About Organize Action
Connect funders with 501(c)4 organizations and projects at the frontlines of social change.
Focus Areas
Climate changeDemocracyRacial justiceGender equalityEconomic justiceHuman rights
Who They Fund
marginalized communitiesunderrepresented voterslow-income communities
Funding Style
direct service (voter outreach & mobilization)capacity building for community organizationstargeted/targeted outreach grants
About Organize Action
Organize Action’s recent grantmaking is built around nonpartisan voter engagement for communities the foundation describes as being at the frontlines of social change. In 2025, it awarded $975,000 to Care in Action in New York and $585,000 to Asian American Advocacy Fund Inc in Norcross, showing large-scale support for organizations using civic participation to reach specific constituencies. The funder also backs a wide set of state-based action organizations, including Battleground NY Action Fund, MI Poder, Unite Here Action Fund, and 1k Women Strong Inc. Its stated priorities connect climate change, democracy, racial justice, gender equality, economic justice, and human rights, with a practical emphasis on nonpartisan voter outreach, registration, education, and turnout mobilization. The grant list shows recurring support for groups working through action funds and related vehicles rather than individual giving, and its recent awards are concentrated in project-based, community-facing organizing. With annual grants of $8.4 million and a typical recent grant size centered around six figures, Organize Action funds a national portfolio of civic participation work aimed at underrepresented voters and marginalized communities.
What Organize Action Funds
Nonpartisan voter engagement is the clearest throughline in Organize Action’s portfolio. It gave $200,000 to Carolina Federation in Durham for nonpartisan voter engagement to empower communities, and $200,000 to Down Home North Carolina in Greensboro for the same purpose. In Arizona, it supported Instituto Power in Phoenix with $202,375 and Living United for Change in Arizona in Phoenix with $200,000, both tied to nonpartisan voter engagement. The foundation also makes room for labor- and immigrant-linked organizing: United for Respect in Sacramento received $200,000, while Make the Road Action in Brooklyn received $160,000. Across these awards, the purpose language stays consistent, pointing to civic participation work rather than broad general operating support.
How Organize Action Gives
Organize Action’s grant sizes cluster around six figures: the typical grant size is $60,000 at the 25th percentile, $100,000 at the median, and $120,000 at the 75th percentile. The recent list also shows larger project awards, including several in the $200,000 to $300,000 range and a top award near $1 million. The foundation is a regular funder and does not fund individuals. Its active programs are the Institute, used for short-term projects, and Collective Action Funds, which pool resources for frontline 501(c)(4) organizing. Recipients appear across multiple years in the recent-grants list, including Missouri Win and North Carolina-based groups, indicating repeat support for some organizations.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$6.9M
Total Assets
$1.4M
Total Revenue
$7.7M
Total Expenses
$7.5M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $60K and $120K, with a median of $100K.
25th Percentile
$60K
Median
$100K
75th Percentile
$120K
Geographic Reach
National20 states funded
About 7% of grants go to recipients in AZ.
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Headquarters
Leadership
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