Funding search · EIN 264486735 · Washington, DC

Sixteen Thirty Fund

Name: Sixteen Thirty Fund grants, 2022–2024
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A grantmaking public charity (files IRS Form 990, Schedule I). Charities like this often run real grant programs with application cycles.

848
grants reported: $491.6M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $104,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

action advocacy civil rights social environmental building capacity

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

Where the money goes

Voter mobilization and registration infrastructure, often through national intermediaries
State ballot measure campaigns, especially reproductive rights amendments
Climate and clean energy advocacy through c4 action funds
Capacity building for state-based progressive organizing networks
PACs and independent expenditure vehicles in battleground states

Typical grant

Median grant is $104,000 and the middle half falls between $50,000 and $303,125, so most of the 848 grants are modest. The money is wildly top-heavy: America Votes alone took $27.85 million in 2024, and a dozen checks above $4 million (Floridians Protecting Freedom at $14 million, League of Conservation Voters at $11.8 million, Institute for Responsive Government entities at $15.7 million combined) absorb the bulk of the $491 million. With 848 grants to 546 recipients, repeat funding is common, but volume spikes hard in election years.

Their words

Phrases from their own grant descriptions, worth speaking back to them.

“CIVIL RIGHTS, SOCIAL ACTION, ADVOCACY”
“ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMS”
“CAPACITY BUILDING”
“Action Fund”
“Reproductive Freedom”

Positioning adjacent work

Understand this is a 501(c)(4) making lobbying and political grants, not a research funder; pair with a c4 partner.
Connect work to their climate lane: energy affordability, heat pumps, utility policy, and clean energy jobs all drew seven figures.
Ask $50,000 to $300,000 unless you run a statewide campaign; seven-figure checks go to established national vehicles.
Frame outputs as campaign-usable, not publication-bound: voter contact, ballot measure messaging, state policy advocacy.

Worth knowing: This is an Arabella-affiliated pooled fund that regrants to advocacy organizations and PACs, with heavy concentration in DC (145 grants) and a handful of intermediaries like North Fund, Hopewell Fund, and America Votes moving large sums onward. Giving is relationship- and strategy-driven off a national campaign plan rather than responsive to inbound proposals, and 2024 volume reflects an election-cycle surge that will not repeat at the same scale off-cycle.

2 grants matching “poster” · $275,000

$200,000
Alaskans for Posterity · Anchorage, AK · 2024
Civil rights, social action, advocacy
$75,000
Alaskans for Posterity · Anchorage, AK · 2022
Civil rights, social action, advocacy

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

America Votes3 grants · $49.1M
North Fund3 grants · $20.0M
League of Conservation Voters3 grants · $17.8M
Floridians Protecting Freedom1 grant · $14.0M
Unrig Our Economy3 grants · $13.0M
Climate Equity Action Fund2 grants · $11.2M
Climate Jobs National Resource Center Action Fund3 grants · $11.1M
Promote the Vote 20221 grant · $10.4M
Energy Action Fund3 grants · $9.0M
Institute for Responsive Government1 grant · $8.0M

Giving over time

$148.8M

2022

$106.4M

2023

$236.4M

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 848 grants.

$27.9M
America Votes · Washington, DC · 2024
Civil rights, social action, advocacy
$20.7M
America Votes · Washington, DC · 2022
Civil rights, social action, advocacy
$14.0M
Floridians Protecting Freedom · Miami, FL · 2024
Civil rights, social action, advocacy
$11.8M
League of Conservation Voters · Washington, DC · 2024
Civil rights, social action, advocacy
$10.4M
Promote the Vote 2022 · Lansing, MI · 2022
Civil rights, social action, advocacy
$8.2M
North Fund · Washington, DC · 2023
Capacity building
$8.0M
Institute for Responsive Government · Chicago, IL · 2024
Civil rights, social action, advocacy
$7.8M
Register America · Washington, DC · 2024
Civil rights, social action, advocacy
$7.7M
Institute for Responsive Government Action · Chicago, IL · 2024
Civil rights, social action, advocacy
$7.0M
Ohioans United for Reproductive Rights · Columbus, OH · 2023
Civil rights, social action, advocacy
$6.9M
Climate Equity Action Fund · Washington, DC · 2024
Environmental programs
$6.8M
North Fund · Washington, DC · 2024
Civil rights, social action, advocacy
$6.7M
Your Community Pac · Wilmington, DE · 2024
Capacity building
$6.2M
Energy Action Fund · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Environmental programs
$6.0M
Citizens Not Politicians · Columbus, OH · 2024
Civil rights, social action, advocacy
$5.8M
Climate Jobs National Resource Center Action Fund · New York, NY · 2024
Environmental programs
$5.7M
Reproductive Freedom for All Committee · Detroit, MI · 2022
Civil rights, social action, advocacy
$5.4M
Run for Something Action Fund · Washington, DC · 2022
Civil rights, social action, advocacy
$5.2M
League of Conservation Voters · Washington, DC · 2022
Environmental programs
$5.1M
Unrig Our Economy · Wilmington, DE · 2024
Capacity building
$5.0M
North Fund · Washington, DC · 2022
Capacity building
$5.0M
One Person One Vote · Columbus, OH · 2023
Civil rights, social action, advocacy
$5.0M
Unrig Our Economy · Wilmington, DE · 2022
Capacity building
$5.0M
Climate Jobs National Resource Center Action Fund · New York, NY · 2023
Environmental programs
$4.5M
Missourians for Constitutional Freedom · St Louis, MO · 2024
Civil rights, social action, advocacy
$4.3M
Michiganders for Fair Lending · Lansing, MI · 2022
Civil rights, social action, advocacy
$4.3M
Climate Equity Action Fund · Washington, DC · 2023
Environmental programs
$4.2M
Western Conservation Action · Denver, CO · 2024
Environmental programs
$4.2M
Open Democracy Pac · Washington, DC · 2022
Civil rights, social action, advocacy
$4.0M
Planned Parenthood Action Fund · New York, NY · 2024
Civil rights, social action, advocacy
$3.8M
Sierra Club · Oakland, CA · 2024
Environmental programs
$3.5M
Advancing Az · Phoenix, AZ · 2023
Capacity building
$3.5M
Advanced Energy United · Washington, DC · 2024
Environmental programs
$3.5M
Empire State Voices · New York, NY · 2023
Capacity building
$3.4M
Western Conservation Action · Denver, CO · 2023
Environmental programs
$3.3M
Family Friendly Action Fund · Concord, NH · 2023
Capacity building
$3.0M
Defend Our Constitution · Anchorage, AK · 2022
Civil rights, social action, advocacy
$3.0M
Future Forward USA Pac · Washington, DC · 2024
Civil rights, social action, advocacy
$3.0M
Montanans Securing Reproductive Rights · Helena, MT · 2024
Civil rights, social action, advocacy
$3.0M
Missourians for Healthy Families and Fair Wages · St Louis, MO · 2024
Civil rights, social action, advocacy
$2.9M
Unrig Our Economy · Wilmington, DE · 2023
Capacity building
$2.8M
Western Futures Fund · Sheridan, WY · 2024
Civil rights, social action, advocacy
$2.8M
Advancing Az · Phoenix, AZ · 2022
Capacity building
$2.7M
Cities Forward · Washington, DC · 2024
Civil rights, social action, advocacy
$2.5M
Every Eligible American · Washington, DC · 2022
Civil rights, social action, advocacy
$2.5M
Aapi Democracy Fund · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Civil rights, social action, advocacy
$2.4M
Counterspark · Washington, DC · 2024
Environmental programs
$2.4M
Raise the Wage Nebraska · Lincoln, NE · 2022
Civil rights, social action, advocacy
$2.3M
New Day Nevada · Las Vegas, NV · 2022
Civil rights, social action, advocacy
$2.3M
Heat Pump Nation · Lewes, DE · 2024
Environmental programs
$2.3M
Global Impact Social Welfare Fund · Alexandria, VA · 2023
Civil rights, social action, advocacy
$2.3M
Nrdc Action Fund · New York, NY · 2024
Environmental programs
$2.3M
The Pipeline Fund · Madison, WI · 2024
Civil rights, social action, advocacy
$2.2M
Western Futures Fund · Sheridan, WY · 2022
Civil rights, social action, advocacy
$2.0M
All Together Colorado · Denver, CO · 2022
Civil rights, social action, advocacy
$2.0M
Secure Elections Project · Helena, MT · 2022
Civil rights, social action, advocacy
$2.0M
Local Jobs & Economic Development Fund · Dover, DE · 2024
Environmental programs
$2.0M
Retire Career Politicians · Washington, DC · 2024
Civil rights, social action, advocacy
$2.0M
We Act 4 Change · New York, NY · 2024
Environmental programs
$1.9M
Empire State Voices · New York, NY · 2024
Capacity building
$1.9M
Nebraskans for Paid Sick Leave · Omaha, NE · 2023
Civil rights, social action, advocacy
$1.9M
Civic Truth Action · Washington, DC · 2024
Civil rights, social action, advocacy
$1.9M
Rocky Mountain Values · Grant Junction, CO · 2023
Capacity building
$1.9M
House Majority Pac · Washington, DC · 2024
Civil rights, social action, advocacy
$1.8M
Energy Action Fund · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Environmental programs
$1.8M
Progressnow · Lansing, MI · 2023
Capacity building
$1.8M
Demand Progress Action · Silver Spring, MD · 2022
Civil rights, social action, advocacy
$1.8M
The Pac for Americas Future · Washington, DC · 2022
Civil rights, social action, advocacy
$1.8M
North Star Prosperity · St Paul, MN · 2022
Civil rights, social action, advocacy
$1.7M
Sierra Club · Oakland, CA · 2022
Environmental programs
$1.6M
Forward Action Fund · Concord, NH · 2024
Capacity building
$1.6M
Daga Peoples Lawyer Project · Washington, DC · 2022
Civil rights, social action, advocacy
$1.5M
Advanced Energy United · Washington, DC · 2023
Environmental programs
$1.5M
We Act 4 Change · New York, NY · 2023
Environmental programs
$1.5M
Adrc Action · Phoenix, AZ · 2022
Civil rights, social action, advocacy
$1.5M
Raise Up Massachusetts 2022 · Boston, MA · 2022
Civil rights, social action, advocacy
$1.5M
Kansans for Constitutional Freedom · Overland Park, KS · 2022
Civil rights, social action, advocacy
$1.4M
Fair Share Action · Boston, MA · 2023
Civil rights, social action, advocacy
$1.4M
Sierra Club · Oakland, CA · 2023
Environmental programs
$1.4M
The Hopewell Fund · Washington, DC · 2024
Civil rights, social action, advocacy
$1.3M
Civic Truth Coalition · Newark, DE · 2024
Civil rights, social action, advocacy
$1.3M
Advancing Az · Phoenix, AZ · 2024
Capacity building
$1.3M
Arizona for Abortion Access · Phoenix, AZ · 2024
Environmental programs
$1.3M
Michigan League of Conservation Voters · Ann Arbor, MI · 2024
Civil rights, social action, advocacy
$1.3M
Smp · Washington, DC · 2024
Civil rights, social action, advocacy
$1.3M
Ohioans for Reproductive Freedom Pac · Columbus, OH · 2023
Civil rights, social action, advocacy
$1.2M
The Fairness Project · Washington, DC · 2024
Civil rights, social action, advocacy
$1.1M
Straight Talk Politics Pac · San Jose, CA · 2022
Civil rights, social action, advocacy
$1.1M
Alaskans for Bristol Bay Action · Anchorage, AK · 2022
Environmental programs
$1.1M
Clean and Prosperous America Education Fund · Seattle, WA · 2024
Civil rights, social action, advocacy
$1.0M
Advanced Energy Works · Washington, DC · 2023
Environmental programs
$1.0M
Congressional Integrity Project · Washington, DC · 2023
Civil rights, social action, advocacy
$1.0M
Alliance for Youth Action · Washington, DC · 2024
Civil rights, social action, advocacy
$1.0M
Climate Power · Washington, DC · 2024
Environmental programs
$1.0M
Conservation Voters of South Carolina · Columbia, SC · 2024
Environmental programs
$1.0M
Environmental Defense Action Fund · New York, NY · 2024
Environmental programs
$1.0M
Hip Hop Caucus Action Fund · Washington, DC · 2024
Environmental programs
$1.0M
Utility Action Alliance · Seattle, WA · 2024
Environmental programs
$1.0M
Climate Power · Washington, DC · 2023
Environmental programs
$1.0M
Every Eligible American · Washington, DC · 2023
Civil rights, social action, advocacy

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Source: IRS Form 990, Schedule I, as filed by this organization. These are grants already paid. Grants paid directly to individuals are reported to the IRS only as totals, so they do not appear as named lines here.