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How much funding has Indivisible received from major foundations like Ford Foundation, Open Society Foundations, or Rockefeller Brothers Fund?
Executive summary
Available reporting shows Indivisible’s funding mix includes both small-dollar donors and sizable foundation grants; in 2019 the organization reported $14.9 million in new funds with foundations supplying a majority of some revenue lines [1], and Indivisible Project reported roughly $9.2 million in total fundraising in 2021 while Indivisible Civics raised just under $5 million that year [2]. Multiple secondary compilations assert substantial Open Society funding—over $7.6 million or over $8 million across Indivisible entities in different summaries [3] [4]—but primary, line-by-line grant totals from Ford Foundation or Rockefeller Brothers Fund to Indivisible are not listed in the available documents.
1. Big-picture totals: Indivisible’s public financial snapshots
Indivisible’s own published financial summary and annual reporting materials show a mix of revenue sources: Indivisible Civics’ total fundraising was just shy of $5 million in 2021 and Indivisible Project’s total fundraising was about $9.2 million in that year [2]. InfluenceWatch and other aggregators report that in 2019 the organizations received a combined $14.9 million, with about 53% coming from private foundation grants that year, reversing earlier claims that small-dollar donations were the dominant source [1].
2. Open Society Foundations: multiple secondary tallies claim multi‑million dollars
Two independent summaries cited in the search results report substantial funding from George Soros’s Open Society network: Wikipedia’s Indivisible entry states the Project “had received over $7.6 million from George Soros’s Open Society Foundations” [3], while InfluenceWatch’s profile reports “over $8 million from George Soros’s Open Society Foundations and its sister organizations” and notes a $3 million gift from the Open Society Action Fund in 2023 [4]. These figures come from secondary compilations rather than a single audited Indivisible grant schedule included in the search results.
3. Ford Foundation and Rockefeller Brothers Fund: no explicit grants found in these sources
The provided search results include background pages about the Ford Foundation [5] [6] but do not show any line-item grants or totals from the Ford Foundation or the Rockefeller Brothers Fund to Indivisible. Available sources do not mention Ford Foundation or Rockefeller Brothers Fund grants to Indivisible specifically [5] [6].
4. Where the numbers come from — pass-throughs and fiscal sponsors matter
InfluenceWatch and other profiles note that Indivisible initially used the Tides Foundation (a pass-through funder) for its charitable arm, and that Indivisible has received money via Tides Nexus and similar intermediaries—Tides giving more than $3 million across years with specific amounts itemized for 2018–2023 in InfluenceWatch’s profile [4]. That complicates attribution because some foundation support flows through fiscal sponsors or affiliated vehicles before reaching grassroots programs [4].
5. Indivisible’s own framing and fundraising philosophy
Indivisible’s published materials emphasize a small-dollar donation philosophy and state that the organization “will decline gifts that restrict our independence” and “we don’t accept money from corporations or political parties” [2]. Their program pages also describe internal mechanisms (Distributed Fundraising, GROW grants) for distributing funds to local groups [7] [8] [9], indicating organizational structures that mix direct fundraising with grant distribution.
6. Discrepancies across sources and what that means for accuracy
Secondary sources diverge on totals: Wikipedia references “over $7.6 million” from Open Society [3] while InfluenceWatch cites “over $8 million” and a $3 million Open Society Action Fund gift in 2023 [4]. These differences likely reflect differing cutoffs, timeframes, and whether sister organizations or pass-throughs are included. The search results do not include an itemized, audited grants list from foundation grant databases or Indivisible’s detailed Form 990s to reconcile exact totals [10] [11]; those documents would be needed for definitive grant-by-grant accounting.
7. What’s missing and next steps if you need definitive numbers
The materials provided do not include comprehensive grant tables from Ford Foundation or Rockefeller Brothers Fund to Indivisible, nor detailed IRS Form 990s showing grantor names and amounts in the snippets supplied [5] [11]. To get definitive, verifiable totals: consult foundation grant databases (Foundation Directory/Candid) or Indivisible’s IRS filings and audited financial statements for the years in question—these sources were cited but their detailed contents are not included in the search results provided [10] [11] [2].
Summary judgment: available reporting documents substantial foundation support overall and multi‑million-dollar support from Open Society entities [3] [4], but the provided sources do not show explicit Ford Foundation or Rockefeller Brothers Fund grant amounts to Indivisible and differ slightly on exact Open Society totals—further verification from primary grant records or tax filings is required for precise accounting [10] [11] [2].