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Color of Changeorg Education Fund

Color of change.org education fund exists to empower our members - black americans and our allies to make decision makers more responsive to the concerns of black americans and to bring about positive social change for everyone.

$313k
Granted FY2021
13
Grants FY2021
6
States reached
$50k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its fieldRead
01What it funds
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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2021.

Arts & Culture$456kCivil Rights$87kEducation$22kPublic Benefit$20kEnvironment$15kReligion$15kPhilanthropy$13kHuman Services$10kOther$0
02FY2021 · 13 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 13 grants below total $284,918, the rows itemized in this filing. The $312,915 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $27,997 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2021

  • Under $10k2 grants · $12k
  • $10k–50k9 grants · $173k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $100k
$20,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$24M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
RADA FILM GROUP$50,000
BLACKSTAR FILM FESTIVAL$50,000
ORGANIZATION FOR HUMAN RIGHTS AND DEMOCRACY$34,718
THE BLACKHOUSE FOUNDATION INC$25,000
THE ARTISTIC STANDARD PRODUCTIONS$25,000
NICH CULTURAL ARTS INC$20,000
MACRO MEDIA LLC$20,000
NETROOTS NATION$15,000
PRECIOUS DREAMS FOUNDATION$13,200
BONNTI INC$10,000
ROOFTOP FILMS INC$10,000
DIVERSE REPRESENTATION LLC$7,000
RON BROWN COLLEGE PREPATORY HIGH SCHOOL$5,000
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.

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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY19–21) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 93% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%TARGET: $10k → 11%BLACKSTAR FILM FESTIVAL: $50k → 22%SOCIAL GOODS FUND INC: $15k → 9%DIVERSE REPRESENTATION LLC: $7k → 14%PRECIOUS DREAMS FOUNDATION: $13k → 17%RADA FILM GROUP: $50k → 20%NICH CULTURAL ARTS INC: $20k → 14%NETROOTS NATION: $15k → 15%HIGHLANDER RESEARCH & EDUCATION CENTER INC: $17k → 11%ORGANIZATION FOR HUMAN RIGHTS AND DEMOCRACY: $35k → 13%THE BLACKHOUSE FOUNDATION INC: $25k → 14%THE RIVERSIDE CHURCH IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK: $15k → 17%ROOFTOP FILMS INC: $10k → 20%BONNTI INC: $10k → 14%THE ARTISTIC STANDARD PRODUCTIONS: $25k → 14%FIRELIGHT MEDIA INC: $35k → 17%ADVANCEMENT PROJECT: $5k → 14%WANDERLUXXE LLC: $86k → 14%DEMOS: $20k → 17%RON BROWN COLLEGE PREPATORY HIGH SCHOOL: $5k → 14%MACRO MEDIA LLC: $135k → 14%WEBBY AWARDS: $5k → 17%MACRO MEDIA LLC: $20k → 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

MN
NY
PA
CA
MO
TN
DC
GA
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 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
San Francisco Green Film Festival

San Francisco Green Film Festival's (SFGFF) mission is to educate and connect communities through forward thinking programs of environmental films, dialogues, and action opportunities.

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2
Women Donors Network

Women donors network advances a just, equitable, and sustainable world through the power of philanthropy, women's leadership, and collective and individual action.

Philanthropy
3
American Documentary Inc

A national non-profit media arts organization, american documentary strives to make essential documentaries accessible as a catalyst for public discourse. we collaborate with passionate filmmakers to amplify their voices, nuture the…

Arts & Culture
4
Breaking Through the Lens

Advocate for gender equality in the film industry.

Arts & Culture
5
UltraViolet Action

Ultraviolet action (uva) is a 501c4 organization. ultraviolet action is the premier national organization advocating for gender justice issues using creative, strategic campaigning and digital-first organizing. ultraviolet drives feminist…

Public Benefit
6
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
7
Ai for the People Inc

Ai for the people uses art, film and culture to encourage content producers, journalists, policymakers and advocates to embed racial justice into all public conversations about technology.

Civil Rights
8
San Francisco Film Society

SFFILM is a nonprofit organization whose mission ensures independent voices in film are welcomed, heard, and given the resources to thrive. SFFILM connects and inspires audiences, students and teachers, and filmmakers through our film…

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9
Rules Foundation

/The Rules is a global network of activists, organizers, designers, coders, researchers, writers and others dedicated to changing the rules that create inequality, climate change, and poverty around the world.

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10
Siff

Siff is a seattle-based 501(c)(3) arts nonprofit dedicated to the creation of vibrant experiences and spaces that champion film discovery and arts education.

Youth Development
11
Black Feminist Future Inc

The Organization is a political hub focused on the dynamic possibilities of galvanizing the social and political power of Black women, girls, and gender-expansive people towards liberation.

Arts & Culture
12
Netroots Foundation

Netroots foundation brings together online citizens across america, injects progressive voices into the national conversation and advances the values of justice, equality and community in our nation's politics.

Unclassified
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is National Domestic Workers Alliance Inc; the most unlike its peers is Organization for Human Rights and Democracy. 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

14 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. 14 of the 23 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
14/14
Grantees still filing
7/14
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

MACRO MEDIA LLC: $155,000 · OtherMACRO MEDIA LLCWANDERLUXXE LLC: $86,000 · OtherWANDERLUXXE LLCRADA FILM GROUP: $50,000 · OtherRADA FILM GROUPTHE ARTISTIC STANDARD PRODUCTIONS: $25,000 · OtherTHE ARTISTIC STANDARD PRODUCTIONSNICH CULTURAL ARTS: $20,000 · OtherRIVERSIDE CHURCH IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK: $14,626 · Other+5 more: $37,368 · Other+5 moreFIRELIGHT MEDIA INC: $35,000 · Civil RightsFIRELIGHT MEDIA INCORGANIZATION FOR HUMAN RIGHTS AND DEMOCRACY: $34,718 · Civil RightsORGANIZATION FOR HU…UltraViolet Education Fund: $25,000 · Civil RightsUltraViolet Educati…NETROOTS NATION (F/K/A BLOGGERPOWERORG): $15,000 · Civil RightsNETROOTS NATION (F/…BLACKSTAR PROJECTS INC: $50,000 · Arts & CultureBLACKSTAR PROJ…THE BLACKHOUSE FOUNDATION: $25,000 · Arts & CultureTHE BLACKHOUSE…ROOFTOP FILMS INC: $10,000 · Arts & CultureROOFTOP FILMS …DEMOS A NETWORK FOR IDEAS AND ACTION LTD: $20,000 · Public BenefitCATALYST CALIFORNIA: $5,000 · Public BenefitHIGHLANDER RESEARCH & EDUCATION CENTER INC: $17,170 · EnvironmentSOCIAL GOOD FUND INC: $15,000 · EducationPRECIOUS DREAMS FOUNDATION: $13,200 · Philanthropy
Other$387,994Civil Rights$109,718Arts & Culture$85,000Public Benefit$25,000Environment$17,170Education$15,000Philanthropy$13,200

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetBLACKSTAR PROJECTS INC: $50,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetFIRELIGHT MEDIA INC: $35,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetORGANIZATION FOR HUMAN RIGHTS AND DEMOCRACY: $34,718 over 1y, 7.6% of budgetTHE BLACKHOUSE FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 2y, 3.5% of budgetUltraViolet Education Fund: $25,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetDEMOS A NETWORK FOR IDEAS AND ACTION LTD: $20,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetHIGHLANDER RESEARCH & EDUCATION CENTER INC: $17,170 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSOCIAL GOOD FUND INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNETROOTS NATION (F/K/A BLOGGERPOWERORG): $15,000 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetPRECIOUS DREAMS FOUNDATION: $13,200 over 2y, 3.8% of budgetROOFTOP FILMS INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCATALYST CALIFORNIA: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

National Philanthropi…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
National Philanthropic TrustPA6.5× affinity5 shared granteesties to 4 of 4Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

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 Color of Changeorg Education Fund funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Color of Changeorg Education Fund. Bigger dots raise more.

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no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–50%
    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 23 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 2021, released 2021. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

    Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2024) is on record and reports no grant expense, so the figures above are from FY2021, the most recent year this funder made grants.

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