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The Cooperative Impact Lab

Strengthen the power and impact of the progressive movement by building people power in creative, networked, and forward-looking ways.

$80k
Granted FY2023
11
Grants FY2023
9
States reached
$9k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its fieldRead
04Through 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, FY2020 to 2023.

Community Improvement$1.5MPublic Benefit$985kCivil Rights$206kHealth$74kHuman Services$60kEmployment$58kEducation$30kInternational$15kOther$0
02FY2023 · 11 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$6,000
Median grant
9
States reached
$249k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
TREATMENTS FOR EPILEPSY AND SYMPTONS OF SLC13A5 FOUNDATION$8,700
YAYA FOUNDATION FOR 4H LEUKODYSTROPHY$8,700
PROJECT 8P FOUNDATION$8,700
USHER 1F COLLABORATIVE$8,700
CUREGRIN FOUNDATION$8,700
TATTON BROWN RAHMAN SYNDROME COMMUNITY INC$6,000
NEC SOCIETY$6,000
THE STIFF PERSON SYNDROME RESEARCH FOUNDATION$6,000
CURE VCP DISEASE$6,000
CACNA1A FOUNDATION INC$6,000
CALDWELL HAYS EXAMINER$6,000
02The need
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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 (FY20–21, $175k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%LIVING UNITED FOR CHANGE IN ARIZONA: $15k → 11%MAKE THE ROAD STATES: $15k → 20%INSTITUTO LAB: $60k → 11%COMMUNITY VOICES HEARD POWER: $85k → 17%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

WA
MN
IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
NV
PA
CT
CA
CO
MD
AZ
DC
GA
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 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
Progress Texas Institute

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

Civil Rights
2
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
3
CarbonPlan

Improving the transparency and scientific integrity of climate solutions through open data and tools.

Environment
4
Right to Democracy Project

Advance democracy, equity, and self-determination in U.S. territories through participatory advocacy, narrative and cultural change, and ecosystem building.

Civil Rights
5
Rules Foundation

/The Rules is a global network of activists, organizers, designers, coders, researchers, writers and others dedicated to changing the rules that create inequality, climate change, and poverty around the world.

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6
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
7
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
8
Bold Impact

Bold Impact is a national nonprofit dedicated to supporting a democracy where all communities get to thrive.

Arts & Culture
9
Partnership for Policy Integrity

Partnership for Policy Integrity (PFPI) uses data-driven advocacy and litigation to fight for forests, communities and the climate.

Environment
10
Chicago United for Equity

Connecting and amplifying the power of individuals to build a just, equitable, and inclusive city.

Civil Rights
11
RepresentUs

RepresentUs is America's leading nonpartisan grassroots organization working for a government accountable to the people. We unite people from all backgrounds to defend democracy, root out corruption, mobilize action, and support campaigns…

Public Benefit
12
New Disabled South Rising Inc

New Disabled South Rising is the advocacy arm of New Disabled South focusing on poverty and care, criminalization and democracy.

Civil Rights
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Center for Community Change Action; the most unlike its peers is The Stiff Person Syndrome Research. 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

40 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. 40 of the 41 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
39/40
Grantees still filing
18/40
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE MOVEMENT COOPERATIVE: $1,390,000 · OtherTHE MOVEMENT COOPERATIVESilicon Valley Rising Action: $58,440 · Other+11 more: $176,700 · Other+11 moreMoveOnorg Civic Action: $499,660 · EducationMoveOnorg Civic Acti…LEADERS IGNITING TRANSFORMATION EDUCATION FUND INC: $30,000 · EducationLEADERS IGNITING TRA…TAKEACTION MINNESOTA: $85,000 · Public BenefitProgress Michigan Education Inc: $55,000 · Public BenefitProgress Michigan Inc: $55,000 · Public BenefitCENTER FOR COMMUNITY CHANGE ACTION: $27,000 · Public BenefitNEIGHBOR TO NEIGHBOR MASSACHUSETTS EDUCATION FUND INC: $85,000 · Civil RightsFLORIDA RISING INC: $60,000 · Civil RightsUnited for Respect: $20,000 · Civil RightsCIVIC ARK: $15,000 · Civil RightsORGANIZE PENNSYLVANIA: $15,000 · Civil RightsMINNESOTA YOUTH COLLECTIVE: $12,000 · Civil Rights+1 more: $6,000 · Civil RightsCommunity Voices Heard Power Inc: $85,000 · Human ServicesInstituto Lab: $60,000 · Human ServicesLIVING UNITED FOR CHANGE IN ARIZONA: $15,000 · Human ServicesMake The Road States Inc: $15,000 · Human ServicesMOSES (METROPOLITAN ORGANIZING STRATEGY ENABLING STRENGTH): $60,000 · Community ImprovementFaith in Florida Action Fund Inc: $15,000 · Community ImprovementUsher 1F Collaborative Inc: $8,700 · HealthProject 8p Foundation: $8,700 · HealthTHE YAYA FOUNDATION FOR 4H LEUKODYSTOPHY: $8,700 · HealthTreatments for Epilepsy and Symptoms of: $8,700 · HealthCure VCP Disease Inc: $6,000 · HealthThe Stiff Person Syndrome Research: $6,000 · HealthCACNA1A Foundation: $6,000 · HealthTatton Brown Rahman Syndrome Community Inc: $6,000 · HealthNecrotizing Enterocolitis (NEC) Society: $6,000 · Health
Other$1,625,140Education$529,660Public Benefit$222,000Civil Rights$213,000Human Services$175,000Community Improvement$75,000Health$64,800

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 budgetMoveOnorg Civic Action: $499,660 over 1y, 3.9% of budgetCommunity Voices Heard Power Inc: $85,000 over 1y, 53% of budgetTAKEACTION MINNESOTA: $85,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetNEIGHBOR TO NEIGHBOR MASSACHUSETTS EDUCATION FUND INC: $85,000 over 1y, 4.5% of budgetMOSES (METROPOLITAN ORGANIZING STRATEGY ENABLING STRENGTH): $60,000 over 1y, 9.2% of budgetInstituto Lab: $60,000 over 1y, 7.8% of budgetFLORIDA RISING INC: $60,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetSilicon Valley Rising Action: $58,440 over 1y, 4.8% of budgetProgress Michigan Education Inc: $55,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetProgress Michigan Inc: $55,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetNEW GEORGIA PROJECT ACTION FUND: $30,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTEXAS FREEDOM NETWORK: $27,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetCENTER FOR COMMUNITY CHANGE ACTION: $27,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetUnited for Respect: $20,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetGrassroots Illinois Action: $15,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetLIVING UNITED FOR CHANGE IN ARIZONA: $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCIVIC ARK: $15,000 over 1y, 21% of budgetFaith in Florida Action Fund Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetWashington Community Action Network: $15,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetIL Muslim Civic Coalition: $15,000 over 1y, 4.0% of budgetMake The Road States Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTIDES ADVOCACY: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetONE APIA NEVADA: $15,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetORGANIZE PENNSYLVANIA: $15,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetMINNESOTA YOUTH COLLECTIVE: $12,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetROC ACTION: $12,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetMN350 ACTION: $12,000 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetFOR OUR FUTURE ACTION FUND: $12,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCureGrin Foundation: $8,700 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetUsher 1F Collaborative Inc: $8,700 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetProject 8p Foundation: $8,700 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetTHE YAYA FOUNDATION FOR 4H LEUKODYSTOPHY: $8,700 over 1y, 4.1% of budgetTreatments for Epilepsy and Symptoms of: $8,700 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetCure VCP Disease Inc: $6,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetThe Stiff Person Syndrome Research: $6,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetCACNA1A Foundation: $6,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetTatton Brown Rahman Syndrome Community Inc: $6,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetNecrotizing Enterocolitis (NEC) Society: $6,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetCaldwell - Hays Examiner: $6,000 over 1y, 4.2% 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.

All Hands on Deck Net…Sixteen Thirty FundTides AdvocacyTides FoundationWay to Win Action Fun…Open Society Action F…State Engagement FundWomen Donors Network …Center for Community …America VotesWorking Families Orga…American Federation o…
All Hands on Deck Network IncMA41.8× affinity18 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 · Tides Foundation · Way to Win Action Fund Inc · Open Society Action Fund Inc · State Engagement Fund · Women Donors Network Action · Center for Community Change Action · America Votes · Working Families Organization Inc · American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees

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 The Cooperative Impact Lab funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Cooperative Impact Lab. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24
no gov · 70%4%15%34%60%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    7get no government money at all
    1report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
    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.
    04Through Plinth

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    How do I get to The Cooperative Impact Lab?

    Find your warmest path to The Cooperative Impact Lab 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 41 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 $21k 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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