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The Voter Project

The Voter Project is a non-partisan, non-profit organization dedicated to ensuring all Pennsylvania voters can cast a ballot in a safe, secure, and convenient way.

$2.9M
Granted FY2024still arriving
24
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$634k
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, FY2020 to 2024.

Public Benefit$5.4MCivil Rights$290kEmployment$60kPhilanthropy$60kCommunity Improvement$50k
02FY2024 · 24 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • $10k–50k8 grants · $215k
  • $50k–250k13 grants · $1.3M
  • $250k+3 grants · $1.4M
$70,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$504k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Black Leadership Pennsylvania$633,595
Black Leadership Pennsylvania$366,405
Black Leadership Pennsylvania$350,000
PA Alliance Action$200,000
PA Alliance Action$200,000
Keystone Democracy$160,000
Keystone Democracy$120,000
PA Alliance Action$100,000
PA Alliance Action$100,000
Promote the Vote$75,148
Organize Pennsylvania$75,000
Keystone Democracy$70,000
Promote the Vote$67,500
Committee of Seventy$60,000
Tides Center$60,000
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, $70k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 14% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%Tides Center: $60k → 10%CAIR-Philadelphia: $10k → 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.
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.

42%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.5M · 4 repeat orgs$3.4M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +71% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

4 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2024, 1 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

4
10

Total granted

$2.5M
$1.7M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+71%
0%

Still filing today

75%
90%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 39% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.7M went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23’24
Civil RightsHuman ServicesPublic BenefitPhilanthropyCommunity ImprovementOther
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

  • PA
    PA ALLIANCE ACTION
    2× · 2020–2024 · $1.2M · revenue +98%
  • PF
    PENNSYLVANIA FORWARD
    3× · 2020–2022 · $220k · revenue +18% · 50% of their budget
  • NP
    New Pennsylvania Project
    2× · 2022–2024 · $105k · revenue +71%

Funded once

  • IU
    In Union USA Action
    one grant, 2020 · $750k · revenue -96%
  • TL
    THE LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE EDUCATION FUND INC
    one grant, 2020 · $202k · revenue -71%
  • CC
    COMMONWEALTH COMMUNICATIONS
    one grant, 2022 · $200k · revenue -36%
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
Ballot Pa Action

Informed and educated the public and lawmakers about the benefits of including independent voters in Pennsylvania's primary elections.

Civil Rights
2
Lead Pa

Cultivating the next generation of progressive leaders across the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

—
3
Pa Alliance Foundation

Pa alliance foundation ("paaf") is a 501(c)(3) public charity that is focused on civic engagement and democracy advancement across pennsylvania, working to expand access to the ballot through non-partisan voter education and mobilization.…

Civil Rights
4
Pennsylvania United

PA United organizes and builds power across Western PA to create

Civil Rights
5
We the People Pennsylvania Action

We The People PA is an issue advocacy organization that works to make PA economy work for all; with a system of taxation that is fair and progressive and raises sufficient revenue to provide quality education and public services for all.

—
6
Philadelphia for All

Our mission is to empower and engage communities of color in Philadelphia through voter education, community outreach, and civic engagement initiatives. We are committed to ensuring every voice is heard by providing accessible information…

—
7
Pennsylvanians for Fair Courts

To develop and advocate for legislation, regulations, and government programs to protect against judicial gerrymandering and other legislative barriers to fair courts, and to conduct research about and publicize the positions of elected…

—
8
The Voter Project

The Voter Project is a non-partisan, non-profit organization dedicated to ensuring all Pennsylvania voters can cast a ballot in a safe, secure, and convenient way.

—
9
Philly Black Worker Project

) to lead and engage in campaigns that empower Black workers to advance our rights and improve job quality in key employment sectors

Civil Rights
10
Planned Parenthood Association of Pa

Provide public education in support of planned parenthood health services, including family planning and abortion care.

—
11
Philadelphia Area Jobs With Justice

Building support for the rights of working people through coalitions of labor and community and through public education.

Employment
12
Turn Out Philly

The organization's non-partisan mission is to increase voter turnout and participation in local elections.

—
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Promote the Vote Pa; the most unlike its peers is Cair-Pennsylvania. 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

22 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.

4
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
20/22
Grantees still filing
8/22
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Black Leadership Pennsylvania: $1,350,000 · OtherBlack Leadership PennsylvaniaKeystone Democracy: $930,000 · OtherKeystone DemocracyIn Union USA Action: $750,000 · OtherIn Union USA ActionPENNSYLVANIA FORWARD: $220,000 · OtherPENNSYLVANIA FORWARDCOMMONWEALTH COMMUNICATIONS: $200,000 · OtherCOMMONWEALTH COMMUNICATIONSPENNSYLVANIA PROGRESS: $145,000 · Other+2 more: $60,000 · OtherPA ALLIANCE ACTION: $1,200,000 · Civil RightsPA ALLIANCE ACTIONCENTER FOR VOTER INFORMATION: $123,093 · Civil RightsCENTER FOR VOTER INFORMATIONNew Pennsylvania Project: $105,000 · Civil RightsNew Pennsylvania ProjectORGANIZE PENNSYLVANIA: $75,000 · Civil RightsCOMMITTEE OF SEVENTY: $60,000 · Civil Rights+3 more: $125,000 · Civil Rights+3 morePROMOTE THE VOTE PA: $167,898 · Human ServicesTIDES CENTER: $60,000 · Human ServicesCAIR-PENNSYLVANIA: $10,000 · Human ServicesTHE LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE EDUCATION FUND INC: $202,000 · Public BenefitRAISEDBY US INC: $60,000 · PhilanthropyPOWER INTERFAITH INC: $50,000 · Community Improvement
Other$3,655,000Civil Rights$1,688,093Human Services$237,898Public Benefit$202,000Philanthropy$60,000Community Improvement$50,000

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 budgetBlack Leadership Pennsylvania: $1,350,000 over 1y, 37% of budgetPA ALLIANCE ACTION: $1,200,000 over 2y, 6.7% of budgetKeystone Democracy: $930,000 over 2y, 100% of budgetPENNSYLVANIA FORWARD: $220,000 over 3y, 50% of budgetTHE LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE EDUCATION FUND INC: $202,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCOMMONWEALTH COMMUNICATIONS: $200,000 over 1y, 3.6% of budgetPROMOTE THE VOTE PA: $167,898 over 1y, 18% of budgetPENNSYLVANIA PROGRESS: $145,000 over 1y, 98% of budgetCENTER FOR VOTER INFORMATION: $123,093 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetNew Pennsylvania Project: $105,000 over 2y, 4.9% of budgetORGANIZE PENNSYLVANIA: $75,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetRAISEDBY US INC: $60,000 over 1y, 8.8% of budgetCOMMITTEE OF SEVENTY: $60,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetTIDES CENTER: $60,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCASA INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetPOWER INTERFAITH INC: $50,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetMAKE THE ROAD ACTION INC: $50,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetPRIORITIES USA: $50,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetFOR OUR FUTURE EDUCATION FUND: $25,000 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetCAIR-PENNSYLVANIA: $10,000 over 1y, 0.9% 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 FundTides FoundationPA Alliance FoundationAmerica VotesAll Hands on Deck Net…Pa Alliance ActionPro-Democracy CampaignState Engagement FundWorking Families Orga…Our American Future A…Open Society Action F…Tides Advocacy
Sixteen Thirty FundDC21.4× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Sixteen Thirty Fund · Tides Foundation · PA Alliance Foundation · America Votes · All Hands on Deck Network Inc · Pa Alliance Action · Pro-Democracy Campaign · State Engagement Fund · Working Families Organization Inc · Our American Future Action · Open Society Action Fund Inc · Tides Advocacy

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24
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 →median 8%
  • Casa Inc: 8% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get 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 · 0–20%
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 The Voter Project?

Find your warmest path to The Voter Project 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 22 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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