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Which foundations provide grants to Indivisible?
Executive summary
Indivisible’s national organizations have received sizeable foundation grants alongside smaller-dollar fundraising: reporting and financial disclosures cite millions from foundations including Open Society Foundations (over $7.6–$9.5M reported in different outlets), substantial pass‑through support from Tides/Tides Nexus, and other foundation grants such as from the Compton Foundation and Investing in US/Reid Hoffman–linked vehicles [1] [2] [3] [4]. Indivisible itself also describes a mixed revenue model that includes grassroots small donors, larger individual gifts, and family/public foundations, and says it limits any single source to no more than 20% of its annual budget [5] [6].
1. What public records and Indivisible say about foundation funding
Indivisible’s own materials state their fundraising philosophy relies on three revenue streams—small individual grassroots donations, larger individual gifts, and family and public foundations—and they say they seek to keep grassroots donations as the single largest source and cap any single source at 20% of annual budget [5]. Indivisible’s 2021 financial summary reports nearly $5M for Indivisible Civics and about $9.2M for Indivisible Project in that year’s combined fundraising totals, and it emphasizes small-dollar donations as a guiding principle while acknowledging grants and transfers in consolidated statements [6].
2. Major named grantmakers that appear repeatedly in reporting
Open Society Foundations (OSF) is the most frequently cited foundation funder in the available results. InfluenceWatch and Open Society’s own grants search both indicate OSF and affiliated entities have given organizational support or grants to Indivisible; press reports and local articles reference cumulative OSF support figures since 2017 in the multi‑million‑dollar range [2] [7] [4]. InfluenceWatch also reports sizable totals from OSF and related entities, including an itemized $3M from Open Society Action Fund in 2023 and multiple other grants across years [2].
3. Other foundation channels and pass‑through funders
The Tides Foundation/Tides Nexus is described as a funding partner or pass‑through used historically by Indivisible (the Indivisible Fund was a project of the Tides Foundation); InfluenceWatch lists multiple Tides grants to Indivisible Fund/Indivisible Civics over several years and reports more than $3M from Tides Nexus across certain years [2] [3]. The Compton Foundation is named in InfluenceWatch reporting as giving $150,000 over three years to Indivisible Civics [3]. Foundation Directory/OpenSecrets entries referenced in the search results indicate funder listings exist but are behind database access [8] [9].
4. Tech philanthropists and donor intermediaries
Reporting ties Reid Hoffman–linked vehicles such as Investing in US to support for specific Indivisible projects (for example, a “Truth Brigade” project was reported as receiving funding tied to Investing in US), and InfluenceWatch cites media reporting to that effect [2]. InfluenceWatch also cites early support from prominent individual donors and Democracy Alliance‑linked foundations during Indivisible’s growth phase [2].
5. How large a role foundations have played — competing interpretations
Investigative and opinion pieces (e.g., The American Prospect) argue that foundation and major donor grants have supplied a majority share of Indivisible’s revenues in some years, citing IRS filings and summary figures that put foundation grants and large gifts at high shares of total revenue (for example, 53% from foundations in a reported year and overall claims that wealthy donors provided two‑thirds to four‑fifths of revenue in early years) [10]. Indivisible counters with its public fundraising philosophy and financial statements that emphasize small donors as an objective and report mixed revenue streams [5] [6]. InfluenceWatch and other profiles likewise highlight substantial foundation grants while noting Indivisible’s stated limits and organizational structure [2] [3].
6. What the available sources do not (or cannot) show
Available sources do not provide a single, up‑to‑date, audited list of every foundation grant to Indivisible across all entities and years; some figures differ between outlets (e.g., Open Society totals cited vary by article), and database tools such as Foundation Directory and Candid hold more granular grant histories behind paywalls or require direct searches [8] [1] [4]. Specific current-year grant amounts from every foundation are not fully enumerated in the search results provided here (not found in current reporting).
7. How to verify further and what to watch for
To confirm exact grants and amounts, consult (a) Indivisible’s published annual reports and financial statements for the entities Indivisible Project and Indivisible Civics, (b) Open Society Foundations’ searchable grants database for entries referencing “Indivisible” [7] [6], and (c) foundation databases such as Foundation Directory/Candid or IRS Form 990 filings—noting those databases sometimes require subscriptions [8] [6]. When reading commentary, distinguish between cumulative totals cited by journalists and line‑item, year‑by‑year grant records available from funders and IRS filings; different sources may use different cutoffs or include/exclude pass‑throughs like Tides [2] [3] [4].
Bottom line: multiple reputable documents and reporting name Open Society Foundations, Tides/Tides Nexus, individual donors and philanthropy intermediaries (including Reid Hoffman‑linked vehicles), and foundations such as the Compton Foundation as grant sources to Indivisible, but totals and the share of foundation funding versus small-dollar contributions vary across sources and years; further verification requires reviewing Indivisible’s financial statements and donor databases cited above [7] [2] [6] [3] [5].