Proteus Fund
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The Proteus Fund is a publicly supported foundation, founded in 1994 and based in Amherst, Massachusetts which supports progressive organizations.
About
Proteus is best known for state-based grant-making. Foundations and individual donors pool their resources in order to support unified funding strategies. The fund provides philanthropic services such as management and consulting services to individual donors and private and family foundations. Its programs focus on learning for donors - through research and analysis, strategic discussions, docket preparation, donor meetings and briefings, and site visits with key organizations and leaders - enabling funders to extend their impact and achieve their goals by supporting the most effective work in the field.
Since 1994, Proteus has awarded $44 million to organizations.
Proteus Action League, our affiliated §501(c)(4) grantmaking organization, enables us to extend the impact of our social justice grantmaking.[1]
Board members
As of 2011;[2]
- Ludovic Blain, Color of Democracy Fund
- C. LaRoy Brantley, Cambridge Associates LLC
- Jason Franklin, Bolder Giving
- Meg Gage, Proteus Fund
- Sara Gould, Atlantic Philanthropies
- Erica Hunt, Consultant
- Malia Lazu, The Gathering
- Matt MacWilliams, MacWilliams Kirchner Sanders & Partners
- David Neal, Attorney at Law
- Guillermo Quinteros, Solidago Foundation
- Byron Rushing, Massachusetts House of Representatives
- Tracy Sturdivant, State Voices
Staff members
As of 2011;[3]
- Meg Gage, President and Executive Director
- Dimple Abichandani, Security & Rights Collaborative Program Officer
- Marc Caplan, Piper Fund Program Officer
- Paul A. Di Donato, Civil Marriage
- Celeste Fitzgerald, Death Penalty Abolition Program Officer
- Amber French, Director of Partnerships
- Beery Adams Jimenez, Grants manager
- Amy Landry, Officer for partnerships
- Muthoni Magua, Director of Finance & Administration
- Jill Price Marshall, Executive Assistant
- Dini Merz, Peace & Security Programs Director
- Dennis Quirin, Grassroots Racial Justice Program Officer
- Brenda Thomas, Office Manager
Grants
The following are the Proteus Fund's grantmaking arms:
- Piper Fund
- State Strategies Fund (SSF)
- Colombe Foundation
- Media Action Fund (MAF)
- Security Policy Working Group (SPWG)
Proteus Fund grantees
- Tides Center and Tides Foundation
- Public Citizen
- Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN)
- CarEth Foundation
- Proteus Action Council
- Lear Family Foundation
- Progressive America Fund
- Center for a New American Dream
- Center for Community Change
- Class Action
- Peace Development Fund
- Women's Empowerment Network
- Spirit Rock Meditation Center
- Public Justice Foundation
- MADRE
- Nonviolent Peaceforce
- Coalition for DC Representation Education Fund
- Middle East Research and Information Project (MERIP)
- Natural Resources Defense Council
- Environmental Media Services
- Environmental Coalition
- Citizen Action Fund
- Rock the Vote Education Fund
- Committee for Inter-American Human Rights
- Progressive Alliance for Community Empowerment
- Public Action Foundation
- Protestants for the Common Good
- Center for Peace and Justice
- Progressive Coalition
