Washington, D.C. · Public charity
Third Way
To research and develop centrist policy ideas.
- $1.7M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 10
- Grants FY2024
- 3
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 67%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $150,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $475,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 7
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 6
- Total assets, FY2024
- $66M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 67% of the organizations Third Way funded were first-time grantees, receiving 57% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 43% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $260k 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 | 10 | $1.7M | 80% |
| FY2023 | 3 | $460k | 67% |
| FY2022 | 4 | $245k | 50% |
| FY2021 | 3 | $170k | 67% |
| FY2020 | 7 | $947k | 86% |
| FY2019 | 2 | $55k | 50% |
| FY2018 | 1 | $25k | 0% |
| FY2017 | 3 | $475k | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| National Urban League Inc | $666,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Protect Our Families Inc | $475,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Newdeal Forum | $315,000 | 2 | 42% |
| Newdeal | $300,000 | 4 | 17% |
| The Breakthrough Institute | $300,000 | 2 | 8% |
| Smart Growth America | $297,683 | 1 | 5% |
| The Energy for Growth Hub Inc | $214,826 | 2 | 29% |
| Young Peoples Alliance Education Fund | $200,000 | 1 | 44% |
| Civic Attention Inc | $180,000 | 1 | n/a |
| For Facts Sake | $150,000 | 1 | 38% |
Show all 23 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| National Urban League Inc | $666,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Protect Our Families Inc | $475,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Newdeal Forum | $315,000 | 2 | 42% |
| Newdeal | $300,000 | 4 | 17% |
| The Breakthrough Institute | $300,000 | 2 | 8% |
| Smart Growth America | $297,683 | 1 | 5% |
| The Energy for Growth Hub Inc | $214,826 | 2 | 29% |
| Young Peoples Alliance Education Fund | $200,000 | 1 | 44% |
| Civic Attention Inc | $180,000 | 1 | n/a |
| For Facts Sake | $150,000 | 1 | 38% |
| The Welcome Party Inc | $125,000 | 1 | 8% |
| National Wildlife Federation | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| BlueGreen Alliance Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 4% |
| The Next 50 Network LLC | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Bipartisan Policy Center Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| For Facts Sake Action | $75,000 | 1 | 13% |
| Newdeal Forum | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Common Sense Coalition | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget | $30,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Clean Energy Leadership Institute | $20,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Women Vote | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Collective Future | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Center for Innovative Policy | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($175k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Third Way supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 4 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 16 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.
Open a dossier: Sixteen Thirty Fund · The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
About Third Way
- How much does Third Way give?
- Third Way reported 10 grants totaling $1,681,500 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 7 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Third Way fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Environment (41%), Public Benefit (19%), Community Improvement (19%).
- Who are Third Way's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: National Urban League Inc ($666k), Protect Our Families Inc ($475k), The Newdeal Forum ($315k).
- Does Third Way fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 67% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Third Way?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Sixteen Thirty Fund, The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation, American Endowment Foundation.
- Where is Third Way based?
- Third Way is based in DC.
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