Washington, D.C. · Public charity
Center for American Progress Action Fund
The CENTER FOR AMERICAN PROGRESS ACTION FUND's (the action fund) mission is to impact the national debate and transform progressive ideas into policy through rapid response communications, public education, grassroots organization and advocacy in partnership with american citizens, executive and legislative branch policymakers and…
- $4.8M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 2
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 2
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $4.5M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $3,500,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $3,500,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 6
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 2
- Total assets, FY2024
- $14M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 50% of the organizations Center for American Progress Action Fund funded were first-time grantees, receiving 92% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 8% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $110k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 2 | $4.5M | 100% |
| FY2023 | 2 | $120k | 50% |
| FY2022 | 2 | $20k | 100% |
| FY2021 | 3 | $1.6M | 67% |
| FY2020 | 6 | $8.2M | 67% |
| FY2019 | 3 | $557k | 67% |
| FY2018 | 6 | $231k | 83% |
| FY2017 | 1 | $131k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| League of Conservation Voters Inc | $4,740,000 | 2 | 6% |
| Nrdc Action Fund Inc | $3,500,000 | 1 | 23% |
| Center for American Progress | $2,270,793 | 5 | 3% |
| Fund for a Better Future Inc | $1,388,021 | 1 | 2% |
| Nextgen Climate America Inc | $1,250,000 | 1 | 43% |
| Nextgen Climate Action | $1,000,000 | 1 | 3% |
| The Partnership Project Action Fund | $500,000 | 1 | 11% |
| First Five Action Fund | $400,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Fellow Americans | $110,000 | 1 | 27% |
| Progress Now Education | $75,000 | 1 | 8% |
Show all 19 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| League of Conservation Voters Inc | $4,740,000 | 2 | 6% |
| Nrdc Action Fund Inc | $3,500,000 | 1 | 23% |
| Center for American Progress | $2,270,793 | 5 | 3% |
| Fund for a Better Future Inc | $1,388,021 | 1 | 2% |
| Nextgen Climate America Inc | $1,250,000 | 1 | 43% |
| Nextgen Climate Action | $1,000,000 | 1 | 3% |
| The Partnership Project Action Fund | $500,000 | 1 | 11% |
| First Five Action Fund | $400,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Fellow Americans | $110,000 | 1 | 27% |
| Progress Now Education | $75,000 | 1 | 8% |
| Human Rights Campaign Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| MoveOnorg Civic Action | $18,500 | 2 | 0% |
| America Works USA | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Care in Action PAC | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Progress Ohio Education Inc | $7,500 | 1 | 4% |
| Keystone Research Center Inc | $5,333 | 1 | 0% |
| One Wisconsin Now Inc | $5,333 | 1 | 1% |
| Progress Florida Inc | $5,333 | 1 | n/a |
| Battle Born Progress | $5,333 | 1 | 3% |
Where it is load-bearing
Center for American Progress Action Fund supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 16 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
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.
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How this is measured
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About Center for American Progress Action Fund
- How much does Center for American Progress Action Fund give?
- Center for American Progress Action Fund reported 2 itemized grants totaling $4,500,000, out of $4,750,000 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 6 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Center for American Progress Action Fund fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Environment (71%), Public Benefit (26%), Education (3%).
- Who are Center for American Progress Action Fund's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: League of Conservation Voters Inc ($4.7M), Nrdc Action Fund Inc ($3.5M), Center for American Progress ($2.3M).
- Does Center for American Progress Action Fund fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Center for American Progress Action Fund?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Sixteen Thirty Fund, Tides Advocacy, Tides Foundation.
- Where is Center for American Progress Action Fund based?
- Center for American Progress Action Fund is based in DC.
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