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Voter Registration Project

VOTER REGISTRATION PROJECT's purpose is to carry out nonpartisan voter registration programs and assist other nonprofit organizations in planning, implementing and evaluating such programs.

$44M
Granted FY2024still arriving
65
Grants FY2024still arriving
15
States reached
$3.4M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Public Benefit$169MEnvironment$11MCivil Rights$767kCommunity Improvement$114kPhilanthropy$70k
02FY2024 · 65 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • $10k–50k3 grants · $85k
  • $50k–250k20 grants · $2.9M
  • $250k+42 grants · $41M
$465,618
Median grant
15
States reached
$9.2M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
NC A PHILIP RANDOLPH INSTITUTE INC$3,423,961
VOTER FORMATION PROJECT$3,120,000
LEAGUE OF CONSERVATION VOTERS EDUCATION FUND$2,796,605
MI FAMILIA VOTA EDUCATION FUND$2,623,792
NEW GEORGIA PROJECT$2,407,181
UNIDOSUS$2,097,471
STATE VOICES$1,651,053
BLACK MEN VOTE$1,549,361
BATTLEGROUND TX ENGAGEMENT FUND$1,480,099
FLORIDA RISING TOGETHER$1,097,999
NEXTGEN EDUCATION FUND$1,078,317
JOLT INITIATIVE INC$998,147
ENGAGE FLORIDA CIVIC FUND$968,890
TIDES FOUNDATION$896,248
CHISPA NEVADA A PROGRAM OF THE LEAGUE OF CONSERVATION VOTERS EDUCATION FUND$797,840
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 (FY18–24, $6.2M) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 94% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%ACTIONN: $140k → 10%STUDENT ORGANIZING INC: $369k → 16%COUNCIL ON AMERICAN-ISLAMIC RELATIONS PENNSYLVANIA: $48k → 22%THE FIRST COAST LEADERSHIP FOUNDATION JACKSONVILLE: $606k → 14%ACTIONN: $60k → 10%MAKE THE ROAD PENNSYLVANIA: $616k → 20%THE FIRST COAST LEADERSHIP FOUNDATION JACKSONVILLE: $403k → 14%ACTIONN: $51k → 10%MAKE THE ROAD PENNSYLVANIA: $455k → 20%THE FIRST COAST LEADERSHIP FOUNDATION JACKSONVILLE: $316k → 14%THE FIRST COAST LEADERSHIP FOUNDATION JACKSONVILLE: $303k → 14%ACTIONN: $129k → 10%THE FIRST COAST LEADERSHIP FOUNDATION JACKSONVILLE: $295k → 14%GEORGIA COALITION FOR THE PEOPLE'S AGENDA: $611k → 13%THE FIRST COAST LEADERSHIP FOUNDATION JACKSONVILLE: $193k → 14%GEORGIA COALITION FOR THE PEOPLE'S AGENDA: $406k → 13%THE FIRST COAST LEADERSHIP FOUNDATION JACKSONVILLE: $173k → 14%GEORGIA COALITION FOR THE PEOPLE'S AGENDA: $355k → 13%GEORGIA COALITION FOR THE PEOPLE'S AGENDA: $189k → 13%VOTO LATINO FOUNDATION: $150k → 14%GEORGIA COALITION FOR THE PEOPLE'S AGENDA: $172k → 13%GEORGIA COALITION FOR THE PEOPLE'S AGENDA: $140k → 13%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
WI
MI
NY
MA
OR
NV
OH
PA
CA
CO
VA
MD
AZ
NC
DC
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.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

91%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$159M · 63 repeat orgs$15M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +97% since the first grant, against +18% for those funded once.

63 repeat relationships: 40 still active in FY2024, 23 since wound down; 18 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

63
28

Total granted

$159M
$8.7M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+97%
+18%

Still filing today

92%
64%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 85% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6.1M went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Civil RightsEducationCommunity ImprovementHuman ServicesEnvironmentPublic BenefitOther
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

  • SV
    STATE VOICES
    8× · 2017–2024 · $28M · revenue +57% · 30% of their budget
  • LO
    LEAGUE OF CONSERVATION VOTERS EDUCATION FUND
    7× · 2018–2024 · $18M · revenue +121%
  • MF
    MI FAMILIA EN ACCION
    8× · 2017–2024 · $11M · revenue +516% · 89% of their budget

Funded once

  • FS
    FAIR SHARE EDUCATION FUND INC
    one grant, 2018 · $2.8M
  • TO
    THE OUTREACH TEAM
    one grant, 2023 · $1.6M
  • CENTER FOR POPULAR DEMOCRACY INC
    one grant, 2020 · $742k · revenue 0%
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
America Votes

The Organization was established to coordinate and promote progressive issues, policies, initiatives, and referenda, and to pursue electoral reform that expands access to the ballot.

Community Improvement
2
League of Women Voters of New Jersey

Through grassroots people-powered advocacy and organizing, lwvnj trains, mobilizes, and educates advocates to have a greater voice in government and influence public policy.

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3
Nextgen Climate Action

Nextgen america empowers young people to engage in the democratic process through voter registration and civic engagement on issues of public policy. this is achieved through innovative digital outreach, communications, and grassroots…

Unclassified
4
Civica Initiatives

Empower people and strengthen democratic institutions

Community Improvement
5
Our Voice Our Vote Arizona

Our voice our vote arizona engages in community organizing, leadership development, and civic participation efforts. the organization focuses on voter registration, education, and engagement to strengthen communities and encourage active…

Civil Rights
6
Powerswitch Action

Powerswitch action is a national network forging collective democracy and economies in our cities and states, together with our 21 grassroots affiliates.

Community Improvement
7
Chicago Votes

Chicago Votes is a non-partisan, non-profit organization building a more inclusive democracy by putting power in the hands of young Chicagoans. We're engaging and developing a new generation of leaders by opening the doors of government,…

Civil Rights
8
Alabama Values

A nonpartisan grassroots communication organization that works to raise awareness and increase engagement around community issues in alabama by working directly with civic organizations advocating civic participation in communities across…

Arts & Culture
9
Civic Tn

Civictn and its partners are working individually and collectively to create a more accessible, inclusive, and representative democracy by lifting up the voices of the disenfranchised, restoring the power and accessibility of the vote, and…

Civil Rights
10
More Than a Vote

Educate, energize, and protect voters as they headed to the ballot box. but, as our name makes clear, we were always about more than voting.

Civil Rights
11
Democracy Works Inc

The organization's mission is to leverage web-technologies to improve civic engagement and voter education.

Civil Rights
12
Bold Impact

Bold Impact is a national nonprofit dedicated to supporting a democracy where all communities get to thrive.

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Accelerate Change Inc; the most unlike its peers is Saba K7 Inc. 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

101 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. 101 of the 113 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.

32
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
42
Early backer (in before they grew)
93/101
Grantees still filing
64/101
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

STATE VOICES: $27,506,923 · Civil RightsSTATE VOICESMI FAMILIA EN ACCION: $11,025,873 · Civil RightsMI FAMILIA EN ACCIONN C A PHILIP RANDOLPH INSTITUTE INC: $8,555,961 · Civil RightsN C A PHILIP RANDOLPH INSTITUTE INCNEW GEORGIA PROJECT INC: $6,575,224 · Civil RightsNEW GEORGIA PROJECT INCFLORIDA RISING TOGETHER INC: $4,695,188 · Civil RightsONE ARIZONA: $4,252,528 · Civil RightsARIZONA CENTER FOR EMPOWERMENT: $4,217,765 · Civil RightsVOTER FORMATION PROJECT: $4,110,000 · Civil Rights+33 more: $25,645,073 · Civil Rights+33 moreLEAGUE OF CONSERVATION VOTERS EDUCATION FUND: $18,352,970 · EnvironmentLEAGUE OF CONSER…GOODPOWER EDUCATION FUND INC: $3,013,649 · EnvironmentGOODPOWER EDUCAT…THE ALLIANCE FOR CLIMATE PROTECTION: $2,978,311 · EnvironmentTHE ALLIANCE FOR…FAITH ORGANIZING ALLIANCE: $957,071 · Environment+1 more: $504,858 · EnvironmentUNIDOSUS: $5,761,727 · OtherUNIDOSUSFLORIDA INSTITUTE FOR REFORM AND EM DBA ORGANIZE FLORIDA EDUCATION FUND: $1,868,062 · OtherFLORIDA INSTITUTE …REAL WOMEN RADIO FOUNDATION: $1,599,340 · OtherREAL WOMEN RADIO F…THE OUTREACH TEAM: $1,569,798 · OtherTHE OUTREACH TEAMBGTX Engagement Fund: $1,480,099 · OtherCASA INC: $1,034,842 · OtherTIDES FOUNDATION: $3,400,534 · OtherTIDES FOUNDATIONHOPEWELL FUND: $2,552,625 · OtherHOPEWELL FUNDGeorgia Strategic Alliance for New: $1,756,340 · OtherGeorgia Strategic …Make the Road New York: $1,100,990 · Other+30 more: $6,988,426 · Other+30 moreWORKER POWER INSTITUTE: $2,686,542 · Community ImprovementHISPANIC FEDERATION INC: $2,206,145 · Community ImprovementUNIFOUR ONE INC: $1,908,022 · Community ImprovementASIAN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL: $1,439,020 · Community ImprovementDETROIT CHANGE INITIATIVE: $483,437 · Community Improvement+3 more: $116,125 · Community ImprovementThe First Coast Leadership Foundation Jacksonville Inc: $2,289,472 · Human ServicesGeorgia Coalition for the People's Agenda: $1,873,676 · Human ServicesTIDES CENTER: $1,277,844 · Human ServicesMake The Road States Inc: $1,070,895 · Human ServicesACTING IN COMMUNITY TOGETHER IN ORGANIZING NORTHERN NEVADA: $529,715 · Human ServicesSTUDENT ORGANIZING INC: $368,845 · Human Services+1 more: $48,301 · Human ServicesFAIR SHARE EDUCATION FUND INC: $2,754,000 · EducationVIRGINIA NEW MAJORITY EDUCATION FUND: $1,611,883 · EducationBLUEPRINT NORTH CAROLINA: $1,257,381 · EducationForward Together Wisconsin: $480,000 · EducationMinnesota State College Student Association Inc: $352,914 · EducationPHILANTHROPY KIDS: $232,198 · Education+2 more: $246,771 · EducationTHE OHIO ORGANIZING COLLABORATIVE: $3,934,997 · Public BenefitNEO Philanthropy Inc: $1,564,721 · Public BenefitCENTER FOR POPULAR DEMOCRACY INC: $741,725 · Public BenefitMinnesota Voice: $581,549 · Public Benefit
Civil Rights$96,584,535Environment$25,806,859Other$29,112,783Community Improvement$8,839,291Human Services$7,458,748Education$6,935,147Public Benefit$6,822,992

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 budgetSTATE VOICES: $27,506,923 over 8y, 30% of budgetLEAGUE OF CONSERVATION VOTERS EDUCATION FUND: $18,352,970 over 7y, 15% of budgetMI FAMILIA EN ACCION: $11,025,873 over 8y, 89% of budgetN C A PHILIP RANDOLPH INSTITUTE INC: $8,555,961 over 8y, 38% of budgetNEW GEORGIA PROJECT INC: $6,575,224 over 6y, 57% of budgetUNIDOSUS: $5,761,727 over 6y, 2.9% of budgetFLORIDA RISING TOGETHER INC: $4,695,188 over 7y, 9.0% of budgetONE ARIZONA: $4,252,528 over 8y, 8.7% of budgetARIZONA CENTER FOR EMPOWERMENT: $4,217,765 over 5y, 39% of budgetVOTER FORMATION PROJECT: $4,110,000 over 2y, 46% of budgetTHE OHIO ORGANIZING COLLABORATIVE: $3,934,997 over 4y, 29% of budgetTIDES FOUNDATION: $3,400,534 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetGOODPOWER EDUCATION FUND INC: $3,013,649 over 5y, 35% of budgetTHE ALLIANCE FOR CLIMATE PROTECTION: $2,978,311 over 3y, 6.3% of budgetPROGEORGIA STATE TABLE INC: $2,886,584 over 8y, 6.3% of budgetWORKER POWER INSTITUTE: $2,686,542 over 6y, 71% of budgetHOPEWELL FUND: $2,552,625 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetThe First Coast Leadership Foundation Jacksonville Inc: $2,289,472 over 7y, 100% of budgetHISPANIC FEDERATION INC: $2,206,145 over 8y, 2.0% of budgetUNIFOUR ONE INC: $1,908,022 over 7y, 68% of budgetGeorgia Coalition for the People's Agenda: $1,873,676 over 6y, 21% of budgetFLORIDA INSTITUTE FOR REFORM AND EM DBA ORGANIZE FLORIDA EDUCATION FUND: $1,868,062 over 4y, 24% of budgetARIZONA COALITION FOR CHANGE: $1,804,702 over 6y, 35% of budgetBLACK MEN VOTE: $1,794,871 over 2y, 44% of budgetGeorgia Strategic Alliance for New: $1,756,340 over 8y, 18% of budgetVIRGINIA NEW MAJORITY EDUCATION FUND: $1,611,883 over 3y, 24% of budgetNEO Philanthropy Inc: $1,564,721 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetBGTX Engagement Fund: $1,480,099 over 1y, 87% of budgetNEXTGEN EDUCATION FUND: $1,469,169 over 2y, 5.3% of budgetONE PENNSYLVANIA ACTIVISTS UNITED: $1,467,878 over 2y, 26% of budgetASIAN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL: $1,439,020 over 7y, 19% of budgetACCELERATE CHANGE INC: $1,415,000 over 3y, 3.2% of budgetFlorida Immigrant Coalition Inc: $1,396,316 over 4y, 15% of budgetTIDES CENTER: $1,277,844 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetJOLT INITIATIVE: $1,272,599 over 2y, 36% of budgetBLUEPRINT NORTH CAROLINA: $1,257,381 over 6y, 45% of budgetVOTE REV ACTION FUND: $1,247,475 over 2y, 25% of budgetPENNSYLVANIA VOICE: $1,184,490 over 5y, 5.6% of budgetTHE COLLECTIVE EDUCATION FUND: $1,130,000 over 2y, 17% of budgetMake the Road New York: $1,100,990 over 3y, 1.8% of budgetMake The Road States Inc: $1,070,895 over 2y, 3.3% of budgetCASA INC: $1,034,842 over 3y, 1.8% of budgetENGAGE FLORIDA CIVIC FUND INC: $968,890 over 1y, 17% of budgetFAITH ORGANIZING ALLIANCE: $957,071 over 3y, 69% of budgetRURAL ARIZONA ENGAGEMENT: $856,331 over 4y, 9.0% of budgetWISCONSIN VOICES INC: $851,244 over 3y, 35% of budgetNew PA Project Education Fund: $821,630 over 2y, 24% of budgetASIAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER AMERICAN VOTE - MICHIGAN: $784,120 over 2y, 25% 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.

  • Who funds STATE VOICES ↗
  • Who funds LEAGUE OF CONSERVATION VOTERS EDUCATION FUND ↗
  • Who funds MI FAMILIA EN ACCION ↗
  • Who funds N C A PHILIP RANDOLPH INSTITUTE INC ↗
  • Who funds NEW GEORGIA PROJECT INC ↗
  • Who funds UNIDOSUS ↗
  • Who funds FLORIDA RISING TOGETHER INC ↗
  • Who funds ONE ARIZONA ↗
  • Who funds ARIZONA CENTER FOR EMPOWERMENT ↗
  • Who funds VOTER FORMATION PROJECT ↗
  • Who funds THE OHIO ORGANIZING COLLABORATIVE ↗
  • Who funds TIDES FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds GOODPOWER EDUCATION FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds THE ALLIANCE FOR CLIMATE PROTECTION ↗
  • Who funds PROGEORGIA STATE TABLE INC ↗
  • Who funds FAIR SHARE EDUCATION FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds WORKER POWER INSTITUTE ↗
  • Who funds HOPEWELL FUND ↗
  • Who funds The First Coast Leadership Foundation Jacksonville Inc ↗
  • Who funds HISPANIC FEDERATION INC ↗
  • Who funds UNIFOUR ONE INC ↗
  • Who funds Georgia Coalition for the People's Agenda ↗
  • Who funds FLORIDA INSTITUTE FOR REFORM AND EM DBA ORGANIZE FLORIDA EDUCATION FUND ↗
  • Who funds ARIZONA COALITION FOR CHANGE ↗
  • Who funds BLACK MEN VOTE ↗
  • Who funds Georgia Strategic Alliance for New ↗
  • Who funds VIRGINIA NEW MAJORITY EDUCATION FUND ↗
  • Who funds NEO Philanthropy Inc ↗
  • Who funds BGTX Engagement Fund ↗
  • Who funds NEXTGEN EDUCATION FUND ↗
  • Who funds ONE PENNSYLVANIA ACTIVISTS UNITED ↗
  • Who funds ASIAN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL ↗
  • Who funds ACCELERATE CHANGE INC ↗
  • Who funds Florida Immigrant Coalition Inc ↗
  • Who funds TIDES CENTER ↗
  • Who funds JOLT INITIATIVE ↗
  • Who funds BLUEPRINT NORTH CAROLINA ↗
  • Who funds VOTE REV ACTION FUND ↗

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.

NEO Philanthropy IncTides FoundationNew Venture FundVoter Registration Pr…Amalgamated Charitabl…State VoicesWindward FundHopewell FundUnited States Energy …The Prentice Foundati…Alliance for Youth Or…Civic Nation
NEO Philanthropy IncNY75.3× affinity40 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: NEO Philanthropy Inc · Tides Foundation · New Venture Fund · Voter Registration Project Education Fund · Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc · State Voices · Windward Fund · Hopewell Fund · United States Energy Foundation · The Prentice Foundation Inc · Alliance for Youth Organizing · Civic Nation

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 Voter Registration Project funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Voter Registration Project. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 60%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 8%
  • Casa Inc: 8% of income from government
  • Alianza Center Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
6get no government money at all
14report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
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.

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 113 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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