Maryland · Public charity
Amalgamated Transit Union
The object of the international union shall be to organize local unions. To place our occupation on a higher plane of intelligence, efficiency and skill; encourage settlement of disputes between employees and employers; secure employment and adequate pay for our work. To engage in such legislative, political, educational, cultural,…
- $872k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 18
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 8
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 75%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $800k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $20,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $500,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 8
- FY2022 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 13
- Total assets, FY2025
- $249M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 75% of the organizations Amalgamated Transit Union funded were first-time grantees, receiving 74% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 26% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $146k 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 | 18 | $800k | 83% |
| FY2024 | 8 | $196k | 75% |
| FY2023 | 8 | $260k | 50% |
| FY2022 | 5 | $180k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2022 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Development Now for Chicago | $500,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Coalition to Protect Workers Rights | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Economic Policy Institute | $100,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Jobs to Move America | $75,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Coalition of Black Trade Unionists | $52,000 | 2 | 2% |
| No on 2117 Committee | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Amalgamated Transit Union | $46,479 | 1 | 0% |
| New Jersey State AFL-CIO COPE | $45,000 | 2 | 4% |
| Labor Council for Latin American Advancement | $32,500 | 1 | 5% |
| One Fair Wage Inc | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 19 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Development Now for Chicago | $500,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Coalition to Protect Workers Rights | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Economic Policy Institute | $100,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Jobs to Move America | $75,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Coalition of Black Trade Unionists | $52,000 | 2 | 2% |
| No on 2117 Committee | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Amalgamated Transit Union | $46,479 | 1 | 0% |
| New Jersey State AFL-CIO COPE | $45,000 | 2 | 4% |
| Labor Council for Latin American Advancement | $32,500 | 1 | 5% |
| One Fair Wage Inc | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Cadet Air Corps Museum | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Connect Maricopa | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| A Philip Randolph Institute | $20,000 | 1 | 3% |
| The Gwinnett Fund Inc | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Atu Jerry Fund Inc | $11,081 | 1 | n/a |
| Riders Alliance Fund Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Grow Smart Rhode Island | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| International Transportation Learning Center | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Community Labor United Inc | $6,000 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 11 recipients with no EIN on record ($280k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Amalgamated Transit Union supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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: Communications Workers of America Afl-Cio Clc · International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers · United Steel Paper and Forestry Rubber Manufacturing Energy Allied · Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc · United Food and Commercial Workers International Union · Tides Foundation · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
About Amalgamated Transit Union
- How much does Amalgamated Transit Union give?
- Amalgamated Transit Union reported 18 itemized grants totaling $800,015, out of $872,337 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 8 organizations a year over FY2022 to FY2024.
- What does Amalgamated Transit Union fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2022 to FY2025, its largest causes are Community Improvement (38%), Civil Rights (17%), Employment (12%).
- Who are Amalgamated Transit Union's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2022 to FY2025: Development Now for Chicago ($500k), Coalition to Protect Workers Rights ($100k), Economic Policy Institute ($100k).
- Does Amalgamated Transit Union fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 75% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Amalgamated Transit Union?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Communications Workers of America Afl-Cio Clc, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, United Steel Paper and Forestry Rubber Manufacturing Energy Allied.
- Where is Amalgamated Transit Union based?
- Amalgamated Transit Union is based in MD.
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