Washington, D.C. · Public charity
Population Connection
Overpopulation threatens the quality of life for people everywhere. POPULATION CONNECTION is the national grassroots population organization that educates young people and advocates progressive action to stabilize world population at a level that can be sustained by earth's resources.
- $2.4M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 16
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 6
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $2.0M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $25,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $1,500,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 6 to 15
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 10
- Total assets, FY2024
- $40M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 0% of the organizations Population Connection funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 16 | $2.0M | 25% |
| FY2023 | 6 | $3.5M | 0% |
| FY2022 | 15 | $1.6M | 47% |
| FY2021 | 7 | $855k | 14% |
| FY2020 | 11 | $2.2M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Population Connection Action Fund | $8,475,000 | 5 | 96% |
| Womens International Network for Guatemalan Solutions Inc | $215,000 | 5 | 3% |
| Conservation Through Public Health | $211,500 | 4 | 13% |
| National Network of Abortion Funds Inc | $200,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Kakenya Center for Excellence | $165,000 | 2 | 5% |
| Lemur Love Organization | $160,000 | 4 | n/a |
| The Partnership Project Inc | $120,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Turimiquire Foundation Inc | $85,000 | 3 | 8% |
| Girl Up Initiative Uganda | $75,000 | 2 | 12% |
| African Education Program | $70,000 | 2 | 10% |
Show all 23 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Population Connection Action Fund | $8,475,000 | 5 | 96% |
| Womens International Network for Guatemalan Solutions Inc | $215,000 | 5 | 3% |
| Conservation Through Public Health | $211,500 | 4 | 13% |
| National Network of Abortion Funds Inc | $200,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Kakenya Center for Excellence | $165,000 | 2 | 5% |
| Lemur Love Organization | $160,000 | 4 | n/a |
| The Partnership Project Inc | $120,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Turimiquire Foundation Inc | $85,000 | 3 | 8% |
| Girl Up Initiative Uganda | $75,000 | 2 | 12% |
| African Education Program | $70,000 | 2 | 10% |
| GreenLatinos | $63,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Green 20 | $60,000 | 5 | 2% |
| Wuqu Kawoq SA | $50,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Women for Conservation | $50,000 | 2 | 7% |
| One Arizona | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Bvm Capacity Building Institute Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Blueprint North Carolina | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Sistersong Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Tewa Women United | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Seeds for A Future | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| The Shashamane Foundation Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 43% |
| World Central Kitchen Inc | $7,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Safe Abortions For Everyone | $5,000 | 1 | 5% |
Where it is load-bearing
Population Connection supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 22 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
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.
Open a dossier: Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc · Tides Foundation · Globalgiving Foundation Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Network for Good · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Population Connection
- How much does Population Connection give?
- Population Connection reported 16 itemized grants totaling $2,012,000, out of $2,394,061 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 15 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does Population Connection fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Public Benefit (84%), International (6%), Environment (5%).
- Who are Population Connection's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Population Connection Action Fund ($8.5M), Womens International Network for Guatemalan Solutions Inc ($215k), Conservation Through Public Health ($212k).
- Does Population Connection fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Population Connection?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc, Tides Foundation, Globalgiving Foundation Inc.
- Where is Population Connection based?
- Population Connection is based in DC.
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