Flock Inc
Boston, MA · EIN 20-8087695. Reported 362 grants totalling $43.1M to 165 recipients across tax years 2020-2023. This foundation told the IRS it does not accept unsolicited requests: it contributes only to organizations it selects itself.
Does this foundation accept applications?
No -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation to check a box if it "only makes contributions to preselected charitable organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests for funds". Flock Inc checked it on its most recent filing, as 78% of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered did. An unsolicited request is unlikely to go anywhere.
Organizations it funds that make grants of their own
4 of the organizations Flock Inc funded make grants themselves, and it reported 4 grants totalling $3,275,000 to them. That is 9% of the $37.7M of its giving we could match to a registered organization. Each is classified by the IRS as a philanthropy or grantmaking organization, reported grants to at least 25 organizations of its own, and has at least 10 funders behind it.
All of them file Form 990, which never asks whether an organization funds only groups it picks, so there is no answer on record either way.
What that does not mean. It does not mean an application to any of them reaches this foundation's money. A private foundation's grant to a community foundation or a federated campaign is often a donor-advised fund or a gift designated for a purpose the foundation chose, and has nothing to do with any open programme the receiving organization runs. Its return's purpose text sometimes names a family fund or a designated purpose, which is the plainest case of money no applicant can reach; where it names none, neither return says which. The list is who this foundation paid that also makes grants. Whether any of them would fund you is a question for its own page.
| Grantmaker | Kind | State | Received | Grants | Years | Last | Only funds organizations it picks? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo | community foundation | New York | $1,300,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 | Its form does not ask |
| Solidaire Network Inc | grantmaking organization | California | $1,000,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 | Its form does not ask |
| East Bay Community Foundation | community foundation | California | $825,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 | Its form does not ask |
| Foundation for Appalachian Kentucky Inc | community foundation | Kentucky | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 | Its form does not ask |
A floor, not a full list. A grantmaker appears here only where this foundation's return named it clearly enough for us to match the name to an EIN, which we manage for about two thirds of 990-PF grant rows, and only where that grantmaker has a page on this site. There may be more. Dollars here are summed by EIN across every spelling on its returns, so a figure can differ from the matching row in the full list below, which groups names as written. And the IRS classification cannot tell a grantmaker from a funders' association or a donor-advised fund sponsor, so a payment to one of these may be dues or an account rather than support for a grants programme.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $50,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $25,000 and $100,000; the smallest was $1,000 and the largest $2,585,000.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by name and state as they were written on the returns, so an organization entered under two different names appears twice. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which that name received money.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Native Movement | Fairbanks, AK | $2,751,666 | 3 | 2 | 2023 |
| Seed Commons | New York, NY | $2,607,008 | 6 | 4 | 2023 |
| Open Buffalo Inc | Buffalo, NY | $2,433,311 | 9 | 4 | 2023 |
| Asian Pacific Environmental Network | Oakland, CA | $1,725,000 | 6 | 4 | 2023 |
| Urban Tilth | Richmond, CA | $1,665,000 | 8 | 4 | 2023 |
| Appalshop | Whitesburg, KY | $1,412,700 | 11 | 4 | 2023 |
| Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo Inc | Buffalo, NY | $1,300,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Mountain Association | Berea, KY | $1,300,000 | 7 | 4 | 2023 |
| Justice Funders | Oakland, CA | $1,228,674 | 6 | 4 | 2023 |
| Appalachian Community Fund Inc | Knoxville, TN | $1,056,250 | 4 | 3 | 2023 |
| Kentucky Coalition Inc | London, KY | $1,048,125 | 10 | 4 | 2023 |
| People United for Sustainable Housing Inc | Buffalo, NY | $1,033,750 | 7 | 4 | 2023 |
| Solidaire Network | Seattle, WA | $1,000,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| East Bay Community Foundation | Oakland, CA | $825,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Communities for a Better Environment | Huntington Park, CA | $810,000 | 5 | 4 | 2023 |
| Social Good Fund | Richmond, CA | $650,000 | 5 | 3 | 2023 |
| Voices for a Sustainable Future Dba Labor Network for Sustainability | Takoma Park, MD | $650,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Grassroots Global Justice | Washington, DC | $596,500 | 8 | 4 | 2023 |
| Indigenous Environmental Network | Bemidji, MN | $587,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Proteus Fund Inc | Amherst, MA | $560,000 | 3 | 2 | 2023 |
| Center for Economic Democracy | Jamaica Plain, MA | $470,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Climate Justice Alliance | Berkeley, CA | $447,500 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Ekvnv Yefolecvlke | Weogufka, AL | $425,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Movement Generation | Berkeley, CA | $425,000 | 4 | 3 | 2023 |
| Ruckus Society Inc | Oakland, CA | $425,000 | 4 | 3 | 2023 |
| Grassroots International Inc | Boston, MA | $410,000 | 4 | 3 | 2023 |
| North American Students of Cooperation | Chicago, IL | $405,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Mondo Bizarro Productions | New Orleans, LA | $400,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Native Conservancy | Cordova, AK | $400,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Running Strong for American Indian Youth | Alexandria, VA | $375,000 | 4 | 3 | 2023 |
| Smartmeme Dba Center for Story-Based Strategy | Oakland, CA | $375,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Highlander Research & Education Center Inc | New Market, TN | $351,250 | 6 | 4 | 2023 |
| United Tribes of Bristol Bay | Dillingham, AK | $349,999 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| New Venture Fund | Anchorage, AK | $328,528 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Native American Rights Fund | Anchorage, AK | $325,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Appalachian Citizens' Law Center | Whitesburg, KY | $320,200 | 6 | 4 | 2023 |
| Edge Funders Alliance | San Francisco, CA | $310,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Native Peoples Action Community Fund | Anchorage, AK | $309,000 | 3 | 2 | 2023 |
| Native Movementnative Movement Alaska | Fairbanks, AK | $308,333 | 3 | 2 | 2021 |
| New Venture Fund | Washington, DC | $300,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Movement Training Network | Tierra Amarilla, NM | $285,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Indigenous Peoples Power Project Inc | Portland, OR | $275,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Indigenous Educational Network of Turtle Islandmutual Aid | Bemidji, MN | $260,000 | 3 | 2 | 2021 |
| Mondo Bizarro Productionsanother Gulf Is Possible Collaborative | New Orleans, LA | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Movement Alliance Project | Philadelphia, PA | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Tanana Chiefs Conference | Fairbanks, AK | $249,999 | 3 | 2 | 2022 |
| Neighborhood Funders Group | San Francisco, CA | $220,000 | 3 | 2 | 2023 |
| Voices for a Sustainable Future Inc | Takoma Park, MD | $205,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Action Group on Erosion Technology and Concentration Inc | Oakland, CA | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Alliance for a Just Society | Seattle, WA | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Center for Third World Organizing | Oakland, CA | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| New Venture Fundalaska Engagement Partnership | Washington, DC | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Not An Alternative Inc | Vashon, WA | $200,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Resource Generation | New York, NY | $200,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Taproot Earth Co Mt Airy Axis | Philadelphia, PA | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Right to the City Alliance | Brooklyn, NY | $187,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Public Accountability Initiative Inc | Buffalo, NY | $180,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Ujima Company Inc | Buffalo, NY | $180,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Center for Economic Democracyracial Capitalism Training | Jamaica Plain, MA | $175,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Massachusetts Avenue Project Inc | Buffalo, NY | $165,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Partnership for the Public Good | Buffalo, NY | $155,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Filmmakers Collaborativechris Landry | Melrose, MA | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Foundation for Appalachian Kentucky | Hazard, KY | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Greenwave Organization | New Haven, CT | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Hoonah Indian Association | Hoonah, AK | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Native Vision | Anchorage, AK | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Laurel County African American Heritage Center | London, KY | $141,250 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Community Farm Alliance Inc | Berea, KY | $135,200 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Livelihoods Knowledge Exchange Network | Lexington, KY | $130,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Native American Rights Fund | Boulder, CO | $125,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Native American Rights Fundalaska Just Transition Project - Alaska Native E | Boulder, CO | $125,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| New Economy Coalition | Boston, MA | $125,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Center for Rural Strategies | Whitesburg, KY | $122,600 | 5 | 4 | 2023 |
| Redbud Financial Alternatives | Hazard, KY | $117,600 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Headwaters Inc | Whitesburg, KY | $113,200 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Coalition for Economic Justice Inc | Buffalo, NY | $104,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Lyric Theatre and Cultural Arts Center | Lexington, KY | $103,125 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Beaver Village Council | Beaver, AR | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Filmmakers Collaborative | Melrose, MA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Gap Program | Anchorage, AK | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Grassroots Global Justiceit Takes Roots | Washington, DC | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy | Washington, DC | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Not An Alternative Incred Road to DC | Vashon, WA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Social Good Fundwildfire Project | Oakland, CA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Spruce Root Inc | Juneau, AK | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Taproot Earth | Philadelphia, PA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Taproot Earth | Tulsa, OK | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Texas Environmental Justice Advocacy Services | Houston, TX | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Alaska Center Education Fund | Anchorage, AK | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Thousand Currents | San Francisco, CA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Uprose Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Southern Appalachian Mountain Stewards | Big Stone Gap, VA | $96,625 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| New Venture Fundalaska Venture Fund | Washington, DC | $93,520 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Appalachian Arts Alliance | Hazard, KY | $89,400 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Lyric Theatre and Cultural Arts Centerblack Soil | Lexington, KY | $85,925 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Acce Institute | Los Angeles, CA | $80,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Commonwealth Foundation | Berkeley, CA | $80,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Southeast Education Foundation Inc | Cumberland, KY | $80,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Ruckus Society Incblackout Collective | Oakland, CA | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Smartmeme Dba Center for Story-Based Strategycapacity Building for a Just T | Oakland, CA | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| African Heritage Economic Initiative Aka African Heritage Food Co-Op | Buffalo, NY | $70,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Ceres Trustregenerative Economies Organizing Collaborative | Chicago, IL | $65,000 | 3 | 2 | 2021 |
| Running Strong for American Indian Youthbrave Heart Society | Alexandria, VA | $65,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Richmond Land | Richmond, CA | $60,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Native Visionsalmon Video Project | Anchorage, AK | $56,350 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Amalgamated Charitable Foundation | Washington, DC | $53,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Virginia Organizingsouthern Appalachian Mountain Stewards | Charlottesville, VA | $52,800 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Grassroots Global Justiceggj Frontline Delegation to COP26 | Washington, DC | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Grassroots Internationalsolidarity Philanthropy Through Donor Organizing An | Boston, MA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| North American Students of Cooperationusfwc - Accelerating a Just Transitio | Chicago, IL | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Proteus Fund Increframe Mentorship | Amherst, MA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Appalshopletcher County Culture Hub | Whitesburg, KY | $44,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| African Heritage Economic Initiative | Buffalo, NY | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Partnership for the Public Goodcrossroads Collective | Buffalo, NY | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Ujima Company Incjust Transition Buffalo Crossroads Collective | Buffalo, NY | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Kentucky Coalitioneastern Kentucky Social Club | London, KY | $38,125 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Highlander Research & Education Centerstay Project | New Market, TN | $35,200 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Mountain Associationridgeway Transformative Leadership Experience | Berea, KY | $35,200 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Native Land Conservancy Inc | Mashpee, MA | $35,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Inquiring Systems | Santa Rosa, CA | $32,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Foundation for Appalachian Kentuckysexy Sex Ed | Hazard, KY | $30,800 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Center for Popular Economics | Amherst, MA | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Coalition for Economic Justice Incbuffalo Transit Riders United | Buffalo, NY | $27,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Virginia Organizing | Charlottesville, VA | $26,625 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Livelihoods Knowledge Exchange Networkkentucky Student Environmental Coalit | Lexington, KY | $26,400 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Alaska Native Women's Resource Center | Fairbanks, AK | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Climate Justice Alliancenarrative and Culture Shift Projects | Berkeley, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Common Futuredemocratizing Investment Committee Decision-Making Funder Lear | Oakland, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Evansville Tribal Council | Bettles Field, AK | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Feed Buffalo | Buffalo, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Kentucky Civic Engagement Table Inc | Louisville, KY | $25,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Momentum Community | Long Beach, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Mountain Associationclear Creek-Ezell | Berea, KY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Storyline Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Uprose Incsunset Park Solar Project | Brooklyn, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Neighbor to Neighbor Massachusetts Education Fund Inc | Worcester, MA | $21,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| African Heritage Economic Initiativecovid Food Relief | Buffalo, NY | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Justice for Migrant Families | Buffalo, NY | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Neighborhood Funders Groupphilanthropy Forward | Oakland, CA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Seed Commonscooperation Buffalo | New York, NY | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| People United for Sustainable Housing Incthe Wash Project | Buffalo, NY | $18,750 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Push Buffalo | Buffalo, NY | $18,750 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Kentucky Coalitionalliance for Appalachia | London, KY | $17,600 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Fractured Atlas Inc | New York, NY | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| People United for Sustainable Housing Incline 3 Protest | Buffalo, NY | $13,148 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Open BUFFALO2019-2021 Crossroads Collective | Buffalo, NY | $10,500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Appalshopmutual Aid | Whitesburg, KY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Asian Pacific Environmental Networkleadership Fund | Oakland, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Asian Pacific Environmental Networkmutual Aid | Oakland, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Buffalo Arts Studio | Buffalo, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Buffalo Media Resources | Buffalo, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Coalition for Economic Justice Incmutual Aid | Buffalo, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| El Museo Francisco Oller Y Diego Rivera | Buffalo, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Locust Street Neighborhood Art Classes | Buffalo, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| People United for Sustainable Housing Incmutual Aid | Buffalo, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| The African American Cultural Center of Buffalo | Buffalo, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Free History Projectthe Returning - Black Farmer Film Project | San Francisco, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| The Working World Inccooperation Buffalo | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Southeast Education Foundation Inchigher Ground | Cumberland, KY | $8,800 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Fruit Belt Community Land Trust | Buffalo, NY | $8,750 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Fruit Belt Community Land Trustcommunity Control in the New Economy | Buffalo, NY | $8,750 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| State Democracy Project | Brooklyn, NY | $3,333 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Roots Collective | Miami, FL | $3,333 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Village Freedge | Miami, FL | $3,333 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| American Foundation for Suicide Prevention | New York, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
67 of 165 (41%) 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. This measures how often it paid the same organizations again. It says nothing about whether it would consider a new one, and this foundation told the IRS it does not.
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.
- Native Movement
GENERAL OPERATIONS & PROGRAM/PROJECT SUPPORT
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 257 grants where we could match the recipient to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's. The match, made from the name and address on the return, is ours.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 91 | $5,741,184 | $40,000 |
| 2021 | 86 | $5,932,674 | $50,000 |
| 2022 | 107 | $7,461,616 | $25,000 |
| 2023 | 78 | $24.0M | $135,000 |
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.
Where its money goes
24% of its giving went to organizations in California.
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Funders that support the same organizations
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Flock Inc's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2020-2023). Grant figures are from its returns. Matching recipients to registered organizations, their IRS classifications, the retention rate and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations, described in how we build this.
Address of record on the latest return: Co Rostam 101 Huntington Ave 25, Boston, MA, 02199. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS.
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