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Pirg New Voters Project Inc

To increase participation of eligible young voters in american elections through nonpartisan civic engagement activities

$698k
Granted FY2021
9
Grants FY2021
7
States reached
$200k
Largest
01What you fund
01FY2021 · 9 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2021

  • Under $10k1 grant · $10k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $81k
  • $50k–250k5 grants · $607k
$56,774
Median grant
7
States reached
$391k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
NAACP Empowerment Programs Inc$200,000
California Student Public Interest Research Group Inc$147,814
Student Organizing Inc$144,540
Massachusetts Student Public Interest Research Group Inc$58,304
North Carolina Public Interest Research Group Education Fund Inc$56,774
Oregon Student Public Interest Research Group Education Fund Inc$29,110
Public Interest Research Group of New Jersey Inc$28,581
Maryland Public Interest Research Group Inc$23,155
Washington Public Interest Research Group Inc$9,611
02The need
02

Do your dollars go where the need is?

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

show:

Your human-services grants (FY21–21, $145k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%Student Organizing Inc: $145k → 16%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
New York Public Interest Research Group Inc

The new york public interest research group nypirg, new york state's largest studentdirected research and civic engagement organization, is uniquely designed to provideexperiential learning and civic engagement opportunities for college…

2
Campus Organizing Support Services

To promote the civic engagement of college and university students and advocate on the issues affecting this population, such as college affordability, ending hunger and homelessness, and protecting our environment.

Education
3
Massachusetts Public Interest Research Group Inc

Our team of researchers uncovers the facts; our staff brings our findings to the public through media as well as one-on-one interactions; and our advocates bring the voice of the public to the halls of power on behalf of consumers.

4
United States Public Interest Research Group Education Fund Inc

The corporation is organized exclusively for charitable, educational, and scientific purposes as allowed by section 501c3 of the internal revenue code, including, for such purposes, identifying, researching, analyzing, and pursuing…

Public Benefit
5
Massachusetts Public Interest Research Group Education Fund Inc

Protect consumers and promote good government. we investigate problems, craft solutions, educate the public, and offer bay staters meaningful opportunities for civic participation.

Public Benefit
6
Montana Public Interest Research Group

The montana public interest research group (montpirg) is a student directed non-partisan organization dedicated to creating positive change by educating, organizing, mobilizing, and empowering the next generation of civic leaders.

7
United States Public Interest Research Group Inc

Operate exclusively for the promotion of social welfare by undertaking the following activities: (a) to identify problems and advocate solutions in the areas of: (1) consumer protection; (2) environmental preservation; (3) protection…

8
Illinois State Public Interest Research Group Inc

When consumers are cheated or the voices of ordinary citizens are drowned out by special interest lobbyists, illinoispirg speaks up and takes action. we uncover threats to public health and wellbeing and fight to end them, using the…

9
California Public Interest Research Group Edu Fund

The purpose of the corporation is to engage in public education within the meaning of section 501c3 of the internal revenue code. the corporations activities may include public education, research, and litigation on issues affecting the…

Recreation & Sports
10
Pirg New Voters Project Inc

To increase participation of eligible young voters in american elections through nonpartisan civic engagement activities

11
University of California Student Association

The University of California Student Association (UCSA) is a coalition of students and student governments that aims to provide a collective voice for all students through advocacy and direct action. UCSA participates in the shared…

Education
12
New York Public Interest Research Group Fund Inc

The new york public interest research group fund nypirg is a non-partisan, nonprofit, research and public education organization dedicated to enhancing the public voice in critical public policy debates in order to strengthen democracy,…

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Oregon Student Public Interest Research Group Education Fund Inc and the most unlike its peers is Maryland Public Interest Research Group Inc. 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

8 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 20172025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 8 of the 9 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
8/8
Grantees still filing
4/8
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

CALIFORNIA STUDENT PUBLIC INTEREST RESEARCH GROUP — $147,814 · OtherCALIFORNIA STUDENT PUBLIC INTEREST RESEARCH GROUPMASSACHUSETTS STUDENT PUBLIC INTEREST RESEARCH GROUP INC — $58,304 · OtherMASSACHUSETTS STUDENT PUBLIC INTEREST RESEARCH GROUP…North Carolina Public Interest Research Group Education Fund Inc — $56,774 · OtherNorth Carolina Public Interest Research Group Educat…NEW JERSEY STUDENT PUBLIC INTEREST RESEARCH GROUP INC — $28,581 · OtherNEW JERSEY STUDENT PUBLIC INTEREST RESEARCH GROUP IN…MARYLAND PUBLIC INTEREST RESEARCH GROUP INC — $23,155 · OtherMARYLAND PUBLIC INTEREST RESEARCH GROUP INC+1 more — $9,611 · OtherNAACP EMPOWERMENT PROGRAMS INC — $200,000 · Civil RightsNAACP EMPOWERMENT PROGRAMS INCSTUDENT ORGANIZING INC — $144,540 · Human ServicesSTUDENT ORGANIZING INCOREGON STUDENT PUBLIC INTEREST RESEARCH GROUP EDUCATION FUND INC — $29,110 · Public Benefit
Other$324,239Civil Rights$200,000Human Services$144,540Public Benefit$29,110

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetNAACP EMPOWERMENT PROGRAMS INC — $200,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCALIFORNIA STUDENT PUBLIC INTEREST RESEARCH GROUP — $147,814 over 1y, 21% of budgetSTUDENT ORGANIZING INC — $144,540 over 1y, 12% of budgetMASSACHUSETTS STUDENT PUBLIC INTEREST RESEARCH GROUP INC — $58,304 over 1y, 6.4% of budgetOREGON STUDENT PUBLIC INTEREST RESEARCH GROUP EDUCATION FUND INC — $29,110 over 1y, 12% of budgetNEW JERSEY STUDENT PUBLIC INTEREST RESEARCH GROUP INC — $28,581 over 1y, 4.2% of budgetMARYLAND PUBLIC INTEREST RESEARCH GROUP INC — $23,155 over 1y, 45% of budgetWASHINGTON PUBLIC INTEREST RESEARCH GROUP — $9,611 over 1y, 10.0% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Student Organizing IncMA17.9× affinity6 shared granteesties to 1 of 1Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Student Organizing Inc · Environment America Research and Policy Center Inc

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Pirg New Voters Project Inc funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

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202122232425
no gov · 60%3%13%28%50%your share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    6get no government money at all
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–5%
    typical government reliance, FY2025

    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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

    04Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Pirg New Voters Project Inc?

    Find your warmest path to Pirg New Voters Project 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 directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 9 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

    Generated from your IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2021, released 2021. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

    Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record and reports no grant expense, so the figures above are from FY2021, the most recent year this funder made grants.

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