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· Public charity

Black Voters Matter Fund Inc

Our goal is to increase power in our communities through effective voting.

$364k
Granted FY2024still arriving
10
Grants FY2024still arriving
8
States reached
$56k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0193% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.

Civil Rights$1.3MPublic Benefit$704kCommunity Improvement$295kEducation$195kArts & Culture$172kHuman Services$159kYouth Development$138kHealth$112kOther$0
02FY2024 · 10 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 10 grants below total $202,400, the rows itemized in this filing. The $363,685 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $161,285 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 $10k2 grants · $11k
  • $10k–50k7 grants · $135k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $56k
$20,000
Median grant
8
States reached
$4.5M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Commonwealth Alliance Voter Engagement$56,000
One Fair Wage Action Inc$30,000
Mississippi Votes$30,000
Action St Louis Power Project$25,000
The Working Families Party$20,000
Faith for Black Lives Action$10,000
Black Youth Vote Kalamazoo$10,000
Mothers of Hope$10,000
Ladder Strategies and Solutions$6,000
Crystal Mason The Fight$5,400
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 (FY18–24, $71k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%Mothers of Hope: $14k → 12%Ordinary People Society: $10k → 17%Aids Healthcare: $20k → 14%Mothers of Hope: $10k → 12%All Streets All People: $11k → 22%Mothers of Hope: $6k → 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

MN
WI
MI
NY
MA
OH
PA
CA
MO
KY
WV
VA
MD
AZ
AR
TN
NC
SC
DC
OK
LA
MS
AL
GA
TX
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.

27%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.1M · 27 repeat orgs$2.9M to everyone else

27 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2024, 24 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

27
178

Total granted

$1.1M
$2.7M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+11%
+65%

Still filing today

37%
22%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 27% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $147k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’20’21’22’23’24
Civil RightsCommunity ImprovementHuman ServicesPhilanthropyArts & CulturePublic Safety & DisasterOther
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

  • AS
    ACTION ST LOUIS POWER PROJECT
    2× · 2021–2024 · $120k · revenue +6%
  • WF
    WORKING FAMILIES ORGANIZATION INC
    2× · 2023–2024 · $95k · revenue +11%
  • MF
    Memphis for All
    2× · 2020–2021 · $60k · revenue +673%

Funded once

  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2021 · $155k
  • AC
    ADVANCE CAROLINA INC
    one grant, 2021 · $100k
  • F
    FixSAPD
    one grant, 2021 · $75k
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
Woke Vote

Mobilize and engage registered voters in marginalized communities through multifacted approaches.

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2
Haitian American Professional Coalition Inc

Civic Engagement for the Haitian Community

Religion
3
Progressive Workers Coalition

To ensure that working class people are educated on their voting rights. The coalition engages in mobilization and educational information sessions to ensure that all workers voices are heard.

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4
Black Voters Matter Fund Inc

Our goal is to increase power in our communities through effective voting. We increase voter registration and help develop voting infrastructure and to pursue policies that expands access to the ballot.

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5
Detroit Unity Fund

Aggressively concentrating on giving Black Americans a fundamental base that will help electrify them to vote through our community organizing, voter registration drives, canvassing voters and mobilization.

Community Improvement
6
Elevated Voices Inc

Voter education around policy

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7
Black in Action Collective

Black in Action Collective exists to build Black political power to transform systems and radically reimagine what is possible for ourselves, our families, and our communities

Civil Rights
8
Black Men Vote Civic Action Fund

Voter engagement

Civil Rights
9
Minnesota Voice

Minnesota Voice is a collaboration of organizations working toward permanent change in social, racial, and economic justice by increasing civic engagement and voter participation across the state.

Public Benefit
10
People Power and Light Inc

People Power and Light (PPL) is an organization dedicated to developing a healthy and vibrant economy in Louisiana, particularly in those areas devastated by the petrochemical industry. The primary purpose of PPL is to engage with people…

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11
Civica Initiatives

Empower people and strengthen democratic institutions

Community Improvement
12
Ci Action Fund

Ci action fund will advocate for issues that improve outcomes for youth, immigrants, and black, indigenous, hispanic, disabled and youth of color (bihdyoc)

Civil Rights
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Mississippi Coalition On Black Civic Participation; the most unlike its peers is Embrace Foundation. 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

60 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. 60 of the 213 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)
27
Early backer (in before they grew)
53/60
Grantees still filing
34/60
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Individual grant recipient: $155,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientACTION ST LOUIS POWER PROJECT: $120,000 · OtherADVANCE CAROLINA INC: $100,000 · OtherBeauty and Barber Empowerment Cente: $98,000 · Other+158 more: $2,430,738 · Other+158 moreWORKING FAMILIES ORGANIZATION INC: $95,000 · Civil RightsWORKING FAMILIES O…Act 4 SA: $71,400 · Civil RightsAct 4 SAMemphis for All: $60,000 · Civil RightsMemphis for AllCOMMONWEALTH ALLIANCE VOTER ENGAGEMENT: $56,000 · Civil RightsCOMMONWEALTH ALLIA…1HOOD POWER: $55,000 · Civil Rights1HOOD POWERPOWER COALITION FOR EQUITY AND JUSTICE: $50,000 · Civil RightsPOWER COALITION FO…NEXT GENERATION ACTION NETWORK FOUNDATION: $39,000 · Civil RightsNEXT GENERATION AC…MISSISSIPPI VOTES: $30,000 · Civil RightsMISSISSIPPI VOTES ACTION FUND CORPORATION: $30,000 · Civil RightsASIAN AMERICAN ADVOCACY FUND INC: $25,000 · Civil Rights+13 more: $134,500 · Civil Rights+13 moreQUITMAN COUNTY DEVELOPMENT ORG: $54,000 · Community ImprovementAmerica Votes: $40,000 · Community ImprovementF&L ORGANIZATIONAL SUPPORT SERVICES: $40,000 · Community ImprovementWe Vote We Win: $15,000 · Community ImprovementMount Zion Community Reinvestment Corp: $10,000 · Community ImprovementOur Own Wall Street: $8,200 · Community ImprovementMOTHERS OF HOPE: $30,000 · Human ServicesAIDS HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION: $20,000 · Human ServicesALL STREETS ALL PEOPLE - ASAP: $11,000 · Human ServicesTHE ORDINARY PEOPLE SOCIETY TOPS: $10,000 · Human ServicesTIDES FOUNDATION: $45,000 · PhilanthropyOHIO COALITION ON BLACK CIVIC PARTICIPATION: $10,000 · PhilanthropyInternational Black Womens Public Policy Institut: $10,000 · PhilanthropyPEOPLES ADVOCACY INSTITUTE: $50,000 · Arts & CultureGeorgia Interfaith Power & Light Inc: $20,000 · Environment
Other$2,903,738Civil Rights$645,900Community Improvement$167,200Human Services$71,000Philanthropy$65,000Arts & Culture$50,000Environment$20,000

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

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 budgetACTION ST LOUIS POWER PROJECT: $120,000 over 2y, 12% of budgetWORKING FAMILIES ORGANIZATION INC: $95,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetAct 4 SA: $71,400 over 2y, 15% of budgetMemphis for All: $60,000 over 2y, 22% of budgetCOMMONWEALTH ALLIANCE VOTER ENGAGEMENT: $56,000 over 1y, 5.4% of budget1HOOD POWER: $55,000 over 2y, 21% of budgetPOWER COALITION FOR EQUITY AND JUSTICE: $50,000 over 1y, 5.1% of budgetUNITE HERE ACTION FUND: $50,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetFoundation for Social Impact: $50,000 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetYes 4 Minneapolis Education Fund: $50,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetTIDES FOUNDATION: $45,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerica Votes: $40,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetF&L ORGANIZATIONAL SUPPORT SERVICES: $40,000 over 2y, 23% of budgetONE FAIR WAGE ACTION INC: $30,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetMETROPOLITAN DETROIT AFL-CIO COUNCIL: $30,000 over 1y, 7.6% of budgetMISSISSIPPI VOTES ACTION FUND CORPORATION: $30,000 over 1y, 3.4% of budgetMOTHERS OF HOPE: $30,000 over 3y, 3.8% of budgetASIAN AMERICAN ADVOCACY FUND INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetGeorgia Interfaith Power & Light Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetAIDS HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLGBT Detroit: $16,500 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetA PHILIP RANDOLPH EDUCATIONAL FUND: $15,000 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetBlack Church Action Fund: $15,000 over 1y, 17% of budgetPEACH CONCERNED CITIZENS INC: $10,500 over 2y, 2.8% of budgetOHIO COALITION ON BLACK CIVIC PARTICIPATION: $10,000 over 1y, 5.6% of budgetMount Zion Community Reinvestment Corp: $10,000 over 1y, 6.3% of budgetInternational Black Womens Public Policy Institut: $10,000 over 1y, 6.2% of budgetOPPORTUNITY 2 RESTORE: $10,000 over 1y, 3.8% of budgetLEADERS IGNITING TRANSFORMATION ACTION FUND INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetPOWER TO THE POLLS INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetMISSISSIPPI WORKERS CENTER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS INC: $10,000 over 1y, 6.9% of budgetUNTIL FREEDOM INC: $10,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetTEXAS IMPACT: $10,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetTHE ORDINARY PEOPLE SOCIETY TOPS: $10,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetBLACK MALE VOTER PROJECT EF INC: $10,000 over 1y, 6.7% of budgetOur Own Wall Street: $8,200 over 1y, 7.1% of budgetPick 42 Foundation: $7,162 over 1y, 3.6% of budgetIDENTIFY YOUR DREAM CORPORATION: $7,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetStep Up Louisiana Organizing Fund: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF NORTH CAROLINA LEGAL FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetLower Ninth Ward Center for Sustainable Engagement and Development: $5,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetALABAMA COALITION FOR IMMIGRANT JUSTICE UNITED: $5,000 over 1y, 1.0% 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.

Bvm Capacity Building…Tides AdvocacyAll Hands on Deck Net…NEO Philanthropy IncClean and Prosperous …Amalgamated Charitabl…America VotesTides FoundationJessie Smith Noyes Fo…NAACP Empowerment Pro…Pro-Democracy CampaignWay to Win Action Fun…
Bvm Capacity Building Institute IncGA148.8× affinity93 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Bvm Capacity Building Institute Inc · Tides Advocacy · All Hands on Deck Network Inc · NEO Philanthropy Inc · Clean and Prosperous America · Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc · America Votes · Tides Foundation · Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation · NAACP Empowerment Programs Inc · Pro-Democracy Campaign · Way to Win Action Fund Inc

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 Black Voters Matter Fund Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Black Voters Matter Fund Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%4%15%34%60%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    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 Black Voters Matter Fund Inc?

    Find your warmest path to Black Voters Matter Fund Inc 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 213 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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