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Workers Defense Action Fund

WORKERS DEFENSE ACTION FUND is a member-led organization that mobilizes latine voters in texas to build governing power and fight for worker and immigrant justice.

$99k
Granted FY2024still arriving
1
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$83k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0183% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.

Civil Rights$190kRecreation & Sports$125kPublic Safety & Disaster$83kHealth$50kEmployment$20kHousing & Shelter$10kOther$0
02FY2024 · 1 grant

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 1 grants below total $82,604, the rows itemized in this filing. The $99,283 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $16,679 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.
$82,604
Median grant
1
States reached
$1.6M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
TEXAS FOR ALL$82,604
02The need
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Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY18–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 13%. 79% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 13%NATIONAL DOMESTIC WORKERS ALLIANCE: $20k → 17%UNITED FOR RESPECT EDUCATION FUND: $20k → 20%TEXAS CIVIL RIGHTS PROJECT: $50k → 10%TEXAS BUSINESS FIRST: $33k → 14%TEXAS FOR ALL: $83k → 16%FE Y JUSTICIA WORKER CENTER: $20k → 16%THE FAIRNESS PROJECT: $10k → 14%PLANNED PARENTHOOD TEXAS VOTES: $50k → 10%TEXAS BUSINESS FIRST: $26k → 14%TEXAS ORGANIZING PROJECT: $50k → 16%FIELDWORKS LLC: $125k → 14%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.
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 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
Border Workers United

A community-based organization that develops leadership of workers to construct a movement of worker families in the texas borderlands.

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2
American Civil Liberties Union of Texas Inc

The ACLU of Texas works with communities, at the State Capitol, and in the courts to protect and advance civil rights and civil liberties for every Texan, no exceptions.

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3
Workers Defense Action Fund

Workers defense action fund is a member-led organization that mobilizes latine voters in texas to build governing power and fight for worker and immigrant justice.

Civil Rights
4
Jobs with Justice San Francisco

A long-term, strategic alliance of labor, community, faith-based, and student organizations working together to build greater economic power for workers and community members through employee rights at work and access to good jobs,…

Employment
5
Every Voice Texas dba Asian Texans for Justice

Asian Texans for Justice connects Asian and Pacific Islander Texans with civic action to build personal and political power.

Civil Rights
6
Aclu Foundation of Texas Inc

The ACLU Foundation of Texas is the unyielding guardian and promoter of freedom, justice, equality and dignity of all people, particularly for those who are still fighting to secure the full exercise of their civil rights and liberties.…

Civil Rights
7
Progress Texas

Progress Texas is a non-profit media organization advocating for progressive ideals and policies in our state.

Civil Rights
8
Equal Justice Center

The Equal Justice Center is a non-profit law firm and employment justice organization which empowers low-income families, workers, and communities to achieve fair treatment in the workplace, in the justice system, and in our shared society…

Civil Rights
9
Seiu Texas

Seiu texas unites texas workers in healthcare, property service and the public sector into one organization to advocate for equality, justice and respect for all.

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10
Center for Public Policy Priorities

At the Every Texan, we believe in a Texas that offers everyone the chance to compete and succeed in life. We envision a Texas where everyone is healthy, well educated, and financially secure. We want the best Texas, a proud state that sets…

Public Benefit
11
Progress Texas Institute

The Progress Texas Institute provides research and strategic communications on issues with the ultimate goal of increasing civic engagement.

Civil Rights
12
Workers Defense Project

Workers defense project is a member-led organization that organizes latine immigrant workers in texas to fight for dignity and respect.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Oficina Legal Del Pueblo Unido Inc; the most unlike its peers is Planned Parenthood Texas Votes. 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

9 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. 9 of the 11 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
9/9
Grantees still filing
6/9
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

FIELDWORKS LLC: $125,000 · OtherFIELDWORKS LLCTEXAS FOR ALL: $82,604 · OtherTEXAS FOR ALLIndividual grant recipient: $58,500 · OtherIndividual grant recipientTEXAS ORGANIZING PROJECT: $50,000 · OtherTEXAS ORGANIZING PROJECTPLANNED PARENTHOOD TEXAS VOTES: $50,000 · OtherPLANNED PARENTHOOD TEXAS VOTESOFICINA LEGAL DEL PUEBLO UNIDO INC: $50,000 · OtherOFICINA LEGAL DEL PUEBLO UNIDO INCTEXAS FREEDOM NETWORK: $50,000 · OtherTEXAS FREEDOM NETWORKNational Domestic Workers Alliance Inc: $20,000 · Civil RightsFE Y JUSTICIA WORKER CENTER: $20,000 · Civil RightsUnited for Respect Education Fund: $20,000 · EducationTHE FAIRNESS PROJECT: $10,000 · Housing & Shelter
Other$466,104Civil Rights$40,000Education$20,000Housing & Shelter$10,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTEXAS FOR ALL: $82,604 over 1y, 7.6% of budgetTEXAS ORGANIZING PROJECT: $50,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD TEXAS VOTES: $50,000 over 1y, 7.8% of budgetOFICINA LEGAL DEL PUEBLO UNIDO INC: $50,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetTEXAS FREEDOM NETWORK: $50,000 over 1y, 3.9% of budgetNational Domestic Workers Alliance Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUnited for Respect Education Fund: $20,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetFE Y JUSTICIA WORKER CENTER: $20,000 over 1y, 3.1% of budgetTHE FAIRNESS PROJECT: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% 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.

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 Society Action F…North FundWay to Win Action Fun…Tides Foundation
Open Society Action Fund IncNY15.7× affinity5 shared granteesties to 3 of 3Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Open Society Action Fund Inc · North Fund · Way to Win Action Fund Inc · Tides Foundation

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 Workers Defense Action Fund funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Workers Defense Action Fund. Bigger dots raise more.

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no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–5%
    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 11 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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