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Massachusetts · Public charity

See Forward Fund Inc

The organization's purpose is to support social welfare purposes, primarily public education and advocacy on issues of social justice, environmental protection, civil rights and civic participation.

$240k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
7
Grants FY2024
7
Organizations funded FY2022
14%
First-time grantees FY2022
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Median grant, FY2024
$30,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$50,000
Organizations funded a year
7 to 22
FY2017 to FY2022
States reached, FY2024
5
Total assets, FY2024
$676k

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2022, 14% of the organizations See Forward Fund Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 18% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2022, 82% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $79k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’20’21’22
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’20’21’22
Civil RightsHuman ServicesPublic BenefitCommunity ImprovementEducationFood & NutritionOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving7$240k29%
FY20227$444k14%
FY202116$967k38%
FY202022$1.2M82%
FY201814$753k79%
FY201715$564kn/a
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What it funded, over time

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

Public Benefit$2.1MCivil Rights$674kEmployment$504kCommunity Improvement$485kPhilanthropy$242kHuman Services$125kEducation$75kEnvironment$70kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
The Workers Lab$503,7042n/a
People's Action$395,00048%
Tides Advocacy$335,07831%
Working Families Organization Inc$255,00040%
NEO Philanthropy Inc$242,48210%
Advance North Carolina Inc$190,00044%
Rural Arizona Engagement$160,00034%
Center for Civic Action$125,000315%
Living United for Change in Arizona$120,00041%
New Georgia Project Action Fund$115,00021%
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All grantees of See Forward Fund Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
The Workers Lab$503,7042n/a
People's Action$395,00048%
Tides Advocacy$335,07831%
Working Families Organization Inc$255,00040%
NEO Philanthropy Inc$242,48210%
Advance North Carolina Inc$190,00044%
Rural Arizona Engagement$160,00034%
Center for Civic Action$125,000315%
Living United for Change in Arizona$120,00041%
New Georgia Project Action Fund$115,00021%
California Calls Education Fund$100,00011%
Black Voters Matter Fund Inc$90,00031%
Bvm Capacity Building Institute Inc$90,00010%
Down Home Nc$85,00022%
Arizona Wins$80,00011%
Georgia Investor Action Fund Inc$79,00011%
New Virginia Majority$75,00021%
Takeaction Minnesota$75,00021%
Our Voice Our Vote Arizona$70,00023%
Somos Accion$70,000228%
Copal Communidades Organizando El Poder y la A$70,000132%
Unidos Minnesota Education Fund$70,00016%
Center for Popular Democracy Action Fund Inc$50,00011%
One Arizona$50,00011%
Colorofchangeorg$50,00012%
Asian American Advocacy Fund Inc$40,00012%
Carolina Federation$40,00014%
Renew New England$40,00013%
Asian Pacific Environmental Network Action$35,0001n/a
Hard Knocks Field LLC$30,0001n/a
Neighbor to Neighbor Massachusetts Action Fund Inc$30,000223%
Land Stewardship Action Fund$30,000114%
Progress Arizona$30,00011%
Indivisible Project$30,00010%
Sunrise Movement$25,00014%
Center For Racial and Gender E NFP$25,000110%
New York State Immigrant Action Fund Incorporated$25,000119%
Chinese Progressive Association$25,00011%
One Fair Wage Action Inc$25,00012%
The People's Lobby$25,000110%
Faith in Minnesota$25,00011%
California Calls Action Fund$20,00015%
Montana League of Rural Voters$20,0001n/a
Mass Alliance Inc$20,00019%
Citizen Action of New York Inc$20,00013%
Movement Strategy Center Action Fund$20,000152%
Way to Win$14,2501n/a
Texas Organizing Project Education Fund$10,00010%
Workers Defense Action Fund$10,00011%
Working Families Party Inc$8,5001n/a
Independent Feature Project Inc$5,80010%
Chicago Federation of Labor and Industrial Union Council$5,00010%
Community Labor United Inc$5,00011%

Where it is load-bearing

See Forward Fund Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 3 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 47 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetPeople's Action: $395,000 over 4y, 7.6% of budgetTides Advocacy: $335,078 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetWorking Families Organization Inc: $255,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetNEO Philanthropy Inc: $242,482 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetAdvance North Carolina Inc: $190,000 over 4y, 4.3% of budgetRural Arizona Engagement: $160,000 over 3y, 3.6% of budgetCenter for Civic Action: $125,000 over 3y, 15% of budgetLiving United for Change in Arizona: $120,000 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetNew Georgia Project Action Fund: $115,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetCalifornia Calls Education Fund: $100,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetBlack Voters Matter Fund Inc: $90,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetBvm Capacity Building Institute Inc: $90,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetDown Home Nc: $85,000 over 2y, 1.9% of budgetArizona Wins: $80,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetGeorgia Investor Action Fund Inc: $79,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetNew Virginia Majority: $75,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetTakeaction Minnesota: $75,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetOur Voice Our Vote Arizona: $70,000 over 2y, 2.9% of budgetSomos Accion: $70,000 over 2y, 28% of budgetCopal Communidades Organizando El Poder y la A: $70,000 over 1y, 32% of budgetUnidos Minnesota Education Fund: $70,000 over 1y, 5.5% of budgetCenter for Popular Democracy Action Fund Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetOne Arizona: $50,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetColorofchangeorg: $50,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetAsian American Advocacy Fund Inc: $40,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetCarolina Federation: $40,000 over 1y, 4.4% of budgetRenew New England: $40,000 over 1y, 3.1% of budgetNeighbor to Neighbor Massachusetts Action Fund Inc: $30,000 over 2y, 23% of budgetLand Stewardship Action Fund: $30,000 over 1y, 14% of budgetProgress Arizona: $30,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetIndivisible Project: $30,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetSunrise Movement: $25,000 over 1y, 4.3% of budgetCenter For Racial and Gender E NFP: $25,000 over 1y, 10% of budgetNew York State Immigrant Action Fund Incorporated: $25,000 over 1y, 19% of budgetChinese Progressive Association: $25,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetOne Fair Wage Action Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetThe People's Lobby: $25,000 over 1y, 9.8% of budgetFaith in Minnesota: $25,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetCalifornia Calls Action Fund: $20,000 over 1y, 4.5% of budgetMass Alliance Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 8.6% of budgetCitizen Action of New York Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetMovement Strategy Center Action Fund: $20,000 over 1y, 52% of budgetTexas Organizing Project Education Fund: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetWorkers Defense Action Fund: $10,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetIndependent Feature Project Inc: $5,800 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetChicago Federation of Labor and Industrial Union Council: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCommunity Labor United Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 47.

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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.

All Hands on Deck Network IncMA63.8× affinity29 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: All Hands on Deck Network Inc · Sixteen Thirty Fund · Tides Advocacy · Way to Win Action Fund Inc · Open Society Action Fund Inc · Women Donors Network Action · Center for Community Change Action · NEO Philanthropy Action Fund Inc · Tides Foundation · America Votes · Pro-Democracy Campaign · Climate Equity Action Fund

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.

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About See Forward Fund Inc

How much does See Forward Fund Inc give?
See Forward Fund Inc reported 7 grants totaling $240,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 22 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2022.
What does See Forward Fund Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Public Benefit (48%), Civil Rights (16%), Employment (12%).
Who are See Forward Fund Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: The Workers Lab ($504k), People's Action ($395k), Tides Advocacy ($335k).
Does See Forward Fund Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2022, 14% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as See Forward Fund Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include All Hands on Deck Network Inc, Sixteen Thirty Fund, Tides Advocacy.
Where is See Forward Fund Inc based?
See Forward Fund Inc is based in MA.

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 55 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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