洛杉矶非营利组织Unlikely Collaborators首轮全国征集拨款720万美元：52家非营利机构获资助，单项2.5万至25万美元
总部位于加利福尼亚州洛杉矶县洛杉矶市的非营利组织 Unlikely Collaborators 宣布，从其首轮全国公开征集（RFP）中拨款 720 万美元，资助 52 家美国非营利机构。该组织由 Elizabeth R. Koch 创办并领导，本轮征集于 2026 年 4 月开放，获资助机构于 11 月 4 日得到通知。
资助结构方面，单项资助额为 2.5 万至 25 万美元，平均每家约 13.8 万美元；52 家获资助机构中，26 家为新合作伙伴，另 26 家为该组织此前资助过、本轮续获支持的机构。获资助项目均围绕 Koch 提出的「感知盒子」（Perception Box）框架展开，即帮助人们觉察塑造自我与世界认知的视角。
获资助名单包括洛杉矶儿童医院、教青年写作的 826 National、洛杉矶 Girls Inc.、为刑满释放人员提供创业培训的 Defy Ventures、Represent Justice 与青年诗歌组织 Get Lit – Words Ignite 等新伙伴；续获资助者包括美国红十字会、为儿童与家庭提供哀伤支持的 Dougy Center、监狱瑜伽项目、巴尔的摩的 Holistic Life Foundation、退伍军人早餐俱乐部，以及为临终者安排私人音乐会的 Swan Songs。
该组织称，其资产在 2024 年国税局申报中为 1.51 亿美元，通过体验、叙事、伙伴关系与资助开展工作。Koch 以该框架写成的《The Perception Box》一书将于 2027 年 4 月由 Avid Reader Press 出版。
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/
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