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12 funders with a record of paying for “canvass”
Where the money went
Pa Alliance ActionPhiladelphia, PACharity · may take applications
7 matching grants · $645,000 · through 2024Largest: $150,000 to For Our Future Action Fund — to support the organization's canvassing program for the 2022 general election.
Largest: $100,000 to People's Action Institute — to support climate organizing through deep canvassing, moving thousands of midwesterners to take action on climate
Largest: $80,000 to EVERYDAY CANVASSING — to support general operations over two years
Kentucky Civic Engagement TableLouisville, KYCharity · may take applications
6 matching grants · $124,750 · through 2024Largest: $17,000 to FOUNDATION FOR APPALACHIAN KENTUCKY — grants to appalachians for appalachia, fiscally sponsored by foundation for appalachian kentucky: hiring paid canvassers for voter engagement, paying for canvass lit, phone and tex…
Georgia Alliance Education FundAtlanta, GACharity · may take applications
5 matching grants · $1.0M · through 2021Largest: $600,000 to COLLECTIVE RENAISSANCE GEORGIA — capacity, focus groups and voter education canvass; educate and mobilize young voters in georgia
Changing the Conversation TogetherPhiladelphia, PACharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $958,300 · through 2024Largest: $420,000 to CHANGING THE CONVERSATION FOR PROGRESS CORP — to support the 501(c)4's deep canvassing endeavors as relevant to its mission.
Center for Popular DemocracyBrooklyn, NYCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $2.0M · through 2024Largest: $561,655 to CPD ACTION CANVASS NETWORK LLC — basebuilding - canvass for power
United for DemocracyFoxborough, MACharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $450,000 · through 2023Largest: $200,000 to ACTION TOGETHER NEPA INC — pa canvassing and events
Largest: $5,000 to CALVARY EPISCOPAL CHURCH — for every member canvass
Largest: $125,000 to PEOPLE'S ACTION INSTITUTE — for support of the deep canvass institute and work to improve understanding of immigrants and immigration policy through deep canvassing
Largest: $200,000 to PEOPLE'S ACTION INSTITUTE — core support for the disrupting disinformation initiative to use and test the methods of deep canvass persuasion and digital organizing to disrupt the spread of disinformation
The Oak Hill FundCharlottesville, VA
2 matching grants · $140,000 · through 2023Largest: $90,000 to REPRO RISING — continued support for the grassroots leadership development program, including 1) volunteer recruitment, management and leadership development; 2) leadership development trainings;…
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Source: IRS Form 990-PF Part XV and Form 990 Schedule I, tax years 2019–2025. These are grants already paid, a record of what an organization funds rather than an open call. Private foundations rarely accept unsolicited applications and the route in is usually a program officer; grantmaking charities and associations more often run real application cycles, so check their website. How this data is built, and its limits →