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Center for Popular Democracy Action Fund Inc

The center for popular democracy action (cpda) and its affiliates know that everyday people have the power to change the world. We upend business and politics as usual to forge a representative, multiracial government and society where we all thrive, no exceptions.

$687k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
4
Grants FY2024
5
Organizations funded FY2023
40%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$50,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$537,078
Organizations funded a year
5 to 33
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
3
Total assets, FY2024
$3.7M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 40% of the organizations Center for Popular Democracy Action Fund Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 16% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 84% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $37k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23
Civil RightsHuman ServicesCommunity ImprovementPublic BenefitHealthEducationOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving4$687k25%
FY20235$232k40%
FY202217$783k29%
FY202117$942k29%
FY202033$1.7M64%
FY20198$1.2M63%
FY201819$875k63%
FY201712$583kn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Public Benefit$3.1MCivil Rights$2.7MCommunity Improvement$307kHealth$199kEmployment$188kHuman Services$162kEducation$161kHousing & Shelter$120kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Center for Popular Democracy Inc$920,00042%
Canvass LLC$815,4791n/a
Tides Advocacy$634,59241%
Popular Democracy PAC$537,0781n/a
Vamos - Concertacion Ciudadana$451,2504n/a
New York Communities For Change Inc$350,00053%
Make the Road Action Inc$238,50043%
Working Families Organization Inc$237,00040%
Casa in Action Inc$179,50034%
Fusion Partnership Inc$168,50041%
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All grantees of Center for Popular Democracy Action Fund Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Center for Popular Democracy Inc$920,00042%
Canvass LLC$815,4791n/a
Tides Advocacy$634,59241%
Popular Democracy PAC$537,0781n/a
Vamos - Concertacion Ciudadana$451,2504n/a
New York Communities For Change Inc$350,00053%
Make the Road Action Inc$238,50043%
Working Families Organization Inc$237,00040%
Casa in Action Inc$179,50034%
Fusion Partnership Inc$168,50041%
Make The Road States Inc$163,00021%
Vamos4pr Action PAC$155,0001n/a
Organize Pennsylvania$145,00051%
Pennsylvania Harm Reduction Coalition C/O Cheshire Law Group$141,140165%
Casa Inc$120,00020%
Churches United for Fair Housing Inc$120,00053%
Organization United for Respect$118,000141%
Pontiac Policy Action Fund$113,4002n/a
Rights & Democracy Project Inc$100,00046%
Organize Now Inc Dba Organize Florida Inc$90,00032%
Florida Rising Inc$90,00032%
Living United for Change in Arizona$75,00031%
Hoosier Action Inc$70,000244%
Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment Action$65,00032%
Federacion de Maestros de Puerto Rico$65,0001n/a
Public Accountability Initiative Inc$52,50025%
Action Nc$46,000214%
New York Communities Organizing Fund Inc$40,00011%
Business Action Fund$37,50017%
Colorado Afl-Cio$35,00012%
Make the Road New York$35,00010%
West Virginia Healthy Kids and Families Coalition$33,75012%
Delaware Alliance for Community Advancement$31,0003n/a
New Georgia Project Action Fund$30,0001n/a
Neighborhoods Organizing for Change$30,0001n/a
Action Now$30,000138%
Communities United Inc$25,00016%
Womens March Inc$25,0001n/a
A Strong Economy for All Coalition$25,00026%
Action Now Institute$25,00015%
Rise Up Wv$20,00015%
Texas Organizing Project$20,00011%
Silicon Valley Rising Action$20,0001n/a
Committee for a New Georgia$20,0001n/a
New Georgia Project Inc$20,00010%
Delawareans for Social and Economic Justice$20,0001n/a
The Ohio Organizing Campaign$20,00011%
United for Respect$20,00011%
Step Up for Action$17,193110%
Stand Up Alaska$15,00017%
Voices of Community Activists & Leaders (Vocal-Ny) Inc$15,00010%
Workers Defense Project$10,00010%
F&L Organizational Support Services$10,00012%
Center for Coalfield Justice$10,00011%
Working Washington$10,00010%
Takeaction Minnesota$10,00010%
Urban Survivors Union$10,0001n/a
Maine People's Alliance$10,00010%
Alliance for Youth Organizing$10,00010%
West Virginia Citizen Action Education Fund$6,00011%
United for a New Economy Action$5,00012%
Texas Organizing Project Education Fund$5,00010%
Alaskans Take A Stand$1,0001n/a

Where it is load-bearing

Center for Popular Democracy Action Fund Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 4 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 48 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCenter for Popular Democracy Inc: $920,000 over 4y, 1.6% of budgetTides Advocacy: $634,592 over 4y, 1.0% of budgetNew York Communities For Change Inc: $350,000 over 5y, 3.2% of budgetMake the Road Action Inc: $238,500 over 4y, 2.5% of budgetWorking Families Organization Inc: $237,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetCasa in Action Inc: $179,500 over 3y, 3.8% of budgetFusion Partnership Inc: $168,500 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetMake The Road States Inc: $163,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetOrganize Pennsylvania: $145,000 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetPennsylvania Harm Reduction Coalition C/O Cheshire Law Group: $141,140 over 1y, 65% of budgetCasa Inc: $120,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetChurches United for Fair Housing Inc: $120,000 over 5y, 2.5% of budgetOrganization United for Respect: $118,000 over 1y, 41% of budgetRights & Democracy Project Inc: $100,000 over 4y, 5.5% of budgetOrganize Now Inc Dba Organize Florida Inc: $90,000 over 3y, 1.9% of budgetFlorida Rising Inc: $90,000 over 3y, 1.8% of budgetLiving United for Change in Arizona: $75,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetHoosier Action Inc: $70,000 over 2y, 44% of budgetAlliance of Californians for Community Empowerment Action: $65,000 over 3y, 2.0% of budgetPublic Accountability Initiative Inc: $52,500 over 2y, 4.9% of budgetAction Nc: $46,000 over 2y, 14% of budgetNew York Communities Organizing Fund Inc: $40,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetBusiness Action Fund: $37,500 over 1y, 7.4% of budgetColorado Afl-Cio: $35,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetMake the Road New York: $35,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWest Virginia Healthy Kids and Families Coalition: $33,750 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetAction Now: $30,000 over 1y, 38% of budgetCommunities United Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 5.6% of budgetA Strong Economy for All Coalition: $25,000 over 2y, 6.3% of budgetAction Now Institute: $25,000 over 1y, 4.9% of budgetRise Up Wv: $20,000 over 1y, 5.3% of budgetTexas Organizing Project: $20,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetNew Georgia Project Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Ohio Organizing Campaign: $20,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetUnited for Respect: $20,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetStep Up for Action: $17,193 over 1y, 10% of budgetStand Up Alaska: $15,000 over 1y, 7.4% of budgetVoices of Community Activists & Leaders (Vocal-Ny) Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetWorkers Defense Project: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetF&L Organizational Support Services: $10,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetCenter for Coalfield Justice: $10,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetWorking Washington: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetTakeaction Minnesota: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetMaine People's Alliance: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetAlliance for Youth Organizing: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWest Virginia Citizen Action Education Fund: $6,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetUnited for a New Economy Action: $5,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetTexas Organizing Project Education Fund: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 48.

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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.

Center for Popular De…All Hands on Deck Net…Sixteen Thirty FundWorking Families Orga…America VotesOpen Society Action F…Tides AdvocacyCenter for Community …Tides FoundationWay to Win Action Fun…Women Donors Network …State Engagement Fund
Center for Popular Democracy IncNY63.6× affinity28 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Center for Popular Democracy Inc · All Hands on Deck Network Inc · Sixteen Thirty Fund · Working Families Organization Inc · America Votes · Open Society Action Fund Inc · Tides Advocacy · Center for Community Change Action · Tides Foundation · Way to Win Action Fund Inc · Women Donors Network Action · State Engagement 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.

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About Center for Popular Democracy Action Fund Inc

How much does Center for Popular Democracy Action Fund Inc give?
Center for Popular Democracy Action Fund Inc reported 4 grants totaling $687,078 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 33 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Center for Popular Democracy Action Fund Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Public Benefit (44%), Civil Rights (39%), Community Improvement (4%).
Who are Center for Popular Democracy Action Fund Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Center for Popular Democracy Inc ($920k), Canvass LLC ($815k), Tides Advocacy ($635k).
Does Center for Popular Democracy Action Fund Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 40% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as Center for Popular Democracy Action Fund Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Center for Popular Democracy Inc, All Hands on Deck Network Inc, Sixteen Thirty Fund.
Where is Center for Popular Democracy Action Fund Inc based?
Center for Popular Democracy Action Fund Inc is based in NY.

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 64 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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