Vermont · Public charity
Rights & Democracy Education Fund Inc
The rights & democracy education fund, d.b.a. The rights & democracy institute (rdi), works to advance human rights and a healthy, just, and equitable future for our communities. Through grassroots organizing, transformative policy work, and supporting the development of a new generation of leaders from communities across vermont and new…
- $50k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 1
- Grants FY2024
- 10
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $50,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $50,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 10
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $149k
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 50% of the organizations Rights & Democracy Education Fund Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 62% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 38% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $153k 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 | 1 | $50k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 10 | $247k | 50% |
| FY2022 | 6 | $382k | 83% |
| FY2021 | 4 | $135k | 100% |
| FY2017 | 2 | $62k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Granite State Organizing Project Inc | $179,500 | 2 | 12% |
| Resist Inc | $168,270 | 2 | 1% |
| Rights & Democracy Project Inc | $130,000 | 2 | 24% |
| Community Resilience Organizations | $92,574 | 1 | 9% |
| Vermont Sustainable Jobs Fund Inc | $40,000 | 1 | 2% |
| 350 New Hampshire | $40,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Vermont Interfaith Action Inc | $37,000 | 1 | 19% |
| Center for Whole Communities Inc | $35,000 | 2 | 3% |
| COWASS North America Incorporated | $30,000 | 2 | 17% |
| New Hampshire Youth Movement Project | $20,000 | 1 | 4% |
Show all 15 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Granite State Organizing Project Inc | $179,500 | 2 | 12% |
| Resist Inc | $168,270 | 2 | 1% |
| Rights & Democracy Project Inc | $130,000 | 2 | 24% |
| Community Resilience Organizations | $92,574 | 1 | 9% |
| Vermont Sustainable Jobs Fund Inc | $40,000 | 1 | 2% |
| 350 New Hampshire | $40,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Vermont Interfaith Action Inc | $37,000 | 1 | 19% |
| Center for Whole Communities Inc | $35,000 | 2 | 3% |
| COWASS North America Incorporated | $30,000 | 2 | 17% |
| New Hampshire Youth Movement Project | $20,000 | 1 | 4% |
| 350 Vermont Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 4% |
| American Federation of Labor & Congress of Industrial Orgs | $18,000 | 1 | 7% |
| Unitarian Universalist Action New Hampshire | $17,750 | 2 | 8% |
| American Friends Service Committee | $12,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Migrant Justice Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 2% |
Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($25k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Rights & Democracy Education Fund Inc supplied at peak.
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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.
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How this is measured
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About Rights & Democracy Education Fund Inc
- How much does Rights & Democracy Education Fund Inc give?
- Rights & Democracy Education Fund Inc reported 1 grants totaling $50,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 10 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Rights & Democracy Education Fund Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Public Benefit (40%), Health (18%), Community Improvement (17%).
- Who are Rights & Democracy Education Fund Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Granite State Organizing Project Inc ($180k), Resist Inc ($168k), Rights & Democracy Project Inc ($130k).
- Does Rights & Democracy Education Fund Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Rights & Democracy Education Fund Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Vermont Community Foundation, Harris & Frances Block Foundation Inc, Ben & Jerry's Foundation Inc.
- Where is Rights & Democracy Education Fund Inc based?
- Rights & Democracy Education Fund Inc is based in VT.
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