About Progress Now Education
ProgressNow is a nationwide network of state partner affiliates that run year-round strategic campaigns to promote progressive ideas and values, provide communications and digital organizing support, and win elections through data-driven digital communications, earned and paid media strategies, and coalition coordination.
Focus Areas
progressive advocacycommunicationsdigital mediaelectoral organizingtraining and capacity building
Who They Fund
individual citizens/voterscommunity-based civic organizationslocal civic leaders/volunteersunderrepresented or marginalized community members (implicit)
Funding Style
civic participation funding
About Progress Now Education
A clear pattern runs through Progress Now Education’s recent funding: it backs state-level civic engagement groups that run citizen-engagement work in elections and public participation. The largest grant in the recent record, $350,000 to Progress Michigan Education in 2024, sits alongside another sizable award of $231,700 to Inst for Progress NV in 2025, showing sustained support for affiliates working in different states. The foundation’s grants align with the broader ProgressNow model of year-round strategic campaigns, communications support, and coalition coordination for progressive ideas and values. In the recent grants list, that shows up in groups such as Innovation OH Education Fund in Columbus, Ohio, and Progress AZ Inst in Phoenix, Arizona, both funded for citizen engagement. Similar awards also went to organizations in Michigan, Nevada, and New Hampshire, indicating a network-oriented approach rather than a single-locality strategy. Progress Now Education is a regular funder with annual grants of $1,878,000 and total assets of $4,262,717. Its recent awards cluster around a small set of civic engagement organizations, including repeat support for Progress Michigan Education and Institute for Progressive Nevada.
What Progress Now Education Funds
Citizen engagement is the central thread in the recent grants record. Progress Now Education gave $145,000 to Innovation OH Education Fund in Columbus for citizen engagement, and a separate $130,000 went to Progress MI Education in Lansing for the same purpose. The foundation also supports state-based advocacy and organizing infrastructure. It awarded $75,300 to Engage Michigan in Lansing, $66,400 to PA Alliance Foundation in Philadelphia, and $50,000 to Alliance for a Better Minnesota in St Paul, each tagged for citizen engagement. Its portfolio includes groups focused on public participation in governance across a mix of states. Examples include $25,000 to Leaning Forward Tennessee in Lebanon, $25,000 to Alabama Values in Montgomery, and $20,000 to Kansas Common Sense in Topeka. The pattern is consistent with capacity-building for civic groups rather than individual projects.
How Progress Now Education Gives
Grant sizes are tightly grouped around a mid-sized operating range: the 25th percentile is $15,000, the median is $24,000, and the 75th percentile is $25,000. That concentration suggests a standard support level, with a smaller number of larger affiliate grants at the top of the range. The recipient list also shows repeat funding across years for several organizations, including Progress Michigan Education, Institute for Progressive Nevada, Innovation Ohio Education Fund, Alabama Values, Granite State Progress Education, and Progress Arizona Institute. Progress Now Education is a regular funder, not a DAF, and the grant record reflects ongoing support for state partner organizations rather than one-off awards.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$965K
Total Assets
$4.3M
Total Revenue
$4.8M
Total Expenses
$3.3M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $15K and $25K, with a median of $24K.
25th Percentile
$15K
Median
$24K
75th Percentile
$25K
Geographic Reach
National18 states funded
About 0% of grants go to recipients in MI.
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Headquarters
Leadership
ANNA SCHOLL
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