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American Future Republic at a glance

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American Future Republic

The mission of the organization is to build and support networks of activists to bring about social change and advances in issues of public policy.

$1.3M
Granted FY2022
7
Grants FY2022
3
States reached
$500k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its fieldRead
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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 2022.

Public Benefit$12MCrime & Legal$7.0MCivil Rights$2.3MArts & Culture$750kHuman Services$300k
02FY2022 · 7 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2022

  • $10k–50k3 grants · $101k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $429k
  • $250k+2 grants · $750k
$200,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$8.4M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
IPI ACTION FUND INC$500,000
VOTEAMERICA INC$250,000
RAPID RESIST ACTION$228,828
RAPID RESIST ACTION$200,000
MORE PERFECT UNION ACTION$45,000
RAPID RESIST ACTION$32,000
RAPID RESIST ACTION$24,000
02The need
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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 (FY20–20, $300k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, 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%AMERICA IS BETTER: $300k → 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

IL
WI
NY
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WY
CA
AZ
NC
DC
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 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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Defend the Vote Action Fund

To sustain and support the prioritization of comprehensive voting rights and democracy reform legislation at all levels of government.

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2
Verified Voting Foundation

Strengthen democracy for all voters by promoting the responsible use of technology in all elections.

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3
Democracy Works Inc

The organization's mission is to leverage web-technologies to improve civic engagement and voter education.

Civil Rights
4
Register America

The organization is founded for social welfare purposes, including assisting with voter registration and advocating for policies which lead to increased voter registration in the united states.

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5
American Policy Ventures Foundation F/K/a American Policy Ventures Inc

American policy ventures foundation is dedicated to reducing polarization and fostering cross-partisan problem-solving on important issues.

Public Benefit
6
States United Action

States united action is a nonpartisan section 501(c)(4) nonprofit organization with a mission to protect our elections and our democracy. (continued on schedule o)states united action advances election protection, holds democracy violators…

Civil Rights
7
Issue One Action

Issue one action is uniting republicans, democrats, and independents to protect our elections and fix our political system. we are committed to free, fair, and secure elections and reducing the influence of well-financed special interests…

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8
National Partnership for Women & Families Action Fund

The action fund engages in legislative advocacy, voter education, grassroots organizing and other activities to promote fairness in the workplace, reproductive health and rights, access to quality, affordable health care and policies that…

Human Services
9
Foreign Policy for America

Foreign Policy For America is a nonpartisan advocacy organization founded to strengthen support for principled American engagement in the world.

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10
Upturn Inc

Upturn advances equity and justice in the design, governance, and use of technology.

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11
Democracy Forward

See schedule o.this organization seeks to build collective power to defend and advance a vibrant democracy that benefits all people.

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12
The National Foundation for American Policy Inc

The national foundation for american policy is a non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to public policy research on trade, immigration, and other issues of national importance. the organization seeks to expand the debate over the…

Public Benefit
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is New Venture Fund; the most unlike its peers is Grab Your Wallet Alliance. 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

23 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. 23 of the 26 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)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
21/23
Grantees still filing
8/23
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

KAPLAN HECKER & FINK LLP: $7,000,000 · OtherKAPLAN HECKER & FINK LLPWORKMONEY INC: $5,100,000 · OtherWORKMONEY INCStory Network Foundation: $1,175,000 · OtherStory Network FoundationDEFENDING DEMOCRACY TOGETHER: $1,000,000 · OtherDEFENDING DEMOCRACY TOGETHERTIDES ADVOCACY: $1,000,000 · OtherTIDES ADVOCACYFRAMESHIFT: $750,000 · Other+9 more: $2,660,000 · Other+9 morePizza to the Polls: $500,000 · Civil RightsRAPID RESIST ACTION: $484,828 · Civil RightsVOTEAMERICA: $250,000 · Civil RightsCare in Action Inc: $200,000 · Civil RightsGrab Your Wallet Alliance: $150,000 · Civil RightsFUTURE NOW ACTION: $500,000 · Public BenefitAB FOUNDATION: $500,000 · Public BenefitNORTH FUND: $325,000 · Public BenefitCENTER FOR AMERICAN PROGRESS ACTION FUND: $250,000 · Public BenefitNATIONAL IMMIGRATION FORUM ACTION FUND: $300,000 · Human ServicesNEW VENTURE FUND: $250,000 · Environment
Other$18,685,000Civil Rights$1,584,828Public Benefit$1,575,000Human Services$300,000Environment$250,000

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 budgetWORKMONEY INC: $5,100,000 over 1y, 25% of budgetStory Network Foundation: $1,175,000 over 1y, 16% of budgetDEFENDING DEMOCRACY TOGETHER: $1,000,000 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetTIDES ADVOCACY: $1,000,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetFUTURE NOW ACTION: $500,000 over 1y, 19% of budgetAB FOUNDATION: $500,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetPizza to the Polls: $500,000 over 1y, 5.5% of budgetIPI ACTION FUND INC: $500,000 over 1y, 34% of budgetPiedmont Rising Inc: $500,000 over 1y, 6.2% of budgetRAPID RESIST ACTION: $484,828 over 1y, 25% of budgetVOTO LATINO INC: $450,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetLATINO VICTORY PROJECT: $450,000 over 1y, 32% of budgetNORTH FUND: $325,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetNATIONAL IMMIGRATION FORUM ACTION FUND: $300,000 over 1y, 25% of budgetRURAL AMERICA FUND: $250,000 over 1y, 12% of budgetVOTEAMERICA: $250,000 over 1y, 6.6% of budgetCENTER FOR AMERICAN PROGRESS ACTION FUND: $250,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetNEW VENTURE FUND: $250,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCare in Action Inc: $200,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetGrab Your Wallet Alliance: $150,000 over 1y, 68% of budgetTIME'S UP NOW INC: $100,000 over 1y, 7.4% of budgetMORE PERFECT UNION ACTION: $45,000 over 1y, 3.2% 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 FundFuture Forward USA Ac…America VotesOpen Society Action F…Patriotic RepublicFund for a Better Fut…New Venture FundWay to Win Action Fun…Tides FoundationImpetus FundBrick by Brick Founda…Priorities USA
Sixteen Thirty FundDC33.4× affinity14 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Sixteen Thirty Fund · Future Forward USA Action · America Votes · Open Society Action Fund Inc · Patriotic Republic · Fund for a Better Future Inc · New Venture Fund · Way to Win Action Fund Inc · Tides Foundation · Impetus Fund · Brick by Brick Foundation · Priorities USA

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

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no gov · 10%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
    1get no government money at all
    1report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    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 Future Republic?

    Find your warmest path to American Future Republic 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 26 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 2022, released 2022. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

    Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record and reports no grant expense, so the figures above are from FY2022, the most recent year this funder made grants.

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