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Pa Alliance Action

The PA Alliance Action seeks to advocate at the state level for democracy reform through grassroots activities and support of like-minded organizations on behalf of and in support of all Pennsylvanians, in particular historically marginalized and underserved communities, including communities of color, impoverished communities and the…

$11M
Granted FY2024still arriving
19
Grants FY2024still arriving
5
States reached
$4.7M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.

Public Benefit$26MCivil Rights$1.7MEnvironment$810kCommunity Improvement$412kHealth$280kHuman Services$200kFood & Nutrition$20k
02FY2024 · 19 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • $10k–50k1 grant · $20k
  • $50k–250k8 grants · $1.0M
  • $250k+10 grants · $9.6M
$275,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$635k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Project 26 Pennsylvania$4,726,000
Commonwealth Communications$1,286,000
Project Keystone$847,800
Working Families Organization$538,781
PA United$500,000
The Voter Project$450,000
Make the Road Action Inc$355,200
Asian Pacific Islander Political Alliance$340,000
New Pennsylvania Project$280,000
For Our Future Action Fund$275,000
Action Together NEPA$225,000
CASA in Action$168,219
PA Alliance Foundation$144,000
Conservation Voters of PA Victory Fund$120,000
Promote the Vote$110,000
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 (FY20–24, $478k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 13%. 23% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 13%CASA in Action: $168k → 11%CASA in Action: $100k → 11%CASA In Action Inc: $100k → 11%Promote the Vote: $110k → 22%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.
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.
04

Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 5% of Pa Alliance Action’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.

Pa Alliance Actionlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address · 4.8% directed abroad (not shown)
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

74%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$22M · 17 repeat orgs$7.7M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +154% since the first grant, against +2% for those funded once.

17 repeat relationships: 13 still active in FY2024, 4 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

17
7

Total granted

$22M
$2.0M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+154%
+2%

Still filing today

94%
86%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 46% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5.7M went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24
Civil RightsHuman ServicesEnvironmentHealthCommunity ImprovementOther
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

  • PK
    Project Keystone
    6× · 2019–2024 · $2.4M · revenue +536% · 50% of their budget
  • PU
    Pennsylvania United
    5× · 2020–2024 · $1.6M · revenue +198%
  • FO
    FOR OUR FUTURE ACTION FUND
    4× · 2021–2024 · $1.5M · revenue +154%

Funded once

  • AW
    America Works
    one grant, 2022 · $1.3M
  • GI
    GOODPOWER INCgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $355k · revenue +476% · 57% of their budget
  • UA
    UNIDOSUS ACTION FUND INC
    one grant, 2022 · $120k · revenue -83%
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
Keystone Democracy

Keystone Democracy's goal is to ensure that all Pennsylvania elections are implemented in a safe, secure, convenient and fair manner. We work to advance pro-democracy policies by informing elected officials, civic leaders, the media, and…

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2
Ballot Pa Action

Informed and educated the public and lawmakers about the benefits of including independent voters in Pennsylvania's primary elections.

Civil Rights
3
Pa Alliance Action

The PA Alliance Action seeks to advocate at the state level for democracy reform through grassroots activities and support of like-minded organizations on behalf of and in support of all Pennsylvanians, in particular historically…

Civil Rights
4
We the People Pennsylvania Action

We The People PA is an issue advocacy organization that works to make PA economy work for all; with a system of taxation that is fair and progressive and raises sufficient revenue to provide quality education and public services for all.

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5
Pennsylvania Forward

To advocate for progressive policies in pennsylvania

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6
Pennsylvania Progress

Provide nonpartisan vote by mail education in pennslyvania.

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7
Pennsylvanians for Fair Courts

To develop and advocate for legislation, regulations, and government programs to protect against judicial gerrymandering and other legislative barriers to fair courts, and to conduct research about and publicize the positions of elected…

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8
Planned Parenthood Association of Pa

Provide public education in support of planned parenthood health services, including family planning and abortion care.

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9
Black Leadership Pennsylvania

BLPA's mission is to increase Black voter turnout and advance a bold policy agenda that improves Black Pennsylvanians' economic, social, and political well-being. Through grassroots organizing, advocacy, leadership development, and…

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10
Pennsylvania First

To invest in the activation, long-term engagement, and mobilization of

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11
Pittsburgh United

Pittsburgh United, Inc. strives to advance social & economic justice in the

Community Improvement
12
Pennsylvania Voice

Pennsylvania voice works toward increasing overall participation in our democracy through increased education and mobilization.

Civil Rights
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Promote the Vote Pa; the most unlike its peers is Goodpower Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

27 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. 27 of the 30 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.

9
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
9
Early backer (in before they grew)
27/27
Grantees still filing
14/27
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

COMMONWEALTH COMMUNICATIONS: $6,966,000 · OtherCOMMONWEALTH COMMUNICATIONSPROJECT 26 PENNSYLVANIA: $4,726,000 · OtherPROJECT 26 PENNSYLVANIAThe Voter Project: $3,790,000 · OtherThe Voter ProjectFOR OUR FUTURE ACTION FUND: $1,499,000 · OtherFOR OUR FUTURE ACTION FUNDAmerica Works: $1,250,000 · OtherAmerica WorksLead PA: $1,026,500 · Other+9 more: $2,339,000 · Other+9 moreProject Keystone: $2,430,550 · Civil RightsProject KeystonePennsylvania United: $1,593,625 · Civil RightsPennsylvania UnitedMAKE THE ROAD ACTION INC: $802,825 · Civil RightsMAKE THE ROAD ACTION INCNew Pennsylvania Project: $678,250 · Civil RightsNew Pennsylvania ProjectWORKING FAMILIES ORGANIZATION INC: $538,781 · Civil RightsWORKING FAMILIES ORGANIZA…ORGANIZE PENNSYLVANIA: $415,000 · Civil RightsORGANIZE PENNSYLVANIA+3 more: $244,000 · Civil RightsCASA IN ACTION INC: $368,219 · Human ServicesPROMOTE THE VOTE PA: $110,000 · Human ServicesGOODPOWER INC: $355,000 · EnvironmentFOOD & WATER ACTION FUND: $45,000 · EnvironmentPLANNED PARENTHOOD PENNSYLVANIA ADVOCATES: $280,000 · HealthAmerica Votes: $75,000 · Community Improvement
Other$21,596,500Civil Rights$6,703,031Human Services$478,219Environment$400,000Health$280,000Community Improvement$75,000

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 budgetCOMMONWEALTH COMMUNICATIONS: $6,966,000 over 5y, 90% of budgetPROJECT 26 PENNSYLVANIA: $4,726,000 over 1y, 66% of budgetThe Voter Project: $3,790,000 over 5y, 24% of budgetProject Keystone: $2,430,550 over 6y, 50% of budgetPennsylvania United: $1,593,625 over 5y, 19% of budgetFOR OUR FUTURE ACTION FUND: $1,499,000 over 4y, 5.2% of budgetLead PA: $1,026,500 over 5y, 95% of budgetMAKE THE ROAD ACTION INC: $802,825 over 5y, 5.0% of budgetNew Pennsylvania Project: $678,250 over 4y, 16% of budgetACTION TOGETHER NEPA: $577,000 over 3y, 42% of budgetWORKING FAMILIES ORGANIZATION INC: $538,781 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetORGANIZE PENNSYLVANIA: $415,000 over 4y, 3.5% of budgetCASA IN ACTION INC: $368,219 over 3y, 7.6% of budgetGOODPOWER INC: $355,000 over 1y, 57% of budgetConservation Voters of Pennsylvania: $335,000 over 3y, 8.6% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD PENNSYLVANIA ADVOCATES: $280,000 over 3y, 13% of budgetPENNSYLVANIA SPOTLIGHT: $225,000 over 2y, 55% of budgetPA Alliance Foundation: $144,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budget1K Women Strong Inc: $125,000 over 2y, 6.9% of budgetUNIDOSUS ACTION FUND INC: $120,000 over 1y, 20% of budgetPROMOTE THE VOTE PA: $110,000 over 1y, 12% of budgetFree Fair PA: $100,000 over 1y, 34% of budgetAmerica Votes: $75,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetKEYSTONE PROGRESS: $50,000 over 1y, 31% of budgetBLACK MEN VOTE: $50,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetFOOD & WATER ACTION FUND: $45,000 over 2y, 1.8% 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 FundAmerica VotesCommonwealth Communic…Tides AdvocacyAll Hands on Deck Net…Tides FoundationPA Alliance FoundationOur American Future A…Way to Win Action Fun…Hopewell FundNorth FundOpen Society Action F…
Sixteen Thirty FundDC43.3× affinity19 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Sixteen Thirty Fund · America Votes · Commonwealth Communications · Tides Advocacy · All Hands on Deck Network Inc · Tides Foundation · PA Alliance Foundation · Our American Future Action · Way to Win Action Fund Inc · Hopewell Fund · North Fund · Open Society Action Fund Inc

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 Pa Alliance Action funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Pa Alliance Action. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24
no gov · 30%6%25%56%100%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
    3get no government money at all
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–5%
    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.
    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to Pa Alliance Action?

    Find your warmest path to Pa Alliance Action 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 30 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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