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Alliance for Youth Action

The ALLIANCE FOR YOUTH ACTION envisions a new era of locally-led democracy with inclusive processes and equitable outcomes, where lots of young people engage in democracy as voters, organizers, and leaders, making the world just, more sustainable, and more awesome.

$5.4M
Granted FY2024still arriving
24
Grants FY2024still arriving
13
States reached
$971k
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, FY2017 to 2024.

Public Benefit$11MCivil Rights$912k
02FY2024 · 24 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • $10k–50k4 grants · $90k
  • $50k–250k13 grants · $1.4M
  • $250k+7 grants · $3.9M
$125,000
Median grant
13
States reached
$1.4M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
NORTH CAROLINA ASIAN AMERICANS TOGETHER IN ACTION$971,000
LEADERS IGNITING TRANSFORMATION ACTION FUND$782,500
ONE ASIAN PACIFIC ISLAND AMERICANS NEVADA$669,710
PODER$512,710
FORWARD MONTANA$363,000
ENGAGE MIAMI$338,500
THE VOTER PARTICIPATION CENTER$250,000
GEORGIA YOUTH JUSTICE COALITION FOR ACTION INC$200,000
TIDES ADVOCACY$140,368
PAC FOR GEORGIA'S YOUTH$126,000
PODEROSX$126,000
NEW ERA COLORADO ACTION FUND$125,000
FLORIDIANS PROTECTING FREEDOMS INC$125,000
OHIO ORGANIZING CAMPAIGN$100,000
MONTANANS SECURING REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS$100,000
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 (FY20–24, $1.3M) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 1% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%NORTH CAROLINA ASIAN AMERICANS TOGETHER IN ACTION: $971k → 8%NORTH CAROLINA ASIAN AMERICANS TOGETHER IN ACTION: $187k → 8%NORTH CAROLINA ASIAN AMERICANS TOGETHER IN ACTION: $107k → 8%OHIO ORGANIZING CAMPAIGN: $12k → 15%NORTH CAROLINA ASIAN AMERICANS TOGETHER IN ACTION: $6k → 8%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

NH
WA
MT
MN
IL
WI
MA
OR
NV
OH
CA
UT
CO
VA
AZ
KS
NC
DC
MS
GA
TX
FL
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.

89%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$11M · 20 repeat orgs$1.3M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +267% since the first grant, against +35% for those funded once.

20 repeat relationships: 12 still active in FY2024, 8 since wound down; 12 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

20
8

Total granted

$11M
$134k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+267%
+35%

Still filing today

100%
88%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 78% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.2M went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Civil RightsPublic BenefitHuman ServicesInternationalCommunity ImprovementOther
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

  • LI
    LEADERS IGNITING TRANSFORMATION ACTION FUND INC
    6× · 2017–2024 · $1.5M · revenue +422%
  • NI
    NCAAT IN ACTION
    5× · 2020–2024 · $1.3M · revenue +213%
  • EM
    ENGAGE MIAMI INC
    5× · 2019–2024 · $1.0M · revenue +267% · 44% of their budget

Funded once

  • NH
    NEW HAMPSHIRE YOUTH MOVEMENT PROJECTgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $72k · revenue +118%
  • WP
    Washington Progress Alliance
    one grant, 2023 · $18k · revenue -9%
  • SU
    Stand Up for Ohio
    one grant, 2018 · $15k
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
America Votes

The Organization was established to coordinate and promote progressive issues, policies, initiatives, and referenda, and to pursue electoral reform that expands access to the ballot.

Community Improvement
2
Youth Activism Project

The Youth Activism Project teaches teens movement-building skills to make policy impact at all levels of government. We envision a world in which youth activism is the norm, not the exception. We know that even though many young people are…

Youth Development
3
Nextgen Climate Action

Nextgen america empowers young people to engage in the democratic process through voter registration and civic engagement on issues of public policy. this is achieved through innovative digital outreach, communications, and grassroots…

Unclassified
4
Colorado People's Action

Colorado people's action (cpa) is a member-driven, racial justice organization dedicated to winning long-lasting progressive public policies in colorado. cpa builds power by mobilizing voters, electing our own people to office, holding…

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5
Chicago Votes

Chicago Votes is a non-partisan, non-profit organization building a more inclusive democracy by putting power in the hands of young Chicagoans. We're engaging and developing a new generation of leaders by opening the doors of government,…

Civil Rights
6
Bold Impact

Bold Impact is a national nonprofit dedicated to supporting a democracy where all communities get to thrive.

Arts & Culture
7
People's Independent Commission

Supports Measure to Remove Lawmakers Power to Set Their Own Pay

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8
Transparent Elections for Grassroots Engagement 1

Support state initative petition

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9
Citizens Project

Citizens Project is a fearless, bold advocate and an engaging voice that empowers and challenges our entire community to embrace equity, inclusion and justice.

Human Services
10
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
11
Minnesota Voice

Minnesota Voice is a collaboration of organizations working toward permanent change in social, racial, and economic justice by increasing civic engagement and voter participation across the state.

Public Benefit
12
Progress Arizona

Progress arizona is an arizona nonprofit corporation located in phoenix, arizona. progress arizona is an organization founded in 2018 to educate the public about key policy issues using digital organizing and communications.

Civil Rights
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Leaders Igniting Transformation Action Fund Inc; the most unlike its peers is Citizen Action of Wisconsin 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

37 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. 37 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)
15
Early backer (in before they grew)
37/37
Grantees still filing
21/37
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

LEADERS IGNITING TRANSFORMATION ACTION FUND INC: $1,541,250 · OtherLEADERS IGNITING TRANSFORMATION ACTION FUND INCENGAGE MIAMI INC: $1,008,365 · OtherENGAGE MIAMI INCMOVE TEXAS ACTION FUND: $680,640 · OtherMOVE TEXAS ACTION FUNDTIDES ADVOCACY: $500,368 · OtherTIDES ADVOCACYChicago Votes Action Fund: $303,090 · OtherChicago Votes Action FundLoud Light Civic Action Inc: $280,490 · OtherGeorgia Youth Justice Coalition for Action Inc: $200,000 · Other+13 more: $962,750 · Other+13 morePODER: $999,710 · Civil RightsPODERFORWARD MT: $792,197 · Civil RightsFORWARD MTTHE OHIO ORGANIZING CAMPAIGN: $542,890 · Civil RightsTHE OHIO ORGANIZING CAMPAIGNTHE VOTER PARTICIPATION CENTER: $250,000 · Civil RightsTHE VOTER PARTICIPATION CENTERThe Washington Bus: $234,435 · Civil RightsThe Washington BusMINNESOTA YOUTH COLLECTIVE: $208,960 · Civil RightsMINNESOTA YOUTH COLLECTIVENEW PROGRESSIVE NETWORK: $165,585 · Civil RightsMISSISSIPPI VOTES ACTION FUND CORPORATION: $143,335 · Civil Rights+6 more: $245,938 · Civil Rights+6 moreNCAAT IN ACTION: $1,283,500 · Human ServicesNCAAT IN ACT…ONE APIA NEVADA: $881,210 · InternationalNew Era Colorado Action Fund: $592,577 · Public BenefitGOOD NEIGHBOR FUND: $25,000 · Public Benefit+1 more: $5,000 · Public BenefitWashington Progress Alliance: $18,440 · Community ImprovementTIDES FOUNDATION: $15,000 · Philanthropy
Other$5,476,953Civil Rights$3,583,050Human Services$1,283,500International$881,210Public Benefit$622,577Community Improvement$18,440Philanthropy$15,000

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 budgetLEADERS IGNITING TRANSFORMATION ACTION FUND INC: $1,541,250 over 6y, 23% of budgetNCAAT IN ACTION: $1,283,500 over 5y, 19% of budgetENGAGE MIAMI INC: $1,008,365 over 5y, 44% of budgetPODER: $999,710 over 4y, 48% of budgetONE APIA NEVADA: $881,210 over 4y, 17% of budgetFORWARD MT: $792,197 over 7y, 19% of budgetMOVE TEXAS ACTION FUND: $680,640 over 4y, 13% of budgetNew Era Colorado Action Fund: $592,577 over 7y, 27% of budgetTHE OHIO ORGANIZING CAMPAIGN: $542,890 over 5y, 17% of budgetTIDES ADVOCACY: $500,368 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetChicago Votes Action Fund: $303,090 over 5y, 38% of budgetLoud Light Civic Action Inc: $280,490 over 4y, 60% of budgetTHE VOTER PARTICIPATION CENTER: $250,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetThe Washington Bus: $234,435 over 4y, 57% of budgetMINNESOTA YOUTH COLLECTIVE: $208,960 over 5y, 18% of budgetFLORIDIANS PROTECTING FREEDOM: $175,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetNEW PROGRESSIVE NETWORK: $165,585 over 5y, 44% of budgetMISSISSIPPI VOTES ACTION FUND CORPORATION: $143,335 over 3y, 33% of budgetNEW VIRGINIA MAJORITY: $105,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetMONTANANS SECURING REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS: $100,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetALL HANDS ON DECK NETWORK INC: $99,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetPOWER TO THE POLLS INC: $75,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetCOLORADANS FOR PROTECTING REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM: $75,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetNEVADANS FOR REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM: $75,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetNEW HAMPSHIRE YOUTH MOVEMENT PROJECT: $72,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetCOLORADO DEMOCRACY ALLIANCE: $30,000 over 2y, 4.5% of budgetBetter Utah Institute: $25,000 over 1y, 3.4% of budgetFLORIDA ADVANCEMENT PROJECT INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetWashington Progress Alliance: $18,440 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetTIDES FOUNDATION: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCITIZEN ACTION OF WISCONSIN INC: $7,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetFLORIDA RISING INC: $5,938 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetBALLOT INITIATIVE STRATEGY CENTER INC: $5,250 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGS ACTION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 3.4% 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.

All Hands on Deck Net…Sixteen Thirty FundTides AdvocacyOpen Society Action F…Way to Win Action Fun…Tides FoundationWomen Donors Network …New Venture FundAmerica VotesAlliance for Youth Or…Clean and Prosperous …Pro-Democracy Campaign
All Hands on Deck Network IncMA50× affinity22 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: All Hands on Deck Network Inc · Sixteen Thirty Fund · Tides Advocacy · Open Society Action Fund Inc · Way to Win Action Fund Inc · Tides Foundation · Women Donors Network Action · New Venture Fund · America Votes · Alliance for Youth Organizing · Clean and Prosperous America · Pro-Democracy Campaign

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24
no gov · 50%4%15%34%60%funder's share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    5get no government money at all
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–5%
    typical government reliance, FY20–24
    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 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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