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March for Our Lives Action Fund

March for our live's (mfol) mission is to harness the power of young people across the country to end all forms of gun violence not just mass shootings, but everyday gun violence, police violence and more.

$415k
Granted FY2021
17
Grants FY2021
9
States reached
$20k
Largest
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02The needRead
03Its fieldRead
01What it funds
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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2021.

Crime & Legal$1.8MCivil Rights$161kInternational$159kYouth Development$111kEducation$94kHuman Services$46kPublic Benefit$37kEnvironment$29kOther$0
02FY2021 · 17 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 17 grants below total $301,686, the rows itemized in this filing. The $414,891 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $113,205 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2021

  • Under $10k1 grant · $7k
  • $10k–50k16 grants · $295k
$19,996
Median grant
9
States reached
$487k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
PHILADELPHIA SESAMO$19,996
SAINT LOUIS STORY STITCHERS ARTISTS COLLECTIVE$19,996
GKMC BALTIMORE$19,996
IIYC LOS ANGELES$19,996
IF YOU'RE FEELIN' CIVIC$19,996
PUENTE HUMAN RIGHTS MOVEMENT$19,996
CURE VIOLENCE GLOBAL$19,996
BEYOND THE BARS INC$19,996
LA SOLAR FRIDGE PROJECT$19,996
NORTH LAWNDALE COLLEGE PREP HIGH SCHOOL$17,246
CHICAGO STUDENT PANDEMIC RELIEF$17,246
STICK TALK$17,246
GROWING UP$15,871
LOVE1$15,871
THE TRIGGER PROJECT$15,871
02The need
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Does the money reach high-need areas?

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

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Its human-services grants (FY18–18, $123k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%NATIONAL URBAN LEAGUE: $100k → 17%US AND OUR CHILDREN: $10k → 14%2ND MILE MINISTRIES INC: $12k → 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.

Which US states its grants reach

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IL
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CT
CA
MO
MD
AZ
NC
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DC
LA
GA
TX
FL
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 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
Alternatives Inc

Alternatives, inc.'s mission is to facilitate personal development,strengthen family relationships and enhance the community's well being. serving over 3,000 youth and families annually, the organization offers a range of counseling and…

Health
2
The Connie Rice Institute for Urban Peace

Urban peace institute reduces and prevents community violence by applying a public health approach to understand the underlying reasons for violence and create innovative, holistic ways to change the conditions that lead to them.…

Crime & Legal
3
Cityworks Dc

Our mission is to dramatically improve the early career outcomes of dc youth and young adults of color by creating innovative programs and by mobilizing employers, educators, and city leaders to create a local, diverse talent pipeline. our…

Education
4
United Playaz

United Playaz is a San Francisco-based violence prevention and youth development organization. We provide a comprehensive range of services to prepare vulnerable youth for higher education, employment, and healthy living within a safe,…

Youth Development
5
Chicago Votes

Chicago Votes is a non-partisan, non-profit organization building a more inclusive democracy by putting power in the hands of young Chicagoans. We're engaging and developing a new generation of leaders by opening the doors of government,…

Civil Rights
6
Vocal Justice

We inspire and prepare middle and high school students to be social change leaders. We do this by providing teachers with curriculum and training to transform their classes into places that help students develop and use their voices for…

Education
7
Youth Ambassadors Inc

Youth Ambassadors is an educational program designed to empower underserved teenage youth with important life skills, soft job skills, creative expression, and adult mentors, helping them become future community leaders willing and able to…

Arts & Culture
8
New Yorkers Against Gun Violence Education Fund Inc

To inform the public, particularly youth, about the dangers of gun violence and ways to prevent and reduce gun violence. the organization works through community-based workshops and the reaction youth project to increase awareness in…

Arts & Culture
9
A Better Chicago

A better chicago is changing how chicago fights poverty by investing in bold ideas that create opportunity for our youth.

Human Services
10
Chicago United for Equity

Connecting and amplifying the power of individuals to build a just, equitable, and inclusive city.

Civil Rights
11
Youth Represent Inc

Youth represent uses legal services, policy advocacy, peer education, and other tools to build power and opportunity for black, latine, and other youth of color who the criminal legal system and other systems of oppression harm the most.…

Crime & Legal
12
City Year Inc

City year helps students and schools succeed, while preparing the next generation of civically engaged leaders who can work across lines of difference. partnering with teachers, teams of city year americorps members cultivate learning…

Unclassified
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Build Inc; the most unlike its peers is Newtown Action Alliance Foundation. 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

25 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. 25 of the 41 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
25/25
Grantees still filing
17/25
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Broward Education Foundation Inc: $1,732,980 · EducationBroward Education Foundation Inc+3 more: $62,027 · EducationIF YOU'RE FEELIN' CIVIC: $19,996 · OtherIF YOU'RE FEEL…HOPE NETWORK FOUNDATION: $19,996 · OtherHOPE NETWORK F…LA SOLAR FRIDGE PROJECT: $19,996 · OtherLA SOLAR FRIDG…East Oakland Youth Development Center: $18,000 · OtherEast Oakland Y…CHICAGO STUDENT PANDEMIC RELIEF: $17,246 · OtherBUILD INC: $17,246 · OtherNORTH LAWNDALE COLLEGE PREP HIGH SCHOOL: $17,246 · OtherGROWING UP INC: $15,871 · OtherCONCERNED CITIZENS DEMANDING CHANGE: $15,871 · OtherLOVE1: $15,871 · OtherSAINT LOUIS STORY STITCHERS ARTIST COLLECTIVE: $19,996 · OtherSAINT LOUIS ST…CURE VIOLENCE GLOBAL: $19,996 · OtherCURE VIOLENCE …NEWTOWN ACTION ALLIANCE FOUNDATION: $16,500 · OtherCHICAGO URBAN LEAGUE: $15,000 · Other+9 more: $75,248 · Other+9 moreNATIONAL URBAN LEAGUE INC: $100,000 · Human ServicesPUENTE HUMAN RIGHTS MOVEMENT: $19,996 · Human Services2nd Mile Ministries Inc: $12,440 · Human ServicesUS AND OUR CHILDREN INC: $10,080 · Human ServicesFAITH IN ACTION NETWORK: $50,000 · Community ImprovementFUSION PARTNERSHIP INC: $19,996 · Community ImprovementCHILDRENS VILLAGE INC: $19,950 · Youth DevelopmentTHE TRIGGER PROJECT: $15,871 · Youth DevelopmentSowing Seeds into the Midlands: $10,000 · Youth DevelopmentRYSE INC: $10,000 · Youth DevelopmentLIFE CAMPS INCORPORATED: $35,234 · Crime & LegalBEYOND THE BARS INC: $19,996 · Crime & LegalMARCH ON MARYLAND: $19,996 · Civil RightsCENTER FOR AMERICAN PROGRESS: $13,079 · Civil Rights
Education$1,795,007Other$324,079Human Services$142,516Community Improvement$69,996Youth Development$55,821Crime & Legal$55,230Civil Rights$33,075

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 budgetBroward Education Foundation Inc: $1,732,980 over 1y, 12% of budgetNATIONAL URBAN LEAGUE INC: $100,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetFAITH IN ACTION NETWORK: $50,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetLIFE CAMPS INCORPORATED: $35,234 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetINSPIRENOLA CHARTER SCHOOLS: $31,790 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCOLLEGIATE ACADEMIES: $20,237 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSAINT LOUIS STORY STITCHERS ARTIST COLLECTIVE: $19,996 over 1y, 5.3% of budgetFUSION PARTNERSHIP INC: $19,996 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBEYOND THE BARS INC: $19,996 over 1y, 4.9% of budgetPUENTE HUMAN RIGHTS MOVEMENT: $19,996 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetCURE VIOLENCE GLOBAL: $19,996 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetMARCH ON MARYLAND: $19,996 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetEast Oakland Youth Development Center: $18,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetBUILD INC: $17,246 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetNEWTOWN ACTION ALLIANCE FOUNDATION: $16,500 over 1y, 8.1% of budgetCHICAGO URBAN LEAGUE: $15,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCENTER FOR AMERICAN PROGRESS: $13,079 over 1y, 0.0% of budget2nd Mile Ministries Inc: $12,440 over 1y, 4.5% of budgetTHE CALIFORNIA CENTER FOR CIVIC PARTICIPATION: $10,500 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetSOCIAL GOOD FUND INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRYSE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% 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.

New Venture FundTides CenterThe California Endowm…Amalgamated Charitabl…Tides FoundationImpactassetsincSilicon Valley Commun…Gs Donor Advised Phil…The Blackbaud Giving …American Endowment Fo…Morgan Stanley Global…Charities Aid Foundat…
New Venture FundDC15× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: New Venture Fund · Tides Center · The California Endowment · Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc · Tides Foundation · Impactassetsinc · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Charities Aid Foundation America

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 March for Our Lives Action Fund funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from March for Our Lives Action Fund. Bigger dots raise more.

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no gov · 30%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 3%
  • Fusion Partnership Inc: 3% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
10report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
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.

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 41 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 2021, released 2021. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record and reports $200 of grant expense, but none of it to a named recipient. On a Form 990 that can mean grants abroad, filed by region only (Schedule F), grants under $5,000, which are not itemized, or a schedule referenced as an attachment the e-file does not carry. The figures above are therefore from FY2021, the most recent year this funder named its grantees.

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