NonprofitsThousand Currents

International, Foreign Affairs & National Security

Thousand Currents

SAN FRANCISCO, CA

Total revenue

$63.6M

Total expenses

$30.8M

Net assets

$61.2M

Grants received

$74.1M

376 grants

EIN

770071852

Tax year

2023

Mission

We fund, connect, and walk alongside grassroots groups transforming their communities.

Programs

1 program

Philanthropic organizing and outreach: thousand currents works to educate, train and support philanthropists to engage in meaningful and transformative giving through programs such as the thousand currents academy which are housed under our new initiative, the center for transforming philanthropy. The center for transforming philanthropy is a comprehensive, timely, and field-building approach to shifting practices in the philanthropy.

Expenses: $1.5M

Financials

FY 2023

Revenue

Contributions & grants$62.8M
Program service revenue$117K
Investment income$686K
Other revenue$18
Total revenue$63.6M

Expenses

Grants paid$23.4M
Salaries & benefits$5.0M
Fundraising$970K
Other expenses$2.4M
Total expenses$30.8M
Total assets$63.3M
Net assets$61.2M

People

13 listed

NameRoleCompensation

SOLOME LEMMA

CEO

Board

$191K

38 hrs/wk

JENESHA DE RIVERA

VICE PRESIDENT

Board

$141K

38 hrs/wk

SHILPA ALIMCHANDANI

CHAIR

Board

2 hrs/wk

HERSCHELLE MILFORD

SECRETARY

Board

2 hrs/wk

RUTH SAWYER

TREASURER

Board

2 hrs/wk

MICHELLE REDDY

DIRECTOR

Board

2 hrs/wk

SIHLE DINANI

DIRECTOR

Board

2 hrs/wk

ASAD REHMAN

DIRECTOR

Board

2 hrs/wk

FLAVIA JIMENEZ

DIRECTOR

Board

2 hrs/wk

MANDY VAN DEVEN

DIRECTOR

Board

2 hrs/wk

RAJIV KHANNA

DIR. OF PHILANTHROPIC PARTNERSHIPS

Staff

$153K

38 hrs/wk

KATHERINE ZAVALA

DIR. OF LEARNING INITIATIVES

Staff

$148K

38 hrs/wk

CINDY DEL ROSARIO TAPPAN

DIR. OF COMMUNICATIONS

Staff

$128K

38 hrs/wk

Independent contractors

DAVIS WRIGHT AND TREMAINE LLP

LEGAL SERVICES

$147K

LUAM KIDANE

PROGRAM CONSULTANT

$142K

Grants received

Showing 200 of 376

FromAmountPurposeYear
$2.8M
General operating support and project support
2024
$750K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2024
$500K
For CLIMA Fund in support of carbon emission reducing projects promoting clean energy and preserving old growth forests, marshes, mangroves and peat bogs
2024
$275K
SUSTAINABLE ENVIRONMENT
2024
$275K
TO PROVIDE GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2024
$250K
ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMS
2024
$225K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2024
$200K
Public, Societal Benefit
2024
$175K
UNRESTRICTED GENERAL SUPPORT
2024
$101K
General Nonprofit Support
2024
$75K
UNRESTRICTED
2024
$30K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2024
$25K
501(C)(3) GENERAL SUPPORT GRANT
2024
$25K
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2024
$20K
TO SUPPORT ZIMBABWE SMALLHOLDER ORGANIC FARMERS' FORUM (ZIMSOFF)
2024
$18K
Leverages relationships and resources worldwide in support of social movements building loving, equitable, and just futures, while transforming philanthropic practices.
2024
$17K
PHILANTHROPY
2024
$10K
BUILDING ECONOMIC POWER
2024
$10K
GENERAL PURPOSE
2024
$10K
TO SUPPORT COMMUNITIES MOST AFFECTED BY CLIMATE CHANGE
2024
$10K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2024
$7K
TO SUPPORT COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES.
2024
$5K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2024
$4K
General Support
2024
$500
GENERAL USE
2024
$10M
GENERAL CHARITABLE PURPOSE
2023
$2.5M
General operating support and project support
2023
$750K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2023
$353K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2023
$300K
SUSTAINABLE ENVIRONMENT
2023
$275K
TO PROVIDE GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2023
$260K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2023
$180K
C3 GRANTS-EXEC
2023
$160K
INTERNATIONAL, FOREIGN AFFAIRS
2023
$150K
General Operating Support
2023
$150K
ADVANCING HUMAN RIGHTS
2023
$125K
PROVIDE GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2023
$125K
THE 2-YEAR PROJECT IS TO SUPPORT THE LATIN AMERICA PROGRAM FOR ECONOMIC JUSTICE, COMMUNITY RESILIENCY, FOOD SOVEREIGNTY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY FROM 2022 TO 2023.
2023
$120K
GENERAL OPERATING
2023
$100K
CENTER FOR TRANSFORMING PHILANTHROPY
2023
$100K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2023
$100K
GENERAL OPERATIONS
2023
$80K
UNRESTRICTED GIFT
2023
$75K
THE 2-YEAR PROJECT IS TO SUPPORT THE MST'S EDUCATION PROGRAM OF LANDLESS WORKERS MOVEMENT (MST) IN BRAZIL TO ELEVATE, EDUCATE AND EMANCIPATE CHILDREN AND YOUTH OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLE, LANDLESS FARMERS AND WORKERS FROM 2022 TO 2023.
2023
$75K
General Nonprofit Support
2023
$75K
UNRESTRICTED
2023
$75K
INTERNATIONAL, FOREIGN AFFAIRS & NATIONAL SECURITY
2023
$66K
FOR GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2023
$60K
GENERAL SUPPORT FOR THE BUEN VIVIR FUND
2023
$50K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2023
$30K
PHILANTHROPY
2023
$26K
TO FURTHER EXEMPT PURPOSE OF DONEE ORGANIZATION
2023
$25K
UNRESTRICTED GENERAL SUPPORT
2023
$25K
General Support for Thousand Currents
2023
$25K
OPERATIONAL SUPPORT
2023
$25K
GENERAL
2023
$20K
GENERAL SUPPORT IN FURTHERANCE OF ENVIRONMENTAL AND/OR EDUCATIONAL CAUSES
2023
$20K
TO SUPPORT ZIMBABWE SMALLHOLDER ORGANIC FARMERS' FORUM (ZIMSOFF)
2023
$16K
FOR RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSE
2023
$15K
HUMAN RIGHTS EDUCATION
2023
$15K
START-UP SUPPORT FOR A NEW PROGRAM
2023
$15K
MATCHING GIFT
2023
$15K
Leverages relationships and resources worldwide in support of social movements building loving, equitable, and just futures, while transforming philanthropic practices.
2023
$11K
GENERAL OPERATING
2023
$10K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2023
$10K
General Operating
2023
$10K
BUILDING ECONOMIC POWER
2023
$10K
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2023
$10K
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2023
$9K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2023
$6K
OPERATING FUND AND GENERAL ASSISTANCE
2023
$4K
General Support
2023
$3K
Support to provide grassroots movements with food for underprivileged communities.
2023
$1K
General & Unrestricted
2023
$500
GENERAL USE
2023
$250
CLIMATE, FOOD & ECONOMIC JUSTICE
2023
$50
Matching Gift
2023
$25
PROGRAM/OPERATING SUPPORT
2023
$8.5M
PROGRAM & PROJECT SUPPORT
2022
$2.4M
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2022
$750K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2022
$750K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2022
$500K
CONTRIBUTION-EXEC
2022
$500K
CHARITABLE
2022
$489K
CHARITABLE
2022
$400K
GENERAL USE
2022
$356K
HEALTHY INDIVIDUALS AND COMMUNITIES
2022
$356K
HEALTHY INDIVIDUALS AND COMMUNITIES
2022
$280K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2022
$250K
TO SUPPORT GRASSROOTS MOVEMENTS LED BY TYPICALLY OVERLOOKED COMMUNITIES MOST AFFECTED BY CLIMATE CHANGE - INDIGENOUS PEOPLES, AFRO-DESCENDENT COMMUNITIES, WOMEN, AND YOUTH AND TO IMPLEMENT SELF-DETERMINED CLIMATE JUSTICE SOLUTIONS.
2022
$250K
TO PROVIDE GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2022
$245K
HEALTH MOTHER EARTH FOUNDATION (HOMEF) VIA THE CLIMA FUND
2022
$236K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2022
$200K
SOCIAL MOVEMENT ADVOCACY FOR CORPORATE ACCOUNTABILITY
2022
$199K
INTERNATIONAL, FOREIGN AFFAIRS
2022
$176K
LANDLESS WORKERS MOVEMENT (MST) VIA THE CLIMA FUND
2022
$150K
CENTER FOR TRANSFORMING PHILANTHROPY
2022
$150K
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2022
$130K
GENERAL
2022
$126K
ADVANCING SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE IN AFRICA
2022
$125K
THE 2-YEAR PROJECT IS TO SUPPORT THE LATIN AMERICA PROGRAM FOR ECONOMIC JUSTICE, COMMUNITY RESILIENCY, FOOD SOVEREIGNTY, AND ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY PERIOD FROM 2022 TO 2023.
2022
$120K
GENERAL OPERATING
2022
$102K
Leverages relationships and resources worldwide in support of social movements building loving, equitable, and just futures, while transforming philanthropic practices.
2022
$100K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2022
$100K
CONTRIBUTION-EXEC
2022
$95K
FOR GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2022
$80K
UNRESTRICTED
2022
$80K
UNRESTRICTED GIFT
2022
$75K
GENERAL OPERATING
2022
$75K
THE 2-YEAR PROJECT IS TO SUPPORT THE MST'S EDUCATION PROGRAM OF LANDLESS WORKERS MOVEMENT (MST) IN BRAZIL TO ELEVATE, EDUCATE, AND EMANCIPATE CHILDREN AND YOUTH OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLE, LANDLESS FARMERS, AND WORKERS FROM 2022 TO 2023.
2022
$60K
CHARITY'S GENERAL PURPOSES
2022
$57K
CIVIC ENGAGEMENT
2022
$55K
General Operating Support
2022
$51K
General Nonprofit Support
2022
$50K
WE ARE THE SOLUTION (NSS) VIA THE CLIMA FUND
2022
$50K
UNRESTRICTED GENERAL SUPPORT
2022
$50K
FOOD, AGRICULTURE & NUTRITION PROGRAM
2022
$40K
2022 GENERAL SUPPORT
2022
$40K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2022
$33K
PUBLIC, SOCIETAL BENEFIT
2022
$32K
FOR RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSE
2022
$30K
CHARITABLE
2022
$30K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2022
$26K
TO FURTHER EXEMPT PURPOSE OF DONEE ORGANIZATION
2022
$25K
General & Unrestricted
2022
$25K
FOR THE CLIMA FUND
2022
$25K
TO SUPPORT ZIMBABWE SMALLHOLDER ORGANIC FARMERS' FORUM (ZIMSOFF)
2022
$25K
OPERATIONAL SUPPORET
2022
$23K
IN FURTHERANCE OF GRANTEE'S TAX-EXEMPT PURPOSE
2022
$23K
GENERAL OPERATING
2022
$20K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2022
$20K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2022
$15K
GENERAL OPERATING: DAF
2022
$15K
GENERAL OPERATING: DAF
2022
$14K
PHILANTHROPY
2022
$11K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2022
$10K
INSPIRE PHILANTHROPY
2022
$10K
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2022
$10K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2022
$10K
GENERALCHARITABLE PURPOSEOF THE ORGANIZATION
2022
$7K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2022
$6K
Safeguard the Environment and Natural Resources
2022
$5K
GENERAL & UNRESTRICTED
2022
$4K
General Support
2022
$3K
Support to provide grassroots movements with food for underprivileged communities.
2022
$1K
TO PROVIDE GENERAL SUPPORT
2022
$500
GENERAL USE
2022
$200
Financial Assistance
2022
$1.7M
INTERNATIONAL
2021
$827K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2021
$827K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2021
$660K
General operating support
2021
$500K
General Support for 501c3 activities for fiscally-sponsored project, CLIMA Fund over two years
2021
$200K
SOCIAL MOVEMENT ADVOCACY FOR CORPORATE ACCOUNTABILITY
2021
$133K
INTERNATIONAL, FOREIGN AFFAIRS
2021
$102K
FOR GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2021
$60K
CHARITY'S GENERAL PURPOSES
2021
$53K
2020-21 GENERAL SUPPORT
2021
$50K
GENERAL OPERATING
2021
$50K
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2021
$40K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2021
$25K
TO FURTHER THE ORGANIZATION'S EXEMPT PURPOSE
2021
$20K
CHARITABLE DONATION
2021
$20K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2021
$20K
TO SUPPORT ZIMBABWE SMALLHOLDER ORGANIC FARMERS' FORUM (ZIMSOFF)
2021
$20K
CAPITAL PROJECTS
2021
$15K
GENERAL OPERATING: DAF
2021
$15K
GENERAL
2021
$13K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2021
$9K
For recipient's exempt purpose
2021
$4K
General Support
2021
$2K
Supporting grassroots organizations, social movements and sustainable initiatives globally
2021
$500
GENERAL USE
2021
$26
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
2021
$13.1M
GENERAL SUPPORT
2020
$1.3M
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2020
$898K
PROJECT SUPPORT: GIRLS FUND
2020
$750K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2020
$564K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2020
$532K
General Support
2020
$532K
International Development
2020

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$74.1M from 169 funders · 376 grants · 2017–2024

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$13.2M · 6 grants · 2019–2024

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$10M · 1 grant · 2023

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$8.5M · 2 grants · 2022–2024

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$8.4M · 6 grants · 2020–2024

Novo Foundation

$4.6M · 6 grants · 2020–2024

Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund

$4.4M · 7 grants · 2018–2023

National Philanthropic Trust

$2.6M · 5 grants · 2019–2023

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$1.7M · 8 grants · 2020–2024

Details

EIN770071852
NTEE codeQ300
Subsection03
Ruling date1985-11
Formed1988
Employees23
Volunteers8
THOUSAND CURRENTS — Mission, Financials & Grants Received | Grantivo