Center for Popular Democracy Inc
Brooklyn, NY · EIN 45-3813436. Reported 185 grants totalling $33.4M to 75 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 Center for Popular Democracy Inc, by its IRS classification it is an alliance or advocacy organization in public & societal benefit (NTEE W012).
- How spread out its giving is. 75 distinct organizations, with 16% 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. 70% of one year's grantees are funded again the next, across 3 year-to-year transitions. That is about the 57% median for grantmaking charities -- noticeably lower than the 67% private foundations manage. Organizations like this one rotate more of their list each year, which is where an opening for a newcomer tends to be.
How big are its grants?
The median reported grant is $126,398. Half of what it reported fell between $43,000 and $268,286; the smallest was $5,609 and the largest $886,500. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Make the Road States Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $5,247,018 | 16 | 4 | 2024 |
| Make the Road New York | Brooklyn, NY | $1,935,783 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| CASA Inc | Hyattsville, MD | $1,872,900 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Acce Institute | Los Angeles, CA | $1,580,909 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Cpd Action Canvass Network LLC | Brooklyn, NY | $1,556,093 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Working Washington | Seattle, WA | $1,455,609 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Action Institute Nc | Durham, NC | $1,196,370 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Arizona Center for Empowerment | Phoenix, AZ | $1,163,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| New York Communities for Change Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $1,161,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Florida Rising Together Inc | Miami, FL | $933,634 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Organize Pennsylvania | Pittsburgh, PA | $902,250 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Fusion Partnerships Inc | Baltimore, MD | $861,836 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Rights & Democracy Education Fund Inc | Burlington, VT | $856,538 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Ohio Organzing Collaborative | Youngstown, OH | $839,534 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Tides Center | San Francisco, CA | $834,117 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Texas Organizing Project Education Fund | San Antonio, TX | $777,595 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| New York Communities Organizing Fund Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $763,667 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Step Up Louisiana Organizing Fund | New Orleans, LA | $762,514 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Maine Peoples Resource Center | Portland, ME | $668,763 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Churches United for Fair Housing Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $668,567 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Alaskans Take a Stand | Anchorage, AK | $614,172 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Arkansas Community Institute | Little Rock, AR | $498,606 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Center for Law and Human Values Inc | Ridgewood, NY | $478,928 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| New Georgia Project Incorporated | Atlanta, GA | $450,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Delaware Alliance for Community Advancement | Dover, DE | $438,282 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Onepa Activist United | Philadelphia, PA | $380,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| West Virginia Healthy Kids and Families Coalition | Charleston, WV | $340,239 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Working Families Organization Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $320,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Communities United Inc | Baltimore, MD | $281,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Fuerte Art Collective | Phoenix, AZ | $265,400 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Sunflower Community Action Inc | Wichita, KS | $259,295 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| F&l Organizational Support Services Inc | New Orleans, LA | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Accion Politica Pcunista | Woodburn, OR | $215,609 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Maine Peoples Alliance | Portland, ME | $210,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Florida Rising Inc | Miami, FL | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Workers Defense Project Inc | Austin, TX | $175,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Center for Popular Democracy | Washington, DC | $145,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| New Virginia Majority | Alexandria, VA | $125,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Communities Creating Opportunity | Kansas City, MO | $124,032 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Comunidades Organizando El Poder Y La Accion Latina Copal Education | Minneapolis, MN | $119,725 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Living United for Change in Arizona | Phoenix, AZ | $105,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| United for a New Economy | Commerce City, CO | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Tides Foundation | San Francisco, CA | $94,300 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Pcun | Woodburn, OR | $90,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Mano a Mano | Salem, OR | $87,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Action North Carolina | Durham, NC | $85,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Center for Coalfield Justice | Washington, PA | $80,609 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Ole Education Fund | Albuquerque, NM | $70,513 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Voices of Community Activists & Leaders-Vocal-Ny-Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $66,351 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Alliance for Youth Organizing | Washington, DC | $62,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Amistad Law Project | Philadelphia, PA | $53,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Policylink | Oakland, CA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Take Action Minnesota | Saint Paul, MN | $46,925 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Comunidades Organizando El Poder Y La Accion Latina-Copal | Minneapolis, MN | $46,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Arkansas Community Organizations | Little Rock, AR | $43,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Center on Policy Initiatives | San Diego, CA | $42,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| United for Respect Education Fund | Sacramento, CA | $32,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Takeaction Minnesota Education Fund | St Paul, MN | $30,609 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Movement Alliance Project | Philadelphia, PA | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Organizers in the Land of Enchantment | Albuquerque, NM | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Community Movement Builders Inc | Stone Mtn, GA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Stand Up Alaska Inc | Anchorage, AK | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Black Flower LLC | Parlin, NJ | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Hmong American Womens Association | Milwaukee, WI | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Worker Justice Center of New York Inc | Rochester, NY | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Comedores Sociales De Puerto Rico Inc | Caguas, PR | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Align the Alliance for a Greater Ny Inc | New York, NY | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Organize Florida Education Fund | Orlando, FL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs Inc | Calabasas, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Young West Virginia Forward | Charleston, WV | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| New Immigrant Community Empowerment | Jackson Heights, NY | $9,900 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| New Georgia Project Action Fund | Atlanta, GA | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Catalyst Montana | Helena, MT | $5,609 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Hoosier Action Resource Center | New Albany, IN | $5,609 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Virginia New Majority Education Fund | Alexandria, VA | $5,609 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
41 of 75 (55%) 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.
- Acce Institute
BASEBUILDING - (GENERAL)CAMPAIGNS - (HOUSING)CAMPAIGNS - (ADVOCACY & MOBILIZATION) - Make the Road New York
BASEBUILDING - (GENERAL), CAMPAIGNS - (EDUCATION AND JUSTICE TRANSFORMATION), CAMPAIGNS - (HOUSING), CAMPAIGNS - (WORKER JUSTICE), CSF - COMMUNITY SOLIDARITY FUND, EMERGING STRATEGIES, GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT - Make the Road States Dba Make the Road Nv
CAMPAIGNS - (ADVOCACY & MOBILIZATION)CAMPAIGNS - (HOUSING)CAMPAIGNS - (ECONOMIC JUSTICE)CAMPAIGNS - (CLIMATE JUSTICE)CIVIC ENGAGEMENTCAMPAIGNS - (HEALTHCARE) - CASA De Maryland
BASEBUILDING GENERAL/CAMPAIGN - HOUSING,IMMIGRANT RIGHTS,CORPORATE ACCOUNTABILITY, STATES, CLIMATE JUSTICE/INNOVATIONS - FIGHT BACK! - Make the Road Nevada (mtr States)
BASEBUILDING - (GENERAL), , CAMPAIGNS - (EDUCATION AND JUSTICE TRANSFORMATION), CAMPAIGNS - (HOUSING), CAMPAIGNS - (PUERTO RICO), CAMPAIGNS - (STATES), CAMPAIGNS - (WORKER JUSTICE) - Arizona Center for Empowerment
CAMPAIGNS - (ADVOCACY & MOBILIZATION)
What kind of organizations it funds
By each recipient's own IRS classification, for the 60 of 75 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 | 49 | $8,458,528 | $120,000 |
| 2022 | 47 | $7,714,745 | $126,000 |
| 2023 | 45 | $7,986,525 | $105,647 |
| 2024 | 44 | $9,215,721 | $157,350 |
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
37% of its giving went to organizations in New York. 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 $126,398 -- 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 New York.
- 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 Center for Popular Democracy 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 33 section 501(c)(3) organizations and 11 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: 449 Troutman Street a, Brooklyn, NY, 11237.
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