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State Power Action Fund

The STATE POWER ACTION FUND is dedicated to educating the general public on racial, economic, and social justice issues and developing strategies to reduce poverty, decrease disparities, and improve living conditions for low-income americans.

$464k
Granted FY2024still arriving
21
Grants FY2024still arriving
13
States reached
$70k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 to 2024.

Civil Rights$585kPublic Benefit$399kEducation$165kCommunity Improvement$65kHealth$20kPhilanthropy$20kEnvironment$10k
02FY2024 · 21 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k1 grant · $9k
  • $10k–50k19 grants · $380k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $70k
$20,000
Median grant
13
States reached
$2.6M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
FLORIDA RISING INC$70,000
ASIAN PACIFIC ISLANDER POLITICAL ALLIANCE$35,000
DOWN HOME NORTH CAROLINA$30,000
ORGANIZERS IN THE LAND OF ENCHANTMENT$25,000
MISSOURI JOBS WITH JUSTICE VOTER ACTION$20,000
THE EQUITY ALLIANCE FUND$20,000
FLORIDA IMMIGRANT COALITION VOTES INC$20,000
TIRRC VOTES$20,000
OHIO ORGANIZING CAMPAIGN$20,000
WORKING FAMILIES ORGANIZATION$20,000
FAITH IN FLORIDA ACTION$20,000
FAITH IN MINNESOTA$20,000
TIDES CENTER$20,000
TENNESSEE ADVOCATES FOR PLANNED PARENTHOOD$20,000
OHIO FAMILIES UNITE FOR POLITICAL ACTION$20,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY24–24, $35k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 13%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 13%LIVING UNITED FOR CHANGE IN ARIZONA: $15k → 11%TIDES CENTER: $20k → 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.

Which US states its grants reach

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WA
MN
WI
MI
NY
OH
PA
CA
CO
MO
AZ
NM
TN
NC
TX
FL
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.

50%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$620k · 5 repeat orgs$624k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +168% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

5 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2024, 0 since wound down; 15 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

5
10

Total granted

$620k
$300k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+168%
0%

Still filing today

80%
100%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 26% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $324k went to new ones.

50%100%’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’22’23’24
Civil RightsEducationHuman ServicesCommunity ImprovementPublic BenefitEnvironmentOther
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

  • TO
    THE OHIO ORGANIZING CAMPAIGN
    2× · 2022–2024 · $225k · revenue +168%
  • FI
    FAITH IN MINNESOTA
    2× · 2022–2024 · $140k · revenue +68%
  • SP
    STATE POWER ACTION FUND
    3× · 2022–2024 · $120k · revenue +295%

Funded once

  • CV
    COMMUNITY VOICES FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION
    one grant, 2022 · $100k
  • WT
    We the People MIgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $65k · revenue +44%
  • MO
    MARCH ON
    one grant, 2022 · $20k · revenue -70%
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
Power Coalition for Electoral Justice

We created the power coalition for electoral justice with our partners because this is a moment of opportunity; a time to dig in and become internationally strategic; in short, to use this movement to create a true paradigm shift. to plant…

Civil Rights
2
Organize for Justice

Organize for justice develops diverse campaign leadership by passing on innovations and relationships from one generation of organizers to the next. the organization strives to create public support on issues affecting working americans.

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3
Freedom Action Now

Freedom action now, inc. (fan) is a radical queer black and southeast asian feminist organization creating change for the most impacted communities in wisconsin through voter education, leadership development, community organizing, and…

Civil Rights
4
Fund for Justice

Fund for Justice is a nationally connected social impact research and advocacy organization that works to achieve fundamental, systemic reform by addressing policies and practicies that prevent individuals from reaching their full…

Crime & Legal
5
Jolt Initiative

Jolt Initiative is a non-profit organization that increases the civic participation of Latinos in Texas to build a stronger democracy and ensure that everyone's voice is heard.

Civil Rights
6
Forward Justice Action Network

Forward Justice Action Network is a nonprofit with the purpose to engage in educational and advocacy activities to promote political and grassroots support for public policies that advance racial social and economic justice in North…

Human Services
7
People's Independent Commission

Supports Measure to Remove Lawmakers Power to Set Their Own Pay

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8
Wepower

We activate community power to redesign social systems to be just and equitable for all through (1) developing and supporting leaders and organizations and (2) leading campaigns, coalitions, and innovative initiatives.

Community Improvement
9
Powerswitch Action

Powerswitch action is a national network forging collective democracy and economies in our cities and states, together with our 21 grassroots affiliates.

Community Improvement
10
Minnesota Voice

Minnesota Voice is a collaboration of organizations working toward permanent change in social, racial, and economic justice by increasing civic engagement and voter participation across the state.

Public Benefit
11
America Votes

The Organization was established to coordinate and promote progressive issues, policies, initiatives, and referenda, and to pursue electoral reform that expands access to the ballot.

Community Improvement
12
Alabama Values

A nonpartisan grassroots communication organization that works to raise awareness and increase engagement around community issues in alabama by working directly with civic organizations advocating civic participation in communities across…

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is State Power Action Fund; the most unlike its peers is Florida for All Inc. 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

30 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. 30 of the 31 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
30/30
Grantees still filing
8/30
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE OHIO ORGANIZING CAMPAIGN: $225,000 · Civil RightsTHE OHIO ORGANIZING CAMPAIGNFAITH IN MINNESOTA: $140,000 · Civil RightsFAITH IN MINNESOTASTATE POWER ACTION FUND: $120,000 · Civil RightsSTATE POWER ACTION FUNDFLORIDA RISING INC: $70,000 · Civil RightsFLORIDA RISING INCMISSOURI JOBS WITH JUSTICE VOTER ACTION: $50,000 · Civil RightsMISSOURI JOBS WITH JUSTICE VOTER ACTION+7 more: $130,000 · Civil Rights+7 moreCOMMUNITY VOICES FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION: $100,000 · EducationCOMMUNITY VOICES F…We the People MI: $65,000 · EducationWe the People MITENNESSEE ADVOCATES FOR PLANNED PARENTHOOD INC: $20,000 · EducationTENNESSEE ADVOCATE…FLORIDA WATCH INC: $20,000 · EducationFLORIDA WATCH INCASIAN PACIFIC ISLANDER POLITICAL AL LIANCE: $85,000 · OtherASIAN PACIFI…MARCH ON: $20,000 · OtherMARCH ONMOVE TEXAS ACTION FUND: $20,000 · OtherMOVE TEXAS A…Florida For All INC: $15,000 · OtherFlorida For …DOWN HOME NC: $30,000 · Human ServicesTIDES CENTER: $20,000 · Human ServicesLIVING UNITED FOR CHANGE IN ARIZONA: $15,000 · Human ServicesJOLT ACTION INC: $10,000 · Human ServicesORGANIZERS IN THE LAND OF ENCHANTMENT: $25,000 · Community ImprovementFaith in Florida Action Fund Inc: $20,000 · Community ImprovementADVANCE NORTH CAROLINA INC: $15,000 · Community ImprovementTAKEACTION MINNESOTA: $20,000 · Public BenefitInstituto Power: $10,000 · Public BenefitGRASSROOTS ORGANIZING WESTERN WISCONSIN: $8,775 · Public BenefitFuse Innovation Fund: $10,000 · Environment
Civil Rights$735,000Education$205,000Other$140,000Human Services$75,000Community Improvement$60,000Public Benefit$38,775Environment$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$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTHE OHIO ORGANIZING CAMPAIGN: $225,000 over 2y, 5.1% of budgetFAITH IN MINNESOTA: $140,000 over 2y, 7.1% of budgetSTATE POWER ACTION FUND: $120,000 over 3y, 8.4% of budgetFLORIDA RISING INC: $70,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetWe the People MI: $65,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetMISSOURI JOBS WITH JUSTICE VOTER ACTION: $50,000 over 3y, 2.9% of budgetDOWN HOME NC: $30,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetORGANIZERS IN THE LAND OF ENCHANTMENT: $25,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetTIDES CENTER: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTENNESSEE ADVOCATES FOR PLANNED PARENTHOOD INC: $20,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetMARCH ON: $20,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetFaith in Florida Action Fund Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 13% of budgetMOVE TEXAS ACTION FUND: $20,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetTHE EQUITY ALLIANCE FUND: $20,000 over 1y, 4.9% of budgetTAKEACTION MINNESOTA: $20,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetFlorida Immigrant Coalition Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetMAKE THE ROAD ACTION INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetFLORIDA WATCH INC: $20,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetTIRRC VOTES: $20,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetWORKING FAMILIES ORGANIZATION INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetADVANCE NORTH CAROLINA INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetFlorida For All INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetLIVING UNITED FOR CHANGE IN ARIZONA: $15,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetFuse Innovation Fund: $10,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetMECEP ACTION: $10,000 over 1y, 19% of budgetInstituto Power: $10,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetJOLT ACTION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetGRASSROOTS ORGANIZING WESTERN WISCONSIN: $8,775 over 1y, 1.1% 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.

Sixteen Thirty FundAll Hands on Deck Net…Tides AdvocacyAmerica VotesWay to Win Action Fun…Tides FoundationClimate Equity Action…Pro-Democracy CampaignWomen Donors Network …Center for Community …Open Society Action F…NEO Philanthropy Acti…
Sixteen Thirty FundDC45.3× affinity20 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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

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 State Power Action Fund funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from State Power Action Fund. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24
no gov · 30%1%5%11%20%funder's share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    3get no government money at all
    2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–5%
    typical government reliance, FY20–24
    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.
    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to State Power Action Fund?

    Find your warmest path to State Power Action Fund through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    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 31 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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