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California Black Power Network Action Fund

The Organization's primary purpose and mission is to build black political power through civic engagement and policy advocacy programs.

$1.1M
Granted FY2024still arriving
22
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$120k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01FY2024 · 22 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • $10k–50k14 grants · $471k
  • $50k–250k8 grants · $635k
$42,936
Median grant
2
States reached
$33k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Pillars of the Community$120,463
Black Women for Wellness Acti$94,505
Partnership for the Advanceme$80,597
Los Angeles Community Action$76,981
A New Way of Life Reentry Pro$69,506
Congregations Organized for P$66,306
Starting Over Inc$64,401
Essie Justice Group$62,072
Dignity and Power in Action$46,710
Voice of The Youth$46,660
THE AMELIA ANN ADAMS WHOLE LI$42,936
Coleman Action Fund$36,406
Black Alliance for Just Immig$34,950
FRESNO METRO BLACK CHAMBER OF$34,578
Community Interventions Inc$33,141
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 (FY24–24, $276k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 16% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%BWOPA TILE-1: $32k → 10%Pillars of the Community: $120k → 11%THE AMELIA ANN ADAMS WHOLE LI: $43k → 12%Partnership for the Advanceme: $81k → 11%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 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
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
2
Dignity and Power Now

Dignity and Power Now (DPN) is a Los Angeles based grassroots organization that fights for the dignity and power of all incarcerated people, their families, and communities. DPNs mission is to build a Black and Brown led abolitionist…

Philanthropy
3
The Black Organizing Project Inc

The Black Organizing Project is a Black, member-led community organization working for racial, social, and economic justice through grassroots organizing and community building across the Bay Area.

Human Services
4
Sustain Equity Group

Promote violence prevention leadership, development and networking opportunities for Black women and girls.

Community Improvement
5
California Black Health Network

The Organization advocates for health equity by leading and facilitating convenings in all regions of California for the purpose of providing policy analysis, research and training that promotes best practices, which supports the creation…

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6
Asian Immigrant Women Advocates Inc

Asian Immigrant Women Advocates empowers low-income, limited English speaking immigrant women and youth through education, leadership development and civic participation programs.

Human Services
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
A Legacy of Equality Leadership and Organizing

LELO strives to empower low-income workers of color, recent immigrants and women workers to assert their rights, improve their working conditions and gain a voice in their workplaces, trade unions and communities, in the U.S. and across…

Crime & Legal
9
Detention Watch Network

Detention Watch Network seeks to end the cruel system of immigration detention via programs of grassroots organizing, strategic communications, and collective advocacy.

Human Services
10
La Forward Institute

Transform local communities into places that are fair and flourishing for everyone through education, community organization, and coalition-building.

Civil Rights
11
Asylee Women Enterprise Inc

Asylee Women Enterprise (AWE), journeys with asylum seekers and other forced migrants as they navigate the immigration legal process, begin to heal from past trauma, and rebuild their lives in Baltimore.

International
12
Safe Black Space

See Schedule OSafe Black Space creates opportunities for Black people to heal and thrive. Safe Black Space is designed to offer various services to address people of African ancestry's individual and community reactions to Cultural and…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs (See) Inc; the most unlike its peers is Dignity and Power in Action. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
03the grantee network

20 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. 20 of the 21 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)
0
Early backer (in before they grew)
20/20
Grantees still filing
3/20
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

PILLARS OF THE COMMUNITY: $120,463 · Human ServicesPILLARS OF THE COMMUNITYPARTNERSHIP FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF NEW AMERICANS: $80,597 · Human ServicesPARTNERSHIP FOR THE ADVANCEM…AMELIA ANN ADAMS WHOLE LIFE CENTER: $42,936 · Human ServicesAMELIA ANN ADAMS WHOLE LIFE …TRAINING INSTITUTE FOR LEADERSHIP ENRICHMENT: $32,299 · Human ServicesTRAINING INSTITUTE FOR LEADE…CANGRESS DBA LOS ANGELES COMMUNITY ACTION NETWORK: $76,981 · Community ImprovementCANGRESS DBA L…FRESNO METRO BLACK CHAMBER FOUNDATION: $34,578 · Community ImprovementFRESNO METRO B…COMMUNITY INTERVENTIONS INC: $33,141 · Community ImprovementCOMMUNITY INTE…A NEW WAY OF LIFE REENTRY PROJECT: $69,506 · HealthA NEW WAY …HEALTHY BLACK FAMILIES INC: $32,824 · HealthHEALTHY BL…BLACK WOMEN FOR WELLNESS ACTION PROJECT: $94,505 · Civil RightsBLACK WOM…STARTING OVER INC: $64,401 · Housing & ShelterBUILDING OPP FOR SELF-SUFFICIENCY: $21,331 · Housing & ShelterSOCIAL GOOD FUND INC: $53,840 · EducationBLU Educational Foundation: $31,128 · EducationDignity and Power in Action: $46,710 · OtherDignity and Power in ActionCOLEMAN ACTION FUND FOR CHILDREN AND YOUTH: $36,406 · OtherCOLEMAN ACTION FUND FOR CHILDREN…CONGREGATIONS ORGANIZED FOR PROPHETIC ENGAGEMENT: $66,306 · OtherCONGREGATIONS ORGANIZED FOR PROP…Essie Justice Group: $62,072 · OtherEssie Justice GroupVoice of the Youth Inc: $46,660 · OtherVoice of the Youth IncBLACK ALLIANCE FOR JUST IMMIGRATION: $34,950 · OtherBLACK ALLIANCE FOR JUST IMMIGRAT…SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENTREPRENEURS (SEE) INC: $24,509 · OtherSOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENTREPR…
Human Services$276,295Community Improvement$144,700Health$102,330Civil Rights$94,505Housing & Shelter$85,732Education$84,968Other$317,613

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetPILLARS OF THE COMMUNITY: $120,463 over 1y, 8.3% of budgetBLACK WOMEN FOR WELLNESS ACTION PROJECT: $94,505 over 1y, 29% of budgetPARTNERSHIP FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF NEW AMERICANS: $80,597 over 1y, 3.7% of budgetCANGRESS DBA LOS ANGELES COMMUNITY ACTION NETWORK: $76,981 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetA NEW WAY OF LIFE REENTRY PROJECT: $69,506 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetCONGREGATIONS ORGANIZED FOR PROPHETIC ENGAGEMENT: $66,306 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetSTARTING OVER INC: $64,401 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetEssie Justice Group: $62,072 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetSOCIAL GOOD FUND INC: $53,840 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDignity and Power in Action: $46,710 over 1y, 17% of budgetVoice of the Youth Inc: $46,660 over 1y, 16% of budgetAMELIA ANN ADAMS WHOLE LIFE CENTER: $42,936 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetBLACK ALLIANCE FOR JUST IMMIGRATION: $34,950 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetFRESNO METRO BLACK CHAMBER FOUNDATION: $34,578 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetCOMMUNITY INTERVENTIONS INC: $33,141 over 1y, 3.5% of budgetHEALTHY BLACK FAMILIES INC: $32,824 over 1y, 3.5% of budgetTRAINING INSTITUTE FOR LEADERSHIP ENRICHMENT: $32,299 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetBLU Educational Foundation: $31,128 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetSOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENTREPRENEURS (SEE) INC: $24,509 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBUILDING OPP FOR SELF-SUFFICIENCY: $21,331 over 1y, 0.1% 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.

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 21 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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