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Long Ridge Action Fund

Through our philanthropy, we contribute to a more equitable society where individuals and communities have access to the resources needed to thrive.

$1.1M
Granted FY2024still arriving
11
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$225k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2024.

Environment$1.6MPublic Benefit$1.5MCivil Rights$425kCommunity Improvement$250kEducation$150k
02FY2024 · 11 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$100,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$10k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Local Jobs & Economic Develop$225,000
Emerge America$150,000
Black Men Vote Civic Action$125,000
Americans for Contraception$125,000
Indivisble Project$100,000
Our American Future Action$100,000
All Voting is Local Action$50,000
Voto Latino$50,000
EveryLibrary$50,000
Run for Something Action Fund$50,000
Collective Future$50,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

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

show:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY21–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 84% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%Local Jobs & Economic Develop: $225k → 10%Tides Advocacy: $150k → 10%SIxteen Thirty Fund: $500k → 14%Environmental Defense Action: $50k → 17%Every Eligible American: $150k → 14%EveryLibrary: $50k → 14%Local Jobs & Economic Develop: $225k → 10%Collective Future: $50k → 14%EveryLibrary: $50k → 14%Collective Future: $50k → 14%EveryLibrary: $50k → 14%All Voting is Local Action: $175k → 14%Our American Future Action: $100k → 14%Our American Future Action: $100k → 14%Black Men Vote Civic Action: $125k → 14%All Voting is Local Action: $50k → 14%Black Men Vote Civic Action: $125k → 14%All Voting is Local Action: $50k → 14%Black Men Vote Civic Action: $100k → 14%Indivisble Project: $100k → 14%Indivisble Project: $100k → 14%Emerge America: $300k → 14%North Fund: $250k → 14%Emerge America: $150k → 14%Voto Latino: $125k → 14%Emerge America: $100k → 14%Voto Latino: $50k → 14%Voto Latino: $50k → 14%Americans for Contraception: $125k → 14%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

85%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.6M · 10 repeat orgs$475k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +71% since the first grant, against -15% for those funded once.

10 repeat relationships: 10 still active in FY2024, 0 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

10
3

Total granted

$2.6M
$350k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+71%
-15%

Still filing today

80%
100%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $125k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23’24
Civil RightsPublic BenefitEducationEnvironmentOther
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.

Backed again, and grew

  • LJ
    LOCAL JOBS & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FUND INC
    2× · 2023–2024 · $450k · revenue +356%
  • BM
    BLACK MEN VOTE CIVIC ACTION FUND
    3× · 2022–2024 · $350k · revenue ×86 · 81% of their budget
  • AV
    ALL VOTING IS LOCAL
    3× · 2022–2024 · $275k · revenue +71%

Funded once

  • EE
    EVERY ELIGIBLE AMERICAN
    one grant, 2022 · $150k · revenue -98%
  • TA
    TIDES ADVOCACY
    one grant, 2022 · $150k · revenue +4%
  • ED
    ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE ACTION FUND
    one grant, 2022 · $50k · revenue -15%
How this is measured

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

04Its field

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.

1
All Voting Is Local Action

All voting is local action is a nonpartisan organization that engages in advocacy, legislative action, policy-making, grass-roots mobilization, research and other activities that will both expand the right to vote and oppose and reverse…

Civil Rights
2
Verified Voting Foundation

Strengthen democracy for all voters by promoting the responsible use of technology in all elections.

—
3
Defend the Vote Action Fund

To sustain and support the prioritization of comprehensive voting rights and democracy reform legislation at all levels of government.

—
4
Indivisible Civics

The mission of indivisible civics is to build civic leadership to empower a grassroots movement that's advancing progressive values and policies. it educates and builds the capacity of grassroots activists with organizing support,…

Civil Rights
5
One for Democracy Action Fund

One for democracy unlocks resources to build a healthy democracy by fostering meaningful relationships between philanthropists and the democracy leaders of our time.

—
6
American Jobs and Energy Security Fund

Dedicated to accelerate the buildout of clean energy across america, creating good jobs, local economic growth and energy security.

—
7
New American Leaders Action Fund Inc

New american leaders action fund (nalaf) is building a democracy that represents and includes all people by engaging new voters, supporting new americans as they run for office, and expanding civic engagement.

Civil Rights
8
UltraViolet Action

Ultraviolet action (uva) is a 501c4 organization. ultraviolet action is the premier national organization advocating for gender justice issues using creative, strategic campaigning and digital-first organizing. ultraviolet drives feminist…

Public Benefit
9
Voteamerica

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

Civil Rights
10
America Votes

The Organization was established to coordinate and promote progressive issues, policies, initiatives, and referenda, and to pursue electoral reform that expands access to the ballot.

Community Improvement
11
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.

—
12
Texas Justice Fund

To support legal, political & administrative efforts to protect fair voting.

—
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Run for Something Action Fund; the most unlike its peers is Everylibrary. 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

14 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. 14 of the 16 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
14/14
Grantees still filing
7/14
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

EMERGE AMERICA: $550,000 · OtherEMERGE AMERICALOCAL JOBS & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FUND INC: $450,000 · OtherLOCAL JOBS & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FUND INCOUR AMERICAN FUTURE ACTION: $200,000 · OtherOUR AMERICAN FUTURE ACTIONTIDES ADVOCACY: $150,000 · OtherTIDES ADVOCACYAMERICANS FOR CONTRACEPTION: $125,000 · OtherAMERICANS FOR CONTRACEPTIONCOLLECTIVE FUTURE: $100,000 · OtherCOLLECTIVE FUTUREBLACK MEN VOTE CIVIC ACTION FUND: $350,000 · Civil RightsBLACK MEN VOTE CIVIC ACTION FUNDALL VOTING IS LOCAL: $275,000 · Civil RightsALL VOTING IS LOCALVOTO LATINO FOUNDATION INC: $225,000 · Civil RightsVOTO LATINO FOUNDATION INCINDIVISIBLE PROJECT: $200,000 · Civil RightsINDIVISIBLE PROJECTEVERY ELIGIBLE AMERICAN: $150,000 · Civil RightsEVERY ELIGIBLE AMERICANSIXTEEN THIRTY FUND: $500,000 · EnvironmentSIXTEEN THIRTY F…ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE ACTION FUND: $50,000 · EnvironmentENVIRONMENTAL DE…NORTH FUND: $250,000 · Public BenefitNORTH FUNDRUN FOR SOMETHING ACTION FUND: $150,000 · Public BenefitRUN FOR SOM…EVERYLIBRARY: $150,000 · Education
Other$1,575,000Civil Rights$1,200,000Environment$550,000Public Benefit$400,000Education$150,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetSIXTEEN THIRTY FUND: $500,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetLOCAL JOBS & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FUND INC: $450,000 over 2y, 5.3% of budgetBLACK MEN VOTE CIVIC ACTION FUND: $350,000 over 3y, 81% of budgetALL VOTING IS LOCAL: $275,000 over 3y, 2.0% of budgetNORTH FUND: $250,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetVOTO LATINO FOUNDATION INC: $225,000 over 3y, 1.5% of budgetOUR AMERICAN FUTURE ACTION: $200,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetINDIVISIBLE PROJECT: $200,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetEVERY ELIGIBLE AMERICAN: $150,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetRUN FOR SOMETHING ACTION FUND: $150,000 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetEVERYLIBRARY: $150,000 over 3y, 12% of budgetTIDES ADVOCACY: $150,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetAMERICANS FOR CONTRACEPTION: $125,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE ACTION FUND: $50,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budget
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.

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.

Fund for a Better Fut…Way to Win Action Fun…Open Society Action F…Sixteen Thirty FundGlobal Impact Social …Onward TogetherBright Future FundFuture Forward USA Ac…Democracy Fund Voice …America VotesTides AdvocacyHopewell Fund
Fund for a Better Future IncCA22.1× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Fund for a Better Future Inc · Way to Win Action Fund Inc · Open Society Action Fund Inc · Sixteen Thirty Fund · Global Impact Social Welfare Fund · Onward Together · Bright Future Fund · Future Forward USA Action · Democracy Fund Voice Inc · America Votes · Tides Advocacy · Hopewell 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Long Ridge Action Fund funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Long Ridge Action Fund. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%6%23%51%90%funder's share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–5%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    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 a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than 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 to 24 months.
    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to Long Ridge Action Fund?

    Find your warmest path to Long Ridge Action Fund 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 from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 16 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

    How this is measured
    Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its 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.

    Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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