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Fairvote Action
FAIRVOTE ACTION campaigns for better elections for all. We win voting reforms that make democracy more functional and representative for every american.
- $443k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 7
- Grants FY2024
- 4
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 75%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $25,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $285,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 10
- FY2018 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 7
- Total assets, FY2024
- $583k
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 75% of the organizations Fairvote Action funded were first-time grantees, receiving 74% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 26% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $72k 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 | 7 | $440k | 86% |
| FY2023 | 4 | $97k | 75% |
| FY2022 | 10 | $643k | 90% |
| FY2021 | 1 | $30k | 100% |
| FY2020 | 8 | $115k | 50% |
| FY2019 | 7 | $131k | 100% |
| FY2018 | 5 | $20k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 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, FY2018 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ranked Choice Voting for Seattle | $390,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Make All Votes Count DC | $310,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Portlanders for Charter Reform | $75,000 | 1 | 9% |
| Kansas Democratic Party | $60,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Wyoming Democratic Party | $60,000 | 2 | n/a |
| California RCV Institute Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 31% |
| Oregonians for Better Elections | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Ranked Choice Voting for Clark County | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| California RCV Coalition Inc | $40,000 | 2 | 37% |
| Vermont Public Interest Research Group Inc | $40,000 | 2 | 2% |
Show all 34 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ranked Choice Voting for Seattle | $390,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Make All Votes Count DC | $310,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Portlanders for Charter Reform | $75,000 | 1 | 9% |
| Kansas Democratic Party | $60,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Wyoming Democratic Party | $60,000 | 2 | n/a |
| California RCV Institute Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 31% |
| Oregonians for Better Elections | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Ranked Choice Voting for Clark County | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| California RCV Coalition Inc | $40,000 | 2 | 37% |
| Vermont Public Interest Research Group Inc | $40,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Preferential Primaries Action | $35,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Rank Mi Vote Ballot Question Committee | $35,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Iowa Democratic Party | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| FairVote Minnesota Foundation | $25,000 | 1 | 6% |
| Democratic Party of Hawaii | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Alaska Democratic Party | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| FairVote Illinois Action | $20,000 | 1 | 47% |
| National Association of Nonpartisan Reformers | $20,000 | 2 | 9% |
| Oregon Ranked Choice Voting Advocates | $13,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Partners in Democracy Inc | $12,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Fair Elections Portland | $11,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Missouri Democratic State Committee | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Better Elections for Santa Clara Yes on Measure A | $10,000 | 1 | 10% |
| Ranked Choice Voting for San Juan County | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Yes on 117 | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Alaskans for Better Elections | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Ranked Choice Voting for Texas | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Progressive Humboldt Coalition | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Coalition for DC Representation in Congress Education Fund | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Rcv for Colorado Education Fund | $4,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Nevadans for Election | $3,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Voter Choice Albany | $3,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Committee for Ranked Choice Voting | $1,502 | 1 | n/a |
| Fix Democracy First Education Fund | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($20k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Fairvote Action supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 3 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 13 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: Unite America Inc · Unite America Institute Inc · Article IV · Proteus Fund Inc
How this is measured
About Fairvote Action
- How much does Fairvote Action give?
- Fairvote Action reported 7 grants totaling $443,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 10 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2023.
- What does Fairvote Action fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2024, its largest causes are Public Benefit (97%), Environment (3%), Civil Rights (0%).
- Who are Fairvote Action's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2024: Ranked Choice Voting for Seattle ($390k), Make All Votes Count DC ($310k), Portlanders for Charter Reform ($75k).
- Does Fairvote Action fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 75% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Fairvote Action?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Unite America Inc, Unite America Institute Inc, Article IV.
- Where is Fairvote Action based?
- Fairvote Action is based in MD.
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