New Hampshire · Public charity
Forward Action Fund
The FORWARD ACTION FUND is organized for the promotion of social welfare including but not limited to economic, gender, climate, racial, health and social justice by: 1) advocating for legislation, regulations, and government programs related to policies that deliver concrete outcomes for people in this country; 2) educating the public…
- $26M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 16
- Grants FY2024
- 5
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 80%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $400,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $8,800,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 9
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 8
- Total assets, FY2024
- $4.3M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 80% of the organizations Forward Action Fund funded were first-time grantees, receiving 89% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 11% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $818k 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 | 16 | $26M | 81% |
| FY2023 | 5 | $918k | 80% |
| FY2022 | 9 | $2.9M | 78% |
| FY2021 | 2 | $350k | 50% |
| FY2020 | 8 | $2.7M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 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, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Majority Forward | $8,800,000 | 1 | 7% |
| Somos PAC | $6,410,355 | 4 | n/a |
| Family Friendly Action PAC | $3,703,320 | 4 | n/a |
| Map USA | $2,200,000 | 1 | 12% |
| Ohio Families for Democracy | $2,083,713 | 1 | n/a |
| Stop Political Corruption Inc | $1,500,000 | 1 | 39% |
| House Majority Forward | $1,000,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Promoting American Values for Everyone Inc | $1,000,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Black Progressive Action Coalition Education Fund | $816,000 | 1 | n/a |
| America Votes | $750,000 | 1 | 1% |
Show all 33 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Majority Forward | $8,800,000 | 1 | 7% |
| Somos PAC | $6,410,355 | 4 | n/a |
| Family Friendly Action PAC | $3,703,320 | 4 | n/a |
| Map USA | $2,200,000 | 1 | 12% |
| Ohio Families for Democracy | $2,083,713 | 1 | n/a |
| Stop Political Corruption Inc | $1,500,000 | 1 | 39% |
| House Majority Forward | $1,000,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Promoting American Values for Everyone Inc | $1,000,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Black Progressive Action Coalition Education Fund | $816,000 | 1 | n/a |
| America Votes | $750,000 | 1 | 1% |
| The Fairness Project | $500,000 | 1 | 8% |
| Make North Carolina First | $400,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Communities United Action Fund | $333,017 | 2 | 44% |
| Freedom and Accountability Project | $320,000 | 1 | 36% |
| Tioga Fund Inc | $310,000 | 1 | 16% |
| Ohio Citizen Action | $310,000 | 1 | 9% |
| Somos Votantes | $273,058 | 1 | n/a |
| Fight Big Pharma Inc | $250,000 | 1 | 8% |
| Win Justice | $250,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Living United for Change in Arizona | $245,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Planned Parenthood Action Fund Inc | $200,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Worker Power | $200,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Maine People's Alliance | $150,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Black Leadership Organizing Collaborative | $150,000 | 1 | 11% |
| North Main Street Fund | $122,736 | 1 | 0% |
| Western Organization of Resource Councils | $120,000 | 1 | 4% |
| New Day Nevada | $100,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Protect Your Vote Nv | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Floridians Protecting Freedom | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Justice Unites US PAC | $24,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Business Education Fund | $12,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Committee to Protect Health Care | $10,009 | 1 | 1% |
| Florida Rising Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
Where it is load-bearing
Forward Action Fund supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 3 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 24 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: America Votes · Sixteen Thirty Fund · Tides Advocacy · Open Society Action Fund Inc · Tides Foundation · North Fund · Our American Future Action · Hopewell Fund · Way to Win Action Fund Inc · All Hands on Deck Network Inc · Wellness Advocacy Fund · Global Impact Social Welfare Fund
How this is measured
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About Forward Action Fund
- How much does Forward Action Fund give?
- Forward Action Fund reported 16 grants totaling $25,692,653 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 9 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does Forward Action Fund fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Public Benefit (69%), Civil Rights (21%), Human Services (7%).
- Who are Forward Action Fund's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Majority Forward ($8.8M), Somos PAC ($6.4M), Family Friendly Action PAC ($3.7M).
- Does Forward Action Fund fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 80% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Forward Action Fund?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include America Votes, Sixteen Thirty Fund, Tides Advocacy.
- Where is Forward Action Fund based?
- Forward Action Fund is based in NH.
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