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Alliance for Youth Organizing
Washington, DC · EIN 46-2465621. Reported 135 grants totalling $26.3M to 72 organizations across tax years 2021-2024, 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 Alliance for Youth Organizing, the IRS classifies it under civil rights rather than as a grantmaker (NTEE R40) -- it is an operating charity that also makes grants.
- How spread out its giving is. 72 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. 80% of one year's grantees are funded again the next, across 3 year-to-year transitions. That is well above the 57% median for grantmaking charities, and above the 67% private foundations manage. This list is close to settled, so a newcomer has to displace someone rather than fill a gap.
How big are its grants?
The median reported grant is $100,539. Half of what it reported fell between $50,000 and $236,150; the smallest was $7,000 and the largest $3,088,553. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leaders Igniting Transformation Education Fund Inc | Milwaukee, WI | $3,088,553 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Engage Florida Civic Fund Inc | Miami, FL | $2,186,448 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Forward Mt Foundation | Missoula, MT | $1,423,709 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Move Texas Civic Fund | Shavano Park, TX | $1,309,701 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Ohio Organzing Collaborative | Youngstown, OH | $1,167,585 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| New Era Colorado Foundation | Denver, CO | $1,132,799 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Minnesota Youth Collective Education Fund | Saint Paul, MN | $1,064,040 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Poder in Action Inc | Phoenix, AZ | $1,044,804 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| North Carolina Asian Americans Together | Raleigh, NC | $966,950 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Tides Center | San Francisco, CA | $957,167 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Chicago Votes | Chicago, IL | $878,599 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Mississippi Votes | Jackson, MS | $796,865 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Washington Bus Education Fund | Seattle, WA | $784,754 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Loud Light | Destin, FL | $689,585 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Oregon Progress Forum | Portland, OR | $688,704 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Florida Rising Together Inc | Miami, FL | $560,313 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Asian Community Development Council | Las Vegas, NV | $551,490 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Tides Foundation | San Francisco, CA | $538,545 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Leaders Igniting Transformation Action Fund | Milwaukee, WI | $500,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Center for Voter Information | Washington, DC | $478,512 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Engage Miami | Miami, FL | $400,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| The Georgia Coalition for the Peoples Agenda Inc | Atlanta, GA | $285,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Neo Philanthropy Inc | New York, NY | $255,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Alliance for Youth Action | Washington, DC | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| America Votes Education Fund | Washington, DC | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Coloradans for Protecting Reproductive Freedom | Denver, CO | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Voter Formation Project | Washington, DC | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Alliance for a Just Society | Seattle, WA | $200,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Collective Renaissance Guild | Atlanta, GA | $175,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Pizza to the Polls | Portland, OR | $175,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Poder | Phoenix, AZ | $175,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| State Democracy Project | Brooklyn, NY | $150,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Accelerate Change Inc | Boston, MA | $145,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| New Voters Org | Paoli, PA | $145,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Pa Alliance Foundation | Philadelphia, PA | $120,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Trustees of Tufts College | Medford, MA | $120,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Movement Voter Project | Northampton, MA | $100,539 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Center for Empowered Politics Education Fund | Oakland, CA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| State Voices | Washington, DC | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Western Native Voice | Billings, MT | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Better Utah Institute | Salt Lake Cty, UT | $95,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Michigan Student Power Alliance | Detroit, MI | $89,864 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| New Hampshire Youth Movement Project | Dover, NH | $85,580 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Oklahoma Donor Alliance Inc | Oklahoma City, OK | $85,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Georgia Youth Justice Coalition for Education Inc | Atlanta, GA | $82,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| One Apia Nevada | Las Vegas, NV | $82,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Virginia New Majority Education Fund | Alexandria, VA | $75,264 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Arizona for Abortion Access | Phoenix, AZ | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc | New York, NY | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Jews United for Justice Inc | Washington, DC | $70,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Arizona Coalition for Change | Phoenix, AZ | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Bvm Capacity Building Institute Inc | Atlanta, GA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Cobalt Foundation | Denver, CO | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Detroit Hispanic Development Corporation | Detroit, MI | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| El Pueblo Inc | Raleigh, NC | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Georgia Muslim Voter Project | Atlanta, GA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Miami Freedom Project for Democracy Inc | Miami, FL | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Miigwech Inc | Alanson, MI | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Newvote Nevada | Las Vegas, NV | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| One Arizona | Phoenix, AZ | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Onepa Activist United | Philadelphia, PA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Oregon League of Conservation Voters Education Fund | Portland, OR | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Rural Arizona Engagement | Coolidge, AZ | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| We the People - Mi | Detroit, MI | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Wisconsin Conservation Voices Inc | Madison, WI | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Vote Yes for Mps | Milwaukee, WI | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Hopewell Fund | Washington, DC | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Voter Participation Center | Washington, DC | $23,097 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Acronym Plus | Homestead, FL | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Western Organization of Resource | Billings, MT | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Progressive Leadership Initiative Education Fund Inc | Washington, DC | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Haitian Bridge Alliance | San Diego, CA | $7,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
29 of 72 (40%) received money in more than one year over the 4 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.
- Leaders Igniting Transformation Education Fund
CAPACITY BUILDING, CIVIC ENGAGEMENT - Move Texas Civic Fund
CAPACITY BUILDING, CIVIC ENGAGEMENT, ISSUE CAMPAIGNS - Forward Montana Foundation
CIVIC ENGAGEMENT & CAPACITY BUILDING - Asian Community Development Council
CIVIC ENGAGEMENT, CAPACITY BUILDING
What kind of organizations it funds
By each recipient's own IRS classification, for the 62 of 72 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 20 | $2,695,751 | $118,094 |
| 2022 | 22 | $3,784,950 | $194,150 |
| 2023 | 33 | $3,686,128 | $75,000 |
| 2024 | 60 | $16.1M | $100,000 |
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
15% of its giving went to organizations in Florida. 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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Funders that support the same organizations
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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 $100,539 -- 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 Florida.
- 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 Alliance for Youth Organizing'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 50 section 501(c)(3) organizations and 10 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: 650 Massachusetts Avenue Nw 600, Washington, DC, 20001.
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