New York · Nonprofit
VOTE MAMA FOUNDATION INC
VOTE MAMA FOUNDATION INC (New York) receives grants from 27 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,880,476 to it, the largest being PIVOTAL PHILANTHROPIES FOUNDATION ($1,550,000). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.1M
- Funders on record
- 27
- Grants received
- $3.9M
- Net assets
- $1.7M
What Vote Mama Foundation Inc does
Mission
Vote mama foundation is the leading source of research and analysis on the political participation of moms. We are normalizing moms running for office, breaking the barriers they face, and building a political system that is truly family-friendly.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
Vote mama foundation conducts research and analysis on the political participation of moms, publishing first-of-its-kind data on the number and demographics of moms serving in elected office. Vote mama foundation is also the only organization tracking the authorization and usage of campaign funds for childcare and campaign funds for security in all 50 states, and publishing educational information on how these vital resources expand equity and access in our democracy.
$785,813 spentof which $205,000 as grants100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2025 Form 990. Program spending in total: $785,813.
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 2022 to 2023, from $435k to $1.9M (+347%).
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: 2021 5%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
100% of VOTE MAMA FOUNDATION INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (97% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 6 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
Liuba Grechen Shirley
Founder and CEO (see sch o)
Board chair
Katie Bethell
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 12 funders, grant income rose $3k → $828k.
9 of 27 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 23% 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 VOTE MAMA FOUNDATION 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
VOTE MAMA FOUNDATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 40% of grant income and the top three 61%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
27% 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 VOTE MAMA FOUNDATION INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 100% · 2021 59% · 2022 44% · 2023 63% — 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
43% of VOTE MAMA FOUNDATION INC's funders are still giving 2 years after their first grant; 33% 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
VOTE MAMA FOUNDATION INC draws 82% of its grant income from funders outside New York, across 7 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $903k arriving through sponsors registered in 7 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
VOTE MAMA FOUNDATION INC holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 431 civil rights nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 431 civil rights nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like VOTE MAMA FOUNDATION 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
56% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
45%
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 2 related entities
- Vote Mama Ny · exempt
- Vote Mama PAC · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for VOTE MAMA FOUNDATION 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 VOTE MAMA FOUNDATION INC?
- VOTE MAMA FOUNDATION INC (New York) receives grants from 27 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,880,476 to it, the largest being PIVOTAL PHILANTHROPIES FOUNDATION ($1,550,000). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does VOTE MAMA FOUNDATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 27 organizations giving $3,880,476 in grants to VOTE MAMA FOUNDATION INC, 9 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of VOTE MAMA FOUNDATION INC?
- PIVOTAL PHILANTHROPIES FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $1,550,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like VOTE MAMA FOUNDATION 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.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2020–2025), and the filings of 27 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