Nonprofits›Proteus Fund Inc
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Proteus Fund Inc
WALTHAM, MA
Total revenue
$43.2M
Total expenses
$50.9M
Net assets
$60.8M
Grants received
$212.8M
781 grants
EIN
043243004
Tax year
2024
Mission
Proteus fund connects philanthropy to the frontlines of social justice to advance racial, gender, queer, and disability justice, and an inclusive, fully representative democracy.
Programs
2 programs
Piper fund is a donor collaborative that brings together individual donors and foundations to defend democratic institutions and the rule of law. The fund connects and resources grassroots organizations dedicated to protecting our democracy and envisioning reforms to make it more inclusive and representative.
Expenses: $7.4MGrants: $4.0M
Rights, inclusion, solidarity, and equity (rise) together fund is a donor collaborative that brings together individual donors and foundations to advance the civil rights and fight for full inclusion of black, african, arab, muslim, middle eastern, and south asian communities and promote their contributions to democracy, culture, and society.
Expenses: $8.7MGrants: $4.6M
Financials
FY 2024
Revenue
Contributions & grants$39.8M
Program service revenue$1.6M
Investment income$1.8M
Other revenue—
Total revenue$43.2M
Expenses
Grants paid$21.6M
Salaries & benefits$15.4M
Fundraising$2.1M
Other expenses$13.8M
Total expenses$50.9M
Total assets$67.1M
Net assets$60.8M
People
17 listed
NameRoleCompensation
PAUL DI DONATO
PRESIDENT & CEO
Board
$369K
40 hrs/wk
BEERY JIMENEZ
CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER
Board
$226K
40 hrs/wk
RYAN CHAVEZ
FORMER CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
Board
$176K
40 hrs/wk
NICOLE CAMPBELL
CHAIR
Board
—
5 hrs/wk
NIMA SHIRAZI
VICE CHAIR
Board
—
5 hrs/wk
RICK SCOTT
TREASURER
Board
—
5 hrs/wk
DESIREE FLORES
SECRETARY
Board
—
5 hrs/wk
TAMMY DOWLEY-BLACKMAN
DIRECTOR
Board
—
2 hrs/wk
PATRICIA ENG
DIRECTOR
Board
—
2 hrs/wk
EVERETTE THOMPSON-FRANCOIS
DIRECTOR
Board
—
2 hrs/wk
RISA RIFKIND
DIRECTOR
Board
—
2 hrs/wk
MARIA TERESA ROJAS
DIRECTOR
Board
—
2 hrs/wk
BETSY SCHMIDT
DIRECTOR
Board
—
2 hrs/wk
TIA OROS PETERS
DIRECTOR
Board
—
2 hrs/wk
ERIC WARD
DIRECTOR
Board
—
5 hrs/wk
MICHAEL JARVIS
PROGRAM DIRECTOR
Staff
$198K
40 hrs/wk
SYDNEY HENRIQUES-PAYNE
DIRECTOR OF PEOPLE & CULTURE
Staff
$195K
40 hrs/wk
Independent contractors
GLOBAL IMPACT
FIELD BUILDING CONSULTANT
TIFFANY FLOWERS
PROGRAM CONSULTING
KAIROS & HEAT LLC
PROGRAM CONSULTING
JENNY LAH
COMMUNICATIONS CONSULTANT
FRIDAY PARTNERS LLC
COMMUNICATIONS CONSULTANT
Grants received
Showing 200 of 781
FromAmountPurposeYear
$1.0M
CORE SUPPORT FOR THE RISE TOGETHER FUND TO SUPPORT BLACK, AFRICAN, ARAB, MIDDLE EASTERN, MUSLIM, AND SOUTH ASIAN (BAMEMSA) MOVEMENTS TO BUILD A JUST, INCLUSIVE, AND MULTIRACIAL DEMOCRACY IN THE U.S. AND PROJECT SUPPORT FOR INSTITUTIONAL STRENGTHENING
2024
$750K
CORE SUPPORT FOR THE DISABILITY & PHILANTHROPY FORUM TO CENTER THE PERSPECTIVES OF DISABLED PEOPLE AND ENGAGE PHILANTHROPY ON A COLLECTIVE JOURNEY TO UNDERSTAND DISABILITY INCLUSION AS KEY TO ADVANCING SOCIAL JUSTICE
2024
$650K
CORE SUPPORT FOR THE PREVENTION COLLABORATIVE TO REIMAGINE EVIDENCE-BASED APPROACHES TO PREVENTION OF VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN AND GIRLS ACROSS THE GLOBAL SOUTH AND FOR PROJECT SUPPORT FOR INSTITUTIONAL STRENGTHENING OF THE PREVENTION COLLABORATIVE
2024
$650K
CORE SUPPORT FOR THE RISE TOGETHER FUND TO SUPPORT BLACK, AFRICAN, ARAB, MIDDLE EASTERN, MUSLIM, AND SOUTH ASIAN (BAMEMSA) MOVEMENTS TO BUILD A JUST, INCLUSIVE, AND MULTIRACIAL DEMOCRACY IN THE U.S.
2024
$600K
PROTECTING OUR DEMOCRACY IN THE UNITED STATES AND SUPPORTING SOCIAL MOVEMENTS
2024
$500K
RISE TOGETHER FUND (RTF) 2024 CIVIC ENGAGEMENT AND CRISIS RESPONSE GRANT
2024
$450K
79889 SUPPORTING LEADERS ON THE FRONT LINES OF RACIAL JUSTICE IN ACTING AND LIVING IN THE SOLIDARITY NEEDED FOR AN INCLUSIVE, REPRESENTATIVE DEMOCRACY
2024
$415K
CORE SUPPORT FOR BRIDGES-PUENTES TO BUILD BRIDGES BETWEEN COMMUNITIES AND CREATE A NETWORK OF SOLIDARITY WORKING TOWARD RIGHTING THE LEGACY OF LOCAL INEQUALITIES, AND PROJECT SUPPORT FOR INSTITUTIONAL STRENGTHENING OF BRIDGES-PUENTES
2024
$375K
CORE SUPPORT FOR THE SOLIDARITY COLLABORATIVE TO FOSTER CROSS-IDENTITY RELATIONSHIPS AND COLLABORATION BETWEEN U.S. RACIAL AND ETHNIC JUSTICE LEADERS
2024
$325K
CORE SUPPORT FOR THE DISABILITY CULTURE LAB TO SEED THE CREATION OF A DISABILITY STRATEGIC COMMUNICATIONS ORGANIZATION, AMPLIFYING THE VOICES OF THE DISABILITY RIGHTS AND JUSTICE MOVEMENTS.
2024
$315K
PHILANTHROPY, VOLUNTARISM & GRANTMAKING FOUNDATIONS, CIVIL RIGHTS, SOCIAL ACTION & ADVOCACY, SOCIAL SCIENCE
2024
$300K
CORE SUPPORT FOR BRIDGES-PUENTES TO PARTICIPATE IN THE DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF A REGIONAL RESOURCE HUB TO STRENGTHEN MISSION CRITICAL CAPACITIES OF CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS IN MEXICO AND CENTRAL AMERICA
2024
$300K
FOR BRIDGES-PUENTES TO CREATE AN ECOSYSTEM OF ALTERNATIVE FRAMEWORKS AND NETWORKS OF CONNECTED INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANIZATIONS THAT CAN SHARE KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND IDEAS TO ADVANCE THE COUNTER-NARRATIVE ACROSS VARIOUS FRONTS AND ALONG DIFFERENT TIMELINES
2024
$275K
TO SUPPORT A SPONSORED PROJECT CENTERED ON DISABILITY IN PHILANTHROPY
2024
$271K
FOR SUPPORT FOR THE THIRD WAVE FUND TO NETWORK AND BUILD SOLIDARITY BETWEEN YOUTH-LED TRANS RIGHTS AND REPRODUCTIVE JUSTICE COMMUNITIES WITHIN AND BEYOND THE U.S.
2024
$250K
CORE SUPPORT FOR PIPER FUND TO SUPPORT STATE COALITIONS AND NATIONAL ALLIES TO FOSTER JUDICIAL INDEPENDENCE AND DEFEND THE RIGHT TO PROTEST
2024
$213K
81595 CONTRIBUTING TO A MINDSET CONSORTIUM THAT ADDRESSES STRUCTURAL RACISM AND ADVANCES HEALTH EQUITY, 2024 -- RADICAL COMMUNICATORS NETWORK
2024
$200K
CORE SUPPORT FOR THE RIGHTS, FAITH AND DEMOCRACY COLLABORATIVE DEDICATED TO SUPPORTING WORK AT THE INTERSECTIONS OF FAITH AND QUEER, GENDER, AND RACIAL JUSTICE
2024
$200K
CORE SUPPORT FOR TRUST, ACCOUNTABILITY & INCLUSION COLLABORATIVE TO DEVELOP A NEW ECOSYSTEM FRAMEWORK, STRATEGIC PATHS, AND INSTITUTIONAL COMMITMENT TO FURTHER LEVERAGE PUBLIC FINANCE FOR EQUITY AND ACCOUNTABILITY
2024
$189K
TO PROMOTE EDUCATION AND ANALYSIS ON THE BENEFITS OF CLEAN TRANSPORTATION.
2024
$180K
CORE SUPPORT FOR THE TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY INITIATIVE DONOR COLLABORATIVE TO STRENGTHEN THE IMPACT OF TRANSPARENCY, PARTICIPATION AND ACCOUNTABILITY FUNDING IN SUPPORT OF INCLUSIVE AND EQUITABLE DEVELOPMENT, INCLUDING A JUST CLIMATE TRANSIT
2024
$180K
FOR SUPPORT OF THE TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY INITIATIVE: GENDER-JUST ECONOMY COLLABORATIVE LEARNING PLATFORM
2024
$150K
FOR THE RIGHTS, FAITH & DEMOCRACY COLLABORATIVE INITIATIVE
2024
$150K
CORE SUPPORT FOR THE IMPACT-DRIVEN PHILANTHROPY COLLABORATIVE, WHICH PROMOTES THOUGHTFUL AND INTENTIONAL GIVING PRACTICES BY INDIVIDUAL DONORS BY CONVENING AND ORGANIZING REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE DONOR-SUPPORT ECOSYSTEM TO STRENGTHEN THE OVERALL FIELD
2024
$75K
CORE SUPPORT FOR REFRAME FOR MENTORSHIP AND FELLOWSHIP PROGRAMMING TO EFFECTIVELY RESHAPE NARRATIVES THAT ENABLE INEQUALITY
2024
$30K
TO SUPPORT LEARNING GOALS WITH A FOCUS ON DIVERSITY, RACIAL EQUITY AND INCLUSION.
2024
$18K
D0581-PROTEUS FUND, INCS HORIZON FORUM ANTI-HATE POLICY AND PROTOCOL TRAINING-
2024
$1M
DEMOCRACY & CIVIC ENGAGEMENT - PIPER FUND FOR JUDICIAL INDEPENDENCE & MONEY IN POLITICS WORK 08/01/2023-08/03/2024
2023
$915K
TO SUPPORT THE TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY INITIATIVE DONOR COLLABORATIVE, A FISCALLY-SPONSORED PROJECT OF THE GRANTEE, TO ASSIST ITS MEMBERS TO STRENGTHEN THE IMPACT AND EFFECTIVENESS OF THEIR TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY FUNDING, AND THE MOVEMENT AS A WHOLE
2023
$900K
CORE SUPPORT FOR THE DISABILITY & PHILANTHROPY FORUM TO CENTER THE PERSPECTIVES OF DISABLED PEOPLE AND ENGAGE PHILANTHROPY ON A COLLECTIVE JOURNEY TO UNDERSTAND DISABILITY INCLUSION AS KEY TO ADVANCING SOCIAL JUSTICE
2023
$750K
81324 SUPPORTING THE DISABILITY & PHILANTHROPY FORUM AS A PHILANTHROPY-SERVING ORGANIZATION ADDRESSING GAPS IN DISABILITY REPRESENTATION AND FUNDING
2023
$750K
TO BUILD SOLIDARITY BETWEEN FAITH COMMUNITIES AND THE LGBTQ AND RACIAL JUSTICE MOVEMENTS IN ORDER TO ADVANCE CIVIL RIGHTS AND INCLUSIVE DEMOCRACY
2023
$625K
TO SUPPORT THE GRANTEE'S RISE TOGETHER FUND, A DONOR COLLABORATIVE WORKING TO FOSTER A STRONG AND INTERCONNECTED BLACK, ARAB, AFRICAN, MIDDLE EASTERN, MUSLIM, AND SOUTH ASIAN RIGHTS MOVEMENT
2023
$600K
79259 PROVIDING THE EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES AND FRAMEWORK THAT GRANTMAKERS NEED TO BEGIN DISMANTLING ABLEISM IN THEIR OPERATIONS, GRANTMAKING, AND PROGRAMS
2023
$600K
PROTECTING OUR DEMOCRACY IN THE UNITED STATES AND SUPPORTING SOCIAL MOVEMENTS
2023
$400K
CORE SUPPORT FOR THE PREVENTION COLLABORATIVE, A NETWORK OF ACTIVISTS, PRACTITIONERS AND RESEARCHERS SEEKING TO RE-IMAGINE PREVENTION BY USING EVIDENCE-BASED APPROACHES TO PREVENTION OF VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN AND GIRLS ACROSS THE GLOBAL SOUTH
2023
$400K
SUPPORT FOR THE RIGHTS, FAITH, AND DEMOCRACY COLLABORATIVE (RFDC) FUND TO COMBAT HARMFUL AND OVERLY BROAD RELIGIOUS EXEMPTIONS AND ADVOCATE FOR POSITIVE PROTECTIONS AND ACCEPTANCE.
2023
$375K
CORE SUPPORT FOR THE SOLIDARITY COLLABORATIVE TO FOSTER CROSS-IDENTITY RELATIONSHIPS AND COLLABORATION BETWEEN U.S. RACIAL AND ETHNIC JUSTICE LEADERS
2023
$300K
REFRAME - BUILDING THE NARRATIVE POWER ECOSYSTEM TO SUPPORT HEALTH: TO BUILD THE NARRATIVE POWER ECOSYSTEM BY DEPLOYING TRAINING, RESEARCH AND STRATEGIC INSIGHTS TO POWER BUILDING PARTNERS IN ORDER TO ADVANCE NARRATIVES THAT SHIFT THE TERRAIN TOWARDS A JUST SOCIETY THAT SUPPORTS THE CONDITIONS FOR RACIAL, GENDER, ECONOMIC AND HEALTH EQUITY IN CALIFORNIA.
2023
$300K
TO SUPPORT REFRAME, A PROJECT OF THE GRANTEE, TO TRAIN AND SUPPORT STRATEGISTS AND MOVEMENT LEADERS IN NARRATIVE CHANGE
2023
$300K
TO ADVANCE JUSTICE, EQUITY, AND AN INCLUSIVE, REPRESENTATIVE DEMOCRACY
2023
$300K
CORE SUPPORT FOR BRIDGES-PUENTES TO PARTICIPATE IN THE DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF A REGIONAL RESOURCE HUB TO STRENGTHEN MISSION CRITICAL CAPACITIES OF CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS IN MEXICO AND CENTRAL AMERICA
2023
$271K
FOR SUPPORT FOR THE THIRD WAVE FUND TO NETWORK AND BUILD SOLIDARITY BETWEEN YOUTH-LED TRANS RIGHTS AND REPRODUCTIVE JUSTICE COMMUNITIES WITHIN AND BEYOND THE U.S.
2023
$267K
81224 SUPPORTING THE THIRD WAVE FUND IN STRENGTHENING THE DISABILITY JUSTICE MOVEMENT THROUGH ITS DISABILITY FRONTLINES FUND
2023
$250K
CORE SUPPORT FOR PIPER FUND TO SUPPORT STATE COALITIONS AND NATIONAL ALLIES TO FOSTER JUDICIAL INDEPENDENCE AND DEFEND THE RIGHT TO PROTEST
2023
$230K
FOR SUPPORT OF THE TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY INITIATIVE: GENDER-JUST ECONOMY COLLABORATIVE LEARNING PLATFORM
2023
$200K
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT TO ADVANCE THE POLITICAL POWER, WELL-BEING, AND SELF-DETERMINATION OF COMMUNITIES OF COLOR AND LOW-INCOME COMMUNITIES IN THE U.S. BY PROVIDING TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO TRANS/GENDER NONCONFORMING AND WOMEN-LED ORGANIZATIONS IN COMMUNITIES OF COLOR IN THE U.S. SOUTHEAST AND SOUTHWEST.
2023
$170K
CORE SUPPORT FOR THE TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY INITIATIVE DONOR COLLABORATIVE TO STRENGTHEN THE IMPACT OF TRANSPARENCY, PARTICIPATION AND ACCOUNTABILITY FUNDING IN SUPPORT OF INCLUSIVE AND EQUITABLE DEVELOPMENT, INCLUDING A JUST CLIMATE TRANSIT
2023
$150K
REFRAME - ADVANCING HEALTH AND JUSTICE IN CALIFORNIA: TO BUILD THE HUMAN-CENTERED ECOSYSTEM FOR NARRATIVE POWER THAT SOCIAL JUSTICE MOVEMENTS AND ORGANIZATIONS NEED IN ORDER TO CREATE LASTING CHANGE ACROSS CALIFORNIA THROUGH A DEEP COMMITMENT TO HEALTH, RACE, GENDER, CLIMATE AND ECONOMIC JUSTICE.
2023
$150K
PROJECT SUPPORT: EMBRACERACE: BUILDING THE FIELD OF CHILDREN'S RACIAL LEARNING
2023
$150K
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT TO INCREASE THE SAFETY AND PROTECTIONS THROUGH COMMUNITY-DETERMINED EFFORTS AND BUILDING INFRASTRUCTURE FOR THE MOST MARGINALIZED SEGMENTS OF LGBTQ+ COMMUNITIES ACROSS CENTRAL FLORIDA.
2023
$150K
CORE SUPPORT FOR BRIDGES-PUENTES TO FOSTER SOUTH-TO-SOUTH COLLABORATION, LEARNING AND KNOWLEDGE SHARING IN ORDER TO BUILD REGIONAL AND TRANSNATIONAL CAPACITY FOR DEVELOPING STRATEGIC SOCIAL JUSTICE NARRATIVES
2023
$150K
Support for Growing the Archive: Amplifying the Voices of Women and Non-Binary People Serving LWOP
2023
$150K
THIS GRANT MOBILIZES PHILANTHROPY TOWARD DISABILITY INCLUSION, RIGHTS, AND JUSTICE BY PROVIDING GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT FOR THE DISABILITY & PHILANTHROPY FORUM.
2023
$150K
FOR CORE SUPPORT OF THE RISE TOGETHER FUND (RTF), A DONOR COLLABORATIVE THAT PROVIDES STRATEGIC GRANTMAKING, CONVENING, AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO BLACK, AFRICAN, ARAB, MIDDLE EASTERN, MUSLIM, AND SOUTH ASIAN (BAMEMSA) COMMUNITIES
2023
$125K
TO PROVIDE ACCOMPANIMENT SUPPORT FOR LEADERSHIP TRANSITION FOR REFRAME
2023
Funded by
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National Philanthropic Trust
$10.0M · 2 grants · 2022–2023
Wellspring Philanthropic Fund Inc
$9.3M · 30 grants · 2019–2023
Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc
$5.4M · 15 grants · 2018–2024
Foundation To Promote Open Society
$5.1M · 16 grants · 2020–2023
Foundation For A Just Society
$3.8M · 24 grants · 2022–2024
Details
EIN043243004
NTEE codeB99
Subsection03
Ruling date1994-09
Formed1994
Employees106
Volunteers12