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Far Star Action Fund at a glance

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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 FY2024still arriving
10
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$550k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its 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.

Environment$2.7MPublic Benefit$2.5MScience & Tech$1.6MCommunity Improvement$650kCivil Rights$175kHuman Services$125kPhilanthropy$100kArts & Culture$50kOther$0
02FY2024 · 10 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • $10k–50k1 grant · $25k
  • $50k–250k5 grants · $575k
  • $250k+4 grants · $1.9M
$125,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$4.4M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
LCV LEAGUE CONSERVATION OF VOTERS - LCV VICTORY FUND$550,000
LEAGUE OF CONSERVATION VOTERS INC$550,000
NO ON 2117$500,000
GIFFORDS$250,000
SENATE MAJORITY PAC$125,000
SUGARCANE FILM LLC$125,000
HOUSE MAJORITY PAC$125,000
AMERICA VOTES$100,000
CLIMATE POWER$100,000
TOGETHER FOR PROGRESS 2024$25,000
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.

show:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY18–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 92% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%REPRESENTUS EDUCATION FUND: $25k → 12%REDFORD CENTER INC: $100k → 10%FUND FOR A BETTER FUTURE INC: $500k → 12%CLIMATE POWER: $100k → 14%FAIR FIGHT ACTION INC: $50k → 14%EXPOSURE LABS LLC: $600k → 12%OHIO CAMPUS COMPACT: $20k → 10%GRIST MAGAZINE INC: $200k → 9%SUGARCANE FILM LLC: $125k → 10%MEDIATORS BEYOND BORDERS FDN: $25k → 7%REDFORD CENTER INC: $75k → 10%CLIMATE POWER: $100k → 14%EXPOSURE LABS LLC: $500k → 12%OHIO CAMPUS CONTACT: $20k → 10%WASHINGTON CONSERVATION VOTERS: $150k → 9%REDFORD CENTER INC: $50k → 10%ENDING CITIZENS UNITED ACTION FUND: $25k → 14%EXPOSURE LABS LLC: $115k → 12%FUSE WASHINGTON: $25k → 9%REDFORD CENTER INC: $20k → 10%LCV LEAGUE CONSERVATION OF VOTERS - LCV VICTORY FUND: $550k → 14%FUSE WASHINGTON: $25k → 9%LEAGUE OF CONSERVATION VOTERS INC: $550k → 14%FUSE WASHINGTON: $25k → 9%GIFFORDS: $250k → 14%AUGUST ISLAND PICTURES: $50k → 9%LEAGUE OF CONSERVATION VOTERS INC: $250k → 14%LEAGUE OF CONSERVATION VOTERS INC: $250k → 14%SENATE MAJORITY PAC: $125k → 14%SENATE MAJORITY PAC: $125k → 14%SENATE MAJORITY PAC: $125k → 14%HOUSE MAJORITY PAC: $125k → 14%HOUSE MAJORITY PAC: $125k → 14%HOUSE MAJORITY PAC: $125k → 14%HOUSE MAJORITY FORWARD: $125k → 14%LCV VICTORY FUND: $100k → 14%DEMOCRATIC GOVERNER'S ASSOCTION: $50k → 14%LEAGUE OF CONSERVATION VOTERS INC: $50k → 14%NATIONAL REDISTRICTING ACTION FUND: $25k → 14%AMERICAN BRIDGE: $125k → 14%AMERICAN BRIDGE 21ST CENTURY FOUNDATION: $100k → 14%AMERICAN BRIDGE 21ST CENTURY FOUNDATION: $100k → 14%BUILDING BACK TOGETHER: $50k → 14%AMERICA VOTES: $100k → 14%SIXTEEN THIRTY FUND: $100k → 14%NORTH FUND: $75k → 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.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
MA
OH
CA
CO
VA
DE
DC
GA
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 grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

74%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$5.7M · 12 repeat orgs$2.0M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +39% since the first grant, against -79% for those funded once.

12 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2024, 7 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

12
11

Total granted

$5.7M
$1.1M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+39%
-79%

Still filing today

67%
73%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 64% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $875k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Community ImprovementEnvironmentCivil RightsEducationPublic BenefitHuman ServicesOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • LO
    LEAGUE OF CONSERVATION VOTERS INC
    4× · 2021–2024 · $1.1M · revenue +39%
  • G
    GIFFORDS
    2× · 2022–2024 · $525k · revenue +88%
  • HM
    HOUSE MAJORITY FORWARD
    3× · 2021–2023 · $375k · revenue +714%

Funded once

  • FF
    FUND FOR A BETTER FUTURE INC
    one grant, 2021 · $500k · revenue -89%
  • Grist Magazine Incgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $200k · revenue +196%
  • WC
    WASHINGTON CONSERVATION ACTION
    one grant, 2020 · $150k · revenue +18%
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its 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
Partnership for Policy Integrity

Partnership for Policy Integrity (PFPI) uses data-driven advocacy and litigation to fight for forests, communities and the climate.

Environment
2
RepresentUs

RepresentUs is America's leading nonpartisan grassroots organization working for a government accountable to the people. We unite people from all backgrounds to defend democracy, root out corruption, mobilize action, and support campaigns…

Public Benefit
3
Floodlight Inc

Floodlight is an environmental news organization that investigates the people and corporations stalling climate action. We collaborate with local and nonprofit publications.

Arts & Culture
4
Rogue Climate

Rogue Climate's mission is to empower Southern Oregon communities most impacted by climate change including low-income, rural, youth, seniors & communities of color, to win climate justice by organizing for clean energy, sustainable jobs &…

Education
5
Amazon Conservation Association

Amazon conservation unites science, people, and innovation to protect the amazon - the greatest wild forest on earth. as guardians of the most iconic forest on the planet, we bring together the power of the latest science and technology…

Environment
6
Legal Advocates for Safe Science and Technology Inc

Using legal advocacy to make advances in science and technology safer for people and the planet.

Science & Tech
7
E3G Third Generation Environmentalism

E3g is a leading international not-for-profit think tank specialising in climate diplomacy harnessing expertise in the politics and economics of climate change.

Environment
8
Global Forest Generation

Global Forest Generation restores and protects forest ecosystems in partnership with grassroots leaders and local communities across vast landscapes which play a critical role in preserving water, protecting biodiversity, storing carbon,…

Environment
9
Nextgen Climate Action

Nextgen america empowers young people to engage in the democratic process through voter registration and civic engagement on issues of public policy. this is achieved through innovative digital outreach, communications, and grassroots…

Unclassified
10
The Alliance for Collective Action

The Alliance for Collective Action convenes leaders of environmental and social movements to advance solutions for a thriving planet. We advance our mission through the Alliance Center building and community, as well as through Collective…

Environment
11
American Flood Coalition Inc

To drive transformational adaptation to protect communities across the country from higher seas, stronger storms, and more frequent flooding.

Environment
12
Policy Action for a Clean Tomorrow Inc

Clean Tomorrow advances policies that reduce climate emissions by turning policy ambition into action. We work to catalyze rapid change that will accelerate the innovation and growth of clean energy.

Environment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is House Majority Forward; the most unlike its peers is No on 2117 Committee. 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

20 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

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 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 20 of the 30 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)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
20/20
Grantees still filing
10/20
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

EXPOSURE LABS: $1,610,000 · OtherEXPOSURE LABSLCV VICTORY FUND: $650,000 · OtherLCV VICTORY FUNDNo on 2117 Committee: $500,000 · OtherNo on 2117 CommitteeSMP: $375,000 · OtherSMPCLIMATE POWER: $200,000 · OtherWASHINGTON CONSERVATION ACTION: $150,000 · Other+7 more: $450,000 · Other+7 moreGIFFORDS: $525,000 · Community ImprovementGIFFORDSFUND FOR A BETTER FUTURE INC: $500,000 · Community ImprovementFUND FOR A BETTER FUT…HOUSE MAJORITY FORWARD: $375,000 · Community ImprovementHOUSE MAJORITY FORWAR…America Votes: $100,000 · Community ImprovementAmerica VotesLEAGUE OF CONSERVATION VOTERS INC: $1,100,000 · Civil RightsLEAGUE OF CONSER…+2 more: $50,000 · Civil RightsREDFORD CENTER INC: $245,000 · EnvironmentREDFORD C…Grist Magazine Inc: $200,000 · EnvironmentGrist Mag…Fuse Washington: $125,000 · EnvironmentFuse Wash…SIXTEEN THIRTY FUND: $100,000 · EnvironmentSIXTEEN T…AB FOUNDATION: $325,000 · Public BenefitNORTH FUND: $75,000 · Public BenefitRepresentUs Education Fund: $25,000 · Public BenefitEVERGREEN ACTION: $175,000 · Human ServicesFAIR FIGHT ACTION INC: $50,000 · EducationOHIO CAMPUS COMPACT: $40,000 · Education
Other$3,935,000Community Improvement$1,500,000Civil Rights$1,150,000Environment$670,000Public Benefit$425,000Human Services$175,000Education$90,000

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 budgetLEAGUE OF CONSERVATION VOTERS INC: $1,100,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetGIFFORDS: $525,000 over 2y, 2.9% of budgetNo on 2117 Committee: $500,000 over 1y, 3.3% of budgetFUND FOR A BETTER FUTURE INC: $500,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetHOUSE MAJORITY FORWARD: $375,000 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetAB FOUNDATION: $325,000 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetREDFORD CENTER INC: $245,000 over 4y, 1.8% of budgetGrist Magazine Inc: $200,000 over 1y, 5.7% of budgetEVERGREEN ACTION: $175,000 over 3y, 3.8% of budgetWASHINGTON CONSERVATION ACTION: $150,000 over 1y, 12% of budgetFuse Washington: $125,000 over 4y, 4.8% of budgetAmerica Votes: $100,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSIXTEEN THIRTY FUND: $100,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNORTH FUND: $75,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetBBT INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFAIR FIGHT ACTION INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetOHIO CAMPUS COMPACT: $40,000 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetRepresentUs Education Fund: $25,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetEND CITIZENS UNITED LET AMERICA VOTE ACTION FUND: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNATIONAL REDISTRICTING ACTION FUND: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% 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.

Sixteen Thirty FundFund for a Better Fut…Our American Future A…America VotesTides AdvocacyHopewell FundWellness Advocacy FundThe Heising-Simons Ac…League of Conservatio…National Education As…Brick by Brick Founda…Advocacy Action Fund …
Sixteen Thirty FundDC29.4× affinity12 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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
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 Far Star Action Fund funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Far Star Action Fund. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    1report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–5%
    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 30 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.

    Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record and reports no grant expense, so the figures above are from FY2024, the most recent year this funder made grants.

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