Grants for consumer protection organizations

Name: Top 25 grants made to consumer safety and protection organizations
Creator: Cause IQ
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59 consumer safety and protection organizations received at least $142,135 in grants for the most recent fiscal year. This includes 101 grants made from 87 grantmaking organizations, with a median grant amount of $654. Of these 87 foundations, 93% made just a single grant to consumer safety orgs, and 1% made grants to four or more consumer safety orgs. This analysis is based on grantmakers that e-file their Form 990s, and likely is an undercount of grants.

$142,135

Total grant dollars given to consumer protection organizations

101

Number of grants made annually to consumer protection organizations

Number of grantmakers funding consumer protection organizations

$654

Median grant size to consumer protection organizations

Foundations that support consumer safety and protection organizations

Out of all grants made to consumer protection organizations, 74% came from small foundations with less than $10 million in assets. The top 10 grantmakers accounted for 42% of the dollar-value of grants to consumer safety orgs. Foundations funding consumer safety orgs also made grants to food banks, trade / professional associations, legal aid societies, international humanitarian organizations, and water and wetland protection organizations.

Foundation size

Foundation size	Number of grantmakers
Small	65
Medium	5
Large	17

Small foundations have <$10M in assets. Medium foundations have $10M to $50M in assets. Large foundations have >$50M in assets.

Foundation type

Foundation type	Number of grantmakers
Community	3
Private	75
Corporate	4
Other	5

Grants made

Grants made to consumer safety orgs	Number of grantmakers
1	81
2-3	5
4-10	1
11+	0

Top 10 foundations supporting consumer safety and protection organizations

Grantmaker	State	Geographic focus	Percent of grant dollars to consumer safety orgs	Number of grants made to consumer safety orgs	Median grant size
Westrock Foundation	GA	National	0.0%	10	$9
Taubert Memorial Foundation	OR	Regional	1.4%	2	$5,000
Seattle Foundation	WA	State	0.0%	2	$5,000
Charles Stewart Mott Foundation	MI	National	0.0%	2	$1,125
New York Foundation	NY	Metro	0.0%	2	$1,000
Chubb Charitable Foundation	PA	National	0.0%	2	$37
Allegany Franciscan Ministries	FL	State	0.1%	1	$5,000
Rebuild North Bay Foundation	CA	Metro	1.8%	1	$5,000
Lynn P Demarco Charitable Foundation	NE	National	1.5%	1	$5,000
Bullitt Foundation (BF)	WA	State	0.1%	1	$5,000

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Consumer safety and protection organizations grantees

Consumer protection organizations with more than $5 million in total revenues received 8% of all grant dollars. These larger organizations accounted for 26% of all consumer safety orgs.

Grant amounts

Size of grant	Number of grants
<$10k	101
$10k-$25k	0
$25k-$100k	0
$100k+	0

Grant amount by grantee size

Grantee annual revenue	Median grant size
<$100k	$1,150
$100k-$500k	$11
$500k-$1M	$1,000
$1M-$5M	$1,000
>$5M	$210

Grantee states

State of grantee	Number of grants
New York	24
District of Columbia	17
Minnesota	16
Virginia	12
Other	32

Grantee metros

Metro area of grantee	Number of grants
New York City	24
Washington DC	18
Duluth	15
Richmond	10
Other	30

Top 25 grants made to consumer protection organizations

Grantee	Grant size	Purpose	Grantmaker
National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy (NCRP)	$5,000	General Operating Support	Allegany Franciscan Ministries
United Policyholders	$5,000	Insurance Advocacy Services for Fire Victims	Rebuild North Bay Foundation
The Center for Medical Progress	$5,000	Communication	Lynn P Demarco Charitable Foundation
Toxic-Free Future	$5,000	General Support	Bullitt Foundation (BF)
Organic Consumers Association	$5,000	Unrestricted	Lee Family Foundation
Organic Consumers Association	$5,000	Charitable Contribution	The White Pine Fund
Toxic-Free Future	$5,000	Reducing Other Exposures To Toxic Materials	Clif Bar Family Foundation
Organic Consumers Association	$5,000	General & Unrestricted	Michael and Ina Korek Foundation Trust
Consumers for Dental Choice	$5,000	Educate Consumers About Toxicity	Taubert Memorial Foundation
Organic Consumers Association	$5,000	Protect Access To Safe Food & Consum	Taubert Memorial Foundation
The Center for Medical Progress	$5,000	To Support Citizen Journalists Who Are Dedicated To Monitoring and Reporting on Medical Ethics and Advances.	Blue Mountain Foundation
Toxic-Free Future	$5,000	To Provide General Support.	Seattle Foundation
Toxic-Free Future	$5,000	To Provide General Support.	Seattle Foundation
New York City Health and Hospitals	$5,000	Helping Patients Enhance Or Maintain Their Quality of Life While Pursuing Medical Treatment.	The Paul Robert Carey Foundation
National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy (NCRP)	$5,000	For General Operating Support.	Conrad N. Hilton Foundation
National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy (NCRP)	$4,500	To Support 2019 Membership Dues	Meyer Foundation
Public Citizen	$4,000	General Support	Leon and Gloria Plevin Family Foundation
Organic Consumers Association	$3,400	Charitable	The Gerry-Corbett Foundation
Organic Consumers Association	$3,000	Unrestricted	The Three Sisters Foundation
National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy (NCRP)	$3,000	General Support	General Service Foundation
National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy (NCRP)	$3,000	For General Operating Support.	Dyson Foundation
Coalition for Courage	$2,500	To Provide General Support	The Grace Curtis and Priscilla O'Hara Foundation
Kingdom Resources for Christ (KRC)	$2,100	Operating Support	Adonai Foundation
Dementia Action Alliance	$2,100	For the General Purposes Or Other Charitable Purposes of the Organization.	Charles Stewart Mott Foundation
Rudiger Foundation	$2,000	General Budget	Jones-Smith Foundation

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Methodology: To determine grants and grantees, Cause IQ analyzes electronically-filed Form 990, Form 990-EZ, and Form 990-PF financial disclosure documents, matching grantees to specific organizations using EINs and fuzzy matching logic. The "Consumer protection organizations" category for this page is determined by the "W90: Consumer Protection and Safety" National Taxonomy of Exempt Entities (NTEE) code. Cause IQ determines NTEEs for organizations by its own internally-developed secret-sauce algorithms.