• Donor Advised Funds
• Expert Philanthropic Advice
• Tides Initiatives
  • ECO: Environmental Equity and Community Opportunity
  • Bridging the Economic Divide
  • Reproductive Justice Fund
  • Voter Action Fund
• Family Giving
• Collective Giving
• Institutional Partners
• Corporate Giving
• International Grantmaking
• Planned Giving

Defined and driven by donor participation, Tides Initiatives are comprehensive campaigns in support of progressive social change.  Donors who take part in Tides Initiatives join with like-minded people to make strategic funding decisions and increase the impact of their charitable giving to critical and cutting-edge issues that tend to receive little foundation support. 

With committed donors and staff and well-crafted implementation plans, Tides Initiatives provide the building blocks for a stronger and more effective progressive philanthropic community. 

All Tides Initiatives include opportunities to pool resources in, and make strategic grants from, a Fund.  But, they are not only collective grantmaking vehicles.  They also build bridges between donors and activists, provide learning opportunities for donors who want to become more directly involved with specific issue-based campaigns, and provide direction and focus to Tides’ leadership in the progressive philanthropic community. The level of participation – from peer-group program committees to site visits to simple grant recommendations – is up to each donor.

In selecting and designing our approach to each of these Initiatives, we are guided by key strategic principles – values and priorities that Tides applies across the broad spectrum of our grantmaking.

ECO: Environmental Equity, Community Opportunity Working at the intersection of environmental protection, economic opportunity, social justice, and democracy Learn More >	Reproductive Justice: Expanding Reproductive Rights Individual donors who are passionate about the reproductive freedom of women and girls formed the Tides Reproductive Justice Fund four years ago. Learn More >
Voter Action: Building a Constant Campaign Our democracy must reflect the needs and interests of all its citizens. It is simply not enough to get out the vote every four years. Learn More >	Economic Justice: Bridging the Economic Divide Everyone deserves fair pay for a fair day's work, and working families should not live in poverty. Learn More >