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Rights & Democracy Education Fund Inc

The rights & democracy education fund, d.b.a.

$50k
Granted FY2024still arriving
1
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$50k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Public Benefit$347kHealth$153kCommunity Improvement$145kEnvironment$113kEmployment$65kHuman Services$43kFood & Nutrition$10k
02FY2024 · 1 grant

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$50,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$149k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
RIGHTS & DEMOCRACY PROJECT INC$50,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–17, $37k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 14%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 14%Vermont Interfaith Action: $37k → 10%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.
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.

69%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$601k · 7 repeat orgs$275k to everyone else

7 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2024, 6 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

7
9

Total granted

$601k
$275k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

-45%
+27%

Still filing today

100%
78%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’21’22’23’24
EnvironmentHuman ServicesCommunity ImprovementEmploymentArts & CulturePublic Safety & DisasterOther
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

  • GS
    GRANITE STATE ORGANIZING PROJECT INC
    2× · 2022–2023 · $180k · revenue -1%
  • RI
    RESIST INC
    2× · 2022–2023 · $168k · revenue -7%
  • RD
    RIGHTS & DEMOCRACY PROJECT INC
    2× · 2021–2024 · $130k · revenue -80%

Funded once

  • CR
    COMMUNITY RESILIENCE ORGANIZATIONS
    one grant, 2023 · $93k · revenue -58%
  • VS
    VERMONT SUSTAINABLE JOBS FUND INC
    one grant, 2022 · $40k · revenue +3%
  • VI
    VERMONT INTERFAITH ACTION INCgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $37k · revenue +35%
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
Cooperation Vermont

The mission of cooperation vermont is to build thriving community economic and enviromental democracy.

Community Improvement
2
Northeast Kingdom Organizing

Coalition that has come together to organize and advocate for justice for the people and places of vermonts northeast kingdom.

Community Improvement
3
Maine Climate Action Now

MCAN catalyzes transformative education and action in response to the climate crisis. We seek to honor, unite and amplify the voices of youth, frontline communities, and others historically excluded from the climate conversation and…

Environment
4
Alliance for Climate Transition Inc

ACT leads the just, equitable and rapid transition to a clean energy future and diverse climate economy.

Community Improvement
5
350 Wisconsin Action Inc

350 Wisconsin Action mobilizes concerned climate voters to push for bold climate action from government and elected officials. We keep the climate crisis at the center of the political conversation, and push for progressive policies that…

Environment
6
Climate Jobs Massachusetts Inc

The objective of the fund is to help build a worker-oriented environmental movement committed to securing a fair and just transition that protects not only the environment but also the livelihoods of workers and their communities.

Environment
7
Alliance for a Better Vermont

Conducts and coordinates research of critical issues affecting vermonters. also conducts public opinion research.

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8
Cooperation Vermont Community Land Trust

The mission of cooperation vermont community land trust is to reclaim the commons.

Community Improvement
9
Unitarian Universalist Massachusetts Action Network Inc

Our mission is to organize and mobilize Unitarian Universalists in Massachusetts to control oppression. We provide pathways towards justice and identify opportunities in which we can live our values.

Religion
10
350 Colorado

We are a grassroots movement working to build a fossil-free future powered by 100% renewable energy. we empower communities across colorado to join together to fight for environmental justice. through our volunteer-led teams, we use a…

Environment
11
Alliance for Vermont Communities Inc

The mission of alliance for vermont communities, inc. is to protect working farms, forests and communities of central vermont and to promote responsible development that will sustain the rural heritage and values for present and future…

—
12
Northeast Organic Farming Association of New Hampshire

NOFA-NH actively promotes organic, regenerative, ecologically sound farming, gardening, eating, and land care practices for healthy communities. NOFA-NH helps people build local, just, and sustainable food systems.

Food & Nutrition
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Granite State Organizing Project Inc; the most unlike its peers is American Federation of Labor & Congress of Industrial Orgs. 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

14 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. 14 of the 16 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)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
14/14
Grantees still filing
6/14
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

RESIST INC: $168,270 · OtherRESIST INCRIGHTS & DEMOCRACY PROJECT INC: $130,000 · OtherRIGHTS & DEMOCRACY PROJECT INCMain Street Alliance: $25,000 · OtherMain Street AllianceNEW HAMPSHIRE YOUTH MOVEMENT PROJECT: $20,000 · OtherNEW HAMPSHIRE YOUTH MOVEMENT PROJECTAMERICAN FEDERATION OF LABOR & CONGRESS OF INDUSTRIAL ORGS: $18,000 · Other+1 more: $12,000 · OtherGRANITE STATE ORGANIZING PROJECT INC: $179,500 · Community ImprovementGRANITE STATE ORGANIZIN…350 NEW HAMPSHIRE: $40,000 · Environment350 NEW HAMP…CENTER FOR WHOLE COMMUNITIES INC: $35,000 · EnvironmentCENTER FOR W…350 VERMONT INC: $20,000 · Environment350 VERMONT …COMMUNITY RESILIENCE ORGANIZATIONS: $92,574 · Public Safety & DisasterCOMMUNITY R…VERMONT INTERFAITH ACTION INC: $37,000 · Human ServicesUNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST ACTION NEW HAMPSHIRE: $17,750 · Human ServicesVERMONT SUSTAINABLE JOBS FUND INC: $40,000 · EmploymentCOWASS North America Incorporated: $30,000 · Arts & CultureMIGRANT JUSTICE INC: $10,000 · Food & Nutrition
Other$373,270Community Improvement$179,500Environment$95,000Public Safety & Disaster$92,574Human Services$54,750Employment$40,000Arts & Culture$30,000Food & Nutrition$10,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetGRANITE STATE ORGANIZING PROJECT INC: $179,500 over 2y, 12% of budgetRESIST INC: $168,270 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetRIGHTS & DEMOCRACY PROJECT INC: $130,000 over 2y, 24% of budgetCOMMUNITY RESILIENCE ORGANIZATIONS: $92,574 over 1y, 8.8% of budgetVERMONT SUSTAINABLE JOBS FUND INC: $40,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budget350 NEW HAMPSHIRE: $40,000 over 2y, 3.0% of budgetVERMONT INTERFAITH ACTION INC: $37,000 over 1y, 19% of budgetCENTER FOR WHOLE COMMUNITIES INC: $35,000 over 2y, 3.3% of budgetCOWASS North America Incorporated: $30,000 over 2y, 17% of budgetNEW HAMPSHIRE YOUTH MOVEMENT PROJECT: $20,000 over 1y, 4.3% of budget350 VERMONT INC: $20,000 over 1y, 4.0% of budgetAMERICAN FEDERATION OF LABOR & CONGRESS OF INDUSTRIAL ORGS: $18,000 over 1y, 7.5% of budgetUNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST ACTION NEW HAMPSHIRE: $17,750 over 2y, 8.1% of budgetMIGRANT JUSTICE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 1.6% 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.

The Vermont Community…Harris & Frances Bloc…Ben & Jerry's Foundat…New Hampshire Charita…Maine Community Found…ImpactassetsincVanguard Charitable E…Fidelity Investments …Donor Advised Charita…Amazonsmile Foundation
The Vermont Community FoundationVT17.2× affinity6 shared granteesties to 9 of 9Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Vermont Community Foundation · Harris & Frances Block Foundation Inc · Ben & Jerry's Foundation Inc · New Hampshire Charitable Foundation · Maine Community Foundation Inc · Impactassetsinc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation

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 Rights & Democracy Education Fund Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Rights & Democracy Education Fund Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 40%2%6%14%25%funder's share of their income ↑0%15%30%45%60%share of the org’s income from government →median 25%
  • Vermont Sustainable Jobs Fund Inc: 51% of income from government
  • Community Resilience Organizations: 25% of income from government
  • Resist Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Migrant Justice Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
4get no government money at all
1report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–60%
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.

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 16 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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