New York · Public charity
The Working World Inc
Seed commons is an applied research organization studying, testing, assessing and implementing best practices for community economic development through the expansion of democratic enterprise and community-controlled non-extractive capital.
- $3.2M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 19
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 16
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 19%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $1.5M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $33,750
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $335,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 18
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 13
- Total assets, FY2024
- $86M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 19% of the organizations The Working World Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 4% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $55k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 19 | $1.5M | 32% |
| FY2023 | 16 | $1.3M | 19% |
| FY2022 | 18 | $1.7M | 56% |
| FY2021 | 11 | $668k | 27% |
| FY2020 | 17 | $529k | 88% |
| FY2019 | 10 | $394k | 100% |
| FY2018 | 3 | $32k | 100% |
| FY2017 | 2 | $71k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Possibility Labs | $1,000,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Colaborativa La Milpa | $948,750 | 5 | 10% |
| Cincinnati Union Cooperative Initiative | $775,398 | 6 | 31% |
| NYC NOWC Inc | $571,690 | 5 | 26% |
| Tww NYC Solidarity Inc | $419,016 | 3 | 100% |
| Philadelphia Area Cooperative Alliance | $270,125 | 6 | 19% |
| Southeast Center for Cooperative Development | $201,320 | 4 | 55% |
| Range Media | $188,676 | 3 | n/a |
| Red Emma's LLC | $149,395 | 3 | n/a |
| Buffalo Neighborhood Stabilization Company Inc | $137,368 | 2 | 5% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Possibility Labs | $1,000,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Colaborativa La Milpa | $948,750 | 5 | 10% |
| Cincinnati Union Cooperative Initiative | $775,398 | 6 | 31% |
| NYC NOWC Inc | $571,690 | 5 | 26% |
| Tww NYC Solidarity Inc | $419,016 | 3 | 100% |
| Philadelphia Area Cooperative Alliance | $270,125 | 6 | 19% |
| Southeast Center for Cooperative Development | $201,320 | 4 | 55% |
| Range Media | $188,676 | 3 | n/a |
| Red Emma's LLC | $149,395 | 3 | n/a |
| Buffalo Neighborhood Stabilization Company Inc | $137,368 | 2 | 5% |
| Organization for Human Rights and Democracy | $130,328 | 5 | 8% |
| Urban Tilth | $87,594 | 3 | 0% |
| Brooklyn Stone & Tile | $85,894 | 3 | n/a |
| California Harvesters Inc | $85,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Repaired Nations Cooperative Inc | $80,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Center for Economic Democracy Inc | $78,750 | 2 | 2% |
| Greater Dayton Union Cooperative Initiative Inc | $69,750 | 3 | 5% |
| People United for Sustainable Housing Inc | $60,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Builders of The Highway Foundation Inc | $55,363 | 3 | 7% |
| Beloved Community Incubator Inc | $48,125 | 2 | 3% |
| Beyond Care Child Care Cooperative Inc | $42,750 | 1 | n/a |
| Association for Black Economic Power | $40,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Phat Daddy's on Da Tracks | $39,970 | 2 | n/a |
| Detroit Community Wealth Fund | $37,400 | 1 | n/a |
| Catalyst Miami Inc | $35,625 | 2 | 0% |
| Cleveland Owns | $32,500 | 1 | 8% |
| Northwest Cooperative Development Center | $27,372 | 2 | n/a |
| Montgomery County Professional Driver's Union | $23,670 | 1 | n/a |
| New Era Windows LLC | $22,400 | 2 | n/a |
| Sustainable Economies Law Center | $21,250 | 1 | 0% |
| Sankofar Research Institute | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Austin Member-Owned Business Foundation | $20,000 | 1 | 13% |
| Rocky Mountain Employee Ownership Center | $20,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Center for Popular Research Education and Policy | $16,875 | 1 | 4% |
| Business Outreach Center Network Inc | $16,667 | 1 | 0% |
| Southwest Brooklyn Industrial Development Corporation | $16,667 | 1 | 1% |
| Northend Christian Community Development Corporation | $15,000 | 1 | 4% |
| The Midian Leadership Project Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Mijente Support Committee | $10,393 | 1 | 0% |
| Higher Purpose Hub | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| East River Development Alliance Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Bkln Clean | $7,740 | 1 | n/a |
| Olio Culinary Cooperative Corporation | $6,925 | 1 | n/a |
| Earth Bound Building | $6,400 | 1 | n/a |
| Bright Learning Stars | $6,100 | 1 | n/a |
| Arroyo Sustainable Economies Community Organization | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Roca Mia Construction Coop | $5,160 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 5 recipients with no EIN on record ($202k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Working World Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 4 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 28 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
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.
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How this is measured
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About The Working World Inc
- How much does The Working World Inc give?
- The Working World Inc reported 19 itemized grants totaling $1,505,971, out of $3,162,845 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 18 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Working World Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Community Improvement (81%), Food & Nutrition (4%), Housing & Shelter (3%).
- Who are The Working World Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Possibility Labs ($1.0M), Colaborativa La Milpa ($949k), Cincinnati Union Cooperative Initiative ($775k).
- Does The Working World Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 19% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Working World Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include New Economy Coalition Inc, Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc, The Kresge Foundation.
- Where is The Working World Inc based?
- The Working World Inc is based in NY.
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