Warsh-Mott Legacy
Petaluma, CA · EIN 68-0049658. Reported 187 grants totalling $10.9M to 76 recipients across tax years 2020-2024. 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". Warsh-Mott Legacy 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
3 of the organizations Warsh-Mott Legacy funded make grants themselves, and it reported 9 grants totalling $5,339,500 to them. That is 51% of the $10.6M 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? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tides Foundation | grantmaking organization | California | $4,814,500 | 6 | 3 | 2024 | Its form does not ask |
| Marin Community Foundation | community foundation | California | $475,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 | Its form does not ask |
| Grantmakers Concerned With | grantmaking organization | California | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 | 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 $20,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $15,000 and $45,000; the smallest was $10,000 and the largest $2,490,000.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tides Foundation | San Francisco, CA | $4,814,500 | 6 | 3 | 2024 |
| Government Accountability Project | Washington, DC | $375,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Marin Foundation | Novato, CA | $375,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Friends of the Action Group on Erosion Technology and Concentration | Oakland, CA | $305,040 | 6 | 2 | 2021 |
| Global Exchange | San Francisco, CA | $245,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Native Movement | Fairbanks, AK | $240,000 | 17 | 3 | 2024 |
| William J Brennan JR Center for Justice Inc | New York, NY | $190,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Apoyo Legal Al Emprendimiento Comunitario Inc (aleci) | Caguas, PR | $180,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Defending Rights & Dissent | Washington, DC | $175,000 | 3 | 3 | 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 |
| 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 |
| Illuminative | Lafayette, CO | $115,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| New Venture Fund | Baltimore, MD | $115,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| 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 |
| Aina Momona | Honolulu, HI | $60,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Alianza Americas | Chicago, IL | $60,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Comedores Sociales De Puerto Rico Inc | Caguas, PR | $60,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Cultural Survival Inc | Cambridge, MA | $60,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Hawai'i Peace and Justice | Honolulu, HI | $60,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Hui Malama I Ke Ala 'ulili | Paauilo, HI | $60,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Illinois Workers in Action | Bolingbrook, IL | $60,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Kahea the Hawaiian Environmental Alliance | Honolulu, HI | $60,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Ko'ihonua | Pearl City, HI | $60,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Miigwech Inc | Harbor Springs, MI | $60,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Movement Generation | Berkeley, CA | $60,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Parceleras Afrocaribenas Por La Transformacion Barrial Inc | Saint Just, PR | $60,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Rural Community Workers Alliance | Green City, MO | $60,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Sierra Club | Oakland, CA | $60,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Sierra Club Foundation | Oakland, CA | $60,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Social Good Fund | Richmond, CA | $60,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Black Voters Matter Capacity Building Institute Inc | Atlanta, GA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Georgia Latino Alliance for Human Rights | Chamblee, GA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Grantmakers Concerned With Immigrants and Refugees | Petaluma, CA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Pesticide Action North America Regional Center Panna | Berkeley, CA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Somos Siembra | Greensboro, NC | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Grassroots Global Justice | Washington, DC | $45,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| New Economy Coalition | Cambridge, MA | $45,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Rewild | Austin, TX | $45,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Solidarity Stl Inc | St Louis, MO | $45,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Twin Cities Innovation Alliance | Minneapolis, MN | $45,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Asian Americans Advancing Justice - Atlanta | Norcross, GA | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Ecosystems of Care | Chicago, IL | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| One Fair Wage Inc | Cambridge, MA | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Asian American Community Fund of Pennsylvania | Novato, CA | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Make the Road Pa | Brooklyn, NY | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Native American Food Sovereignty Alliance | Scandia, MN | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Alaskans Take a Stand | Anchorage, AK | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Code for Science and Society | Portland, OR | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Data for Indigenous Justice | Anchorage, AK | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Georgia Alliance Education Fund | Atlanta, GA | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Institute for Agriculture & Trade Policy | Minneapolis, MN | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Native Conservancy | Cordova, AK | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Ndn Collective | Rapid City, SD | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| The Chisholm Legacy Project | Burtonsville, MD | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| United Tribes of Bristol Bay | Dillingham, AK | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Ceres Trust | Chicago, IL | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Common Counsel Foundation | Oakland, CA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Movement 4 Black Lives Inc | Oakland, CA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Movement 4 Black Lives Inc | Carol Stream, IL | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| One Fair Wage Inc | New York, NY | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Allied Media Projects | Detroit, MI | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Chisholm Legacy Project | Cambridge, MA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
53 of 76 (70%) received money in more than one year over the 5 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 73%, across 4 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.
- 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 activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 162 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 | 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 |
| 2024 | 51 | $3,372,000 | $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.
| 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
60% of its giving went to organizations in California.
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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 a sign of overlapping priorities and nothing more. Unlike this foundation, none of them is on record as funding only organizations it picks, and each page says what its filings show.
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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 5 returns (tax years 2020-2024). 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: 245 Kentucky Street E, Petaluma, CA, 94952. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS.
EIN 68-0049658 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this
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