Funding search · EIN 270730508 · Washington, DC
American Action Network
A grantmaking public charity (files IRS Form 990, Schedule I). Charities like this often run real grant programs with application cycles.
- 49
- grants reported
- $136.7M
- total given
- 2021–2024
- filing years
- $820,000
- median grant
Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2021–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.
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Funding pattern
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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.
- Congressional Leadership Fund4 grants · $95.9M
- Common Sense Leadership Fund5 grants · $8.5M
- American Prosperity Alliance1 grant · $5.5M
- Republican Jewish Coalition3 grants · $3.5M
- Main Street Advocacy2 grants · $3.3M
- Republican Main Street Partnership2 grants · $2.8M
- Fair Lines America3 grants · $2.5M
- Winning for Women3 grants · $2.3M
- American Economic Freedom Alliance2 grants · $2.2M
- Heritage Action for America2 grants · $2.0M
Giving over time
Grant history
All 49 reported grants, largest first.
- $27.8M
Congressional Leadership Fund · Washington, DC · 2024
general support
- $24.6M
Congressional Leadership Fund · Washington, DC · 2022
general support
- $23.5M
Congressional Leadership Fund · Washington, DC · 2021
general support
- $20.0M
Congressional Leadership Fund · Washington, DC · 2023
general support
- $5.5M
American Prosperity Alliance · Reston, VA · 2022
issue support
- $2.5M
Common Sense Leadership Fund · Arlington, VA · 2024
issue support
- $2.3M
Main Street Advocacy · Washington, DC · 2022
issue support
- $2.0M
Common Sense Leadership Fund · Alexandria, VA · 2023
issue support
- $2.0M
Common Sense Leadership Fund · Alexandria, VA · 2021
issue support
- $1.9M
Common Sense Leadership Fund · Alexandria, VA · 2022
issue support
- $1.6M
Republican Main Street Partnership · Washington, DC · 2023
issue support
- $1.3M
Republican Jewish Coalition · Washington, DC · 2024
issue support
- $1.3M
Heritage Action for America · Washington, DC · 2021
issue support
- $1.3M
Republican Jewish Coalition · Washington, DC · 2022
issue support
- $1.2M
Republican Main Street Partnership · Washington, DC · 2024
issue support
- $1.2M
American Economic Freedom Alliance · Washington, DC · 2022
issue support
- $1.0M
Wmc Issues Mobilization Council · Madison, WI · 2024
issue support
- $1.0M
Coalition for Prosperous Communitie · Washington, DC · 2023
issue support
- $1.0M
Republican Jewish Coalition · Washington, DC · 2023
issue support
- $1.0M
Fair Lines America · Alexandria, VA · 2022
issue support
- $1.0M
American Economic Freedom Alliance · Washington, DC · 2021
general support
- $1.0M
Fair Lines America · Alexandria, VA · 2021
issue support
- $1.0M
Main Street Advocacy · Washington, DC · 2021
issue support
- $925,000
Coalition To Protect American Worke · Alexandria, VA · 2021
issue support
- $820,000
Winning for Women · Washington, DC · 2022
issue support
- $750,000
Right Vote · Washington, DC · 2024
issue support
- $750,000
Winning for Women · Washington, DC · 2024
issue support
- $750,000
Right Vote · Washington, DC · 2023
issue support
- $750,000
Winning for Women · Washington, DC · 2023
issue support
- $750,000
Heritage Action for America · Washington, DC · 2022
issue support
- $500,000
Fair Lines America · Alexandria, VA · 2023
issue support
- $500,000
American Policy Coalition · Alexandria, VA · 2022
issue support
- $500,000
America Next · Baton Rouge, LA · 2021
issue support
- $450,000
American Action Forum · Washington, DC · 2023
issue support
- $400,000
Eighteen Fiftyfour Fund · Houston, TX · 2024
general support
- $400,000
Ohio Works · Columbus, OH · 2024
issue support
- $250,000
Building Americas Future · Washington, DC · 2023
issue support
- $250,000
American Action Forum · Washington, DC · 2022
issue support
- $250,000
American Action Forum · Washington, DC · 2021
issue support
- $200,000
Common Sense Leadership Fund · Alexandria, VA · 2022
general support
- $150,000
Governing Majority Education Fund · Tampa, FL · 2022
issue support
- $100,000
Yrs Run · Phoenixville, PA · 2022
issue support
- $100,000
Ar2 · Arlington, VA · 2021
issue support
- $80,000
The Suburban Project · Washington, DC · 2024
issue support
- $50,000
Center for Campaign Innovation · Alexandria, VA · 2024
issue support
- $50,000
Center for Campaign Innovation · Alexandria, VA · 2023
issue support
- $50,000
Yrs Run · Phoenixville, PA · 2023
issue support
- $50,000
Center for Campaign Innovation · Alexandria, VA · 2022
issue support
- $50,000
Center for Campaign Innovation · Alexandria, VA · 2021
issue support
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