Washington, D.C. · Public charity
Ab Foundation
The AB FOUNDATION's mission is to compare and contrast progressive and conservative solutions to america's public policy concerns and to educate the american people and the nation's leaders on the results of that research.
- $58M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 10
- Grants FY2024
- 2
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 100%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $500,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $26,550,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 19
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 5
- Total assets, FY2024
- $3.0M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 100% of the organizations Ab Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $665k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 10 | $58M | 90% |
| FY2023 | 2 | $665k | 100% |
| FY2022 | 19 | $8.6M | 68% |
| FY2021 | 7 | $308k | 71% |
| FY2020 | 13 | $16M | 92% |
| FY2019 | 5 | $663k | 40% |
| FY2018 | 4 | $1.7M | 25% |
| FY2017 | 5 | $2.5M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ab PAC | $34,112,500 | 3 | n/a |
| American Independent Media | $23,500,000 | 1 | 66% |
| Americans for Strength and Freedom | $4,500,000 | 1 | 61% |
| Choose Chicago Foundation | $4,000,000 | 1 | 43% |
| True Blue Media LLC | $2,750,201 | 3 | n/a |
| Bridge to Democracy | $2,580,000 | 1 | n/a |
| America Votes Action Fund | $2,000,000 | 1 | n/a |
| United We Succeed | $1,900,000 | 1 | 85% |
| Preserve American Ideals | $1,000,000 | 1 | 28% |
| Ivote Fund | $975,000 | 3 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ab PAC | $34,112,500 | 3 | n/a |
| American Independent Media | $23,500,000 | 1 | 66% |
| Americans for Strength and Freedom | $4,500,000 | 1 | 61% |
| Choose Chicago Foundation | $4,000,000 | 1 | 43% |
| True Blue Media LLC | $2,750,201 | 3 | n/a |
| Bridge to Democracy | $2,580,000 | 1 | n/a |
| America Votes Action Fund | $2,000,000 | 1 | n/a |
| United We Succeed | $1,900,000 | 1 | 85% |
| Preserve American Ideals | $1,000,000 | 1 | 28% |
| Ivote Fund | $975,000 | 3 | n/a |
| American Center | $852,000 | 1 | 3% |
| The American Independent Foundation | $730,000 | 3 | 24% |
| Democratic Governors Association | $600,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Unite the Country | $575,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Ivote Action Fund | $575,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Reproductive Freedom for All | $500,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Fellow Americans | $500,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Story Network Foundation | $500,000 | 1 | 7% |
| Campaign for America's Kids and Families | $500,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Protecting Liberty Justice and Freedom | $469,000 | 1 | 80% |
| The Voters Project A NJ Nonprofit Corporation | $450,000 | 1 | 71% |
| CounterAct Fund | $400,000 | 1 | 18% |
| Project 218 | $400,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Center for Voter Information | $375,000 | 1 | 1% |
| The Franklin Forum | $351,600 | 2 | 89% |
| Together Action Fund | $330,000 | 1 | 100% |
| Asian Americans Advancing Justice Atlanta Inc | $300,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Fair County Inc | $300,000 | 2 | n/a |
| 1K Women Strong Inc | $300,000 | 2 | 17% |
| Collective Future | $250,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Kansans for Constitutional Freedom Inc | $200,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Celebrate New Jersey Now Inc | $170,000 | 1 | 77% |
| Philadelphia Lawyers for Social Equity | $170,000 | 1 | 11% |
| Unite Here Action Fund | $150,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Preserve American Values | $115,000 | 1 | 15% |
| American Democracy Legal Fund | $104,500 | 3 | n/a |
| Counteract Foundation | $100,000 | 1 | 26% |
| Building the Future Foundation | $100,000 | 1 | 100% |
| Soul Food Community Development Corporation Inc | $100,000 | 2 | 15% |
| One Arizona | $100,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Voteriders | $100,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Media Matters Action Network | $90,000 | 1 | 15% |
| Vetsforward Civic Action | $80,000 | 2 | 29% |
| Tides Advocacy | $75,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Transforming CDC Inc | $75,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Opportunity for All Action Fund | $65,000 | 1 | 100% |
| Clean and Prosperous America | $55,400 | 1 | 6% |
| Rural America Fund | $15,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs (See) Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
Where it is load-bearing
Ab Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 14 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 32 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: Sixteen Thirty Fund · Way to Win Action Fund Inc · America Votes · Education Reform Now Advocacy Inc · Tides Foundation
How this is measured
About Ab Foundation
- How much does Ab Foundation give?
- Ab Foundation reported 10 grants totaling $58,045,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 19 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Ab Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Public Benefit (58%), Arts & Culture (31%), Education (5%).
- Who are Ab Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Ab PAC ($34M), American Independent Media ($24M), Americans for Strength and Freedom ($4.5M).
- Does Ab Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Ab Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Sixteen Thirty Fund, Way to Win Action Fund Inc, America Votes.
- Where is Ab Foundation based?
- Ab Foundation is based in DC.
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