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Children's Equity Fund at a glance

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Children's Equity Fund

To champion comprehensive policy changes at the federal, state and local levels to create lasting systems change that improves the well-being of children and families.

$6.9M
Granted FY2025still arriving
31
Grants FY2025still arriving
11
States reached
$930k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 to 2025.

Education$9.2MPublic Benefit$7.5MHuman Services$2.5MCivil Rights$2.5MReligion$825kCommunity Improvement$740kYouth Development$120k
02FY2025 · 31 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $10k–50k7 grants · $151k
  • $50k–250k15 grants · $2.1M
  • $250k+9 grants · $4.6M
$150,000
Median grant
11
States reached
$114M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
DC ACTION FOR CHILDREN$930,000
FUTURE NOW ACTION$800,000
IMPACT FELLOWS ACTION FUND$650,000
ECONOMIC SECURITY PROJECT ACTION$600,000
JEWS UNITED FOR JUSTICE CAMPAIGN FUND$400,000
CLAPHAM GROUP LLC$395,000
FUTURE NOW ACTION$350,000
CENTER FOR COMMUNITY CHANGE ACTION$250,000
MISSISSIPPI VOTER ALLIANCE$250,000
VIRGINIA PROMISE IN ACTION$240,000
FAIR BUDGET COALITION$200,000
STRONG START PAC$200,000
ECONOMIC SECURITY PROJECT ACTION$200,000
LETS GROW KIDS ACTION NETWORK$150,000
CASA IN ACTION$150,000
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 (FY22–25, $8.7M) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 71% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%LIVING UNITED FOR CHANGE IN ARIZONA: $375k → 11%CHILDREN MATTER ACTION FUND: $75k → 22%IMPACT FELLOWS ACTION FUND: $1.2M → 5%FREEDOM INC: $10k → 10%CHILD CARE AWARE OF AMERICA: $25k → 7%CASA IN ACTION: $150k → 11%IMPACT FELLOWS ACTION FUND: $650k → 5%CASA IN ACTION: $150k → 11%IMPACT FELLOWS ACTION FUND: $475k → 5%MOMSRISING TOGETHER: $150k → 9%CASA IN ACTION: $150k → 11%MOMSRISING TOGETHER: $100k → 19%CASA IN ACTION: $100k → 11%CASA IN ACTION: $10k → 11%DC ACTION FOR CHILDREN: $1.7M → 14%DC ACTION FOR CHILDREN: $1.2M → 14%DC ACTION FOR CHILDREN: $1.0M → 14%DC ACTION FOR CHILDREN: $930k → 14%FAR SOUTHEAST FAMILY STRENGTHENING COLLABORATIVE: $140k → 14%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

VT
WA
WI
NY
OH
PA
CA
VA
MD
AZ
KS
NC
DC
MS
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 grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

90%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$20M · 17 repeat orgs$2.3M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +18% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

17 repeat relationships: 12 still active in FY2025, 5 since wound down; 13 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

17
9

Total granted

$20M
$606k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+18%
0%

Still filing today

94%
89%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 75% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.7M went to new ones.

50%100%’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesCivil RightsCommunity ImprovementPublic BenefitReligionEducationOther
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

  • DA
    DC ACTION FOR CHILDREN TODAY DC ACT
    4× · 2022–2025 · $4.9M · revenue +433% · 56% of their budget
  • FN
    FUTURE NOW ACTION
    3× · 2023–2025 · $2.2M · revenue +18%
  • AF
    ALLIANCE FOR YOUTH ACTION
    3× · 2022–2025 · $1.8M · revenue +159%

Funded once

  • FS
    FAR SOUTHEAST FAMILY STRENGTENING
    one grant, 2022 · $140k · revenue -35%
  • TO
    THE OHIO ORGANIZING CAMPAIGN
    one grant, 2024 · $100k · revenue 0%
  • AC
    ADVANCE CAROLINA
    one grant, 2024 · $100k
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
Coalition for Dc Representation in Congress Education Fund

Founded in 1998, dc vote is a national citizen engagement and advocacy organization dedicated to strengthening democracy and securing equality for all in the district of columbia.

Education
2
Powerswitch Action

Powerswitch action is a national network forging collective democracy and economies in our cities and states, together with our 21 grassroots affiliates.

Community Improvement
3
Power Coalition for Electoral Justice

We created the power coalition for electoral justice with our partners because this is a moment of opportunity; a time to dig in and become internationally strategic; in short, to use this movement to create a true paradigm shift. to plant…

Civil Rights
4
Issue One Action

Issue one action is uniting republicans, democrats, and independents to protect our elections and fix our political system. we are committed to free, fair, and secure elections and reducing the influence of well-financed special interests…

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5
State Policy Network

State policy network's (spn) mission is to catalyze thriving, durable freedom movements in every state, anchored with high-performing, independent think tanks.

Civil Rights
6
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
7
One for Democracy Action Fund

One for democracy unlocks resources to build a healthy democracy by fostering meaningful relationships between philanthropists and the democracy leaders of our time.

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8
North Carolinians for Redistricting Reform

North Carolinians for Redistricting Reform (NC4RR) is a bipartisan nonprofit working to improve North Carolina's representative democracy through redistricting reform. NC4RR's objective is to help pass a state constitutional amendment in…

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9
People's Independent Commission

Supports Measure to Remove Lawmakers Power to Set Their Own Pay

—
10
Council for Court Excellence

Council for court excellence's (cce's) mission is to bring people together to conduct research, educate, and advocate to make d.c.'s unique legal systems more just, equitable, and accountable to the community.

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11
Act for Alexandria

Amplify the work of our community by bringing people and resources together.

Community Improvement
12
Democracy Forward

See schedule o.this organization seeks to build collective power to defend and advance a vibrant democracy that benefits all people.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Economic Security Project Action Inc; the most unlike its peers is Citizens Not Politicians. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

33 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. 33 of the 40 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.

4
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
10
Early backer (in before they grew)
33/33
Grantees still filing
15/33
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

DC ACTION FOR CHILDREN TODAY DC ACT: $4,914,000 · Human ServicesDC ACTION FOR CHILDREN TODAY DC ACTIMPACT FELLOWS ACTION FUND: $2,325,000 · Human ServicesIMPACT FELLOWS ACTION FUNDCASA IN ACTION INC: $560,000 · Human ServicesCASA IN ACTION INCLIVING UNITED FOR CHANGE IN ARIZONA: $475,000 · Human ServicesLIVING UNITED FOR CHANGE IN ARIZONA+5 more: $500,000 · Human Services+5 moreFUTURE NOW ACTION: $2,200,000 · Public BenefitFUTURE NOW ACTIONECONOMIC SECURITY PROJECT ACTION INC: $1,800,000 · Public BenefitECONOMIC SECURITY PROJE…CENTER FOR COMMUNITY CHANGE ACTION: $850,000 · Public BenefitCENTER FOR COMMUNITY CH…ALLIANCE FOR YOUTH ACTION: $1,800,000 · Civil RightsALLIANCE FOR …LET'S GROW KIDS ACTION NETWORK: $500,000 · Civil RightsLET'S GROW KI…VIRGINIA PROMISE IN ACTION INC: $240,000 · Civil RightsVIRGINIA PROM…THE OHIO ORGANIZING CAMPAIGN: $100,000 · Civil RightsMISSISSIPPI VOTES ACTION FUND CORPORATION: $100,000 · Civil Rights+4 more: $101,500 · Civil RightsJEWS UNITED FOR JUSTICE CAMPAIGN FUND: $1,350,000 · OtherJEWS UNITED F…THE CLAPHAM GROUP LLC: $395,000 · OtherTHE CLAPHAM G…MISSISSIPPI VOTER ALLIANCE: $250,000 · OtherMISSISSIPPI V…STRONG START PAC: $200,000 · OtherSTRONG START …CASA IN ACTION PAC INC: $100,000 · OtherADVANCE CAROLINA: $100,000 · OtherCitizens Not Politicians: $100,000 · OtherNATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF COLORED PEOPLE: $100,000 · OtherLEADERS IGNITING TRANSFORMATION ACTION FUND INC: $100,000 · Other+2 more: $40,000 · OtherDC FISCAL POLICY INSTITUTE INC: $755,500 · Community ImprovementDC FISCAL …FUSION PARTNERSHIP INC: $670,000 · Community ImprovementFUSION PAR…PENNSYLVANIA STANDS UP INC: $550,000 · Community ImprovementPENNSYLVAN…ADVANCE NORTH CAROLINA INC: $100,000 · Community ImprovementSOCIAL GOOD FUND INC: $1,000,000 · EducationDC Early Learning Collaborative Inc: $336,000 · EducationJEWS UNITED FOR JUSTICE INC: $825,000 · ReligionPROJECT PNEUMA INC: $20,000 · Youth Development
Human Services$8,774,000Public Benefit$4,850,000Civil Rights$2,841,500Other$2,735,000Community Improvement$2,075,500Education$1,336,000Religion$825,000Youth Development$20,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetDC ACTION FOR CHILDREN TODAY DC ACT: $4,914,000 over 4y, 56% of budgetIMPACT FELLOWS ACTION FUND: $2,325,000 over 3y, 23% of budgetFUTURE NOW ACTION: $2,200,000 over 3y, 4.9% of budgetALLIANCE FOR YOUTH ACTION: $1,800,000 over 3y, 16% of budgetECONOMIC SECURITY PROJECT ACTION INC: $1,800,000 over 3y, 18% of budgetSOCIAL GOOD FUND INC: $1,000,000 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetCENTER FOR COMMUNITY CHANGE ACTION: $850,000 over 3y, 6.6% of budgetJEWS UNITED FOR JUSTICE INC: $825,000 over 2y, 14% of budgetDC FISCAL POLICY INSTITUTE INC: $755,500 over 4y, 16% of budgetFUSION PARTNERSHIP INC: $670,000 over 3y, 2.0% of budgetCASA IN ACTION INC: $560,000 over 3y, 6.5% of budgetPENNSYLVANIA STANDS UP INC: $550,000 over 3y, 14% of budgetLET'S GROW KIDS ACTION NETWORK: $500,000 over 2y, 40% of budgetLIVING UNITED FOR CHANGE IN ARIZONA: $475,000 over 2y, 4.2% of budgetDC Early Learning Collaborative Inc: $336,000 over 2y, 7.7% of budgetMOMSRISING TOGETHER: $250,000 over 2y, 2.5% of budgetVIRGINIA PROMISE IN ACTION INC: $240,000 over 1y, 41% of budgetFAR SOUTHEAST FAMILY STRENGTENING: $140,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetTHE OHIO ORGANIZING CAMPAIGN: $100,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetLEADERS IGNITING TRANSFORMATION ACTION FUND INC: $100,000 over 1y, 3.0% of budgetCHILDREN FIRST ACTION FUND: $75,000 over 1y, 26% of budgetNATIONAL REDISTRICTING FOUNDATION: $45,750 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetNATIONAL REDISTRICTING ACTION FUND: $35,750 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetCHILD CARE AWARE OF AMERICA: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWashington Community Action Network: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetFREEDOM INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% 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.

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.

Sixteen Thirty FundTides AdvocacyOpen Society Action F…All Hands on Deck Net…America VotesTides FoundationWellness Advocacy FundPro-Democracy CampaignInstructional Telecom…Way to Win Action Fun…Center for Community …North Fund
Sixteen Thirty FundDC36.6× affinity16 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Sixteen Thirty Fund · Tides Advocacy · Open Society Action Fund Inc · All Hands on Deck Network Inc · America Votes · Tides Foundation · Wellness Advocacy Fund · Pro-Democracy Campaign · Instructional Telecommunications Foundation Inc · Way to Win Action Fund Inc · Center for Community Change Action · North 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Children's Equity Fund funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Children's Equity Fund. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →median 3%
  • Fusion Partnership Inc: 3% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–10%
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.
05Through Plinth

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How do I get to Children's Equity Fund?

Find your warmest path to Children's Equity Fund through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

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 40 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 2025, released 2025. 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