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Future Now Action

FUTURE NOW ACTION is a social welfare organization that pushes progress towards the america's goals policy framework with a report card on each state and through innovative cost-effective strategies with legislators, the media, partner organizations and the public.

$16M
Granted FY2025still arriving
16
Grants FY2025still arriving
7
States reached
$8.2M
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What you fund
0198% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2020–2025.

Public Benefit$34MCivil Rights$5.4MEmployment$995kCommunity Improvement$395kEnvironment$175kHuman Services$50kOther$0
02FY2025 · 16 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k1 grant · $8k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $51k
  • $50k–250k6 grants · $350k
  • $250k+7 grants · $15M
$100,000
Median grant
7
States reached
$11M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE PAC FOR AMERICA'S FUTURE$8,160,000
FORWARD ACTION FUND$3,200,000
HEARTLAND SIGNAL LLC$1,575,000
MEDIA MATTERS FOR AMERICA$1,000,000
BLACK PROGRESSIVE ACTION COALITION$750,000
KANSAS VALUES INSTITUTE$395,000
AMERICANS FOR CONTRACEPTION$250,000
COMMITTEE ON STATES$100,000
COMMUNITY NEWS CENTER$50,000
ROAD TO MICHIGAN'S FUTURE$50,000
AMERICA WORKS USA$50,000
LEAGUE OF CONSERVATION VOTERS INC$50,000
REAL RESULTS FOR PENNSYLVANIA$50,000
VIRGINIANS FOR THE COMMONWEALTH$26,000
KATIE HOBBS INAUGURAL FUND$25,000
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY24–24, $50k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%WORKMONEY FOUNDATION INC: $50k → 17%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

Which US states your grants reach

NH
WI
MI
MA
PA
VA
MD
AZ
KS
NC
DC
TX

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

54%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$21M · 5 repeat orgs$18M to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +155% since the first grant, against +39% for the ones you funded once.

5 repeat relationships — 2 still active in FY2025, 3 since wound down; 14 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

5
11

Total granted

$21M
$12M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+155%
+39%

Still filing today

60%
91%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 62% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6.0M went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
Civil RightsPublic BenefitCommunity ImprovementEducationHuman ServicesOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • CF
    CENTER FOR VOTER INFORMATION
    2× · 2023–2024 · $88k · revenue ×16
  • TV
    THE VOTER PARTICIPATION CENTER
    2× · 2023–2024 · $74k · revenue +155%
  • SL
    STATE LEADERSHIP PROJECT
    2× · 2022–2023 · $38k · revenue +67%

Funded once

  • AF
    AB FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $5.1M · revenue ×12 · 85% of their budget
  • MD
    MICHIGAN DEMOCRATIC STATE CENTRAL COMMITTEE
    one grant, 2023 · $4.4M
  • NAACP EMPOWERMENT PROGRAMS INCgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $1.0M · revenue +39%

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

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Commission On Presidential Debates

Organize general election presidential and vice-presidential debates

Civil Rights
2
The Campaign Legal Center Inc

The nonpartisan campaign legal center advances democracy through law at the federal, state and local levels, fighting for every american's rights to responsive government and a fair opportunity to participate in and affect the democratic…

Crime & Legal
3
Democracy Works Inc

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

Civil Rights
4
America's Newspapers

Providing research, education and practical information all aimed at optimizing newspapers' business operations, deepening their community engagement and enhancing the quality of their journalism.

Employment
5
Actblue Civics Inc

To develop and promote innovative fundraising tools and practices that utilize internet technology among social welfare organizations for the purpose of increasing grassroots engagement in social welfare activities, as well as…

Unclassified
6
Voteamerica

The mission of voteamerica is to strengthen united states democracy by increasing voter turnout.

Civil Rights
7
Democracy Forward

See schedule o.this organization seeks to build collective power to defend and advance a vibrant democracy that benefits all people.

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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
Center for American Progress

The center for american progress (cap) is an independent nonpartisan policy institute that is dedicated to improving the lives of all americans through bold, progressive ideas, as well as strong leadership and concerted action. our aim is…

Civil Rights
10
Americans for Public Trust

The Organization's mission is to restore trust in government by holding officials and groups accountable for corrupt and unethical behavior through investigation, legal action, and reporting.

Arts & Culture
11
Capitol Commission Inc

To minister to the capitol community and to government leaders in states across the nation.

Religion
12
America First Works Inc

America first works is a non-profit organization entirely focused on advancing policy at all levels of government, promoting policies that put american jobs, opportunity, security, freedom, and innovation first.

Civil Rights

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Accelerate Change Inc and the most unlike its peers is Annie's List Training and Engagement Fund. 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

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

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 27 of the 32 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
8
Early backer (in before they grew)
27/27
Grantees still filing
17/27
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

THE PAC FOR AMERICA'S FUTURE — $19,156,785 · OtherTHE PAC FOR AMERICA'S FUTUREMICHIGAN DEMOCRATIC STATE CENTRAL COMMITTEE — $4,420,000 · OtherMICHIGAN DEMOCRATIC STATE CENTRAL COMMITTEEHEARTLAND SIGNAL LLC — $1,875,000 · OtherHEARTLAND SIGNAL LLCWORKING AMERICA — $944,500 · Other+9 more — $1,308,500 · OtherAB FOUNDATION — $5,125,000 · Public BenefitAB FOUNDATION+2 more — $87,500 · Public BenefitFORWARD ACTION FUND — $3,200,000 · Civil RightsFORWARD ACTIO…NAACP EMPOWERMENT PROGRAMS INC — $1,000,000 · Civil RightsNAACP EMPOWER…ACCELERATE CHANGE INC — $250,000 · Civil Rights+7 more — $561,661 · Civil Rights+7 moreSIXTEEN THIRTY FUND — $2,000,000 · EnvironmentNEW VENTURE FUND — $125,000 · EnvironmentMEDIA MATTERS FOR AMERICA — $1,000,000 · EducationKANSAS VALUES INSTITUTE — $395,000 · Community ImprovementAnnie's List Training and Engagement Fund — $20,000 · Community ImprovementWORKMONEY FOUNDATION INC — $50,000 · Human Services
Other$27,704,785Public Benefit$5,212,500Civil Rights$5,011,661Environment$2,125,000Education$1,000,000Community Improvement$415,000Human Services$50,000

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetAB FOUNDATION — $5,125,000 over 1y, 85% of budgetSIXTEEN THIRTY FUND — $2,000,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetNAACP EMPOWERMENT PROGRAMS INC — $1,000,000 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetWORKING AMERICA — $944,500 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetBLACK PROGRESSIVE ACTION COALITION — $750,000 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetACCELERATE CHANGE INC — $250,000 over 1y, 4.5% of budgetNEW VENTURE FUND — $125,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPROMOTE THE VOTE INC — $100,000 over 1y, 20% of budgetCOMMONWEALTH COMMUNICATIONS — $100,000 over 1y, 3.8% of budgetOUR AMERICAN FUTURE FOUNDATION — $100,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCENTER FOR VOTER INFORMATION — $87,935 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetTHE VOTER PARTICIPATION CENTER — $73,726 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICA WORKS USA — $50,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetREAL RESULTS FOR PENNSYLVANIA — $50,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetMICHIGAN CIVIC ACTION FUND — $50,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetWORKMONEY FOUNDATION INC — $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSTATE LEADERSHIP PROJECT — $37,500 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetAnnie's List Training and Engagement Fund — $20,000 over 1y, 3.4% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Sixteen Thirty FundAmerica VotesHopewell FundGlobal Impact Social …North FundTides FoundationNEO Philanthropy Acti…Open Society Action F…Advocacy Action Fund …Strategic Victory FundOur American Future A…Way to Win Action Fun…
Sixteen Thirty FundDC33.3× affinity14 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Sixteen Thirty Fund · America Votes · Hopewell Fund · Global Impact Social Welfare Fund · North Fund · Tides Foundation · NEO Philanthropy Action Fund Inc · Open Society Action Fund Inc · Advocacy Action Fund Inc · Strategic Victory Fund · Our American Future Action · Way to Win Action Fund Inc

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Future Now Action funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%6%23%51%90%your share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    2get 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

    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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Future Now Action?

    Find your warmest path to Future Now 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 directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 32 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

    Generated from your IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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