Washington · Public charity
Far Star Action Fund
Supports programs in steam education, good governance, and climate advocacy-seeking creative solutions to the world's challenges.
- $2.5M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 10
- Grants FY2024
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 14%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $125,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $550,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 12
- FY2018 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 2
- Total assets, FY2024
- $4.4M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 14% of the organizations Far Star Action Fund funded were first-time grantees, receiving 17% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 83% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $100k 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 | 10 | $2.5M | 50% |
| FY2023 | 7 | $600k | 14% |
| FY2022 | 9 | $1.6M | 33% |
| FY2021 | 12 | $1.3M | 75% |
| FY2020 | 9 | $1.1M | 67% |
| FY2019 | 1 | $115k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 4 | $670k | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Exposure Labs | $1,610,000 | 4 | n/a |
| League of Conservation Voters Inc | $1,100,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Lcv Victory Fund | $650,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Giffords | $525,000 | 2 | 3% |
| No on 2117 Committee | $500,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Fund for a Better Future Inc | $500,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Smp | $375,000 | 3 | n/a |
| House Majority Forward | $375,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Ab Foundation | $325,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Redford Center Inc | $245,000 | 4 | 2% |
Show all 27 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Exposure Labs | $1,610,000 | 4 | n/a |
| League of Conservation Voters Inc | $1,100,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Lcv Victory Fund | $650,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Giffords | $525,000 | 2 | 3% |
| No on 2117 Committee | $500,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Fund for a Better Future Inc | $500,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Smp | $375,000 | 3 | n/a |
| House Majority Forward | $375,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Ab Foundation | $325,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Redford Center Inc | $245,000 | 4 | 2% |
| Grist Magazine Inc | $200,000 | 1 | 6% |
| Climate Power | $200,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Evergreen Action | $175,000 | 3 | 4% |
| Washington Conservation Action | $150,000 | 1 | 12% |
| Hmp | $125,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Fuse Washington | $125,000 | 4 | 5% |
| Sugarcane Film LLC | $125,000 | 1 | n/a |
| America Votes | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Bbt Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Democratic Governors Association | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Fair Fight Action Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| August Island Pictures | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Ohio Campus Compact | $40,000 | 2 | 1% |
| RepresentUs Education Fund | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| End Citizens United Let America Vote Action Fund | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Together for Progress | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| National Redistricting Action Fund | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($25k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Far Star Action Fund supplied at peak.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
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: Sixteen Thirty Fund · Fund for a Better Future Inc · Our American Future Action · America Votes · Tides Advocacy · Hopewell Fund · Wellness Advocacy Fund · The Heising-Simons Action Fund · League of Conservation Voters Inc · National Education Association of the United States · Brick by Brick Foundation · Advocacy Action Fund Inc
How this is measured
About Far Star Action Fund
- How much does Far Star Action Fund give?
- Far Star Action Fund reported 10 grants totaling $2,450,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 12 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2023.
- What does Far Star Action Fund fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2024, its largest causes are Environment (34%), Public Benefit (32%), Science & Tech (20%).
- Who are Far Star Action Fund's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2024: Exposure Labs ($1.6M), League of Conservation Voters Inc ($1.1M), Lcv Victory Fund ($650k).
- Does Far Star Action Fund fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 14% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Far Star Action Fund?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Sixteen Thirty Fund, Fund for a Better Future Inc, Our American Future Action.
- Where is Far Star Action Fund based?
- Far Star Action Fund is based in WA.
Play a game based on Far Star Action’s filings →