Skip to content
The Voter Participation Center at a glanceMostly funded, not a grantmaker: see who funds it →

· Public charity

The Voter Participation Center

To increase civic engagement among under-represented communities including unmarried women, people of color, and young people.

$13M
Granted FY2024still arriving
3
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$5.0M
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 2024.

Public Benefit$18MEducation$1.5MPhilanthropy$1.1MEnvironment$325k
02FY2024 · 3 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$5,000,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$20M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
DEMOCRACY MATTERS FOUNDATION$5,000,000
COUNTERACT FOUNDATION$5,000,000
CENTER FOR VOTER INFORMATION$2,500,000
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 (FY20–20, $20k) land where the poverty rate runs at 22%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%PROJECT HOME: $20k → 22%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
NY
OH
PA
CA
CO
NC
DC
GA
TX
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
Black Voters Matter Fund Inc

Our goal is to increase power in our communities through effective voting. We increase voter registration and help develop voting infrastructure and to pursue policies that expands access to the ballot.

—
2
Electoral Collective

Electoral Collective coordinates a broad-based coalition of existing entities active in the climate justice and community organizing space to raise public awareness and educational opportunities.

Civil Rights
3
Democracy Works Inc

The organization's mission is to leverage web-technologies to improve civic engagement and voter education.

Civil Rights
4
Bold Impact

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

Arts & Culture
5
Democracy Matters

Democracy matters was formed to connect and build a community of pro-democracy donors.

Civil Rights
6
Fair Democracy

Fair democracy works to ensure that the roots of american democracy are healthy with strong voting rights and access, an engaged and informed electorate, an open and accountable government and trusted messengers engaging americans in civil…

Civil Rights
7
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.

—
8
Colorofchangeorg

Colorofchange.org works to strengthen the voice of black americans and increase the level of accountability and responsiveness of elected officials to underrepresented black constituencies using the internet as a lobbying and…

—
9
Guarantee Our Votes Project

Protect voting rights in the united states for all citizens and expand voting rights to citizens who have been historically disenfranchised or under-represented in the electoral process.

Civil Rights
10
One for Democracy Action Fund

One for democracy unlocks resources to build a healthy democracy by fostering meaningful relationships between philanthropists and the democracy leaders of our time.

—
11
All Americans Vote

All Americans Vote aims to motivate underrepresented Americans to engage in the most patriotic of exercises - voting!

Civil Rights
12
Nextgen Climate Action

Nextgen america empowers young people to engage in the democratic process through voter registration and civic engagement on issues of public policy. this is achieved through innovative digital outreach, communications, and grassroots…

Unclassified
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is State Voices; the most unlike its peers is The Migrant Kitchen Incorporated. 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

26 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. 26 of the 27 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.

4
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
25/26
Grantees still filing
12/26
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

DEMOCRACY MATTERS FOUNDATION: $5,000,000 · Civil RightsDEMOCRACY MATTERS FOUNDATIONCOUNTERACT FOUNDATION: $5,000,000 · Civil RightsCOUNTERACT FOUNDATIONCENTER FOR VOTER INFORMATION: $4,278,480 · Civil RightsCENTER FOR VOTER INFORMATION+7 more: $619,000 · Civil RightsWORKING AMERICA EDUCATION FUND: $1,800,000 · EducationWORKING AMERICA ED…FAIR FIGHT ACTION INC: $1,500,000 · EducationFAIR FIGHT ACTION …BARBARA JORDAN INSTITUTE: $250,000 · EducationBARBARA JORDAN INS…+1 more: $20,000 · EducationTIDES FOUNDATION: $650,000 · PhilanthropyTIDES FOU…HOPEWELL FUND: $625,000 · PhilanthropyHOPEWELL …MOMSRISING EDUCATION FUND: $400,000 · PhilanthropyMOMSRISIN…Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc: $150,000 · PhilanthropyAmalgamat…+1 more: $44,000 · PhilanthropyISSUE ONE: $500,000 · Public BenefitTHE OHIO ORGANIZING COLLABORATIVE: $20,000 · Public BenefitTHE ALLIANCE FOR CLIMATE PROTECTION: $325,000 · EnvironmentORGANIZATION OF CHINESE AMERICANS OF GREATER HOUSTON: $100,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $20,000 · OtherPROJECT HOME: $20,000 · OtherAmerica Votes: $20,000 · OtherThe Beloved Community Center of Greensboro Inc: $30,000 · Recreation & Sports
Civil Rights$14,897,480Education$3,570,000Philanthropy$1,869,000Public Benefit$520,000Environment$325,000Other$160,000Recreation & Sports$30,000

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 budgetDEMOCRACY MATTERS FOUNDATION: $5,000,000 over 1y, 14% of budgetCOUNTERACT FOUNDATION: $5,000,000 over 1y, 100% of budgetCENTER FOR VOTER INFORMATION: $4,278,480 over 2y, 56% of budgetWORKING AMERICA EDUCATION FUND: $1,800,000 over 1y, 51% of budgetFAIR FIGHT ACTION INC: $1,500,000 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetTIDES FOUNDATION: $650,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHOPEWELL FUND: $625,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetISSUE ONE: $500,000 over 1y, 10% of budgetMOMSRISING EDUCATION FUND: $400,000 over 1y, 4.5% of budgetTHE ALLIANCE FOR CLIMATE PROTECTION: $325,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetTHE COLLECTIVE EDUCATION FUND: $250,000 over 1y, 4.6% of budgetBARBARA JORDAN INSTITUTE: $250,000 over 1y, 95% of budgetVOTEORG: $200,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetAmalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc: $150,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetORGANIZATION OF CHINESE AMERICANS OF GREATER HOUSTON: $100,000 over 1y, 9.7% of budgetVOTEAMERICA: $54,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetTHE MIGRANT KITCHEN INCORPORATED: $44,000 over 1y, 6.4% of budgetSTATE VOICES: $40,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Beloved Community Center of Greensboro Inc: $30,000 over 1y, 6.2% of budgetNEW GEORGIA PROJECT INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBVM CAPACITY BUILDING INSTITUTE INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCOLORADO CIVIC ENGAGEMENT ROUNDTABLE: $25,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetBLUEPRINT NORTH CAROLINA: $20,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetPROJECT HOME: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE OHIO ORGANIZING COLLABORATIVE: $20,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetAmerica Votes: $20,000 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.

Tides FoundationNEO Philanthropy IncNew Venture FundSilicon Valley Commun…Merle Chambers FundHopewell FundWellspring Philanthro…Amalgamated Charitabl…ImpactassetsincJewish Communal FundGs Donor Advised Phil…Vanguard Charitable E…
Tides FoundationCA21.1× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Tides Foundation · NEO Philanthropy Inc · New Venture Fund · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Merle Chambers Fund · Hopewell Fund · Wellspring Philanthropic Fund Inc · Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc · Impactassetsinc · Jewish Communal Fund · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program

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 Voter Participation Center funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Voter Participation Center. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    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 27 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.

    Source object · view filing

    Play a game based on Voter Participation Center’s filings →

    More from the funding graph

    The unnamed billions
    grants reported with no recipient in the public record
    The regranting layer
    51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
    The DAF merry-go-round
    $9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
    The endowment market
    who holds foundation money, and what just moved
    The camps
    funders cluster by geography, not ideology
    By state
    where grant money is based, and what stays home