Advocacy Action Fund Inc
Menlo Park, CA · EIN 87-3941853. Reported 211 grants totalling $94.9M to 128 organizations across tax years 2022-2024, on Form 990 Schedule I.
Does this grantmaker accept applications?
Its tax return does not say, and we will not guess. Private foundations file Form 990-PF, which asks outright whether they fund only organizations they select themselves -- 78% say yes, and that one answer is what lets the rest of this site tell you which foundations are worth approaching. Grantmaking charities like this one file a regular Form 990 instead, and the IRS never puts the question to them. Anyone claiming to know the answer from the filing is inventing it.
Three things in the filing do bear on it:
- What kind of organization it is. For Advocacy Action Fund Inc, by its IRS classification it is an alliance or advocacy organization in philanthropy & grantmaking (NTEE T01).
- How spread out its giving is. 128 distinct organizations, with 12% of the dollars going to the largest single recipient. That is genuinely spread out -- the mark of a funder making many independent decisions rather than underwriting one institution.
- How much its list changes. 43% of one year's grantees are funded again the next, across 2 year-to-year transitions. That is below the 57% median for grantmaking charities, and well below the 67% private foundations manage. A list that turns over this much is one a newcomer can realistically join.
How big are its grants?
The median reported grant is $180,000. Half of what it reported fell between $100,000 and $486,600; the smallest was $12,331 and the largest $10.0M. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong organization.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by the EIN the filer reported, not by name, so an organization that was typed differently in two years appears once rather than twice.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Campaign for a Safe and Healthy California | Sacramento, CA | $11.5M | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Future Forward USA Action | Washington, DC | $6,500,000 | 2 | 1 | 2024 |
| Arizona for Abortion Access | Phoenix, AZ | $3,250,000 | 4 | 2 | 2024 |
| Montanans Securing Reproductive Rights | Helena, MT | $3,250,000 | 2 | 1 | 2024 |
| Green Advocacy Project | Washington, DC | $3,000,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Ff Pac | Washington, DC | $2,700,000 | 2 | 1 | 2024 |
| Science and Technology Futures Inc | Cambridge, MA | $2,693,000 | 2 | 1 | 2024 |
| America Votes | Washington, DC | $2,500,000 | 3 | 1 | 2024 |
| Project 218 | Burke, VA | $2,250,000 | 2 | 1 | 2024 |
| Climate Central Inc | Princeton, NJ | $2,025,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Human Rights Watch Inc | New York, NY | $2,000,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Nevadans for Reproductive Freedom | Reno, NV | $2,000,000 | 2 | 1 | 2024 |
| Planned Parenthood Votes | New York, NY | $2,000,000 | 3 | 1 | 2024 |
| Progressive Turnout Project | Evanston, IL | $2,000,000 | 2 | 1 | 2024 |
| Reproductive Freedom for All | Detroit, MI | $2,000,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Worker Power Pac | Phoenix, AZ | $2,000,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| One for All Committee | Washington, DC | $1,750,000 | 4 | 1 | 2024 |
| Accelerate Change Inc | Boston, MA | $1,500,000 | 2 | 1 | 2024 |
| Earthjustice | San Francisco, CA | $1,500,000 | 4 | 3 | 2024 |
| Ohioans United for Reproductive Rights | Columbus, OH | $1,500,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Missourians for Constitutional Freedom | St Louis, MO | $1,480,000 | 2 | 1 | 2024 |
| Evergreen Action | Washington, DC | $1,250,000 | 4 | 3 | 2024 |
| Trestle Movement Fund | Washington, DC | $1,136,600 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Way to Win Action Fund Incorporated | Washington, DC | $1,125,000 | 3 | 1 | 2024 |
| American Council for An Energy Efficient Economy | Washington, DC | $1,080,000 | 5 | 3 | 2024 |
| Nrdc Action Fund Inc | New York, NY | $1,065,500 | 4 | 3 | 2024 |
| Center for Voter Information | Washington, DC | $1,000,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Clean and Prosperous America | Seattle, WA | $1,000,000 | 2 | 1 | 2024 |
| Floridians Protecting Freedom Inc | Sarasota, FL | $1,000,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| One Person One Vote | Columbus, OH | $1,000,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Planned Parenthood Alliance Advocat Es Serving Ak Hi Id in Ky and Wa | Seattle, WA | $1,000,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Red Wine & Blue | Cleveland, OH | $1,000,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Sixteen Thirty Fund | Washington, DC | $1,000,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Fannie and John Hertz Foundation | Pleasanton, CA | $850,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| California Environmental Voters | Oakland, CA | $811,500 | 7 | 3 | 2024 |
| Partnership Project Action Fund | Washington, DC | $775,000 | 6 | 3 | 2024 |
| Strategic Victory Fund | Raleigh, NC | $750,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Food & Water Action Fund | Washington, DC | $725,000 | 4 | 2 | 2023 |
| American Rivers Inc | Washington, DC | $718,529 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Taxpayers for Common Sense | Washington, DC | $630,000 | 5 | 3 | 2024 |
| Public Citizen Inc | Washington, DC | $600,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| American Federation of Labor & Congress of Industrial Orgs | Washington, DC | $500,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Blackpac | Washington, DC | $500,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Code Org | Seattle, WA | $500,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Digital Harbor Foundation Inc | Baltimore, MD | $500,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Jane Fonda Climate Pac | Washington, DC | $500,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Protect US Families | Washington, DC | $500,000 | 3 | 2 | 2024 |
| The Movement Cooperative | Washington, DC | $500,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Workmoney Inc | Milwaukee, WI | $500,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Earthjustice Action | Washington, DC | $430,000 | 3 | 2 | 2024 |
| Earth Care Farm | Charlestown, RI | $400,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Reproductive Freedom for All | Washington, DC | $400,000 | 2 | 1 | 2024 |
| Vote Forward | Washington, DC | $400,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Ceres Inc | Boston, MA | $394,400 | 3 | 2 | 2024 |
| Campion Advocacy Fund | Seattle, WA | $350,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Fund for a Better Future Inc | Sacramento, CA | $350,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Pipeline Safety Trust | Bellingham, WA | $330,000 | 3 | 2 | 2024 |
| Commission Shift | Laredo, TX | $325,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Cooperative Impact Lab (cil) | Washington, DC | $317,000 | 3 | 1 | 2024 |
| Federation of State Conservation Voter Leagues Inc | Ann Arbor, MI | $315,000 | 2 | 1 | 2024 |
| Solar United Neighbors Action | Washington, DC | $315,000 | 3 | 2 | 2023 |
| Cleantech Leaders Roundtable | Cambridge, MA | $300,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Organizing Empowerment Project Inc | Mcfarland, WI | $300,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Sierra Club | Oakland, CA | $300,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Commonwealth Communications | Philadelphia, PA | $270,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| North Fund | Washington, DC | $269,200 | 2 | 1 | 2024 |
| Defending Democracy Together | Washington, DC | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Service Design Collective | Silver Spring, MD | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Grassroots Global Justice Action Fund | Washington, DC | $234,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Earthjustice Action | San Francisco, CA | $222,500 | 2 | 1 | 2022 |
| Act Now Project | Covina, CA | $220,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Arena Summit | Washington, DC | $220,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Western Organization of Resource | Billings, MT | $210,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Building Decarbonization Coalition | Lewes, DE | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Deploy Action Inc | Boston, MA | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Environmental Working Group | Washington, DC | $200,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Federation of State Conservation Voter Leagues Inc | Madison, WI | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Forward Action Fund | Concord, NH | $200,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Oceana Inc | Washington, DC | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Resources Legacy Fund | Sacramento, CA | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Congressional Integrity Project | Washington, DC | $180,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Center for Biological Diversity Inc | Tucson, AZ | $175,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Commission Shift Action | Laredo, TX | $175,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Environmental Protection Network | Washington, DC | $175,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Oil Change International | Washington, DC | $170,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Natural Resources Defense Council Inc | New York, NY | $160,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| America Works USA | Washington, DC | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Dogwood Alliance Inc | Asheville, NC | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Federation of State Conservation Voter Leagues Inc | Philadelphia, PA | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Federation of State Conservation Voter Leagues Inc | Las Vegas, NV | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Indivisible Project | Washington, DC | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Partnership Project Inc | Washington, DC | $150,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| United States Public Interest Research Group Education Fund | Denver, CO | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| United States Public Interest Research Group Inc | Denver, CO | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Make Polluters Pay Inc | Concord, NH | $140,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Environmental Defense Action Fund | New York, NY | $115,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Arizona Coalition for Change | Phoenix, AZ | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Federation of State Conservation Voters Leagues Inc | Atlanta, GA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Healthy Gulf | New Orleans, LA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| League of Conservation Voters Inc | Washington, DC | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| West Harlem Environmental Action Inc | New York, NY | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Wisconsin Conservation Voices Inc | Madison, WI | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated | New York, NY | $85,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Roosevelt Institute | New York, NY | $85,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| National Consumer Law Center Inc | Boston, MA | $82,530 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Chesapeake Climate Action Network | Takoma Park, MD | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Wilderness Workshop | Carbondale, CO | $62,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| A-Team Coastal LLC | Narragansett, RI | $54,620 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Beyond Impact | W Hollywood, CA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Ewg Action Fund | Washington, DC | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Heroes 4 Democracy Action | New York, NY | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Robust Power Corporation | San Juan, PR | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Southern Alliance for Clean Energy | Knoxville, TN | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Western Organization of Resource Councils | Billings, MT | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| New Venture Fund | Washington, DC | $45,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Conservatives for a Clean Energy Future | Lansing, MI | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Center for Rural Affairs | Lyons, NE | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Rockefeller Family Fund Inc | New York, NY | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Hawk and Handsaw Farm LLC | Portsmouth, RI | $28,050 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Citizens Climate Education Corp | Coronado, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Climate Hawks Vote Civic Action | Agoura Hills, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Gen-Z for Change Inc | Washington, DC | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Greenlatinos | Boulder, CO | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Sustainable Markets Foundation | New York, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Northern Plains Resource Council | Billings, MT | $20,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Indivisible Action Arizona | Washington, DC | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Center for Progressive Reform Inc | Washington, DC | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Roots Farm | Tiverton, RI | $12,331 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
28 of 128 (22%) received money in more than one year over the 3 years we hold. Remember the $5,000 floor: an organization funded every year at $3,000 shows up here as never funded at all.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose column of its filings, largest first. This is the closest thing to a statement of what it funds, in its own words.
- Campaign for a Safe and Healthy California
SUPPORT FOR BALLOT MEASURE - Future Forward USA Action
SUPPORT FOR TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT - Montanans Securing Reproductive Rights
SUPPORT FOR BALLOT MEASURE COMMITTEE - Climate Central Inc
SUPPORT FOR CLIMATE INITIATIVES AND GENERAL OPERATIONS - Human Rights Watch Inc
SUPPORT FOR ORGANIZATIONAL PLANNING - Science and Technology Futures Inc
SUPPORT FOR A SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH PROJECT FOCUSED ON PROTEIN FUNCTIONS
What kind of organizations it funds
By each recipient's own IRS classification, for the 74 of 128 recipients we could match to a registered organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses -- Schedule I reports the recipient's EIN, so this is a lookup rather than a name match.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants reported | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 37 | $8,438,500 | $150,000 |
| 2023 | 55 | $16.4M | $110,000 |
| 2024 | 119 | $70.1M | $250,000 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- Form 990 arrives about a year after the year it covers, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a grantmaker winding down.
Where its money goes
35% of its giving went to organizations in District of Columbia. Community foundations and federated funds are usually the most geographically bounded funders there are -- being outside the footprint is normally disqualifying in a way that a weak programme fit is not.
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How to approach this grantmaker
- Look for a published programme first. Unlike most private foundations, organizations of this kind often do run open, deadlined grant cycles with written guidelines. Its own website is the authority on that; this page is the authority on who it has actually paid.
- Check you are its size. The median reported grant is $180,000 -- and because grants under $5,000 need not be reported, it very likely writes smaller cheques than this page can see.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving concentrates in District of Columbia.
- Read the recipient list for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer and a cheap one to get.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Advocacy Action Fund Inc's own Form 990 Schedule I filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred or estimated.
On its most recent return it told the IRS it made grants to 30 section 501(c)(3) organizations and 91 other organizations. That is the filer's own count for one year; the totals above cover every year we hold.
Address of record on the latest return: 700 El Camino Real Ste 120-1055, Menlo Park, CA, 94025.
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