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Democratizing Philanthropy Project

DEMOCRATIZING PHILANTHROPY PROJECT gives organizations addressing the systemic issues facing our nation the ability to build a powerful, lasting revenue stream and network of engaged activists and donors they can rely on. Specifically, we work to help organizations test out and build new approaches to earning revenue; ensure vulnerable…

$83k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
4
Grants FY2024
29
Organizations funded FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$20,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$31,915
States reached, FY2024
4
Total assets, FY2024
$574k
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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2023 to 2024.

Arts & Culture$299kCivil Rights$201kPublic Benefit$193kEmployment$60kEducation$55kPhilanthropy$55kCommunity Improvement$34kCrime & Legal$20kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

MN
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OH
CA
VA
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DE
AZ
NC
DC
GA
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FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2023 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Prism Reports Inc$298,665215%
Workers Defense Project$35,00011%
Florida Rising Together Inc$33,97210%
Casa Inc$30,00010%
New Georgia Project Inc$30,00010%
Virginia New Majority Education Fund$28,11410%
Make the Road New York$27,50010%
PICO California$24,47511%
Texas Organizing Project Education Fund$22,89110%
We Are Down Home$20,00011%
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All grantees of Democratizing Philanthropy Project by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Prism Reports Inc$298,665215%
Workers Defense Project$35,00011%
Florida Rising Together Inc$33,97210%
Casa Inc$30,00010%
New Georgia Project Inc$30,00010%
Virginia New Majority Education Fund$28,11410%
Make the Road New York$27,50010%
PICO California$24,47511%
Texas Organizing Project Education Fund$22,89110%
We Are Down Home$20,00011%
Grassroots Analytics LLC$20,0001n/a
Activate 48 Education Fund$20,00011%
Arizona Center for Empowerment$20,00010%
Restaurant Opportunities Centers United Inc$20,00010%
Jobs with Justice Education Fund$20,00010%
National Domestic Workers Alliance Inc$20,00010%
State Democracy Project$20,00010%
Isaiah$20,00010%
Civic Shout LLC$20,0001n/a
More Perfect Union Foundation$20,00010%
The Ohio Organizing Collaborative$20,00010%
NEO Philanthropy Inc$20,00010%
Fair Shot Texas$20,00011%
United for Respect Education Fund$20,00010%
Restoring Justice$20,00013%
Tedesco & Affiliate LLC$11,2501n/a
Alliance for Youth Organizing$10,00010%
Red Wine & Blue Education Fund$10,00010%
Bvm Capacity Building Institute Inc$10,00010%
Carolina Federation Fund$10,00011%
Somos Familia$10,00014%
Texas Freedom Network Education Fund$10,00010%

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Democratizing Philanthropy Project supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetPrism Reports Inc: $298,665 over 2y, 15% of budgetWorkers Defense Project: $35,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetFlorida Rising Together Inc: $33,972 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCasa Inc: $30,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNew Georgia Project Inc: $30,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetVirginia New Majority Education Fund: $28,114 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetMake the Road New York: $27,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPICO California: $24,475 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetTexas Organizing Project Education Fund: $22,891 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetWe Are Down Home: $20,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetActivate 48 Education Fund: $20,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetArizona Center for Empowerment: $20,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetRestaurant Opportunities Centers United Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetJobs with Justice Education Fund: $20,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetNational Domestic Workers Alliance Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetState Democracy Project: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetIsaiah: $20,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetMore Perfect Union Foundation: $20,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetThe Ohio Organizing Collaborative: $20,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetNEO Philanthropy Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFair Shot Texas: $20,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetUnited for Respect Education Fund: $20,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetRestoring Justice: $20,000 over 1y, 3.3% of budgetAlliance for Youth Organizing: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetRed Wine & Blue Education Fund: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetBvm Capacity Building Institute Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCarolina Federation Fund: $10,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetSomos Familia: $10,000 over 1y, 3.8% of budgetTexas Freedom Network Education Fund: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 29.

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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.

Amalgamated Charitabl…The Ford FoundationWindward FundNEO Philanthropy IncTides FoundationSolidago FoundationNew Venture FundHopewell FundImpactassetsincWay to RiseWellspring Philanthro…Rockefeller Philanthr…
Amalgamated Charitable Foundation IncDC36.9× affinity17 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc · The Ford Foundation · Windward Fund · NEO Philanthropy Inc · Tides Foundation · Solidago Foundation · New Venture Fund · Hopewell Fund · Impactassetsinc · Way to Rise · Wellspring Philanthropic Fund Inc · Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc

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.

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How do I get to Democratizing Philanthropy Project?

Find your warmest path to Democratizing Philanthropy Project through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

About Democratizing Philanthropy Project

How much does Democratizing Philanthropy Project give?
Democratizing Philanthropy Project reported 4 grants totaling $83,165 in its FY2024 IRS filing.
What does Democratizing Philanthropy Project fund?
By grant dollars over FY2023 to FY2024, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (31%), Civil Rights (21%), Public Benefit (20%).
Who are Democratizing Philanthropy Project's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2023 to FY2024: Prism Reports Inc ($299k), Workers Defense Project ($35k), Florida Rising Together Inc ($34k).
Which funders back the same organizations as Democratizing Philanthropy Project?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc, The Ford Foundation, Windward Fund.
Where is Democratizing Philanthropy Project based?
Democratizing Philanthropy Project is based in WA.

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 33 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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