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Unite America Institute

Name: Unite America Institute grants, 2022–2024
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A grantmaking public charity (files IRS Form 990, Schedule I). Charities like this often run real grant programs with application cycles.

128
grants reported: $20.9M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $80,629
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

research voting choice ranked education primaries reform conduct

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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.

Top recipients

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

Alaskans for Better Elections Foundation3 grants · $2.3M
Fairvote3 grants · $2.2M
Open Primaries Education Fund2 grants · $1.4M
Election Administration Resource Center3 grants · $1.1M
The Campaign Legal Center2 grants · $937,500
Veterans for All Voters1 grant · $845,750
Representus Education Fund3 grants · $695,166
The Afn Education Fund1 grant · $659,121
R Street Institute3 grants · $618,075
Oregon Center for Voting & Elections3 grants · $604,000

Giving over time

$5.1M

2022

$7.4M

2023

$8.4M

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 128 grants.

$1.0M
Alaskans for Better Elections Foundation · Anchorage, AK · 2022
To support the grantee's programmatic priorities including technical implementation of nonpartisan primaries & ranked choice voting and education of constituents about how the new electoral system works.
$988,775
Open Primaries Education Fund · New York, NY · 2024
To support a grassroots program for activists supportive of primary reform; media and research; and long-term litigation; to support developing, executing, and managing the efforts of the let us vote campaign
$912,000
Fairvote · Takoma Park, MD · 2022
To support the grantee's programmatic priorities including research & analysis on the use of ranked choice voting and outreach & engagement focused on conservative perspectives on ranked choice voting.
$850,000
Alaskans for Better Elections Foundation · Anchorage, AK · 2024
General operating support
$850,000
Fairvote · Takoma Park, MD · 2023
General operating support and to support grantee's work on rcv and their presidential primaries program
$845,750
Veterans for All Voters · St Louis, MO · 2024
General operating support and to support veteran recruitment; increase volume of ctas and actions taken; and veteran coalition development
$659,121
The Afn Education Fund · Anchorage, AK · 2022
To run a get-out-the-native-vote voeter turnout and education program.
$625,000
The Campaign Legal Center · Washington, DC · 2023
To support top-four/five and ranked choice voting efforts, as well as independent redistricting commissions
$512,500
Election Administration Resource Center · Goldsboro, NC · 2024
General operating support and to support programmatic activities, including ongoing development of rctab; hands-on support to election administrators and states; research; and events and travel.
$500,000
Veterans for Political Innovation · Webster Groves, MO · 2023
To support veteran recruitment, increase volume of ctas and actions taken, and veteran coalition development
$475,000
Election Administration Resource Center · Goldsboro, NC · 2023
General operating support and to support the jurisdiction support services program and development of rctab technology
$454,000
Oregon Center for Voting & Elections · Corvallis, OR · 2024
General operating support and to support conduct additional digital message testing to expand sample size and draw more confident conclusions; make the research results accessible to campaigns in other states and walk t… read allGeneral operating support and to support conduct additional digital message testing to expand sample size and draw more confident conclusions; make the research results accessible to campaigns in other states and walk them through the process; and run an early education campaign to oregon voters. less
$451,299
Fairvote · Takoma Park, MD · 2024
To support the fairvote awards gala and to provide legal support for state partners and to educate eas regarding rcv and related reforms.
$450,000
Open Primaries Education Fund · New York, NY · 2023
To support a grassroots program for activists supportive of primary reform; media and research; and long-term litigation
$420,000
Rank the Vote · Leominster, MA · 2023
To support the grantee's work on rcv and michigan state chapter support
$394,750
Alaskans for Better Elections Foundation · Anchorage, AK · 2023
General operating support
$390,000
R Street Institute · Washington, DC · 2024
To support governance program; testimony & conferences; right on reform; and building the evidence base for reform
$371,833
Issue One · Washington, DC · 2022
To support the grantee's efforts to take advantage of the opportunity around the bipartisan working group of senators focused on a host of election-protection measures to advance policy to improve elections with biparti… read allTo support the grantee's efforts to take advantage of the opportunity around the bipartisan working group of senators focused on a host of election-protection measures to advance policy to improve elections with bipartisan support. less
$360,000
Coalition of Communities of Color · Portland, OR · 2024
To support project team staffing costs; organizational re-grants and communications asset development, including voter education and data and training; and conduct research
$350,000
Bipartisan Policy Center · Washington, DC · 2022
To support the grantee's programmatic priorities including support for bpc elections' research team and production of educational content to increase public awareness about the problems with current electoral and voting… read allTo support the grantee's programmatic priorities including support for bpc elections' research team and production of educational content to increase public awareness about the problems with current electoral and voting rules. less
$315,000
Representus Education Fund · Florence, MA · 2024
To support the american democracy summit and for general operating support.
$312,500
The Campaign Legal Center · Washington, DC · 2024
General operating support and for state legal support
$300,000
The Alaska Center Education Fund · Anchorage, AK · 2024
General operating support
$300,000
New Politics Leadership Academy · Boston, MA · 2022
To support servant leader recruitment for participation in core grantee programming.
$250,000
Advance Colorado · Denver, CO · 2024
To support a non-partisan campaign to educate coloradans about open primaries, nonpartisan primaries, ranked choice voting, etc.
$250,000
American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research · Washington, DC · 2023
To support reports and research on the root causes of political dysfunction and polarization and a targeted media campaign
$250,000
Representus Education Fund · Florence, MA · 2023
General operating support and to support the american democracy summit
$225,000
Eternal Vigilance Action · Holly Springs, GA · 2024
To support events related to education & awareness for rcv; public education campaign on rcv or fiscal impact of policies; and research on rcv or public opinion.
$214,550
Utah Ranked Choice Voting · Sandy, UT · 2023
To support the grantee's work on rcv in utah
$200,000
Bipartisan Policy Center · Washington, DC · 2023
To conduct & disseminate research and conduct a federal landscape analysis
$200,000
Fairvote Minnesota Foundation · Saint Paul, MN · 2023
To build support for ranked choice voting and other democracy reforms in minnesota
$200,000
The Alaska Center Education Fund · Anchorage, AK · 2022
To run a voter turnout and education program
$150,000
Sightline Institute · Seattle, WA · 2024
To support educate & engage key policymakers; build the evidence base for reform; amplify a compelling national narrative
$150,000
Issue One · Washington, DC · 2023
To support the america 2026 project
$150,000
Protect Democracy Project · Washington, DC · 2023
General operating support
$149,500
American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research · Washington, DC · 2024
To support efforts to cultivate bipartisan support with business leaders, policymakers, and students
$143,750
Millennial Action Project · Washington, DC · 2024
To support the innovation fellowship
$140,000
Sightline Institute · Seattle, WA · 2023
To make the case for election reform through quantitative & qualitative research and to support the grantee's democracy program
$138,075
R Street Institute · Washington, DC · 2022
To support the grantee's continued work on governance, electoral reforms, and voting systems.
$136,000
Bipartisan Policy Center · Washington, DC · 2024
To support a study on the effect of partisan primaries on the representativeness and participation of the electorate and to support reconciliation of primary reform and party building.
$136,000
Onevirginia2021 Foundation · Richmond, VA · 2023
To build education, awareness, ad support for electoral reforms in virginia
$134,950
Utah Ranked Choice Voting · Sandy, UT · 2024
General operating support and to support distribute educational mailers to utah voters on how to rank their choices in 2023 municipal elections; participate in events to educate the public about the status and merits of… read allGeneral operating support and to support distribute educational mailers to utah voters on how to rank their choices in 2023 municipal elections; participate in events to educate the public about the status and merits of rcv in utah; and use paid media directly to utah voters to recruit new supporters and volunteers less
$133,841
Oklahoma United for Progress · Tulsa, OK · 2023
General operating support and to build the supporter base of grantee, through compelling paid and earned media efforts, events, and research that is used to build a coalition of grassroots and grasstops supporters who s… read allGeneral operating support and to build the supporter base of grantee, through compelling paid and earned media efforts, events, and research that is used to build a coalition of grassroots and grasstops supporters who support reforms that put voters first less
$130,166
Representus Education Fund · Florence, MA · 2022
To broaden support for democracy reform through proactive seeding & accelerator program, provide in-kind support to other organizations engaged in research & education, and the storytelling project; and for general oper… read allTo broaden support for democracy reform through proactive seeding & accelerator program, provide in-kind support to other organizations engaged in research & education, and the storytelling project; and for general operating support. less
$110,000
Common Cause Education Fund · Washington, DC · 2024
General operating support
$100,000
Builders Network · Midtown Station, NY · 2024
To support the starts with us project
$100,000
New Mexico Open Elections · Corrales, NM · 2024
General operating support
$100,000
President & Fellows of Harvard College · Cambridge, MA · 2024
General operating support
$100,000
Rank the Vote · Leominster, MA · 2024
General operating support
$100,000
The Committee of Seventy · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
General operating support and education on primary elections
$100,000
The Good Nation Foundation · New York, NY · 2024
General operating support for partners in democracy education
$100,000
Cato Institute · Washington, DC · 2023
To support the project on election reform and engagement with key stakeholders
$100,000
Elections Reformers Network · Bethesda, MD · 2023
General operating support and to support work in michigan related to voting and election laws
$100,000
Millennial Action Project · Washington, DC · 2023
To sustain the democracy reform pillar of the grantee's work, including their innovation lab
$100,000
Oregon Center for Voting & Elections · Corvallis, OR · 2023
To build public support for rcv in oregon
$100,000
Representwomen · Takoma Park, MD · 2023
To support events & convenings, partnerships staff, and digital content creation
$100,000
The Committee of Seventy · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
General operating support
$100,000
The President and Fellows of Harvard College · Cambridge, MA · 2023
General operating support
$100,000
Election Administration Resource Center · Goldsboro, NC · 2022
To support the grantee's programmatic priorities including resource building for best practice implementation of ranked choice voting and consultation to jurisdictions working to implement ranked choice voting.
$100,000
Neo Philanthropy · New York, NY · 2022
To support more equitable democracy's research activities including a racial justice guide to electoral systems report, analyses of racial equity of local elections and political representation, and research on how to e… read allTo support more equitable democracy's research activities including a racial justice guide to electoral systems report, analyses of racial equity of local elections and political representation, and research on how to explain ranked choice voting. less
$100,000
Protect Democracy Project · Washington, DC · 2022
To support the grantee's efforts to prevent the corruption & subversion of upcoming elections, rebuild democratic institutional guardrails, and address the underlying drivers of authoritarianism.
$100,000
The Committee of Seventy · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
To increase awareness of the problems caused by closed primaries and how open primaries can help solve those problems.
$90,000
R Street Institute · Washington, DC · 2023
To support engagement with new research topics; education based on the grantees research; the real solutions summit; network growth; and monthly scholar webinars
$85,238
Mormon Women for Ethical Government Foundation · Riverton, UT · 2024
To support mweg chapter & member growth and media engagement program
$76,020
Fix the System - Wisconsin · Middleton, WI · 2023
To build public support for final five voting, including by educating stakeholders in wisconsin about the merits of the policy
$75,000
Former Members of Congress · Washington, DC · 2024
To support interviews and analysis; reporting; events; communications and engagement; and ongoing analysis
$75,000
Common Cause Education Fund · Washington, DC · 2023
To support rcv outreach & education, candidate & campaign training, and work with the nyc board of elections and campaign finance board
$75,000
Johns Hopkins University · Baltimore, MD · 2023
To provide support to the snf agora institute to bring together diverse conservative constituents to study, map out, and formalize a pro-democracy public policy agenda
$75,000
The George Washington University · Washington, DC · 2023
To support the work of the gw equity institute multiracial democracy project
$75,000
American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research · Washington, DC · 2022
To convene key leaders on the right, produce policy research & essays, and engage broader audiences on the right - policymakers, students, and the public - about the importance of thoughtful debate & engagement with ide… read allTo convene key leaders on the right, produce policy research & essays, and engage broader audiences on the right - policymakers, students, and the public - about the importance of thoughtful debate & engagement with ideas about election reform & administration. less
$65,000
Better Ballot Georgia · Atlanta, GA · 2023
General operating support
$65,000
Maine Citizens for Clean Elections · Portland, ME · 2023
General operating support
$60,000
Upvote Virginia Foundation · Chesterfield, VA · 2024
General operating support
$60,000
New Mexico Open Elections · Corrales, NM · 2023
To finance the creation, production and dissemination of educational content on partisan primaries and potential reform solutions in new mexico
$59,675
The Washington University · Saint Louis, MO · 2024
To support the primary election study survey project
$57,500
Joseph Rainey Center for Public Policy · Washington, DC · 2024
To support the rainey center's 2024 lamp summit
$50,000
Onevirginia2021 Foundation · Richmond, VA · 2024
General operating support
$50,000
American Compact · Stonington, CT · 2023
To do polling & surveying, as well as research and reporting on nonpartisan and other primaries
$50,000
Equality State Policy Center · Laramie, WY · 2023
General operating support
$50,000
Eternal Vigilance Action · Holly Springs, GA · 2023
To organize a community, participate in coalitions, and conduct research around democracy reforms in georgia
$50,000
Partners in Democracy · Cambridge, MA · 2023
To organize a community of voters, volunteers, donors, advisors, and others around the idea of electoral reforms in massachusetts
$50,000
Sd Foundation · Washington, DC · 2023
General operating support
$50,000
Sutherland Institute · Salt Lake City, UT · 2023
To conduct research on the impact of election reforms in utah
$50,000
The Brookings Institution · Washington, DC · 2023
To support ongoing work on the primaries project
$50,000
Vermont Public Interest Research & Education Fund · Montpellier, VT · 2023
General operating support
$50,000
Common Cause Education Fund · Washington, DC · 2022
To be used for operational and programmatic work related to ranked choice voting in new york state and new york city.
$50,000
Fairvote Minnesota · Saint Paul, MN · 2022
General operating support.
$50,000
Onevirginia2021 Foundation · Richmond, VA · 2022
To conduct outreach related to ranked choice voting and to rebrand the organization.
$50,000
Oregon Center for Voting & Elections · Corvallis, OR · 2022
To conduct research on the problems with the current political system in oregon and the impact solutions like ranked choice voting would have on the state.
$45,000
National Conference of State Legislatures · Denver, CO · 2023
To support the development & publishing of a nonpartisan toolkit
$40,000
Fairvote Washington Foundation · Bothell, WA · 2023
General operating support
$40,000
Rcv Montana · Missoula, MT · 2023
General operating support
$30,000
Maine Citizens for Clean Elections · Portland, ME · 2024
General operating support
$25,000
American Compact · Stonington, CT · 2024
General operating support
$25,000
Fairvote Minnesota Foundation · Saint Paul, MN · 2024
General operating support
$25,000
Fix the System - Wisconsin · Middleton, WI · 2024
General operating support
$25,000
Public Affairs Research Council of Louisiana · Baton Rouge, LA · 2024
To support closed primary research and distribution and promotion of research
$25,000
University of Wyoming · Laramie, WY · 2024
To support the ma politics assistantship
$25,000
Mormon Women for Ethical Government Foundation · Riverton, UT · 2023
To create, produce, and disseminate educational content on the problems with the current election system and potential solutions
$25,000
Policy Impact · Berkeley, CA · 2023
To support the democracy funders network

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