Kentucky · Nonprofit
COMMONWEALTH ALLIANCE VOTER ENGAGEMENT
COMMONWEALTH ALLIANCE VOTER ENGAGEMENT (Kentucky) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,323,999 to it, the largest being TIDES ADVOCACY ($529,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.0M
- Funders on record
- 6
- Grants received
- $1.3M
- Net assets
- $668k
What Commonwealth Alliance Voter Engagement does
Mission
Commonwealth Alliance Voter Engagement coordinates and supports grassroots movements in building organizing people power and shaping the political conditions that lead to an equitable and thriving commonwealth for all kentuckians.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Black leadership action coalition of kentucky action fund (a fiscally sponsored project of Commonwealth Alliance Voter Engagement):invested in black kentuckians through membership building, leadership development, and voter engagement to transform current systems to meet the needs of all people.
$280,733 spentof which $500 as grants40% of program spendingGeneral program: in support of our long-term vision, we developed co-governing relationships and coordination plans with coalition partners across the state to hone a state-wide strategy, and built national and state-level relationships, partnerships, and collaborations to increase the visibility and investment in kentucky.
$233,541 spentof which $75,000 as grants33% of program spendingKentucky future project:coordinated organizations to support voter turnout during the election cycle in service of reaching our long-term goals to build multiracial cooperation in our commonwealth
$138,921 spentof which $59,500 as grants20% of program spendingStrengthening partners: provided training, strategic coordination, data and operational support to organizational partners
$50,972 spent7% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $704,167.
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 $400k to $744k (+86%).
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.
97% of COMMONWEALTH ALLIANCE VOTER ENGAGEMENT’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (97% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 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.
Chief executive
Alicia Hurle
Co-executive director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 4 funders, grant income rose $20k → $590k.
From the IRS filings of COMMONWEALTH ALLIANCE VOTER ENGAGEMENT’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
COMMONWEALTH ALLIANCE VOTER ENGAGEMENT leans on a few funders — its largest provides 40% of grant income and the top three 84%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders 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 COMMONWEALTH ALLIANCE VOTER ENGAGEMENT.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 78% · 2022 74% · 2023 59% — diversifying over time.
“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
COMMONWEALTH ALLIANCE VOTER ENGAGEMENT draws 74% of its grant income from funders outside Kentucky, across 5 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
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
COMMONWEALTH ALLIANCE VOTER ENGAGEMENT has grown faster than three-quarters of the 976 civil rights nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 976 civil rights nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like COMMONWEALTH ALLIANCE VOTER ENGAGEMENT
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 Kentucky
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
81% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 2 related entities
- Kentucky Civic Engagement Table Inc · exempt
- Kentucky Future Project Action Fund · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for COMMONWEALTH ALLIANCE VOTER ENGAGEMENT: 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 COMMONWEALTH ALLIANCE VOTER ENGAGEMENT?
- COMMONWEALTH ALLIANCE VOTER ENGAGEMENT (Kentucky) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,323,999 to it, the largest being TIDES ADVOCACY ($529,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does COMMONWEALTH ALLIANCE VOTER ENGAGEMENT have?
- IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $1,323,999 in grants to COMMONWEALTH ALLIANCE VOTER ENGAGEMENT, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of COMMONWEALTH ALLIANCE VOTER ENGAGEMENT?
- TIDES ADVOCACY is the largest funder on record, with $529,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like COMMONWEALTH ALLIANCE VOTER ENGAGEMENT find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Kentucky. 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 6 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