The Movement Action Fund focuses on funding grassroots civic engagement and power-building efforts that increase voter participation and political influence for working-class, immigrant/Latine, labor, and rural communities. Their grants support on-the-ground organizing, canvass programs, and voter mobilization campaigns across battleground states and regions with underserved voters. The foundation appears driven by racial and economic justice priorities, favoring direct-action groups and field programs that turn community organizing into electoral impact.
Movement Action Fund’s largest recent grant went to Worker Power for voter participation work among young people and communities of color in Maricopa and Pima counties. That grant fits a broader pattern of funding field-based civic engagement: canvass programs, voter mobilization campaigns, and organizing efforts designed to increase political influence for working-class, immigrant, Latine, labor, and rural communities. The foundation’s recent awards show a preference for direct-action groups working where turnout and ballot education are most needed, rather than for general policy advocacy alone. Two other grants illustrate that approach. Progressive Era Project received support for its California Table Fund, which engages historically overlooked communities and helps voters address issues with their ballots. Make the Road Action Inc got funding to build power rooted in working-class Latine communities and promote policy solutions that improve the lives of low-income people. Across those examples, the foundation supports community-facing electoral work that links organizing to participation at the ballot box.
In youth voter participation, Movement Action Fund backed Worker Power with $250,000 to increase voter participation among young people and communities of color in Maricopa and Pima counties. For ballot education and issue engagement, it gave $50,000 to Progressive Era Project for the California Table Fund, which helps historically overlooked communities address issues with their ballots. The foundation also supports canvass-based mobilization. Unite Here Action Fund received $50,000 for its canvass program and related activities. In working-class Latine community power-building, Make the Road Action Inc received $50,000 to build power rooted in working-class Latine communities and promote policy solutions for working-class and low-income people. These grants point to a focus on turnout, outreach, and movement infrastructure rather than one-off events.
Recent grants cluster at a small number of award levels: the top grant was $250,000, and four others were $50,000 each. That pattern suggests one larger anchor grant alongside several smaller program grants. The recipient list also shows repeated attention to field programs and organizing capacity rather than capital support. Movement Action Fund is a public charity and a regular funder, and the recent record does not show grants to individuals or program-related investments. The available data reflects a current-year snapshot, so recurring recipients across multiple years cannot be established from this file alone.
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Concentrated, strategic giving: one large lead grant (~55% of annual giving) to a frontline voter turnout group complemented by several equal-sized ($50k) grants to regional and issue-specific organizing partners. Grants are targeted to operational field programs rather than long tail capacity grants; funding is distributed across several partners rather than repeated wholesale renewals.
Notable grantees: WORKER POWER, Make the Road Action, UNITE HERE Action Fund, Western Organization of Resource Councils, Progressive Era Project
The grants are entirely U.S.-based. Among named recipient locations, Arizona appears in Phoenix, California in Oakland, Montana in Billings, and New York in both New York and Brooklyn. The largest award went to a Phoenix-based group working in Maricopa and Pima counties, while other grants reached Oakland and Billings. The recipient-country distribution shows 100% of grants going to U.S. organizations, with no non-U.S. recipient countries listed.
Its recent grants support voter participation, canvass programs, ballot education, and community organizing. Named examples include funding for youth voter engagement in Arizona, a California Table Fund that helps voters deal with ballot issues, and a rural voters program in Montana.
The recent grant list shows 5 grants, and all 5 went to U.S. recipients, for 100% U.S.-based giving in the available data.
The recent record shows one $250,000 grant and four grants of $50,000. That places the visible pattern around $50,000 for most awards, with one larger anchor grant.
The grants repeatedly target young people, communities of color, working-class Latine communities, low-income people, and rural voters. Those priorities appear in the purposes for grants to Arizona, California, Montana, and New York organizations.
2026
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2026.
Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| UNITE HERE ACTION FUND | NEW YORK, NY | $1,100,000 | 2026 | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT |
| INDIVISIBLE PROJECT | WASHINGTON, DC | $200,000 | 2026 | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT |
| STAND UP FOR SCIENCE | WASHINGTON, DC | $100,000 | 2026 | SUMMER FIGHT FOR SCIENCE CAMPAIGN |
| WORKER POWER | PHOENIX, AZ | $250,000 | 2025 | TO INCREASE VOTER PARTICIPATION AMONG YOUNG PEOPLE AND COMMUNITIES OF COLOR IN MARICOPA AND PIMA COUNTIES. |
| WESTERN ORGANIZATION OF RESOURCE COUNCILS | BILLINGS, MT | $50,000 | 2025 | TO SUPPORT THE 2024 MONTANA RURAL VOTERS PROGRAM. |
| UNITE HERE ACTION FUND | NEW YORK, NY | $50,000 | 2025 | TO SUPPORT THE ORGANIZATION'S CANVASS PROGRAM AND RELATED ACTIVITIES. |
| PROGRESSIVE ERA PROJECT | OAKLAND, CA | $50,000 | 2025 | TO SUPPORT THE ORGANIZATION'S CALIFORNIA TABLE FUND, WHICH ENGAGES HISTORICALLY OVERLOOKED COMMUNITIES AND HELPS VOTERS ADDRESS ISSUES WITH THEIR BALLOTS. |
| MAKE THE ROAD ACTION INC | BROOKLYN, NY | $50,000 | 2025 | TO SUPPORT THE ORGANIZATION'S PRIMARY PURPOSE OF BUILDING POWER ROOTED IN WORKING-CLASS LATINE COMMUNITIES, PROMOTING POLICY SOLUTIONS THAT IMPROVE THE LIVES OF ALL WORKING-CLASS AND LOW-INCOME PEOPLE, AND STRENGTHENING THE MOVEMENT FOR JUSTICE. |
UNITE HERE ACTION FUND
$1,100,000GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
STAND UP FOR SCIENCE
$100,000SUMMER FIGHT FOR SCIENCE CAMPAIGN
TO INCREASE VOTER PARTICIPATION AMONG YOUNG PEOPLE AND COMMUNITIES OF COLOR IN MARICOPA AND PIMA COUNTIES.
TO SUPPORT THE 2024 MONTANA RURAL VOTERS PROGRAM.
UNITE HERE ACTION FUND
$50,000TO SUPPORT THE ORGANIZATION'S CANVASS PROGRAM AND RELATED ACTIVITIES.
PROGRESSIVE ERA PROJECT
$50,000TO SUPPORT THE ORGANIZATION'S CALIFORNIA TABLE FUND, WHICH ENGAGES HISTORICALLY OVERLOOKED COMMUNITIES AND HELPS VOTERS ADDRESS ISSUES WITH THEIR BALLOTS.
TO SUPPORT THE ORGANIZATION'S PRIMARY PURPOSE OF BUILDING POWER ROOTED IN WORKING-CLASS LATINE COMMUNITIES, PROMOTING POLICY SOLUTIONS THAT IMPROVE THE LIVES OF ALL WORKING-CLASS AND LOW-INCOME PEOPLE, AND STRENGTHENING THE MOVEMENT FOR JUSTICE.