Washington, D.C. · Public charity
Common Cause Education Fund
The COMMON CAUSE EDUCATION FUND employs research, outreach, educational programming, and coalition building to increase public understanding of how our democracy works, empower citizens to hold their government accountable, and promote broad and effective citizen engagement at federal, state, and local levels.
- $2.5M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 89
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 27
- Organizations funded FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $2.2M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $15,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $250,000
- States reached, FY2025
- 18
- Total assets, FY2025
- $34M
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2024 to 2025.
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, FY2024 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blueprint North Carolina | $282,000 | 1 | 8% |
| North Carolina For The People | $150,000 | 1 | 31% |
| Washington Council of the Blind | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| North Carolina Black Alliance Inc | $75,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Arab American Institute Foundation | $75,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Asian Americans Advancing Justice - Aajc Inc | $75,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Young Peoples Alliance Education Fund | $75,000 | 2 | 11% |
| Florida Rising Together Inc | $65,000 | 1 | n/a |
| League of Women Voters of California Education Fund | $60,000 | 1 | 14% |
| Inland Empire United Education Fund | $60,000 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 104 grantees
Where it is load-bearing
Common Cause Education Fund supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 46 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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: Blueprint North Carolina · NEO Philanthropy Inc · Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc · Tides Foundation · Z Smith Reynolds Foundation Inc · New Venture Fund · Bvm Capacity Building Institute Inc · Windward Fund · Proteus Fund Inc · Common Counsel Foundation · Southern Coalition for Social Justice · The Prentice Foundation Inc
How this is measured
About Common Cause Education Fund
- How much does Common Cause Education Fund give?
- Common Cause Education Fund reported 89 itemized grants totaling $2,242,181, out of $2,470,489 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing.
- What does Common Cause Education Fund fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2024 to FY2025, its largest causes are Public Benefit (72%), Civil Rights (8%), Health (4%).
- Who are Common Cause Education Fund's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2024 to FY2025: Blueprint North Carolina ($282k), North Carolina For The People ($150k), Washington Council of the Blind ($100k).
- Which funders back the same organizations as Common Cause Education Fund?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Blueprint North Carolina, NEO Philanthropy Inc, Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc.
- Where is Common Cause Education Fund based?
- Common Cause Education Fund is based in DC.
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