Pollination Project

The Pollination Project is a far-left funder of start-up “social change” projects in the United States and overseas.

At-A-Glance

Location: Berkeley, CA View on map
Tax ID: 46-0675457
Most Recent Filing: 2023
Budget (2023): Assets: $1,417,494 Revenue: $1,207,158 Expenses: $1,547,517

The Pollination Project is a far-left funder of start-up “social change” projects in the United States and overseas.

Financial Statistics

Total Assets

Total Revenue

Total Expenses

YearTotal AssetsTotal RevenueTotal ExpensesFiling
2023 $1,417,494 $1,207,158 $1,547,517 View
2022 $1,773,825 $1,914,014 $2,457,551 View
2021 $2,462,603 $1,197,582 $1,519,227 View
2020 $2,767,861 $1,576,518 $2,058,721 View
2019 $3,174,526 $1,934,070 $1,886,113 View

Prior year filings: 2015, 2014, 2013

Revenue Detail

Expenses Detail

Employee Compensation

  • Number of Employees: 8

Highest Earning Employees

EmployeeTitleTotal Compensation
Carolyn AshworthEXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (THRU MAY 2023)$97,021

Grant Activity

All-time grants received statistics from Candid dataset:

  • Total Grant Value: $7,151,264
  • Number of Grants: 107
  • Number of Funders: 41

Selection of highest value grants received from the last seven years:

AmountYearFunderSubject
$390,0002023 Humane America Animal FoundationGENERAL SUPPORT
$300,0002024 Windward FundAGRICULTURE, FOOD, NUTRITION
$250,0002021 Comerica Charitable TrustFOR THE ORGANIZATION'S GENERAL CHARITABLE PURPOSES
$227,5822024 Silicon Valley Community Foundation
$220,0002025 Good Ventures FoundationTo support farm animal welfare in Brazil and Mexico
$220,0002025 Coefficient GivingMovement Building
$176,0002021 Silicon Valley Community Foundation
$164,0002023 Silicon Valley Community Foundation
$125,0002021 Tarsadia FoundationPROGRAM SUPPORT
$120,0002021 Silicon Valley Community Foundation
$100,0002022 Tarsadia FoundationPROGRAM SUPPORT
$85,5002023 Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift FundFor grant recipient's exempt purposes
$75,8002020 Silicon Valley Community Foundation
$75,0002020 Tarsadia FoundationPROGRAM SUPPORT
$60,0002023 Tipping Point Private FoundationThe Pollination Project and Tipping point private foundation's farmed animals advocacy work
$58,0502020 Silicon Valley Community Foundation
$50,0002020 Tipping Point Private FoundationFARMED MEAT AND SEAFOOD CONSUMPTION REDUCTION Project
$35,0002023 Animal Charity EvaluatorsMOVEMENT GRANT; SUPPORT MISSION
$31,9002024 Vanguard CharitableFOR RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSE
$30,0002021 ImpactAssetsGENERAL SUPPORT
$27,2502021 Karuna FoundationAdvocate for the wellbeing of animals.
$25,0002023 RSF | Regenerative Social FinanceFOR JUBILEE GIFT
$25,0002020 Quinn FoundationGENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
$20,0002024 Skees Family FoundationEmbraceHer – Catalyst Grant
$20,0002023 TIDES FOUNDATIONEQUITY, HUMAN RIGHTS, AND ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT

All-time grants given statistics from Candid dataset:

  • Total Grant Value: $767,477
  • Number of Grants: 21
  • Number of Recipients: 18

Selection of highest value grants given from the last seven years:

AmountYearFunderSubject
$112,0002022 Multiple EUROPE (INCLUDING ICELAND & GREENLAND) RecipientsSEED GRANTS
$104,0002022 Multiple EAST ASIA AND THE PACIFIC – AUSTRALIA, BRUNEI, BURMA, CAMBODIA, RecipientsSEED GRANTS
$95,0602023 Jubilee Gift Galaxy IncSEED GRANTS
$90,0002020 Jubilee Gift Galaxy IncVarious social environmental causes
$63,0002023 Multiple EAST ASIA AND THE PACIFIC – AUSTRALIA, BRUNEI, BURMA, CAMBODIA, RecipientsSEED GRANTS
$60,0002023 Multiple EUROPE (INCLUDING ICELAND & GREENLAND) – ALBANIA, ANDORRA, AUSTRIA, BELGIUM RecipientsSEED GRANTS
$32,9002023 Multiple North America (Canada and Mexico) RecipientsSEED GRANTS
$24,4402021 Multiple North America RecipientsSEED GRANTS
$23,5002022 Multiple North America (Canada and Mexico) RecipientsSEED GRANTS
$23,2002021 Multiple EAST ASIA AND THE PACIFIC RecipientsSEED GRANTS
$21,3572023 Multiple Sub-Saharan Africa RecipientsSEED GRANTS
$14,9002020 Multiple North America RecipientsSeed grants
$10,0002022 Multiple South Asia RecipientsSEED GRANTS