· 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- $50k–250k3 grants · $380k
- $250k+5 grants · $5.4M
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| NOWTHIS MEDIA GROUP LLC | $1,600,000 |
| FOCUS FOR DEMOCRACY ACTION | $1,550,000 |
| PARENTSTOGETHER ACTION | $1,400,000 |
| ENVIRONMENTAL ACTION | $490,000 |
| GET VOCAL PBC | $400,000 |
| WORKING AMERICAN ACTION | $247,833 |
| GALVANIZE ACTION | $82,150 |
| PROJECT PULSO INC | $50,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY24–24, $2.2M) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 13%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +125% since the first grant, against +29% for those funded once.
3 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2025, 1 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 52% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2.7M went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- PAParentsTogether Action2× · 2022–2025 · $3.8M · revenue -80% · 60% of their budget
- NMNOWTHIS MEDIA GROUP LLC2× · 2024–2025 · $1.7M
- GFGen-Z For Change Inc3× · 2022–2024 · $500k · revenue +125% · 33% of their budget
Funded once
- PFParentsTogether Foundationgraduatedone grant, 2024 · $2.2M · revenue +191%
- PPPROJECT PULSO INCone grant, 2024 · $792k
- CFCENTER FOR POPULAR DEMOCRACY ACTION FUND INCone grant, 2022 · $100k · revenue -11%
How this is measured
Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
Closest unfunded matches
The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
FDD Action is a non-profit, non-partisan 504(c)4 organization established to advocate for effective policies to promote U.S. National Security and defend free nations.
The center for popular democracy (cpd) and its affiliates know that everyday people have the power to change the world. we upend business and politics as usual to forge a representative, multiracial government and society where we all…
Partnership for Policy Integrity (PFPI) uses data-driven advocacy and litigation to fight for forests, communities and the climate.
People's action is organized to promote economic, racial and social equity through national, regional and local advocacy campaigns.
To teach and disseminate educational materials to the public.
ONE Action's advocacy work plays a valuable role in persuading policy makers to protect, and where possible, increase funding for ONE Action's core priorities. ONE Action's supporters are highly engaged advocates and contributed valuable…
The Center's mission is to bring transparency and accountability to corporate political spending. The Center sees this as ending the pervasive secrecy that hides corporate political activity from shareholders and the public.
The Progress Texas Institute provides research and strategic communications on issues with the ultimate goal of increasing civic engagement.
Public agenda strengthens american democracy by connecting research to action enabling people and institutions to pursue changes that make a difference. we amplify the voices of americans and help communities discover and build on common…
To improve the environment through education and policy work, with an emphasis on pollution, climate change, and energy issues; and how congress and the administration stand on these issues.
Foreign Policy For America is a nonpartisan advocacy organization founded to strengthen support for principled American engagement in the world.
Advocacy for Paid Family Leave for workers in the US
How this is measured
9 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.
How this is measured
Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 9 of the 13 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding
A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
- Who funds ParentsTogether Action ↗
- Who funds ParentsTogether Foundation ↗
- Who funds FOCUS FOR DEMOCRACY ACTION ↗
- Who funds Gen-Z For Change Inc ↗
- Who funds ENVIRONMENTAL ACTION INC ↗
- Who funds WORKING AMERICA ACTION ↗
- Who funds CENTER FOR POPULAR DEMOCRACY ACTION FUND INC ↗
- Who funds SIXTEEN THIRTY FUND ↗
- Who funds FLORIDA RISING INC ↗
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
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Accelerate Action Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Accelerate Action Inc. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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