New York · Nonprofit
NEW AMERICAN LEADERS ACTION FUND INC
NEW AMERICAN LEADERS ACTION FUND INC (New York) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $612,500 to it, the largest being Groundswell Action Fund ($277,500). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $19k
- Funders on record
- 7
- Grants received
- $613k
- Net assets
- $637k
What New American Leaders Action Fund Inc does
Mission
New american leaders action fund empowers and supports new americans who are ready to lead, leveraging research and community engagement to break barriers and strengthen our democracy.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Research and narrative change:new american leaders action fund ("nalaf") aims to be a national thought leader producing groundbreaking, original research on the new american experience as candidates, officeholders, and voters. Our work starts with data and research. As we uncover the trends, barriers, and breakthroughs shaping new american civic leadership, we use strategic storytelling to shift public understanding and reshape narratives about who leads and why it matters. Through tools like the new american candidate database (nacd) and our state of pay report, we don't just track who's running we inform how the people understand representative democracy and are working to change.this research is not just informative - it is foundational. It directly shapes the geographies and candidates we prioritize for endorsement, the narratives we challenge or amplify, and the community and voter engagement strategies we design. In short, it makes our strategy intentional, data-driven, and aligned with the communities we serve.
$55,422 spent36% of program spendingEndorsements and candidate support:against the backdrop of increasingly competitive races, nalaf steps in to endorse and amplify new american candidates providing meaningful electoral endorsements, coaching, and strategic connections that equip them with the tools and networks needed to win. We aim to endorse early in the cycle, providing candidates with critical visibility, strategic guidance, and a national organization to lend legitimacy to their candidacies that they may lack in traditional political spaces. We endorse candidates with a demonstrated dedication to being pro-democracy and pro-immigrant. Candidates must be committed to furthering inclusive policies and turning out a diverse coalition of voters.beyond endorsements, we provide campaign skills webinars, referrals to trusted consultants, and introductions to allied organizations. Over six years of endorsements work, we've seen that values-aligned support especially when paired with strategic amplification can significantly improve outcomes for first-time candidates. In 2024, nalaf-endorsed candidates earned a 61% win rate, demonstrating the power of targeted support in helping new american leaders win tough races and…
$51,926 spent34% of program spendingCommunity and voter engagement:our work is strengthened by our direct engagement with new american communities. We are deeply committed to ensuring that immigrant communities are heard, empowered, and mobilized. We design and implement targeted community and voter engagement strategies that strengthen our democracy. These programs reflect our commitment to expanding the electorate and ensuring immigrant voices shape policy outcomes at every level of government.
$45,698 spent30% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $153,046.
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 2023 to 2024, from $19k to $862k (+4363%).
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 NEW AMERICAN LEADERS ACTION FUND INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (100% 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
Ghida Dagher
CEO & president
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income rose $60k → $125k.
Left out of every figure on this page: $195k from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest New American Leaders Inc). These are real filings, and they are not money NEW AMERICAN LEADERS ACTION FUND INC raised.
From the IRS filings of NEW AMERICAN LEADERS ACTION FUND 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
NEW AMERICAN LEADERS ACTION FUND INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 45% of grant income and the top three 78%; 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 NEW AMERICAN LEADERS ACTION FUND INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2020 67% · 2021 56% · 2022 100% · 2023 40% — 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
NEW AMERICAN LEADERS ACTION FUND INC draws 78% of its grant income from funders outside New York, across 4 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
NEW AMERICAN LEADERS ACTION FUND INC is better cushioned than half of the 735 civil rights nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 735 civil rights nonprofits under $100k, FY2025
Organizations like NEW AMERICAN LEADERS ACTION FUND 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 York
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
75% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 3 states
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for NEW AMERICAN LEADERS ACTION FUND INC: 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 NEW AMERICAN LEADERS ACTION FUND INC?
- NEW AMERICAN LEADERS ACTION FUND INC (New York) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $612,500 to it, the largest being Groundswell Action Fund ($277,500). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does NEW AMERICAN LEADERS ACTION FUND INC have?
- IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $612,500 in grants to NEW AMERICAN LEADERS ACTION FUND INC, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of NEW AMERICAN LEADERS ACTION FUND INC?
- Groundswell Action Fund is the largest funder on record, with $277,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like NEW AMERICAN LEADERS ACTION FUND INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New York. 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 FY2025 (financials across 2021–2025), and the filings of 7 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