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One Fair Wage Inc

The mission of one fair wage is to raise wages and improve working conditions in the service sector, and end all subminimum wages in the united states.

$782k
Granted FY2024still arriving
32
Grants FY2024still arriving
15
States reached
$200k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its fieldRead
04Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01FY2024 · 32 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 32 grants below total $515,000, the rows itemized in this filing. The $782,419 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $267,419 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 · FY2024

  • Under $10k1 grant · $8k
  • $10k–50k30 grants · $308k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $200k
$10,000
Median grant
15
States reached
$3.5M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ONE FAIR WAGE PLUS TIPS MA$200,000
COMMUNITY FIRST$15,000
INDIGENOUS JUSTICE$12,500
POSSIBILITY LABS$10,000
VOICES OF COMMUNITY ACTIVISTS & LEADERS (VOCAL-NY) INC$10,000
DREAM OF DETROIT$10,000
MICHIGAN UNITED DETROIT$10,000
ILLINOIS COALITION TO END PERMANENT PUNISHEMENTS$10,000
JUSTICE FOR MIGRANT WOMEN$10,000
ARAB AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF NY$10,000
NATIONAL COMPADRES NETWORK INC$10,000
THE GATHERING FOR JUSTICE$10,000
BUILDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR SELF-SUFFICIENCY (BOSS)$10,000
MS BLACK WOMENS ROUNDATABLE$10,000
NATIONAL DAY LABORER ORGANIZING NETWORK$10,000
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 (FY24–24, $83k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 88% 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 COMPADRES NETWORK INC: $10k → 8%PILLARS OF THE COMMUNITY: $10k → 11%INDIGENOUS JUSTICE: $13k → 12%THE GATHERING FOR JUSTICE: $10k → 17%DREAM OF DETROIT: $10k → 21%COLORADO PEOPLES ALLIANCE: $10k → 12%POSSIBILITY LABS: $10k → 13%ARAB AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF NY: $10k → 20%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
MI
NY
NV
IA
OH
CA
CO
MD
AZ
TN
DC
HI
MS
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
Jobs with Justice San Francisco

A long-term, strategic alliance of labor, community, faith-based, and student organizations working together to build greater economic power for workers and community members through employee rights at work and access to good jobs,…

Employment
2
Detention Watch Network

Detention Watch Network seeks to end the cruel system of immigration detention via programs of grassroots organizing, strategic communications, and collective advocacy.

Human Services
3
Jewish Coalition for Immigrant Justice Northwest

The jewish coalition builds a jewish voice in the pacific northwest advancing immigrant justice and domestic policy, following the leadership of impacted community.

Human Services
4
Cooperation L a

The L.A. Co-op Lab is a collective that builds capacity for worker ownership in Los Angeles as a pathway toward a more equitable and democratic economy.

Arts & Culture
5
Asian Americans Advancing Justice Atlanta Inc

Asian Americans Advancing Justice - Atlanta's mission is to protect and promote the civil and human rights of Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders in Georgia and the Southeast through policy advocacy, legal services,…

Human Services
6
La Comunidad Inc

Legal, immigration and community organizing

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7
Asian Immigrant Women Advocates Inc

Asian Immigrant Women Advocates empowers low-income, limited English speaking immigrant women and youth through education, leadership development and civic participation programs.

Human Services
8
Colectiva Legal Del Pueblo

Colectiva Legal del Pueblo is a non-hierarchal collective organization founded for and by undocumented immigrants working to build community leadership and power for migrant justice through legal services, advocacy and education.

Civil Rights
9
Black Alliance for Just Immigration

The organization provides public education on the issues related to fair and just immigration policies.

Arts & Culture
10
Asian Law Caucus

The Asian Law Caucus's mission is to promote, advance, and represent the legal and civil rights of Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) communities, recognizing that social, economic, political and racial inequalities continue to exist…

Crime & Legal
11
Alliance to Mobilize Our Resistance

AMOR is an alliance of community based grassroots organizations mobilizing at the intersections of race, class, gender, sexual orientation, and immigration status to prevent, to respond to, and to end state violence against our community.

Human Services
12
Latino Union of Chicago

Latino Union works to defend the rights and dignity of contingent workers, including the right to immigrate, work, live free of oppression and violence, and provide for oneself and one's family.

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Voices of Community Activists & Leaders (Vocal-Ny) Inc; the most unlike its peers is Dream of Detroit. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
03the 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 32 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
7/25
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ONE FAIR WAGE PLUS TIPS MA: $200,000 · OtherONE FAIR WAGE PLUS TIPS MACOMMUNITY FIRST: $15,000 · Other+12 more: $117,500 · Other+12 moreIndigenous Justice: $12,500 · Human ServicesIndigenous JusticeDream of Detroit: $10,000 · Human ServicesDream of DetroitTHE GATHERING FOR JUSTICE INC: $10,000 · Human ServicesTHE GATHERING FOR …ARAB AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF NY INC: $10,000 · Human ServicesARAB AMERICAN ASSO…PILLARS OF THE COMMUNITY: $10,000 · Human ServicesPILLARS OF THE COM…COLORADO PEOPLE'S ALLIANCE: $10,000 · Human ServicesCOLORADO PEOPLE'S …NATIONAL COMPADRES NETWORK INC: $10,000 · Human ServicesNATIONAL COMPADRES…POSSIBILITY LABS: $10,000 · Human ServicesPOSSIBILITY LABSJEWS FOR RACIAL & ECONOMIC JUSTICE: $10,000 · Civil RightsJEWS FOR RA…MISSISSIPPI COALITION ON BLACK CIVIC PARTICIPATION: $10,000 · Civil RightsMISSISSIPPI…THE TRANSLATIN COALITION: $10,000 · Civil RightsTHE TRANSLA…NATIONAL DAY LABORER ORGANIZING NETWORK: $10,000 · Civil RightsNATIONAL DA…MALIKAH INC FKA INTERNATIONAL MUSLIM WOMENS INITIATIVE FOR SELF EMPOWERMENT: $10,000 · Civil RightsMALIKAH INC…EPIDAURUS DBA AMITY FOUNDATION: $10,000 · HealthVOICES OF COMMUNITY ACTIVISTS & LEADERS (VOCAL-NY) INC: $10,000 · HealthHAWAII WORKERS CENTER: $10,000 · EducationJUSTICE FOR MIGRANT WOMEN: $10,000 · Crime & LegalAMERICAN MUSLIM ADVISORY COUNC: $10,000 · Religion
Other$332,500Human Services$82,500Civil Rights$50,000Health$20,000Education$10,000Crime & Legal$10,000Religion$10,000

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 budgetIndigenous Justice: $12,500 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetJEWS FOR RACIAL & ECONOMIC JUSTICE: $10,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetIOWA CITIZEN ACTION NETWORK EDUC FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 37% of budgetEPIDAURUS DBA AMITY FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDream of Detroit: $10,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetTHE GATHERING FOR JUSTICE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetMISSISSIPPI COALITION ON BLACK CIVIC PARTICIPATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetTHE TRANSLATIN COALITION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetARAB AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF NY INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetPILLARS OF THE COMMUNITY: $10,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetHAWAII WORKERS CENTER: $10,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetJUSTICE FOR MIGRANT WOMEN: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICAN MUSLIM ADVISORY COUNC: $10,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetMICHIGAN ORGANIZING PROJECT: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLIVE FREE CHICAGO: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCOLORADO PEOPLE'S ALLIANCE: $10,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetNATIONAL COMPADRES NETWORK INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetNATIONAL DAY LABORER ORGANIZING NETWORK: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetBUILDING OPP FOR SELF-SUFFICIENCY: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPOSSIBILITY LABS: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMALIKAH INC FKA INTERNATIONAL MUSLIM WOMENS INITIATIVE FOR SELF EMPOWERMENT: $10,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN LABOR ALLIANCE AFL -CIO: $10,000 over 1y, 4.0% of budgetVOICES OF COMMUNITY ACTIVISTS & LEADERS (VOCAL-NY) INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTIDES ADVOCACY: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

Amalgamated Charitabl…Proteus Fund IncTides FoundationThe Ford FoundationNEO Philanthropy IncThe California Wellne…Rockefeller Philanthr…The California Endowm…ImpactassetsincSolidaire Network IncHopewell FundTides Center
Amalgamated Charitable Foundation IncDC28.4× affinity13 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc · Proteus Fund Inc · Tides Foundation · The Ford Foundation · NEO Philanthropy Inc · The California Wellness Foundation · Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc · The California Endowment · Impactassetsinc · Solidaire Network Inc · Hopewell Fund · Tides Center

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 One Fair Wage Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from One Fair Wage Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

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no gov · 00%3%10%23%40%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    7report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
    typical government reliance, FY20–24
    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.
    04Through Plinth

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    How do I get to One Fair Wage Inc?

    Find your warmest path to One Fair Wage Inc 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 32 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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