How much does Center for Popular Democracy Inc give?

Center for Popular Democracy Inc reported 44 grants totaling $9,226,915 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 41 and 70 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.

What does Center for Popular Democracy Inc fund?

By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Civil Rights (39%), Public Benefit (19%), Human Services (7%).

Who are Center for Popular Democracy Inc's largest grantees?

By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Make The Road States Inc ($6.4M), Canvass LLC ($4.7M), Casa Inc ($4.1M).

Does Center for Popular Democracy Inc fund new organizations?

In FY2023, 15% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.

Which funders back the same organizations as Center for Popular Democracy Inc?

Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc, Center for Popular Democracy Action Fund Inc, New Venture Fund.

Where is Center for Popular Democracy Inc based?

Center for Popular Democracy Inc is based in NY.

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New York · Public charity

Center for Popular Democracy Inc

The center for popular democracy (cpd) 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.

$9.2M
Granted FY2024(still arriving): 44
Grants FY2024: 41
Organizations funded FY2023: 15%
First-time grantees FY2023

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Median grant, FY2024: $165,000
Largest grant, FY2024: $667,000
Organizations funded a year: 41 to 70; FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024: 26
Total assets, FY2024: $42M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 15% of the organizations Center for Popular Democracy Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 3% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $220k went to new ones.

RenewedFirst-time

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

Civil RightsCommunity ImprovementHuman ServicesPublic BenefitArts & CultureEducationOther

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 year	Organizations funded	To those organizations	First-time grantees
FY2024still arriving	39	$8.9M	10%
FY2023	41	$7.9M	15%
FY2022	43	$7.7M	19%
FY2021	43	$7.9M	14%
FY2020	65	$8.9M	37%
FY2019	58	$6.8M	36%
FY2018	70	$11M	47%
FY2017	68	$6.4M	n/a

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What it funded, over time

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

Civil Rights$27MPublic Benefit$13MHuman Services$5.0MHousing & Shelter$4.5MEmployment$4.0MCommunity Improvement$3.9MEnvironment$3.4MPhilanthropy$3.3MOther$0

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
Make The Road States Inc	$6,362,593	5	14%
Canvass LLC	$4,665,386	5	n/a
Casa Inc	$4,122,900	8	9%
Make the Road New York	$2,932,924	8	2%
Organize Pennsylvania	$2,638,048	8	46%
Working Washington	$1,986,109	8	51%
Arizona Center for Empowerment	$1,936,200	8	36%
New York Communities For Change Inc	$1,899,000	8	11%
ACCE Institute	$1,764,909	6	13%
Action Institute Nc	$1,739,370	8	44%

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All grantees of Center for Popular Democracy Inc by total granted
Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
Make The Road States Inc	$6,362,593	5	14%
Canvass LLC	$4,665,386	5	n/a
Casa Inc	$4,122,900	8	9%
Make the Road New York	$2,932,924	8	2%
Organize Pennsylvania	$2,638,048	8	46%
Working Washington	$1,986,109	8	51%
Arizona Center for Empowerment	$1,936,200	8	36%
New York Communities For Change Inc	$1,899,000	8	11%
ACCE Institute	$1,764,909	6	13%
Action Institute Nc	$1,739,370	8	44%
Florida Rising Inc	$1,539,550	5	28%
The Ohio Organizing Collaborative	$1,360,534	8	11%
Florida Rising Together Inc	$1,330,134	7	3%
Organize Now Inc Dba Organize Florida Inc	$1,171,000	4	37%
Rights & Democracy Education Fund Inc	$1,110,538	7	39%
United for a New Economy	$1,094,700	5	27%
Living United for Change in Arizona	$1,078,700	6	20%
Action Nc	$1,070,000	6	80%
Texas Organizing Project Education Fund	$1,040,095	7	8%
Fusion Partnership Inc	$963,836	6	2%
Taller Salud Inc	$941,500	4	1%
Maine People's Resource Center	$916,763	6	9%
Florida Institute for Reform and Em Dba Organize Florida Education Fund	$906,500	5	14%
United for Respect Education Fund	$824,000	3	2%
Puerto Rico Conservation Trust Fund	$775,000	1	n/a
New York Communities Organizing Fund Inc	$763,667	4	16%
Step Up Louisiana Organizing Fund	$762,514	3	18%
New Georgia Project Inc	$744,500	5	6%
Churches United for Fair Housing Inc	$723,567	5	18%
Communities United Inc	$711,000	8	36%
Alaskans Take A Stand	$659,172	5	89%
Rights & Democracy Project Inc	$630,000	4	29%
Arkansas Community Institute	$536,606	6	38%
Working Families Organization Inc	$528,800	7	1%
New Virginia Majority	$512,750	3	n/a
Center for Law and Human Values Inc	$478,928	1	11%
Delaware Alliance for Community Advancement	$468,282	5	n/a
The Ole Education Fund	$453,513	6	26%
F&L Organizational Support Services	$445,000	3	25%
One Pennsylvania Activists United	$380,000	1	6%
West Virginia Healthy Kids and Families Coalition	$375,239	5	100%
Pcun	$370,000	4	n/a
The Crenulated Company Ltd	$344,237	3	3%
Ayuda Legal Puerto Rico Inc	$330,000	2	36%
Sunflower Community Action Inc	$287,295	4	69%
Fuerte Art Collective	$265,400	2	25%
Neighborhoods Organizing for Change	$260,000	1	n/a
Workers Defense Project	$238,000	5	4%
Maine People's Alliance	$222,500	2	11%
Center for Popular Democracy Inc	$220,000	2	0%
Accion Politica Pcunista Dba Pcun	$215,609	2	5%
Proyecto Matria Inc	$200,000	1	n/a
Fidecomiso de la Tierra del Cano Martin Pena	$200,000	1	n/a
HASER Inc	$190,500	3	n/a
Hoosier Action Inc	$185,000	3	29%
National Immigration Law Center	$185,000	2	1%
Alliance for Youth Organizing	$176,750	2	1%
Good Jobs Now Inc	$176,000	1	n/a
Iniciativa Ecodes Bahia Jobos	$175,000	1	n/a
Masa-Mexed Inc	$170,000	2	16%
Family Forward Oregon	$160,000	3	10%
Alliance for a Just Society	$150,000	1	1%
Instituto Nueva Escuela Inc	$150,000	1	3%
Repower Fund	$135,383	1	5%
Communities Creating Opportunity	$132,032	2	n/a
Community Justice Project Inc	$130,000	1	17%
National Housing and Community Development Law Project	$125,000	1	12%
Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy	$125,000	2	2%
Missourians Organizing for Reform and Empowerment	$120,000	1	73%
Public Accountability Initiative Inc	$120,000	2	11%
Copal-Education Fund Communidades Organizando El Poder y la A	$119,725	2	2%
Takeaction Mn Education Fund	$118,109	3	0%
New York University	$116,000	2	0%
Grounded Solutions Network	$112,000	1	2%
Community Labor United Inc	$110,000	3	6%
Texas Organizing Project	$107,500	2	6%
Warehouse Workers Justice Center Inc	$105,000	2	17%
Louisiana Fair Housing Action Center Inc	$100,000	1	7%
Centro de Periodismo Investigativo Inc	$100,000	2	n/a
Voices of Community Activists & Leaders (Vocal-Ny) Inc	$98,851	4	1%
Center for Coalfield Justice	$87,609	2	4%
Mano A Mano	$87,500	3	2%
Fair Work Center	$85,000	2	n/a
Takeaction Minnesota	$82,550	3	1%
Welcoming America Inc	$75,000	1	5%
Junta Comunitaria del Carco Urbano de Rio Piedras	$75,000	1	n/a
The Mayor's Fund to Advance New York City	$75,000	1	n/a
Proyecto de Solidaridad y Autogestin Comunitaria Para la Descolonizacin In	$71,000	3	n/a
Agitarte Inc	$70,000	3	3%
Immigrant Legal Resource Center	$65,000	1	0%
National Day Laborer Organizing Network	$65,000	1	2%
Centro de Trabajadores Unidos En Lucha	$60,625	2	2%
Association for Neighborhood & Housing Development	$60,000	2	1%
Southern California Housing Rights Center	$60,000	1	n/a
El Pueblo Inc	$57,500	1	5%
Defend Puerto Rico	$55,000	1	n/a
Centro Para El Desarollo Politico Educativo y Cultural	$55,000	2	n/a
Brigada Solidaria del Oeste	$55,000	3	n/a
Movement Alliance Project	$53,000	3	0%
Amistad Law Project	$53,000	1	5%
Peoples Institute For Survival and Beyond	$50,000	1	n/a
Colectivo El Ancon de Loiza Inc	$50,000	1	n/a
Sol Es Vida Inc	$50,000	2	n/a
La Marana Corp	$50,000	1	8%
Federacion de Maestros de Puerto Rico	$50,000	2	n/a
Coco de Oro Inc	$50,000	1	n/a
Campamento Contra Cenizas En Penuelas Inc	$50,000	1	n/a
Fuertefuerte Inc	$50,000	1	n/a
NWJP Action Fund	$50,000	1	8%
Policylink	$50,000	1	0%
Mujeres de Islas Inc	$49,500	2	n/a
National Black Justice Coalition Inc	$47,500	1	8%
Center on Policy Initiatives	$47,500	2	2%
Copal Communidades Organizando El Poder y la A	$46,000	3	11%
Weikaraya Ke	$45,000	2	n/a
Arkansas Community Organizations	$43,000	1	98%
ARECMA Inc	$40,000	1	n/a
Comision Ciudadana Para la Auditoria Integral del Credito Pub	$40,000	1	33%
Capital Area Immigrants' Rights Coalition	$40,000	2	0%
Coordinadora Paz Para la Mujer Inc	$40,000	4	3%
American Friends Service Committee	$40,000	2	n/a
CENTRO DE APOYO MUTUO BUCARABONES UNIDO iNC	$40,000	2	n/a
University of Chicago	$36,500	1	0%
Virginia New Majority Education Fund	$35,609	2	1%
Semillero de Las Artes	$35,000	1	n/a
Center for Popular Democracy Action Fund Inc	$30,000	1	1%
People's Parity Project Inc	$30,000	1	14%
Make the Road Action Inc	$30,000	1	5%
Citizen Action of New York Inc	$30,000	1	4%
Organizers in the Land of Enchantment	$30,000	1	1%
Economic Policy Institute	$30,000	1	1%
Action Now Institute	$28,000	2	6%
Community Movement Builders Inc	$25,000	1	1%
Chicago Jobs With Justice	$25,000	1	n/a
Institute for Socio-Ecological Research	$25,000	1	7%
Northwest Health Foundation Fund II	$25,000	1	2%
Stand Up Alaska	$25,000	1	12%
University of Puerto Rico	$25,000	1	n/a
Tidmore Neuroscience Corp	$25,000	1	n/a
Align the Alliance for a Greater New York Inc	$22,000	2	1%
The Leadership Conference Education Fund Inc	$21,185	1	0%
Puerto Rico Community Network for Clinical Services Research and Health Ad	$20,000	1	0%
Hmong American Womens Association Inc	$20,000	1	0%
Allied Media Projects Inc	$20,000	1	0%
Center for Economic and Policy Research	$20,000	1	2%
Comedores Sociales de Puerto Rico Inc	$20,000	2	7%
Pueblo Critico Inc	$20,000	1	n/a
Worker Justice Center of New York Inc	$20,000	1	1%
Black Flower LLC	$20,000	1	n/a
Pushblack	$15,740	1	0%
Caras of the Americas	$12,000	1	6%
Young West Virginia Forward Inc	$10,000	1	n/a
Organizacion Boricua de Agricultura Ecologica	$10,000	1	n/a
Working Partnerships USA	$10,000	1	0%
Centro de la Mujer Dominicana Inc	$10,000	1	n/a
Oirigcom Inc	$10,000	1	n/a
Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs (See) Inc	$10,000	1	0%
Americans for Financial Reform Education Fund	$10,000	1	1%
New Immigrant Community Empowerment Inc	$9,900	1	0%
Vera Institute of Justice Inc	$8,000	1	0%
New Georgia Project Action Fund	$6,000	1	n/a
Hoosier Action Resource Center Inc	$5,609	1	1%
Catalyst Montana	$5,609	1	1%
Health in Partnership	$5,000	1	0%
Colectivo Ile Corporacion	$5,000	1	n/a
Central General de Trabajadores 2 Inc	$5,000	1	n/a
Wisconsin Voices Inc	$5,000	1	0%
Minnesota Voice	$5,000	1	0%
Circuito de Innovacion y Resiliencia Queer (Cirq)	$5,000	1	n/a
Kenwood Oakland Community Organization	$5,000	1	0%

Center for Popular Democracy Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 22 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 123 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

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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 123.

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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.

Amalgamated Charitable Foundation IncDC66.8× affinity55 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc · Center for Popular Democracy Action Fund Inc · New Venture Fund · Tides Center · Hispanic Federation Inc · All Hands on Deck Network Inc · Working Families Organization Inc · NEO Philanthropy Inc · Windward Fund · Tides Foundation · The Ford Foundation · Proteus 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.

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About Center for Popular Democracy Inc

How much does Center for Popular Democracy Inc give?: Center for Popular Democracy Inc reported 44 grants totaling $9,226,915 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 41 and 70 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Center for Popular Democracy Inc fund?: By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Civil Rights (39%), Public Benefit (19%), Human Services (7%).
Who are Center for Popular Democracy Inc's largest grantees?: By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Make The Road States Inc ($6.4M), Canvass LLC ($4.7M), Casa Inc ($4.1M).
Does Center for Popular Democracy Inc fund new organizations?: In FY2023, 15% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as Center for Popular Democracy Inc?: Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc, Center for Popular Democracy Action Fund Inc, New Venture Fund.
Where is Center for Popular Democracy Inc based?: Center for Popular Democracy Inc is based in NY.