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Activist Foundation Inc

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$56k
Granted FY2024still arriving
12
Grants FY2024still arriving
7
States reached
$10k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Arts & Culture$150kFood & Nutrition$67kEnvironment$53kReligion$50kHuman Services$16kCrime & Legal$9kPhilanthropy$5kEducation$3kOther$0
02FY2024 · 12 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k10 grants · $36k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $20k
$5,000
Median grant
7
States reached
$137k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MUSIC SUSTAINABILITY ALLIANCE$10,000
AKICHITA YOUTH ATHLETIC ACADEMY INC$10,000
LAST PRISONER PROJECT$6,848
CONSCIOUS ALLIENCE$6,000
SUNDANCE INSTITUTE$5,250
SAVE THE MUSIC FOUNDATION$5,000
DO IT FOR THE LOVE$4,500
INDIGENOUS MEDICINE CONSERVATION FUND$4,000
MICHEAL-ANN RUSSELL JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER INC$2,000
DANIEL'S MUSIC FOUNDATION$1,000
US UNITED INC$1,000
ONE VOICE$500
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY21–24, $16k) land where the poverty rate runs at 25%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 84% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%MICHEAL-ANN RUSSELL JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $2k → 15%CAMP SOUTHERN GROUND INC: $2k → 6%TABLE TENNIS CONNECTIONS: $1k → 11%AKICHITA YOUTH ATHLETIC ACADEMY INC: $10k → 33%ONE VOICE: $500 → 14%THE ORGANIZATION FOR SOCIAL MEDIA SAFETY: $500 → 14%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

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How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

7%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$26k · 5 repeat orgs$335k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +8% since the first grant, against -4% for those funded once.

5 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2024, 2 since wound down; 9 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

5
19

Total granted

$26k
$291k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+8%
-4%

Still filing today

100%
79%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 20% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $45k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesArts & CulturePhilanthropyEnvironmentCrime & LegalInternationalOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • TC
    THE CONSCIOUS ALLIANCE
    2× · 2023–2024 · $11k · revenue +78%
  • CS
    CAMP SOUTHERN GROUND INC
    2× · 2020–2023 · $3k · revenue +8%
  • DM
    DANIEL'S MUSIC FOUNDATION
    2× · 2023–2024 · $2k · revenue +28%

Funded once

  • MF
    MUSICARES FOUNDATION INC
    one grant, 2020 · $130k · revenue -11%
  • SHARE OUR STRENGTH
    one grant, 2020 · $50k · revenue -44%
  • BA
    BEL AIR PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
    one grant, 2023 · $50k
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.

04Its field

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.

1
Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Foundation

To engage and catalyze global seafood supply chains in rebuilding depleted fish stocks and reducing the environmental impacts of fishing and fish farming.

Animals
2
Soundexchange Inc

Soundexchange is the premier music tech organization on a mission to power the (see schedule o)

Community Improvement
3
The Sergio Franchi Music Foundation
Arts & Culture
4
Artists and Musicians in Recovery
Education
5
Global Voice
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6
Miami Music Project Inc

Miami music project uses music as an instrument for social transformation, empowering children to acquire values and achieve their full potential, positively affecting their society through the study and performance of music. our vision is…

Arts & Culture
7
Reverb Inc

Deeply rooted within the music and environmental communities, reverb educates and engages musicians and their fans to take action toward a more sustainable future.

Environment
8
Found Sound Nation Inc

Found sound nation (fsn) is a collective of artists who use the collaborative power of music to connect people across political, cultural and economic divides. we've found that engaging in music creation is an important way for creative…

Arts & Culture
9
Artists for a Better World International
Arts & Culture
10
We Are Family Foundation

The we are family foundation celebrates the vision of a global family by creating and supporting programs that inspire and educate people about mutual respect, understanding and appreciation of cultural diversity.

Civil Rights
11
The Sanga Initiative
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12
The Poptech Institute

Poptech's mission is to accelerate the positive impact of world-changing people, projects and ideas. founded in 1996 by bob metcalfe (inventor, ethernet) and john sculley (apple, pepsi), poptech originally provided a forum to critically…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Musicares Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is Nashville Book Connection. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

28 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. 28 of the 33 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
28/28
Grantees still filing
11/28
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

MUSICARES FOUNDATION INC: $130,000 · Arts & CultureMUSICARES FOUNDATION INCDO IT FOR THE LOVE: $7,000 · Arts & CultureSundance Institute: $5,250 · Arts & Culture+2 more: $3,000 · Arts & CultureSHARE OUR STRENGTH: $50,480 · OtherSHARE OUR STRENGTHBEL AIR PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH: $50,000 · OtherBEL AIR PRESBYTERIAN CHURCHONE DROP FOUNDATION: $25,000 · OtherONE DROP FOUNDATIONIndividual grant recipient: $10,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientSAVE THE MUSIC FOUNDATION: $5,000 · Other+7 more: $9,200 · Other+7 moreAkichita Youth Athletic Academy Inc: $10,000 · Human ServicesCAMP SOUTHERN GROUND INC: $2,500 · Human ServicesMICHAEL-ANN RUSSELL JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $2,000 · Human ServicesNEUROPONG: $1,000 · Human Services+2 more: $1,000 · Human ServicesAMERICAN FRIENDS OF LEKET ISRAEL INC: $5,104 · PhilanthropyUNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INC: $5,000 · PhilanthropyINDIGENOUS MEDICINE CONSERVATION FUND: $4,000 · PhilanthropyMUSIC SUSTAINABILITY ALLIANCE: $10,000 · EnvironmentOCEANA INC: $2,500 · EnvironmentSOUND FUTURE FOUNDATION: $1,250 · EnvironmentTHE CONSCIOUS ALLIANCE: $11,000 · Food & NutritionLAST PRISONER PROJECT: $6,848 · Crime & LegalSANDY HOOK PROMISE FOUNDATION: $2,500 · Crime & LegalSOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC: $1,250 · Crime & Legal
Arts & Culture$145,250Other$149,680Human Services$16,500Philanthropy$14,104Environment$13,750Food & Nutrition$11,000Crime & Legal$10,598

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetMUSICARES FOUNDATION INC: $130,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetSHARE OUR STRENGTH: $50,480 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CONSCIOUS ALLIANCE: $11,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMUSIC SUSTAINABILITY ALLIANCE: $10,000 over 1y, 5.6% of budgetAkichita Youth Athletic Academy Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetDO IT FOR THE LOVE: $7,000 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetLAST PRISONER PROJECT: $6,848 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetSundance Institute: $5,250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF LEKET ISRAEL INC: $5,104 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSAVE THE MUSIC FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetINDIGENOUS MEDICINE CONSERVATION FUND: $4,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMETA FOUNDATION: $3,200 over 3y, 1.4% of budgetOCEANA INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCAMP SOUTHERN GROUND INC: $2,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSANDY HOOK PROMISE FOUNDATION: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMICHAEL-ANN RUSSELL JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDANIEL'S MUSIC FOUNDATION: $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC: $1,250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSOUND FUTURE FOUNDATION: $1,250 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetBUMI SEHAT FOUNDATION INTERNATIONAL INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEMPOWERMENT COLLECTIVE: $1,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetBACKLINE CARE INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetORGANIZATION FOR SOCIAL MEDIA SAFETY: $500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetOne Voice: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
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.

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.

Reverb IncNational Philanthropi…Paypal Charitable Giv…Morgan Stanley Global…Vanguard Charitable E…Network for GoodDonor Advised Charita…The Bank of America C…Fidelity Investments …American Online Givin…Amazonsmile Foundation
Reverb IncME13.6× affinity4 shared granteesties to 10 of 10Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Reverb Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Network for Good · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Activist Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Activist Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Sandy Hook Promise Foundation: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–10%
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 33 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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