Funding search · EIN 710914032 · Oakland, CA

Powerswitch Action

Name: Powerswitch Action 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.

94
grants reported: $15.9M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $127,500
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

building capacity housing worker climate coalition power california

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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 “athena” · $301,500

$42,000
Demand Progress Action · Silver Spring, MD · 2023
Athena coalition
$123,000
Alliance for Global Justice - La Colectiva · Tucson, AZ · 2022
Athena coalition
$96,500
Defending Rights and Dissent - Muslim Counterpublics Lab · Washington, DC · 2022
Athena coalition
$40,000
Philadelphia Jobs With Justice · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Athena coalition

Top recipients

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

Community Labor United3 grants · $1.4M
United for a New Economy3 grants · $915,333
Grassroots Collaborative3 grants · $845,333
Stand Up Nashville3 grants · $830,000
Koreatown Immigrant Workers Alliance3 grants · $818,807
Working Partnerships USA3 grants · $798,100
Cause3 grants · $720,000
Puget Sound Sage3 grants · $670,000
Laane3 grants · $655,000
Pittsburgh United3 grants · $560,000

Giving over time

$5.8M

2022

$5.2M

2023

$4.9M

2024

Grant history

All 94 reported grants, largest first.

$743,915
Community Labor United · Boston, MA · 2023
Climate, capacity building
$549,343
Community Labor United · Boston, MA · 2024
Capacity building
$460,000
Power · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Cap. Build, climate, house, wmtc,
$408,333
Ebase · Oakland, CA · 2022
California, housing wmtc
$401,537
Koreatown Immigrant Workers Alliance · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Ca coalition for worker power
$358,333
Grassroots Collaborative · Chicago, IL · 2022
Climate, housing, shared
$345,000
Center On Policy Initiatives · San Diego, CA · 2022
California/climate, housing, wmtc
$338,333
United for a New Economy · Commerce City, CO · 2022
Capacity building, housing, wmtc
$335,000
Power (Philadelphians Organized To Witness Empower & Rebuild) · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
Capacity building, preemption, housing, climate
$327,800
Working Partnerships USA · San Jose, CA · 2024
Capacity building; california; gig work
$314,368
Koreatown Immigrant Workers Alliance · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Ca coalition for worker power
$305,000
Cause · Ventura, CA · 2022
California, housing
$305,000
Working Partnerships USA · San Jose, CA · 2022
Ca, housing, wmtc, shared
$300,500
East Bay Alliance for a Sustainable Econo (Ebase) · Oakland, CA · 2024
Capacity building; california
$297,000
United for a New Economy · Commerce City, CO · 2024
Capacity building; housing; preemption
$295,000
Occord · Santa Ana, CA · 2022
Ca, capacity building, housing
$290,000
Warehouse Worker Resource Cen · Ontario, CA · 2022
Ca/worker org. Wmtc/athena
$285,000
Cause · Ventura, CA · 2024
Capacity building; california
$285,000
Grassroots Collaborative · Chicago, IL · 2023
Capacity building, climate, housing
$285,000
Stand Up Nashville · Nashville, TN · 2023
Capacity building, preemption, housing,
$280,000
United for a New Economy · Commerce City, CO · 2023
Capacity building, preemption, housing,
$280,000
Stand Up Nashville · Nashville, TN · 2022
Housing, wmtc
$275,000
Laane · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Ca/worker org, climate, wmtc
$265,000
Stand Up Nashville · Nashville, TN · 2024
Capacity building; housing; preemption
$260,000
Missouri Workers Center · St Louis, MO · 2024
Capacity building; preemption
$255,000
Laane · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Capacity building; california
$250,000
Pittsburgh United · Allegheny, PA · 2022
Housing, preemption, wmtc
$250,000
Puget Sound Sage · Seattle, WA · 2022
Climate, housing, wmtc, shared
$245,600
Warehouse Worker Resource Center · Ontario, CA · 2024
Capacity building; california
$235,000
Center On Policy Initiatives (Cpi) · San Diego, CA · 2024
Capacity building; california
$230,000
Puget Sound Sage · Seattle, WA · 2023
Capacity building, housing, climate
$215,000
New Economy for Working Houston · Houston, TX · 2024
Capacity building; housing; preemption
$205,000
Pittsburgh United · Pittsburgh, PA · 2023
Capacity building, preemption, housing
$202,000
Grassroots Collaborative · Chicago, IL · 2024
Capacity building; housing
$200,000
Center On Policy Initiatives (Cpi) · San Diego, CA · 2023
Capacity building, climate, housing
$195,000
Alliance for a Greater Ny · New York, NY · 2022
Cap. Build, climate, wmtc/athena
$190,000
Puget Sound Sage · Seattle, WA · 2024
Capacity building; housing
$175,000
East Bay Alliance for a Sustainable Econo (Ebase) · Oakland, CA · 2023
Capacity building, california, housing
$165,300
Tides Center · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Detroit action education fund: housing, preemption
$165,300
Working Partnerships USA · San Jose, CA · 2023
Housing, gig work
$160,000
Missouri Workers Center · St Louis, MO · 2023
Capacity building, preemption
$155,000
Georgia Stand · Atlanta, GA · 2022
Hosuing, souther worker power, wmtc
$150,000
Warehouse Worker Resource Center · Ontario, CA · 2023
Ca coalition for worker power, capacity building, climate
$145,000
Detroit Action Education Fundtides Center · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Climate, housing
$135,000
Georgia Stand-Up · Atlanta, GA · 2023
Housing, capacity building
$130,000
Cause · Ventura, CA · 2023
Housing, climate
$130,000
Workers Assistance Program · Austin, TX · 2023
Housing, preemption
$125,000
Georgetown Universitys Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poo · Washington, DC · 2023
Capital strategies
$125,000
Laane · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Capacity building, climate
$123,000
Alliance for Global Justice - La Colectiva · Tucson, AZ · 2022
Athena coalition
$120,000
Citizen Action of Wisconsin · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
Capacity building, climate
$108,000
Georgia Stand-Up · Atlanta, GA · 2024
Capacity building
$105,000
Pittsburgh United · Pittsburgh, PA · 2024
Capacity building; housing; civic engagement
$105,000
Power Interfaith · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Capacity building; housing; civic engagement
$102,902
Koreatown Immigrant Workers Alliance · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Ca coalition for worker power
$96,500
Defending Rights and Dissent - Muslim Counterpublics Lab · Washington, DC · 2022
Athena coalition
$95,000
Alliance for a Greater New York (Align) · New York, NY · 2023
Capacity building, climate
$95,000
Citizen Action of Wisconsin Education Fund · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
Capacity building, climate
$95,000
Workers Assistance Program · Austin, TX · 2022
Housing, southern worker power
$92,000
Chinese Progressive Association · Oakland, CA · 2023
Ca coalition for worker power
$90,000
The People'S Lobby Education Institute · Chicago, IL · 2024
Gig work
$90,000
Tides Center (Fiscal Sponsor for Detroit Action Education Fund) · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Detroit action education fund: capacity building; budget work
$90,000
Towards Justice · Denver, CO · 2024
Gig work
$90,000
Occord · Santa Ana, CA · 2023
Housing
$80,000
The People'S Lobby Education Institute · Chicago, IL · 2023
Gig work
$80,000
Towards Justice · Denver, CO · 2023
Gig work
$80,000
Community Labor United · Boston, MA · 2022
Climate, wmtc
$75,300
Alliance for a Greater New York (Align) · New York, NY · 2024
Capacity building
$75,000
Americans for Financial Reform Education Fund · Washington, DC · 2023
Capital strategies
$75,000
Action Center On Race and the Economy · Chicago, IL · 2022
Capital strategies
$75,000
United for Respect Education Fund · Sacramento, CA · 2022
Capital strategies
$62,500
Occord · Santa Ana, CA · 2024
Capacity building; california
$50,000
President and Fellows of Harvard College · Cambridge, MA · 2023
Capital strategies
$50,000
Step Forward Foundation · Morgan Hill, CA · 2023
Ca coalition for worker power
$50,000
Case · Phoenix, AZ · 2022
Climate, wmtc
$43,750
UCLA Labor Center · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
California/worker organizing
$42,000
Demand Progress Action · Silver Spring, MD · 2023
Athena coalition
$41,500
Clean Carwash Worker Center · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Ca coalition for worker power
$40,000
Philadelphia Jobs With Justice · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Athena coalition
$39,000
Worksafe · Oakland, CA · 2023
Ca coalition for worker power
$37,500
Worksafe · Oakland, CA · 2022
California/worker organizing
$36,000
Socal Cosh · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
California/worker organizing
$35,000
Southern Ca Coalition for Occupational Safety and Health · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Ca coalition for worker power
$35,000
Worksafe · Oakland, CA · 2024
Ca coalition for worker power
$35,000
Missouri Workers Center · St Louis, MO · 2022
Corporate interference, southern worker power
$32,900
Step Forward Foundation · Morgan Hill, CA · 2022
Ca coalition for worker power
$30,000
New Economy for Working Houston · Houston, TX · 2023
Capacity building
$30,000
Southern Ca Coalition for Occupational Safety and Health · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Ca coalition for worker power
$30,000
Americans for Financial Reform Education Fund · Washington, DC · 2022
Capital strategies
$30,000
Chinese Progressive Association · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Ca coalition for worker power
$27,000
Chinese Progressive Association · Oakland, CA · 2024
Ca coalition for worker power
$20,300
Worker Power Institute · Phoenix, AZ · 2024
Civic engagement
$20,000
Citizen Action of Wisconsin · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Civic engagement
$12,000
United for Respect Education Fund · Sacramento, CA · 2024
Ca coalition for worker power

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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.