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United for Respect Education Fund

United For Respect Education Fund elevates the voices of those employed in the growing service economy to ensure industry leaders and policymakers provide family-sustaining jobs for all working Americans.

$215k
Granted FY2023
3
Grants FY2023
3
States reached
$89k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its fieldRead
04Through 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, FY2019 to 2023.

Employment$673kEnvironment$175kCivil Rights$105kEducation$96kPublic Benefit$89kHealth$50kFood & Nutrition$35k
02FY2023 · 3 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2023

  • $10k–50k1 grant · $45k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $168k
$79,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$3.7M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Georgetown Law$89,000
Demand Progress$79,000
Step Up Louisiana Organizing$44,500
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:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY19–23) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 71% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%One Fair Wage: $10k → 8%Centro de Trabajadores Unidos: $10k → 11%Media Justice: $50k → 7%WORKING PARTNERSHIPS USA: $50k → 8%Green Workers Alliance: $10k → 10%Warehouse Work Resource Cntr: $25k → 14%PILIPINO WORKERS CENTER OF SO CA: $50k → 14%National Domestic Workers: $6k → 17%Center for Popular Democracy: $10k → 20%Workers Defense Project: $28k → 10%Georgetown Law: $89k → 14%Duniafore Foundation: $7k → 19%Highlander Research Education: $17k → 11%Action Institute NC: $7k → 10%Beloved Comm Cntr Greensboro: $7k → 16%Heartland Center: $20k → 8%Southerners on New Ground: $16k → 13%Trailhead Institute: $8k → 12%Working Washington Fair Work: $10k → 9%WAREHOUSE WORKERS FOR JUSTICE: $20k → 14%NJ21 United: $5k → 11%Newark Water-PowerShiftNetwrk: $7k → 16%LC COCINA VA: $35k → 7%Step Up Louisiana Organizing: $45k → 23%Demand Progress: $79k → 8%REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA: $30k → 10%LAANE: $50k → 14%Fund for City of New York: $12k → 17%NY Communities for Change: $40k → 20%Institute for Self-Reliance: $175k → 14%Colorado Jobs with Justice: $10k → 12%CHICAGO JOBS WITH JUSTICE: $20k → 14%StepUp Louisiana: $18k → 23%RESEARCH FOUNDATION OF CUNY: $7k → 17%WORKING FAMILIES ORGANIZATION: $60k → 20%JOBS WITH JUSTICE EDUCATION FUND: $6k → 14%WAREHOUSE WORKERS FOR JUSTICE: $10k → 14%Movement Catalyst LLC: $33k → 14%Blocks Together: $16k → 14%BYP100 Education: $17k → 14%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

WA
MN
IL
NY
MA
PA
NJ
CA
CO
MO
VA
MD
TN
NC
DC
LA
GA
TX
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.
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Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 14% of United for Respect Education Fund’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.

United for Respect Education Fundlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its 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.

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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
Fair Work Center

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…

Employment
3
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
4
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…

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5
LaborLab

LaborLab is a nonprofit watchdog dedicated to safeguarding workers rights to organize, win strong contracts, and build lasting collective power. Through strategic research, educational resources, and corporate accountability, we empower…

Human Services
6
Central Ohio Workers Center Inc

The Central Ohio Worker Center is a non-profit organization that educates, empowers, and advocates for and with low-wage and immigrant workers in Central Ohio.

Civil Rights
7
Jobs with Justice

Jobs with Justice is the nations only policy and advocacy organization dedicated to advancing workers rights to form unions and bargain with their employers for fair wages, benefits, and working conditions.

Civil Rights
8
United States Federation for Worker Cooperation

To build a thriving ecosystem for worker-owned and controlled businesses - and their cooperative leaders - to power movements for racial justice and economic democracy.

Employment
9
Philadelphia Area Jobs With Justice

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

Employment
10
Chicago Workers' Collaborative Nfp

Chicago Workers' Collaborative's mission is to promote full employment and equality for the lowest wage-earners, primarily temporary staffing workers, in the Chicago region through leadership and skills training, critical assistance and…

Education
11
Jobs With Justice Education Fund

The organization serves as a coalition of labor organizations, community groups, faith-based organizations, and student groups dedicated to protecting the rights of working people. To this end, the corporation shall engage in organizing…

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12
National Legal Advocacy Network Dba Glow

The National Legal Advocacy Network d/b/a Grassroots Law & Organizing for Workers is a legal non-profit organization dedicated to using legal strategies as a tool to build power for marginalized workers and create systemic change through…

Crime & Legal
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is National Domestic Workers Alliance Inc; the most unlike its peers is Southerners On New Ground Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

33 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. 33 of the 41 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
31/33
Grantees still filing
24/33
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

INSTITUTE FOR LOCAL SELF RELIANCE: $175,000 · Community ImprovementINSTITUTE FOR LOCAL SELF RE…F&L ORGANIZATIONAL SUPPORT SERVICES: $75,000 · Community ImprovementF&L ORGANIZATIONAL SUPPORT …PILIPINO WORKERS CENTER OF SOUTHERN: $50,000 · Community ImprovementPILIPINO WORKERS CENTER OF …Step Up Louisiana Organizing Fund: $62,050 · Civil RightsStep Up Louisiana Organi…WORKING FAMILIES ORGANIZATION INC: $60,000 · Civil RightsWORKING FAMILIES ORGANIZ…New York Communities For Change Inc: $39,825 · Civil RightsNew York Communities For…CHICAGO JOBS WITH JUSTICE: $20,000 · Civil RightsCHICAGO JOBS WITH JUSTIC…HEARTLAND CENTER FOR JOBS AND FREEDOM INC: $20,000 · Civil RightsHEARTLAND CENTER FOR JOB…BYP100 Education Fund: $16,940 · Civil RightsBYP100 Education FundSOUTHERNERS ON NEW GROUND INC: $15,785 · Civil RightsSOUTHERNERS ON NEW GROUN…North Bay Jobs With Justice: $14,675 · Civil RightsNorth Bay Jobs With Just…ONE FAIR WAGE INC: $10,000 · Civil Rights+1 more: $5,544 · Civil RightsMEDIA JUSTICE NETWORK: $50,000 · OtherMEDIA JUSTICE NETWORKMovement Catalyst LLC: $33,000 · OtherMovement Catalyst LLCREGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT BERKELEY: $30,000 · OtherREGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY…Highlander Research Education: $16,623 · OtherHighlander Research Educa…BLOCKS TOGETHER: $15,785 · OtherBLOCKS TOGETHERWorking Washington Fair Work: $10,000 · OtherGreen Workers Alliance: $10,000 · OtherLA COCINA VA: $35,200 · OtherLA COCINA VAWarehouse Workers Justice Center Inc: $30,450 · OtherWarehouse Workers Justice…FUND FOR THE CITY OF NEW YORK INC: $11,858 · Other+5 more: $33,506 · Other+5 moreGEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY: $89,000 · EducationGEORGETOWN …WORKERS DEFENSE PROJECT: $28,275 · EducationWORKERS DEF…Research Foundation of the City University of New York: $6,500 · EducationWorking Partnerships USA: $50,000 · HealthWorking P…LOS ANGELES ALLIANCE FOR A NEW ECONOMY: $50,000 · HealthLOS ANGEL…TRAILHEAD INSTITUTE: $7,550 · HealthTRAILHEAD…DEMAND PROGRESS ACTION INC: $79,000 · Public BenefitCENTER FOR POPULAR DEMOCRACY INC: $10,000 · Public BenefitWarehouse Worker Resource Center: $25,000 · EmploymentCOLORADO JOBS WITH JUSTICE INC: $10,000 · EmploymentCENTRO DE TRABAJADORES UNIDOS EN LUCHA: $10,000 · EmploymentMissouri Workers Center: $10,000 · EmploymentJobs with Justice Education Fund: $6,000 · Employment
Community Improvement$300,000Civil Rights$264,819Other$276,422Education$123,775Health$107,550Public Benefit$89,000Employment$61,000

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 budgetINSTITUTE FOR LOCAL SELF RELIANCE: $175,000 over 1y, 3.1% of budgetGEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY: $89,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDEMAND PROGRESS ACTION INC: $79,000 over 1y, 7.9% of budgetF&L ORGANIZATIONAL SUPPORT SERVICES: $75,000 over 1y, 85% of budgetStep Up Louisiana Organizing Fund: $62,050 over 2y, 3.0% of budgetWORKING FAMILIES ORGANIZATION INC: $60,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetWorking Partnerships USA: $50,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetLOS ANGELES ALLIANCE FOR A NEW ECONOMY: $50,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetNew York Communities For Change Inc: $39,825 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetLA COCINA VA: $35,200 over 1y, 3.8% of budgetWORKERS DEFENSE PROJECT: $28,275 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetWarehouse Worker Resource Center: $25,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetHEARTLAND CENTER FOR JOBS AND FREEDOM INC: $20,000 over 1y, 3.1% of budgetBYP100 Education Fund: $16,940 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSOUTHERNERS ON NEW GROUND INC: $15,785 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNorth Bay Jobs With Justice: $14,675 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetFUND FOR THE CITY OF NEW YORK INC: $11,858 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOLORADO JOBS WITH JUSTICE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetONE FAIR WAGE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCENTRO DE TRABAJADORES UNIDOS EN LUCHA: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetMissouri Workers Center: $10,000 over 1y, 14% of budgetCENTER FOR POPULAR DEMOCRACY INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTRAILHEAD INSTITUTE: $7,550 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPOWER SHIFT NETWORK: $7,325 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetACTION INSTITUTE NC: $7,095 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetThe Beloved Community Center of Greensboro Inc: $6,831 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetResearch Foundation of the City University of New York: $6,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJobs with Justice Education Fund: $6,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNational Domestic Workers Alliance Inc: $5,544 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

Amalgamated Charitabl…Tides FoundationJobs with Justice Edu…Center for Popular De…The Ford FoundationNew Venture FundSolidago FoundationMarguerite Casey Foun…Windward FundNEO Philanthropy IncThe Nathan Cummings F…Impactassetsinc
Amalgamated Charitable Foundation IncDC33.6× affinity16 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc · Tides Foundation · Jobs with Justice Education Fund · Center for Popular Democracy Inc · The Ford Foundation · New Venture Fund · Solidago Foundation · Marguerite Casey Foundation · Windward Fund · NEO Philanthropy Inc · The Nathan Cummings Foundation Inc · Impactassetsinc

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 United for Respect Education Fund funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from United for Respect Education Fund. Bigger dots raise more.

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no gov · 10%6%23%51%90%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    9report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
    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.
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    How do I get to United for Respect Education Fund?

    Find your warmest path to United for Respect Education 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 41 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 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

    Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record and reports no grant expense, so the figures above are from FY2023, the most recent year this funder made grants.

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