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Action Now

Name: Action Now grants, 2022–2025
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.

158
grants reported: $42.4M
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $187,500
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

advocacy education reform issue prescription related drug

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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.

4 grants matching “criminal justice reform” · $720,000

$400,000
Fwd US · Washington, DC · 2025
To support grantee's strategic advocacy at the state and federal levels regarding criminal justice reform and public safety.
$125,000
Conservatives for Criminal Justice Initiative · Raleigh, NC · 2024
To support grantee's education and advocacy surrounding criminal justice reform in north carolina.
$75,000
Justice Forward Virginia · Arlington, VA · 2024
To support advocacy to promote criminal justice reform in virginia.
$120,000
The Meyer Law Office Pc · Denver, CO · 2022
To support education and issue advocacy activities related to criminal justice reform in colorado.

Top recipients

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

Unite America1 grant · $3.0M
Welcoming Neighbors Network2 grants · $2.8M
Patients for Affordable Drugs Now2 grants · $1.9M
Farella Braun Martel Llp3 grants · $1.4M
Maryland Citizens Health Initiative5 grants · $1.4M
Public Private Strategies Llc5 grants · $1.3M
Committee To Protect Health Care2 grants · $1.2M
Families USA Action3 grants · $1.1M
Greater Greater Washington2 grants · $1.1M
Alaskans for Better Elections1 grant · $950,000

Giving over time

$10.1M

2022

$3.5M

2023

$10.9M

2024

$17.9M

2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 158 grants.

$3.0M
Unite America · Denver, CO · 2022
To support nevada's final five ballot measure.
$2.5M
Welcoming Neighbors Network · New York, NY · 2024
To support grantee's advocacy efforts to remove regulatory barriers to expand the supply of housing across a diverse array of states and municipalities.
$1.8M
Patients for Affordable Drugs Now · Washington, DC · 2025
To provide general operating support.
$950,000
Alaskans for Better Elections · Anchorage, AK · 2022
To support the education and advocacy activities related to advancing ballot measure 2 implementation and ranked choice voting in alaska.
$945,198
Greater Greater Washington · Washington, DC · 2025
To scale up state-level pro-housing initiatives in maryland and virginia to advance legislative and executive branch reforms.
$750,000
Families Against Mandatory Minimums · Washington, DC · 2025
To promote the general operating support for grantee's second chance advocacy efforts at the state and federal level.
$700,000
Families USA Action · Washington, DC · 2024
To support grantee's educational campaign around enacting hospital site neutral payment policies, including cracking down on abusive facility fees.
$698,000
US Market Institute · Burke, VA · 2025
To continue support of grantee's education and advocacy surrounding site-neutral pricing policies.
$656,250
Committee To Protect Health Care · Detroit, MI · 2024
To support grantee's education and advocacy on site-neutral policy reform.
$647,987
Continuum Health Group Llc · Washington, DC · 2023
To support education and issue advocacy to improve the use of real-world evidence, transparency in clinical trial data, and the u.s. Food and drug administration's evidence standards.
$600,000
The Market Institute Llc · Burke, VA · 2024
To support grantee's education and advocacy surrounding site-neutral pricing policies.
$600,000
Fairvote Minnesota · St Paul, MN · 2022
To advance ranked choice voting in minnesota.
$590,000
Stand Together Chamber of Commerce · Arlington, VA · 2022
To provide general operating support.
$556,895
Othram · The Woodlands, TX · 2025
To support a dna analysis pilot program with the houston police department (hpd) using forensic investigative genetic genealogy (figg), to determine if it yields improved case outcomes.
$549,477
Farella Braun Martel Llp · San Francisco, CA · 2025
To support research on anticompetitive conduct in the healthcare industry.
$531,000
Texas Employers for Affordable Healthcare · Spicewood, TX · 2022
To support the hospital value campaign in texas.
$522,044
Vox Media Llc · Washington, DC · 2025
To support an expansive editorial project that breaks down the current u.s. Infrastructure crisis across energy, housing, transportation, and other key infrastructure-related issues.
$500,608
Farella Braun Martel Llp · San Francisco, CA · 2024
To support research on anticompetitive conduct in the healthcare industry.
$500,000
Open New York · Wilmington, DE · 2025
To expand grantee's pro-housing advocacy efforts in new york through local and state organizing and coalition building.
$500,000
Due Process Institute · Washington, DC · 2024
To support grantee's education and advocacy surrounding sentencing and prison reform.
$500,000
Coloradoans for Affordable Housing Now · Denver, CO · 2022
To support an affordable housing ballot initiative in colorado.
$495,000
Committee To Protect Health Care · Detroit, MI · 2025
To support grantee's education and issue advocacy activities related to commercial health care pricing reforms at the state level across multiple jurisdictions.
$423,000
Freedom Virginia · Norfolk, VA · 2023
To support virginians for affordable medicines.
$412,800
Abundant Housing Ma · Boston, MA · 2025
To expand grantee's capacity to support statewide pro-housing policies in massachusetts.
$407,500
Co2efficient Llc · Washington, DC · 2025
To support grantee's sponsored project, electricity customer alliance, in better aligning electricity customer voices across commercial, industrial, technology, and residential sectors advocating in support of grid infr… read allTo support grantee's sponsored project, electricity customer alliance, in better aligning electricity customer voices across commercial, industrial, technology, and residential sectors advocating in support of grid infrastructure and permitting reforms. less
$400,000
Fwd US · Washington, DC · 2025
To support grantee's strategic advocacy at the state and federal levels regarding criminal justice reform and public safety.
$400,000
Urban Phoenix Project Network · Phoenix, AZ · 2025
To provide general operating support.
$400,000
Vera Action · Brooklyn, NY · 2025
To continue grantee's advocacy work at the state and federal level to advance policy reforms in community-driven public safety, pretrial justice, and sentencing.
$400,000
Fairvote Action Fund · Takoma Park, MD · 2024
To provide general operating support.
$400,000
Families USA Action · Washington, DC · 2024
To continue to drive and protect effective implementation of the federal surprise billing law.
$400,000
Maryland Citizens Health Initiative · Baltimore, MD · 2023
To support education and issue advocacy activities related to the prescription drug affordability initiative in maryland.
$400,000
Health Care for All · Boston, MA · 2022
To support education and issue advocacy activities relating to the massachusetts campaign for affordable prescription drugs.
$400,000
World Relief Corp · Baltimore, MD · 2022
To support education and issue advocacy activities related to immigration reform.
$387,446
Centennial State Prosperity · Denver, CO · 2025
To promote action to lower hospital system costs and support the prescription drug affordability board's efforts to lower medication prices.
$378,288
Farella Braun Martel Llp · San Francisco, CA · 2022
To support research on anticompetitive conduct in the healthcare industry in three states.
$350,000
Public Private Strategies Llc · Washington, DC · 2025
To support grantee's education and advocacy on health care prices.
$350,000
Texans for Housing · Austin, TX · 2025
To supporting grantee's social welfare activities related to housing reforms in texas.
$350,000
Maryland Citizens Health Initiative · Baltimore, MD · 2022
To support education and issue advocacy activities related to the prescription drug affordability initiative in maryland.
$337,500
Maryland Citizens Health Initiative · Baltimore, MD · 2024
To support education and issue advocacy activities related to the prescription drug affordability initiative.
$325,000
Neighbors for More Neighbors · Minneapolis, MN · 2025
To expand grantee's capacity as a state-level, pro-housing advocacy organization that can have an impact at both state and local levels in minnesota.
$309,523
United States of Care Action · Arlington, VA · 2022
To support education and issue advocacy activities relating to a public option campaign in oregon.
$300,000
Niskanen Center for Public Policy · Washington, DC · 2025
To support grantee's state and federal advocacy efforts regarding a crime control policy agenda that prioritizes prevention, deterrence, and swift, certain, and fair sanctions.
$300,000
Overdrive Products · New York, NY · 2025
To strengthen community health and public safety by preparing a research study on whether providing fentanyl test strips and harm reduction messaging to emergency department patients can reduce repeat overdoses and supp… read allTo strengthen community health and public safety by preparing a research study on whether providing fentanyl test strips and harm reduction messaging to emergency department patients can reduce repeat overdoses and supporting grantee's development and dissemination of evidence-based harm reduction tools. less
$300,000
Public Private Strategies Llc · Washington, DC · 2023
To support education and advocacy for small businesses and the importance of more affordable prescription drugs.
$300,000
Public Private Strategies Llc · Washington, DC · 2023
To support education and advocacy activities related to implementing the inflation reduction act.
$300,000
Yes On 820 - Oklahomans for Sensible Marijuana Laws · Oklahoma City, OK · 2023
To provide general support for ballot measures.
$299,600
Montana Pretrial Services Llc · Helena, MT · 2025
To evaluate montana's pre-trial supervision and electronic monitoring practices.
$299,560
Instituto Del Desarrollo De La Juventud · San Juan, PR · 2025
To advance safety net reforms in puerto rico to ease the transition to work by reducing the benefit cliffs or sudden drops in benefits that keep people from joining the workforce.
$292,500
Michigan Health Purchasers Coalition · Novi, MI · 2025
To support grantee's education and issue advocacy activities to address high and rising health care costs.
$290,000
Othram · The Woodlands, TX · 2024
To conduct a pilot study to determine if focused community outreach and subsidized dna testing for underrepresented populations in the greater houston area can increase the diversity of genetic genealogy databases, ther… read allTo conduct a pilot study to determine if focused community outreach and subsidized dna testing for underrepresented populations in the greater houston area can increase the diversity of genetic genealogy databases, thereby improving the effectiveness of forensic genetic investigations and public safety. less
$279,683
Welcoming Neighbors Network · New York, NY · 2025
To support grantee's advocacy efforts to remove regulatory barriers to expand the supply of housing across a diverse array of states and municipalities
$277,965
National Taxpayers Union · Washington, DC · 2024
To support education and discussions on capitol hill about expiring tax provisions in the next congress.
$270,900
Up for Growth Action · Washington, DC · 2025
To develop and advocate for federal policy proposals aimed at increasing the production and preservation of housing to address the housing shortage in the united states.
$257,970
Third Way · Washington, DC · 2025
To support grantee's efforts to research, design, and disseminate messaging tools to help policymakers talk about fiscal issues in a responsible way.
$252,000
United States of Care Action · Arlington, VA · 2024
To coordinate and advocate for policy or administrative solutions addressing hospital costs and overall health system spending.
$250,000
Environmental Defense Action Fund · New York, NY · 2025
To support grantee's advocacy work regarding permitting reform.
$250,000
Public Private Strategies Llc · Washington, DC · 2025
To support grantee's education, issue advocacy, and outreach efforts to implement the inflation reduction act and reduce prescription drug costs.
$250,000
Shelterjh · Jackson, WY · 2025
To expand grantee's capacity to support pro-housing policies in wyoming.
$250,000
Unify US · Sheridan, WY · 2025
To identify and advance common sense public safety solutions at the state and federal level.
$250,000
US Market Institute · Burke, VA · 2025
To leverage an existing network of administration staff, congressional staff and elected officials to amplify the need for medicare advantage reform with an emphasis on fraud and abuse.
$250,000
Yes On Affordable Housing · New York, NY · 2025
To provide general support for ballot measures.
$250,000
Bipartisan Climate Action · Washington, DC · 2024
To provide general operating support.
$250,000
Clean Energy Buyers Association · Washington, DC · 2024
To provide general operating support.
$250,000
Clean Energy Buyers Association · Washington, DC · 2023
To provide general operating support.
$250,000
Clean Energy Buyers Association · Washington, DC · 2022
To provide general operating support.
$250,000
Freedom Virginia · Arlington, VA · 2022
To support the affordable medicine campaign in virginia.
$250,000
Voices of Health Care Action · Las Vegas, NV · 2022
To support the advancement of state-based public option legislation.
$245,000
Gem State Housing Alliance · Boise, ID · 2025
To support general operating support.
$237,854
Progressive State Leaders Committee · Washington, DC · 2025
To support the convening of state leaders and other stakeholders to consider programs and policies, to share information, to launch new initiatives responsive to public safety needs, to analyze the role state attorney g… read allTo support the convening of state leaders and other stakeholders to consider programs and policies, to share information, to launch new initiatives responsive to public safety needs, to analyze the role state attorney generals play in addressing major issues in public safety, and to review the effectiveness and feasibility of certain public safety programs and policy solution. less
$225,000
Michigan Health Purchasers Coalition · Novi, MI · 2024
To support education and issue advocacy activities related to policy reform in michigan to address high and rising health care costs.
$225,000
United States Public Interest Research Group · Denver, CO · 2024
To support policies that limit patent abuses and anticompetitive behaviors and opposing policies that could exacerbate these issues.
$220,000
Oregon Coalition for Affordable Prescriptions · Portland, OR · 2025
To support grantee's issue and educational advocacy in support of affordable prescription drugs in oregon.
$220,000
Public Citizen · Washington, DC · 2025
To defend the drug price negotiation provisions in the inflation reduction act (ira) and continuing support of the ira's implementation.
$220,000
Be a Hero Action Fund · Washington, DC · 2024
To support grantee's education and advocacy on medicare advantage overpayments.
$212,500
Maryland Citizens Health Initiative · Baltimore, MD · 2025
To support education and issue advocacy activities related to the prescription drug affordability initiative.
$200,000
Securing America'S Future Energy Alliance · Washington, DC · 2024
To support grantee's permitting reform efforts and the energy security leadership council.
$200,000
Common Cause · Washington, DC · 2022
To support ranked choice voting in new york city.
$200,000
The Fairness Project · Washington, DC · 2022
To provide general operating support.
$190,000
Utahns for Responsive Government · Salt Lake City, UT · 2022
To support securing fair maps and an independent redistricting process in utah.
$185,000
Montanans for Election Reform Action Fund · Helena, MT · 2023
To support election reform efforts in the state.
$177,000
Montanans for Election Reform Action Fund · Helena, MT · 2023
To support election reform efforts in the state.
$161,500
Texans for Housing · Austin, TX · 2025
To support a pro-housing advocacy campaign at the state level.
$160,542
Greater Greater Washington · Washington, DC · 2025
To support pro-housing advocacy campaigns at the state and local level.
$150,000
Illinois Prison Project Action Fund · Chicago, IL · 2025
To advance evidence-based sentencing reforms that improve public safety.
$150,000
National Taxpayers Union · Washington, DC · 2025
To commission a polling and research firm to explore important topics directly related to the tax cuts and jobs act of 2017.
$150,000
Wren Action Group · Austin, TX · 2025
To support near term legislative advocacy efforts to advance access to counsel work in texas, ohio, and pennsylvania.
$150,000
Bipartisan Policy Center Action · Washington, DC · 2024
To support grantee's efforts to improve federal permitting in the u.s.
$150,000
Citizen Action of New Jersey · Newark, NJ · 2024
To support grantee's advocacy and implementation of the prescription drug affordability council.
$150,000
Cleaner Economy Coalition · Washington, DC · 2024
To provide general operating support.
$135,000
United States Public Interest Research Group · Denver, CO · 2025
To support grantee's grassroots outreach efforts regarding site-neutral payment policies.
$130,000
Voices of Health Care Action · Las Vegas, NV · 2025
To elevate patient voices in support of healthcare and prescription drug pricing reform.
$125,000
Bipartisan Policy Center Action · Washington, DC · 2025
To provide advocacy and education efforts regarding tax policy and reform, potential offsets and economic policy.
$125,000
Conservatives for Criminal Justice Initiative · Raleigh, NC · 2024
To support grantee's education and advocacy surrounding criminal justice reform in north carolina.
$125,000
Illinois Prison Project Action Fund · Chicago, IL · 2024
To support issue and educational advocacy to safely reduce excessive and unnecessary incarceration.
$120,000
The Meyer Law Office Pc · Denver, CO · 2022
To support education and issue advocacy activities related to criminal justice reform in colorado.
$103,000
Idaho Contraceptive Education Network · Boise, ID · 2024
To support issue and educational advocacy related to supporting reproductive health and ensuring access to birth control in idaho.
$101,919
Continuum Health Group Llc · Washington, DC · 2024
To support education and issue advocacy to improve the use of real-world evidence, transparency in clinical trial data, and the u.s. Food and drug administration's evidence standards.
$100,000
Citizen Action of New Jersey · Newark, NJ · 2025
To support grantee's advocacy and implementation of the prescription drug affordability council.
$100,000
Citizens' Climate Lobby · Coronado, CA · 2025
To support grantee's general operations.
$100,000
Cleaner Economy Coalition · Washington, DC · 2025
To provide general operating support.

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