Los Angeles Nonprofit Unlikely Collaborators Awards $7.2 Million to 52 Nonprofits in Its First National Grant Round; Grants Range from $25,000 to $250,000
Unlikely Collaborators, a nonprofit based in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, has announced $7.2 million in grants to 52 U.S. nonprofits drawn from its first national request for proposals. The organization, founded and led by Elizabeth R. Koch, opened the competition in April 2026, and the funded organizations were notified on November 4.
The grants range from $25,000 to $250,000, an average of roughly $138,000 per organization. The portfolio splits evenly: 26 nonprofits are new partners, and 26 are organizations Unlikely Collaborators has funded before and chose to fund again. Every funded program works from Koch's Perception Box framework, her term for the lens of biology, beliefs, expectations and life experience that shapes what each person perceives.
New grantees include Children's Hospital Los Angeles, 826 National, Girls Inc. of Los Angeles, Defy Ventures, Represent Justice and the youth poetry organization Get Lit – Words Ignite. Renewals include the American Red Cross, the Dougy Center, the Prison Yoga Project, Baltimore's Holistic Life Foundation, the Veterans Breakfast Club and Swan Songs, which arranges private concerts for people near the end of life.
The organization reported $151 million in assets in its 2024 IRS filing and works through experiences, storytelling, partnerships and grantmaking. Koch's book, The Perception Box, is scheduled to be published by Avid Reader Press in April 2027.
来源：Inside Philanthropy（慈善资讯，2026-11-05） https://www.insidephilanthropy.com/home/the-philanthropy-wire-november-5-2026 ；名单报道 https://socialregistermag.com/unlikely-collaborators-awards-7-2-million-to-52-nonprofits-in-its-first-national-grant-round/
Source: Unlikely Collaborators
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