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Way to Win Action Fund Inc

The primary purpose of way to win action fund is to promote social welfare, particularly as it relates to creating, implementing and supporting public policies that advance racial and economic justice in the united states. Such activities will command more than 50 of the organizations time and more than 50 of its financial resources.

$18M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
99
Grants FY2024
80
Organizations funded FY2023
34%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$100,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$1,165,000
Organizations funded a year
61 to 105
FY2020 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
24
Total assets, FY2024
$1.5M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 34% of the organizations Way to Win Action Fund Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 38% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 62% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3.3M 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
Civil RightsPublic BenefitCommunity ImprovementHuman ServicesEnvironmentReligionOther
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
FY2024still arriving94$18M39%
FY202380$8.7M34%
FY2022105$29M44%
FY202161$9.3M48%
FY202092$27Mn/a
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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Civil Rights$48MPublic Benefit$26MCommunity Improvement$7.1MHuman Services$3.0MEnvironment$2.0MEmployment$1.8MArts & Culture$1.3MHealth$1.1MOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Working Families Organization Inc$6,037,39558%
Center for Community Change Action$3,350,000427%
Tides Advocacy$2,848,00051%
Black Voters Matter Fund Inc$2,628,500529%
Living United for Change in Arizona$2,499,000511%
Organize for Justice$2,440,000473%
Texas for All$2,275,000297%
Make the Road Action Inc$2,011,000413%
Texas Organizing Project$1,887,000352%
Florida Rising Inc$1,776,500531%
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All grantees of Way to Win Action Fund Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Working Families Organization Inc$6,037,39558%
Center for Community Change Action$3,350,000427%
Tides Advocacy$2,848,00051%
Black Voters Matter Fund Inc$2,628,500529%
Living United for Change in Arizona$2,499,000511%
Organize for Justice$2,440,000473%
Texas for All$2,275,000297%
Make the Road Action Inc$2,011,000413%
Texas Organizing Project$1,887,000352%
Florida Rising Inc$1,776,500531%
New Georgia Project Action Fund$1,505,08058%
Activate 48 Inc$1,475,0002n/a
More Perfect Union Action$1,400,000467%
Cultural Engagement Laboratory$1,400,000490%
Texas Freedom Network$1,378,600522%
Unite Here Action Fund$1,280,000525%
BGTX Engagement Fund$1,102,000538%
Faith in Minnesota$1,054,000440%
Fight Corporate Monopolies$1,050,000473%
Move Texas Action Fund$1,024,525413%
Down Home Nc$969,000329%
Progress Arizona$950,000422%
Forward Action Fund$947,00032%
Progressive Leadership Alliance of Nevada Action$939,000410%
Our Voice Our Vote Arizona$912,000411%
Ncaat in Action$885,000515%
One Apia Nevada$856,000427%
Action Center on Race and the Economy$850,000490%
Demand Progress Action Inc$850,000420%
Teamsters Defending Democracy & Workers Rights$850,0001n/a
Planned Parenthood Texas Votes$838,102249%
Casa in Action Inc$820,000516%
Asian American Advocacy Fund Inc$787,000515%
Workers Defense Action Fund$746,737239%
Advance North Carolina Inc$726,000418%
Missouri Win$705,000427%
New Media Ventures$680,000162%
Americans for Contraception$650,000227%
Instituto Power$615,000438%
Story Network Foundation$600,000369%
Progressive Caucus Action Fund$600,000416%
Carolina Federation$580,000425%
Worker Power$575,0001n/a
Fight for the Base$550,0002n/a
Indivisible Project$550,00025%
Annie's List Training and Engagement Fund$540,000440%
Poder Nc Action$535,000315%
Native Voters Alliance Nevada$510,000331%
Fair Fight Action Inc$510,00042%
Independent Strategic Research Collaborative$500,0001n/a
Adrc Action$500,00018%
State Power Action Fund$500,000310%
New Virginia Majority$495,00034%
UltraViolet Action$485,000215%
People's Action$475,000110%
Center for Empowered Politics$450,00043%
Nevada Alliance$450,000140%
Carolina Federation Freedom PAC$440,0001n/a
Alliance for Youth Action$438,000310%
Organize Now Inc Dba Organize Florida Inc$437,500113%
Georgia Latino Alliance for Human Rights Inc$412,000116%
People's Action Power$400,0001n/a
Workmoney Inc$400,00021%
Organize Action$400,00025%
Flic Votes Inc$400,000222%
Voces de la Frontera Action Inc$370,00036%
Care in Action Inc$350,00032%
Courier Newsroom Inc$350,0002n/a
Justice Democrats PAC$350,0002n/a
Glahr Action Network$347,000214%
Rural Arizona Action$337,00038%
Colorado People's Action$325,000220%
Georgia Youth Justice Coalition for Action Inc$325,000349%
Arizona Wins$325,000412%
United for Respect$325,000345%
Generator Collective$325,000360%
Center for Popular Democracy Action Fund Inc$325,00013%
League of Conservation Voters Education Fund$314,00021%
Siembra Nc$310,000210%
Pennsylvania Stands Up Inc$310,00026%
Fellow Americans$300,0001n/a
Wake Up & Vote$300,0002100%
Future Forward USA Action$300,0001n/a
Showing Up for Racial Justice Inc$300,00025%
American Center$300,00018%
America Votes$275,00031%
Action for Liberation$252,00046%
Mijente$250,00025%
The Bloc Inc$250,000132%
Sustainable Markets Foundation$250,00011%
The No Big Tech Money Project$250,0001n/a
Repairers of the Breach$250,00012%
Black Church Action Fund$250,0001n/a
Power Action Fund$250,000129%
Be a Hero Action Fund$250,0001n/a
Pushblack Now$250,00018%
Revup$250,0001n/a
Bluebonnet Data Inc$235,000320%
Popular Comms Institute$230,000348%
Battle Born Progress$225,000123%
Progress North Carolina Action$225,00022%
Colorado Organization for Latina Opportunity and Reproductive Rights$220,00016%
Progress Michigan Inc$215,00014%
We The People Action Fund$214,00028%
Jolt Action Inc$210,000224%
Planned Parenthood Texas Votes$201,0002n/a
Project 68 Education Fund Inc$200,000119%
Floridians Protecting Freedom$200,00011%
Lupe Votes$200,000136%
United We Dream Action$200,00026%
For Our Future Action Fund$200,00011%
Action Center on Race & the Economy Institute$200,00013%
North Carolina Assoc of Educators Inc$200,00013%
Goodnation Foundation Inc$200,00011%
End Citizens United Let America Vote Action Fund$200,00011%
Gender Justice Action Fund$200,0001n/a
Progressnow Colorado$190,000119%
League of Conservation Voters Inc$175,00010%
Acronym Inc$175,000134%
Accelerate Action Inc$175,0001n/a
NEO Philanthropy Action Fund Inc$173,00031%
Takeaction Minnesota$155,00022%
Supermajority$150,00015%
American Economic Liberties Project$150,00017%
Community Change Action$150,0001n/a
Million Voters Project Action Fund for Schools and Communities First$150,000146%
We Are Down Home$150,00016%
Americans for Financial Reform$150,00029%
Change for Arizona 2024 PAC$150,0001n/a
State Power Fund$150,00012%
Sunrise Movement$150,00015%
Momentum Community Inc$150,000110%
Better Pennsylvania Inc$145,00018%
Battle Born Collective$140,000126%
Minnesota Youth Collective$132,000315%
North Star Prosperity$125,00012%
Way to Lead PAC$125,0001n/a
Mn350 Action$125,000130%
Missouri Organizing and Voter Engagement Action$120,000221%
Power to the Polls Inc$120,000110%
virginia plus PAC$115,0001n/a
Michigan Peoples Campaign$112,000312%
The Voter Project$103,00011%
Alliance for Youth Organizing$102,00011%
Run for Something Action Fund$100,00017%
Local Jobs & Economic Development Fund Inc$100,00011%
Power Coalition for Electoral Justice$100,00029%
A Better Big Sky$100,00011%
Every Eligible American$100,00011%
Nextgen Climate Action$100,00010%
Rural Arizona Engagement$100,00013%
Progress Now Inc$100,00022%
Allied Media Action Fund$100,000126%
More Perfect Union Solidarity$100,000124%
Asian Pacific Islander Political Al Liance$100,0002n/a
Florida Rights Restoration Coalition$100,00014%
Center for Civic Action$100,000130%
Pennsylvania United$100,00022%
Arena Summit$100,00027%
Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement Action Fund$100,00017%
Kansas People's Action Inc$100,0001n/a
DC Action Fund$100,0001n/a
Pa Alliance Action$100,00011%
Poder$100,000122%
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People$100,0001n/a
People for the American Way$100,0001n/a
Sister District Action Network$100,00028%
Planned Parenthood Action Fund Inc$90,00010%
Durham For All$85,000213%
Data Squad$85,0001n/a
Action St Louis Power Project$80,000219%
1K Women Strong Inc$75,000110%
Texas Organizing Project Education Fund$75,00011%
New Era Colorado Action Fund$75,000119%
Land Stewardship Action Fund$75,000135%
Black Male Initiative Georgia Inc$75,00012%
Michigan Organizing Strategy Enabling Strength Action$70,0001n/a
Circ Action Fund$68,00018%
Center for Popular Democracy Inc$50,00010%
Black Leadership Organizing Collaborative$50,00014%
The Ohio Organizing Campaign$50,00010%
Boricua Vota$50,0001100%
Somos Tejas$50,000141%
ParentsTogether Action$50,00011%
Voters Organized to Educate-Vote Action Fund$50,000113%
Blue Leadership Collaborative$50,0001n/a
Labor Education and Research Project$50,00016%
Promote the Vote 2022$50,00010%
Vocal-Ny Action Fund Inc$50,000110%
Electoral Collective Action$50,00014%
Step Up for Action$50,000122%
Grove Action Fund$50,000111%
Kc Tenants$50,00013%
Miami Freedom Project Inc$50,000117%
Act 4 SA Action Fund$50,000138%
Corridor of Resistance$50,0001n/a
Cultivate Team LLC$50,0001n/a
PA Alliance Foundation$50,00012%
Engage Miami Inc$50,00013%
Climate Jobs National Resource Center Action Fund Inc$50,0001100%
Dolores Huerta Action Fund$50,00015%
America Works USA$50,00010%
Common Defense Civic Engagement Inc$50,00015%
Fair Democracy$50,00011%
Reproductive Freedom for All$50,00010%
Retire Career Politicians$50,0001n/a
Alianza For progress inc$50,00017%
Courage California$45,00014%
Clean and Prosperous America$43,00012%
Loud Light Civic Action Inc$42,000112%
Local Progress Policy Action$40,00016%
Color Action Fund$37,000210%
Organizers in the Land of Enchantment$35,00013%
Lead NC$30,00018%
Florida Alliance$25,0001n/a
MoveOn Education Fund$25,000116%
Mississippi Votes$25,00011%
Make North Carolina First$25,00011%
Committee on States$25,00011%
Forward Together Action$25,00012%
Nevada Alliance for Student Diversity$25,0001n/a
Groundwork Action Fund$25,00012%
Progress North Carolina$25,00013%
Organize Pennsylvania$22,00020%
Progress Mo$20,00015%
Wide Angle Research$20,000112%
Freedom Action Now$20,00012%
Ballot Initiative Strategy Center Inc$20,00011%
Splc Action Fund$20,00010%
The Cooperative Impact Lab$15,00010%
All Hands on Deck Network Inc$15,00010%

Where it is load-bearing

Way to Win Action Fund Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 44 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 196 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetWorking Families Organization Inc: $6,037,395 over 5y, 7.6% of budgetCenter for Community Change Action: $3,350,000 over 4y, 27% of budgetTides Advocacy: $2,848,000 over 5y, 1.4% of budgetBlack Voters Matter Fund Inc: $2,628,500 over 5y, 29% of budgetLiving United for Change in Arizona: $2,499,000 over 5y, 11% of budgetOrganize for Justice: $2,440,000 over 4y, 73% of budgetTexas for All: $2,275,000 over 2y, 97% of budgetMake the Road Action Inc: $2,011,000 over 4y, 13% of budgetTexas Organizing Project: $1,887,000 over 3y, 52% of budgetFlorida Rising Inc: $1,776,500 over 5y, 31% of budgetNew Georgia Project Action Fund: $1,505,080 over 5y, 8.1% of budgetMore Perfect Union Action: $1,400,000 over 4y, 67% of budgetCultural Engagement Laboratory: $1,400,000 over 4y, 90% of budgetTexas Freedom Network: $1,378,600 over 5y, 22% of budgetUnite Here Action Fund: $1,280,000 over 5y, 25% of budgetBGTX Engagement Fund: $1,102,000 over 5y, 38% of budgetFaith in Minnesota: $1,054,000 over 4y, 40% of budgetFight Corporate Monopolies: $1,050,000 over 4y, 73% of budgetMove Texas Action Fund: $1,024,525 over 4y, 13% of budgetDown Home Nc: $969,000 over 3y, 29% of budgetProgress Arizona: $950,000 over 4y, 22% of budgetForward Action Fund: $947,000 over 3y, 2.2% of budgetProgressive Leadership Alliance of Nevada Action: $939,000 over 4y, 9.6% of budgetOur Voice Our Vote Arizona: $912,000 over 4y, 11% of budgetNcaat in Action: $885,000 over 5y, 15% of budgetOne Apia Nevada: $856,000 over 4y, 27% of budgetAction Center on Race and the Economy: $850,000 over 4y, 90% of budgetDemand Progress Action Inc: $850,000 over 4y, 20% of budgetPlanned Parenthood Texas Votes: $838,102 over 2y, 49% of budgetCasa in Action Inc: $820,000 over 5y, 16% of budgetAsian American Advocacy Fund Inc: $787,000 over 5y, 15% of budgetWorkers Defense Action Fund: $746,737 over 2y, 39% of budgetAdvance North Carolina Inc: $726,000 over 4y, 18% of budgetMissouri Win: $705,000 over 4y, 27% of budgetNew Media Ventures: $680,000 over 1y, 62% of budgetAmericans for Contraception: $650,000 over 2y, 27% of budgetInstituto Power: $615,000 over 4y, 38% of budgetStory Network Foundation: $600,000 over 3y, 69% of budgetProgressive Caucus Action Fund: $600,000 over 4y, 16% of budgetCarolina Federation: $580,000 over 4y, 25% of budgetIndivisible Project: $550,000 over 2y, 4.8% of budgetAnnie's List Training and Engagement Fund: $540,000 over 4y, 40% of budgetPoder Nc Action: $535,000 over 3y, 15% of budgetNative Voters Alliance Nevada: $510,000 over 3y, 31% of budgetFair Fight Action Inc: $510,000 over 4y, 1.8% of budgetAdrc Action: $500,000 over 1y, 7.9% of budgetState Power Action Fund: $500,000 over 3y, 9.9% of budgetNew Virginia Majority: $495,000 over 3y, 3.8% 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 196.

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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.

Sixteen Thirty FundDC198.7× affinity129 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover 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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How do I get to Way to Win Action Fund Inc?

Find your warmest path to Way to Win Action Fund Inc 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.

About Way to Win Action Fund Inc

How much does Way to Win Action Fund Inc give?
Way to Win Action Fund Inc reported 99 grants totaling $17,624,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 61 and 105 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
What does Way to Win Action Fund Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Civil Rights (51%), Public Benefit (28%), Community Improvement (8%).
Who are Way to Win Action Fund Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Working Families Organization Inc ($6.0M), Center for Community Change Action ($3.4M), Tides Advocacy ($2.8M).
Does Way to Win Action Fund Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 34% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as Way to Win Action Fund Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Sixteen Thirty Fund, Tides Advocacy, All Hands on Deck Network Inc.
Where is Way to Win Action Fund Inc based?
Way to Win Action Fund Inc is based in DC.

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 235 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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