How much does Fwdus Inc give?

Fwdus Inc reported 23 itemized grants totaling $558,500, out of $589,500 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 54 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.

What does Fwdus Inc fund?

By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Civil Rights (48%), Crime & Legal (44%), Community Improvement (3%).

Who are Fwdus Inc's largest grantees?

By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Yes on 805 Inc ($3.5M), Coalition for the American Dream Inc ($1.1M), National Association for the Advancement of Colored People ($1.1M).

Does Fwdus Inc fund new organizations?

In FY2023, 16% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.

Which funders back the same organizations as Fwdus Inc?

Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Fwdus Education Fund Inc, Sixteen Thirty Fund, Open Society Action Fund Inc.

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Washington, D.C. · Public charity

Fwdus Inc

Fwd.us, inc. Organizes constituencies around the country to support policy changes that create opportunity and unlock america's potential through comprehensive immigration reform and criminal justice reform.

$590k
Granted FY2024(still arriving): 23
Itemized grants FY2024: 25
Organizations funded FY2023: 16%
First-time grantees FY2023

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Itemized, FY2024: $559k; The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2024: $25,000
Largest grant, FY2024: $60,000
Organizations funded a year: 7 to 54; FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024: 7
Total assets, FY2024: $55M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 16% of the organizations Fwdus Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 18% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 82% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $214k went to new ones.

RenewedFirst-time

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

Civil RightsHuman ServicesCommunity ImprovementPublic BenefitInternationalHealthOther

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.

The numbers by year

Fiscal year	Organizations funded	To those organizations	First-time grantees
FY2024still arriving	23	$559k	57%
FY2023	25	$1.2M	16%
FY2022	38	$3.0M	39%
FY2021	54	$5.2M	70%
FY2020	34	$6.7M	62%
FY2019	24	$3.0M	96%
FY2018	13	$793k	92%
FY2017	7	$2.2M	n/a

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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Civil Rights$12MCrime & Legal$11MCommunity Improvement$796kHuman Services$539kPublic Benefit$207kFood & Nutrition$150kInternational$150kEmployment$135kOther$0

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
Yes on 805 Inc	$3,450,001	2	37%
Coalition for the American Dream Inc	$1,125,000	5	74%
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People	$1,057,095	4	n/a
Tides Advocacy	$1,024,000	3	1%
Yes on Prop 57	$1,000,000	1	n/a
Empower Mississippi	$776,000	5	59%
American Conservative Union Inc	$726,000	3	5%
National Immigration Forum Action Fund	$700,000	2	20%
Oklahomans for Criminal Justice Reform Inc	$700,000	1	n/a
Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs (See) Inc	$698,000	2	1%

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All grantees of Fwdus Inc by total granted
Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
Yes on 805 Inc	$3,450,001	2	37%
Coalition for the American Dream Inc	$1,125,000	5	74%
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People	$1,057,095	4	n/a
Tides Advocacy	$1,024,000	3	1%
Yes on Prop 57	$1,000,000	1	n/a
Empower Mississippi	$776,000	5	59%
American Conservative Union Inc	$726,000	3	5%
National Immigration Forum Action Fund	$700,000	2	20%
Oklahomans for Criminal Justice Reform Inc	$700,000	1	n/a
Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs (See) Inc	$698,000	2	1%
Care in Action Inc	$575,000	2	4%
Arizonans for Public Safety and Rehabilitation	$500,000	1	n/a
Voices of Community Activists & Leaders (Vocal-Ny) Inc	$450,000	3	5%
Voters Organized to Educate-Vote Action Fund	$415,000	3	12%
PC Advocacy Initiative	$350,000	1	74%
New York State Immigrant Action Fund Incorporated	$345,000	6	46%
Americans for a Conservative Direction	$320,000	2	n/a
Center for Community Alternatives Inc	$308,000	4	1%
New York Communities For Change Inc	$280,000	3	4%
Council for American Job Growth LLC	$275,000	2	n/a
New Hour for Women & Children Li I	$270,000	2	20%
Texas Nursery & Landscape Association Inc	$260,000	5	4%
American Action Network Inc	$250,000	1	n/a
American Business Immigration Coalition Action	$225,000	2	15%
Parole Preparation Project Inc	$225,000	3	15%
House Majority Forward	$210,000	2	1%
Welcomeus Inc	$208,500	2	34%
PAC for Justice	$200,000	1	n/a
Votevets Action Fund Inc	$200,000	2	2%
Texas Restaurant Association	$200,000	4	1%
America's Voice	$200,000	1	6%
Casa in Action Inc	$200,000	1	7%
North Texas Dream Team	$200,000	4	n/a
Californians for Human Immigrant Rights Leadership Action Fund	$200,000	1	n/a
Living United for Change in Arizona	$182,500	3	2%
State Business Executives	$175,000	1	96%
Prodigal Child Project Pcp	$175,000	2	49%
Workers Defense Action Fund	$171,481	1	21%
Bipartisan Policy Center Action Inc	$165,000	2	2%
Texas Association of Business	$165,000	5	2%
Texas Public Policy Foundation	$150,000	1	1%
National Center for Civic Innovation In	$130,000	2	1%
America's Voice Education Fund	$128,625	1	3%
Niskanen Center for Public Policy	$125,000	1	28%
Texas Business Leadership Council	$120,000	4	4%
Oklahomans for Criminal Justice Reform Action Inc	$100,160	1	28%
Hospitality Is Working Inc	$100,000	1	17%
Flic Votes Inc	$100,000	1	13%
Lupe Votes	$100,000	1	100%
Majority Forward	$100,000	1	0%
La Union del Pueblo Entero	$98,700	2	2%
Aliento Education Fund	$94,000	1	5%
Rio Grande Valley Partnership	$90,000	4	4%
National Religious Campaign Against Torture	$85,000	2	2%
Greater Houston Partnership Inc	$80,000	4	0%
The Legal Aid Society	$75,000	2	0%
United Farm Workers of America	$75,000	1	1%
Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute Inc	$70,000	2	0%
Community Initiatives	$64,000	1	0%
NEO Philanthropy Inc	$60,000	1	0%
Faith and Politics Institute	$60,000	1	2%
International Rescue Committee INC	$50,000	1	0%
Katal Center for Equity Health and Justice Inc	$50,000	1	n/a
National Immigration Law Center	$50,000	1	0%
Dream Big Nevada	$50,000	1	16%
Nilc Immigrant Justice Fund	$50,000	1	3%
National Council Freeher Network	$50,000	1	n/a
Netroots Nation (F/K/A Bloggerpowerorg)	$50,000	2	3%
Casa Inc	$50,000	1	0%
Center for American Progress Action Fund	$45,000	1	0%
Church World Service Inc	$40,000	1	0%
American Action Forum Inc	$40,000	1	1%
Make The Road States Inc	$35,000	1	0%
MoveOnorg Civic Action	$35,000	2	0%
San Antonio Hispanic Chamber of Commerce Inc	$35,000	2	2%
Georgia Hispanic Chamber of Commerce	$33,500	3	2%
Masa Group LLC	$33,000	2	n/a
Chamber of Commerce of the USA	$30,000	1	0%
North Texas Commission	$30,000	1	1%
Collective Future	$25,000	1	n/a
Mi Familia Vota	$25,000	1	1%
Family Action Network Movement Inc	$25,000	2	1%
Democratic Assembly Cmpgn Comm Housekeeping Acct	$25,000	1	n/a
Engage Common Sense Solutions	$25,000	1	6%
Defending Democracy Together Institute	$25,000	1	0%
Citizen Action of New York	$25,000	1	n/a
Momsrising Together	$25,000	1	0%
Congressional Black Caucus Political Edu Cation and Leadership Institute	$25,000	1	1%
National Redistricting Action Fund	$25,000	1	0%
Latin American Association	$20,000	2	0%
Kairos Democracy Project	$20,000	1	n/a
Adhikaar for Human Rights and Social Justice	$20,000	1	1%
Sheriff Accountability Action	$20,000	1	n/a
Asian Pacific Amer InstitCongressional	$20,000	2	0%
State Policy Institute	$20,000	1	20%
Internet Marketing Association	$20,000	2	n/a
Texas Retailers Association	$20,000	2	2%
African Communities Together Inc	$20,000	1	0%
Fusion Partnership Inc	$15,000	1	0%
Latino Victory Project	$15,000	1	1%
Council of State Governments	$15,000	1	0%
Good Causes Inc	$15,000	1	6%
Columbia County Sanctuary Movement Inc	$15,000	1	5%
The National Foundation for American Policy Inc	$12,500	1	4%
Mitu	$12,000	1	n/a
Western States Strategies	$12,000	1	n/a
Florida State Hispanic Chamber of Commerce Inc	$10,975	1	n/a
Takeaction Mn Education Fund	$10,635	1	0%
Fwdus Inc	$10,300	1	0%
Until Freedom Inc	$10,300	1	n/a
Mississippi Rising Coalition	$10,300	1	4%
Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation Inc	$10,300	1	n/a
El Paso Chamber of Commerce	$10,000	1	0%
Greater Austin Chamber of Commerce	$10,000	1	0%
Colorado Immigrant Rights Coalition	$10,000	1	1%
American Civil Liberties Union of Maryland	$10,000	1	1%
The Praxis Project Inc	$10,000	1	0%
American Friends Service Committee	$10,000	1	n/a
The Greater San Antonio Chamber of Comme	$10,000	1	0%
Urban Leaders Fellowship	$10,000	1	n/a
Justice Action Center	$10,000	1	1%
Vail Valley Partnership	$10,000	1	1%
Chinese for Affirmative Action	$7,500	1	0%
La Raza Services Inc	$7,500	1	0%
Regents of the University of California	$7,000	1	n/a
National Day Laborer Organizing Network	$7,000	1	0%
Business Council of New York State Inc	$7,000	1	0%
Circ Action Fund	$7,000	1	1%
Colorado Business Roundtable Inc	$6,500	1	1%
Georgia Chamber of Commerce	$6,500	1	0%
The Hispanic Leadership Fund Inc	$6,000	1	n/a
Gofundmeorg	$5,750	1	0%
Washington Immigrant Defense Network	$5,000	1	n/a

Fwdus Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 11 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 104 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

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How this is measured

Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 104.

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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.

Fwdus Education Fund IncDC47.3× affinity21 shared granteesties to 8 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Fwdus Education Fund Inc · Sixteen Thirty Fund · Open Society Action Fund Inc · NEO Philanthropy Action Fund Inc · Center for Community Change Action · Tides Advocacy · All Hands on Deck Network Inc · American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees · The Heising-Simons Action Fund · America Votes · Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Advocacy · Communications Workers of America Afl-Cio Clc

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.

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About Fwdus Inc

How much does Fwdus Inc give?: Fwdus Inc reported 23 itemized grants totaling $558,500, out of $589,500 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 54 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Fwdus Inc fund?: By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Civil Rights (48%), Crime & Legal (44%), Community Improvement (3%).
Who are Fwdus Inc's largest grantees?: By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Yes on 805 Inc ($3.5M), Coalition for the American Dream Inc ($1.1M), National Association for the Advancement of Colored People ($1.1M).
Does Fwdus Inc fund new organizations?: In FY2023, 16% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as Fwdus Inc?: Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Fwdus Education Fund Inc, Sixteen Thirty Fund, Open Society Action Fund Inc.
Where is Fwdus Inc based?: Fwdus Inc is based in DC.