Satterberg Foundation

• The foundation provides general operating support for Black- and Indigenous-led racial justice work and for organisations serving communities affected by historical and systemic racism, so a nonprofit or fiscally sponsored group doing that kind of work fits its stated focus.
• Its priority geography is Washington, California and Arizona, with commitments also extending nationally, so check that your work reaches those places.
• About 8 in 10 of its grants fall between $20,000 and $160,000, and the median is $100,000, so a request near the lower end of that typical band is a sensible starting point, though the largest grant was about $2,700,000 and the band is not a ceiling.
• It does not accept unsolicited letters, proposals or applications, and the filing shows 94% of its grant dollars in its latest year went to organisations it had also funded in one of the two previous filings, so an introduction or existing relationship matters more than a cold approach.
• Organisations that are not nonprofit or fiscally sponsored, or that are evangelical or discriminatory, fall outside its stated criteria and should not apply.

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

• Amalgamated Charitable Foundation · Decolonizing wealth project non cash grant date: 08/31/2024 cost basis: 324,763 fmv: 1,033,234
  $1,033,2312024 tax year
• SEE Inc · Trust based philanthropy project non cash grant date: 08/31/2024 cost basis: 324,763 fmv: 1,018,879
  $1,018,8792024 tax year
• Byrd Barr Place · Bipoc ed coalition non cash grant date: 04/30/2024 cost basis: 253,032 fmv: 995,916
  $995,9162024 tax year
• Liberty Hill Foundation · To support the los angeles nonprofit community non cash grant date: 04/30/2024 cost basis: 227,738 fmv: 896,360
  $896,3602024 tax year
• NCFP · General operating support non cash grant date: 08/31/2024 cost basis: 270,621 fmv: 849,019
  $849,0192024 tax year
• CompassPoint Nonprofit Services · General operating support non cash grant date: 08/31/2024 cost basis: 243,565 fmv: 774,902
  $774,9022024 tax year
• Rainier Valley Corps · General operating support non cash grant date: 08/31/2024 cost basis: 243,565 fmv: 774,902
  $774,9022024 tax year
• Social Justice Fund Northwest · General operating support non cash grant date: 08/31/2024 cost basis: 243,565 fmv: 764,136
  $764,1362024 tax year

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

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.