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Common Counsel Foundation

Grantmaking foundation in Oakland, California · EIN 94-3214166

Total giving
$100MTax year 2024
Total assets
$140MLatest reported
Latest IRS filing
2024Form 990 / 990-PF

Mission

COMMON COUNSEL FOUNDATION ADVANCES EQUITY AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH THROUGH A COMBINATION OF DIRECT GRANT MAKING AND STRATEGIC PHILANTHROPIC ADVISING FOR CLIENT MEMBER FUNDS AND MANAGES PROJECTS FOCUSED ON ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT, LEADERSHIP SUSTAINABILITY, AND DONOR EDUCATION.

Quoted from the foundation's IRS filing.

Giving by year

$9.8M2020
$19M2021
$37M2022
$37M2023
$100M2024

Totals by tax year, rounded to two significant figures. Years without a reported total show the sum of grants itemized on the filing.

Top recipients

RecipientAmountTax year
Amalgamated Charitable Foundation$3.5M2022
Black Farmer Fund Inc$3.3M2022
Buffalo Go Green$1.2M2022
Resist$1.1M2022
Center for Third World Organizing$990K2022

Amounts are rounded. The full grantee list is available with a free account.

Website: commoncounsel.org

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Source: IRS Form 990 and 990-PF filings, tax year 2024. Also see this organization on ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer.