Washington, D.C. · Public charity
Majority Forward
The organization's mission is to advocate for progressive policies.
- $39M
- Granted FY2019
- 16
- Itemized grants FY2019
- 16
- Organizations funded FY2019
- 69%
- First-time grantees FY2019
- Itemized, FY2019
- $38M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2019
- $692,000
- Largest grant, FY2019
- $14,826,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 6 to 16
- FY2017 to FY2019
- States reached, FY2019
- 5
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2019, 69% of the organizations Majority Forward funded were first-time grantees, receiving 32% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2019, 68% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $12M 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2019 | 16 | $38M | 69% |
| FY2018 | 6 | $6.4M | 100% |
| FY2017 | 10 | $4.9M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2019.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2019, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| America Votes | $15,656,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Black Progressive Action Coalition | $13,486,877 | 2 | n/a |
| League of Conservation of Voters | $3,500,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Coalition for a Safe Secure America | $2,697,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Majority Forward | $2,200,693 | 1 | n/a |
| Votevets Action Fund Inc | $2,178,560 | 2 | n/a |
| League of Conservation Voters Inc | $1,500,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Powerpac Org | $1,000,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Mi Familia Vota | $860,151 | 1 | n/a |
| Working America | $843,698 | 2 | 2% |
Show all 27 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| America Votes | $15,656,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Black Progressive Action Coalition | $13,486,877 | 2 | n/a |
| League of Conservation of Voters | $3,500,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Coalition for a Safe Secure America | $2,697,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Majority Forward | $2,200,693 | 1 | n/a |
| Votevets Action Fund Inc | $2,178,560 | 2 | n/a |
| League of Conservation Voters Inc | $1,500,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Powerpac Org | $1,000,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Mi Familia Vota | $860,151 | 1 | n/a |
| Working America | $843,698 | 2 | 2% |
| The Voter Participation Center | $779,130 | 2 | 2% |
| For Our Future Action Fund | $750,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Our Community Votes Inc | $692,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Blackpac | $614,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Duty and Honor | $400,000 | 1 | 14% |
| Americans for Economic Growth | $400,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Arizona Wins | $350,000 | 1 | 22% |
| Citizens for Strength and Security Fund | $305,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Americans for Economic Growth | $300,000 | 1 | 31% |
| Patriot Majority USA | $225,000 | 1 | n/a |
| One Arizona | $200,000 | 1 | 8% |
| Indigenous Vote | $150,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Voteorg | $131,471 | 1 | 4% |
| America Working Together | $121,358 | 1 | 100% |
| Center for Community Change Action | $100,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Priorities USA | $22,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Wisconsin Voices Inc | $7,200 | 1 | 1% |
Where it is load-bearing
Majority Forward supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 11 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
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.
Open a dossier: Sixteen Thirty Fund · Tides Advocacy · NEO Philanthropy Action Fund Inc · America Votes · Open Society Action Fund Inc · Tides Foundation · National Education Association of the United States · American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees · All Hands on Deck Network Inc · Hopewell Fund · Fund for a Better Future Inc · Grove Action Fund
How this is measured
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About Majority Forward
- How much does Majority Forward give?
- Majority Forward reported 16 itemized grants totaling $38,186,729, out of $39,274,670 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2019 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 16 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2019.
- What does Majority Forward fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2019, its largest causes are Public Benefit (52%), Civil Rights (36%), Human Services (4%).
- Who are Majority Forward's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2019: America Votes ($16M), Black Progressive Action Coalition ($13M), League of Conservation of Voters ($3.5M).
- Does Majority Forward fund new organizations?
- In FY2019, 69% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Majority Forward?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Sixteen Thirty Fund, Tides Advocacy, NEO Philanthropy Action Fund Inc.
- Where is Majority Forward based?
- Majority Forward is based in DC.
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