Unite America Inc
Denver, CO · EIN 82-1106814. Reported 71 grants totalling $22.7M 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 Unite America Inc, by its IRS classification it is an alliance or advocacy organization in civil rights (NTEE R01).
- How spread out its giving is. 49 distinct organizations, with 42% of the dollars going to the largest single recipient. That is concentrated. Most of the money has a settled destination, and the remainder is what is realistically in play.
- How much its list changes. 50% 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 $50,000. Half of what it reported fell between $30,000 and $200,000; the smallest was $10,000 and the largest $9,620,000. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vote Yes on 3 Inc | Las Vegas, NV | $9,620,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Colorado Voters First | Denver, CO | $4,420,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Represent US | Florence, MA | $1,440,300 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Secure Democracy | Washington, DC | $750,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Fairvote Action Fund | Silver Spring, MD | $610,866 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Make All Votes Count DC | Washington, DC | $553,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Eternal Vigilance Action | Holly Springs, GA | $452,050 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Nevada Voters First | Las Vegas, NV | $407,650 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Issue One Action | Washington, DC | $383,333 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Open Primaries Inc | New York, NY | $340,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Partners in Democracy | Cambridge, MA | $325,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Keep Country First Policy Action Inc | Washington, DC | $300,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Sam Advocacy Fund Inc | Stonington, CT | $255,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Ballot Pa Action | Philadelphia, PA | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Make Elections Fair Pac | Phoenix, AZ | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Take Back Action Fund | Auburn, AL | $240,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| American Policy Ventures Action Inc | Washington, DC | $175,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Fix the System - Wisconsin Action Inc | Middleton, WI | $175,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Oklahoma United for Progress Inc | Tulsa, OK | $166,250 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Fairvote Washington | Bothell, WA | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| ONEVIRGINIA2021 | Chesterfield, VA | $130,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Oregon Ranked Choice Voting Advocates | Corvallis, OR | $120,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Better Ballot Arizona | Tempe, AZ | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| One Person One Vote | Columbus, OH | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Nm Voters First | Albuquerque, NM | $95,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Majority Vote Montana | Helena, MT | $75,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Protect Ar Constitution | Fayetteville, AR | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Alaskans for Posterity Inc | Anchorage, AK | $60,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Vermont Public Interest Research Group Inc | Montpelier, VT | $54,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Common Cause | Washington, DC | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Democracyfirst | Washington, DC | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| League of Women Voters of Maine | Portland, ME | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| More Voice DC | Washington, DC | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Utah Ranked Choice Voting Action | Heber, UT | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Veterans for Better Voting Nevada | Saint Louis, MO | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Vote Upstate Jobs | Little Falls, NY | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Rcv for Fort Collins | Fort Collins, CO | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| South Dakota Voters First | Sioux Falls, SD | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Utahns for Responsive Government | Salt Lake City, UT | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Better Ballot Fort Collins | Fort Collins, CO | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Building Power for Communities of Color | Portland, OR | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Fairvote Washington Pac | Seattle, WA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Education Reform Now Advocacy Inc | New York, NY | $22,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Common Ground Arkansas | Springdale, AR | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Working Families Organization Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Mcce Action | Portland, ME | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Black Voters Matter Fund | Atlanta, GA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Contina Impact | San Francisco, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Veterans for All Voters Action | Brentwood, MO | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
15 of 49 (31%) 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.
- Representus Inc
TO FURTHER THE GRANTEE'S EFFORTS TO EXPAND THE PIPELINE OF VIABLE BALLOT & LEGISLATIVE REFORM CAMPAIGNS; PROVIDE IN-KIND SUPPORT TO REFORM CAMPAIGNS AT THE LOCAL AND STATE LEVEL; AND COLLABORATIVELY HELP SHAPE OVERALL MOVEMENT NARRATIVE, STRATEGY, & ADVOCACY. - Secure Democracy
TO SUPPORT THE GRANTEE'S CORE PROGRAMMATIC ACTIVITIES, INCLUDING LEGISLATIVE ADVOCACY & INFRASTRUCTURE; CORPORATE OUTREACH & CULTIVATION; CONSERVATIVE INFLUENCERS & VALIDATORS ENGAGEMENT; CONSERVATIVE-FACING POLLING; AND A PERSUASION PROJECT TO TARGET CONFLICTED VOTERS. - Issue One Action
TO SUPPORT THE GRANTEE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE OPPORTUNITY AROUND THE BIPARTISAN WORKING GROUP OF SENATORS FOCUSED ON A HOST OF ELECTION-PROTECTION MEASURES TO ADVANCE POLICY TO IMPROVE ELECTIONS WITH BIPARTISAN SUPPORT. - Open Primaries Inc
TO BUILD PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR OPEN OR NONPARTISAN PRIMARIES - Representus
TO SUPPORT THE FINAL-FOUR VOTING/RANKED CHOICE VOTING PROGRAM - Keep Country First Policy Action Inc
GRANT FUNDS PROVIDED FOR ELECTION ADMINISTRATOR IDENTIFICATION & TRAINING, RESOURCES & PARTNERSHIPS, AND NATIONAL IDENTIFICATION & EDUCATION PROGRAM
What kind of organizations it funds
By each recipient's own IRS classification, for the 17 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 | 8 | $1,760,000 | $50,000 |
| 2022 | 20 | $1,782,833 | $50,000 |
| 2023 | 16 | $1,884,700 | $80,000 |
| 2024 | 27 | $17.3M | $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
44% of its giving went to organizations in Nevada. 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 $50,000 -- 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 Nevada.
- 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 Unite America 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 0 section 501(c)(3) organizations and 27 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: 1550 Larimer St Box 258, Denver, CO, 80202.
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