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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.

$9.2M
Granted FY2024still arriving
44
Grants FY2024still arriving
26
States reached
$667k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

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
02FY2024 · 44 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • $10k–50k9 grants · $172k
  • $50k–250k19 grants · $2.6M
  • $250k+16 grants · $6.4M
$165,000
Median grant
26
States reached
$42M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MAKE THE ROAD STATES DBA MAKE THE ROAD NV$667,000
ARIZONA CENTER FOR EMPOWERMENT$578,000
CPD ACTION CANVASS NETWORK LLC$547,746
CENTER FOR LAW AND HUMAN VALUE DBA THE ACTION LAB$478,928
MAKE THE ROAD STATES DBA MAKE THE ROAD PA$460,000
ACTION INSTITUTE NORTH CAROLINA$447,000
MAKE THE ROAD STATES DBA MAKE THE ROAD NJ$417,200
CASA DE MARYLAND$390,000
ONEPA ACTIVIST UNITED$380,000
TIDES CENTER$330,000
STEP UP LOUISIANA ORGANIZING FUND$323,200
TEXAS ORGANIZING PROJECT EDUCATION FUND$302,700
WORKING WASHINGTON$300,000
OHIO ORGANIZING COLLABORATIVE$270,000
NEW YORK COMMUNITIES FOR CHANGE INC$260,000
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 (FY17–24, $11.0M) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 66% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%REPOWER FUND: $135k → 11%MAKE THE ROAD STATES DBA MAKE THE ROAD PA: $460k → 11%CENTER ON POLICY INITIATIVES: $43k → 11%EVERY VOICE CENTER DBA STATE DEMOCRACY PROJECT: $50k → 14%TIDES CENTER: $330k → 21%HMONG AMERICAN WOMEN'S ASSOCIATION: $20k → 17%MTR STATES - MAKE THE ROAD CONNECTICUT: $352k → 9%UNITED FOR A NEW ECONONY: $460k → 7%UNITED FOR A NEW ECONOMY (UNE): $105k → 10%MTR STATES - MAKE THE ROAD NEW JERSEY: $468k → 10%MAKE THE ROAD STATES DBA MAKE THE ROAD NV: $667k → 13%LIVING UNITED FOR CHANGE IN ARIZONA: $332k → 11%IMMIGRANT LEGAL RESOURCE CENTER: $65k → 10%TIDES CENTER: $75k → 21%MAKE THE ROAD STATES DBA MAKE THE ROAD CT: $250k → 9%UNITED FOR A NEW ECONOMY: $215k → 7%UNITED FOR A NEW ECONOMY: $100k → 10%MAKE THE ROAD STATES DBA MAKE THE ROAD NJ: $417k → 10%MTR STATES - MAKE THE ROAD NEVADA: $272k → 13%UNITED FOR A NEW ECONONY: $215k → 7%TIDES CENTER: $489k → 10%MAKE THE ROAD NEVADA (MTR STATES): $593k → 20%LIVING UNITED FOR CHANGE IN ARIZONA: $289k → 11%TIDES CENTER: $424k → 10%CITIZEN ACTION OF NEW YORK: $30k → 14%LIVING UNITED FOR CHANGE IN ARIZONA: $202k → 11%TIDES CENTER: $50k → 10%MAKE THE ROAD STATES DBA MAKE THE ROAD NJ: $510k → 20%TIDES CENTER: $23k → 10%MAKE THE ROAD NEVADA (MTR STATES): $494k → 20%LIVING UNITED FOR CHANGE IN ARIZONA (LUCHA): $151k → 11%LIVING UNITED FOR CHANGE IN ARIZONA (LUCHA): $80k → 11%MAKE THE ROAD STATES DBA MAKE THE ROAD NV: $370k → 20%LIVING UNITED FOR CHANGE IN ARIZONA: $25k → 11%MAKE THE ROAD PENNSYLVANIA (MTR STATES): $311k → 20%MAKE THE ROAD STATES DBA MAKE THE ROAD PA: $251k → 20%MAKE THE ROAD NEW JERSEY (MTR STATES): $197k → 20%MAKE THE ROAD STATES DBA MAKE THE ROAD CT: $158k → 20%MAKE THE ROAD CONNECTICUT (MTR STATES): $155k → 20%MAKE THE ROAD CONNECTICUT (MTR STATES): $143k → 20%MAKE THE ROAD PENNSYLVANIA (MTR STATES): $135k → 20%MAKE THE ROAD NEW JERSEY (MTR STATES): $106k → 20%MAKE THE ROAD (MTR) STATES: $50k → 20%CHURCHES UNITED FOR FAIR HOUSING: $291k → 20%CHURCHES UNITED FOR FAIR HOUSING: $147k → 20%CHURCHES UNITED FOR FAIR HOUSING: $126k → 20%CHURCHES UNITED FOR FAIR HOUSING: $105k → 20%CHURCHES UNITED FOR FAIR HOUSING: $55k → 20%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

AK
ME
VT
WA
MT
MN
IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
OR
NV
IN
OH
PA
NJ
CT
CA
CO
MO
WV
VA
MD
DE
AZ
NM
KS
AR
NC
DC
LA
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.
04

Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 8% of Center for Popular Democracy Inc’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 25% of the giving stays in NY; by stated purpose, 23%.

Center for Popular Democracy Inclessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address · 4.6% directed abroad (not shown)
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

91%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$60M · 89 repeat orgs$5.6M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +58% since the first grant, against +17% for those funded once.

89 repeat relationships: 35 still active in FY2024, 54 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

89
77

Total granted

$60M
$4.7M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+58%
+17%

Still filing today

83%
73%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 90% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $899k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Civil RightsHuman ServicesCommunity ImprovementEducationPublic BenefitHealthOther
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

  • MT
    Make The Road States Inc
    5× · 2020–2024 · $6.4M · revenue +136%
  • CASA INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $4.1M · revenue +194%
  • MT
    Make the Road New York
    8× · 2017–2024 · $2.9M · revenue +35%

Funded once

  • PR
    Puerto Rico Conservation Trust Fund
    one grant, 2018 · $775k · revenue -33%
  • NO
    NEIGHBORHOODS ORGANIZING FOR CHANGE
    one grant, 2017 · $260k
  • PM
    PROYECTO MATRIA INC
    one grant, 2018 · $200k · revenue -25%
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
Fuerza LaboralPower of Workers

Fuerza Laboral is a workers' rights center whose mission is to shift the balance of power in our economy in favor of workers by educating, training, and organizing workers to become community leaders; taking direct action to recover unpaid…

Education
2
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
3
National Legal Advocacy Network Dba Glow

The National Legal Advocacy Network d/b/a Grassroots Law & Organizing for Workers is a legal non-profit organization dedicated to using legal strategies as a tool to build power for marginalized workers and create systemic change through…

Crime & Legal
4
Colectiva Legal Del Pueblo

Colectiva Legal del Pueblo is a non-hierarchal collective organization founded for and by undocumented immigrants working to build community leadership and power for migrant justice through legal services, advocacy and education.

Civil Rights
5
Philadelphia Area Jobs With Justice

Building support for the rights of working people through coalitions of labor and community and through public education.

Employment
6
Cooperation L a

The L.A. Co-op Lab is a collective that builds capacity for worker ownership in Los Angeles as a pathway toward a more equitable and democratic economy.

Arts & Culture
7
United for a Fair Economy Inc

See Form 990, Part I, Line 1, Description of Organization Mission

Social Science
8
Pueblo Unido Pdx

Connect immigrants to legal, social, and interpretation services.

Human Services
9
Pennsylvania United

PA United organizes and builds power across Western PA to create

Civil Rights
10
La Comunidad Inc

Legal, immigration and community organizing

—
11
Puente Human Rights Movement

The puente human rights movement is a migrant worker justice foundation based in phoenix, az. we develop, educate, and empower migrant communities to protect and defend our families and ourselves.

Human Services
12
Fund for Justice

Fund for Justice is a nationally connected social impact research and advocacy organization that works to achieve fundamental, systemic reform by addressing policies and practicies that prevent individuals from reaching their full…

Crime & Legal
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Voices of Community Activists & Leaders (Vocal-Ny) Inc; the most unlike its peers is Pueblo Critico Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

146 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. 146 of the 174 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.

22
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
59
Early backer (in before they grew)
137/146
Grantees still filing
94/146
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CANVASS LLC: $4,665,386 · OtherCANVASS LLCCASA INC: $4,122,900 · OtherCASA INCWorking Washington: $1,986,109 · OtherWorking WashingtonACTION INSTITUTE NC: $1,739,370 · OtherACTION INSTITUTE NCORGANIZE NOW INC DBA ORGANIZE FLORIDA INC: $1,171,000 · OtherACTION NC: $1,070,000 · OtherTALLER SALUD INC: $941,500 · OtherTHE OHIO ORGANIZING COLLABORATIVE: $1,360,534 · Other+79 more: $10,787,610 · Other+79 moreORGANIZE PENNSYLVANIA: $2,638,048 · Civil RightsORGANIZE PENNSYLVANIAARIZONA CENTER FOR EMPOWERMENT: $1,936,200 · Civil RightsARIZONA CENTER FOR EMP…New York Communities For Change Inc: $1,899,000 · Civil RightsNew York Communities F…FLORIDA RISING INC: $1,539,550 · Civil RightsFLORIDA RISING INCFLORIDA RISING TOGETHER INC: $1,330,134 · Civil RightsFLORIDA RISING TOGETHE…Step Up Louisiana Organizing Fund: $762,514 · Civil RightsStep Up Louisiana Orga…NEW GEORGIA PROJECT INC: $744,500 · Civil RightsAlaskans Take A Stand: $659,172 · Civil RightsWORKING FAMILIES ORGANIZATION INC: $528,800 · Civil Rights+23 more: $2,207,378 · Civil Rights+23 moreMake The Road States Inc: $6,362,593 · Human ServicesMake The Road Stat…TIDES CENTER: $1,396,217 · Human ServicesTIDES CENTERUNITED FOR A NEW ECONOMY: $1,094,700 · Human ServicesUNITED FOR A NEW E…LIVING UNITED FOR CHANGE IN ARIZONA: $1,078,700 · Human ServicesLIVING UNITED FOR …CHURCHES UNITED FOR FAIR HOUSING INC: $723,567 · Human ServicesCHURCHES UNITED FO…+12 more: $845,383 · Human Services+12 moreTEXAS ORGANIZING PROJECT EDUCATION FUND: $1,040,095 · Community ImprovementFUSION PARTNERSHIP INC: $963,836 · Community ImprovementNew York Communities Organizing Fund Inc: $763,667 · Community ImprovementCOMMUNITIES UNITED INC: $711,000 · Community ImprovementF&L ORGANIZATIONAL SUPPORT SERVICES: $445,000 · Community ImprovementMAINE PEOPLE'S ALLIANCE: $222,500 · Community ImprovementHASER Inc: $190,500 · Community ImprovementHOOSIER ACTION INC: $185,000 · Community Improvement+8 more: $442,500 · Community ImprovementMake the Road New York: $2,932,924 · Crime & LegalRIGHTS & DEMOCRACY EDUCATION FUND INC: $1,110,538 · Crime & Legal+6 more: $351,000 · Crime & LegalACCE Institute: $1,764,909 · EducationUnited for Respect Education Fund: $824,000 · EducationCenter for Law and Human Values Inc: $478,928 · EducationWORKERS DEFENSE PROJECT: $238,000 · EducationMASA-MEXED INC: $170,000 · EducationINSTITUTO NUEVA ESCUELA INC: $150,000 · Education+5 more: $238,109 · EducationTIDES FOUNDATION: $3,354,871 · PhilanthropyTHE NEW WORLD FOUNDATION: $405,000 · Philanthropy+1 more: $75,000 · Philanthropy
Other$27,844,409Civil Rights$14,245,296Human Services$11,501,160Community Improvement$4,964,098Crime & Legal$4,394,462Education$3,863,946Philanthropy$3,834,871

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetMake The Road States Inc: $6,362,593 over 5y, 14% of budgetCASA INC: $4,122,900 over 8y, 9.3% of budgetTIDES FOUNDATION: $3,354,871 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetMake the Road New York: $2,932,924 over 8y, 2.1% of budgetORGANIZE PENNSYLVANIA: $2,638,048 over 8y, 46% of budgetWorking Washington: $1,986,109 over 8y, 51% of budgetARIZONA CENTER FOR EMPOWERMENT: $1,936,200 over 8y, 36% of budgetNew York Communities For Change Inc: $1,899,000 over 8y, 11% of budgetACCE Institute: $1,764,909 over 6y, 13% of budgetACTION INSTITUTE NC: $1,739,370 over 8y, 44% of budgetFLORIDA RISING INC: $1,539,550 over 5y, 28% of budgetTIDES CENTER: $1,396,217 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetTHE OHIO ORGANIZING COLLABORATIVE: $1,360,534 over 8y, 11% of budgetFLORIDA RISING TOGETHER INC: $1,330,134 over 7y, 3.3% of budgetORGANIZE NOW INC DBA ORGANIZE FLORIDA INC: $1,171,000 over 4y, 37% of budgetRIGHTS & DEMOCRACY EDUCATION FUND INC: $1,110,538 over 7y, 39% of budgetUNITED FOR A NEW ECONOMY: $1,094,700 over 5y, 27% of budgetLIVING UNITED FOR CHANGE IN ARIZONA: $1,078,700 over 6y, 20% of budgetACTION NC: $1,070,000 over 6y, 80% of budgetTEXAS ORGANIZING PROJECT EDUCATION FUND: $1,040,095 over 7y, 7.9% of budgetFUSION PARTNERSHIP INC: $963,836 over 6y, 2.1% of budgetTALLER SALUD INC: $941,500 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetMAINE PEOPLE'S RESOURCE CENTER: $916,763 over 6y, 8.6% of budgetFLORIDA INSTITUTE FOR REFORM AND EM DBA ORGANIZE FLORIDA EDUCATION FUND: $906,500 over 5y, 14% of budgetUnited for Respect Education Fund: $824,000 over 3y, 2.2% of budgetNew York Communities Organizing Fund Inc: $763,667 over 4y, 16% of budgetStep Up Louisiana Organizing Fund: $762,514 over 3y, 18% of budgetNEW GEORGIA PROJECT INC: $744,500 over 5y, 5.5% of budgetCHURCHES UNITED FOR FAIR HOUSING INC: $723,567 over 5y, 18% of budgetCOMMUNITIES UNITED INC: $711,000 over 8y, 36% of budgetAlaskans Take A Stand: $659,172 over 5y, 89% of budgetRIGHTS & DEMOCRACY PROJECT INC: $630,000 over 4y, 29% of budgetARKANSAS COMMUNITY INSTITUTE: $536,606 over 6y, 38% of budgetWORKING FAMILIES ORGANIZATION INC: $528,800 over 7y, 0.8% of budgetCenter for Law and Human Values Inc: $478,928 over 1y, 11% of budgetTHE OLE EDUCATION FUND: $453,513 over 6y, 26% of budgetF&L ORGANIZATIONAL SUPPORT SERVICES: $445,000 over 3y, 25% of budgetTHE NEW WORLD FOUNDATION: $405,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetONE PENNSYLVANIA ACTIVISTS UNITED: $380,000 over 1y, 6.0% of budgetWEST VIRGINIA HEALTHY KIDS AND FAMILIES COALITION: $375,239 over 5y, 100% of budgetTHE CRENULATED COMPANY LTD: $344,237 over 3y, 2.5% of budgetAYUDA LEGAL PUERTO RICO INC: $330,000 over 2y, 36% of budgetSUNFLOWER COMMUNITY ACTION INC: $287,295 over 4y, 69% of budgetFuerte Art Collective: $265,400 over 2y, 25% of budgetWORKERS DEFENSE PROJECT: $238,000 over 5y, 4.3% of budgetMAINE PEOPLE'S ALLIANCE: $222,500 over 2y, 11% of budgetCENTER FOR POPULAR DEMOCRACY INC: $220,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetACCION POLITICA PCUNISTA DBA PCUN: $215,609 over 2y, 4.7% 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.

  • Who funds Make The Road States Inc ↗
  • Who funds CASA INC ↗
  • Who funds TIDES FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Make the Road New York ↗
  • Who funds ORGANIZE PENNSYLVANIA ↗
  • Who funds Working Washington ↗
  • Who funds ARIZONA CENTER FOR EMPOWERMENT ↗
  • Who funds New York Communities For Change Inc ↗
  • Who funds ACCE Institute ↗
  • Who funds ACTION INSTITUTE NC ↗
  • Who funds FLORIDA RISING INC ↗
  • Who funds TIDES CENTER ↗
  • Who funds THE OHIO ORGANIZING COLLABORATIVE ↗
  • Who funds FLORIDA RISING TOGETHER INC ↗
  • Who funds ORGANIZE NOW INC DBA ORGANIZE FLORIDA INC ↗
  • Who funds RIGHTS & DEMOCRACY EDUCATION FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds UNITED FOR A NEW ECONOMY ↗
  • Who funds LIVING UNITED FOR CHANGE IN ARIZONA ↗
  • Who funds ACTION NC ↗
  • Who funds TEXAS ORGANIZING PROJECT EDUCATION FUND ↗
  • Who funds FUSION PARTNERSHIP INC ↗
  • Who funds TALLER SALUD INC ↗
  • Who funds MAINE PEOPLE'S RESOURCE CENTER ↗
  • Who funds FLORIDA INSTITUTE FOR REFORM AND EM DBA ORGANIZE FLORIDA EDUCATION FUND ↗
  • Who funds United for Respect Education Fund ↗
  • Who funds Puerto Rico Conservation Trust Fund ↗
  • Who funds New York Communities Organizing Fund Inc ↗
  • Who funds Step Up Louisiana Organizing Fund ↗
  • Who funds NEW GEORGIA PROJECT INC ↗
  • Who funds CHURCHES UNITED FOR FAIR HOUSING INC ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITIES UNITED INC ↗
  • Who funds Alaskans Take A Stand ↗
  • Who funds RIGHTS & DEMOCRACY PROJECT INC ↗
  • Who funds ARKANSAS COMMUNITY INSTITUTE ↗
  • Who funds WORKING FAMILIES ORGANIZATION INC ↗
  • Who funds Center for Law and Human Values Inc ↗
  • Who funds THE OLE EDUCATION FUND ↗

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 Charitabl…Center for Popular De…New Venture FundTides CenterHispanic Federation I…All Hands on Deck Net…Working Families Orga…NEO Philanthropy IncWindward FundTides FoundationThe Ford FoundationProteus Fund Inc
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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Center for Popular Democracy Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Center for Popular Democracy Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 80%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 8%
  • Northwest Health Foundation Fund Ii: 81% of income from government
  • National Black Justice Coalition Inc: 17% of income from government
  • Casa Inc: 8% of income from government
  • Fusion Partnership Inc: 3% of income from government
  • Community Labor United Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
8get no government money at all
31report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely 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.

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 174 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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The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
The DAF merry-go-round
$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home