Funding search · EIN 453813436 · Brooklyn, NY

Center for Popular Democracy

Name: Center for Popular Democracy 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.

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

back fight innovations campaigns justice basebuilding housing advocacy

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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.

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

$7.7M

2022

$8.0M

2023

$9.2M

2024

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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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.