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    Working Families Organization

    ActiveCivil Rights & Advocacy
    BROOKLYN, NYWebsite7182223796

    About Working Families Organization

    Build a multiracial party and movement to elect people-powered candidates and win policies that ensure working people can thrive — fighting for higher wages, racial and economic justice, stronger public services, and a more democratic society.

    Focus Areas

    electoral politicslocal governmentworker rights and wagescriminal justice reformracial justicecampaign finance and democracyyouth organizing

    Who They Fund

    state and local grassroots organizations/coalitionsBIPOC-led community organizations (including Black-led groups/M4BL)youth-led organizations and fellowshipsorganizations serving people with disabilitiesfaith-based youth groups (e.g., Jewish youth for community action)

    About Working Families Organization

    Working Families Organization Inc channels large-scale political and organizing support into candidates, coalitions, and movement infrastructure built around working people’s power. Its recent grants include $2.2 million to Wf Party Building Account and $2 million to Right to the City Alliance, alongside major support for party-building accounts, national committees, and state-level organizing vehicles. The pattern points to a funder that mixes electoral work with public-policy and movement support rather than a narrow issue-only grantmaker. The foundation’s grantmaking also reaches groups working on racial justice, worker rights, democracy, youth organizing, and local power. In the recent-grants list, it backed organizations such as Children and Teachers Foundation of the Ctu, Democracyfirst, and Black Organizing for Leadership & Dignity, while also supporting regranting and intermediary structures that move resources into state and local campaigns. Its summary statement describes a goal of building a multiracial party and movement to elect people-powered candidates and win policies for higher wages, racial and economic justice, stronger public services, and a more democratic society. That mission shows up across both its electoral and community-organizing grants.

    What Working Families Organization Funds

    Electoral politics is a core lane. In 2025, Working Families Organization Inc gave $1.5 million to Wfp National Party Building for party-building work, and in 2024 it gave $1 million to Wf Party Building Account. Those awards sit alongside other support for committees and PAC-related accounts, showing a sustained role in political infrastructure. Worker rights and wages appear through labor and allied organizations. The foundation gave $700,000 to Children and Teachers Foundation of the Ctu for a 501(c)(3) general support grant, and $505,650 to 9to5 in 2023. It also supported grassroots democracy and organizing vehicles such as Democracyfirst with $575,000 in 2025. Racial and Indigenous justice shows up through movement intermediaries and community funds. Grants include $325,000 to Seventh Generation Fund for Indigenous Peoples for a contribution-exec / C3 subgrant and $325,000 to Allied Media Projects for the Decolonizing Wealth Project. Youth organizing also appears in the taxonomy and beneficiary profile, including youth-led and faith-based youth groups.

    How Working Families Organization Gives

    Financial Snapshot

    Annual Giving

    $8.1M

    Total Assets

    $22.4M

    Total Revenue

    $54.3M

    Total Expenses

    $57M

    Typical Grant Size

    Most grants fall between $45K and $175K, with a median of $100K.

    25th Percentile

    $45K

    Median

    $100K

    75th Percentile

    $175K

    Geographic Reach

    National37 states funded

    About 16% of grants go to recipients in KY.

    Funding intensity
    Low
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    Leadership

    MIKE BOLAND

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    Funding Style

    general/unrestricted supportstate-level investments and regrantingsubgrants to intermediary or fiscal sponsorsmovement/organizing support (political advocacy)multi-recipient/statewide funding pools

    Topics

    grassroots organizing and capacity for civic engagementvoter engagement and electoral campaignsclimate justice with gender lensracial justice and community-controlled fundsyouth leadership and youth-led organizingdisability inclusion funding

    Typical grant sizes cluster at $45,000 at the 25th percentile, $100,000 at the median, and $175,000 at the 75th percentile. The recent list also shows a meaningful upper tier, with several grants in the hundreds of thousands and multiple seven-figure awards. The pattern is not one-off: several recipients recur across different years, including Renew New England, Grassroots Collaborative, Native Movement, and the Wfp/Wf party-building accounts. Working Families Organization Inc is a regular funder, not an individual-giving vehicle, and it does not make program-related investments. The grant descriptions show a mix of general support, contributions, and state investment or regranting structures, suggesting a movement-support model that often routes money through intermediaries and fiscal sponsors.

    Where Working Families Organization Makes Grants

    Grants go across the United States, with the top state by grant count being Kentucky. New York recipients account for 16% of grants, but the foundation’s activity is national rather than locally confined. Recent grants land in Brooklyn, Chicago, Providence, Fairbanks, and Philadelphia, alongside recipients in Boston, Oakland, Detroit, and St. Paul. The recipient-country distribution is entirely U.S.-based.

    Frequently Asked Questions About Working Families Organization

    What kinds of work does Working Families Organization Inc fund?

    Its stated focus areas include electoral politics, local government, worker rights and wages, criminal justice reform, racial justice, campaign finance and democracy, and youth organizing. The recent grants also show support for party-building, state investment, and movement infrastructure.

    What is the typical grant size?

    The grant-size distribution centers around $45,000 at the 25th percentile, a $100,000 median, and $175,000 at the 75th percentile. Recent awards range from that middle band up to multimillion-dollar contributions.

    Does the foundation support recurring recipients?

    Yes. Several recipients appear in multiple years, including Renew New England in 2023 and 2025, Grassroots Collaborative in 2023, Native Movement in 2023, and the Wfp/Wf party-building accounts in 2023 through 2025.

    Where does most of the giving go?

    Grant activity is national, with Kentucky as the top state by grant count. New York recipients receive 16% of grants, and recent awards also went to organizations in Chicago, Providence, Fairbanks, Philadelphia, Boston, Oakland, Detroit, and St. Paul.

    What is the foundation’s funding structure?

    Working Families Organization Inc is a regular funder, not an individual-giving platform, and it does not make program-related investments. The recent grants include general support, contributions, and state investment or regranting arrangements, indicating a mix of direct and intermediary-based support.

    Latest 990 Filing

    2025

    Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2025.

    Recent Grants

    Most recent grants reported to the IRS.

    RecipientLocationAmountYearPurpose
    WFP NATIONAL PARTY BUILDINGBROOKLYN, NY$1,500,0002025WFO CONTRIBUTION PTB 2024
    CHILDREN AND TEACHERS FOUNDATION OF THE CTUCHICAGO, IL$700,0002025501(C)(3) GENERAL SUPPORT GRANT
    DEMOCRACYFIRSTFOXBOROUGH, MA$575,0002025501(C)(4) GENERAL SUPPORT GRANT
    WFP NATIONAL PAC - NON-CONTRIBUTION ACCOUNTBROOKLYN, NY$400,0002025CONTRIBUTIONS
    SOLIDAIRE NETWORK INCOAKLAND, CA$300,0002025501(C)(3) GENERAL SUPPORT GRANT
    TAPROOT EARTHSLIDELL, LA$280,0002025501(C)(3) GENERAL SUPPORT GRANT
    TEXAS ORGANIZING PROJECT EDUCATION FUNDSAN ANTONIO, TX$196,2472025501(C)(3) GENERAL SUPPORT GRANT
    STATE POWER ACTION FUNDYOUNGSTOWN, OH$150,0002025501(C)(4) GENERAL SUPPORT GRANT
    FAIR SHOT TEXASPHILADELPHIA, PA$150,0002025501(C)(3) GENERAL SUPPORT GRANT
    TIDES ADVOCACYGRASSROOTS POWER PROJECTBERKELEY, CA$125,0002025501(C)(3) GENERAL SUPPORT GRANT
    RESOURCE GENERATION INCNEW YORK, NY$100,0002025501(C)(3) GENERAL SUPPORT GRANT
    OLE EDUCATION FUNDALBUQUERQUE, NM$100,0002025501(C)(3) GENERAL SUPPORT GRANT
    DETROIT ACTION C-4DETROIT, MI$100,0002025501(C)(4) GENERAL SUPPORT GRANT
    CENTER FOR PUBLIC ENTERPRISEBROOKLYN, NY$100,0002025501(C)(3) GENERAL SUPPORT GRANT
    CLIMATE AND COMMUNITY PROJECTSAN FRANCISCO, CA$100,0002025501(C)(3) GENERAL SUPPORT GRANT
    INDIGENOUS ENVIRONMENTAL NETWORKBEMIDJI, MN$100,0002025501(C)(3) GENERAL SUPPORT GRANT
    WE THE PEOPLE MICHIGAN PACDETROIT, MI$100,0002025501(C)(3) GENERAL SUPPORT GRANT
    ARAB AMERICANS FOR PROGRESSDEARBORN, MI$100,0002025501(C)(4) GENERAL SUPPORT GRANT
    NDN COLLECTIVE INCRAPID, SD$100,0002025501(C)(3) GENERAL SUPPORT GRANT
    MICHIGAN UNITED ACTIONDETROIT, MI$100,0002025501(C)(4) GENERAL SUPPORT GRANT
    API PA VOTESWASHINGTON, DC$100,0002025501(C)(3) GENERAL SUPPORT GRANT
    STATE DEMOCRACY PROJECTBROOKLYN, NY$100,0002025501(C)(3) GENERAL SUPPORT GRANT
    NORTH CAROLINA CLIMATE JUSTICE COLLECTIVEDURHAM, NC$82,3012025501(C)(3) GENERAL SUPPORT GRANT
    GROUNDSWELL FUNDSAN FRANCISCO, CA$80,0002025501(C)(3) GENERAL SUPPORT GRANT
    NEW JERSEY WORKING FAMILIES ALLIANCETRENTON, NJ$60,0002025501(C)(4) GENERAL SUPPORT GRANT
    NATIONAL DAY LABORER ORGANIZING NETWORKPASADENA, CA$60,0002025501(C)(3) GENERAL SUPPORT GRANT
    RAICES ACCION INC OR RAICES Y ACCION INCSAN JUAN, PR$60,0002025501(C)(3) GENERAL SUPPORT GRANT
    THE SEMILLA PROJECTALBUQUERQUE, NM$50,0002025501(C)(3) GENERAL SUPPORT GRANT
    A BETTER GLYNNBRUNSWICK, GA$50,0002025501(C)(3) GENERAL SUPPORT GRANT
    BOREALIS PHILANTHROPYMINNEAPOLIS, MN$50,0002025501(C)(3) GENERAL SUPPORT GRANT
    DOWN HOME NORTH CAROLINABURLINGTON, NC$50,0002025501(C)(4) GENERAL SUPPORT GRANT
    VOCES DE LA FRONTERAMILWAUKEE, WI$50,0002025501(C)(3) GENERAL SUPPORT GRANT
    GEORGIA LATINO ALLIANCE FOR HUMAN RIGHTSATLANTA, GA$50,0002025501(C)(3) GENERAL SUPPORT GRANT
    MARIA FUNDSAN FRANCISCO, CA$50,0002025501(C)(3) GENERAL SUPPORT GRANT
    ACTION NORTH CAROLINACHARLOTTE, NC$50,0002025501(C)(4) GENERAL SUPPORT GRANT
    NCAAT IN ACTIONRALEIGH, NC$50,0002025501(C)(4) GENERAL SUPPORT GRANT
    CENTER FOR CIVIC POLICYALBUQUERQUE, NM$50,0002025501(C)(3) GENERAL SUPPORT GRANT
    SIERRA CLUB FOUNDATIONOAKLAND, CA$50,0002025501(C)(3) GENERAL SUPPORT GRANT
    FREEDOM ACTION NOWMADISON, WI$50,0002025501(C)(4) GENERAL SUPPORT GRANT
    CLIMATE JUSTICE ALLIANCEBERKELEY, CA$50,0002025501(C)(3) GENERAL SUPPORT GRANT
    CAROLINA FEDERATIONDURHAM, NC$50,0002025501(C)(4) GENERAL SUPPORT GRANT
    BLACK LEADERS ORGANIZING FOR COMMUNITIES (BLOC)MILWAUKEE, WI$50,0002025501(C)(4) GENERAL SUPPORT GRANT
    ASIAN AMERICAN ADVOCACY FUNDNORCROSS, GA$50,0002025501(C)(4) GENERAL SUPPORT GRANT
    WORKERS DEFENSE PROJECTAUSTIN, TX$50,0002025501(C)(3) GENERAL SUPPORT GRANT
    HIGHLANDER RESEARCH AND EDUCATION CENTERNEW MARKET, TN$50,0002025501(C)(3) GENERAL SUPPORT GRANT
    SEVENTH GENERATION FUND FOR INDIGENOUS PEOPLESEUREKA, CA$50,0002025501(C)(3) GENERAL SUPPORT GRANT
    BLACK MALE INITIATIVE FUND INCFAIRBURN, GA$50,0002025501(C)(4) GENERAL SUPPORT GRANT
    RISING VOICESOAKLAND, CA$50,0002025501(C)(3) GENERAL SUPPORT GRANT
    SIEMBRA NCOAKLAND, CA$50,0002025501(C)(3) GENERAL SUPPORT GRANT
    PROJECT SOUTHATLANTA, GA$40,0002025501(C)(3) GENERAL SUPPORT GRANT

    WFP NATIONAL PARTY BUILDING

    $1,500,000
    BROOKLYN, NY2025

    WFO CONTRIBUTION PTB 2024

    CHILDREN AND TEACHERS FOUNDATION OF THE CTU

    $700,000
    CHICAGO, IL2025

    501(C)(3) GENERAL SUPPORT GRANT

    DEMOCRACYFIRST

    $575,000
    FOXBOROUGH, MA2025

    501(C)(4) GENERAL SUPPORT GRANT

    WFP NATIONAL PAC - NON-CONTRIBUTION ACCOUNT

    $400,000
    BROOKLYN, NY2025

    CONTRIBUTIONS

    SOLIDAIRE NETWORK INC

    $300,000
    OAKLAND, CA2025

    501(C)(3) GENERAL SUPPORT GRANT

    TAPROOT EARTH

    $280,000
    SLIDELL, LA2025

    501(C)(3) GENERAL SUPPORT GRANT

    TEXAS ORGANIZING PROJECT EDUCATION FUND

    $196,247
    SAN ANTONIO, TX2025

    501(C)(3) GENERAL SUPPORT GRANT

    STATE POWER ACTION FUND

    $150,000
    YOUNGSTOWN, OH2025

    501(C)(4) GENERAL SUPPORT GRANT

    FAIR SHOT TEXAS

    $150,000
    PHILADELPHIA, PA2025

    501(C)(3) GENERAL SUPPORT GRANT

    TIDES ADVOCACYGRASSROOTS POWER PROJECT

    $125,000
    BERKELEY, CA2025

    501(C)(3) GENERAL SUPPORT GRANT

    RESOURCE GENERATION INC

    $100,000
    NEW YORK, NY2025

    501(C)(3) GENERAL SUPPORT GRANT

    OLE EDUCATION FUND

    $100,000
    ALBUQUERQUE, NM2025

    501(C)(3) GENERAL SUPPORT GRANT

    DETROIT ACTION C-4

    $100,000
    DETROIT, MI2025

    501(C)(4) GENERAL SUPPORT GRANT

    CENTER FOR PUBLIC ENTERPRISE

    $100,000
    BROOKLYN, NY2025

    501(C)(3) GENERAL SUPPORT GRANT

    CLIMATE AND COMMUNITY PROJECT

    $100,000
    SAN FRANCISCO, CA2025

    501(C)(3) GENERAL SUPPORT GRANT

    INDIGENOUS ENVIRONMENTAL NETWORK

    $100,000
    BEMIDJI, MN2025

    501(C)(3) GENERAL SUPPORT GRANT

    WE THE PEOPLE MICHIGAN PAC

    $100,000
    DETROIT, MI2025

    501(C)(3) GENERAL SUPPORT GRANT

    ARAB AMERICANS FOR PROGRESS

    $100,000
    DEARBORN, MI2025

    501(C)(4) GENERAL SUPPORT GRANT

    NDN COLLECTIVE INC

    $100,000
    RAPID, SD2025

    501(C)(3) GENERAL SUPPORT GRANT

    MICHIGAN UNITED ACTION

    $100,000
    DETROIT, MI2025

    501(C)(4) GENERAL SUPPORT GRANT

    API PA VOTES

    $100,000
    WASHINGTON, DC2025

    501(C)(3) GENERAL SUPPORT GRANT

    STATE DEMOCRACY PROJECT

    $100,000
    BROOKLYN, NY2025

    501(C)(3) GENERAL SUPPORT GRANT

    NORTH CAROLINA CLIMATE JUSTICE COLLECTIVE

    $82,301
    DURHAM, NC2025

    501(C)(3) GENERAL SUPPORT GRANT

    GROUNDSWELL FUND

    $80,000
    SAN FRANCISCO, CA2025

    501(C)(3) GENERAL SUPPORT GRANT

    NEW JERSEY WORKING FAMILIES ALLIANCE

    $60,000
    TRENTON, NJ2025

    501(C)(4) GENERAL SUPPORT GRANT

    NATIONAL DAY LABORER ORGANIZING NETWORK

    $60,000
    PASADENA, CA2025

    501(C)(3) GENERAL SUPPORT GRANT

    RAICES ACCION INC OR RAICES Y ACCION INC

    $60,000
    SAN JUAN, PR2025

    501(C)(3) GENERAL SUPPORT GRANT

    THE SEMILLA PROJECT

    $50,000
    ALBUQUERQUE, NM2025

    501(C)(3) GENERAL SUPPORT GRANT

    A BETTER GLYNN

    $50,000
    BRUNSWICK, GA2025

    501(C)(3) GENERAL SUPPORT GRANT

    BOREALIS PHILANTHROPY

    $50,000
    MINNEAPOLIS, MN2025

    501(C)(3) GENERAL SUPPORT GRANT

    DOWN HOME NORTH CAROLINA

    $50,000
    BURLINGTON, NC2025

    501(C)(4) GENERAL SUPPORT GRANT

    VOCES DE LA FRONTERA

    $50,000
    MILWAUKEE, WI2025

    501(C)(3) GENERAL SUPPORT GRANT

    GEORGIA LATINO ALLIANCE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS

    $50,000
    ATLANTA, GA2025

    501(C)(3) GENERAL SUPPORT GRANT

    MARIA FUND

    $50,000
    SAN FRANCISCO, CA2025

    501(C)(3) GENERAL SUPPORT GRANT

    ACTION NORTH CAROLINA

    $50,000
    CHARLOTTE, NC2025

    501(C)(4) GENERAL SUPPORT GRANT

    NCAAT IN ACTION

    $50,000
    RALEIGH, NC2025

    501(C)(4) GENERAL SUPPORT GRANT

    CENTER FOR CIVIC POLICY

    $50,000
    ALBUQUERQUE, NM2025

    501(C)(3) GENERAL SUPPORT GRANT

    SIERRA CLUB FOUNDATION

    $50,000
    OAKLAND, CA2025

    501(C)(3) GENERAL SUPPORT GRANT

    FREEDOM ACTION NOW

    $50,000
    MADISON, WI2025

    501(C)(4) GENERAL SUPPORT GRANT

    CLIMATE JUSTICE ALLIANCE

    $50,000
    BERKELEY, CA2025

    501(C)(3) GENERAL SUPPORT GRANT

    CAROLINA FEDERATION

    $50,000
    DURHAM, NC2025

    501(C)(4) GENERAL SUPPORT GRANT

    BLACK LEADERS ORGANIZING FOR COMMUNITIES (BLOC)

    $50,000
    MILWAUKEE, WI2025

    501(C)(4) GENERAL SUPPORT GRANT

    ASIAN AMERICAN ADVOCACY FUND

    $50,000
    NORCROSS, GA2025

    501(C)(4) GENERAL SUPPORT GRANT

    WORKERS DEFENSE PROJECT

    $50,000
    AUSTIN, TX2025

    501(C)(3) GENERAL SUPPORT GRANT

    HIGHLANDER RESEARCH AND EDUCATION CENTER

    $50,000
    NEW MARKET, TN2025

    501(C)(3) GENERAL SUPPORT GRANT

    SEVENTH GENERATION FUND FOR INDIGENOUS PEOPLES

    $50,000
    EUREKA, CA2025

    501(C)(3) GENERAL SUPPORT GRANT

    BLACK MALE INITIATIVE FUND INC

    $50,000
    FAIRBURN, GA2025

    501(C)(4) GENERAL SUPPORT GRANT

    RISING VOICES

    $50,000
    OAKLAND, CA2025

    501(C)(3) GENERAL SUPPORT GRANT

    SIEMBRA NC

    $50,000
    OAKLAND, CA2025

    501(C)(3) GENERAL SUPPORT GRANT

    PROJECT SOUTH

    $40,000
    ATLANTA, GA2025

    501(C)(3) GENERAL SUPPORT GRANT