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Our Children Our Future at a glance

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Our Children Our Future

Support various non-partisan groups involved in voter registration, voter organization, voter education and voter mobilization across the country.

$1.6M
Granted FY2025still arriving
14
Grants FY2025still arriving
9
States reached
$280k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
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01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Public Benefit$4.1MCivil Rights$150kHealth$100kEmployment$30k
02FY2025 · 14 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $10k–50k2 grants · $65k
  • $50k–250k9 grants · $750k
  • $250k+3 grants · $780k
$100,000
Median grant
9
States reached
$145k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Focus for Democracy$280,000
America Votes$250,000
Strategic Victory Fund$250,000
Care in Action$150,000
Pennsylvania Alliance Action Fund$150,000
Civitech - New Voter Initiative$100,000
Planned Parenthood Action Fund$100,000
American Family Voices$50,000
Progress Iowa$50,000
Democratic Association of Secretaries of State Legal Fund$50,000
Florida Democratic Party$50,000
Sixteen Thirty Fund$50,000
Work Money Inc$40,000
AAPI Victory Power Fund$25,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

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

show:

Its human-services grants (FY24–24, $25k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%LUCHA Victory PAC - Federal: $25k → 11%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

NH
MT
IL
WI
MI
NY
IA
OH
PA
CA
VA
MD
AZ
NC
DC
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 grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

61%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.6M · 15 repeat orgs$1.7M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +20% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

15 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2025, 9 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

15
26

Total granted

$2.6M
$941k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+20%
0%

Still filing today

87%
65%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 53% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $720k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’20’21’22’23’24’25
Civil RightsPublic BenefitEducationCommunity ImprovementHealthHuman ServicesOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • AV
    America Votes
    5× · 2020–2025 · $525k · revenue +495%
  • PP
    PLANNED PARENTHOOD ACTION FUND INC
    3× · 2020–2025 · $150k · revenue +20%
  • PN
    PROGRESS NOW INC
    2× · 2021–2025 · $150k · revenue +465%

Funded once

  • BV
    Black Voters Matter Fund Inc
    one grant, 2024 · $100k · revenue 0%
  • MC
    MoveOnorg Civic Action
    one grant, 2024 · $100k · revenue 0%
  • DA
    DEMOCRACY ALLIANCE
    one grant, 2024 · $100k
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its 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
Right Vote Inc
Civil Rights
2
Democracy Forward

See schedule o.this organization seeks to build collective power to defend and advance a vibrant democracy that benefits all people.

—
3
Democracy Works Inc

The organization's mission is to leverage web-technologies to improve civic engagement and voter education.

Civil Rights
4
People's Independent Commission

Supports Measure to Remove Lawmakers Power to Set Their Own Pay

—
5
Majority Forward

The organization's mission is to advocate for progressive policies and engaging in nonpartisan voter registration.

—
6
RepresentUs

RepresentUs is America's leading nonpartisan grassroots organization working for a government accountable to the people. We unite people from all backgrounds to defend democracy, root out corruption, mobilize action, and support campaigns…

Public Benefit
7
Fair Democracy

Fair democracy works to ensure that the roots of american democracy are healthy with strong voting rights and access, an engaged and informed electorate, an open and accountable government and trusted messengers engaging americans in civil…

Civil Rights
8
Six Action

Six action realizes a bold policy agenda that secures and sustains meaningful racial, gender, social and economic justice outcomes that center the people most impacted by systemic and structural oppression. we support values-aligned state…

Civil Rights
9
American Workers for Progress

American workers for progress works to ensure that leaders at every level are focused on reducing barriers to job growth and addressing economic challenges to guarantee a better future for all americans.

—
10
One for Democracy Action Fund

One for democracy unlocks resources to build a healthy democracy by fostering meaningful relationships between philanthropists and the democracy leaders of our time.

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11
Missouri Jobs With Justice Voter Action

To develop and advocate for legislation, regulations, ballot initiatives, and government programs as a voice of the working class, to promote social justice, and to stimulate the economy; and, to conduct research, educate the public, and…

Civil Rights
12
Power Coalition for Electoral Justice

We created the power coalition for electoral justice with our partners because this is a moment of opportunity; a time to dig in and become internationally strategic; in short, to use this movement to create a true paradigm shift. to plant…

Civil Rights
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Movement Strategy Center Action Fund; the most unlike its peers is Yes for Pcc. 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

36 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. 36 of the 49 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
9
Early backer (in before they grew)
35/36
Grantees still filing
20/36
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

STATE VICTORY ACTION: $750,000 · OtherSTATE VICTORY ACTIONFairness Project: $190,000 · OtherFairness ProjectBlack Voters Matter Fund Inc: $100,000 · OtherDEMOCRACY ALLIANCE: $100,000 · OtherCivitech: $100,000 · OtherWORKING AMERICA: $80,000 · OtherPUSD Families Supporting Public Schools -- YES on Measures R and EE: $75,000 · OtherAAPI VICTORY POWER FUND: $75,000 · Other+20 more: $666,000 · Other+20 moreFOCUS FOR DEMOCRACY FUND: $280,000 · Civil RightsFOCUS FOR DEMOCRACY FUNDCare in Action Inc: $270,000 · Civil RightsCare in Action IncPA ALLIANCE ACTION: $150,000 · Civil RightsPA ALLIANCE ACTIONPROGRESS NOW INC: $150,000 · Civil RightsPROGRESS NOW INCA BETTER WISCONSIN TOGETHER INC: $110,000 · Civil RightsA BETTER WISCONSIN TOGETHER …CENTER FOR VOTER INFORMATION: $50,000 · Civil RightsTHIRD WAY: $45,000 · Civil Rights+3 more: $65,000 · Civil Rights+3 moreAmerica Votes: $525,000 · Community ImprovementAmerica VotesMoveOnorg Civic Action: $100,000 · EducationFAIR FIGHT ACTION INC: $55,000 · EducationPLANNED PARENTHOOD ACTION FUND INC: $150,000 · HealthSIXTEEN THIRTY FUND: $145,000 · EnvironmentCENTER FOR COMMUNITY CHANGE ACTION: $50,000 · Public BenefitFUTURE NOW ACTION: $25,000 · Public BenefitSTATE ENGAGEMENT FUND: $25,000 · Public BenefitProgress Michigan Inc: $15,000 · Public BenefitNEO Philanthropy Inc: $10,000 · Public BenefitLIVING UNITED FOR CHANGE IN ARIZONA: $25,000 · Human Services
Other$2,136,000Civil Rights$1,120,000Community Improvement$525,000Education$155,000Health$150,000Environment$145,000Public Benefit$125,000Human Services$25,000

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 budgetAmerica Votes: $525,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetFOCUS FOR DEMOCRACY FUND: $280,000 over 1y, 3.9% of budgetCare in Action Inc: $270,000 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD ACTION FUND INC: $150,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetPROGRESS NOW INC: $150,000 over 2y, 4.7% of budgetSIXTEEN THIRTY FUND: $145,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetA BETTER WISCONSIN TOGETHER INC: $110,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetBlack Voters Matter Fund Inc: $100,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetMoveOnorg Civic Action: $100,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetWORKING AMERICA: $80,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetAAPI VICTORY POWER FUND: $75,000 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetIn Union USA Action: $70,000 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetNEVADANS FOR REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM: $70,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetFAIR FIGHT ACTION INC: $55,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCENTER FOR COMMUNITY CHANGE ACTION: $50,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetCENTER FOR VOTER INFORMATION: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHIRD WAY: $45,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetREPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM FOR ALL: $35,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetRural Urban Bridge Initiative: $30,000 over 2y, 4.6% of budget603 FORWARD: $25,000 over 2y, 3.1% of budgetWe The People Action Fund: $25,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetWESTERN ORGANIZATION OF RESOURCE COUNCILS: $25,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetFUTURE NOW ACTION: $25,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetSTATE ENGAGEMENT FUND: $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetLIVING UNITED FOR CHANGE IN ARIZONA: $25,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetOhio Progressive Collaborative: $25,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetCENTER FOR EMPOWERED POLITICS: $25,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetMOVEMENT STRATEGY CENTER ACTION FUND: $15,000 over 1y, 30% of budgetProgress Michigan Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetYes for PCC: $10,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetNEO Philanthropy Inc: $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.

Sixteen Thirty FundOpen Society Action F…America VotesTides AdvocacyNorth FundAmerican Federation o…Tides FoundationAll Hands on Deck Net…Our American Future A…Way to Win Action Fun…National Education As…State Engagement Fund
Sixteen Thirty FundDC59.5× affinity28 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Sixteen Thirty Fund · Open Society Action Fund Inc · America Votes · Tides Advocacy · North Fund · American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees · Tides Foundation · All Hands on Deck Network Inc · Our American Future Action · Way to Win Action Fund Inc · National Education Association of the United States · State Engagement Fund

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 Our Children Our Future funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Our Children Our Future. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%2%8%17%30%funder's share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    1report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–5%
    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.
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    How do I get to Our Children Our Future?

    Find your warmest path to Our Children Our Future 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 49 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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