Massachusetts · Public charity
Accelerate Action Inc
To develop and test new models for citizen organizing, particularly in communities of color, that are scalable, financially self-sustaining, and build deep, trusted relationships that can move people to take action.
- $5.8M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 8
- Grants FY2025
- 4
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 75%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $490,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $1,600,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 4
- FY2021 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $24M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 75% of the organizations Accelerate Action Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 98% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 2% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3.1M 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 7 | $5.7M | 71% |
| FY2024 | 4 | $3.1M | 75% |
| FY2023 | 1 | $150k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 3 | $2.8M | 100% |
| FY2021 | 1 | $70k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| ParentsTogether Action | $3,840,000 | 2 | 60% |
| ParentsTogether Foundation | $2,200,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Nowthis Media Group LLC | $1,700,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Focus for Democracy Action | $1,550,000 | 1 | 39% |
| Project Pulso Inc | $792,226 | 1 | n/a |
| Gen-Z For Change Inc | $500,000 | 3 | 33% |
| Environmental Action Inc | $490,000 | 1 | 21% |
| Get Vocal Pbc | $400,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Working America Action | $247,833 | 1 | 2% |
| Center for Popular Democracy Action Fund Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 3% |
Show all 12 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| ParentsTogether Action | $3,840,000 | 2 | 60% |
| ParentsTogether Foundation | $2,200,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Nowthis Media Group LLC | $1,700,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Focus for Democracy Action | $1,550,000 | 1 | 39% |
| Project Pulso Inc | $792,226 | 1 | n/a |
| Gen-Z For Change Inc | $500,000 | 3 | 33% |
| Environmental Action Inc | $490,000 | 1 | 21% |
| Get Vocal Pbc | $400,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Working America Action | $247,833 | 1 | 2% |
| Center for Popular Democracy Action Fund Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Florida Rising Inc | $70,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Project Pulso Action Inc | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
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: Accelerate Change Inc · Open Society Action Fund Inc · Tides Foundation · Democracy Fund Voice Inc · Way to Win Action Fund Inc · America Votes · Tides Advocacy
How this is measured
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About Accelerate Action Inc
- How much does Accelerate Action Inc give?
- Accelerate Action Inc reported 8 grants totaling $5,819,983 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 4 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2024.
- What does Accelerate Action Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2025, its largest causes are Civil Rights (39%), Human Services (18%), Arts & Culture (17%).
- Who are Accelerate Action Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2025: ParentsTogether Action ($3.8M), ParentsTogether Foundation ($2.2M), Nowthis Media Group LLC ($1.7M).
- Does Accelerate Action Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 75% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Accelerate Action Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Accelerate Change Inc, Open Society Action Fund Inc, Tides Foundation.
- Where is Accelerate Action Inc based?
- Accelerate Action Inc is based in MA.
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