Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
Civic Nation Action
Civic Nation Action (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,051,388 to it, the largest being WETHEACTION ($2,226,388). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $920k
- Funders on record
- 5
- Grants received
- $4.1M
- Net assets
- $3.1M
What Civic Nation Action does
Mission
The organization will organize and educate supporters, partners, and the general public regarding democracy reform, civic engagement, voter participation, social justice, public health crises, gender equity, and other related purposes.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
Civic Nation Action is dedicated to educating the public and advocating for democracy and civic engagement to strengthen civic culture, civic power and civic participation. This is achieved through various channels, including email communications, social media posts, and public letters of support from celebrities. The organization also encourages public participation through petitions and provides an online tool for individuals to contact their elected representatives. These advocacy efforts are conducted virtually by the organization's staff and/or partner organizations.Furthermore, the organization develops and maintains proprietary in-house software to manage volunteers and bolster its public education and advocacy initiatives.
$460,523 spent100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $460,523.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 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 2021 to 2022, from $5.0M to $3.9M (−23%).
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.
92% of Civic Nation Action’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (99% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 4 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.
Chief executive
Kyle Leirman
Chief Executive Officer
Board chair
Tina Tchen
Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2021 → 2022: the base narrowed from 3 funders to 1 funder, grant income fell $3.1M → $350k.
1 of 5 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 7% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of Civic Nation Action’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.
How concentrated its funding is
Civic Nation Action leans on a few funders — its largest provides 55% of grant income and the top three 85%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
100% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund Civic Nation Action.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2021 73% · 2022 100% — growing more concentrated.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. 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
80% of Civic Nation Action's grant income comes from Washington, D.C. funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $275k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. 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
Civic Nation Action runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 1,798 civil rights nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,798 civil rights nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like Civic Nation Action
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
86% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Civic Nation Action: 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.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds Civic Nation Action?
- Civic Nation Action (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,051,388 to it, the largest being WETHEACTION ($2,226,388). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Civic Nation Action have?
- IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $4,051,388 in grants to Civic Nation Action, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Civic Nation Action?
- WETHEACTION is the largest funder on record, with $2,226,388 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Civic Nation Action 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.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2021–2024), and the filings of 5 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