Pennsylvania · Private foundation
Fierce Advocacy Fund Inc
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $67k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 9
- Grants FY2024
- 5
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 40%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $20,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 11
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 6
- Total assets, FY2024
- $670k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 40% of the organizations Fierce Advocacy Fund Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 31% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 69% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $20k 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 | 9 | $67k | 22% |
| FY2023 | 5 | $65k | 40% |
| FY2022 | 6 | $71k | 50% |
| FY2021 | 4 | $60k | 25% |
| FY2020 | 11 | $190k | 36% |
| FY2019 | 6 | $98k | 50% |
| FY2018 | 7 | $227k | 57% |
| FY2017 | 8 | $209k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 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, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prison Policy Initiative | $145,000 | 6 | 4% |
| Abortion Liberation Fund of Pa | $120,000 | 6 | 12% |
| Seeds of Peace Inc | $95,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Drive Change Inc | $85,000 | 2 | 11% |
| Balletx | $65,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Women Donors Network | $54,000 | 6 | 0% |
| The Wilma Theater | $33,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Philadelphia Mural Arts Advocates Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast Inc | $24,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Maternity Care Coalition | $21,615 | 3 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prison Policy Initiative | $145,000 | 6 | 4% |
| Abortion Liberation Fund of Pa | $120,000 | 6 | 12% |
| Seeds of Peace Inc | $95,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Drive Change Inc | $85,000 | 2 | 11% |
| Balletx | $65,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Women Donors Network | $54,000 | 6 | 0% |
| The Wilma Theater | $33,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Philadelphia Mural Arts Advocates Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast Inc | $24,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Maternity Care Coalition | $21,615 | 3 | 0% |
| The First 72 | $20,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Louisiana Abortion Fund | $15,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Planned Parenthood Federation of America Inc | $15,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Free Library of Philadelphia Foundation | $11,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Video Veracity Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| American Friends of Jamaica Inc | $7,500 | 1 | 0% |
| New Orleans Musicians Assistance Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Florence Immigrant & Refugee Rights Project Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Heights Philadelphia | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 8 recipients with no EIN on record ($228k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Fierce Advocacy Fund Inc supplied at peak.
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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.
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How this is measured
About Fierce Advocacy Fund Inc
- How much does Fierce Advocacy Fund Inc give?
- Fierce Advocacy Fund Inc reported 9 grants totaling $66,615 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 11 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Fierce Advocacy Fund Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (30%), Health (19%), Crime & Legal (18%).
- Who are Fierce Advocacy Fund Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Prison Policy Initiative ($145k), Abortion Liberation Fund of Pa ($120k), Seeds of Peace Inc ($95k).
- Does Fierce Advocacy Fund Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 40% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Fierce Advocacy Fund Inc accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Fierce Advocacy Fund Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Silicon Valley Community Foundation, The Greater New Orleans Foundation, Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc.
- Where is Fierce Advocacy Fund Inc based?
- Fierce Advocacy Fund Inc is based in PA.
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