How much does Unite Here give?

Unite Here reported 55 grants totaling $20,145,658 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 25 and 49 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.

What does Unite Here fund?

By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Employment (65%), Civil Rights (30%), Membership Benefit (2%).

Who are Unite Here's largest grantees?

By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Unite Here PAC ($34M), Airport Concessions & Inflight Local 23 ($8.9M), Unite Here Local Union 226 Culinary Workers Union Local 226 ($8.2M).

Does Unite Here fund new organizations?

In FY2023, 35% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.

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New York · Public charity

Unite Here

To protect the rights of working people throughout the u.s. & canada (see schedule o)

$20M
Granted FY2024(still arriving): 55
Grants FY2024: 49
Organizations funded FY2023: 35%
First-time grantees FY2023

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Median grant, FY2024: $50,000
Largest grant, FY2024: $10,600,000
Organizations funded a year: 25 to 49; FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024: 18
Total assets, FY2024: $211M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 35% of the organizations Unite Here funded were first-time grantees, receiving 7% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $834k went to new ones.

RenewedFirst-time

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

Civil RightsEmploymentEducationPublic BenefitArts & CultureInternationalOther

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.

The numbers by year

Fiscal year	Organizations funded	To those organizations	First-time grantees
FY2024still arriving	53	$20M	21%
FY2023	49	$12M	35%
FY2022	38	$19M	21%
FY2021	35	$22M	3%
FY2020	42	$54M	81%
FY2019	36	$2.1M	64%
FY2018	25	$705k	52%
FY2017	31	$2.0M	n/a

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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Employment$86MCivil Rights$39MMembership Benefit$2.4MPublic Safety & Disaster$1.3MPublic Benefit$598kHealth$411kEducation$327kCommunity Improvement$268kOther$0

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
Unite Here PAC	$34,350,000	4	n/a
Airport Concessions & Inflight Local 23	$8,913,309	6	38%
Unite Here Local Union 226 Culinary Workers Union Local 226	$8,183,202	5	19%
Unite Here Local 11	$7,469,561	5	30%
Unite Here Local 2	$6,172,335	5	34%
Hotelgamingrestaurant & Club Employees & Bartenders Union Local 6 Afl-Cio	$6,164,145	4	34%
Unite-Here Local No 1	$4,139,547	4	35%
Unite Here Local 100	$4,050,211	6	27%
Unite Here Tip State and Local Fund	$4,000,000	3	n/a
Unite Here Local 737	$3,633,022	5	32%

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All grantees of Unite Here by total granted
Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
Unite Here PAC	$34,350,000	4	n/a
Airport Concessions & Inflight Local 23	$8,913,309	6	38%
Unite Here Local Union 226 Culinary Workers Union Local 226	$8,183,202	5	19%
Unite Here Local 11	$7,469,561	5	30%
Unite Here Local 2	$6,172,335	5	34%
Hotelgamingrestaurant & Club Employees & Bartenders Union Local 6 Afl-Cio	$6,164,145	4	34%
Unite-Here Local No 1	$4,139,547	4	35%
Unite Here Local 100	$4,050,211	6	27%
Unite Here Tip State and Local Fund	$4,000,000	3	n/a
Unite Here Local 737	$3,633,022	5	32%
Unite Here Local 5	$3,603,735	5	24%
New England Joint Board Unite Here	$3,096,034	5	32%
Unite Here Local 26	$3,013,985	5	26%
Unite Here Union Local Number 25	$2,968,923	5	29%
Unite Here Iu Local No 54	$2,925,427	5	34%
Unite Here Local 49	$2,352,339	5	24%
Unite Here Local 24	$2,194,766	5	36%
Unite Here Local 8	$1,899,584	5	29%
Unite Here Local 30	$1,840,144	4	37%
Unite Here Local 17	$1,594,601	5	38%
Hotel Employees Restaurant Employees Local Union 19	$1,531,787	4	19%
Unite Here Local 355	$1,484,958	5	31%
Unite Here Local 362	$1,379,370	5	23%
Unite Here Local 274	$1,197,612	5	35%
Unite Here 217 Local	$1,054,203	5	34%
NY hotel and Motel Trades Cou	$1,000,000	1	n/a
610 Gwu Local de Puerto Rico	$897,640	4	57%
Local 2850-Oakland Ca	$875,528	2	n/a
Unite Here 165 Local Bartenders Int Affiliated Unite Here Intl Union	$720,702	2	21%
Unite Here Local 74	$674,548	5	35%
UNITE HERE Local 57	$595,293	2	48%
Unite Here Local Union 450	$584,757	2	36%
Unite Here Local 7	$552,845	4	26%
Citizens for a Responsible Anaheim Sponsored by Unite Here Local 11	$450,000	1	48%
Unite Here Local 878	$440,203	4	44%
Unite Here Local 483	$401,266	3	26%
Coalition to Protect Riders and Drivers sponsored by the CA Labor Federation AFL-CIO	$375,000	1	2%
Citizens for a Sustainable Laguna Beach	$300,000	1	82%
ShareBetter Education Fund	$250,000	1	n/a
United Mine Workers of America	$220,000	2	1%
Working Partnerships USA	$210,000	6	1%
International Union of Painters and Allied Trades	$200,000	2	0%
National Partnership for New Americans	$142,505	5	2%
Economic Policy Institute	$135,000	3	1%
Citizens for a Better Los Angeles 2022 Sponsored by Unite Here Local 11	$131,050	1	7%
Graduate Employees & Students Organization	$118,127	2	n/a
Citizens for Responsible Development Beverly Hills	$112,000	1	40%
Alliance to Fight for Health Care	$110,000	3	3%
Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy	$110,000	4	1%
New Haven Rising Inc	$108,100	1	43%
Catholic Legal Immigration Network Inc	$106,000	2	1%
Yes on Hla Sponsored by Unite Here Local 11	$100,000	1	n/a
Repairers of the Breach	$100,000	1	3%
American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations	$95,000	2	0%
School Cafeteria Employees Unite Here Local No 634 Legal Services Fund	$81,532	1	39%
Unite Here Local 688	$81,311	2	39%
Jobs with Justice Education Fund	$80,000	2	1%
Comminity Partner for I am 2018	$75,000	1	n/a
Unitehere Local 150	$64,133	2	36%
Demos a Network for Ideas and Action Ltd	$58,000	1	1%
Capital & Main	$55,000	2	1%
Candlelighters for Childhood Cancer	$53,500	7	1%
Maryland Citizens' Health Initiative Inc	$50,000	2	39%
Renters and Workers for a Better W Hollywood-Unite Here-Local 11	$50,000	1	n/a
San Diego and Imperial Counties Labor Council AFL-CIO	$50,000	2	1%
Congressional Black Caucus Foundation Inc	$50,000	1	1%
John Burton Advocates for Youth	$50,000	3	0%
Better Jobs for Alaska Inc	$50,000	1	3%
Casa Inc	$50,000	1	0%
America's Voice	$50,000	1	3%
Unite Here Local 21	$48,076	1	85%
Pride at Work Afl-Cio	$40,000	4	4%
Jewish Labor Committee	$40,000	3	5%
Orange County Communities Organized for Responsible Development	$40,000	2	2%
Clergy and Laity United for Economic Justice	$37,500	3	2%
Workers Defense League Inc	$35,000	2	12%
Catholic Labor Network	$35,000	1	20%
National Lgbtq Task Force	$31,500	3	0%
Chic Productions LLC	$30,000	3	n/a
Local Progress Policy Action	$29,500	3	1%
America's Agenda Health Care for All	$25,000	1	4%
CNAhealthy california CA	$25,000	1	n/a
New Jersey State AFL-CIO COPE	$25,000	1	4%
New York Immigration Coalition Inc	$25,000	1	0%
AZ Donor Alliance	$25,000	1	n/a
Restaurant Opportunities Centers United Inc	$21,000	1	0%
Afl-Cio Philadelphia Council	$20,000	2	1%
The Labor Heritage Foundation	$20,000	2	6%
National Immigration Law Center	$20,000	1	0%
National Baptist Convention of America Inc	$20,000	1	n/a
Trustees for Harvard University	$20,000	2	0%
Afl-Cio Technology Institute	$20,000	2	0%
Rainbow Push Coalition	$20,000	2	n/a
Catholic Bishop of Chicago	$20,000	2	n/a
Interfaith Worker Justice	$20,000	1	1%
Nilc Immigrant Justice Fund	$20,000	1	4%
United Farm Workers of America	$20,000	2	0%
International Labor Rights Forum	$20,000	1	1%
Center for Community Change	$20,000	1	0%
Texas New Era Center Jobs With Justice	$19,000	1	22%
Farm Labor Organizing Committee	$15,000	1	2%
NAACP Empowerment Programs Inc	$15,000	1	0%
Unite Here 34 Local Fue	$12,765	1	0%
Albert Einstein College of Medicine	$12,000	1	n/a
Clark County Public Education Foundation Inc	$10,000	1	0%
American Civil Liberties Union Inc	$10,000	1	0%
Citizen Education Fund Inc	$10,000	1	n/a
Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance AFL -Cio	$10,000	1	3%
Partnershipforciviljusticefund	$10,000	1	6%
Northern Virginia CLC AFL-CIO	$10,000	1	5%
Institute for Asian Pacific American Leadership and Advancement	$10,000	1	2%
Innocence Project New Orleans	$10,000	1	0%
American Constitution Society for Law & Policy	$10,000	1	0%
Blood Cancer United Inc	$10,000	1	0%
National Action Network Inc	$10,000	1	0%
Catalyst California	$10,000	1	0%
Chic Productions LLC	$10,000	1	n/a
Institute for Asian Pacific American Leadership an	$10,000	1	n/a
St Mary of the Lake Seminary	$10,000	1	n/a
The American Federation of Labor	$10,000	1	1%
Alliance for Global Justice Corp	$10,000	1	0%
Chinese Progressive Association	$10,000	1	0%
United States Capitol Historical Society	$10,000	1	0%
Georgetown University	$10,000	1	0%
New Haven Works Inc	$10,000	1	1%
Charity Navigator	$10,000	1	0%
New York Common Pantry	$10,000	1	0%
New York Board of Rabbis Inc	$10,000	1	n/a
Peggy Browning Fund	$10,000	1	2%
University of California Davis	$9,750	1	n/a
Documentary Educational Resources Inc	$9,000	1	1%
Central American Resource Center - CARECEN - of California	$8,500	1	n/a
James R Hoffa Memorial Scholarship Fund Inc	$7,500	1	0%
Good Jobs First	$7,500	1	1%
Institute Justice and Democracy in Haiti Inc	$7,500	1	0%
Metropolitan Washington Council Afl-Cio	$7,500	1	1%
Lonnie R Stephenson Charitable Trust Inc	$6,500	1	n/a
Netroots Nation (F/K/A Bloggerpowerorg)	$6,000	1	0%

Unite Here supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 34 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 114 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

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How this is measured

Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 114.

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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.

Communications Workers of America Afl-Cio ClcDC47.3× affinity21 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Communications Workers of America Afl-Cio Clc · United Food and Commercial Workers International Union · American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees · International Brotherhood of Teamsters · Unite Here Action Fund · International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers · Int Union United Auto National Community Action Program · American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations · United Steel Paper and Forestry Rubber Manufacturing Energy Allied · Office and Professional Employees International Union · International Union of Painters and Allied Trades · International Union of Bricklayers & Allied Craftworkers

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.

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About Unite Here

How much does Unite Here give?: Unite Here reported 55 grants totaling $20,145,658 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 25 and 49 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Unite Here fund?: By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Employment (65%), Civil Rights (30%), Membership Benefit (2%).
Who are Unite Here's largest grantees?: By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Unite Here PAC ($34M), Airport Concessions & Inflight Local 23 ($8.9M), Unite Here Local Union 226 Culinary Workers Union Local 226 ($8.2M).
Does Unite Here fund new organizations?: In FY2023, 35% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as Unite Here?: Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Communications Workers of America Afl-Cio Clc, United Food and Commercial Workers International Union, American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees.
Where is Unite Here based?: Unite Here is based in NY.