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· Public charity

Alliance for a Just Society

To support community organizing efforts that promote the social welfare of poor and working families.

$663k
Granted FY2024still arriving
12
Grants FY2024still arriving
10
States reached
$134k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
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.

Public Benefit$374kArts & Culture$371kCommunity Improvement$262kHuman Services$113kCivil Rights$110kEmployment$100kEnvironment$80kSocial Science$55kOther$0
02FY2024 · 12 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 12 grants below total $618,482, the rows itemized in this filing. The $663,282 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $44,800 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2024

  • $10k–50k7 grants · $142k
  • $50k–250k5 grants · $476k
$44,750
Median grant
10
States reached
$13M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
NATIVE AMERICAN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE$134,200
MIGHTY FEW ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY$129,350
THE MOBILIZATION CENTER LLC$83,450
MENIKANAEHKEM$68,300
ARIZONA NATIVE VOTE$60,900
AMERICAN INDIAN YOUTH RUNNING STRONG$44,750
LELE ALOHA$24,432
RED HAWKS AMERICAN INDIAN EDUCATIONAL & CULTURE AWARENESS COUNCIL$17,850
PHOENIX INDIAN CENTER$17,850
HARNESS COMMUNITY$15,000
NATIVE MOVEMENT$11,200
FUSION PARTNERSHIP INC$11,200
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY21–24, $73k) land where the poverty rate runs at 7%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 25% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%PHOENIX INDIAN CENTER: $18k → 11%AMERICAN INDIAN YOUTH RUNNING STRONG: $45k → 6%Running Strong for American Indian Youth: $10k → 6%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

AK
WA
MT
MN
IL
WI
MI
NY
OR
NV
SD
PA
CA
UT
CO
VA
MD
AZ
NM
NC
HI
GA
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.

12%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$190k · 4 repeat orgs$1.4M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +43% since the first grant, against +1% for those funded once.

4 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2024, 2 since wound down; 10 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

4
26

Total granted

$190k
$805k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+43%
+1%

Still filing today

50%
81%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 9% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $563k 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
EnvironmentArts & CultureCommunity ImprovementCivil RightsPublic BenefitHuman ServicesOther
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

  • CF
    Consortium for Change DBA ChangeLab
    2× · 2020–2021 · $66k
  • AI
    AMERICAN INDIAN YOUTH RUNNING STRONG INC
    2× · 2021–2024 · $55k · revenue +43%
  • CP
    Coffee Pot Farm fiscal Alliance for Just Societ
    2× · 2020–2021 · $48k

Funded once

  • TM
    TRIBAL MINDS INC
    one grant, 2023 · $159k · 80% of their budget
  • PF
    POWERPAC FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2020 · $100k · revenue -68%
  • RO
    REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT BERKELEY
    one grant, 2020 · $100k
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
Native Peoples Action Inc

Native Peoples Action gives voice to our ancestral imperative to uplift our peoples and protect our ways of life by taking a stand, working together and mobilizing action. We do this through ensuring Alaska Natives are heard in all levels…

Civil Rights
2
Washington Indian Civil Rights Commission

Washington Indian Civil Rights Commission is led by and for Indigenous people, and envisions a just society in which we are treated with honor, fairness and respect. Our mission is to uphold our individual civil rights through education…

Human Services
3
Taproot Earth

Taproot Earth works with communities to support strategies around the use of water, energy and land.

Environment
4
Native Americans in Philanthropy

Native Americans in Philanthropy advocates, educates, convenes and innovates to dramatically increase philanthropic investments in Native communities and transform the philanthropic sector's relationship with Indigenous communities.

Civil Rights
5
Amazon Watch Inc

To protect the rainforest and advance the rights of Indigenous peoples in the Amazon Basin. We partner with Indigenous communities in campaigns for human rights, corporate accountability, and the preservation of the Amazon Basin's…

Environment
6
350PDX

Building a diverse grassroots movement to address the causes of climate disruption through justice-based solutions by inspiring, training and mobilizing people to act.

Environment
7
Right to Democracy Project

Advance democracy, equity, and self-determination in U.S. territories through participatory advocacy, narrative and cultural change, and ecosystem building.

Civil Rights
8
Ndn Collective Inc

Build the collective power of indigenous peoples, communities, and nations to exercise our inherent right to self-determination, while fostering a world that is built on a foundation of justice and equity for all people and mother earth.

Community Improvement
9
Sogorea Te Land Trust

Sogorea te' land trust is an urban indigenous women-led land trust based in the san francisco bay area that facilitates the return of indigenous land to indgenous people. through the practices of rematriation, cultural revitalization, and…

Environment
10
The Cultural ConservancySacred Land Foundation

We are a Native-led Indigenous rights organization. We are dedicated to our mission of protecting & revitalizing Indigenous cultures, empowering them in the direct application of their traditional knowledge & practices on their ancestral…

Arts & Culture
11
The Oakland Institute

The Oakland Institute, an independent policy think tank, works to support global struggles for Indigenous rights, human rights, and land rights and to promote public participation and fair debate on critical social, economic, and…

Food & Nutrition
12
Ndn Action Network Inc

To promote social welfare by developing and advocating legislation, regulations, and government programs to improve the environment, protect natural resources, and stimulate the economy in indigenous communities and conducting research and…

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Active Transportation Alliance; the most unlike its peers is Balsa Policy Institute Inc. 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

31 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 31 of the 41 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)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
31/31
Grantees still filing
14/31
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

MIGHTY FEW ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY: $129,350 · OtherMIGHTY FEW ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITYREGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT BERKELEY: $100,000 · OtherREGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT BERKE…THE MOBILIZATION CENTER LLC: $83,450 · OtherTHE MOBILIZATION CENTER LLCMENIKANAEHKEM INC: $68,300 · OtherMENIKANAEHKEM INCConsortium for Change DBA ChangeLab: $65,700 · OtherConsortium for Change DBA ChangeLabCoffee Pot Farm fiscal Alliance for Just Societ: $48,431 · OtherCoffee Pot Farm fiscal Alliance for Just SocietWILLAMETTE VALLEY LAW PROJECT DBA PCUN FOUNDATION: $30,000 · OtherLELE ALOHA: $24,432 · Other+10 more: $122,098 · Other+10 moreTRIBAL MINDS INC: $158,982 · Arts & CultureTRIBAL MINDS INCNative American Community Development Institute: $134,200 · Arts & CultureNative American Community…CREATIVE VISIONS FOUNDATION: $36,000 · Arts & CultureCREATIVE VISIONS FOUNDATI…RED HAWKS AMERICAN INDIAN EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURE: $17,850 · Arts & CulturePOWERPAC FOUNDATION: $100,000 · Civil RightsPOWERPAC FOUN…Arizona Native Vote: $60,900 · Civil RightsArizona Nativ…HARNESS COMMUNITY: $15,000 · Civil RightsHARNESS COMMU…SOUTHWEST ORGANIZING PROJECT: $10,000 · Civil RightsSOUTHWEST ORG…BALSA POLICY INSTITUTE INC: $90,000 · Public BenefitBALSA POL…LHAQ'TEMISH FOUNDATION: $30,000 · Public BenefitLHAQ'TEMI…Pittsburghers for Public Transit: $10,000 · Public BenefitPittsburg…Utah Dine Bikeyah: $36,000 · EnvironmentCENTER FOR NEIGHBORHOOD TECHNOLOGY: $20,000 · EnvironmentEastrail Partners: $11,500 · EnvironmentDINE CITIZENS AGAINST RUINING OUR ENVIRONMENT: $10,000 · EnvironmentHONOR THE EARTH: $10,000 · EnvironmentAMERICAN INDIAN YOUTH RUNNING STRONG INC: $54,750 · Human ServicesPHOENIX INDIAN CENTER INC: $17,850 · Human ServicesFAMILY FORWARD OREGON: $10,000 · Human ServicesFUSION PARTNERSHIP INC: $21,200 · Community ImprovementCOMMUNITY PARTNERS: $20,000 · Community ImprovementNATIVE MOVEMENT: $11,200 · Community ImprovementSustain Charlotte Inc: $10,000 · Community Improvement
Other$671,761Arts & Culture$347,032Civil Rights$185,900Public Benefit$130,000Environment$87,500Human Services$82,600Community Improvement$62,400

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTRIBAL MINDS INC: $158,982 over 1y, 80% of budgetNative American Community Development Institute: $134,200 over 1y, 7.3% of budgetPOWERPAC FOUNDATION: $100,000 over 1y, 3.0% of budgetArizona Native Vote: $60,900 over 1y, 3.8% of budgetAMERICAN INDIAN YOUTH RUNNING STRONG INC: $54,750 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetUtah Dine Bikeyah: $36,000 over 1y, 3.0% of budgetCREATIVE VISIONS FOUNDATION: $36,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetLHAQ'TEMISH FOUNDATION: $30,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetWILLAMETTE VALLEY LAW PROJECT DBA PCUN FOUNDATION: $30,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetLELE ALOHA: $24,432 over 1y, 4.1% of budgetFUSION PARTNERSHIP INC: $21,200 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetACTIVE TRANSPORTATION ALLIANCE: $20,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetCOMMUNITY PARTNERS: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCENTER FOR NEIGHBORHOOD TECHNOLOGY: $20,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetPHOENIX INDIAN CENTER INC: $17,850 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetRED HAWKS AMERICAN INDIAN EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURE: $17,850 over 1y, 42% of budgetHARNESS COMMUNITY: $15,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetDakota Rural Action: $15,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetEastrail Partners: $11,500 over 1y, 4.8% of budgetNATIVE MOVEMENT: $11,200 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDINE CITIZENS AGAINST RUINING OUR ENVIRONMENT: $10,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetBICYCLE COLORADO: $10,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetHONOR THE EARTH: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSustain Charlotte Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetSOUTHWEST ORGANIZING PROJECT: $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetBALTIMORE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFAMILY FORWARD OREGON: $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetPittsburghers for Public Transit: $10,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetBicycle Coalition Of Greater Philadelphia: $10,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetThomas Merton Center Inc: $8,000 over 1y, 1.6% 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.

United States Energy …First Nations Develop…Common Counsel Founda…Tides FoundationTransitcenter IncNdn Collective IncImpactassetsincThe Schmidt Family Fo…Amalgamated Charitabl…New Venture FundRsf Social Finance IncIlluminative Inc
United States Energy FoundationCA24.8× affinity10 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: United States Energy Foundation · First Nations Development Institute · Common Counsel Foundation · Tides Foundation · Transitcenter Inc · Ndn Collective Inc · Impactassetsinc · The Schmidt Family Foundation · Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc · New Venture Fund · Rsf Social Finance Inc · Illuminative Inc

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 Alliance for a Just Society funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Alliance for a Just Society. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%6%23%51%90%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →median 18%
  • Willamette Valley Law Project Dba Pcun Foundation: 18% of income from government
  • Fusion Partnership Inc: 3% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
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.
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How do I get to Alliance for a Just Society?

Find your warmest path to Alliance for a Just Society through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

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 41 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 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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More from the funding graph

The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
The DAF merry-go-round
$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home