Washington, D.C. · Public charity
Majority Forward
The organization's mission is to advocate for progressive policies and engaging in nonpartisan voter registration.
- $176M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 8
- Grants FY2025
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 57%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $28,900,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $68,000,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 7 to 23
- FY2021 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.8M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 57% of the organizations Majority Forward funded were first-time grantees, receiving 36% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 64% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $17M 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 8 | $176M | 50% |
| FY2024 | 7 | $48M | 57% |
| FY2023 | 8 | $108M | 38% |
| FY2022 | 8 | $31M | 63% |
| FY2021 | 23 | $122M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.
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, FY2021 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smp | $199,370,000 | 5 | n/a |
| America Votes | $105,418,068 | 4 | 36% |
| Duty and Honor | $73,426,000 | 3 | 38% |
| Last Best Place PAC | $41,430,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Duty and Honor | $20,330,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Priorities USA | $9,004,222 | 3 | 22% |
| North Star | $7,100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Americans for a Secure Future | $5,500,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Duty and Country | $4,050,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Forward Action Fund | $3,920,000 | 1 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smp | $199,370,000 | 5 | n/a |
| America Votes | $105,418,068 | 4 | 36% |
| Duty and Honor | $73,426,000 | 3 | 38% |
| Last Best Place PAC | $41,430,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Duty and Honor | $20,330,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Priorities USA | $9,004,222 | 3 | 22% |
| North Star | $7,100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Americans for a Secure Future | $5,500,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Duty and Country | $4,050,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Forward Action Fund | $3,920,000 | 1 | n/a |
| 53 Peaks | $3,013,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Planned Parenthood Action Fund Inc | $1,900,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Americans for Economic Growth | $1,426,500 | 1 | 52% |
| The Lincoln Project | $1,350,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Votevets Action Fund Inc | $1,175,000 | 1 | 21% |
| Save My Country Action Fund | $665,000 | 1 | 70% |
| Our Future United PAC | $653,000 | 1 | n/a |
| End Citizens United Let America Vote Action Fund | $505,000 | 1 | 34% |
| Swing Left | $500,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Emilys List Action | $465,000 | 2 | 55% |
| Climate Reality Action Fund | $330,000 | 1 | 32% |
| Black Progressive Action Coalition | $303,000 | 1 | 1% |
| American Center | $250,000 | 1 | 9% |
| Montana Hunters and Anglers Action | $250,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Nevada Alliance | $250,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Voto Latino Inc | $250,000 | 1 | n/a |
| 222 Evergreen | $250,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Protect Your Vote Nv | $250,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Fight for Democracy | $200,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Preserve American Ideals | $200,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Planned Parenthood New Hampshire Action Fund Inc | $165,000 | 1 | 25% |
| Equislabs | $160,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Right to Vote Foundation | $150,000 | 1 | 20% |
| Rural America Fund | $150,000 | 1 | 40% |
| League of Conservation Voters Inc | $150,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Strategic Victory Fund | $150,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Piedmont Rising Inc | $140,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Advancing Az | $40,000 | 1 | 1% |
| 907 Initiative | $30,000 | 1 | n/a |
Where it is load-bearing
Majority Forward supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 9 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 20 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 · America Votes · Open Society Action Fund Inc · Fund for a Better Future Inc · Future Forward USA Action · Our American Future Action · Tides Foundation · Global Impact Social Welfare Fund · Strategic Victory Fund · NEO Philanthropy Action Fund Inc · Way to Win Action Fund Inc · National Education Association of the United States
How this is measured
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About Majority Forward
- How much does Majority Forward give?
- Majority Forward reported 8 grants totaling $176,300,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 23 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2024.
- What does Majority Forward fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2025, its largest causes are Public Benefit (40%), Housing & Shelter (9%), Civil Rights (7%).
- Who are Majority Forward's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2025: Smp ($199M), America Votes ($105M), Duty and Honor ($73M).
- Does Majority Forward fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 57% 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, America Votes, Open Society Action Fund Inc.
- Where is Majority Forward based?
- Majority Forward is based in DC.
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