Funding search · EIN 812319758 · Sacramento, CA

Fund for a Better Future

Name: Fund for a Better Future 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.

64
grants reported: $72.6M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $225,000
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

advocacy climate environmental civic civil engagement rights social

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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.

0 grants matching “democracy and civic engagement”

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Top recipients

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

Climate Power2 grants · $22.4M
Priorities USA3 grants · $17.2M
Climate Power Action1 grant · $5.7M
American Bridge 21st Century Foundation1 grant · $5.0M
Indivisible Project3 grants · $2.8M
Future Forward USA Action1 grant · $2.5M
Bbt Inc Dba Building Back Together2 grants · $2.1M
US Megafire Response Action Fund1 grant · $2.0M
Nevada Alliance1 grant · $2.0M
Sixteen Thirty Fund2 grants · $1.8M

Giving over time

$25.8M

2022

$36.0M

2023

$10.7M

2024

Grant history

All 64 reported grants, largest first.

$21.3M
Climate Power · Washington, DC · 2023
Fiscal sponsorship spinoff
$8.2M
Priorities USA · Washington, DC · 2022
Support for social welfare activities
$8.0M
Priorities USA · Washington, DC · 2023
Support for social welfare activities
$5.7M
Climate Power Action · Washington, DC · 2022
Climate and environmental advocacy
$5.0M
American Bridge 21st Century Foundation · Washington, DC · 2022
Support for social welfare activities
$2.5M
Future Forward USA Action · Washington, DC · 2022
Climate and environmental advocacy
$2.0M
Nevada Alliance · Las Vegas, NV · 2023
Support for social welfare activities
$2.0M
US Megafire Response Action Fund · Calabasas, CA · 2023
Climate and environmental advocacy
$1.5M
Sixteen Thirty Fund · Washington, DC · 2024
Civil rights and civic engagement
$1.3M
Bbt Inc Dba Building Back Together · Washington, DC · 2022
Climate and environmental advocacy
$1.1M
Climate Power · Washington, DC · 2024
Fiscal sponsorship spinoff
$1.0M
Priorities USA · Washington, DC · 2024
Support for social welfare activities
$1.0M
Indivisible Project · Washington, DC · 2023
Civil rights and civic engagement
$1.0M
Indivisible Project · Washington, DC · 2022
Civil rights and civic engagement
$760,000
Bbt Inc Dba Building Back Together · Chicago, IL · 2023
Climate and environmental advocacy
$750,000
Electoral Collective Action · New Orleans, LA · 2024
Climate and environmental advocacy
$750,000
Indivisible Project · Washington, DC · 2024
Civil rights and civic engagement
$750,000
Tides Advocacy · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Climate and environmental advocacy
$530,000
Texas Campaign for the Environment · Austin, TX · 2024
Climate and environmental advocacy
$500,000
Democracy Forward · Washington, DC · 2024
Support for social welfare activities
$500,000
Hip Hop Caucus Action Fund · Washington, DC · 2024
Climate and environmental advocacy
$500,000
Pennsylvania United · Pittsburgh, PA · 2024
Climate and environmental advocacy
$500,000
Yes On Prop 4 Californians for Safe Drinking Water & Wildfire Prevention · Sacramento, CA · 2024
Climate and environmental advocacy
$450,000
Clean Air Action Fund · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Climate and environmental advocacy
$445,000
Environmental Defense Action Fund · New York, NY · 2024
Climate and environmental advocacy
$445,000
League of Conservation Voters · Washington, DC · 2022
Climate and environmental advocacy
$250,000
League of Conservation Voters · Washington, DC · 2024
Civil rights and civic engagement
$250,000
All Voting Is Local Action · Washington, DC · 2023
Civil rights and civic engagement
$250,000
Clean Air Action Fund · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
Climate and environmental advocacy
$250,000
Run for Something Action Fund · Washington, DC · 2023
Civil rights and civic engagement
$250,000
All Voting Is Local Action · Washington, DC · 2022
Civil rights and civic engagement
$250,000
Sixteen Thirty Fund · Washington, DC · 2022
Civil rights and civic engagement
$200,000
Black Men Vote Civic Action Fund · Washington, DC · 2024
Civil rights and civic engagement
$200,000
Food & Water Action Fund · Washington, DC · 2024
Climate and environmental advocacy
$200,000
Black Men Vote Civic Action Fund · Washington, DC · 2022
Civil rights and civic engagement
$200,000
Voto Latino · Washington, DC · 2022
Civil rights and civic engagement
$169,400
Run for Something Action Fund · Washington, DC · 2022
Civil rights and civic engagement
$152,500
Environment America Inc Dba Environment Texas · Austin, TX · 2024
Climate and environmental advocacy
$150,000
Voto Latino · Washington, DC · 2024
Civil rights and civic engagement
$125,000
Black Progressive Action Coalition · Washington, DC · 2022
Climate and environmental advocacy
$125,000
Family Friendly Action Fund · Concord, NH · 2022
Climate and environmental advocacy
$120,000
Bluegreen Alliance · Minneapolis, MN · 2022
Climate and environmental advocacy
$120,000
Clean Energy for America · Novato, CA · 2022
Climate and environmental advocacy
$100,000
America Votes · Washington, DC · 2024
Civil rights and civic engagement
$100,000
Pennsylvania United · Pittsburgh, PA · 2023
Climate and environmental advocacy
$60,000
Washington Conservation Action · Seattle, WA · 2024
Climate and environmental advocacy
$50,000
Americans for Contraception · Washington, DC · 2024
Support for social welfare activities
$50,000
Karuk Tribe · Happy Camp, CA · 2024
Climate and environmental advocacy
$50,000
Taxpayers for Common Sense Action (C4) · Washington, DC · 2024
Climate and environmental advocacy
$50,000
Civic Nation · Washington, DC · 2023
Climate and environmental advocacy
$50,000
California Environmental Voters · Oakland, CA · 2022
Climate and environmental advocacy
$50,000
National Redistricting Action Fund · Washington, DC · 2022
Civil rights and civic engagement
$47,200
Air Alliance Houston · Houston, TX · 2022
Climate and environmental advocacy
$45,000
World Wildlife Fund · Washington, DC · 2024
Climate and environmental advocacy
$40,000
Resources Legacy Fund · Sacramento, CA · 2024
Climate and environmental advocacy
$40,000
The Nature Conservancy · Sacramento, CA · 2024
Climate and environmental advocacy
$35,000
The Partnership Project Action Fund · Washington, DC · 2023
Climate and environmental advocacy
$25,000
Montana Wilderness Association Dba Wild Montana · Helena, MO · 2024
Climate and environmental advocacy
$25,000
Resources Legacy Fund · Sacramento, CA · 2022
Natural resource conservation
$20,000
Western Resource Advocates · Boulder, CO · 2024
Climate and environmental advocacy
$15,000
Wild Montana Action Fund · Helena, MT · 2023
Natural resource conservation
$15,000
The Partnership Project Action Fund · Washington, DC · 2022
Climate and environmental advocacy
$13,000
California Environmental Voters · Oakland, CA · 2024
Support for social welfare activities
$10,000
Meridian Implementation Fund · Dillon, CO · 2024
Support for social welfare activities

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Similar purposes

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Similar grant size

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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.