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Fair Elections Center

Fair Elections Center (fec) is a national, nonpartisan voting rights and election reform organization dedicated to safeguarding the future of our democracy through innovative efforts focused on voting rights and civic engagement.

$107k
Granted FY2024still arriving
2
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$10k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.

Education$92kPublic Benefit$28kCivil Rights$10k
02FY2024 · 2 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 2 grants below total $16,000, the rows itemized in this filing. The $106,763 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $90,763 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k1 grant · $6k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
$10,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$5.2M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
North Carolina Black Alliance$10,000
Morehouse College$6,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY18–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 76% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%MINNESOTA STATE COLLEGE STUDENT ASSOCIATION: $17k → 6%SHIPPENSBURG UNIVERSITY: $6k → 8%CCAC EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION: $5k → 11%CALIFORNIA UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $6k → 12%NASPA: $23k → 14%EDWARD WATERS UNIVERSITY: $8k → 14%FLORIDA AGRICULTURAL & MECHANICAL UNIVERSITY: $8k → 19%Morehouse College: $6k → 13%NASPA: $13k → 14%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its field

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.

1
National Association of College and University Attorneys

To advance the practice of higher education attorneys for the benefit of the institutions they serve.

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2
Furman University

The primary mission of furman as a liberal arts institution is to provide a distinctive education in fine arts, humanities, social sciences, mathematics and the sciences, as well as selected professional disciplines.

Education
3
Alamance Community College Foundation

The Alamance Community College Foundation exists to aid students with a demonstrated financial need in reaching their educational goals, while supporting the mission of ACC.

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4
National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities

The National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities (NAICU) serves as the unified voice for the 1,700 private, nonprofit colleges and universities in our nation. (continued on Schedule O)

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5
North Dakota State University Foundation

Building enduring relationships that maximize advocacy and philanthropy to support North Dakota State University.

Education
6
National Association for College Admission Counseling

Empowering college admission counseling professionals through education, advocacy, and community.

Education
7
University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education
8
Missouri Western State University Foundation Inc

The missouri western state university foundation is a not-for-profit charitable organization that functions solely to support the mission of missouri western state university, as stated in the university's mission statement. the foundation…

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9
Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities

Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities accredits institutions of higher education by applying evidence-informed standards and processes to support continuous improvements and promote equitable student achievement and success.

Education
10
Northern State University Foundation

The Northern State University Foundation is dedicated to securing the future of Northern State University. Its purpose is to solicit and administer funds and to pursue other activities to advance this goal.

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11
The Foundation for Florida Gateway College Inc

The foundation provides academic scholarships and financial support to the college.

Education
12
California State Student Association

CSSA as a student-led organization strives to improve the lives of California State University (CSU) students by advocating for student needs and engaging students in systemwide, state, and federal higher education policy making.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is National Association of Student Personnel Administrators Inc; the most unlike its peers is North Carolina Black Alliance Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

9 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 9 of the 10 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
9/9
Grantees still filing
4/9
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF STUDENT PERSONNEL ADMINISTRATORS INC: $36,450 · EducationNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF STUDENT PERSONNEL ADMINISTRATORS INCMinnesota State College Student Association Inc: $16,500 · EducationMinnesota State College Student Association IncNORTH CAROLINA BLACK ALLIANCE INC: $10,000 · EducationNORTH CAROLINA BLACK ALLIANCE INCFlorida Agricultural & Mechanical Univ Foundation Inc: $8,000 · EducationFlorida Agricultural & Mechanical Univ Foundation IncEdward Waters University Inc: $8,000 · EducationEdward Waters University IncFOUNDATION FOR CALIFORNIA UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $6,000 · EducationFOUNDATION FOR CALIFORNIA UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIAMOREHOUSE COLLEGE: $6,000 · EducationMOREHOUSE COLLEGESHIPPENSBURG UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $6,000 · EducationSHIPPENSBURG UNIVERSITY FOUNDATIONCOMMUNITY COLLEGE OF ALLEGHENY COUNTY EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION: $5,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF TEXAS: $27,500 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF TEXAS
Education$101,950Other$27,500

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF STUDENT PERSONNEL ADMINISTRATORS INC: $36,450 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMinnesota State College Student Association Inc: $16,500 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetNORTH CAROLINA BLACK ALLIANCE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetFlorida Agricultural & Mechanical Univ Foundation Inc: $8,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEdward Waters University Inc: $8,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFOUNDATION FOR CALIFORNIA UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $6,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetMOREHOUSE COLLEGE: $6,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSHIPPENSBURG UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $6,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCOMMUNITY COLLEGE OF ALLEGHENY COUNTY EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
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.

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.

Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Donor Advised Charitable Giving IncCO5.4× affinity4 shared granteesties to 2 of 2Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Fair Elections Center funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Fair Elections Center. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
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no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →median 11%
  • Edward Waters University Inc: 11% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

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 10 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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