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American Postal Workers Union Afl-Cio

Apwu is responsible for the negotiation and implementation of a collective bargaining contract with the usps on behalf of the members of the union and employees in the bargaining unit.

$153k
Granted FY2024still arriving
11
Grants FY2024still arriving
4
States reached
$15k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0190% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2024.

Public Benefit$87kCivil Rights$83kEmployment$59kSocial Science$40kMembership Benefit$31kPublic Safety & Disaster$26kEducation$23kOther$0
02FY2024 · 11 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 11 grants below total $113,725, the rows itemized in this filing. The $153,330 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $39,605 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k3 grants · $20k
  • $10k–50k8 grants · $94k
$10,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$181M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
WORKING FAMILIES ORGANIZATION INC$15,000
NCBCP$15,000
A PHILIP RANDOLPH INST$12,600
CONGRESSIONAL BLACK CAUCUS$11,000
NATIONAL VOTE AT HOME INSTITUTE$10,000
ECONOMIC POLICY INSTITUTE$10,000
YES FOR FREEDOM TO VOTE BY MAIL$10,000
NATIONAL ACTION NETWORK$10,000
Individual grant recipient$8,950
CBTU$5,675
A PHILIP RANDOLPH MIAMI-DADE CHAPTER$5,500
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:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY21–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 13%. 78% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 13%MAUI AREA LOCAL: $25k → 9%NATIONAL ACTION NETWORK: $10k → 17%WORKING FAMILIES ORGANIZATION INC: $15k → 20%ECONOMIC POLICY INSTITUTE: $10k → 14%A PHILIP RANDOLPH MIAMI-DADE CHAPTER: $6k → 15%UMWA STRIKE AID FUND: $26k → 7%KPWU DISASTER RELIEF FUND: $26k → 16%ECONOMIC POLICY INSTITUTE: $10k → 14%NATIONAL VOTE AT HOME INSTITUTE: $10k → 7%ECONOMIC POLICY INSTITUTE: $10k → 14%NATIONAL VOTE AT HOME INSTITUTE: $10k → 7%ECONOMIC POLICY INSTITUTE: $10k → 14%PROGRESSIVE CONGRESSIONAL CAUCUS CENTER: $10k → 14%AMERICANS FOR FINANCIAL REFORM: $20k → 14%NCBCP: $15k → 14%A PHILIP RANDOLPH INST: $13k → 14%NAACP (SEPARATE CHECKS): $12k → 14%UNION NETWORK INTERNATIONAL: $10k → 14%CONGRESSIONAL BLACK CAUCUS: $11k → 14%UNION COMMUNITY: $10k → 14%NCBCP: $10k → 14%A PHILIP RANDOLPH INST: $7k → 14%NCBCP: $10k → 14%DEBS-JONES-DOUGLASS INSTITUTE: $23k → 14%A PHILIP RANDOLPH INST: $7k → 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.
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.

57%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$213k · 6 repeat orgs$164k to everyone else

6 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2024, 1 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

6
6

Total granted

$213k
$103k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+23%
+26%

Still filing today

100%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 47% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $60k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23’24
Public BenefitCivil RightsSocial ScienceEducationOther
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

  • UM
    UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA
    4× · 2022–2025 · $46k · revenue +11%
  • EP
    ECONOMIC POLICY INSTITUTE
    4× · 2021–2024 · $40k · revenue +6%
  • NC
    National Coalition on Black Civic Partic
    4× · 2022–2025 · $35k · revenue +0%

Funded once

  • KD
    KPWU DISASTER RELIEF FUND
    one grant, 2022 · $26k
  • AP
    AMERICAN POSTAL WORKERS UNION
    one grant, 2023 · $25k · 36% of their budget
  • DI
    DEBS-JONES-DOUGLASS INSTITUTE INCgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $23k · revenue +88%
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
Afl-Cio Union Lawyers Alliance

Afl-cio union lawyers alliance was established to better the conditions of working men and women and their families by enhancing the quality of legal representation that is available to the afl-cio and the national and international unions…

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2
Philadelphia Area Jobs With Justice

Building support for the rights of working people through coalitions of labor and community and through public education.

Employment
3
Jobs with Justice San Francisco

A long-term, strategic alliance of labor, community, faith-based, and student organizations working together to build greater economic power for workers and community members through employee rights at work and access to good jobs,…

Employment
4
Jobs With Justice Education Fund

The organization serves as a coalition of labor organizations, community groups, faith-based organizations, and student groups dedicated to protecting the rights of working people. To this end, the corporation shall engage in organizing…

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5
Cincinnati Afl-Cio Labor Council

The mission of the afl-cio is to improve the lives of working families, to bring economic justice to the workplace and social justice to our nation.

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6
American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations

The organization is a federation of labor unions. its mission is to improve the lives of working families - to bring economic justice to the workplace and social justice to our nation.

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7
United States Federation for Worker Cooperation

To build a thriving ecosystem for worker-owned and controlled businesses - and their cooperative leaders - to power movements for racial justice and economic democracy.

Employment
8
American Workers for Progress

American workers for progress works to ensure that leaders at every level are focused on reducing barriers to job growth and addressing economic challenges to guarantee a better future for all americans.

—
9
International Union of Operating Engineers Local 825ABCDRRH

The work of the union, as the representative of its members, is to provide for the continuous employment of labor, to bring about stable conditions in the industry, and to establish necessary procedures for resolutions of disputes between…

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10
United Steel Paper and Forestry Rubber Manufacturing Energy Allied

Work together to improve jobs, build a better future, promote fairness, justice and equality in the workplace and in society.

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11
International Union of Police Associations Afl-Cio

Labor union of law enforcement officers

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12
National Institute for Workers Rights

The national institute for workers' rights (the institute) mission is to advance workers' rights through research, thought leadership, and education for policymakers, advocates, and the public. the institute will achieve its mission…

Employment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Naacp Empowerment Programs Inc; the most unlike its peers is American Postal Workers Union. 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

17 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. 17 of the 18 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
17/17
Grantees still filing
11/17
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA: $46,100 · OtherUNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICACOALITION OF BLACK TRADE UNIONISTS: $32,675 · OtherCOALITION OF BLACK TRADE UNIONISTSA PHILIP RANDOLPH INSTITUTE: $26,600 · OtherA PHILIP RANDOLPH INSTITUTEKPWU DISASTER RELIEF FUND: $25,500 · OtherKPWU DISASTER RELIEF FUNDAMERICAN POSTAL WORKERS UNION: $25,165 · OtherAMERICAN POSTAL WORKERS UNIONIndividual grant recipient: $10,000 · OtherYES FOR FREEDOM TO VOTE BY MAIL: $10,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $10,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $8,950 · Other+1 more: $5,500 · OtherNational Coalition on Black Civic Partic: $35,000 · Public BenefitNational Coalition on Blac…Americans for Financial Reform Education Fund: $32,295 · Public BenefitAmericans for Financial Re…NATIONAL ACTION NETWORK INC: $10,000 · Public BenefitNATIONAL ACTION NETWORK IN…CONGRESSIONAL PROGRESSIVE CAUCUS CENTER: $10,000 · Public BenefitCONGRESSIONAL PROGRESSIVE …ECONOMIC POLICY INSTITUTE: $40,000 · Social ScienceECONOMIC POL…WORKING FAMILIES ORGANIZATION INC: $15,000 · Civil RightsCONGRESSIONAL BLACK CAUCUS FOUNDATION INC: $11,000 · Civil RightsDEBS-JONES-DOUGLASS INSTITUTE INC: $22,500 · Education
Other$200,490Public Benefit$87,295Social Science$40,000Civil Rights$26,000Education$22,500

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetUNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA: $46,100 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetECONOMIC POLICY INSTITUTE: $40,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetNational Coalition on Black Civic Partic: $35,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetCOALITION OF BLACK TRADE UNIONISTS: $32,675 over 5y, 1.6% of budgetAmericans for Financial Reform Education Fund: $32,295 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetA PHILIP RANDOLPH INSTITUTE: $26,600 over 3y, 1.9% of budgetAMERICAN POSTAL WORKERS UNION: $25,165 over 1y, 36% of budgetDEBS-JONES-DOUGLASS INSTITUTE INC: $22,500 over 1y, 5.2% of budgetWORKING FAMILIES ORGANIZATION INC: $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCONGRESSIONAL BLACK CAUCUS FOUNDATION INC: $11,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL ACTION NETWORK INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCONGRESSIONAL PROGRESSIVE CAUCUS CENTER: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% 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.

Communications Worker…United Food and Comme…United Steel Paper an…Tides FoundationAmerican Federation o…The Ford FoundationInternational Brother…Amalgamated Charitabl…New Venture FundVanguard Charitable E…Fidelity Investments …
Communications Workers of America Afl-Cio ClcDC19.9× affinity7 shared granteesties to 10 of 10Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Communications Workers of America Afl-Cio Clc · United Food and Commercial Workers International Union · United Steel Paper and Forestry Rubber Manufacturing Energy Allied · Tides Foundation · American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations · The Ford Foundation · International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers · Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc · New Venture Fund · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift 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 American Postal Workers Union Afl-Cio funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from American Postal Workers Union Afl-Cio. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24
no gov · 00%3%10%23%40%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
    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.

    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 18 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.

    Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record and reports $198k of grant expense, but none of it to a named recipient. On a Form 990 that can mean grants abroad, filed by region only (Schedule F), grants under $5,000, which are not itemized, or a schedule referenced as an attachment the e-file does not carry. The figures above are therefore from FY2024, the most recent year this funder named its grantees.

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