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Texas Organizing Project

The Texas Organizing Project (TOP) is an explicitly pro-Black organization working to improve the lives of working class Black and Latino Texas families by building power through community organizing and civic engagement.

$363k
Granted FY2023
2
Grants FY2023
1
States reached
$325k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its 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, FY2020 to 2023.

Public Benefit$1.2MCivil Rights$236kCrime & Legal$75kHealth$15k
02FY2023 · 2 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2023

  • $10k–50k1 grant · $31k
  • $250k+1 grant · $325k
$325,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$2.5M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Texas Organizing Project Political Action Committee$325,000
Texas For All$30,722
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 (FY22–22, $60k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 58% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%The Afiya Center: $15k → 14%Planned Parenthood Advocates of Texas: $25k → 10%Daughters Across the Diaspora: $10k → 14%Urban Community Network: $10k → 16%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 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
Every Voice Texas dba Asian Texans for Justice

Asian Texans for Justice connects Asian and Pacific Islander Texans with civic action to build personal and political power.

Civil Rights
2
American Civil Liberties Union of Texas Inc

The ACLU of Texas works with communities, at the State Capitol, and in the courts to protect and advance civil rights and civil liberties for every Texan, no exceptions.

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3
Aclu Foundation of Texas Inc

The ACLU Foundation of Texas is the unyielding guardian and promoter of freedom, justice, equality and dignity of all people, particularly for those who are still fighting to secure the full exercise of their civil rights and liberties.…

Civil Rights
4
Progress Texas Institute

The Progress Texas Institute provides research and strategic communications on issues with the ultimate goal of increasing civic engagement.

Civil Rights
5
Progress Texas

Progress Texas is a non-profit media organization advocating for progressive ideals and policies in our state.

Civil Rights
6
Workers Defense Action Fund

Workers defense action fund is a member-led organization that mobilizes latine voters in texas to build governing power and fight for worker and immigrant justice.

Civil Rights
7
Texas Future Action Fund

The Texas Future Action Fund supports and elevates civic engagement efforts of organizations in Texas through grantmaking, donor education, and fundraising to build long-term political power in our state.

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8
Jolt Action Inc

We believe young Latinos will transform Texas through the power of their vote. We are harnessing the brilliance of our community and culture to build a generation of leaders that matches the urgency of our time.

Human Services
9
Equity Action

Equity Action is a Texas nonprofit 501(c)(4) corporation(application pending)focused on strengthening and advancing local transformative criminal justice efforts.

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10
Border Workers United

A community-based organization that develops leadership of workers to construct a movement of worker families in the texas borderlands.

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11
Texas Clean Energy Coalition
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12
Polichic Engagement Fund

The PoliChic Engagement Fund is committed to fostering civic participation among women and their families in Texas.

Civil Rights
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Voices of Community Activists & Leaders (Vocal-Ny) Inc; the most unlike its peers is Coalition of Community Organizations. 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

45 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.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
9
Early backer (in before they grew)
42/45
Grantees still filing
23/45
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Texas Organizing Project Political Action Committee: $900,000 · OtherTexas Organizing Project Political Action CommitteeFixSAPD: $75,000 · OtherFixSAPDTEXAS FREEDOM NETWORK: $75,000 · OtherTEXAS FREEDOM NETWORK+8 more: $97,536 · Other+8 moreSTATE POWER ACTION FUND: $92,500 · Civil RightsSTATE POWER ACTI…Houston in Action Network: $50,000 · Civil RightsHouston in Actio…WORKING FAMILIES ORGANIZATION INC: $25,000 · Civil RightsWORKING FAMILIES…CHILDREN'S DEFENSE FUND: $22,500 · Civil RightsCHILDREN'S DEFEN…Radical Registrars: $15,000 · Civil RightsRadical Registra…NATIONAL KOREAN AMERICAN SERVICE AND EDUCATION CONSORTIUM INC: $10,000 · Civil RightsMI FAMILIA EN ACCION: $10,000 · Civil RightsPLANNED PARENTHOOD ADVOCATES OF TEXAS: $25,000 · Human ServicesTHE AFIYA CENTER: $15,000 · Human ServicesURBAN COMMUNITY NETWORK: $10,000 · Human ServicesAmerican indians in Texas at the Spanish Colonial Missions: $10,000 · Human ServicesDAUGHTERS ACROSS THE DIASPORA INC: $10,000 · Human ServicesNEO Philanthropy Inc: $50,000 · Public BenefitEmgage Foundation Inc: $10,000 · Public BenefitTEXAS FEDERATION OF THE PEOPLE FOUNDATION: $10,000 · EducationFRIENDSHIP WEST MIZPAH FOUNDATION: $10,000 · EducationWORKERS DEFENSE PROJECT: $10,000 · EducationPure Justice: $15,000 · Community ImprovementEAST HARRIS COUNTY EMPOWERMENT COUNCIL: $10,000 · Community ImprovementEMPOWER HOUSE SA: $15,000 · Health
Other$1,147,536Civil Rights$225,000Human Services$70,000Public Benefit$60,000Education$30,000Community Improvement$25,000Health$15,000

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetSTATE POWER ACTION FUND: $92,500 over 1y, 6.1% of budgetTEXAS FREEDOM NETWORK: $75,000 over 1y, 5.9% of budgetHouston in Action Network: $50,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetNEO Philanthropy Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWORKING FAMILIES ORGANIZATION INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD ADVOCATES OF TEXAS: $25,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetCHILDREN'S DEFENSE FUND: $22,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetRadical Registrars: $15,000 over 2y, 9.6% of budgetTHE AFIYA CENTER: $15,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetEMPOWER HOUSE SA: $15,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetPure Justice: $15,000 over 1y, 4.2% of budgetSOUTHWEST PUBLIC WORKERS' UNION: $12,000 over 1y, 54% of budgetURBAN COMMUNITY NETWORK: $10,000 over 2y, 2.5% of budgetTHE DALLAS FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL KOREAN AMERICAN SERVICE AND EDUCATION CONSORTIUM INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetMI FAMILIA EN ACCION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetAmerican indians in Texas at the Spanish Colonial Missions: $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetWest Street Recovery: $10,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetORGANIZATION OF CHINESE AMERICANS OF GREATER HOUSTON: $10,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetEmgage Foundation Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetFRIENDSHIP WEST MIZPAH FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 2y, 14% of budgetEAST HARRIS COUNTY EMPOWERMENT COUNCIL: $10,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetWORKERS DEFENSE PROJECT: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE FAIRNESS PROJECT: $8,814 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetAlianza Americas: $6,000 over 1y, 0.1% 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.

Texas Organizing Proj…Houston in Action Net…Houston Endowment IncTides FoundationNEO Philanthropy IncJacob and Terese Hers…Amalgamated Charitabl…New Venture FundWindward FundHouston in ActionGreater Houston Commu…Texas Freedom Network…
Texas Organizing Project Education FundTX32.6× affinity13 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Texas Organizing Project Education Fund · Houston in Action Network · Houston Endowment Inc · Tides Foundation · NEO Philanthropy Inc · Jacob and Terese Hershey Foundation · Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc · New Venture Fund · Windward Fund · Houston in Action · Greater Houston Community Foundation · Texas Freedom Network Education 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Texas Organizing Project funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Texas Organizing Project. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24
no gov · 10%4%15%34%60%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    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.

    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 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

    Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2024) is on record and reports $1.5M of grant expense, but none of it to a named recipient. On a Form 990 that can mean grants abroad, filed by region only (Schedule F), grants under $5,000, which are not itemized, or a schedule referenced as an attachment the e-file does not carry. The figures above are therefore from FY2023, the most recent year this funder named its grantees.

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