Washington, D.C. · Public charity
State Democracy Action Fund
Provide the education and skills needed to connect everyday people with their state government and work to help state governments represent the diverse population of their communities and advance policies that promote inclusion, equality, and opportunity for all.
- $1.2M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 7
- Grants FY2025
- 2
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 100%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $100,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $650,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 13
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 6
- Total assets, FY2025
- $679k
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 100% of the organizations State Democracy Action Fund funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $50k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 7 | $1.2M | 57% |
| FY2024 | 2 | $50k | 100% |
| FY2023 | 4 | $1.3M | 75% |
| FY2022 | 10 | $1.2M | 80% |
| FY2021 | 13 | $2.1M | 92% |
| FY2020 | 6 | $567k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
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, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee | $2,454,090 | 3 | n/a |
| Legislative Majority PAC | $950,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Kansas Values Institute | $410,000 | 2 | 56% |
| Voting Project | $350,000 | 1 | n/a |
| virginia plus PAC | $325,000 | 1 | n/a |
| American Leadership Committee | $200,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Forward Action Fund | $190,000 | 3 | 0% |
| A Better Wisconsin Together Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Nevada Alliance | $100,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Michigan Civic Education Fund | $100,000 | 1 | 4% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee | $2,454,090 | 3 | n/a |
| Legislative Majority PAC | $950,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Kansas Values Institute | $410,000 | 2 | 56% |
| Voting Project | $350,000 | 1 | n/a |
| virginia plus PAC | $325,000 | 1 | n/a |
| American Leadership Committee | $200,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Forward Action Fund | $190,000 | 3 | 0% |
| A Better Wisconsin Together Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Nevada Alliance | $100,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Michigan Civic Education Fund | $100,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Together Wisconsin Acts Inc | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Voter Participation Center | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| For Our Future | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Colorado Values Project | $95,000 | 2 | 21% |
| Save Maine Absentee Voting | $75,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Progress Michigan Political | $73,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Ndcp Legal Fund | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| 603 Forward Fund | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Majority Rising NC | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Colorado Communications Network Action | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Georgia Investor Action Fund Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Education Now | $32,500 | 1 | 2% |
| Fair Fight Action Inc | $30,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Maine People's Alliance | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Asian American Advocacy Fund Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Amplify New Hampshire | $25,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Granite State Progress | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Alliance for a Better Minnesota | $25,000 | 1 | 2% |
| 603 Forward | $25,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Opportunity Arizona | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Oklahoma Growth Alliance Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 72% |
| National Urban League Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| National Association for the Advancement of Colored People | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| National Association for the Advancement of Colored People | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Alaska Progressive Donor Table | $15,000 | 1 | 3% |
Where it is load-bearing
State Democracy Action Fund supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 20 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.
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How this is measured
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About State Democracy Action Fund
- How much does State Democracy Action Fund give?
- State Democracy Action Fund reported 7 grants totaling $1,175,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 13 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does State Democracy Action Fund fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Public Benefit (78%), Community Improvement (7%), Civil Rights (6%).
- Who are State Democracy Action Fund's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee ($2.5M), Legislative Majority PAC ($950k), Kansas Values Institute ($410k).
- Does State Democracy Action Fund fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as State Democracy Action Fund?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Sixteen Thirty Fund, America Votes, Strategic Victory Fund.
- Where is State Democracy Action Fund based?
- State Democracy Action Fund is based in DC.
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