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· 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 FY2025still arriving
6
Grants FY2025still arriving
5
States reached
$5.4M
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 2025.

Public Benefit$26MCommunity Improvement$17MCivil Rights$7.2MHuman Services$744kEducation$146kEmployment$56kInternational$50k
02FY2025 · 6 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $10k–50k1 grant · $40k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $150k
  • $250k+3 grants · $6.9M
$500,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$1.3M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
DEMOCRATIC GOVERNORS ASSOCIATION$5,435,000
AMERICA VOTES$1,000,000
A BETTER WISCONSIN TOGETHER INC$500,000
NEW JERSEY LEADING TOGETHER$100,000
NORTH MAIN STREET FUND$50,000
OUR OREGON$40,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY25–25, $40k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%OUR OREGON: $40k → 12%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
WI
MI
NY
MA
OR
NV
PA
NJ
CA
CO
KY
NM
KS
NC
DC
MS
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.

78%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$40M · 4 repeat orgs$11M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +260% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

4 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2025, 2 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

4
33

Total granted

$40M
$11M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+260%
0%

Still filing today

75%
70%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 90% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $690k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
Civil RightsCommunity ImprovementEducationPublic BenefitInternationalHuman 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

  • KV
    KANSAS VALUES INSTITUTE
    3× · 2021–2023 · $17M · revenue +426% · 28% of their budget
  • AV
    America Votes
    3× · 2023–2025 · $2.4M · revenue +53%
  • AF
    AB FOUNDATION
    3× · 2022–2024 · $902k · revenue +260%

Funded once

  • PU
    PRIORITIES USA
    one grant, 2022 · $2.4M · revenue -3%
  • B
    BLACKPAC
    one grant, 2023 · $1.8M
  • NJ
    NEW JERSEY UNITED
    one grant, 2022 · $1.1M · revenue ×80
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
Majority Forward

The organization's mission is to advocate for progressive policies and engaging in nonpartisan voter registration.

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2
Transparent Elections for Grassroots Engagement 1

Support state initative petition

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3
Oklahoma Forward Inc

Oklahoma Forward works to identify what everyday Oklahomans care about, and help to give them a stronger voice in state government. By creating an environment where Oklahoma voters feel empowered, we can encourage a positive conversation…

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4
State Policy Institute

To promote pro-growth, progressive policy at the state level.

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5
Keystone Democracy

Keystone Democracy's goal is to ensure that all Pennsylvania elections are implemented in a safe, secure, convenient and fair manner. We work to advance pro-democracy policies by informing elected officials, civic leaders, the media, and…

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6
Fund for States

Fund for states is dedicated to building a democracy that works for every voter. we work with state and local election officials and community organizations to educate the public, combat disinformation, and restore trust in the electoral…

Public Benefit
7
Nebraska Votes

The organization's purpose is to ensure a fair and modern democracy in nebraska through research, education, and advocacy for policies and practices that promote participation in democracy.

Civil Rights
8
Organize for Justice

Organize for justice develops diverse campaign leadership by passing on innovations and relationships from one generation of organizers to the next. the organization strives to create public support on issues affecting working americans.

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9
Send the Vote Inc

Conduct digital, direct mail and other public communication campaigns to support voter registration and get-out-the-vote efforts.

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10
A Public Voice Inc

The organization's mission is to promote the common good and general welfare by supporting direct democracy efforts, which give the public a direct voice in the operation of state and local government through the approval or defeat of…

Public Benefit
11
Fair Democracy

Fair democracy works to ensure that the roots of american democracy are healthy with strong voting rights and access, an engaged and informed electorate, an open and accountable government and trusted messengers engaging americans in civil…

Civil Rights
12
Nebraskans for Better Governance

To promote election reform measures in the State of Nebraska.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is People for the American Way; the most unlike its peers is New Jersey United. 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

35 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. 35 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.

4
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
30/35
Grantees still filing
13/35
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

DEMOCRATIC GOVERNORS ASSOCIATION: $20,395,000 · OtherDEMOCRATIC GOVERNORS ASSOCIATIONBLACKPAC: $1,770,000 · OtherBLACKPACNEW JERSEY UNITED: $1,075,000 · Other+22 more: $3,889,750 · Other+22 moreKANSAS VALUES INSTITUTE: $16,671,000 · Community ImprovementKANSAS VALUES INSTITUTEAmerica Votes: $2,350,000 · Community ImprovementAmerica Votes+3 more: $600,000 · Community ImprovementPRIORITIES USA: $2,400,000 · Civil RightsWISCONSIN OPPORTUNITY COALITION INC: $500,000 · Civil RightsA BETTER WISCONSIN TOGETHER INC: $500,000 · Civil RightsMISSISSIPPI VOTES ACTION FUND CORPORATION: $180,000 · Civil Rights+3 more: $174,000 · Civil RightsAB FOUNDATION: $902,000 · Public BenefitFAIR FIGHT ACTION INC: $145,600 · EducationCENTER FOR INNOVATIVE POLICY: $50,000 · InternationalOUR OREGON: $40,000 · Human Services
Other$27,129,750Community Improvement$19,621,000Civil Rights$3,754,000Public Benefit$902,000Education$145,600International$50,000Human Services$40,000

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 budgetKANSAS VALUES INSTITUTE: $16,671,000 over 3y, 28% of budgetPRIORITIES USA: $2,400,000 over 1y, 8.8% of budgetAmerica Votes: $2,350,000 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetAB FOUNDATION: $902,000 over 3y, 1.2% of budgetCounterAct Fund: $500,000 over 1y, 3.6% of budgetWISCONSIN OPPORTUNITY COALITION INC: $500,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetPEOPLE FOR THE AMERICAN WAY: $500,000 over 1y, 5.3% of budgetA BETTER WISCONSIN TOGETHER INC: $500,000 over 1y, 4.8% of budgetMoving NC Forward: $405,000 over 1y, 45% of budgetNew Direction NJ: $325,000 over 1y, 6.0% of budgetNEVADA ALLIANCE: $250,000 over 1y, 6.8% of budgetMISSISSIPPI VOTES ACTION FUND CORPORATION: $180,000 over 1y, 20% of budgetFAIR FIGHT ACTION INC: $145,600 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD VOTES SOUTH ATLANTIC: $100,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetPENNSYLVANIA FORWARD: $100,000 over 1y, 34% of budgetFOR OUR FUTURE ACTION FUND: $56,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetCENTER FOR INNOVATIVE POLICY: $50,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetRoad to Michigan's Future: $50,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetNEW MEXICO FAMILIES FORWARD: $50,000 over 1y, 8.4% of budgetBOLDLY FORWARD COLORADO: $50,000 over 1y, 44% of budget2023 Governors Inaugural Fund: $25,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetPENNSYLVANIA 2024: $25,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetCOLORADO FOR ALL 2023: $25,000 over 1y, 5.0% of budgetEVERY ELIGIBLE AMERICAN: $24,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetWISCONSIN VALUES INC: $10,000 over 1y, 3.3% of budgetNEW MEXICO INAUGURAL: $10,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetMICHIGAN TRANSITION 2019: $10,000 over 1y, 1.2% 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.

Sixteen Thirty FundAmerica VotesAmerican Federation o…Hopewell FundStrategic Victory FundNorth FundWay to Win Action Fun…Open Society Action F…National Education As…Pharmaceutical Resear…Tides AdvocacyState Democracy Actio…
Sixteen Thirty FundDC40.6× affinity18 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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
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 America Works USA funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from America Works USA. Bigger dots raise more.

2023
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%6%25%56%100%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
    2get no government money at all
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–5%
    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.
    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to America Works USA?

    Find your warmest path to America Works USA 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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