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Unite Here Action Fund

UNITE HERE ACTION FUND is organized to promote social welfare within the meaning of section 501(c)(4) of the internal revenue code, including by assisting hospitality workers and their families to achieve economic, social, and racial justice in workplaces and communities through education and advocacy, leadership development, and…

$2.5M
Granted FY2025still arriving
14
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$1.0M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.

Employment$2.2MPhilanthropy$1.6MCivil Rights$1.5MCommunity Improvement$1.2MPublic Benefit$480kArts & Culture$225kHealth$35kYouth Development$25kOther$0
02FY2025 · 14 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 14 grants below total $2,407,002, the rows itemized in this filing. The $2,546,270 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $139,268 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $10k–50k7 grants · $125k
  • $50k–250k5 grants · $430k
  • $250k+2 grants · $1.9M
$50,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$4.9M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
FOR OUR FUTURE ACTION FUND$1,000,000
WORKER POWER$852,002
21ST CENTURY ILGWU HERITAGE FUND$200,000
DEMOCRACY ALLIANCE$70,000
AMERICA VOTES INC$60,000
PROGRESSIVE STATE LEADERS COMMITTEE$50,000
WORKER POWER INSTITUTE$50,000
DEMOCRATIC TREASURERS ASSOCIATION$25,000
STATE POLICY INSTITUTE$25,000
JOHN BURTON ADVOCATES FOR YOUTH$20,000
HEALTHY CALIFORNIA NOW$20,000
THE REGENTS OF UNIV OF CA$15,000
EPI ACTION$10,000
AMERICANS FOR RESPONSIBLE GROWTH$10,000
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 (FY21–21, $40k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 88% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%CHIRLA ACTION FUND: $5k → 14%NAT'L PARTNERSHIP FOR NEW AMERICANS: $25k → 14%CASA IN ACTION: $5k → 11%CA ALLIANCE FOR RETIRED AMERICANS: $5k → 10%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

IL
MI
NY
MA
NV
CT
CA
VA
MD
AZ
DC
GA
FL
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.

6%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$410k · 5 repeat orgs$7.0M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +27% since the first grant, against -2% for those funded once.

5 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2025, 1 since wound down; 10 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

5
33

Total granted

$410k
$4.8M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+27%
-2%

Still filing today

80%
70%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 8% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2.2M went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23’24’25
Community ImprovementCivil RightsHuman ServicesHealthEmploymentYouth DevelopmentOther
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

  • DA
    DEMOCRACY ALLIANCE
    2× · 2024–2025 · $140k
  • AV
    America Votes
    3× · 2023–2025 · $130k · revenue +53%
  • WP
    WORKER POWER INSTITUTE
    2× · 2024–2025 · $100k · revenue 0%

Funded once

  • UH
    UNITE HERE EDUCATION AND SUPPORT FUND
    one grant, 2021 · $1.8M · revenue -97%
  • UH
    UNITE HERE TIP STATE AND LOCAL FUND
    one grant, 2023 · $1.5M
  • UH
    UNITE HERE LOCAL 26 SEPERATE FUND
    one grant, 2022 · $321k
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
Jobs with Justice San Francisco

A long-term, strategic alliance of labor, community, faith-based, and student organizations working together to build greater economic power for workers and community members through employee rights at work and access to good jobs,…

Employment
2
Laborers International Union of State of Mi

Collective bargaining and representation

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3
Afl-Cio Union Lawyers Alliance

Afl-cio union lawyers alliance was established to better the conditions of working men and women and their families by enhancing the quality of legal representation that is available to the afl-cio and the national and international unions…

—
4
American Workers for Progress

American workers for progress works to ensure that leaders at every level are focused on reducing barriers to job growth and addressing economic challenges to guarantee a better future for all americans.

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5
Working Washington

We are workers, united across different industries to improve our working conditions and our lives. We come together as working people to build power through education, organizing, and enforcement. We work to raise and uphold standards in…

—
6
Washington State Labor Council Afl-Cio

To protect and strengthen the rights and conditions of working people and their families.

—
7
Laborers International Union of 341 Hcl

Union hall devoted to the betterment of members compensation and working conditions, to secure recognition of workers rights to engage in collective bargaining, and to promote the development and maintenance of on-the-job safety practices…

—
8
The Laborers Pacific Southwest Regional Organizing Coalition

to organize workers in the laborers international union of north America, afl-cio pacific southwest region through a coordinated program to maintain and improve employment opportunities for affiliated local union members and to recruit new…

Employment
9
Laborers International Union of North America - Local 1076

The local is a nonprofit organization established to represent its members in wage and fringe benefits matters in the construction industry. the local's primary areas of jurisdiction are oakland and livingston counties.

—
10
Laborers' International Union of North America Laborers' Local #43

Promote and protect the interests of the members of the local

—
11
Fuerza LaboralPower of Workers

Fuerza Laboral is a workers' rights center whose mission is to shift the balance of power in our economy in favor of workers by educating, training, and organizing workers to become community leaders; taking direct action to recover unpaid…

Education
12
Laborers International Union of North America

Representing members in matters of collective bargaining.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Center for Community Change Action; the most unlike its peers is 21ST Century Ilgwu Heritage Fund. 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

35 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. 35 of the 48 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
35/35
Grantees still filing
14/35
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UNITE HERE TIP STATE AND LOCAL FUND: $1,500,000 · OtherUNITE HERE TIP STATE AND LOCAL FUNDFOR OUR FUTURE ACTION FUND: $1,000,000 · OtherFOR OUR FUTURE ACTION FUNDUNITE HERE LOCAL 26 SEPERATE FUND: $321,300 · OtherUNITE HERE LOCAL 26 SEPERATE FUNDCOMPOSE LLC: $183,000 · OtherVOTE YES FOR WORKERS RIGHTS: $150,000 · OtherDEMOCRACY ALLIANCE: $140,000 · Other+19 more: $601,000 · Other+19 moreUNITE HERE EDUCATION AND SUPPORT FUND: $1,812,000 · Community ImprovementUNITE HERE EDUCATION AND SUPPORT FUNDWORKER POWER: $852,002 · Community ImprovementWORKER POWERAmerica Votes: $130,000 · Community ImprovementWORKER POWER INSTITUTE: $100,000 · Community Improvement+2 more: $55,000 · Community Improvement21ST CENTURY ILGWU HERITAGE FUND: $200,000 · PhilanthropyHOSPITALITY EMPLOYEES ADVANCEMENT AND TRAINING INC: $150,000 · EmploymentJEWISH LABOR COMMITTEE: $15,000 · EmploymentBVM CAPACITY BUILDING INSTITUTE INC: $50,000 · Civil RightsCONGRESSIONAL BLACK CAUCUS POLITICAL EDU CATION AND LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE: $25,000 · Civil RightsCENTER FOR EMPOWERED POLITICS: $10,000 · Civil RightsJobs with Justice: $5,000 · Civil RightsPRIDE AT WORK AFL-CIO: $5,000 · Civil RightsNATIONAL PARTNERSHIP FOR NEW AMERICANS: $25,000 · Human ServicesAMERICANS FOR RESPONSIBLE GROWTH: $10,000 · Human ServicesCalifornians for Human Immigrant Rights Leadership Action Fund: $5,000 · Human ServicesCALIFORNIA ALLIANCE FOR RETIRED AMERICANS: $5,000 · Human ServicesCASA IN ACTION INC: $5,000 · Human ServicesHEALTHY CALIFORNIA NOW: $20,000 · HealthCANDLELIGHTERS FOR CHILDHOOD CANCER: $5,000 · HealthWorking Partnerships USA: $5,000 · HealthLOS ANGELES ALLIANCE FOR A NEW ECONOMY: $5,000 · Health
Other$3,895,300Community Improvement$2,949,002Philanthropy$200,000Employment$165,000Civil Rights$95,000Human Services$50,000Health$35,000

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 budgetHOSPITALITY EMPLOYEES ADVANCEMENT AND TRAINING INC: $150,000 over 1y, 58% of budgetAmerica Votes: $130,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetUNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA: $100,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetWORKER POWER INSTITUTE: $100,000 over 2y, 4.3% of budgetRICHMONDERS FOR GOOD JOBS: $76,000 over 1y, 5.4% of budgetBVM CAPACITY BUILDING INSTITUTE INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetNEW HAVEN RISING INC: $50,000 over 1y, 15% of budgetState Policy Institute: $25,000 over 1y, 6.9% of budgetCONGRESSIONAL BLACK CAUCUS POLITICAL EDU CATION AND LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE: $25,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetJohn Burton Advocates for Youth: $25,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetNATIONAL PARTNERSHIP FOR NEW AMERICANS: $25,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetHEALTHY CALIFORNIA NOW: $20,000 over 1y, 19% of budgetJEWISH LABOR COMMITTEE: $15,000 over 2y, 3.6% of budgetCENTER FOR EMPOWERED POLITICS: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetEPI ACTION: $10,000 over 1y, 5.6% of budgetECONOMIC POLICY INSTITUTE: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetINTERNATIONAL LABOR RIGHTS FORUM: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetJobs with Justice: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCALIFORNIA ALLIANCE FOR RETIRED AMERICANS: $5,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetCANDLELIGHTERS FOR CHILDHOOD CANCER: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetPRIDE AT WORK AFL-CIO: $5,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetCENTER FOR COMMUNITY CHANGE ACTION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN LABOR ALLIANCE AFL -CIO: $5,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetAMERICAN CONSTITUTION SOCIETY FOR LAW & POLICY: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWorking Partnerships USA: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLOS ANGELES ALLIANCE FOR A NEW ECONOMY: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetORANGE COUNTY COMMUNITIES ORGANIZED FOR RESPONSIBLE DEVELOPMENT: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCASA IN ACTION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% 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.

Unite HereSixteen Thirty FundUnited Food and Comme…Communications Worker…Tides FoundationInt Union United Auto…American Federation o…Open Society Action F…National Education As…State Engagement FundNorth FundNEO Philanthropy Inc
Unite HereNY34.5× affinity14 shared granteesties to 10 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Unite Here · Sixteen Thirty Fund · United Food and Commercial Workers International Union · Communications Workers of America Afl-Cio Clc · Tides Foundation · Int Union United Auto National Community Action Program · American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees · Open Society Action Fund Inc · National Education Association of the United States · State Engagement Fund · North Fund · NEO Philanthropy Inc

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 Unite Here Action Fund funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Unite Here Action Fund. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%4%15%34%60%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    3get no government money at all
    3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–10%
    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.
    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Unite Here Action Fund?

    Find your warmest path to Unite Here Action Fund 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 48 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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