Willow Redistribution Foundation
Covina, CA · EIN 83-2811578. Reported 222 grants totalling $18.3M to 116 recipients across tax years 2021-2025. 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". Willow Redistribution Foundation 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
5 of the organizations Willow Redistribution Foundation funded make grants themselves, and it reported 11 grants totalling $1,005,000 to them. That is 6% of the $15.5M 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? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc | grantmaking organization | New York | $585,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 | Its form does not ask |
| Groundswell Fund | grantmaking organization | California | $160,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 | Its form does not ask |
| Hopewell Fund | grantmaking organization | District of Columbia | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 | Its form does not ask |
| Bend the Arc - a Jewish Partnership | grantmaking organization | New York | $65,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 | Its form does not ask |
| Equation Campaign and Global Climate | grantmaking organization | California | $45,000 | 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 $30,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $20,000 and $50,000; the smallest was $5,000 and the largest $4,882,000.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Building People Power | Oakland, CA | $4,882,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Right to the City Alliance Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $2,000,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Liberated Capital Fund | Richmond, CA | $1,000,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc | New York, NY | $585,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Amazon Watch | Oakland, CA | $470,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Tides Center | San Francisco, CA | $450,000 | 11 | 5 | 2025 |
| Windward Fund | Washington, DC | $425,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Highlander Research and Education | New Market, TN | $423,334 | 2 | 1 | 2021 |
| Freedom Archives | Berkeley, CA | $382,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Resource Generation Inc | New York, NY | $370,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Project South Institute for the Elimination of Poverty & Genocide | Atlanta, GA | $330,000 | 3 | 2 | 2023 |
| Critical Resistance | Oakland, CA | $278,000 | 6 | 4 | 2024 |
| Allied Media Projects | Detroit, MI | $275,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Seventh Generation Fund for Indigenous Peoples Inc | Arcata, CA | $275,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Thousand Currents | San Francisco, CA | $220,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Cooperation Jackson of Mississippi Inc | Jackson, MS | $210,000 | 3 | 2 | 2023 |
| The Ndn Collective | Rapid City, SD | $200,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Proteus Fund Inc | Amherst, MA | $180,000 | 5 | 4 | 2025 |
| Grassroots International Inc | Boston, MA | $160,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Groundswell Fund | San Francisco, CA | $160,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Taproot Earth | Tulsa, OK | $160,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Amalgamated Foundation | Washington, DC | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Climate Justice Alliance | Berkeley, CA | $150,000 | 3 | 2 | 2022 |
| Hopewell Fund | Washington, DC | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Grassroots Power Project | Berkeley, CA | $140,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| National Day Laborer Organizing Network | Pasadena, CA | $140,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Sogorea Te Land Trust | Oakland, CA | $130,000 | 5 | 4 | 2025 |
| Hawai'i People's Fund | Honolulu, HI | $120,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Mujeres Unidas Y Activas | San Francisco, CA | $120,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Arab American Action Network | Chicago, IL | $110,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Movimiento Cosecha Support Network | Elizabeth, NJ | $110,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs | Calabasas, CA | $105,000 | 4 | 3 | 2024 |
| Center for Coalfield Justice | Washington, PA | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Legal Services for Prisoners With Children | Oakland, CA | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Mountain Watershed Association Inc | Melcroft, PA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Rural Organizing Project | Cottage Grove, OR | $100,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Center for Third World Organizing | Oakland, CA | $100,000 | 4 | 3 | 2025 |
| The Indigenous Educational Network of Turtle Island | Bemidji, MN | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Coal River Mountain Watch | Naoma, WV | $80,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Earth Island Institute Inc | Berkeley, CA | $80,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Georgia Latino Alliance for Human Rights | Atlanta, GA | $80,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Groundswell Action Fund | San Francisco, CA | $80,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Movement Generation | Berkeley, CA | $80,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| River Valley Organizing | East Liverpool, OH | $80,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Peace Development Fund | Amherst, MA | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Center for Political Education | San Francisco, CA | $70,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Dignity & Power Nowcommunity Partners | Los Angeles, CA | $70,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Generative Somatics | San Francisco, CA | $70,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Project South | Atlanta, GA | $70,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Bend the Arc a Jewish Partnership for Justice | New York, NY | $65,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Cangress | Los Angeles, CA | $60,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Cangress Dba Los Angeles Community Action Network | Los Angeles, CA | $60,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Causa Justa Just Cause | Oakland, CA | $60,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Cooperation Jackson | Jackson, MS | $60,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Dancers' Group Inc | San Francisco, CA | $60,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Honor the Earth | Lame Deer, MT | $60,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| About Face Veterans Against the War | Arvada, CO | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Causa Justajust Cause | Oakland, CA | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Communities for a Better Environment | Richmond, CA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Global Greengrants Fund | Boulder, CO | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Grassroots Global Justice Alliance | Washington, DC | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Guahan Sustainable Culture | Hagatna, GU | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Hawaii People's Fund | Honolulu, HI | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Highlander Research and Education Center | New Market, TN | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Houston in Action | Houston, TX | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Indigenous Environmental Network | Bemidji, MN | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Northwest Abortion Access Fund | Eugene, OR | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Oil & Gas Action Network | Berkeley, CA | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| The Brigid Alliance | New York, NY | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Watershed Center | Millerton, NY | $50,000 | 3 | 1 | 2021 |
| Warehouse Workers for Justice | Chicago, IL | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Equation Campaign and Global Climate Legal Defense | Novato, CA | $45,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Movement Alliance Project | Philadelphia, PA | $45,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Taproot Earth | Slidell, LA | $45,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Amalgamated Charitable Foundation | Washington, DC | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Center for Empowered Politics Education Fund | Oakland, CA | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Center for International Environmental Law | Washington, DC | $40,000 | 2 | 1 | 2022 |
| Dignity and Power Now | Los Angeles, CA | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Grassroots Global Justice | Washington, DC | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Wespac Foundation | White Plains, NY | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Kendra Alexander Foundation | San Pablo, CA | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Network on Women in Prison Dba Legal Services for Prisoners W Children | Oakland, CA | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| California Coalition for Women Prisioners | Oakland, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Madre Inc | New York, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| New Israel Fund | Washington, DC | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Uaf for Women's Human Rights | Alameda, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| International Indigenous Youth Council | Denver, CO | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Legal Services for Prisoners W Children | Oakland, CA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Project Truth and Reconciliation Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Raices | San Antonio, TX | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Beloved Builders Inc | Florence, MA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Facts Education Fund Cfasc | Los Angeles, CA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Headwaters Foundation for Justice | Minneapolis, MN | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Network on Women in Prison | Oakland, CA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Social Justice Fund Nw | Seattle, WA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Wespac Foundation Pym | White Plains, NY | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Ruckus Society | Oakland, CA | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Thunder Valley Community Development Corporation | Porcupine, SD | $11,667 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Kadima Community | Seattle, WA | $11,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Bend the Arc Jewish Action | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| East Side Arts Alliance | Oakland, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Facts Education Fund | Los Angeles, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Louisiana Advocates for Immigrants in Detention | Shreveport, LA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Movement Strategy Center | Oakland, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Rainbow Defense Fund Inc | Tucson, AZ | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services | San Antonio, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Transgender Gender Variant Intersex | San Francisco, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Unidos Mn Education Fund (navigate) | Minneapolis, MN | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Neo Philanthropy Mpower Change | New York, NY | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Meztli Project | Los Angeles, CA | $6,667 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Community United Against Violence | San Francisco, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Conxion to Community (fka Center for Training and Careers Inc) | San Jose, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Indigenous Roots | St Paul, MN | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| March on Foundation | Annapolis, MD | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| National Religious Campaign Against Torture | Washington, DC | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| San Francisco Women Against Rape | San Francisco, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
49 of 116 (42%) 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 36%, across 4 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. 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.
- Allied Media Projects
DECOLONIZING WEALTH PROJECT - Windward Fund
THE HIVE FUND FOR CLIMATE AND GENDER JUSTICE PROJECT - Project South Institute for the Elimination of Poverty & Genocide
GULF SOUTH FOR A GREEN NEW DEAL - Amalgamated Foundation
DWP IMPACT FUND, AN ADVANCE CHANGE FUND OF THE AMALGAMATED FOUNDATION - Hopewell Fund
MOVEMENT INSTITUTE PROJECT - The Indigenous Educational Network of Turtle Island
INDIGENOUS ENVIRONMENTAL NETWORK
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 174 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 62 | $8,566,334 | $25,000 |
| 2022 | 62 | $3,823,000 | $30,000 |
| 2023 | 44 | $2,248,000 | $30,000 |
| 2024 | 26 | $757,334 | $27,500 |
| 2025 | 28 | $2,950,000 | $35,000 |
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
56% 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 Willow Redistribution Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2021-2025). 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: 440 N Barranca Ave 3947, Covina, CA, 91723. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS.
EIN 83-2811578 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this
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