The Bafrayung Fund | Foundation Profile

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EIN: 83-2811578

Foundation Overview

Based in Covina, CA, The Bafrayung Fund has awarded 244 grants totaling $17,040,334 to organizations in Illinois, New York and 21 other states, plus international recipients. Individual grants range from $2,500 to $4,882,000, with a median award of $25,000.

Latest Tax Year
2023
Total Giving (all years)
$17,040,334
Total Assets
$38,347
Median Grant (all grants)
$25,000

Latest Form 990-PF Snapshot

Total Grants
44
Median Grant
$30,000
% No Significant Change
0% (vs previous year)
Data extracted from IRS Form 990-PF filings. Last filing year: February 2026

Foundation Intelligence

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New Applicant Friendliness
Relationship-Focused: 23%

10 of 44 recipients (23%) were new grantees. Foundation strongly favors organizations with proven track records. New partnerships develop slowly over time.

Geographic Focus
California

49% of grants are awarded in California, with additional funding distributed across 23 other locations. The foundation balances regional focus with broader geographic diversity. Within California, funding concentrates in Oakland (34%), San Francisco (31%), Berkeley (11%).

Funding Trajectory
-6%

Stable funding levels with 6% change over 3 years indicate consistent grant-making capacity and predictable philanthropic resources. This stability suggests reliable ongoing funding opportunities.

Program Areas
General Purposes + 3 others

Diversified giving across multiple program areas with primary emphasis on general purposes (57%). This broad approach suggests openness to various causes and innovative cross-sector solutions.

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Grants & Funding

Analyzing past grantees provides valuable insights into The Bafrayung Fund's funding preferences, organizational priorities, and grant making patterns. This historical data helps potential applicants understand the foundation's strategic focus and identify successful funding approaches.

Name Amount Location Purpose Year
Amalgamated Foundation $150,000 Washington, DC, US Dwp Impact Fund, An Advance Change Fund Of The Amalgamated Foundation 2023
Amazon Watch $150,000 Oakland, CA, US General 2023
Arab American Action Network $30,000 Chicago, IL, US General 2023
Tides Center $30,000 San Francisco, CA, US The Arab Resource And Organizing Center 2023
Bend The Arc A Jewish Partnership For Justice $20,000 New York, NY, US Hand In Hand: The Domestic Employers Network 2023
Legal Services For Prisoners With Children $50,000 Oakland, CA, US All Of Us Or None (Aouon) And California Coalition For Women Prisoners (Ccwp) 2023
Causa Justa Just Cause $30,000 Oakland, CA, US General 2023
Center For Coalfield Justice $50,000 Washington, PA, US General 2023
Center For Political Education $30,000 San Francisco, CA, US General 2023
The Center For Third World Organizing $20,000 Oakland, CA, US General 2023
Coal River Mountain Watch $40,000 Naoma, WV, US General 2023
Communities For A Better Environment $50,000 Richmond, CA, US General 2023
Cooperation Jackson Of Mississippi Inc $30,000 Jackson, MS, US General 2023
Critical Resistance $20,000 Oakland, CA, US General 2023
Dignity And Power Now $20,000 Los Angeles, CA, US General 2023
Earth Island Institute Inc $20,000 Berkeley, CA, US Seeding Sovereignty 2023
The Freedom Archives $8,000 Berkeley, CA, US General 2023
Generative Somatics $10,000 San Francisco, CA, US General 2023
Georgia Latino Alliance For Human Rights $40,000 Atlanta, GA, US General 2023
Global Greengrants Fund $50,000 Boulder, CO, US General 2023
Grassroots Power Project $100,000 Berkeley, CA, US General 2023
Hawai'i People's Fund $50,000 Honolulu, HI, US General 2023
Hopewell Fund $150,000 Washington, DC, US Movement Institute Project 2023
Houston In Action $25,000 Houston, TX, US General 2023
Movement Generation $20,000 Berkeley, CA, US General 2023
Movimiento Cosecha Support Network $30,000 Elizabeth, NJ, US General 2023
Mujeres Unidas Y Activas $30,000 San Francisco, CA, US General 2023
National Religious Campaign Against Torture $5,000 Washington, DC, US California Families Against Solitary Confinement (Cfasc) 2023
Northwest Abortion Access Fund $50,000 Eugene, OR, US General 2023
Guahan Sustainable Culture $50,000 Hagatna, GU, US Micronesia Climate Change Alliance 2023
Project South Institute For The Elimination Of Poverty & Genocide $40,000 Atlanta, GA, US General 2023
Proteus Fund $25,000 Amherst, MA, US Third Wave Fund 2023
Raices $10,000 San Antonio, TX, US General 2023
Resource Generation Inc $150,000 New York, NY, US General 2023
River Valley Organizing $40,000 East Liverpool, OH, US General 2023
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc $150,000 New York, NY, US Equation Campaign 2023
Rural Organizing Project $25,000 Cottage Grove, OR, US General 2023
Sogorea Te' Land Trust $20,000 Oakland, CA, US General 2023
Taproot Earth $130,000 Tulsa, OK, US General 2023
The Brigid Alliance $50,000 New York, NY, US General 2023
Warehouse Workers For Justice $50,000 Chicago, IL, US Just Transition Northwest Indiana 2023
Wespac Foundation $20,000 White Plains, NY, US Palestinian Youth Movement 2023
Windward Fund $150,000 Washington, DC, US Hive Fund For Climate And Gender Justice Project 2023
Cangress Dba Los Angeles Community Action Network $30,000 Los Angeles, CA, US General 2023
Allied Media Projects $275,000 Detroit, MI, US Decolonizing Wealth Project 2022
Amazon Watch $275,000 Oakland, CA, US General 2022
Arab American Action Network $30,000 Chicago, IL, US General 2022
Bend The Arc A Jewish Partnership For Justice $20,000 New York, NY, US Hand In Hand: The Domestic Employers Network 2022
Cangress Dba Los Angeles Community Action Network $30,000 Los Angeles, CA, US General 2022
Causa Justa Just Cause $30,000 Oakland, CA, US General 2022
Center For Coalfield Justice $50,000 Washington, PA, US General 2022
Center For International Environmental Law $20,000 Washington, DC, US Rapid Response Fund 2022
Center For International Environmental Law $20,000 Washington, DC, US General 2022
Climate Justice Alliance $50,000 Berkeley, CA, US General 2022
Coal River Mountain Watch $40,000 Naoma, WV, US General 2022
Conxion To Community (Fka Center For Training And Careers Inc) $5,000 San Jose, CA, US International Indigenous Youth Concil Bay Area Chapter 2022
Cooperation Jackson Of Mississippi Inc $150,000 Jackson, MS, US General 2022
Cooperation Jackson Of Mississippi Inc $30,000 Jackson, MS, US General 2022
Critical Resistance $20,000 Oakland, CA, US General 2022
Dancers' Group Inc $20,000 San Francisco, CA, US Sins Invalid 2022
Dignity And Power Now $20,000 Los Angeles, CA, US General 2022
Earth Island Institute Inc $20,000 Berkeley, CA, US Seeding Sovereignty 2022
Facts Education Fund $10,000 Los Angeles, CA, US General 2022
Generative Somatics $25,000 San Francisco, CA, US General 2022
Georgia Latino Alliance For Human Rights $40,000 Atlanta, GA, US General 2022
Grassroots Global Justice Alliance $50,000 Washington, DC, US General 2022
Grassroots International Inc $100,000 Boston, MA, US General 2022
Grassroots Power Project $20,000 Berkeley, CA, US General 2022
Groundswell Fund $80,000 San Francisco, CA, US General Fund And Black Trans Fund 2022
Hawai'i People's Fund $50,000 Honolulu, HI, US General 2022
Highlander Research And Education Center $50,000 New Market, TN, US General 2022
Houston In Action $25,000 Houston, TX, US General 2022
Indigenous Roots $5,000 St Paul, MN, US International Indigenous Youth Council Twin Cities 2022
Kendra Alexander Foundation $30,000 San Pablo, CA, US Center For Political Education 2022
Legal Services For Prisoners With Children $50,000 Oakland, CA, US All Of Us Or None (Aouon) And California Coalition For Women Prisoners (Ccwp) 2022
March On Foundation $5,000 Annapolis, MD, US International Indigenous Youth Council - Los Angeles 2022
Mountain Watershed Association Inc $100,000 Melcroft, PA, US General 2022
Movement Generation $20,000 Berkeley, CA, US General 2022
Movimiento Cosecha Support Network $30,000 Elizabeth, NJ, US General 2022
Mujeres Unidas Y Activas $30,000 San Francisco, CA, US General 2022
National Day Laborer Organizing Network $60,000 Pasadena, CA, US General 2022
Ndn Collective $100,000 Rapid City, SD, US General 2022
Project South Institute For The Elimination Of Poverty & Genocide $40,000 Atlanta, GA, US General 2022
Project South Institute For The Elimination Of Poverty & Genocide $250,000 Atlanta, GA, US Gulf South For A Green New Deal 2022
Project Truth And Reconciliation Inc $20,000 Brooklyn, NY, US General 2022
Proteus Fund $25,000 Amherst, MA, US Third Wave Fund 2022
Raices $10,000 San Antonio, TX, US General 2022
Resource Generation $100,000 New York, NY, US General 2022
River Valley Organizing $40,000 East Liverpool, OH, US General 2022
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc $275,000 New York, NY, US Equation Campaign 2022
Rural Organizing Project $25,000 Cottage Grove, OR, US General 2022
Seventh Generation Fund For Indigenous Peoples Inc $275,000 Arcata, CA, US General 2022
Social And Environmental Entrepreneurs $30,000 Calabasas, CA, US Local Clean Energy Alliance 2022
Sogorea Te' Land Trust $20,000 Oakland, CA, US General 2022
Taproot Earth $30,000 Tulsa, OK, US General 2022
The Center For Third World Organizing $20,000 Oakland, CA, US General 2022
The Freedom Archives $8,000 San Francisco, CA, US General 2022
The Indigenous Educational Network Of Turtle Island $100,000 Bemidji, MN, US Indigenous Environmental Network 2022
Thousand Currents $130,000 San Francisco, CA, US General 2022
Thunder Valley Community Development Corporation $5,000 Porcupine, SD, US International Indigenous Youth Council (Iiyc) Oglala Lakota Chapter 2022
Tides Center $30,000 San Francisco, CA, US The Maria Fund 2022
Tides Center $30,000 San Francisco, CA, US The Maria Fund 2022
Tides Center $50,000 San Francisco, CA, US Catalyst Project 2022
Tides Center $30,000 San Francisco, CA, US General 2022
Wespac Foundation $20,000 White Plains, NY, US Palestinian Youth Movement 2022
Windward Fund $275,000 Washington, DC, US The Hive Fund For Climate And Gender Justice Project 2022
Arab American Action Network $20,000 Chicago, IL, US General Operating 2021
Bend The Arc Jewish Action $10,000 New York, NY, US General Operating 2021
Building People Power $4,882,000 Oakland, CA, US General Operating 2021
California Coalition For Women Prisioners $25,000 Oakland, CA, US General Operating 2021
Cangress $30,000 Los Angeles, CA, US General Operating 2021
Causa Justajust Cause $20,000 Oakland, CA, US General Operating 2021
Center For Political Education $10,000 San Francisco, CA, US General Operating 2021
Climate Justice Alliance $50,000 Berkeley, CA, US General Operating 2021
Climate Justice Alliance $50,000 Berkeley, CA, US General Operating 2021
Community United Against Violence $5,000 San Francisco, CA, US General Operating 2021
Cooperation Jackson $30,000 Jackson, MS, US General Operating 2021
Critical Resistance $80,000 Oakland, CA, US General Operating 2021
Critical Resistance $118,000 Oakland, CA, US General Operating 2021
Critical Resistance $20,000 Oakland, CA, US General Operating 2021
Dancers Group $40,000 San Francisco, CA, US General Operating 2021
Dignity & Power Nowcommunity Partners $70,000 Los Angeles, CA, US General Operating 2021
Earth Island Institute $20,000 Berkeley, CA, US General Operating 2021
East Side Arts Alliance $10,000 Oakland, CA, US General Operating 2021
Facts Education Fund Cfasc $15,000 Los Angeles, CA, US General Operating 2021
Freedom Archives $350,000 San Francisco, CA, US General Operating 2021
Freedom Archives $8,000 San Francisco, CA, US General Operating 2021
Generative Somatics $25,000 Oakland, CA, US General Operating 2021
Grassroots International $60,000 Jamaica Plain, MA, US General Operating 2021
Grassroots Power Project $20,000 Berkeley, CA, US General Operating 2021
Groundswell Fund $80,000 San Francisco, CA, US General Operating 2021
Headwaters Foundation For Justice $15,000 Minneapolis, MN, US General Operating 2021
Highlander Research And Education $373,334 New Market, TN, US General Operating 2021
Highlander Research And Education $50,000 New Market, TN, US General Operating 2021
Indigenous Environmental Network $50,000 Bemidji, MN, US General Operating 2021
International Indigenous Youth Council $20,000 Denver, CO, US General Operating 2021
Liberated Capital Fund $1,000,000 Richmond, CA, US General Operating 2021
Madre Inc $25,000 New York, CA, US General Operating 2021
Movement Generation $20,000 Berkeley, CA, US General Operating 2021
Movimiento Cosecha Support Network $20,000 Elizabeth, NJ, US General Operating 2021
Mujeres Unidas Y Activas $30,000 San Francisco, CA, US General Operating 2021
National Day Laborer Organizing Network $60,000 Pasadena, CA, US General Operating 2021
Neo Philanthropy Mpower Change $8,000 New York, NY, US General Operating 2021
Network On Women In Prison $15,000 Oakland, CA, US General Operating 2021
Project South $70,000 Atlanta, GA, US General Operating 2021
Refugee And Immigrant Center For Education And Legal Services $10,000 San Antonio, TX, US General Operating 2021
Resource Generation $100,000 New York, NY, US General Operating 2021
San Francisco Women Against Rape $5,000 San Francisco, CA, US General Operating 2021
Social And Environmental Entrepreneurs $15,000 Calabasas, CA, US General Operating 2021
Social And Environmental Entrepreneurs $30,000 Calabasas, CA, US General Operating 2021
Social Justice Fund Nw $15,000 Seattle, WA, US General Operating 2021
Sogorea Te Land Trust $50,000 Oakland, CA, US General Operating 2021
The Ndn Collective $100,000 Rapid City, SD, US General Operating 2021
Hawai'i People's Fund $20,000 Honolulu, HI, US General Operating 2021
The Ruckus Society $12,000 Oakland, CA, US General Operating 2021
Thousand Currents $90,000 Oakland, CA, US General Operating 2021
Tides Center $75,000 San Francisco, CA, US General Operating 2021
Tides Center $30,000 San Francisco, CA, US General Operating 2021
Tides Center $50,000 San Francisco, CA, US General Operating 2021
Transgender Gender Variant Intersex $10,000 San Francisco, CA, US General Operating 2021
Uaf For Women's Human Rights $25,000 Alameda, CA, US General Operating 2021
Wespac Foundation Pym $15,000 White Plains, NY, US General Operating 2021
Proteus Fund Inc $25,000 Amherst, MA, US General Operating 2021
Rainbow Defense Fund Inc $10,000 Tucson, AZ, US General Operating 2021
Rural Organizing Project $25,000 Cottage Grove, OR, US General Operating 2021
The Watershed Center $10,000 Millerton, NY, US General Operating 2021
The Watershed Center $20,000 Millerton, NY, US General Operating 2021
The Watershed Center $20,000 Millerton, NY, US General Operating 2021
Arab American Action Network $20,000 Chicago, IL, US General Operating 2020
Ayni Institute $20,000 East Boston, MA, US General Operating 2020
Bend The Arc Jewish Action $10,000 New York, NY, US General Operating 2020
Black Alliance For Just Immigrantion $2,500 Brooklyn, NY, US General Operating 2020
Bonafide - Mount Tamalpais College $5,000 San Quentin, CA, US General Operating 2020
Catalyst Project $75,000 San Francisco, CA, US General Operating 2020
Causa Justajust Cause $20,000 Oakland, CA, US General Operating 2020
Center For Political Education $10,000 San Pablo, CA, US General Operating 2020
Community United Against Violence $5,000 San Francisco, CA, US General Operating 2020
Cooperation Jackson $30,000 Jackson, MS, US General Operating 2020
Critical Resistence $20,000 Oakland, CA, US General Operating 2020
Dancers Group $60,000 San Francisco, CA, US General Operating 2020
Dignity & Power Nowcommunity Partners $20,000 Los Angeles, CA, US General Operating 2020
Drum Desis Rising Up And Moving $12,000 Jackson Heights, NJ, US General Operating 2020
East Side Arts Alliance $10,000 Oakland, CA, US General Operating 2020
Essie Justice Group $10,000 Oakland, CA, US General Operating 2020
Facts Education Fund Cfasc $20,000 Inglewood, CA, US General Operating 2020
Freedom Archives $20,000 San Francisco, CA, US General Operating 2020
Freedom Archives $8,000 San Francisco, CA, US General Operating 2020
Generative Somatics $25,000 Oakland, CA, US General Operating 2020
Grass Roots Global Justice $50,000 Washington, DC, US General Operating 2020
Grassroots International $100,000 Jamaica Plain, MA, US General Operating 2020
Grassroots International $30,000 Jamaica Plain, MA, US General Operating 2020
Grassroots International $60,000 Jamaica Plain, MA, US General Operating 2020
Groundswell Fund $50,000 San Francisco, CA, US General Operating 2020
Headwaters Foundation For Justice $15,000 Minneapolis, MN, US General Operating 2020
Highlander Research And Education $40,000 New Market, TN, US General Operating 2020
Highlander Research And Education $15,000 New Market, TN, US General Operating 2020
Indigenous Environmental Network $10,000 Bemidji, MN, US General Operating 2020
Indigenous Environmental Network $50,000 Bemidji, MN, US General Operating 2020
International Indigenous Youth Council $20,000 Denver, CO, US General Operating 2020
Jews For Racial & Economic Justice $12,500 New York, NY, US General Operating 2020
Just Strategy $5,000 Seattle, WA, US General Operating 2020
Los Angeles Community Action Network $30,000 Los Angeles, CA, US General Operating 2020
Mn 350 $15,000 Minneapolis, MN, US General Operating 2020
Movement Strategy Ctr Climate Just All $20,000 Oakland, CA, US General Operating 2020
Mujeres Unidas Y Activas $30,000 San Francisco, CA, US General Operating 2020
National Day Laborer Organizing Network $200,000 Pasadena, CA, US General Operating 2020
National Day Laborer Organizing Network $60,000 Pasadena, CA, US General Operating 2020
National Domestic Workers Alliance $40,000 New York, NY, US General Operating 2020
National Domestic Workers Alliance $20,000 New York, NY, US General Operating 2020
Neo Philanthropy Mpower Change $15,000 New York, NY, US General Operating 2020
Neo Philanthropy Mpower Change $8,000 New York, NY, US General Operating 2020
Network On Women In Prison $25,000 Oakland, CA, US General Operating 2020
Network On Women In Prison $15,000 Oakland, CA, US General Operating 2020
Oakland Community Land Trust $5,000 Oakland, CA, US General Operating 2020
Poor Magazine $10,000 Oakland, CA, US General Operating 2020
Project South $30,000 Atlanta, GA, US General Operating 2020
Project South $40,000 Atlanta, GA, US General Operating 2020
Proteus Fund Inc $25,000 Amherst, MA, US General Operating 2020
Rainbow Defense Fund Inc $10,000 Tucson, AZ, US General Operating 2020
Resource Generation $100,000 New York, NY, US General Operating 2020
Ruckus Society $12,000 Oakland, CA, US General Operating 2020
Rural Organizing Project $25,000 Cottage Grove, OR, US General Operating 2020
San Franchisco Women Against Rape $5,000 San Francisco, CA, US General Operating 2020
Social And Environmental Entrepreneurs $5,000 Calabasas, CA, US General Operating 2020
Social And Environmental Entrepreneurs $15,000 Calabasas, CA, US General Operating 2020
Social Justice Fund Nw $15,000 Seattle, WA, US General Operating 2020
Sogorea Te Land Trust $50,000 Oakland, CA, US General Operating 2020
Solidaire Network Inc $10,000 Malden, MA, US General Operating 2020
Solidaire Network Inc $14,000 Malden, MA, US General Operating 2020
Soul Fire Farm $4,000 Petersburg, NY, US General Operating 2020
St James Infirmary $10,000 San Francisco, CA, US General Operating 2020
St James Infirmary $20,000 San Francisco, CA, US General Operating 2020
The Climate Cousins Foundation $250,000 New York, NY, US General Operating 2020
The Ndn Collective $75,000 Rapid City, SD, US General Operating 2020
The Ndn Collective $100,000 Rapid City, SD, US General Operating 2020
The Watershed Center $20,000 Pine Plains, NY, US General Operating 2020
The Watershed Center $20,000 Pine Plains, NY, US General Operating 2020
Thousand Currents $30,000 Oakland, CA, US General Operating 2020
Thousand Currents $30,000 Oakland, CA, US General Operating 2020
Thousand Currents $60,000 Oakland, CA, US General Operating 2020
Tides Center $30,000 San Francisco, CA, US General Operating 2020
Wespac Foundation Pym $15,000 White Plains, NY, US General Operating 2020
Youth Vs Apocalypse $10,000 Oakland, CA, US General Operating 2020
Hawai'i People's Fund $20,000 Honolulu, HI, US General Operating 2020

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Contact Information

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EIN 83-2811578
Website N/A
Address 440 N BARRANCA AVE 3947 Covina, CA 91723-1722

Key People (1)

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Chair Rachel Gelman

Forms 990-PF

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Data Currency: Last updated February 2026 based on IRS Form 990-PF filings. Foundation information reflects most recent available tax year data.