Washington, D.C. · Public charity
People for the American Way Foundation
Conducts research, legal, and education work on behalf of first amendment freedoms and democratic values.
- $183k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 2
- Grants FY2025
- 3
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 67%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $150,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $150,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 10
- FY2017 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $7.8M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 67% of the organizations People for the American Way Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 41% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 59% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $135k went to new ones.
RenewedFirst-time
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
Civil RightsArts & CultureOther
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.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 2 | $180k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 3 | $330k | 67% |
| FY2023 | 1 | $1.3M | 0% |
| FY2022 | 1 | $2.7M | 100% |
| FY2020 | 9 | $63k | 33% |
| FY2018 | 10 | $115k | 100% |
| FY2017 | 6 | $34k | n/a |
100% classified
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Civil Rights$4.0MPublic Benefit$555kReligion$65kArts & Culture$60kCommunity Improvement$20k
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
MI
NY
OH
PA
NJ
CA
VA
DC
MS
AL
GA
FL
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| People for the American Way | $4,331,376 | 4 | 28% |
| Woke Vote | $105,000 | 2 | 5% |
| Neighborhood Alliance Development Corporation | $65,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Center for Artistic Activism Inc | $60,000 | 1 | 8% |
| Christian Methodist Episcopal Church | $20,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Community of Faith Assembly | $18,500 | 2 | n/a |
| The African Methodist Epsicopal Church Incorporated | $15,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Liberty Temple Senior Project | $13,952 | 2 | n/a |
| Berachah Baptist Church | $12,500 | 2 | n/a |
| The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights Inc | $6,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 21 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| People for the American Way | $4,331,376 | 4 | 28% |
| Woke Vote | $105,000 | 2 | 5% |
| Neighborhood Alliance Development Corporation | $65,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Center for Artistic Activism Inc | $60,000 | 1 | 8% |
| Christian Methodist Episcopal Church | $20,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Community of Faith Assembly | $18,500 | 2 | n/a |
| The African Methodist Epsicopal Church Incorporated | $15,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Liberty Temple Senior Project | $13,952 | 2 | n/a |
| Berachah Baptist Church | $12,500 | 2 | n/a |
| The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights Inc | $6,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Dolores C Huerta Foundation | $5,170 | 1 | 0% |
| St Paul | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Center for Racial Equity & Justice | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Newark District Minister's Fellowship | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Ame Eighth Episcopal | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Fifth Episcopal District Cme Church | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Allegheny West Conference | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Voter Empowerment Collaborative | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Reproductive Freedom for All Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Pittsburgh Coaltion | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Williams Chapel | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($5k), not named here.
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About People for the American Way Foundation
- How much does People for the American Way Foundation give?
- People for the American Way Foundation reported 2 grants totaling $182,759 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 10 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2024.
- What does People for the American Way Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Civil Rights (85%), Public Benefit (12%), Religion (1%).
- Who are People for the American Way Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: People for the American Way ($4.3M), Woke Vote ($105k), Neighborhood Alliance Development Corporation ($65k).
- Does People for the American Way Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 67% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Where is People for the American Way Foundation based?
- People for the American Way Foundation is based in DC.
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