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North Fund
Washington, DC · EIN 83-4011547. Reported 259 grants totalling $96.5M to 163 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 North Fund, the IRS classifies it under public & societal benefit rather than as a grantmaker (NTEE W20) -- it is an operating charity that also makes grants.
- How spread out its giving is. 163 distinct organizations, with 19% 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. 51% 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 $150,000. Half of what it reported fell between $60,000 and $300,000; the smallest was $7,500 and the largest $5,700,000. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sixteen Thirty Fund | Washington, DC | $18.3M | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Your Community Pac | Wilmington, DE | $5,700,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Run for Something | Washington, DC | $5,000,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Advance American Democracy Inc | Wilmington, DE | $4,512,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Somos Pac | Washington, DC | $4,100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Workmoney Inc | Milwaukee, WI | $3,350,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Keep Country First Policy Action Inc | Washington, DC | $2,700,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| New Left Accelerator | Alameda, CA | $2,700,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Rewiring America Inc | Washington, DC | $2,400,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Ohio Progressive Collaborative | Columbus, OH | $2,325,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Michigan Civic Action Fund | Madison Hts, MI | $2,255,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Make North Carolina First | Raleigh, NC | $1,846,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Global Impact Social Welfare Foundation | Alexandria, VA | $1,671,484 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Emerge America | San Francisco, CA | $1,550,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| America Votes | Washington, DC | $1,450,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| A Better Wisconsin Together Inc | Madison, WI | $1,300,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Humanity Forward | Washington, DC | $1,300,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Accelerate Action Inc | Boston, MA | $1,250,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Planned Parenthood Advocates of Michigan | Lansing, MI | $1,075,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Georgia Investor Action Fund Inc | Atlanta, GA | $1,000,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Secure Democracy | Washington, DC | $1,000,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Western Organization of Resource Councils | Billings, MT | $995,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Texas Freedom Network | Austin, TX | $950,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Dirt Road Organizing | Warren, ME | $780,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Neo Philanthropy Action Fund Inc | New York, NY | $750,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Abortion Forward | Cleveland, OH | $738,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Avow Inc | Austin, TX | $711,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Future Now Action | Washington, DC | $650,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Ohio Organizing Campaign | Youngstown, OH | $650,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| One Person One Vote | Columbus, OH | $650,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Common Cause | Washington, DC | $625,250 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Pennsylvanians for Judicial Fairness | Philadelphia, PA | $600,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Kansans for Constitutional Freedom Inc | Overland Park, KS | $585,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Center for Civic Action | Albuquerque, NM | $576,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Deeds Action Fund | Austin, TX | $550,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Arena Summit | Washington, DC | $500,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Care in Action Inc | New York, NY | $500,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Forward Mt | Missoula, MT | $500,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Keep Kansas Courts Impartial | Lawrence, KS | $500,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Montana Values Action Fund | Missoula, MT | $500,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Unite America Inc | Denver, CO | $500,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Public Private Strategies Institute | Washington, DC | $450,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Mothering Justice Action Fund | Detroit, MI | $425,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| American Civil Liberties Union | Detroit, MI | $400,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| National Association for the Advancement of Colored People | Jackson, MS | $400,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| New Pennsylvania Project | Harrisburg, PA | $400,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Progress Georgia Inc | Atlanta, GA | $400,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Red Wine & Blue | Cleveland, OH | $400,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Power Coalition for Electoral Justice | New Orleans, LA | $376,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Ohio Women's Alliance Action Fund | Columbus, OH | $375,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Progress North Carolina Action | Raleigh, NC | $375,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Great Lakes Political Academy Leadership Education and Developme | Dexter, MI | $350,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Middle Fork Strategies Inc | Helena, MT | $325,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| One Country Inc | Washington, DC | $311,400 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Progressnow New Mexico | Albuquerque, NM | $305,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Engage for Common Sense Solutions | Washington, DC | $300,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Planned Parenthood Southeast Advocates Inc | Atlanta, GA | $300,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Unidosus Action Fund Inc | Washington, DC | $300,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Planned Parenthood of the Rocky Mountains Action Fund | Denver, CO | $265,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Secure Democracy USA | Washington, DC | $260,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Ballot Initiative Strategy Center Inc | Washington, DC | $250,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Citizen Action of Wisconsin Inc | Milwaukee, WI | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Emerge Action Fund | San Francisco, CA | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Innovation Ohio | Columbus, OH | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Kansas Values Institute | Lawrence, KS | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Ohioans United for Reproductive Rights | Columbus, OH | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Pa Alliance Action | Philadelphia, PA | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Windward Fund | Washington, DC | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Planned Parenthood Texas Votes | Austin, TX | $225,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| The Center for Empowered Politics | Oakland, CA | $225,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Our Voice Our Vote Arizona | Phoenix, AZ | $221,600 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Beyond Impact | W Hollywood, CA | $215,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Action for Liberation | Detroit, MI | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Better Future for New Mexico | Albuquerque, NM | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Coloradans for Protecting Reproductive Freedom | Denver, CO | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Commonwealth Alliance Action Fund Inc | Louisville, KY | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| In Our Own Voice Action Fund | Washington, DC | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Mississippi Votes Action Fund Corporation | Jackson, MS | $200,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Equality New Mexico | Albuquerque, NM | $190,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Common Defense Civic Engagement | New York, NY | $165,250 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Neo Philanthropy Inc | New York, NY | $165,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Hopewell Fund | Washington, DC | $161,565 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Business for Americas Future Fund | Washington, DC | $153,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| 9TO5 Action Fund Inc | Milwaukee, WI | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| 9TO5 National Association of Working Women | Milwaukee, WI | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| El Centro Poder Y Accion | Albuquerque, NM | $150,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Emerge New Mexico | Albuquerque, NM | $150,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Free Fair Pa | Philadelphia, PA | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Justice for Generations | Lansing, MI | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Leaders Igniting Transformation Action Fund Inc | Milwaukee, WI | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| North Carolinians Against Gun Violence Action Fund | Chapel Hill, NC | $150,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Forward Action Fund | Concord, NH | $140,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Urban Institute | Washington, DC | $137,993 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Committee on States | Raleigh, NC | $125,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Delaware Coalition Against Gun Violence Inc | Hockessin, DE | $125,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Texas Organizing Project | San Antonio, TX | $125,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Alliance for Justice Action Campaign | Washington, DC | $110,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Usagainstalzheimers Action | Washington, DC | $104,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| A Better Big Sky | Missoula, MT | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| All in Action Fund | Washington, DC | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Americans for Contraception | Washington, DC | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Ceasefire Pa Inc | Philadelphia, PA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Equality Michigan Action Network | Kalamazoo, MI | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Georgia Equality Inc | Atlanta, GA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Montanans for Choice Take Action | Missoula, MT | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| New Yorkers Against Gun Violence Inc | New York, NY | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Project Keystone | Philadelphia, PA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Colorado Ceasefire Legislative Action | Denver, CO | $95,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Third Way | Washington, DC | $85,405 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Trust US Justice Fund Inc | Wichita, KS | $85,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Engage Miami | Miami, FL | $80,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| New America Foundation | Washington, DC | $80,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Oregon Alliance to Prevent Gun Violence | Portland, OR | $76,330 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Equality Federation | Portland, OR | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Forward Together Action | Oakland, CA | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Gun Violence Prevention Action Committee | Arlington Heights, IL | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Lubbock Coalition for Healthcare Access | Lubbock, TX | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Progress Michigan | Lansing, MI | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Houston in Action | Houston, TX | $60,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Missouri Win | Richmond Hts, MO | $60,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Amplify New Hampshire | Manchester, NH | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Black Voters Matter Fund Inc | East Point, GA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Fair Fight Action Inc | Atlanta, GA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Faith in Public Life Action Fund | Washington, DC | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Marylanders to Prevent Gun Violence Education Fund Inc | Baltimore, MD | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Marylanders to Prevent Gun Violence Inc | Baltimore, MD | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| National Alliance for Caregiving | Washington, DC | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Prodigal Child Project | Dothan, AL | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Progressnow Az | Phoenix, AZ | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Western Conservation Action | Denver, CO | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Bell Action Network | Denver, CO | $45,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Free Press Action Fund | Washington, DC | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Gender Justice Action | Saint Paul, MN | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Drum Majors for Change Inc | Atlanta, GA | $36,400 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Abortion Action Missouri | Saint Louis, MO | $36,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Naral Pro-Choice Minnesota | Saint Paul, MN | $36,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Naral Pro-Choice North Carolina | Durham, NC | $36,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Naral Pro-Choice Washington | Seattle, WA | $36,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Pro Choice Virginia | Alexandria, VA | $36,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Reproductive Equity Now Inc | Boston, MA | $36,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Tech Oversight Project | Washington, DC | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Worker Power | Phoenix, AZ | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Citizen Action of New York Inc | Albany, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Count Mi Vote | Lansing, MI | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| For West Virginias Future | Ona, WV | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| National League of Cities | Washington, DC | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| New Mexico Senate Democrats | Albuquerque, NM | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| New York State Immigrant Action Fund | New York, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| New Yorkers Against Gun Voilence Education Fund Inc | New York, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Promote the Vote | Lansing, MI | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Progressive States Action | Madison, WI | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| St Sabina Church | Chicago, IL | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Tides Foundation | San Francisco, CA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Unite Oregon Action | Portland, OR | $16,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Planned Parenthood Votes New Mexico Coordinated Committee | Denver, CO | $10,400 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Arizona Coalition for Change | Phoenix, AZ | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Association for Public Justice | Alexandria, VA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Black Male Voter Project | Atlanta, GA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Progressive State Leaders Committee | Washington, DC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| River Phoenix Center for Peace Building Inc | Gainesville, FL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Sunrise Movement | Washington, DC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Arizona Students Association | Phoenix, AZ | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| League of Conservation Voters Inc | Washington, DC | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
62 of 163 (38%) 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.
- Your Community Pac
CIVIL RIGHTS, SOCIAL ACTION, ADVOCACY - Rewiring America Inc
TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION
What kind of organizations it funds
By each recipient's own IRS classification, for the 94 of 163 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 | 57 | $10.9M | $80,000 |
| 2022 | 60 | $26.4M | $200,000 |
| 2023 | 72 | $25.3M | $150,000 |
| 2024 | 70 | $34.0M | $200,000 |
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
43% 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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Funders that support the same organizations
These grantmakers and private foundations gave to organizations this one also funded. Shared grantees are the strongest signal available that two funders have overlapping priorities -- and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.
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 $150,000 -- 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 North Fund'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 3 section 501(c)(3) organizations and 67 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: 1828 L Street Nw 300-F, Washington, DC, 20036.
EIN 83-4011547 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this
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