Movement Alliance Project
Philadelphia, PA · EIN 26-0307123. Reported 65 grants totalling $2,393,295 to 49 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 Movement Alliance Project, the IRS classifies it under arts & culture rather than as a grantmaker (NTEE A30) -- it is an operating charity that also makes grants.
- How spread out its giving is. 49 distinct organizations, with 24% 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. 38% of one year's grantees are funded again the next, across 3 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 $15,241. Half of what it reported fell between $11,000 and $30,000; the smallest was $1,000 and the largest $356,454. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leftroots Inc | Oakland, CA | $568,194 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Earth Quaker Action Team | Philadelphia, PA | $356,454 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Center for Coalfield Justice | Washington, PA | $107,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Amistad Law Project | Philadelphia, PA | $90,734 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Amistad Law Project | Philadelphia, PA | $90,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Montclair State University Foundation | Montclair, NJ | $73,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Commonwealth Foundation for Inclusive Democracy | Berkeley, CA | $65,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Pa Stands Up | Berkley, CA | $60,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Power | Philadelphia, PA | $60,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Youth Empowerment for Advancement Hangout | Philadelphia, PA | $58,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Energy Justice Network | Philadelphia, PA | $55,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Onepa Activist United | Philadelphia, PA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Physicians for Social Responsibility Pennsylvania Inc | Philadelphia, PA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Dayonenotdaytwo | Philadelphia, PA | $45,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Sunrise Movement | Washington, DC | $45,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| CASA | Hyattsville, MD | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Hill District Consensus Group | Pittsburgh, PA | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Physicians for Social Responsability Philadelphia | Philadelphia, PA | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Scribe Video Center | Philadelphia, PA | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Pittsburghers for Public Transit Association | Pittsburgh, PA | $35,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Philadelphia Bail Fund | Philadelphia, PA | $30,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Human Rights Coalition | Philadelphia, PA | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| North Side Industrial Development Company | Pittsburgh, PA | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| La Luna Foundation LLC | Philadelphia, PA | $29,941 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Power Action Fund | Philadelphia, PA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Ue Research & Education Fund | Pittsburgh, PA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Center for Popular Democracy | Washington, DC | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Phillycam | Philadelphia, PA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Make the Road Action | Brooklyn, NY | $17,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Scribe Video Center Inc | Philadelphia, PA | $15,241 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Philly Thrive | Philadelphia, PA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Pittsburgh United | Alleghenywest, PA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Brothers of Strawberry Mansion | Philadelphia, PA | $12,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Pa Immigration & Citizenship Coalition | Philadelphia, PA | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Philadelphia Public Access Corporation | Philadelphia, PA | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Philly Thrive | Philadelphia, PA | $11,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Education Culture Opportunities Foundation | Philadelphia, PA | $10,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Ark of Safety | Philadelphia, PA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Asian Pacific Islander Political Al Liance | Philadelphia, PA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Cadbi | Philadelphia, PA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Groceries for Philly | Philadelphia, PA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Pa United | Pittsburgh, PA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Tides Center | San Francisco, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Working Families Power | Brooklyn, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Reclaim Philadelphia Action | Philadelphia, PA | $7,481 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Philadelphia Progressive Coalition | Philadelphia, PA | $5,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Reality Speaking Inc | Norristown, PA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Sierra Club | Oakland, CA | $3,750 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Metropolitan Christian Council of Philadelphia | Philadelphia, PA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
16 of 49 (33%) 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.
- Earth Quaker Action Team
TO SUPPORT FISCALLY SPONSORED PROJECT - Left Roots
CONDUCT EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS THAT-PROVIDE EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES TO FRONTLINE GRASSROOTS ORGANIZERS-DEVELOP PARTICIPANTS LEADERSHIP SKILLS IN THE AREAS OF VISION, STRATEGY, ANDORGANIZATIONAL AND SOCIAL/EMOTIONAL CAPACITIES-TRAIN PARTICIPANTS IN POLITICAL ECONOMY, HISTORY, AND THEORIES OF SOCIAL CHANGE,IN SMALL LEARNING CIRCLES WITH A CURRICULUM DEVELOPED SPECIFICALLY FORGRASSROOTS ORGANIZERS COMMITTED TO ORGANIZING WORKING CLASS BLACK, BROWN,AND OTHER COMMUNITIES OF COLOR AND-DEEPEN RELATIONSHIPS WITHIN US SOCIAL MOVEMENTS, ACROSS RACE, GEOGRAPHY,IDEOLOGY, AND POLITICAL GENERATION, AND THEIR CAPACITY TO COLLABORATE. - Amistad Law Project
TO SUPPORT ADMINISTRATOR SALARY - Center for Coalfield Justice
TO INCREASE SUB-GRANTEES CAPACITY TO PARTICIPATE IN LOCAL GREEN NEW DEAL NETWORK CONVENINGS AND ACTIVITIES. - Onepa Activists United
SUPPORT SOLUTIONS FOR A GREEN NNW DEAL, HOUSING JUSTICE, CLIMATE RESILIENCE, AND DEMOCRACY. - Youth Empowerment for Advancement Hangout (yeah) Philly
PARTICIPATE IN SHIFT THE NARRATIVE STRATEGY WORKING GROUP, A PROGRAM TO SUPPORT GRASSROOTS ORGANIZATION IMPACTED BY HARMFUL NARRATIVES ON VIOLENCE TO COME TOGETHER TO WORK TO SHIFT PUBLIC NARRATIVES ABOUT COMMUNITY SAFETY.
What kind of organizations it funds
By each recipient's own IRS classification, for the 14 of 49 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 | 19 | $415,500 | $15,000 |
| 2022 | 18 | $546,000 | $25,000 |
| 2023 | 13 | $552,995 | $11,051 |
| 2024 | 15 | $878,800 | $12,000 |
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
62% of its giving went to organizations in Pennsylvania. 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 $15,241 -- 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 Pennsylvania.
- 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 Movement Alliance Project'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 13 section 501(c)(3) organizations and 2 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: 924 Cherry St Ste 5, Philadelphia, PA, 19107.
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