Washington, D.C. · Public charity
America Works USA
The organization was established to promote social welfare by advocating for public policies that will lead to fiscally responsible goverment, economic development, and job creation.
- $7.1M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 6
- Grants FY2025
- 8
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 63%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $500,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $5,435,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 19
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 5
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.3M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 63% of the organizations America Works USA funded were first-time grantees, receiving 23% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 77% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.0M 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 | 6 | $7.1M | 67% |
| FY2024 | 8 | $4.5M | 63% |
| FY2023 | 19 | $23M | 84% |
| FY2022 | 9 | $14M | 78% |
| FY2021 | 4 | $645k | 75% |
| FY2020 | 6 | $2.4M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 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, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic Governors Association | $20,395,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Kansas Values Institute | $16,671,000 | 3 | 28% |
| Priorities USA | $2,400,000 | 1 | 9% |
| America Votes | $2,350,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Blackpac | $1,770,000 | 1 | n/a |
| New Jersey United | $1,075,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Ab Foundation | $902,000 | 3 | 1% |
| CounterAct Fund | $500,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Wisconsin Opportunity Coalition Inc | $500,000 | 1 | 11% |
| People for the American Way | $500,000 | 1 | 5% |
Show all 41 grantees
Where it is load-bearing
America Works USA supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 4 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 27 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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: Sixteen Thirty Fund · America Votes · American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees · Hopewell Fund · Strategic Victory Fund · North Fund · Way to Win Action Fund Inc · Open Society Action Fund Inc · National Education Association of the United States · Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America · Tides Advocacy · State Democracy Action Fund
How this is measured
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About America Works USA
- How much does America Works USA give?
- America Works USA reported 6 grants totaling $7,125,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 19 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does America Works USA fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Public Benefit (51%), Community Improvement (33%), Civil Rights (14%).
- Who are America Works USA's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Democratic Governors Association ($20M), Kansas Values Institute ($17M), Priorities USA ($2.4M).
- Does America Works USA fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 63% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as America Works USA?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Sixteen Thirty Fund, America Votes, American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees.
- Where is America Works USA based?
- America Works USA is based in DC.
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