Washington, D.C. · Public charity
Media Matters for America
Dedicated to comprehensively monitoring, analyzing, and correcting conservative misinformation in the u.s. Media.
- $50k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 1
- Grants FY2024
- 1
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 100%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $50,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $50,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 5
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $18M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 100% of the organizations Media Matters for America funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $50k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 1 | $50k | 100% |
| FY2023 | 1 | $50k | 100% |
| FY2022 | 5 | $722k | 80% |
| FY2021 | 3 | $620k | 33% |
| FY2020 | 2 | $125k | 50% |
| FY2019 | 1 | $467k | 100% |
| FY2018 | 1 | $500k | 0% |
| FY2017 | 2 | $483k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The American Independent Foundation | $867,000 | 3 | 35% |
| Ab Foundation | $754,000 | 2 | 6% |
| Democracy Matters Foundation | $449,000 | 2 | 56% |
| Vet Voice Foundation Inc | $355,000 | 2 | 5% |
| Voto Latino Foundation Inc | $275,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Counteract Foundation | $102,000 | 1 | 27% |
| Nebraska Legal Action Education Fund | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Glaad Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Regents Univ of California | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Forward Tn | $40,000 | 1 | 8% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The American Independent Foundation | $867,000 | 3 | 35% |
| Ab Foundation | $754,000 | 2 | 6% |
| Democracy Matters Foundation | $449,000 | 2 | 56% |
| Vet Voice Foundation Inc | $355,000 | 2 | 5% |
| Voto Latino Foundation Inc | $275,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Counteract Foundation | $102,000 | 1 | 27% |
| Nebraska Legal Action Education Fund | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Glaad Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Regents Univ of California | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Forward Tn | $40,000 | 1 | 8% |
| IVote Civic Education Fund Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
Where it is load-bearing
Media Matters for America supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 3 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 9 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: Tides Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
About Media Matters for America
- How much does Media Matters for America give?
- Media Matters for America reported 1 grants totaling $50,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 5 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Media Matters for America fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Public Benefit (50%), Arts & Culture (29%), Education (17%).
- Who are Media Matters for America's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: The American Independent Foundation ($867k), Ab Foundation ($754k), Democracy Matters Foundation ($449k).
- Does Media Matters for America fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Media Matters for America?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Tides Foundation, Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund.
- Where is Media Matters for America based?
- Media Matters for America is based in DC.
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