Washington, D.C. · Public charity
Way to Rise
WAY TO RISE centers communities most impacted by injustice, funding sustained nonpartisan civic engagement led by both state-based organizations and national groups that support state-based partners
- $11M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 86
- Grants FY2024
- 82
- Organizations funded FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $100,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $550,000
- States reached, FY2024
- 20
- Total assets, FY2024
- $8.1M
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2023 to 2024.
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, FY2023 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Florida Rising Together Inc | $950,000 | 2 | 4% |
| State Power Fund | $700,000 | 2 | 10% |
| Make The Road States Inc | $515,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Sustainable Markets Foundation | $500,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Teamster Rank and File Education and Legal Defense Foundation | $500,000 | 2 | 18% |
| NEO Philanthropy Inc | $475,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Climate Emergency Fund | $400,000 | 1 | 7% |
| Project 68 Education Fund Inc | $375,000 | 1 | 74% |
| Goodnation Foundation Inc | $350,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Charleston Area Justice Ministry | $325,000 | 2 | 64% |
Show all 128 grantees
Where it is load-bearing
Way to Rise supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 12 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 126 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
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.
Open a dossier: NEO Philanthropy Inc · Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc · Windward Fund · Tides Foundation · New Venture Fund · Hopewell Fund · The Ford Foundation · Marguerite Casey Foundation · Telescope Fund · Mary Reynolds Babcock Foundation Incorporated · Climate and Clean Energy Equity Fund · Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc
How this is measured
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About Way to Rise
- How much does Way to Rise give?
- Way to Rise reported 86 grants totaling $10,703,667 in its FY2024 IRS filing.
- What does Way to Rise fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2023 to FY2024, its largest causes are Civil Rights (25%), Public Benefit (20%), Philanthropy (17%).
- Who are Way to Rise's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2023 to FY2024: Florida Rising Together Inc ($950k), State Power Fund ($700k), Make The Road States Inc ($515k).
- Which funders back the same organizations as Way to Rise?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include NEO Philanthropy Inc, Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc, Windward Fund.
- Where is Way to Rise based?
- Way to Rise is based in DC.
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