About Powerswitch Action
PowerSwitch Action is a national community of organizers, strategists, and leaders forging multiracial feminist democracy and people-centered economies in towns and cities—building community power, democratizing the economy, and challenging corporate and extractive practices to advance racial, gender, housing, climate and economic justice.
Focus Areas
Democratizing budgetsLeadership developmentCivic engagementClimate justice & clean energy economiesEconomic development & public landsState preemptionHousing justiceTech & citiesFuture of work and workersOrganizing and leadership development
Who They Fund
worker organizations and coalitions (e.g., CA Coalition for Worker Power, Southern Worker Power)
About Powerswitch Action
Powerswitch Action directs major support to organizing infrastructure rather than one-off service delivery. In the recent grant list, its largest awards go to Community Labor United in Boston for climate and capacity-building work, and to Power in Philadelphia for capacity building, climate, housing, and WMTC support. Those grants sit within a broader pattern of funding worker organizations, housing advocates, and regional coalitions that challenge corporate and extractive practices. The foundation’s portfolio connects multiracial feminist democracy with people-centered economies. That shows up in grants to groups working on worker power, climate justice, housing justice, preemption response, and civic engagement, alongside support for leadership development and shared strategy across regions. California groups appear often, but the reach is national, with recipients in places such as Chicago, Nashville, St. Louis, Seattle, and Philadelphia. Its recent giving also reflects repeated support for the same organizations across multiple years, especially groups tied to worker power and housing campaigns. Powerswitch Action funds organizations that build collective capacity, defend policy gains, and organize around local and state-level economic and climate issues.
What Powerswitch Action Funds
Housing justice is a consistent thread. Powerswitch Action gave $335,000 to Power (Philadelphians Organized to Witness, Empower & Rebuild) in 2024 for capacity building, preemption, housing, and climate, and $305,000 to Cause in Ventura in 2023 for California and housing work. It also supported Stand Up Nashville with $285,000 in 2024 for capacity building, preemption, and housing. Worker organizing appears in several grants. The foundation awarded $401,537 to Koreatown Immigrant Workers Alliance in Los Angeles in 2025 for the CA Coalition for Worker Power, and $290,000 to Warehouse Worker Resource Center in Ontario in 2023 for California worker-organization work tied to WMTC/Athena. It also gave $327,800 to Working Partnerships USA in San Jose in 2025 for capacity building, California, and gig work. Climate-related organizing is another recurring area. Community Labor United received $743,915 in 2024 for climate and capacity building, while Grassroots Collaborative in Chicago received $285,000 in 2024 for capacity building, climate, and housing.
How Powerswitch Action Gives
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$4.9M
Total Assets
$23.9M
Total Revenue
$12.6M
Total Expenses
$11.3M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $75K and $269K, with a median of $128K.
25th Percentile
$75K
Median
$128K
75th Percentile
$269K
Geographic Reach
National15 states funded
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Headquarters
Leadership
LAUREN JACOBS
Accepts unsolicited proposals
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