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Democracy at Work Institute
The mission of the DEMOCRACY AT WORK INSTITUTE is to expand the worker cooperative model to reach communities most directly affected by social and economic inequality, specifically people of color, recent immigrants, and low-wage workforces. We are a movement-based think-and-do tank supporting worker cooperatives to grow to a scale that…
- $956k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 6
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 8
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 38%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $760k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $34,063
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $598,709
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 14
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 3
- Total assets, FY2024
- $3.0M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 38% of the organizations Democracy at Work Institute funded were first-time grantees, receiving 18% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 82% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $46k 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 | 6 | $760k | 50% |
| FY2023 | 8 | $249k | 38% |
| FY2022 | 8 | $496k | 50% |
| FY2021 | 9 | $801k | 100% |
| FY2019 | 2 | $45k | 50% |
| FY2018 | 14 | $295k | 100% |
| FY2017 | 1 | $90k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 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, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Guilded Lca | $598,709 | 1 | n/a |
| Pilipino Workers Center of Southern | $171,649 | 3 | 2% |
| Cooperation L A | $146,475 | 4 | 6% |
| Staffing Cooperative | $142,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Korean Immigrant Workers Advocates of Southern California | $140,056 | 2 | 2% |
| Capital Impact Partners | $89,600 | 1 | 0% |
| California Harvesters Inc | $82,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Cooperacin Santa Ana | $64,333 | 2 | 2% |
| Apis & Heritage Managing Member LLC | $32,000 | 1 | n/a |
| United Taxi Workers of San Diego | $31,091 | 1 | 9% |
Show all 23 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Guilded Lca | $598,709 | 1 | n/a |
| Pilipino Workers Center of Southern | $171,649 | 3 | 2% |
| Cooperation L A | $146,475 | 4 | 6% |
| Staffing Cooperative | $142,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Korean Immigrant Workers Advocates of Southern California | $140,056 | 2 | 2% |
| Capital Impact Partners | $89,600 | 1 | 0% |
| California Harvesters Inc | $82,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Cooperacin Santa Ana | $64,333 | 2 | 2% |
| Apis & Heritage Managing Member LLC | $32,000 | 1 | n/a |
| United Taxi Workers of San Diego | $31,091 | 1 | 9% |
| Cooperative Development Institute Inc | $22,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Center for Community Self-Help | $15,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Multiplier | $12,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Cincinnati Union Cooperative Initiative | $10,000 | 1 | 3% |
| The Working World Inc | $8,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Worcester Roots Project | $6,000 | 1 | 10% |
| Concerned Capital | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Northwest Cooperative Development Center | $6,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Legacy Law School Corporation | $6,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Vermont Employee Ownership Center | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| University of Wisconsin Madison | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Philadelphia Area Cooperative Alliance | $6,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Long Island Progressive Coalition Inc | $6,000 | 1 | 1% |
Plus 12 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.1M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Democracy at Work Institute supplied at peak.
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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: Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc · The California Endowment · Cooperacin Santa Ana · Weingart Foundation · WK Kellogg Foundation · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · California Community Foundation · Impactassetsinc · Tides Foundation · Local Initiatives Support Corporation · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
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About Democracy at Work Institute
- How much does Democracy at Work Institute give?
- Democracy at Work Institute reported 6 itemized grants totaling $759,678, out of $956,429 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 14 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Democracy at Work Institute fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Employment (32%), Environment (25%), Community Improvement (13%).
- Who are Democracy at Work Institute's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Guilded Lca ($599k), Pilipino Workers Center of Southern ($172k), Cooperation L A ($146k).
- Does Democracy at Work Institute fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 38% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Democracy at Work Institute?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc, The California Endowment, Cooperacin Santa Ana.
- Where is Democracy at Work Institute based?
- Democracy at Work Institute is based in CA.
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