse Foundation of Chicagoland | Chicago, IL | $801,181 | 4 | 3 | 2023 |
| Southern Farm Lab | Pineview, GA | $631,977 | 4 | 3 | 2022 |
| Peoples Justice Project | Columbus, OH | $621,478 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Heart and Hand Fund | Half Moon Bay, CA | $570,860 | 6 | 4 | 2023 |
| Education Justice Coalition of Vermont | Saint Albans, VT | $480,819 | 5 | 4 | 2023 |
| Education Justice Coalition of Verm | New York, NY | $444,124 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| American Indian Prison Project Work | Woodbury, MN | $243,515 | 4 | 3 | 2023 |
| Decrimsex Work Ca | Carlton, OR | $230,506 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Project Nadiya Incorporated | Montague, MA | $227,156 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Pi-Tap | Cambridge, MA | $214,505 | 3 | 1 | 2020 |
| Worth Rises Inc | New York, NY | $200,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Jane Addams Peace Association Inc | New York, NY | $173,676 | 5 | 4 | 2023 |
| Women Cross Dmz | Los Angeles, CA | $136,739 | 2 | 1 | 2020 |
| Third Sector New England Inc | Boston, MA | $135,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Black Indigenous and People of Co | Bronx, NY | $132,573 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Center for Labor Education and Research Inc | Jamaica Plain, MA | $125,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Reproductive Outreach & Education C | Huntsville, AL | $124,145 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Planet Hool | San Francisco, CA | $120,828 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Brew & Forge | Greenfield, MA | $106,634 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Resist Inc | Jamaica Plain, MA | $104,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| One Green Heart LLC | Tucson, AZ | $103,740 | 5 | 3 | 2022 |
| Sacred Bundle Inc | Cass Lake, MN | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Cambridge Reproductive Health Consultants | Somerville, MA | $95,982 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Hope Community Services Inc | New Rochelle, NY | $94,888 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Whose Knowledge Question Mark | San Diego, CA | $92,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Western Massachusetts Asylum Suppor | Amherst, MA | $86,833 | 5 | 4 | 2023 |
| Decarcerate Wmass Bailout Project | Northampton, MA | $77,341 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Opencollective Foundation | Covina, CA | $75,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Ventura County Community Foundation | Camarillo, CA | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Unity Foundation | Palm Springs, CA | $68,890 | 5 | 4 | 2023 |
| Camps in Common | Oakland, CA | $68,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| American Trans Resource Hub | West Covina, CA | $67,382 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Tanka Fund | Kyle, SD | $65,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Together in Service | Los Angeles, CA | $63,139 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Alliance for Global Justice | Tucson, AZ | $55,000 | 2 | 1 | 2022 |
| Encampment for Citizenship | Aptos, CA | $55,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Grassroots International Inc | Boston, MA | $52,381 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Chinatown People Progressive Association Inc | Boston, MA | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Chickaloon Village Traditional Coun | Sutton, AK | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Success Stories Program | Newhall, CA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Migrant Immigrant & Refugee Rights | E Stroudsburg, PA | $49,730 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Oceti Sakowin Education Learning | Rapid City, SD | $48,013 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| California Families Rise | Los Gatos, CA | $46,431 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Transformative Feminist Leade | Burlingame, CA | $46,250 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| North Shore Holiday House Inc | Huntington, NY | $40,500 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Change Labs | Winslow, AZ | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Women for Genuine Security | Claremont, CA | $38,208 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Community Partnership of Akuapim | Bantam, CT | $35,733 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Highlander Research and Education C | Cayey, PR | $32,891 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Community Solstice LLC | New Orleans, LA | $32,608 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Menikanaehkem | Gresham, WI | $32,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Changing Worlds | Chicago, IL | $30,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| The Coalition of Immokalee Workers Inc | Immokalee, FL | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Taller Guaguarey | Cayey, PR | $28,571 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Hempstead Project Heart | Green Bay, WI | $28,416 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Tassn Trans Asylum Seeker Sup | Mcallen, TX | $27,597 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Tonatierra Community Development Institute | Phoenix, AZ | $27,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Justice Committee Inc | Jackson Hts, NY | $27,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| African American Policy Forum | New York, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Apiary for Practical Support Inc | New York, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Highlander Research & Education Center Inc | New Market, TN | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Impact Inc | Boston, MA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Intertribal Friendship House | Oakland, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Menomini You Inc | Keshena, WI | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Nueva Esperanza Inc | Holyoke, MA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Palante Transformative Justice Inc | Holyoke, MA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Pilipino Workers Center of Southern | Los Angeles, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Sanctuary in the City | Huntersville, NC | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Afiya Center | Dallas, TX | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Think Again Training and Consulting | Jamaica Plain, MA | $24,293 | 3 | 2 | 2023 |
| Social Good Fund Inc | Richmond, CA | $24,105 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| North Star Fund Inc | New York, NY | $24,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| St Petersburg Branch of Asalh | St Petersburg, FL | $22,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Sylvia Bingham Fund | San Rafael, CA | $21,227 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Peace Development Fund Inc | Amherst, MA | $20,397 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Woodland Boys and Girls Club Inc | Neopit, WI | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Voice of the Experienced Vote | New Orleans, LA | $17,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| People of the Confluence | Mountlake Ter, WA | $17,237 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Freedom Archives | Berkeley, CA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Fund for the City of New York Inc | New York, NY | $13,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Nimiipuu Protecting the Environment | Pullman, WA | $12,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Urban Indigenous Collective Inc | New York, NY | $12,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Parasol Cooperative Foundation | Hillsborough, NJ | $12,305 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| New Britain Racial Justice Coalition Inc | New Britain, CT | $12,164 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Boston Abortion Support Collective | Washington, DC | $11,555 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Transnational Solidarity | Salem, MA | $10,961 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Intercept Media Inc | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Netroots Foundation | Kansas City, MO | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Nuestras Raices Inc | Holyoke, MA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Out in the Open Inc | Brattleboro, VT | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Possibility Labs | San Francisco, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Thousand Currents | San Francisco, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Red Roses Trans Movement LLC | San Francisco, CA | $9,883 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Turning Heads Collective | San Francisco, CA | $9,843 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Root Social Justice Center Inc | Brattleboro, VT | $9,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Turning Heads | San Francisco, CA | $9,250 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Community Foundation of Western Massachusetts | Springfield, MA | $9,200 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Community Aid & Development Corporation | Decatur, GA | $9,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Greenroots Inc | Chelsea, MA | $8,785 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Ourspace World Inc | Bowie, MD | $8,428 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Coal River Mountain Watch | Naoma, WV | $8,313 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Whiteswan Environmental We | Bellingham, WA | $7,966 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Go With Courage Inc | Roslyn, NY | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Allied Media Projects Inc | Detroit, MI | $7,497 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Centro Comunitario De Los Trabajadores | New Bedford, MA | $7,497 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Lambi Fund of Haiti | Washington, DC | $7,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Who Speaks for Me Project | Washington, DC | $6,998 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Seeds of Harmony Inc | Round Rock, AZ | $6,577 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Culture of Peace Alliance Inc | Tucson, AZ | $6,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| No Exceptions | Madison, TN | $6,372 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Albuquerque Center for Peace and Justice | Albuquerque, NM | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Creative Thought and Action | Ashfield, MA | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Jobs With Justice Inc | Burlington, VT | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| March on Foundation Inc | Peachtree Cty, GA | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Paula Ford-Martin Memorial Fund | Haydenville, MA | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Southwest Learning Centers | Santa Fe, NM | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Focus Center | Chesapeake, VA | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Nolumbeka Project Inc | Greenfield, MA | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Decarcerate Inc | Little Rock, AR | $5,793 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Human Rights Coalition | Philadelphia, PA | $5,600 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Migrant Justice Inc | Burlington, VT | $5,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Western Montana Gay and Lesbian Community Center | Missoula, MT | $5,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Right to the City Alliance Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $5,492 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| YWCA of Greater Portland | Gresham, OR | $5,303 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs Inc | Calabasas, CA | $5,165 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Equity Solutions Curriculum | Hartford, VT | $5,117 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Ohio Families Unite Against Police Brutality Inc | Dayton, OH | $5,100 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
46 of 132 (35%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold. Remember the $5,000 floor: an organization funded every year at $3,000 shows up here as never funded at all.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose column of its filings, largest first. This is the closest thing to a statement of what it funds, in its own words.
- Beloved Economies
Economic Justice & Development Organizin - Restoring Justice for Indigenous Pe
Organizing communities for criminal just - American Indian Prison Project Work
Indigenous justiceOrganizing - Pi-Tap
Economic JusticeOrganizing - Ventura County Community Foundation
Immigrant and Refugee justice organizing - Peoples Justice Project
Organizing Communities by Criminal Just
What kind of organizations it funds
By each recipient's own IRS classification, for the 83 of 132 recipients we could match to a registered organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses -- Schedule I reports the recipient's EIN, so this is a lookup rather than a name match.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants reported | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 66 | $3,770,777 | $19,174 |
| 2021 | 66 | $4,873,107 | $20,448 |
| 2022 | 57 | $3,971,491 | $25,000 |
| 2023 | 54 | $2,453,418 | $25,000 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- Form 990 arrives about a year after the year it covers, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a grantmaker winding down.
Where its money goes
40% of its giving went to organizations in California. Community foundations and federated funds are usually the most geographically bounded funders there are -- being outside the footprint is normally disqualifying in a way that a weak programme fit is not.
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Funders that support the same organizations
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How to approach this grantmaker
- Look for a published programme first. Unlike most private foundations, organizations of this kind often do run open, deadlined grant cycles with written guidelines. Its own website is the authority on that; this page is the authority on who it has actually paid.
- Check you are its size. The median reported grant is $22,500 -- and because grants under $5,000 need not be reported, it very likely writes smaller cheques than this page can see.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving concentrates in California.
- Read the recipient list for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer and a cheap one to get.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Peace Development Fund's own Form 990 Schedule I filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2020-2023). Nothing here is scraped, inferred or estimated.
On its most recent return it told the IRS it made grants to 28 section 501(c)(3) organizations and 26 other organizations. That is the filer's own count for one year; the totals above cover every year we hold.
Address of record on the latest return: 44 N Prospect St Po Box 1280, Amherst, MA, 01004.
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