North Carolina · Public charity
Committee on States
COMMITTEE ON STATES' mission is to create, nurture, & sustain a community of state-based progressive investors and institutional partners throughout the country.
- $5.5M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 24
- Grants FY2024
- 17
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 35%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $115,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $1,325,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 11 to 18
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 24
- Total assets, FY2024
- $1.9M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 35% of the organizations Committee on States funded were first-time grantees, receiving 39% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 61% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $375k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 24 | $5.5M | 25% |
| FY2023 | 17 | $970k | 35% |
| FY2022 | 18 | $900k | 44% |
| FY2021 | 11 | $504k | 64% |
| FY2020 | 12 | $495k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
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, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pa Alliance Action | $1,375,000 | 2 | 7% |
| Together Wisconsin Acts Inc | $990,000 | 2 | 17% |
| Michigan Civic Action Fund | $990,000 | 2 | 6% |
| Georgia Investor Action Fund Inc | $405,000 | 4 | 3% |
| Florida Advancement Project Inc | $325,000 | 3 | 5% |
| Project Nm LLC | $310,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Texas Future Cooperative | $275,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Ohio Progressive Collaborative | $265,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Nevada Alliance | $265,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Virginia Plus LLC | $250,000 | 5 | n/a |
Show all 39 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pa Alliance Action | $1,375,000 | 2 | 7% |
| Together Wisconsin Acts Inc | $990,000 | 2 | 17% |
| Michigan Civic Action Fund | $990,000 | 2 | 6% |
| Georgia Investor Action Fund Inc | $405,000 | 4 | 3% |
| Florida Advancement Project Inc | $325,000 | 3 | 5% |
| Project Nm LLC | $310,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Texas Future Cooperative | $275,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Ohio Progressive Collaborative | $265,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Nevada Alliance | $265,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Virginia Plus LLC | $250,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Indiana Progressive Collaborative Inc | $248,750 | 4 | 84% |
| Make North Carolina First | $240,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Tennessee Investor Fund | $240,000 | 2 | 14% |
| Washington Progress Alliance | $240,000 | 3 | 12% |
| Idaho Progressive Investor Network | $220,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Win Minnesota | $165,000 | 1 | 7% |
| A Better Big Sky | $150,000 | 3 | 3% |
| Commonwealth Alliance Voter Engagement | $135,000 | 3 | 11% |
| Colorado Democracy Alliance | $115,000 | 1 | 19% |
| New Hampshire Progress Alliance | $100,000 | 2 | 5% |
| Project 68 Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 14% |
| Alaska Progressive Donor Table | $100,000 | 2 | 13% |
| NEO Philanthropy Action Fund Inc | $85,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Maine Democracy Collaborative | $85,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Progressive Era Project | $70,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Oregon Donor Alliance | $60,000 | 1 | 16% |
| Instituto Lab | $60,000 | 2 | 4% |
| Missouri Win | $50,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Tides Advocacy | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Florida Alliance | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Wyoming Donor Alliance | $50,000 | 1 | 17% |
| Commonwealth Alliance Action Fund | $50,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Alliance for a Better North Dakota | $50,000 | 1 | 15% |
| Abundance Leadership Consulting LLC | $35,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Together Tennesse | $35,000 | 1 | n/a |
| See Forward Fund Inc | $35,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Alliance for a Better Utah Inc | $35,000 | 1 | 18% |
| The Alabama Alliance | $35,000 | 1 | 24% |
| Wyoming Investor Network | $35,000 | 1 | n/a |
Where it is load-bearing
Committee on States supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 29 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
How this is measured
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.
Open a dossier: State Engagement Fund · State Leadership Project · Sixteen Thirty Fund · All Hands on Deck Network Inc · Tides Advocacy · Strategic Victory Fund · Tides Foundation · North Fund · American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees · America Votes · Open Society Action Fund Inc · Fuse Washington
How this is measured
About Committee on States
- How much does Committee on States give?
- Committee on States reported 24 grants totaling $5,505,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 11 and 18 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does Committee on States fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Public Benefit (64%), Community Improvement (13%), Health (11%).
- Who are Committee on States's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Pa Alliance Action ($1.4M), Together Wisconsin Acts Inc ($990k), Michigan Civic Action Fund ($990k).
- Does Committee on States fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 35% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Committee on States?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include State Engagement Fund, State Leadership Project, Sixteen Thirty Fund.
- Where is Committee on States based?
- Committee on States is based in NC.
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