The Praxis Project Inc
San Francisco, CA · EIN 30-0044814. Reported 87 grants totalling $11.6M to 81 organizations across tax years 2021-2024, 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 The Praxis Project Inc, the IRS classifies it under health care rather than as a grantmaker (NTEE E70) -- it is an operating charity that also makes grants.
- How spread out its giving is. 81 distinct organizations, with 54% of the dollars going to the largest single recipient. That is concentrated. Most of the money has a settled destination, and the remainder is what is realistically in play.
- How much its list changes. 9% 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 $27,500. Half of what it reported fell between $10,000 and $50,000; the smallest was $5,200 and the largest $5,771,229. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| National Black Food and Justice Alliance | Atlanta, GA | $6,271,556 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Undocublack Network Inc | Washington, DC | $2,710,204 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Ahimsa Collective | Oakland, CA | $190,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Embodiment Project | San Francisco, CA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Access | Dearborn, MI | $70,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Adhikaar for Human Rights and Social Justice | Woodside, NY | $70,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| African Communities Together | New York, NY | $70,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Haitian Bridge Alliance | San Diego, CA | $70,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Black Women Birthing Justice Inc | Oakland, CA | $65,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Disability Power Bloc | Oakland, CA | $65,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Grow Greater Englewood Inc | Chicago, IL | $60,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Maryland Philanthropy Network Inc | Baltimore, MD | $60,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| A Wombmans Way Warrior Midwife Training Program Inc | Raleigh, NC | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Acupuncturists Without Borders | Portland, OR | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| African American Breastfeeding Network Inc | Milwaukee, WI | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| African Bureau for Immigration and Social Affairs (abisa) | Detroit, MI | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Beauty for Ashes Maternal Wellness | Winnetka, CA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Birth Manifesta LLC | Nashville, TN | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Center of Southwest Culture Inc | Albuquerque, NM | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Charleston Good Inc | Charleston, SC | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Coordinadora Paz Para La Mujer Inc | San Juan, PR | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Desert Star Institute for Family Planning Inc | Phoenix, AZ | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Healthconnect One | Chicago, IL | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Indigenous Women Rising | Albuquerque, NM | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Mewinzha Ondaadiziike Wiigaming | Bemidji, MN | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Michigan Prison Doula Initiative | Ann Arbor, MI | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Operation Restoration | New Orleans, LA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Pickles and Popsicles | Jackson, MS | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Restoring Our Own Through Transformation | Columbus, OH | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Seeds Worth Sowing | Minneapolis, MN | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Southern Birth Justice Network | North Miami Beach, FL | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Teng and Smith Inc | Oakland, CA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Ttawaxt Birth Justice Center | Wapato, WA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Upstream Works | Chapel Hill, NC | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Wild Awake Wellness | Austin, TX | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Alameda Health System Foundation | Oakland, CA | $35,714 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Bsu Incorporated | Temple Hills, MD | $35,714 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Chicago Nurse Midwife LLC | Chicago, IL | $35,714 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Chocolate Milk Cafe National Inc | N Plainfield, NJ | $35,714 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Mama Scraps Incorporated Nfp | Fairview Hts, IL | $35,714 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Shades of Divinity | Tacoma, WA | $35,714 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Gambian Youths Organization | Bronx, NY | $27,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Clinton Community Christian Corporation | Clinton, MS | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Highlander Research & Education Center Inc | New Market, TN | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Special Service for Groups Inc | Los Angeles, CA | $24,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Malone Community Center | Lincoln, NE | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Lovemore Birth Services | Kapolei, HI | $17,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Oasis Family Birthing Center | Birmingham, AL | $17,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Birth in Color Rva Foundation | Richmond, VA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Reaching Educating for Community Hope Foundation | Jackson, MS | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Acorn Center for Restoration and Freedom Inc | Atlanta, GA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Adio Akil | Washington, DC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Black Farmer Fund Inc | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Earth-Bound Building Forestry and Farm | Brandywine, MD | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Farms to Grow Inc | Oakland, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Franklinton Center Inc | Whitakers, NC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Fresh Future Farm Inc | Charleston, SC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Gilliard Farms | Brunswick, GA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Keep Growing Detroit | Detroit, MI | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Natures Garden for Victory and Peace Inc | Tuskegee, AL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Nurturing Our Seeds | Detroit, MI | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Raw Soulicious | Notasulga, AL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Regenerative Institute of Community Education Inc | Carlton, GA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs Inc | Calabasas, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| St John African Methodist Episcopal Church | Kennett, MO | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Come Up Project Gangstas to Growers | Atlanta, GA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Tierra Negra Farm | Durham, NC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Gro Health Center | Saint Louis, MO | $9,981 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Good Journey Development Foundation | Saint Louis, MO | $9,926 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| City Blossoms Inc | Saint Louis, MO | $9,161 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Indian Springs Farmers Association | Petal, MS | $7,800 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| African Peoples Education and Defense Fund Inc | St Petersburg, FL | $7,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Black to the Land Coalition | Detroit, MI | $7,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Know Allegiance Nation | Detroit, MI | $7,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Operation Spring Plant | Oxford, NC | $7,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Out of the End Inc | Pittsburgh, PA | $7,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Social Good Fund Inc | Richmond, CA | $7,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Smile Trust Inc | Miami, FL | $7,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Yisrael Family Urban Farm | Sacramento, AL | $7,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Black Urban Gardeners and Farmers of Pittsburgh Co-Op | Pittsburgh, PA | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Foster Patch Community Garden | Detroit, MI | $5,200 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
6 of 81 (7%) 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.
- National Black Food and Justice Alliance
SPIN OFF EXPENSE - NBFJA WAS A FORMER FISCALLY SPONSORED PROJECT WHO SPUN OFF FROM PRAXIS - Undocublack Network Inc
SPIN OFF EXPENSE - UBN WAS A FORMER FISCALLY SPONSORED PROJECT WHO SPUN OFF FROM PRAXIS. THIS REPRESENTS A TRANSFER OF THEIR ASSETS - National Black Food & Justice Alliance
SPIN OFF EXPENSE - NBFJA WAS A FORMER FISCALLY SPONSORED PROJECT WHO SPUN OFF FROM PRAXIS. THIS REPRESENTS A TRANSFER OF THEIR ASSETS - Embodiment Project
SURVIVOR ROOTED DOCUMENTARY THEATER SUBGRANT - Ahimsa Collective
GRANT AWARD FOR RESTORATIVE JUSTICE IN THE COMMUNITY PILOT PROJECT - Adhikaar for Human Rights and Social Justice
SUBGRANT IN SUPPORT OF THE WE ARE HOME CAMPAIGN
What kind of organizations it funds
By each recipient's own IRS classification, for the 57 of 81 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 39 | $797,068 | $10,000 |
| 2022 | 22 | $4,039,602 | $50,000 |
| 2023 | 23 | $6,743,942 | $50,000 |
| 2024 | 3 | $45,000 | $15,000 |
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
54% of its giving went to organizations in Georgia. 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 $27,500 -- 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 Georgia.
- 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.
Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from The Praxis Project Inc's own Form 990 Schedule I filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred or estimated.
On its most recent return it told the IRS it made grants to 1 section 501(c)(3) organizations and 2 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: 548 Market Street Pmb 87527, San Francisco, CA, 94104.
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