· Public charity
Government Accountability Alliance
The organization advocates on behalf of taxpayers at the illinois capitol and across the state.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2022.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2022
- $10k–50k1 grant · $24k
- $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
- $250k+3 grants · $2.0M
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| VOTE NO ON AMENDMENT 1 NFP | $1,240,000 |
| COMMON SENSE REFORMS | $425,000 |
| AMERICAN JOBS AND GROWTH FUND | $350,000 |
| VOTER PROTECTION NFP | $50,000 |
| ILLINOIS POLICY PAC | $24,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–22) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 100% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
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.
To teach and disseminate educational materials to the public.
Supports Measure to Remove Lawmakers Power to Set Their Own Pay
To educate the public regarding its proposal to implement a Nationwide Popular Vote Election of the President of the United States by providing objectively-determined information, data, analyses, and studies aimed at improving
To educate the public regarding its proposal to implement a Nationwide Popular Vote Election of the President of the United States
To educate and inform growing audiences with engaging content through distribution channels.
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How this is measured
8 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. 8 of the 11 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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.
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Government Accountability Alliance funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Government Accountability Alliance. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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