Funding search · EIN 453813436 · Brooklyn, NY
Center for Popular Democracy
A grantmaking public charity (files IRS Form 990, Schedule I). Charities like this often run real grant programs with application cycles.
- 136
- grants reported
- $24.9M
- total given
- 2022–2024
- filing years
- $127,456
- 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
backfightinnovationscampaignsjusticebasebuildinghousingadvocacy
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4 grants matching “canvass” · $2.0M
- $547,746
Cpd Action Canvass Network Llc · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
Basebuilding - canvass for power
- $474,500
New York Communities for Change (Nycc) · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
Basebuilding - canvass for power
- $446,692
Cpd Action Canvass Network Llc · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
Basebuilding general/campaign - housing,corporate accountability/climate justice
- $561,655
Cpd Action Canvass Network Llc · Brooklyn, NY · 2022
Basebuilding - canvass for power
Top recipients
Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.
- Cpd Action Canvass Network Llc3 grants · $1.6M
- Casa De Maryland3 grants · $1.4M
- Acce Institute3 grants · $1.4M
- Make the Road New York3 grants · $1.3M
- Make the Road States Dba Make the Road Nv2 grants · $1.0M
- Working Washington3 grants · $955,609
- Make the Road States Dba Make the Road Nj2 grants · $927,200
- Arizona Center for Empowerment2 grants · $901,000
- Action Institute North Carolina3 grants · $898,428
- Step Up Louisiana Organizing Fund3 grants · $762,514
Giving over time
Grant history
The 100 largest of 136 grants.
- $886,500
Acce Institute · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Basebuilding - (general)campaigns - (housing)campaigns - (advocacy & mobilization)
- $667,000
Make the Road States Dba Make the Road Nv · Las Vegas, NV · 2024
Campaigns - (advocacy & mobilization)campaigns - (housing)campaigns - (economic justice)campaigns - (climate justice)civic engagementcampaigns - (healthcare)
- $618,400
Casa De Maryland · Hyattsville, MD · 2022
Basebuilding general/campaign - housing,immigrant rights,corporate accountability, states, climate justice/innovations - fight back!
- $597,969
Make the Road New York · Brooklyn, NY · 2022
Basebuilding general/campaign - housing,immigrant rights,corporate accountability,workers justice/innovations - fight back!
- $578,000
Arizona Center for Empowerment · Phoenix, AZ · 2024
Campaigns - (advocacy & mobilization)
- $561,655
Cpd Action Canvass Network Llc · Brooklyn, NY · 2022
Basebuilding - canvass for power
- $547,746
Cpd Action Canvass Network Llc · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
Basebuilding - canvass for power
- $519,000
One Pennsylvania · Pittsburgh, PA · 2023
Basebuilding general/campaign - housing,immigrant rights,corporate accountability,workers justice/innovations - fight back!
- $510,000
Make the Road States Dba Make the Road Nj · Brooklyn, NY · 2022
Basebuilding general/campaigns - workers justice/climate justice/innovations - fight back!
- $478,928
Center for Law and Human Value Dba the Action Lab · Ridgewood, NY · 2024
Special projects
- $474,500
New York Communities for Change (Nycc) · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
Basebuilding - canvass for power
- $468,000
Mtr States - Make the Road New Jersey · Elizabeth, NJ · 2023
Basebuilding general/campaigns - workers justice/climate justice/innovations - fight back!
- $460,000
Make the Road States Dba Make the Road Pa · Reading, PA · 2024
Civic engagement
- $447,000
Action Institute North Carolina · Durham, NC · 2024
Campaigns - (advocacy & mobilization)campaigns - (housing)
- $446,692
Cpd Action Canvass Network Llc · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
Basebuilding general/campaign - housing,corporate accountability/climate justice
- $440,748
Make the Road New York · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
Campaign - housing,states,workers justice/climate justice/innovations - fight back!
- $432,000
New York Communities Organizing Fund · Brooklyn, NY · 2022
Basebuilding general/campaign - housing,corporate accountability/climate justice
- $417,200
Make the Road States Dba Make the Road Nj · Elizabeth, NJ · 2024
Basebuilding - (general)campaigns - (advocacy & mobilization)campaigns - (housing)campaigns - (economic justice)
- $407,500
Casa De Maryland · Hyattsville, MD · 2023
Campaign - housing,immigrant rights,workers justice/innovations - fight back!
- $390,000
Casa De Maryland · Hyattsville, MD · 2024
Civic engagementbasebuilding - (general)campaigns - (housing)campaigns - (climate justice)campaigns - (advocacy & mobilization)
- $380,000
Onepa Activist United · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Campaigns - (climate justice) civic engagement campaigns - (housing) basebuilding - (general) campaigns - (advocacy & mobilization)
- $370,000
Make the Road States Dba Make the Road Nv · Brooklyn, NY · 2022
Campaign - housing,states,workers justice/climate justice/innovations - fight back!
- $357,000
New York Communities for Change · Brooklyn, NY · 2022
Campaign - housing,immigrant rights,workers justice/innovations - fight back!
- $355,609
Working Washington · Seattle, WA · 2022
Campaigns - workers justice/innovations - fight back!
- $351,500
Mtr States - Make the Road Connecticut · Bridgeport, CT · 2023
Campaigns - workers justice/innovations - fight back!
- $330,000
Tides Center · Detroit, MI · 2024
Civic engagementcampaigns - (advocacy & mobilization)
- $323,200
Step Up Louisiana Organizing Fund · New Orleans, LA · 2024
Civic engagementbasebuilding - (general)campaigns - (advocacy & mobilization)
- $323,000
Arizona Center for Empowerment · Phoenix, AZ · 2022
Basebuilding general/campaigns - corporate accountability,states
- $305,323
Spaces in Action · Washington, DC · 2023
Basebuilding general/campaigns - corporate accountability,states
- $302,700
Texas Organizing Project Education Fund · San Antonio, TX · 2024
Campaigns - (healthcare)campaigns - (housing)campaigns - (advocacy & mobilization)
- $300,000
Working Washington · Seattle, WA · 2024
Campaigns - (economic justice)
- $300,000
Working Washington · Seattle, WA · 2023
Campaigns - corporate accountability/climate justice/innovations - fight back!
- $291,000
Churches United for Fair Housing · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
Campaign - housing/innovations - fight back!
- $280,128
Action Institute North Carolina · Durham, NC · 2023
Basebuilding general/campaigns - education justice,workers justice/general operating support
- $272,000
Mtr States - Make the Road Nevada · Las Vegas, NV · 2023
Basebuilding general/campaigns - corporate accountability,states/climate justice/innovations - fight back!
- $270,609
Florida Rising Togethernew Florida Majority Education Fund · Miami, FL · 2022
Basebuilding general; campaigns - states/innovations - fight back!
- $270,000
Ohio Organizing Collaborative · Youngstown, OH · 2024
Basebuilding - (general)campaigns - (advocacy & mobilization)campaigns - (economic justice)
- $268,286
Rights & Democracy Institute · Burlington, VT · 2022
Campaigns - corporate accountability/climate justice/innovations - fight back!
- $268,009
Acce Institute · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Campaign - housing/innovations - fight back!
- $260,000
New York Communities for Change · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
Campaigns - (advocacy & mobilization)campaigns - (housing)basebuilding - (general)campaigns - (economic justice)
- $257,339
Step Up Louisiana Organizing Fund · New Orleans, LA · 2022
Basebuilding general/campaigns - education justice,workers justice/general operating support
- $250,609
Make the Road States Dba Make the Road Pa · Brooklyn, NY · 2022
Basebuilding general/campaigns - corporate accountability,states/climate justice/innovations - fight back!
- $250,200
Make the Road States Dba Make the Road Ct · Bridgeport, CT · 2024
Campaigns - (advocacy & mobilization)campaigns - (housing)campaigns - (economic justice)
- $221,400
Acce Institute · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Basebuilding - (general)campaigns - (housing)campaigns - (advocacy & mobilization)
- $218,200
Maine People'S Resource Center · Portland, ME · 2024
Campaigns - (advocacy & mobilization)campaigns - (healthcare)
- $217,706
Alaskans Take a Stand · Anchorage, AK · 2023
Campaign - housing/innovations - fight back!
- $212,066
Make the Road New York · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
Basebuilding - (general)campaigns - (advocacy & mobilization)campaigns - (economic justice)
- $200,894
Texas Organizing Project Education Fund · San Antonio, TX · 2022
Campaign - housing/innovations - fight back!
- $196,600
Fusion Partnership · Baltimore, MD · 2024
Campaigns - fed up/general operating support/innovations - fight back!
- $193,925
Ohio Organizing Collaborative (Ooc) · Youngstown, OH · 2023
Basebuilding general; campaigns - states/innovations - fight back!
- $188,900
Fuerte Art Collective · Phoenix, AZ · 2024
Campaigns - (economic justice)
- $184,571
Texas Organizing Project Education Fund · San Antonio, TX · 2023
Basebuilding general/campaigns - fed up,states/innovations - fight back!
- $181,975
Step Up Louisiana Organizing Fund · New Orleans, LA · 2023
Campaigns - fed up/general operating support/innovations - fight back!
- $181,572
Rights & Democracy Institute · Burlington, VT · 2023
Campaign - housing,workers justice/innovations - fight back!
- $178,570
Delaware Alliance for Community Advancement · Dover, DE · 2023
Basebuilding general/climate justice/innovations - fight back!
- $171,300
Action Institute North Carolina · Durham, NC · 2022
Basebuilding general/campaigns - fed up,states/innovations - fight back!
- $165,000
Workers Defense Project · Austin, TX · 2024
Climate justice
- $163,985
Fusion Partnership · Baltimore, MD · 2022
Campaigns - fed up/general operating support/innovations - fight back!
- $158,009
Make the Road States Dba Make the Road Ct · Brooklyn, NY · 2022
Campaign - housing,workers justice/innovations - fight back!
- $157,090
Sunflower Community Action · Wichita, KS · 2023
Campaigns - education justice, workers justice/innovations - fight back!
- $149,700
Arkansas Community Institute · Little Rock, AR · 2024
Campaigns - (healthcare)campaigns - (advocacy & mobilization)
- $146,567
Churches United for Fair Housing · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
Campaigns - (economic justice)campaigns - (housing)campaigns - (advocacy & mobilization)executive leadership - (training, capacity building & network mgmt)
- $145,000
Construyamos Otro Acuerdo · San Huan, PR · 2024
General support
- $141,500
Alaskans Take a Stand · Anchorage, AK · 2024
Campaigns - (climate justice)campaigns - (advocacy & mobilization)campaigns - (healthcare)
- $140,609
The Ohio Organizing Collaborative · Youngstown, OH · 2022
Basebuilding general/climate justice/innovations - fight back!
- $140,000
Florida Rising Together · Miami, FL · 2024
Campaigns - (housing)campaigns - (advocacy & mobilization)
- $130,609
Accion Politica Pcunista · Woodburn, OR · 2022
Campaigns - education justice, workers justice/innovations - fight back!
- $127,625
Maine People'S Resource Center · Portland, ME · 2022
Campaign - housing,fed up,workers justice/climate justice
- $127,286
Alaskans Take a Stand · Anchorage, AK · 2022
Innovations - fight back!
- $126,905
Arkansas Community Institute · Little Rock, AR · 2022
Campaign - housing/general operating support/innovations - fight back!
- $126,000
Churches United for Fair Housing · Brooklyn, NY · 2022
Basebuilding - training, capacity building & network mgmt/campaign - housing,immigrant rights,corporate accountability/general operating support/innovations - fight back!
- $125,571
Arkansas Community Institute · Little Rock, AR · 2023
Campaign - housing,fed up,workers justice/climate justice
- $125,166
West Virginia Healthy Kids and Families Coalition · Charleston, WV · 2022
General operating support/innovations - fight back!
- $124,032
Communities Creating Opportunity · Kansas City, MO · 2023
Innovations - fight back!
- $112,667
New York Communities Organizing · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
Campaigns - (advocacy & mobilization)
- $112,286
Delaware Alliance for Community Advancement · Minneapolis, MN · 2022
Innovations - fight back!
- $105,647
West Virginia Healthy Kids and Families Coalition · Charleston, WV · 2023
Campaign - housing/general operating support/innovations - fight back!
- $105,000
New Georgia Project · Atlanta, GA · 2024
Campaigns - (advocacy & mobilization)campaigns - (housing)
- $102,205
Sunflower Community Action · Wichita, KS · 2024
Campaigns - (climate justice)campaigns - (advocacy & mobilization)
- $100,000
United for a New Economy · Commerce City, CO · 2022
Basebuilding general
- $97,000
Rights & Democracy Institute · Burlington, VT · 2024
Campaigns - (advocacy & mobilization)campaigns - (healthcare)
- $95,000
Working Families Organization · Brooklyn, NY · 2022
Climate justice
- $90,200
Copal Ed Fund · Minneapolis, MN · 2024
Campaigns - (housing)
- $90,000
Maine People'S Resource Center · Portland, ME · 2023
Basebuilding - training, capacity building & network mgmt/campaign - housing,immigrant rights,corporate accountability/general operating support/innovations - fight back!
- $87,000
Maryland Communities United · Baltimore, MD · 2023
General operating support/innovations - fight back!
- $85,000
Accion Politica Pcunista · Woodburn, OR · 2024
Campaigns - (advocacy & mobilization)
- $83,000
New Georgia Project · Atlanta, GA · 2023
Innovations - fight back!
- $80,609
Center for Coalfield Justice · Washington, PA · 2022
Climate justice/innovations - fight back!
- $80,000
Living United for Change in Arizona (Lucha) · Phoenix, AZ · 2023
Basebuilding general
- $76,500
Fuerte Art Collective · Phoenix, AZ · 2023
Climate justice
- $75,525
Florida Rising Together · Miami, FL · 2023
Climate justice/innovations - fight back!
- $75,000
Working Families Organization · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
Campaigns - (advocacy & mobilization)
- $75,000
Tides Center · Detroit, MI · 2023
Campaign - housing/innovations - fight back!
- $60,000
Maryland Communities United · Baltimore, MD · 2022
Campaign - housing/innovations - fight back!
- $53,000
Amistad Law Project · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
Campaign - housing,workers justice
- $50,000
One Pennsylvania · Pittsburgh, PA · 2024
Campaigns - (climate justice) civic engagement campaigns - (housing) basebuilding - (general) campaigns - (advocacy & mobilization)
- $50,000
Working Families Organization · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
Campaigns - democracy
- $43,500
One Pennsylvania · Pittsburgh, PA · 2022
Campaign - housing,workers justice
- $36,925
Take Action Minnesota · St Paul, MN · 2023
Campaigns - education justice
- $30,742
Vocal New York · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
Basebuilding training, capacity building & network mgmt/innovations - fight back!
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