· Public charity
Communities United Action Fund
To educate and support diverse communities as to the importance of the democratic process and increase engagement.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- $10k–50k9 grants · $150k
- $50k–250k3 grants · $275k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| SOMOS VOTANTES | $100,000 |
| BLACK PROGRESSIVE ACTION COALITION | $100,000 |
| RISE UNITED NETWORK INC | $75,000 |
| MAKE THE ROAD ACTION INC | $25,000 |
| POWER RISING ACTION FUND | $25,000 |
| ALLIANCE FOR YOUTH ACTION | $20,000 |
| PROJECT 26 PENNSYLVANIA | $20,000 |
| BLACK VOTERS MATTER FUND | $15,000 |
| FUND FOR STATES | $15,000 |
| LATINO VICTORY PROJECT | $10,000 |
| ASIAN PACIFIC ISLANDER POLITICAL ALLIANCE | $10,000 |
| EMGAGE ACTION INC | $10,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY25–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 14%. 16% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
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.
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Empower people and strengthen democratic institutions
Voter engagement
Voter education around policy
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How this is measured
11 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. 11 of the 12 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 FORWARD ACTION FUND ↗
- Who funds BLACK PROGRESSIVE ACTION COALITION ↗
- Who funds Rise United Network Inc ↗
- Who funds MAKE THE ROAD ACTION INC ↗
- Who funds POWER RISING ACTION FUND ↗
- Who funds ALLIANCE FOR YOUTH ACTION ↗
- Who funds PROJECT 26 PENNSYLVANIA ↗
- Who funds FUND FOR STATES ↗
- Who funds Black Voters Matter Fund Inc ↗
- Who funds LATINO VICTORY PROJECT ↗
- Who funds Emgage Action Inc ↗
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: Sixteen Thirty Fund · Open Society Action Fund Inc · America Votes · Future Forward USA Action · NEO Philanthropy Action Fund Inc · Tides Advocacy · Tides Foundation · Women Donors Network Action · Way to Win Action Fund Inc · All Hands on Deck Network Inc · Wellness Advocacy Fund · Our American Future Action
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Communities United Action Fund funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Communities United Action Fund. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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