New Hampshire · Nonprofit
GRANITE STATE ORGANIZING PROJECT INC
GRANITE STATE ORGANIZING PROJECT INC (New Hampshire) receives grants from 28 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,728,576 to it, the largest being NELLIE MAE EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC ($579,000). 17 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.2M
- Funders on record
- 28
- Grants received
- $3.7M
- Net assets
- $413k
What Granite State Organizing Project Inc does
Mission
Gsop strives to create communities in which residents accept, respect, and value one another; justice, equity, and the democratic process are upheld in all interactions. We unite to strengthen our voice in decisions that affect our communities by taking action on issues such poor housing, failing schools, barriers to citizenship, unjust working conditions, and costly health care that put our neighborhoods at risk. The methods we use to achieve social change - increasing the ability of traditionally disenfranchised people to impact decisions affecting their lives - are as important as our victories. Gsop believes that every person has the right to be included in the decision-making processes within their community, meaning that grassroots relationships and leadership development are key elements in gsop's work.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Education and youth organizing: young organizers united (y.o.u.), gsop's youth organizing wing, is the only youth organizing group in new hampshire and is made up of high school students of color. Y.o.u. Membership includes youth from all four of manchester high schools and we are currently building additional y.o.u. Chapters. Through y.o.u., student leaders promote racial justice and civic engagement as they mount and execute campaigns for more equitable educational outcomes. Y.o.u. And the manchester chapter of gsop advocate for racial justice before the board of school committee and other governmental entities. Gsop supports a campaign to win the addition of an ethnic studies or african american studies class to manchester high school curriculum.
$217,946 spentof which $1,500 as grants37% of program spendingLeadership development and training and shared services: gsop holds regular training sessions for volunteers. These trainings incude the basic principles of civic engagement such as public speaking, telling your story, turning problems into issues, building relationships and campaign planning. Additionally, gsop staff hold regular sessions on active bystander intervention and facilitated conversations on race.
$132,144 spent23% of program spendingImmigrant community organizing: gsop members and allies from across the state work to ensure that none of our immigrant siblings ever have to "check in" at ice without our support. We hold vigils at the nh ice headquarters at least monthly and meet monthly to further our campaign for comprehensive immigration reform and a welcoming state. We hold leadership training in spanish and english to educate new american about covid, how to access health care and vaccines, as well as teach people their rights and responsibilities.
$114,780 spent20% of program spendingNon-partisan voter engagement/election justice: granite state organizing project's staff and volunteers knock on doors and run phone banks to survey and talk with residents about their concerns. The staff and leaders build relationship with community members and inform them about their voting rights, including the right of returning citizens to vote and the right to request language assistance while voting. Gsop encourages all eligible citizens to exercise their civic duty and to participate in local government structures and vote in local, state and federal elections.
$85,309 spent15% of program spendingShared resource agreement with granite state interfaith action fund.
$19,602 spent$19,602 earned by the program3% of program spendingHousing justice: gsop works with residents of public housing and low-income tenants to press local governments and housing authorities to treat their residents with dignity. Our local chapters all support the creation of more affordable housing and shelter for the unhoused. Additionally, gsop supported legislation that would give tenants notice when their rent would increase and legislation preventing evictions. Our manchester and nashua groups organized to press their respective city governments to support more housing friendly and affordable policies.
$16,857 spent3% of program spending
The 6 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $586,638.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 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 $184k to $626k (+240%).
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.
Government-grant reliance: 2020 8%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
86% of GRANITE STATE ORGANIZING PROJECT INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (60% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 9 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
Sarah Jane Knoy
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 5 funders to 12 funders, grant income rose $133k → $542k.
9 of 28 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 27% 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 GRANITE STATE ORGANIZING PROJECT INC’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
GRANITE STATE ORGANIZING PROJECT INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 16% of grant income, and it takes 5 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 5 funders to its left
88% 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 GRANITE STATE ORGANIZING PROJECT INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 39% · 2018 59% · 2019 56% · 2020 37% · 2021 22% · 2022 20% · 2023 19% — 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.
How long its funders stay
47% of GRANITE STATE ORGANIZING PROJECT INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 61% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
GRANITE STATE ORGANIZING PROJECT INC draws 77% of its grant income from funders outside New Hampshire, across 8 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1000k arriving through sponsors registered in 8 states 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
GRANITE STATE ORGANIZING PROJECT INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 2,299 community improvement nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,299 community improvement nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like GRANITE STATE ORGANIZING PROJECT INC
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 New Hampshire
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
61% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
90%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Granite State Interfaith Action Fund Inc · exempt
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds GRANITE STATE ORGANIZING PROJECT INC?
- GRANITE STATE ORGANIZING PROJECT INC (New Hampshire) receives grants from 28 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,728,576 to it, the largest being NELLIE MAE EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC ($579,000). 17 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does GRANITE STATE ORGANIZING PROJECT INC have?
- IRS filings report 28 organizations giving $3,728,576 in grants to GRANITE STATE ORGANIZING PROJECT INC, 17 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of GRANITE STATE ORGANIZING PROJECT INC?
- NELLIE MAE EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $579,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like GRANITE STATE ORGANIZING PROJECT INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New Hampshire. 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 28 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing