Illinois · Public charity
Government Accountability Alliance
The organization advocates on behalf of taxpayers at the illinois capitol and across the state. It does this by drafting legislation, offering testimony, encouraging grassroots involvement and encouraging pro-free enterprise positions on bills.
- $2.1M
- Granted FY2022
- 5
- Grants FY2022
- 5
- Organizations funded FY2022
- 80%
- First-time grantees FY2022
- Median grant, FY2022
- $350,000
- Largest grant, FY2022
- $1,240,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 5
- FY2017 to FY2022
- States reached, FY2022
- 2
- Total assets, FY2022
- $935k
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2022, 80% of the organizations Government Accountability Alliance funded were first-time grantees, receiving 99% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2022, 1% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2.1M 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2022 | 5 | $2.1M | 80% |
| FY2021 | 2 | $50k | 50% |
| FY2020 | 4 | $980k | 50% |
| FY2019 | 2 | $27k | 100% |
| FY2017 | 2 | $1.9M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2022.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2022, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Illinois Policy Institute | $1,566,853 | 1 | 18% |
| Vote No on Amendment 1 Nfp | $1,240,000 | 1 | 39% |
| Vote No on Illinois Corruption Nfp | $456,932 | 1 | 96% |
| Common Sense Reforms | $425,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Concord Fund | $375,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Illinois Opportunity Project | $355,000 | 1 | 11% |
| American Jobs and Growth Fund | $350,000 | 1 | n/a |
| American Culture Project | $151,700 | 3 | 11% |
| Illinois Policy PAC | $70,400 | 3 | n/a |
| Voter Protection Nfp | $50,000 | 1 | 100% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Illinois Policy Institute | $1,566,853 | 1 | 18% |
| Vote No on Amendment 1 Nfp | $1,240,000 | 1 | 39% |
| Vote No on Illinois Corruption Nfp | $456,932 | 1 | 96% |
| Common Sense Reforms | $425,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Concord Fund | $375,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Illinois Opportunity Project | $355,000 | 1 | 11% |
| American Jobs and Growth Fund | $350,000 | 1 | n/a |
| American Culture Project | $151,700 | 3 | 11% |
| Illinois Policy PAC | $70,400 | 3 | n/a |
| Voter Protection Nfp | $50,000 | 1 | 100% |
| US Term Limits Inc | $27,000 | 1 | 1% |
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About Government Accountability Alliance
- How much does Government Accountability Alliance give?
- Government Accountability Alliance reported 5 grants totaling $2,089,000 in its FY2022 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 5 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2022.
- What does Government Accountability Alliance fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2022, its largest causes are Public Benefit (69%), Civil Rights (24%), Employment (7%).
- Who are Government Accountability Alliance's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2022: Illinois Policy Institute ($1.6M), Vote No on Amendment 1 Nfp ($1.2M), Vote No on Illinois Corruption Nfp ($457k).
- Does Government Accountability Alliance fund new organizations?
- In FY2022, 80% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Where is Government Accountability Alliance based?
- Government Accountability Alliance is based in IL.
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