Tides Partners

The Africa Grantmakers’ Affinity Group (AGAG) is a membership network of grantmakers that works to promote robust, effective, and responsive philanthropy to benefit African communities. We offer opportunities for new and experienced funders to build strong professional relationships and deepen their understanding of the critical challenges where philanthropy can make a difference.

African School for Excellence (ASE) aims to revolutionise the face of modern education and, in so doing, provide greater access to world-class education to everyone. Rooted in a unique concept, ASE’s vision is to create a self-sustaining network of elite independent secondary schools that anyone can afford.

To do this, we focus our mission on three essential factors:

World-Class Quality. Everything begins with our commitment to excellence. We know that township scholars can compete with the world’s best students. We expect ASE scholars to graduate ready to succeed at the very best universities, both in South Africa and abroad, and we accept nothing less.

Affordability. Even the highest-quality educational model will not be enough to change the state of education in South African townships if it cannot eventually pay for itself. ASE’s refined model costs roughly 60% of the amount the government currently spends per learner, thereby making it attainable for township families while extending the impact of government spending in improving education outcomes in South Africa.

Scalability. South Africa is filled with talented young people who can achieve world-class results if given the opportunity. Through our financial model, our systems, and our embedded teacher’s college, we maintain a ceaseless focus on scaling our impact without sacrificing quality. We seek to develop a network of 100+ schools throughout the country, providing elite education to tens of thousands of disadvantaged scholars every year.

AIDS-Free World works to improve and accelerate the global response to AIDS through direct advocacy and by supporting the advocacy efforts of organizations in AIDS-affected countries. The organization focuses primarily on Africa, and women’s issues are central to all its work.

In 71 countries, it’s a crime to be gay; and in 10, it can cost you your life. All Out is a global movement working to build a world where no person will have to sacrifice their family or freedom, safety or dignity, because of who they are or who they love.

By mobilising thousands of people globally and working closely with local organisations and activists, we use creative tactics – online and offline – to draw attention to the push for equality for lesbian, gay, bi and trans (LGBT) people.

When a moment of crisis or opportunity comes up – an anti-gay law going to a vote, a crackdown on a Pride march, a company making a wrong turn for trans rights –, All Out uses technology to give our members inspiring ways to take action.

That’s where the power of All Out members shows: from signing a petition to joining a street protest, from sharing content to donating to fund a campaigning tactic, we are thousands of people in every single country on the planet who are always ready to speak up and take a stand for love and equality.

The Alliance for California Traditional Arts (ACTA) promotes and supports ways for cultural traditions to continue now and into the future by providing advocacy, resources and connections for folk and traditional artists and their communities. Folk and traditional artists are defined as tradition-bearers and cultural practitioners: people who transmit what they believe, know, do, and create with others who share a common heritage.

Rooted in California’s cultural communities, from Siskiyou to San Diego, ACTA is in direct communication with tradition-bearers who foster the state’s rich and diverse cultural roots. ACTA’s programs and services are created, evaluated and evolved as a response to the specific needs of these cultural practitioners and their communities. ACTA works on behalf of artists, communities, and funders to connect them to each other, information, and resources.

Beyond connection to funding, ACTA provides programs and services to the field such as: convenings, local and national field-building, research and technical assistance.

Recognized for its culturally competent leadership, intellectual capital and excellence in program administration, ACTA is the official go-to entity for information about folk and traditional arts in California. Dedicated to sustaining and fostering the growth of cultural traditions found within the state’s diverse communities, ACTA ensures that its core values of respect, cultural pluralism, and cultural democracy permeate every aspect of its activity and programming.

ACTA helps people connect to their past and keep traditions a central part of life today and tomorrow. By supporting folk and traditional artists, ACTA supports the health, cultural continuity and diversity of California.

The Arab Resource and Organizing Center (AROC) is a grassroots organization working to empower and organize our community towards justice and self-determination for all. AROC members build community power in the Bay Area by participating in leadership development, political education, and campaigns.

Recognizing the diversity of experiences and interests within the Arab community, AROC devises a multi-pronged strategy to meet those needs while prioritizing the most marginalized sectors of our constituency to inform our work. AROC provides a centralized space for analysis, strategy, and formulation of concrete campaigns to organize for change.

AROC envisions powerful and liberated Arab communities living with dignity from here to our homelands. AROC sees the liberation of Arab people inextricably tied to the liberation of all people of color.

ARCS Foundation advances science and technology in the United States by providing financial awards to academically outstanding U.S. citizens studying to complete degrees in science, engineering and medical research.

It is ARCS Foundation’s belief that support of STEM education is essential to US economic growth and technological competitiveness, and helps to ensure continued US leadership in global innovation, health and quality of life.

In close collaboration with University departments across the United States that are recognized leaders in science and engineering fields, more than 1300 women volunteer members of 15 regional Foundation chapters fund the most promising scholars at the startup or “seed stage” of their work and discovery.

ARCS Scholars have gone on to positions of leadership and distinction in academia, industry, and government efforts. Nine out of 10 ARCS Scholars work in their sponsored fields – sharing knowledge, developing technologies, launching startup companies, and inspiring youth to pursue the challenge of study and careers in STEM fields.

A much-sought after recognition indicating outstanding academic achievements, ARCS Awards are applied towards many areas of research need, and are not restricted to tuition alone.

We specialize in human rights issues and bring a depth of expertise to strategic philanthropy. Our aim is to guide and connect emerging and established philanthropists with thought leaders and change agents making an impactful difference in the human rights space. We counsel and connect our clients by offering a “concierge” of services, linking donors to relevant resources and helping to navigate the human rights landscape. Our approach includes:

– Strategic & philanthropic advising
– Theory of Change development
– “Concierge” philanthropy services linking donors to human rights resources
– Due diligence, research and field scans
– Relationship-building and stewardship of strategic partnerships
– International and domestic site visits and grantee vetting
– Donor relations
– Project management

Our clients are individual philanthropists, foundations, nonprofits, and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) seeking to affect change in the human rights space and to leverage their capacity effectively. Our clients share a worldview that a more just and humane world is possible by combining compassion with thoughtful, social investments. A3A is uniquely placed to leverage an extensive human rights and philanthropy network connecting donors with results-oriented resources in the nonprofit sector and donor community.

ArtSeed is a unique and innovative arts education program. Our inter-generational and multi-disciplinary projects put students from diverse backgrounds in touch with artists and other professionals in a variety of fields. Working side-by-side in experimental and classical apprenticeships that include non-western styles of art, participants share hands-on artmaking, exhibition and field trip adventures.

Youngsters with learning differences, financial obstacles, and/or discipline problems learn practical skills and professional habits that give form to their own unique, creative gifts. We hope in the process to encourage new inter-cultural friendships between people of all ages and from all walks of life. We do this by producing tangible and meaningful arts experiences that have a sustained impact on lives. Young people are tightly integrated into the day-to-day life of the organization, doing everything from curating shows to acting as docents, securing equipment, and meeting on boards of trustees. Students prepare their own designs, distribute publicity for, and document culminating exhibitions of their individual portfolios or larger collaborative pieces. Festive receptions give pen-pals from various classes, workshops, and private mentorships new opportunities to interact. Young artists and interns get to teach, often for the first time. Students take supplies home to continue artmaking. ArtSeed supports on-going mutual learning relationships between artists, students, and mentors from various fields.