Individual and Family Giving
Through equity-centered giving, Tides helps individual and family donors shift resources and power toward leaders striving for justice within their communities.
Deepen Your Social Justice Impact
At Tides Foundation, our family and individual giving solutions power work at the forefront of justice. We help our partners mobilize their assets in service of proximate leaders by providing:
- Connections to the leaders and communities closest to the issues
- Creative and complex grantmaking options that go beyond what’s possible at an advisory firm or commercial provider
- Expert guidance and support to achieve philanthropic goals, without the complexities of starting a family foundation
Why Tides?
Individuals and families partner with Tides to put their money where their focus is: advancing social justice.
Mission Alignment
Our partners share our passion for shifting power to proximate leaders, including those from BIPOC, LGBTQIA+, and other historically excluded groups.
Options
Tides gives donors more ways to support the causes they care about. We have deep experience in international grantmaking, grantmaking to all types of domestic organizations, including to support charitable projects of organizations that are not 501(c)(3)s, funding advocacy and lobbying, and impact investing, all of which can be powerful tools for transformative change.
Connection
Donors come to Tides to tap into our vast network of social sector leaders and changemakers around the world. We help our partners forge new connections with others that share their commitment to justice, making family and individual giving more equitable and participatory.
Guidance
At Tides, every donor has a designated advisor to help them as they identify and recommend grants to organizations working in their priority areas, from climate justice to reproductive freedom.
Community Stories
Celebrate the ingenuity and tenacity of the bold visionaries working with Tides to foster change.
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Learn MoreThe Honig Initiative partnered with Tides to turn its grassroots social justice grants into a tool to effectively and sustainably support social justice work in the Bay Area. Understanding that it can be daunting for the organizations they aimed to support to launch a new position with short-term funding, the Initiative offered a two-year grassroots social justice grant to give nonprofits a longer runway for impact.
Interested in Partnering with Tides?
There’s no greater force than the collective power of people united for justice. Join us to fuel lasting change.
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