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People'S Action Institute

Name: People'S Action Institute 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.

157
grants reported: $17.7M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $100,000
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

affiliate state

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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.

Citizen Action of Wisconsin Education Fund3 grants · $1.3M
Social Good Fund3 grants · $726,403
Pennsylvania United1 grant · $700,000
Hoosier Action Resource Center3 grants · $680,373
Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement2 grants · $605,000
We Are Down Home Nc3 grants · $589,750
Missouri Jobs With Justice Fs Kc Tenants3 grants · $580,140
Progressive Maryland Education Fund3 grants · $520,963
Michigan Organizing Project Dba Michigan United3 grants · $502,972
Maine People'S Resource Center2 grants · $498,518

Giving over time

$5.2M

2022

$4.1M

2023

$8.4M

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 157 grants.

$853,518
Citizen Action of Wisconsin Education Fund · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Affiliate state programs support
$700,000
Pennsylvania United · Pittsburgh, PA · 2024
Affiliate state programs support
$335,000
Citizen Action of Wisconsin Education Fund · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
Affiliate state programs support
$335,000
Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement · Des Moines, IA · 2022
Affiliate state programs support
$313,932
Social Good Fund · Richmond, CA · 2022
Affiliate state programs support
$304,250
Michigan Organizing Project Dba Michigan United · Detroit, MI · 2022
Affiliate state programs support
$301,250
Rights & Democracy Education Fund · Burlington, VT · 2022
Affiliate state programs support
$276,000
We Are Down Home Nc · Greensboro, NC · 2023
Affiliate state programs support
$275,123
Hoosier Action Resource Center · Bloomington, IN · 2024
Affiliate state programs support
$274,250
Missouri Jobs With Justice Fs Kc Tenants · St Louis, MO · 2022
Affiliate state programs support
$271,500
Organizing Neighborhoods for Equality Northside · Chicago, IL · 2024
Affiliate state programs support
$270,000
Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement · Des Moines, IA · 2024
Affiliate state programs support
$270,000
Maine People'S Resource Center · Portland, ME · 2022
Affiliate state programs support
$262,500
Hometown Organizing Project · Montevallo, AL · 2023
Affiliate state programs support
$240,000
Progressive Maryland Education Fund · Largo, MD · 2022
Affiliate state programs support
$230,000
Voices of Community Activists & Leaders Inc (Vocal-Ny) · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
Affiliate state programs support
$228,750
We Are Down Home Nc · Greensboro, NC · 2024
Affiliate state programs support
$228,518
Maine People'S Resource Center · Portland, ME · 2024
Affiliate state programs support
$221,250
Hoosier Action Resource Center · Bloomington, IN · 2022
Affiliate state programs support
$210,000
Social Good Fund · Richmond, CA · 2024
Affiliate state programs support
$202,471
Social Good Fund · Richmond, CA · 2023
Affiliate state programs support
$196,000
Arkansas Public Policy Panel · Little Rock, AR · 2023
Affiliate state programs support
$191,500
Community Voices Heard · New York, NY · 2024
Affiliate state programs support
$184,000
Hoosier Action Resource Center · Bloomington, IN · 2023
Affiliate state programs support
$181,673
Takeaction Minnesota Education Fund · St Paul, MN · 2024
Affiliate state programs support
$180,000
Center for Community Change · Washington, DC · 2024
Affiliate state programs support
$180,000
Center for Popular Democracy · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
Affiliate state programs support
$180,000
Faith in Action Network · Washington, DC · 2024
Affiliate state programs support
$180,000
State Democracy Project · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
Affiliate state programs support
$178,741
Progressive Maryland Education Fund · Largo, MD · 2024
Affiliate state programs support
$175,000
New Jersey Resource Project · Manahawkin, NJ · 2022
Affiliate state programs support
$173,750
Pennsylvania Stands Up Institute · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Affiliate state programs support
$169,890
Missouri Jobs With Justice Fs Kc Tenants · St Louis, MO · 2024
Affiliate state programs support
$167,222
Public Policy & Educational Fund of New York · Albany, NY · 2023
Affiliate state programs support
$165,623
The Gamaliel Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2024
Affiliate state programs support
$163,741
Center for Health Progress · Denver, CO · 2024
Affiliate state programs support
$160,000
Progressive Leadership Alliance of Nevada (Plan) · Reno, NV · 2024
Affiliate state programs support
$156,750
Latino Community Fund of Washington State · Port Angeles, WA · 2024
Affiliate state programs support
$156,500
Michigan Organizing Project Dba Michigan United · Detroit, MI · 2024
Affiliate state programs support
$150,000
Social Security Works Education Fund · Washington, DC · 2024
Affiliate state programs support
$150,000
Southern Vision Alliance · Durham, NC · 2023
Affiliate state programs support
$150,000
Illinois People'S Action · Bloomington, IL · 2022
Affiliate state programs support
$148,741
West Virginia Citizen Action Education Fund Fs Solutions Oriented Addictio · Charleston, WV · 2024
Affiliate state programs support
$148,250
Arkansas Public Policy Panel · Little Rock, AR · 2024
Affiliate state programs support
$148,223
Citizen Action of Wisconsin Education Fund · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
Affiliate state programs support
$144,250
People Organized for Westside Renewal (Power) · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Affiliate state programs support
$140,000
Pennsylvania Stands Up Institute · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Affiliate state programs support
$138,750
Communities United for Action · Cincinnati, OH · 2024
Affiliate state programs support
$137,500
United Vision for Idaho · Boise, ID · 2023
Affiliate state programs support
$136,500
New Jersey Resource Project · Manahawkin, NJ · 2024
Affiliate state programs support
$136,250
Connecticut Citizen Research Group · Hartford, CT · 2022
Affiliate state programs support
$136,000
Missouri Jobs With Justice Fs Kc Tenants · St Louis, MO · 2023
Affiliate state programs support
$133,391
The People'S Lobby Education Institute · Chicago, IL · 2024
Affiliate state programs support
$128,000
Jane Addams Senior Caucus · Chicago, IL · 2022
Affiliate state programs support
$125,000
Neighbor To Neighbor Massachusetts Education Fund · Boston, MA · 2024
Affiliate state programs support
$125,000
Community Voices Heard · New York, NY · 2023
Affiliate state programs support
$125,000
Arkansas Public Policy Panel · Little Rock, AR · 2022
Affiliate state programs support
$120,000
Illinois People'S Action · Bloomington, IL · 2024
Affiliate state programs support
$118,741
Public Policy & Educational Fund of New York · Albany, NY · 2024
Affiliate state programs support
$115,000
People Organized for Westside Renewal (Power) · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Affiliate state programs support
$115,000
United Vision for Idaho · Boise, ID · 2022
Affiliate state programs support
$106,250
River Valley Organizing · East Liverpool, OH · 2022
Affiliate state programs support
$102,222
Progressive Maryland Education Fund · Largo, MD · 2023
Affiliate state programs support
$100,000
Action St Louis · St Louis, MO · 2023
Affiliate state programs support
$100,000
Canopy Yound Adult Community House · Georgetown, KY · 2023
Affiliate state programs support
$100,000
Coalition for the Advancement of Regional Transportation (Fs Root Cause Re · Louisville, KY · 2023
Affiliate state programs support
$100,000
Jane Addams Senior Caucus · Chicago, IL · 2023
Affiliate state programs support
$100,000
Kc Tenants · Kansas City, MO · 2023
Affiliate state programs support
$100,000
Organizing Neighborhoods for Equality Northside · Chicago, IL · 2023
Affiliate state programs support
$100,000
People Organized for Westside Renewal (Power) · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Affiliate state programs support
$100,000
Progressive Leadership Alliance of Nevada (Plan) · Reno, NV · 2023
Affiliate state programs support
$100,000
Showing Up for Racial Justice Education Fund (Fs Bedford County Listening · Buffalo, NY · 2023
Affiliate state programs support
$100,000
Coalition for the Advancement of Regional Transportation (Fs Root Cause Re · Louisville, KY · 2022
Affiliate state programs support
$100,000
Community Voices Heard · New York, NY · 2022
Affiliate state programs support
$100,000
Hometown Organizing Project · Montevallo, AL · 2022
Affiliate state programs support
$100,000
Latino Community Fund of Washington State · Port Angeles, WA · 2022
Affiliate state programs support
$100,000
One Northside · Chicago, IL · 2022
Affiliate state programs support
$100,000
Takeaction Minnesota Education Fund · St Paul, MN · 2022
Affiliate state programs support
$100,000
West Virginia Citizen Action Education Fund Fs Solutions Oriented Addictio · Charleston, WV · 2022
Affiliate state programs support
$93,391
North West Bronx Community Clergy Coalition · Bronx, NY · 2024
Affiliate state programs support
$90,000
Showing Up for Racial Justice Education Fund (Fs Bedford County Listening · Buffalo, NY · 2022
Affiliate state programs support
$87,500
Voices of Community Activists & Leaders Inc (Vocal-Ny) · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
Affiliate state programs support
$85,000
Kc Tenants · Kansas City, MO · 2024
Affiliate state programs support
$85,000
People United for Sustainable Housing (Push Buffalo) · Buffalo, NY · 2024
Affiliate state programs support
$85,000
Rights & Democracy Education Fund · Burlington, VT · 2024
Affiliate state programs support
$85,000
Root Cause Research Center · Louisville, KY · 2024
Affiliate state programs support
$85,000
We Are Down Home Nc · Greensboro, NC · 2022
Affiliate state programs support
$83,391
Connecticut Citizen Research Group · Hartford, CT · 2024
Affiliate state programs support
$80,000
Colorado People'S Alliance · Denver, CO · 2022
Affiliate state programs support
$80,000
People United for Sustainable Housing (Push Buffalo) · Buffalo, NY · 2022
Affiliate state programs support
$75,000
Pennsylvania Stands Up Institute · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
Affiliate state programs support
$75,000
Southwest Organizing Project · Albuquerque, NM · 2023
Affiliate state programs support
$75,000
Communities United for Action · Cincinnati, OH · 2022
Affiliate state programs support
$70,000
Colorado People'S Alliance · Denver, CO · 2024
Affiliate state programs support
$70,000
Carolina Federation Fund (Fs Guilford for All) · Durham, NC · 2023
Affiliate state programs support
$70,000
Voices of Community Activists & Leaders Inc (Vocal-Ny) · Brooklyn, NY · 2022
Affiliate state programs support
$66,500
Oneamerica · Seattle, WA · 2024
Affiliate state programs support
$60,000
The People'S Lobby Education Institute · Chicago, IL · 2022
Affiliate state programs support
$59,500
Progressive Leadership Initiative · Washington, DC · 2024
Affiliate state programs support
$56,250
New Jersey Citizen Action Education Fund · Highland Park, IL · 2022
Affiliate state programs support

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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.