Who are Instructional Telecommunications Foundation Inc's largest grantees?

By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Public Communicators Inc ($5.4M), Proteus Action League ($1.2M), Tides Advocacy ($1.1M).

Does Instructional Telecommunications Foundation Inc fund new organizations?

In FY2024, 49% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.

Which funders back the same organizations as Instructional Telecommunications Foundation Inc?

Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include All Hands on Deck Network Inc, Sixteen Thirty Fund, Open Society Action Fund Inc.

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Colorado · Public charity

Instructional Telecommunications Foundation Inc

INSTRUCTIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS FOUNDATION, INC. (ITF, INC.) DBA Mission Telecom is a nonprofit telecommunications organization that is transforming connectivity by providing affordable broadband to under-resourced communities, including nonprofits, schools, and libraries. We reinvest our surplus into driving social change. Our products…

$2.5M
Granted FY2025(still arriving): 41
Itemized grants FY2025: 41
Organizations funded FY2024: 49%
First-time grantees FY2024

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Itemized, FY2025: $2.4M; The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2025: $50,000
Largest grant, FY2025: $225,000
Organizations funded a year: 33 to 55; FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025: 16
Total assets, FY2025: $38M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 49% of the organizations Instructional Telecommunications Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 39% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 61% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $935k went to new ones.

RenewedFirst-time

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

Civil RightsEducationHuman ServicesPublic BenefitArts & CultureCommunity ImprovementOther

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
FY2025still arriving	32	$2.4M	16%
FY2024	41	$2.4M	49%
FY2023	36	$2.9M	14%
FY2022	55	$4.3M	31%
FY2021	50	$5.6M	44%
FY2020	39	$3.5M	54%
FY2019	51	$2.7M	67%
FY2018	33	$2.7M	55%

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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 2025.

Civil Rights$15MPublic Benefit$7.6MEducation$1.9MArts & Culture$934kCommunity Improvement$927kHuman Services$835kPhilanthropy$687kEnvironment$631kOther$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 FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
Public Communicators Inc	$5,375,500	9	31%
Proteus Action League	$1,167,750	8	29%
Tides Advocacy	$1,081,858	9	0%
Center for Popular Democracy Action Fund Inc	$855,500	5	4%
Working Families Organization Inc	$850,000	5	1%
Colorofchangeorg	$808,556	6	3%
Way to Win Action Fund Inc	$795,000	4	3%
People's Action	$775,000	5	10%
Fight for the Future Inc	$605,000	9	9%
Ballot Initiative Strategy Center Inc	$575,820	7	10%

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All grantees of Instructional Telecommunications Foundation Inc by total granted
Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
Public Communicators Inc	$5,375,500	9	31%
Proteus Action League	$1,167,750	8	29%
Tides Advocacy	$1,081,858	9	0%
Center for Popular Democracy Action Fund Inc	$855,500	5	4%
Working Families Organization Inc	$850,000	5	1%
Colorofchangeorg	$808,556	6	3%
Way to Win Action Fund Inc	$795,000	4	3%
People's Action	$775,000	5	10%
Fight for the Future Inc	$605,000	9	9%
Ballot Initiative Strategy Center Inc	$575,820	7	10%
Chicago Instructional Technology Foundation Inc	$485,028	1	4%
Free Press Action Fund	$456,290	7	21%
Living United for Change in Arizona	$446,000	7	3%
Repower	$436,750	5	11%
Common Cause	$430,000	4	3%
Donors of Color Action Inc	$300,750	4	100%
Citizen Action of New York Inc	$295,000	6	10%
Faith in Action Fund	$293,065	4	10%
Borealis Philanthropy	$290,750	4	0%
Flic Votes Inc	$272,650	4	19%
New Georgia Project Action Fund	$251,050	4	1%
South Asian Americans Leading Together	$245,000	6	13%
Fair Fight Action Inc	$245,000	2	1%
Casa in Action Inc	$245,000	4	4%
Public Knowledge	$230,000	6	3%
Georgia Investor Action Fund Inc	$225,000	1	n/a
The Ohio Organizing Campaign	$225,000	3	31%
Florida Rising Inc	$225,000	4	10%
Change the Game Training	$225,000	3	n/a
National Vote At Home Institute	$201,500	3	11%
Center for Empowered Politics	$200,000	2	1%
Organize Action	$200,000	2	1%
Woven Action Inc	$185,000	1	n/a
Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies Inc	$181,500	1	2%
The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights Inc	$176,250	2	3%
Uprose Inc	$175,500	4	4%
Brave New Films Action Fund 501(c)4	$169,276	6	87%
Six Action	$166,000	2	n/a
The Center for Media Justice DBA MediaJustice	$165,000	5	3%
Equislabs	$155,250	4	2%
Local Progress Policy Action	$150,000	2	2%
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People	$150,000	2	n/a
Voter Formation Project	$150,000	3	1%
Capita Social Inc	$148,000	3	16%
Presente Action	$140,250	5	n/a
Four Direction Inc	$139,775	3	n/a
Competition & Innovation Institute	$130,000	1	n/a
Chicago Votes Action Fund	$130,000	3	27%
The Center For Nuleadership On Urban Solutions Inc	$130,000	2	4%
Cultural Engagement Laboratory	$128,660	3	11%
Sophie Science LLC	$125,000	2	n/a
Black Alliance for Just Immigration	$125,000	3	1%
For Our Future Action Fund	$121,000	1	2%
Chinese Progressive Association	$121,000	1	1%
Lena Foundation	$120,000	2	1%
Organizers in the Land of Enchantment	$120,000	2	5%
Weird Enough Company Inc	$120,000	2	17%
National Public Education Support Fund	$120,000	2	1%
Talkingpoints	$120,000	2	1%
City Center for Collaborative Learning	$120,000	2	1%
Voters Organized to Educate-Vote Action Fund	$114,650	1	12%
National Hispanic Media Coalition	$110,000	4	3%
Amplify Action Fund	$108,550	1	n/a
Straight Ahead Organization	$100,000	2	6%
Missouri Jobs With Justice Voter Action	$100,000	1	8%
Six Action	$100,000	2	7%
Black Male Voter Project	$100,000	1	n/a
Pushblack	$100,000	2	4%
Black Voters Matter	$100,000	2	n/a
Maine People's Alliance	$100,000	2	3%
New Virginia Majority	$100,000	2	1%
Arizona Advocacy Network	$95,000	3	32%
HBCU Green Fund Inc	$90,500	2	20%
State Power Action Fund	$90,000	2	1%
Arizona Wins	$90,000	2	n/a
We Must Vote Inc	$90,000	2	27%
Empirical Resolution Inc	$88,550	2	2%
Urban Community Network	$87,500	2	13%
Georgia Equality Inc	$85,500	2	14%
Puente Human Rights Movement	$80,000	1	6%
The Oakland Fund	$79,500	1	n/a
Oakland Rising Committee	$75,000	1	n/a
Massachusetts Communities Action Network Inc	$75,000	1	6%
Anne Arundel Voters for Commu	$75,000	1	n/a
Southern Rural Black Womens Initiative for Economic and Social Justice Inc	$75,000	1	n/a
Progressive Maryland Inc	$75,000	2	17%
Asian Americans Advancing Justice Atlanta Inc	$75,000	2	0%
Win Win Action	$75,000	2	10%
The Advocacy Fund	$75,000	1	n/a
Working Texans for Paid Sick Time	$75,000	1	n/a
Mississippi Coalition on Black Civic Participation	$70,000	2	0%
New America Foundation	$70,000	2	0%
Nilc Immigrant Justice Fund	$70,000	1	12%
Mississippi Votes Action Fund Corporation	$65,000	2	3%
McCe Action	$65,000	2	64%
Splinter Art and Community Fund	$63,730	2	11%
Defending Rights and Dissent Inc	$60,000	1	2%
Statewide Organizing for Community Empowerment Inc	$60,000	2	n/a
Grassroots Leadership Inc	$58,250	2	3%
Colorado League of Responsible Voters	$55,000	1	n/a
Partnership for Research and Education	$51,500	2	5%
Colorado Families First	$50,000	1	n/a
Center for Empowered Politics Education Fund	$50,000	1	0%
NEO Philanthropy Action Fund Inc	$50,000	1	0%
Think Small	$50,000	1	0%
Oficina Legal del Pueblo Unido Inc	$50,000	1	0%
TrainingGrounds Inc	$50,000	1	5%
Yes for the Baltimore Fair Election Fund	$50,000	1	n/a
Our Turn Action Network Inc	$50,000	1	82%
Spark Saint Paul	$50,000	1	n/a
The Oakland Public Education Fund	$50,000	1	0%
Network for Public Education	$50,000	1	n/a
Engine Advocacy	$50,000	1	4%
Kartemquin Educational Films	$50,000	1	1%
Upchieve Inc	$50,000	1	2%
Mijente	$50,000	1	7%
Springboard Action	$50,000	1	50%
Mission Edge San Diego	$50,000	1	0%
The Hadanou Collective	$50,000	1	2%
My Health Ed Inc	$50,000	1	26%
One Fair Wage Action Inc	$50,000	1	9%
The Center for Cultural Power	$50,000	1	3%
Open Democracy Action	$50,000	1	99%
Regents of the University of Colorado	$50,000	1	n/a
Literacy Lab	$50,000	1	n/a
National Vote At Home Coalition	$40,000	1	40%
Pre-K for Santa Fe	$40,000	1	n/a
Jolt Action Inc	$40,000	2	3%
Kinfolk Tech Foundation	$35,000	1	7%
Equality Foundation of Ga Inc	$35,000	1	3%
Ms Future Political Action Co	$35,000	1	n/a
Colorado Families for a Fair Wage	$30,000	1	n/a
Arab American Institute	$30,000	1	2%
Oregonians for Slavery Abolition	$30,000	1	37%
Community Voices Heard Power Inc	$30,000	1	n/a
Demand Progress Action Inc	$30,000	1	2%
Affordable Broadband Campaign	$30,000	1	23%
Alliance for Global Justice Corp	$30,000	1	1%
Voters Not Politicians Ballot Committee	$29,290	1	n/a
Florence Immigrant & Refugee Rights Project Inc	$28,250	1	0%
Workers Defense Project	$28,250	1	1%
Donnell-Kay Foundation Inc	$26,500	1	7%
Charlotte County School District	$25,000	1	n/a
Fair Elections Portland	$25,000	1	n/a
Upturn Inc	$25,000	1	1%
Unkitawa	$25,000	1	1%
Fight for the Base	$25,000	1	n/a
Georgia Alliance Education Fund Inc	$25,000	1	n/a
Yes for a Baltimore Cnty Citizens Election	$25,000	1	n/a
Race Forward	$25,000	1	0%
Planned Parenthood Action Fund Inc	$25,000	1	0%
Black Alliance for Justice for Immigrants Action Fund	$20,000	1	n/a
Washington Community Action Network	$20,000	1	n/a
Washington Won'T Discriminate	$20,000	1	n/a
Centro de Los Derechos del Migrante Inc	$20,000	1	2%
Organize Now Inc Dba Organize Florida Inc	$20,000	1	1%
Oregonians United Against Profiling	$20,000	1	33%
Nebraska Appleseed Action Fund	$20,000	1	8%
Mothering Justice Action Fund	$15,000	1	6%
Advance North Carolina Inc	$15,000	1	3%
Center for Digital Democracy	$10,210	2	15%
Michigan Organizing Strategy Enabling Strength Action	$10,000	1	n/a
PASSAGEWAYS INSTITUTE INC dba PASSAGEWORKS INSTITUTE	$7,950	1	1%
Allied Media Projects Inc	$5,000	1	0%
San Luis Valley Immigrant Resource	$3,000	1	1%
Equal Representation of Media Advocacy C	$2,000	1	1%
Hope House Day Care Center Inc	$1,000	1	0%
Foundation for the Law of Time	$1,000	1	n/a
Coalition of Concerned Citizens	$1,000	1	n/a
Mid South Peace and Justice Center	$1,000	1	0%
Dreams Drama Drums Tr	$500	1	n/a
Center for Community Change Action	$500	1	0%
Lama Foundation	$500	1	0%

Instructional Telecommunications Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 16 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 129 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 129.

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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.

All Hands on Deck Network IncMA81.3× affinity42 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: All Hands on Deck Network Inc · Sixteen Thirty Fund · Open Society Action Fund Inc · Tides Advocacy · Chicago Instructional Technology Foundation Inc · Way to Win Action Fund Inc · Democracy Fund Voice Inc · America Votes · Women Donors Network Action · Proteus Action League · NEO Philanthropy Action Fund Inc · North Fund

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 Instructional Telecommunications Foundation Inc

How much does Instructional Telecommunications Foundation Inc give?: Instructional Telecommunications Foundation Inc reported 41 itemized grants totaling $2,425,000, out of $2,480,000 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 33 and 55 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Instructional Telecommunications Foundation Inc fund?: By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Civil Rights (50%), Public Benefit (25%), Education (6%).
Who are Instructional Telecommunications Foundation Inc's largest grantees?: By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Public Communicators Inc ($5.4M), Proteus Action League ($1.2M), Tides Advocacy ($1.1M).
Does Instructional Telecommunications Foundation Inc fund new organizations?: In FY2024, 49% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as Instructional Telecommunications Foundation Inc?: Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include All Hands on Deck Network Inc, Sixteen Thirty Fund, Open Society Action Fund Inc.
Where is Instructional Telecommunications Foundation Inc based?: Instructional Telecommunications Foundation Inc is based in CO.