Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
CENTER ACTION NOW
CENTER ACTION NOW (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $2,950,000 to it, the largest being Big Tent Project Fund ($2,950,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $11M
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $3.0M
- Net assets
- $12M
What Center Action Now does
Mission
Center Action Now (can) is committed to rebuilding the political center and uniting all americans around shared values and a pragmatic approach to policy and politics. Can educates americans on how to participate in politics in a strategic fashion rather than ceding the arena to those on the extremes.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
On its FY2024 return the organization reported starting a significant new program.
Can's fiscal sponsor program reduces the barrier to voting, encourages a new generation of leaders to serve in public office, and reconnects disaffected americans with a relevant reason to participate in civic life.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 2).
Center Action Now (can) engaged with like-minded americans to participate in politics in a strategic fashion rather than ceding the arena to those on the extremes.
$1,752 spent0% of program spendingCan's fiscal sponsor program reduces the barrier to voting, encourages a new generation of leaders to serve in public office, and reconnects disaffected americans with a relevant reason to participate in civic life.
$459,091 spentof which $10,000 as grants100% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $460,843.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $906k to $12M (+1178%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
100% of CENTER ACTION NOW’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (30% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 5 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of CENTER ACTION NOW’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
CENTER ACTION NOW draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Washington, D.C., across 1 state in all.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
CENTER ACTION NOW has grown faster than three-quarters of the 269 public benefit nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 269 public benefit nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2024
Organizations like CENTER ACTION NOW
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Washington, D.C.
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
95% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for CENTER ACTION NOW: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
Screens are triage, not determinations; a source that cannot be read reports not screened, never clear. Screen this nonprofit · How the screen works · on the API as GET /api/screening/{ein}?format=pdf
Questions and answers
- Who funds CENTER ACTION NOW?
- CENTER ACTION NOW (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $2,950,000 to it, the largest being Big Tent Project Fund ($2,950,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does CENTER ACTION NOW have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $2,950,000 in grants to CENTER ACTION NOW.
- Who is the largest funder of CENTER ACTION NOW?
- Big Tent Project Fund is the largest funder on record, with $2,950,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CENTER ACTION NOW find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Washington, D.C.. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2020–2024), and the filings of 1 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing