Freedom Together Foundation

Private foundation · EIN 90-0747216 · since 2012freedomtogether.org·United States·Updated 13 October 2026

At a glance

$470M

Annual giving, 2024 tax year

From the Form 990-PF filing

$50,000 to $1.5M

Grant range

From grants in the 990-PF filings

$500k

Typical grant (median)

595 grants in the latest filing

Invitation only

Unsolicited applications are not accepted

This funder does not accept unsolicited applications. The foundation chooses the organisations it funds itself.

Key takeaways

Freedom Together Foundation, based in New York, NY, funds a U.S.-focused programme covering democratic institutions and rights, worker power, gender and racial justice, reproductive healthcare, medical research, and community grants such as gathering spaces and access to parks.
It does not accept unsolicited requests and instead selects organisations itself by invitation only, so a small nonprofit cannot simply submit a proposal; it also does not fund attempts to influence legislation.
Typical grants to organisations run from $50,000 to $1,500,000, with a median of $500,000, so a modest request in that range fits the pattern, though one grant reached about $16,000,000 to Blue Meridian Partners, an organisation it funds every year that itself regrants to others.
Ninety per cent of its grant dollars go to organisations it had already funded in the previous two filings, which points to a relationship-led funder that favours continuity over cold approaches.
Since it does not take unsolicited applications, the most realistic step for an uninvited organisation is to build visibility and connections rather than apply directly.

Overview

Freedom Together Foundation is a US private foundation based in New York, NY.

What they fund

Profile derived from the foundation's IRS Form 990-PF filings (TY2024, TY2023, TY2022) and its website, with every statement checked against those sources. Sources read on 7 October 2026.

Priority Areas

The Freedom Together Foundation centres a deeper and broader pro-democracy movement, with organisations led by working-class people from diverse backgrounds. It supports efforts to protect democratic institutions and fundamental rights and to build structural reforms for economic, racial and gender justice. Its work also grows worker organisation and power. It supports reproductive healthcare, research on Parkinson’s disease, Alzheimer’s disease and diabetes, and the freedom of scientists to discover and make findings public. Its community grants sustain gathering spaces, expand young people’s opportunities, engage students in arts and sciences, improve equitable access to parks and strengthen cultural heritage. The foundation fosters collaboration across its programme areas and supports U.S.-based grantees.

Themes

Democratic institutions and rights
Worker power
Gender and racial justice
Reproductive healthcare
Medical research
Community gathering spaces
Access to parks

Geographic Focus

U.S.

What They Don't Fund

Attempts to influence legislation

How to apply

The foundation selects organisations itself and solicits grant applications; it does not accept unsolicited proposals.

Application success factors

Repeat giving: In its TY2024 filing, 90% of its grant dollars to organisations went to organisations it had also funded in its TY2022 or TY2023 filing.
Grant size: Across its TY2022, TY2023 and TY2024 filings, half of its 1,526 grants to organisations were $500,000 or less.

What the foundation says:

The foundation centres organisations led by working-class people from diverse backgrounds.

Where grants go

From grants to organisations in the foundation’s filings for tax years 2022–2024.

Grant dollars by state

New York28%

District of Columbia28%

California16%

Massachusetts9%

Illinois3%

Virginia2%

6 other states: 7%

Outside the US or with no state on the filing: 8%

The largest single recipient received 4% of grant dollars to organisations.
In tax year 2024, 90% of grant dollars went to organisations Freedom Together Foundation had funded in earlier filings.
No grants were paid directly to organisations outside the US.
25% of grant dollars went to intermediaries that regrant to other organisations.

Grants

595 grants in the latest filing analysed · median $500k

How much do they typically give?

Share of 595 grants in tax year 2024 by size

$5k–$10k<1%

$10k–$25k7%

$25k–$50k2%

$50k–$100k2%

$100k–$250k14%

$250k–$500k21%

$500k–$1M30%

$1M and over23%

Median $500k (tax year 2024)

The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:

Blue Meridian Partners · Blue meridian partners: general partnership recommitment
$14,000,0002024 tax year
Amalgamated Charitable Foundation · Solidarity fund
$12,500,0002024 tax year
Voter Registration Project · General operating support
$8,000,0002024 tax year
Movement Strategy Center · Energy efficiency for all
$8,000,0002024 tax year
Community Change · Toward a freedom to thrive
$7,000,0002024 tax year
Community Change · 2024 civic engagement rapid response
$6,500,0002024 tax year
New Venture Fund · Trusted elections fund
$6,250,0002024 tax year
Windward Fund · Advancing environmental justice through the fund to build grassroots power
$6,150,0002024 tax year

Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.

Officers and directors

Rakim Brooks — General Counsel (From 5/15/24)
Deepak Pateriya — SVP, Strategy & Management (From 2/6/24)
Daniel Altschuler — Treasurer (From 12/13/24)
Deepak Bhargava — President / Vice Chair (From 2/15/24)
Barbara Picower — President Emerita / Chair (From 2/15/24)
Gerald C McNamara — CIO
Mary Kay Henry — Trustee (From 1/1/24)
Cecilia Munoz — Trustee (From 1/1/24)
Kierra Johnson — Trustee (From 1/1/24)
Alan Jenkins — Trustee (From 1/19/24)
Hahrie Han — Trustee (From 1/1/24)
Susan C Frunzi — Trustee

From the latest Form 990-PF filing

3 years of tax filings

Year	Total expenses	Grants paid	Assets	Filing document
2022 tax year	$385,377,151	$359,345,731	$4,117,915,346	Filing for 2022 tax year
2023 tax year	$458,231,361	$424,004,240	$4,138,119,983	Filing for 2023 tax year
2024 tax year	$520,151,983	$469,974,091	$4,069,471,666	Filing for 2024 tax year

Figures from the foundation’s IRS Form 990-PF filings. Assets are at fair market value at year end. The document icon links to each year’s filing on ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer.