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American Advancement

Promote public policies aimed at removing barriers to economic growth and advancing economic opportunity for the American people.

$3.6M
Granted FY2024still arriving
10
Grants FY2024still arriving
6
States reached
$1.0M
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$15MCivil Rights$4.5MCommunity Improvement$2.3MEnvironment$750kPublic Safety & Disaster$675kEmployment$275kHuman Services$271kEducation$100k
02FY2024 · 10 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • $10k–50k1 grant · $25k
  • $50k–250k5 grants · $511k
  • $250k+4 grants · $3.0M
$150,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$66k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Keystone Renewal PAC$1,000,000
Win it Back PAC$950,000
Affordable Energy Fund PAC$750,000
American Jobs and Growth$300,000
Safe Streets Safe Comm$150,000
Conservative Family Alliance$140,000
Teachers First LLC$100,000
Families for a Strong St Joe$70,500
Defend US PAC$50,000
A Public Voice$25,000
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 (FY21–22, $200k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%American Action Network Inc: $100k → 14%American Action Network Inc: $100k → 14%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

NV
OH
PA
MO
VA
DE
DC
LA
GA
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.

39%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$9.4M · 7 repeat orgs$14M to everyone else

7 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2024, 4 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

7
24

Total granted

$9.4M
$11M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+42%
+52%

Still filing today

57%
25%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 6% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3.3M 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
Public BenefitCommunity ImprovementHuman 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

  • AE
    American Exceptionalism Institute
    3× · 2020–2023 · $6.3M · revenue -89% · 47% of their budget
  • DU
    Defend US PAC
    2× · 2022–2024 · $1.6M
  • SS
    Safe Streets Safe Communities
    2× · 2022–2024 · $650k · revenue -89%

Funded once

  • PA
    Prosperity Alliance Inc
    one grant, 2022 · $2.1M · revenue -49% · 61% of their budget
  • AP
    American Policy Coalition
    one grant, 2022 · $2.1M · revenue -45% · 32% of their budget
  • AF
    Americans for Secure Elect
    one grant, 2022 · $1.4M
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.

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American Jobs and Security

American Jobs and Security was formed to promote the idea of peace and prosperity through strong security policies.

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2
American Advancement

Promote public policies aimed at removing barriers to economic growth and advancing economic opportunity for the American people.

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3
Government Integrity Fund

To Conduct research and educate the public about various policy issues across the United States.

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4
Independence and Freedom Network

Independence and Freedom Network was founded to promote solutions to pressing public policy problems related to individual liberty and the expansion of personal freedom.

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5
Economic Future Fund

Economic Future Fund aims to build a stronger, more vibrant economy for the American people through innovative public policies and free market solutions.

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6
United for Clean Power

United for Clean Power is focused on public policies that build a 21st century energy future.

Environment
7
American Prosperity Alliance

American Prosperity Alliances mission is to advocate for legislative and regulatory policies that advance economic prosperity in America.

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8
Citizens for a Working America Inc

To promote sound economic policy: 1 By engaging in citizen led initiative and referendum efforts, 2 By participating in the public policy arena, and 3 By providing educational services to the general public.

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9
Jobs and Progress Fund Inc

To promote the common good and general welfare through education and legislative participation on public matters that significantly impact the economy, job growth and retention, employment and that are designed to promote fiscal…

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10
21st Century Policy Institute

21st Century Policy Institute engages in public policy advocacy including advocacy to sustain a dialog around the critical importance of Americas economic and military strength and the related implications both domestically and abroad.

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11
American Voice

American Voice's mission is to create a more prosperous, fair and free

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12
Minnesota Action Network Inc

To create, encourage, and promote center right policies based on the principles of freedom, limited government, American exceptionalism, and strong policies in the state of MN, and to engage in any lawful act or activity for which…

Public Benefit
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is American Policy Coalition; the most unlike its peers is One Nation. 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

11 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. 11 of the 38 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)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
11/11
Grantees still filing
5/11
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Defend US PAC: $1,600,000 · OtherDefend US PACAmericans for Secure Elect: $1,417,500 · OtherAmericans for Secure ElectReboot Louisiana: $1,250,000 · OtherReboot LouisianaKeystone Renewal PAC: $1,000,000 · OtherKeystone Renewal PACWin it Back PAC: $950,000 · OtherWin it Back PACAffordable Energy Fund PAC: $750,000 · OtherAffordable Energy Fund PACSafe Streets Safe Communities: $650,000 · OtherBetter Nevada PAC: $550,000 · OtherSecurity is Strength LLC: $525,000 · OtherConservatives for our Future: $500,000 · Other+20 more: $3,326,032 · Other+20 moreAmerican Exceptionalism Institute: $6,250,000 · Community ImprovementAmerican Exceptionalism Instit…+1 more: $100,000 · Community ImprovementProsperity Alliance Inc: $2,150,000 · Public BenefitProsperity Alliance In…American Policy Coalition: $2,100,000 · Public BenefitAmerican Policy Coalit…ONE NATION: $250,000 · Public BenefitA PUBLIC VOICE INC: $200,740 · Public Benefit+1 more: $129,000 · Public BenefitAmerican Action Network Inc: $200,000 · Human Services
Other$12,518,532Community Improvement$6,350,000Public Benefit$4,829,740Human Services$200,000

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 budgetAmerican Exceptionalism Institute: $6,250,000 over 3y, 47% of budgetProsperity Alliance Inc: $2,150,000 over 1y, 61% of budgetAmerican Policy Coalition: $2,100,000 over 1y, 32% of budgetSafe Streets Safe Communities: $650,000 over 2y, 10% of budgetDefend US Inc: $333,237 over 1y, 40% of budgetAmerican Jobs and Growth Fund: $300,000 over 1y, 3.0% of budgetONE NATION: $250,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetA PUBLIC VOICE INC: $200,740 over 3y, 3.4% of budgetAmerican Action Network Inc: $200,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetSTATE SOLUTIONS INC: $129,000 over 1y, 3.5% of budgetThe Revitalization Project: $100,000 over 1y, 18% 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.

  • Who funds American Exceptionalism Institute ↗
  • Who funds Prosperity Alliance Inc ↗
  • Who funds American Policy Coalition ↗
  • Who funds Safe Streets Safe Communities ↗
  • Who funds Defend US Inc ↗
  • Who funds American Jobs and Growth Fund ↗
  • Who funds ONE NATION ↗
  • Who funds A PUBLIC VOICE INC ↗
  • Who funds American Action Network Inc ↗
  • Who funds STATE SOLUTIONS INC ↗
  • Who funds The Revitalization Project ↗

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.

Prosperity Alliance I…American Policy Coali…A Public Voice IncAmerican Exceptionali…American Jobs and Sec…American Jobs and Gro…Safe Streets Safe Com…The Revitalization Pr…Government Integrity …Citizens for a Workin…Defend US Inc55 Green Meadows
Prosperity Alliance IncVA36.9× affinity15 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Prosperity Alliance Inc · American Policy Coalition · A Public Voice Inc · American Exceptionalism Institute · American Jobs and Security · American Jobs and Growth Fund · Safe Streets Safe Communities · The Revitalization Project · Government Integrity Fund · Citizens for a Working America Inc · Defend US Inc · 55 Green Meadows

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24
no gov · 00%5%19%42%75%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
    0get 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.
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    How do I get to American Advancement?

    Find your warmest path to American Advancement 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 38 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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