New York · Public charity
Right to the City Action Fund
To consolidate and grow the power of the renter class to achieve systematic and measurable improvements in civic engagement by renters in under- represented communities to advance policy goals that diminish the impacts of market-driven displacement and secure permanently affordable, non-market alternatives to the crisis of land and…
- $469k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 9
- Grants FY2024
- 4
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $60,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $80,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 6
- FY2021 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 7
- Total assets, FY2024
- $2.5M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 50% of the organizations Right to the City Action Fund funded were first-time grantees, receiving 64% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 36% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $70k 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 | 9 | $465k | 67% |
| FY2023 | 4 | $110k | 50% |
| FY2022 | 6 | $390k | 83% |
| FY2021 | 3 | $100k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 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, FY2021 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Black Leadership Organizing Collaborative | $175,000 | 3 | 26% |
| Right to the City Alliance | $165,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Met Council Inc | $110,000 | 3 | 20% |
| Tides Advocacy | $95,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Housing Justice League Inc | $65,000 | 1 | 11% |
| Right to the City Vote Action | $65,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Home to Stay Minneapolis | $65,000 | 1 | 14% |
| United for a New Economy | $60,000 | 1 | 6% |
| Chinese Progressive Political Action Inc | $60,000 | 2 | 17% |
| Cause Action Fund | $55,000 | 1 | 43% |
Show all 16 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Black Leadership Organizing Collaborative | $175,000 | 3 | 26% |
| Right to the City Alliance | $165,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Met Council Inc | $110,000 | 3 | 20% |
| Tides Advocacy | $95,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Housing Justice League Inc | $65,000 | 1 | 11% |
| Right to the City Vote Action | $65,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Home to Stay Minneapolis | $65,000 | 1 | 14% |
| United for a New Economy | $60,000 | 1 | 6% |
| Chinese Progressive Political Action Inc | $60,000 | 2 | 17% |
| Cause Action Fund | $55,000 | 1 | 43% |
| Renters for Political Transformation | $40,000 | 1 | 34% |
| Peoples Defense Initiative | $35,000 | 1 | 89% |
| United for a New Economy Action | $35,000 | 1 | 77% |
| 9to5 Action Fund | $20,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Struggle for Miamis Affordable and Sustainable Housing Incorporated | $10,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Centro Cultural de Mexico En El Condado de Orange | $10,000 | 1 | 2% |
Where it is load-bearing
Right to the City Action Fund supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 5 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 15 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: Right to the City Alliance · Tides Foundation
How this is measured
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About Right to the City Action Fund
- How much does Right to the City Action Fund give?
- Right to the City Action Fund reported 9 grants totaling $468,795 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 6 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2023.
- What does Right to the City Action Fund fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2024, its largest causes are Civil Rights (28%), Housing & Shelter (26%), Public Benefit (23%).
- Who are Right to the City Action Fund's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2024: Black Leadership Organizing Collaborative ($175k), Right to the City Alliance ($165k), Met Council Inc ($110k).
- Does Right to the City Action Fund fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Right to the City Action Fund?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Right to the City Alliance, Tides Foundation.
- Where is Right to the City Action Fund based?
- Right to the City Action Fund is based in NY.
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