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· Public charity

Progressive Multiplier Action Fund

The corporation is organized for the promotion of social welfare.

$32k
Granted FY2025still arriving
6
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$5k
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 2025.

Public Benefit$167kCommunity Improvement$158kCivil Rights$122kEnvironment$118kEmployment$67kHuman Services$19kEducation$14kYouth Development$5k
02FY2025 · 6 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$5,350
Median grant
2
States reached
$264k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
IMAGINE BLACK$5,350
NEW PROGRESSIVE NETWORK$5,350
LATINO NETWORK ACTION FUND$5,350
NAYA ACTION FUND$5,350
ACCION POLITICA PCUNISTA$5,350
ONEAMERICA VOTES$5,350
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 (FY19–20, $119k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%ACCELERATE ACTION: $100k → 16%PARENTS TOGETHER FOUNDATION: $14k → 12%AYNI INSTITUTE INC: $5k → 14%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

WA
MN
IL
NY
MA
OR
OH
CA
CO
VA
MD
DC
GA
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.

25%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$169k · 8 repeat orgs$501k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +70% since the first grant, against +38% for those funded once.

8 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2025, 5 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

8
19

Total granted

$169k
$485k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+70%
+38%

Still filing today

100%
95%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 50% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $16k went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20’21’22’23’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’19’20’21’22’23’25
Civil RightsCommunity ImprovementPublic BenefitHuman ServicesEducationEmploymentOther
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

  • JW
    Jobs with Justice Education Fund
    2× · 2019–2020 · $42k · revenue +153%
  • PA
    PEOPLE'S ACTION INSTITUTE
    2× · 2019–2020 · $25k · revenue +70%
  • IB
    IMAGINE BLACK
    2× · 2023–2025 · $16k · revenue +86%

Funded once

  • AA
    ACCELERATE ACTION INCgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $100k · revenue +198%
  • CW
    CLEAN WATER ACTION
    one grant, 2020 · $78k · revenue -11%
  • NATIONAL IMMIGRATION LAW CENTER
    one grant, 2021 · $31k · revenue -2%
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
Powerswitch Action

Powerswitch action is a national network forging collective democracy and economies in our cities and states, together with our 21 grassroots affiliates.

Community Improvement
2
Colorado People's Action

Colorado people's action (cpa) is a member-driven, racial justice organization dedicated to winning long-lasting progressive public policies in colorado. cpa builds power by mobilizing voters, electing our own people to office, holding…

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3
Jobs with Justice San Francisco

A long-term, strategic alliance of labor, community, faith-based, and student organizations working together to build greater economic power for workers and community members through employee rights at work and access to good jobs,…

Employment
4
Colorofchangeorg

Colorofchange.org works to strengthen the voice of black americans and increase the level of accountability and responsiveness of elected officials to underrepresented black constituencies using the internet as a lobbying and…

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5
Latino Political Network
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6
Women Donors Network

Women donors network advances a just, equitable, and sustainable world through the power of philanthropy, women's leadership, and collective and individual action.

Philanthropy
7
American Civil Liberties Union of Washington

To protect and extend civil liberties and civil rights, and to take action to further those liberties and rights within the state of washington.

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8
Partnership for Policy Integrity

Partnership for Policy Integrity (PFPI) uses data-driven advocacy and litigation to fight for forests, communities and the climate.

Environment
9
Washington Office On Latin America

To advance human rights and social justice in the americas.

International
10
Public Agenda Inc

Public agenda strengthens american democracy by connecting research to action enabling people and institutions to pursue changes that make a difference. we amplify the voices of americans and help communities discover and build on common…

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11
Nw Energy Coalition

The NW Energy Coalition is an alliance of over 100 environmental, civic, and human service organizations, utilities, and businesses in Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana, and British Columbia, plus many individual members. The NW Energy…

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12
National Legal Advocacy Network Dba Glow

The National Legal Advocacy Network d/b/a Grassroots Law & Organizing for Workers is a legal non-profit organization dedicated to using legal strategies as a tool to build power for marginalized workers and create systemic change through…

Crime & Legal
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Ohio Citizen Action; the most unlike its peers is Sierra Club. 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

29 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. 29 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
10
Early backer (in before they grew)
29/29
Grantees still filing
16/29
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CLEAN WATER ACTION: $77,870 · OtherCLEAN WATER ACTIONWorking Washington: $25,000 · OtherWorking WashingtonSIERRA CLUB: $25,000 · OtherSIERRA CLUBIT STARTS TODAY MISSOURI: $15,000 · OtherIT STARTS TODAY MISSOURINATIONAL LGBTQ TASK FORCE ACTION FUND INC: $12,000 · OtherNATIONAL LGBTQ TASK FORCE ACT…FRIENDS OF THE EARTH: $14,900 · OtherFRIENDS OF THE EARTH+2 more: $6,850 · OtherNATIONAL IMMIGRATION LAW CENTER: $30,594 · Civil RightsNATIONAL IMMIGRATION LA…CENTER FOR INTERCULTURAL ORGANIZING: $26,300 · Civil RightsCENTER FOR INTERCULTURA…PUSHBLACK: $25,000 · Civil RightsPUSHBLACKIMAGINE BLACK: $16,375 · Civil RightsIMAGINE BLACKONEAMERICA VOTES: $15,350 · Civil RightsONEAMERICA VOTESNAYA ACTION FUND: $13,225 · Civil RightsNAYA ACTION FUNDWORKING FAMILIES ORGANIZATION INC: $7,000 · Civil RightsNEW PROGRESSIVE NETWORK: $5,350 · Civil RightsACCELERATE ACTION INC: $100,000 · Human ServicesACCELERATE ACTION IN…CASA IN ACTION INC: $14,020 · Human ServicesCASA IN ACTION INCAYNI INSTITUTE INC: $5,000 · Human ServicesCENTER FOR POPULAR DEMOCRACY INC: $25,000 · Public BenefitCENTER FOR POPU…Marked By COVID: $25,000 · Public BenefitMarked By COVIDREPOWER: $25,000 · Public BenefitREPOWERPROGRESS FLORIDA INC: $16,000 · Public BenefitPROGRESS FLORID…FAITH IN ACTION NETWORK: $25,000 · Community ImprovementFAITH IN ACT…PEOPLE'S ACTION INSTITUTE: $25,000 · Community ImprovementPEOPLE'S ACT…VIRGINIANS ORGANIZED FOR INTERFAITH: $18,000 · Community ImprovementVIRGINIANS O…Latino Network Action Fund: $5,350 · Community ImprovementLatino Netwo…Jobs with Justice Education Fund: $42,000 · EmploymentCENTER FOR POPULAR DEMOCRACY ACTION FUND INC: $15,000 · EducationPRISM REPORTS INC: $13,660 · Education
Other$176,620Civil Rights$139,194Human Services$119,020Public Benefit$91,000Community Improvement$73,350Employment$42,000Education$28,660

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 budgetCLEAN WATER ACTION: $77,870 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetJobs with Justice Education Fund: $42,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetNATIONAL IMMIGRATION LAW CENTER: $30,594 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCENTER FOR INTERCULTURAL ORGANIZING: $26,300 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetFAITH IN ACTION NETWORK: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCENTER FOR POPULAR DEMOCRACY INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPUSHBLACK: $25,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetPEOPLE'S ACTION INSTITUTE: $25,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetREPOWER: $25,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetSIERRA CLUB: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVIRGINIANS ORGANIZED FOR INTERFAITH: $18,000 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetIMAGINE BLACK: $16,375 over 2y, 2.8% of budgetONEAMERICA VOTES: $15,350 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetCENTER FOR POPULAR DEMOCRACY ACTION FUND INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE EARTH: $14,900 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCASA IN ACTION INC: $14,020 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetPRISM REPORTS INC: $13,660 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetNAYA ACTION FUND: $13,225 over 2y, 2.0% of budgetNATIONAL LGBTQ TASK FORCE ACTION FUND INC: $12,000 over 1y, 14% of budgetWORKING FAMILIES ORGANIZATION INC: $7,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLatino Network Action Fund: $5,350 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetACCION POLITICA PCUNISTA DBA PCUN: $5,350 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetAYNI INSTITUTE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetOHIO CITIZEN ACTION: $1,500 over 1y, 0.1% 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.

Progressive Multiplie…Northwest Health Foun…Tides AdvocacyInatai FoundationNorthwest Health Foun…Sixteen Thirty FundPortland Regional Edu…Proteus Action LeagueSocial Justice Fund N…Tides FoundationOpen Society Action F…All Hands on Deck Net…
Progressive Multiplier FundDC24.1× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Progressive Multiplier Fund · Northwest Health Foundation Fund II · Tides Advocacy · Inatai Foundation · Northwest Health Foundation · Sixteen Thirty Fund · Portland Regional Educational Telecommunications Corporation · Proteus Action League · Social Justice Fund Northwest · Tides Foundation · Open Society Action Fund Inc · All Hands on Deck Network 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 Progressive Multiplier Action Fund funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Progressive Multiplier Action Fund. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 80%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%8%15%22%30%share of the org’s income from government →median 28%
  • Center for Intercultural Organizing: 28% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
8get no government money at all
3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–30%
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 Progressive Multiplier Action Fund?

Find your warmest path to Progressive Multiplier Action Fund 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
The DAF merry-go-round
$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home