Wyoming · Public charity
Western Futures Fund Inc
Western futures fund, inc. (wff) works to educate and advance public policy discussions that strengthen civil society and promote responsible leadership in the western united states.
- $6.8M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 22
- Grants FY2024
- 23
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 78%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $100,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $1,950,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 14 to 23
- FY2022 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 11
- Total assets, FY2024
- $3.9M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 78% of the organizations Western Futures Fund Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 75% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 22 | $6.8M | 64% |
| FY2023 | 23 | $1.8M | 78% |
| FY2022 | 14 | $3.0M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 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, FY2022 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Responsive Gov Action Inc | $1,950,000 | 1 | 16% |
| Your Community PAC | $1,500,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Keep Country First Policy Action Inc | $1,100,000 | 1 | 37% |
| Retire Career Politicians | $970,000 | 1 | n/a |
| 907 Initiative | $625,000 | 3 | 73% |
| Votes Idaho Company | $561,750 | 3 | 94% |
| Clean and Prosperous America Education Fund | $500,000 | 1 | 6% |
| Alaska Jobs Coalition | $400,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Utah Leads | $370,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Working Montanans | $300,000 | 1 | 80% |
Show all 46 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Responsive Gov Action Inc | $1,950,000 | 1 | 16% |
| Your Community PAC | $1,500,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Keep Country First Policy Action Inc | $1,100,000 | 1 | 37% |
| Retire Career Politicians | $970,000 | 1 | n/a |
| 907 Initiative | $625,000 | 3 | 73% |
| Votes Idaho Company | $561,750 | 3 | 94% |
| Clean and Prosperous America Education Fund | $500,000 | 1 | 6% |
| Alaska Jobs Coalition | $400,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Utah Leads | $370,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Working Montanans | $300,000 | 1 | 80% |
| Middle Fork Strategies Inc | $252,000 | 1 | 28% |
| Big Sky Votes PAC | $250,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Wyoming Way PAC | $210,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Way Back PAC | $200,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Nmm | $200,000 | 1 | 20% |
| Montana State Afl-Cio | $170,000 | 2 | 8% |
| Alaskans for Posterity Inc | $150,000 | 1 | 98% |
| A Better Big Sky | $145,000 | 3 | 3% |
| Conservation Voters for Idaho Inc | $145,000 | 1 | 23% |
| Montana Trial Lawyers Association | $130,000 | 1 | 31% |
| Alaskans for Fair Courts | $100,000 | 1 | 75% |
| Your Nebraska | $100,000 | 1 | 12% |
| Montanans for Election Reform Action Fund | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Montana Values Action Fund | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Anchorage Care for Kids | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Alaskans for Better Elections | $80,000 | 1 | 12% |
| Wyoming Donor Alliance | $75,000 | 1 | 22% |
| Shelterjh | $70,000 | 1 | 44% |
| Western Organization of Resource Councils | $60,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Idahoans United for Women and Families | $60,000 | 1 | 14% |
| Wild Montana Action Fund | $55,000 | 2 | 17% |
| Open Democracy PAC | $55,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Secure Election Project Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Anchorage School Bond Yes | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| American Federation of Labor & Congress of Industrial Orgs - Ak | $44,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Voter Defense Association of South Dakota | $40,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Utah Donor Collaborative | $32,500 | 1 | 12% |
| Better Wyoming Action Research Inc | $30,000 | 1 | 28% |
| Stewardship Utah | $30,000 | 2 | 7% |
| Kansas Values Institute | $27,125 | 1 | 3% |
| Alaska Progressive Donor Table | $25,000 | 1 | 10% |
| Alliance for a Better Utah Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 14% |
| Western States Strategies | $23,500 | 2 | 5% |
| Utah Women and Politics PAC | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Better Wyoming | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| She's Electable Nebraska | $12,500 | 1 | n/a |
Where it is load-bearing
Western Futures Fund Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 10 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 31 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: Sixteen Thirty Fund · New Venture Fund · North Fund · A Better Big Sky · All Hands on Deck Network Inc · State Leadership Project · America Votes · Western Organization of Resource Councils Education Project · Committee on States · Global Impact Social Welfare Fund · American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees · Tides Foundation
How this is measured
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About Western Futures Fund Inc
- How much does Western Futures Fund Inc give?
- Western Futures Fund Inc reported 22 grants totaling $6,770,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 14 and 23 organizations a year over FY2022 to FY2023.
- What does Western Futures Fund Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2022 to FY2024, its largest causes are Public Benefit (62%), Community Improvement (15%), Employment (8%).
- Who are Western Futures Fund Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2022 to FY2024: Responsive Gov Action Inc ($1.9M), Your Community PAC ($1.5M), Keep Country First Policy Action Inc ($1.1M).
- Does Western Futures Fund Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 78% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Western Futures Fund Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Sixteen Thirty Fund, New Venture Fund, North Fund.
- Where is Western Futures Fund Inc based?
- Western Futures Fund Inc is based in WY.
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