How many funders does FAJ Action Fund have?

IRS filings report 4 grantmakers giving $526,458 in grants to FAJ Action Fund, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.

Who is the largest funder of FAJ Action Fund?

NEW VENTURE FUND is the largest funder on record, with $250,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.

How can an organization like FAJ Action Fund find more funders?

Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. 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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California · Nonprofit

FAJ Action Fund

FAJ Action Fund (California) is funded by 4 grantmakers whose IRS filings report $526,458 in grants to it, the largest being NEW VENTURE FUND ($250,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.

$161k

Revenue FY2023

Funders on record

$526k

Grants received

$136k

Net assets

2/4 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 140%

Against its field

FAJ Action Fund runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 1,694 civil rights nonprofits its size.

Operating margin85% · top quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,694 civil rights nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2023

01The organization over time

02Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

The base broadened — 2 funders to 3 as grant income moved $35k → $266k.

'22

'23

'24

total

New Venture FundDAF

$250k

Aapi Democracy Fund

$200k

Powerca Action

$41k

Sixteen Thirty FundDAF

$35k

funders

2 of 4 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 54% 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 FAJ Action Fund’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation.

How concentrated its funding is

FAJ Action Fund leans on a few funders — its largest provides 47% of grant income and the top three 93%; half comes from just 2 funders.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left

47%

largest funder

93%

top three

effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2022 71% · 2023 89% · 2024 75% — growing more concentrated.

“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration.

Where its funders are

FAJ Action Fund draws 54% of its grant income from funders outside California — its reputation reaches beyond the state, across 2 states in all.

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

’22

’23

’24

California out of state home

03Its place in the field

Funders to approach

Grantmakers that don’t fund you yet, surfaced two ways: they back organizations that share your funders, or their grantees resemble your mission. The ones both signals agree on come first.

From the co-funder graph (funders backing at least two comparable organizations, shrunk for grantee count, donor-advised and mega-funds excluded) and the universe embeddings. A research starting point; overlap is association, not a guarantee of fit.

Organizations like FAJ Action Fund

Nonprofits whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over the universe of US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.

In California

Association for the Advancement of Filipino Americ74%Filipino Advocates for Justice72%Filipino American Chamber of Commerce72%Filipino American Law Enforcement Officer Assoc72%International Society of Filipinos In72%Foundation of the Filipino Bar Association of Nort71%Philippine American Bar Association71%Asian Americans in Action71%

Nationally

Friends of Fjcc Inc75%Filipino American Cancer Care74%Filipino American Community and Development Center of Ocean County74%Association for the Advancement of Filipino Americ74%Philippine-American Mainstream Advocacy73%Filipino-American Northwest Association Inc73%Filipino American Association of73%Filipino Advocates for Justice72%

04Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Footprint & structure

Operates in 1 state

Questions and answers

Who funds FAJ Action Fund?: FAJ Action Fund (California) is funded by 4 grantmakers whose IRS filings report $526,458 in grants to it, the largest being NEW VENTURE FUND ($250,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does FAJ Action Fund have?: IRS filings report 4 grantmakers giving $526,458 in grants to FAJ Action Fund, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of FAJ Action Fund?: NEW VENTURE FUND is the largest funder on record, with $250,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like FAJ Action Fund find more funders?: Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.

Every figure is read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML — this organization’s own return for FY2023 (financials across 2023–2023), and the filings of 4funders 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. view filing

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