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United Steelworkers

The mission statement of the organization includes, but is not limited to on behalf of its members collective bargaining, grievance procedures, arbitration, strike benefits, education, organize, and to improve the working conditions of its members.

$81k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
3
Itemized grants FY2025
6
Organizations funded FY2023
67%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Itemized, FY2025
$46k
The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2025
$15,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$20,750
Organizations funded a year
2 to 6
FY2020 to FY2023
States reached, FY2025
1
Total assets, FY2025
$3.5M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 67% of the organizations United Steelworkers funded were first-time grantees, receiving 63% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 38% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $50k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23
Arts & CultureEmploymentOther
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 yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving3$46k33%
FY20236$80k67%
FY20222$33k50%
FY20214$44k75%
FY20203$50kn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Employment$142kCommunity Improvement$26kMembership Benefit$20kCivil Rights$20kArts & Culture$15kPublic Benefit$15kReligion$10kEducation$5k

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
California Labor Federation AFL-CIO$35,27110%
Lclaa la Chapter$35,0003n/a
Korean Immigrant Workers Advocates of Southern California$25,80030%
South Bay Center for Counciling$25,0002n/a
The Miguel Contreras Foundation$25,00011%
Los Angeles County Federation of Labor Afl-Cio$22,50020%
Labor Community Services$20,7501n/a
United Steelworkers$20,13010%
United Steelworkers Local 12-00005$20,00011%
American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations$10,00010%
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All grantees of United Steelworkers by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
California Labor Federation AFL-CIO$35,27110%
Lclaa la Chapter$35,0003n/a
Korean Immigrant Workers Advocates of Southern California$25,80030%
South Bay Center for Counciling$25,0002n/a
The Miguel Contreras Foundation$25,00011%
Los Angeles County Federation of Labor Afl-Cio$22,50020%
Labor Community Services$20,7501n/a
United Steelworkers$20,13010%
United Steelworkers Local 12-00005$20,00011%
American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations$10,00010%
Jobs with Justice San Francisco$8,50011%
Ielc$5,0001n/a

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget United Steelworkers supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCalifornia Labor Federation AFL-CIO: $35,271 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetKorean Immigrant Workers Advocates of Southern California: $25,800 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetThe Miguel Contreras Foundation: $25,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetLos Angeles County Federation of Labor Afl-Cio: $22,500 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetUnited Steelworkers: $20,130 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetUnited Steelworkers Local 12-00005: $20,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetAmerican Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJobs with Justice San Francisco: $8,500 over 1y, 0.9% of budget

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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 8.

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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.

The James Irvine FoundationCA13.2× affinity4 shared granteesties to 0 of 0Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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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 United Steelworkers

How much does United Steelworkers give?
United Steelworkers reported 3 itemized grants totaling $45,750, out of $80,976 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 6 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
What does United Steelworkers fund?
By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Employment (56%), Community Improvement (10%), Membership Benefit (8%).
Who are United Steelworkers's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: California Labor Federation AFL-CIO ($35k), Lclaa la Chapter ($35k), Korean Immigrant Workers Advocates of Southern California ($26k).
Does United Steelworkers fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 67% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as United Steelworkers?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The James Irvine Foundation.
Where is United Steelworkers based?
United Steelworkers is based in CA.

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 12 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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