· Public charity
Willow Creek Action
Identify and fund organizations whose work supports american democracy.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2023
- $10k–50k6 grants · $128k
- $50k–250k6 grants · $410k
- $250k+1 grant · $250k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| Vote Rev Action Fund | $250,000 |
| Vote America | $150,000 |
| NextGen Climate America Inc | $60,000 |
| Run For Something PAC | $50,000 |
| Redeeming Babel | $50,000 |
| Center for Common Ground | $50,000 |
| Indivisible Action | $50,000 |
| Amalgamated Charitable | $45,000 |
| NEO Philanthropy Inc | $25,000 |
| Collective Impact Action | $23,000 |
| Progressive Change Campaign | $15,000 |
| One America Movement | $10,000 |
| Tides Advocacy | $10,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY23–23) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 93% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
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.
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.
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…
The climate equity action fund (ceaf) works hand-in-hand with community-based partners in critical states across the country to secure and sustain policy wins for climate and clean energy. building on over a decade of trust with leading…
Electoral Collective Action coordinates a broad-based coalition of existing entities active in the climate justice and community organizing space to raise public awareness and educational opportunities.
Electoral Collective coordinates a broad-based coalition of existing entities active in the climate justice and community organizing space to raise public awareness and educational opportunities.
One for democracy unlocks resources to build a healthy democracy by fostering meaningful relationships between philanthropists and the democracy leaders of our time.
Empower people and strengthen democratic institutions
Generator Collective's mission is to humanize policy through storytelling by helping organize the noise of these policies and overall lower the political barrier of entry.
Bold Impact is a national nonprofit dedicated to supporting a democracy where all communities get to thrive.
Clean Tomorrow advances policies that reduce climate emissions by turning policy ambition into action. We work to catalyze rapid change that will accelerate the innovation and growth of clean energy.
How this is measured
10 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. 10 of the 13 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 VOTE REV ACTION FUND ↗
- Who funds VOTEAMERICA ↗
- Who funds NEXTGEN CLIMATE AMERICA INC ↗
- Who funds Center for Common Ground ↗
- Who funds Good Faith Network Inc ↗
- Who funds Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc ↗
- Who funds NEO Philanthropy Inc ↗
- Who funds Collective Impact Action ↗
- Who funds TIDES ADVOCACY ↗
- Who funds THE ONE AMERICA MOVEMENT ↗
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: Tides Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Willow Creek Action funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Willow Creek Action. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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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.
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