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Future Forward USA Action

FUTURE FORWARD USA ACTION has the mission to create a stronger american democracy and advocate for common sense solutions.

$469M
Granted FY2024still arriving
84
Grants FY2024still arriving
15
States reached
$252M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.

Public Benefit$387MEnvironment$32MCivil Rights$21MPhilanthropy$19MEducation$17MArts & Culture$15MHuman Services$5.9MCommunity Improvement$2.9MOther$0
02FY2024 · 84 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • $10k–50k3 grants · $95k
  • $50k–250k15 grants · $1.9M
  • $250k+66 grants · $467M
$750,000
Median grant
15
States reached
$27M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
FF PAC$251,500,000
AMERICA VOTES$34,190,000
SIXTEEN THIRTY FUNDSPA$27,675,000
AMERICA VOTES EDUCATION FUND$19,250,000
NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST$16,750,000
WORKING AMERICA EDUCATION FUND$15,320,000
COURIER NEWSROOM INC$13,597,750
RAPID RESIST ACTION$9,400,000
WORKMONEY INC$5,850,000
WORKING AMERICA ACTION$5,000,000
ORGANIZING EMPOWERMENT PROJECT$5,000,000
COUNTERACT FUND$4,800,000
WAY TO WIN ACTION FUND$3,750,000
VOTE REV ACTION FUND$3,590,000
TURNOUT ACTION FUND$3,410,000
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:

Its human-services grants (FY22–22, $55k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%Casa In Action: $55k → 11%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

IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
OR
NV
OH
PA
CA
MO
VA
MD
AZ
TN
NC
DC
GA
TX
FL
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.

64%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$290M · 8 repeat orgs$164M to everyone else

8 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2024, 0 since wound down; 63 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

8
30

Total granted

$290M
$7.0M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

-28%
+0%

Still filing today

88%
87%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 63% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $157M went to new ones.

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

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

’19’21’22’23’24
Civil RightsPublic BenefitCommunity ImprovementEducationEnvironmentArts & CultureOther
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

  • FP
    FF PAC
    5× · 2019–2024 · $275M
  • WT
    WAY TO WIN ACTION FUND INC
    2× · 2022–2024 · $4.4M · revenue -32%
  • VR
    VOTE REV ACTION FUND
    2× · 2022–2024 · $3.6M · revenue +97% · 40% of their budget

Funded once

  • BI
    BBT INC
    one grant, 2021 · $2.3M · revenue -100%
  • AW
    AMERICA WORKS USA
    one grant, 2023 · $680k · revenue -16%
  • WF
    WORKING FAMILIES ORGANIZATION INC
    one grant, 2022 · $500k · revenue +0%
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
Democracy Works Inc

The organization's mission is to leverage web-technologies to improve civic engagement and voter education.

Civil Rights
2
Send the Vote Inc

Conduct digital, direct mail and other public communication campaigns to support voter registration and get-out-the-vote efforts.

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3
Network for Civic Action

Network for civic action advocates for the protection of democracy and encourages civic engagement. it evaluates programs and educates donors about how their donations can best serve those goals.

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4
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
5
One for Democracy Action Fund

One for democracy unlocks resources to build a healthy democracy by fostering meaningful relationships between philanthropists and the democracy leaders of our time.

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6
Voteorg

Vote.org's primary purpose is to build web-based technologies that remove barriers to voting and increase vote turnout.

Civil Rights
7
Issue One Action

Issue one action is uniting republicans, democrats, and independents to protect our elections and fix our political system. we are committed to free, fair, and secure elections and reducing the influence of well-financed special interests…

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8
Register America

The organization is founded for social welfare purposes, including assisting with voter registration and advocating for policies which lead to increased voter registration in the united states.

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9
Right Vote Inc
Civil Rights
10
Bold Impact

Bold Impact is a national nonprofit dedicated to supporting a democracy where all communities get to thrive.

Arts & Culture
11
Defend the Vote Action Fund

To sustain and support the prioritization of comprehensive voting rights and democracy reform legislation at all levels of government.

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12
Coalition for Dc Representation in Congress Education Fund

Founded in 1998, dc vote is a national citizen engagement and advocacy organization dedicated to strengthening democracy and securing equality for all in the district of columbia.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Accelerate Change Inc; the most unlike its peers is Generator Collective. 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

100 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. 100 of the 108 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.

23
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
13
Early backer (in before they grew)
98/100
Grantees still filing
30/100
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

FF PAC: $275,282,466 · OtherFF PACCOURIER NEWSROOM INC: $13,597,750 · Other+45 more: $40,393,550 · Other+45 moreAmerica Votes Education Fund: $19,250,000 · Civil RightsAmerica Votes…RAPID RESIST ACTION: $9,400,000 · Civil RightsRAPID RESIST …ORGANIZING EMPOWERMENT PROJECT INC: $5,000,000 · Civil RightsORGANIZING EM…WAY TO WIN ACTION FUND INC: $4,375,000 · Civil RightsWAY TO WIN AC…VOTE REV ACTION FUND: $3,600,000 · Civil RightsVOTE REV ACTI…TURNOUT ACTION FUND: $3,410,000 · Civil RightsTURNOUT ACTIO…THE ACT NOW PROJECT: $2,650,000 · Civil Rights+28 more: $12,892,450 · Civil Rights+28 moreAmerica Votes: $34,190,000 · Community ImprovementDEVELOPMENT NOW FOR CHICAGO: $2,000,000 · Community Improvement+3 more: $755,000 · Community ImprovementSIXTEEN THIRTY FUND: $29,175,000 · EnvironmentPotential Energy Action Network Inc: $2,100,000 · EnvironmentNEW VENTURE FUND: $1,625,000 · Environment+2 more: $314,750 · EnvironmentNATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST: $16,750,000 · PhilanthropyTHE FUTURE NOW INSTITUTE: $2,000,000 · Philanthropy+2 more: $250,000 · PhilanthropyWORKING AMERICA EDUCATION FUND: $15,320,000 · EducationWAY TO RISE: $1,325,000 · EducationCIVICS UNPLUGGED INC: $1,000,000 · Education+2 more: $326,000 · EducationGOOD NEIGHBOR FUND: $1,900,000 · Public BenefitFUTURE NOW ACTION: $1,200,000 · Public BenefitCENTER FOR COMMUNITY CHANGE ACTION: $1,000,000 · Public BenefitOHIO ALLIANCE FOR COMMUNITY EDUCATION: $379,414 · Public BenefitNEO Philanthropy Inc: $250,000 · Public BenefitUltraViolet Action: $250,000 · Public Benefit+1 more: $50,000 · Public Benefit
Other$329,273,766Civil Rights$60,577,450Community Improvement$36,945,000Environment$33,214,750Philanthropy$19,000,000Education$17,971,000Public Benefit$5,029,414

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetAmerica Votes: $34,190,000 over 1y, 45% of budgetSIXTEEN THIRTY FUND: $29,175,000 over 1y, 10% of budgetNATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST: $16,750,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWORKING AMERICA EDUCATION FUND: $15,320,000 over 1y, 33% of budgetRAPID RESIST ACTION: $9,400,000 over 1y, 52% of budgetWORKMONEY INC: $5,850,000 over 1y, 5.7% of budgetORGANIZING EMPOWERMENT PROJECT INC: $5,000,000 over 1y, 33% of budgetCounterAct Fund: $4,800,000 over 1y, 35% of budgetWAY TO WIN ACTION FUND INC: $4,375,000 over 2y, 14% of budgetVOTE REV ACTION FUND: $3,600,000 over 2y, 40% of budgetTURNOUT ACTION FUND: $3,410,000 over 1y, 63% of budgetVOTO LATINO INC: $3,000,000 over 1y, 15% of budgetTHE ACT NOW PROJECT: $2,650,000 over 2y, 55% of budgetBLACK PROGRESSIVE ACTION COALITION: $2,500,000 over 1y, 77% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD ACTION FUND INC: $2,300,000 over 1y, 5.7% of budgetBBT INC: $2,250,000 over 1y, 5.5% of budgetPotential Energy Action Network Inc: $2,100,000 over 1y, 66% of budgetFOCUS FOR DEMOCRACY ACTION: $2,000,000 over 1y, 13% of budgetDEVELOPMENT NOW FOR CHICAGO: $2,000,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetTHE FUTURE NOW INSTITUTE: $2,000,000 over 1y, 18% of budgetNEW VENTURE FUND: $1,625,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTHE VOTER PARTICIPATION CENTER: $1,575,000 over 2y, 1.9% of budgetWAY TO RISE: $1,325,000 over 1y, 9.6% of budgetVOTER FORMATION PROJECT: $1,250,000 over 1y, 19% of budgetAAPI VICTORY POWER FUND: $1,225,000 over 1y, 37% of budgetREPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM FOR ALL: $1,200,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetFUTURE NOW ACTION: $1,200,000 over 1y, 6.2% of budgetACCELERATE CHANGE INC: $1,150,000 over 1y, 3.8% of budgetVOTEAMERICA: $1,100,000 over 1y, 9.6% of budgetAll Americans Vote: $1,100,000 over 1y, 7.7% of budgetCIVICS UNPLUGGED INC: $1,000,000 over 1y, 31% of budgetStory Network Foundation: $1,000,000 over 1y, 32% of budgetCENTER FOR COMMUNITY CHANGE ACTION: $1,000,000 over 2y, 7.4% of budgetThe Voter Project: $900,000 over 1y, 14% of budgetHEAD COUNT INC: $850,000 over 1y, 6.0% of budgetEQUIS INSTITUTE: $750,000 over 1y, 6.1% of budgetFAIR DEMOCRACY: $750,000 over 1y, 8.1% of budgetAMERICA WORKS USA: $680,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetPROGRESSIVE VICTORY ACTION: $565,000 over 1y, 35% of budgetFREE OUR VOTE INC: $550,000 over 1y, 33% of budgetCENTER FOR VOTER INFORMATION: $525,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetRise United Network Inc: $500,000 over 1y, 56% of budgetWORKING FAMILIES ORGANIZATION INC: $500,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetINDIVISIBLE PROJECT: $500,000 over 1y, 4.3% of budgetMORE THAN A VOTE: $500,000 over 1y, 50% of budgetEMILYS LIST ACTION: $500,000 over 1y, 47% of budgetCongressional Integrity Project: $475,000 over 1y, 22% of budgetAMERICANS FOR CONTRACEPTION: $450,000 over 1y, 4.2% 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 FundAmerica VotesOpen Society Action F…Way to Win Action Fun…Tides AdvocacyOur American Future A…Hopewell FundTides FoundationAmerican Federation o…Women Donors Network …All Hands on Deck Net…NEO Philanthropy Acti…
Sixteen Thirty FundDC98.7× affinity52 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Sixteen Thirty Fund · America Votes · Open Society Action Fund Inc · Way to Win Action Fund Inc · Tides Advocacy · Our American Future Action · Hopewell Fund · Tides Foundation · American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees · Women Donors Network Action · All Hands on Deck Network Inc · NEO Philanthropy 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 Future Forward USA Action funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Future Forward USA Action. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 90%6%25%56%100%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
    9get no government money at all
    2report 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.
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    How do I get to Future Forward USA Action?

    Find your warmest path to Future Forward USA Action through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    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 108 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.

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