The WorkMoney Foundation centers its giving on civic engagement, public education about economic issues, and Black civic power-building. Roughly three-quarters of the foundation’s documented dollars flow to its affiliated operating partner (WorkMoney Inc.) to run a resource center and public education campaigns, while the remainder supports voter protection, turnout and Black-led civic organizations and a local neighborhood fund. Grants include both national democracy groups and community-focused investments, with occasional support for faith-adjacent civic outreach.
A single grant dominates the Workmoney Foundation Inc’s recent record: $63.39 million in 2025 to Workmoney Inc. for building and operating the WorkMoney Resource Center, public education campaigns on economic matters, and targeted outreach. That award makes the foundation’s purpose unusually clear. It uses charitable dollars to support public economic literacy, civic engagement, and Black civic power-building, with most documented giving flowing through its affiliated operating partner. The foundation’s other 2025 grants show the rest of its network. It backed voting-rights and turnout organizations, including Voting Rights Lab, Rock the Vote, and Spread the Vote, alongside Black-led civic work through PushBlack and the Black Progressive Action Coalition Education Fund. It also supported local community investment through North Main Street Fund and gave to Culture Changing Christians, reflecting an interest in faith-linked civic outreach. Across these grants, the common thread is public education and participation rather than direct services to individuals. Workmoney Foundation Inc is a public charity with regional giving. Its recent grants are concentrated in a small set of organizations and causes rather than a broad, distributed grant portfolio.
One major thread is voter protection and turnout. In 2025, the foundation gave $850,000 to Voting Rights Lab, $100,000 to Rock the Vote, $100,000 to Spread the Vote, and $25,000 to All Americans Vote, all for general support. Those grants sit alongside its broader civic-engagement work and show repeated support for organizations focused on participation in elections. A second area is Black civic power and progressive civic education. The foundation gave $400,000 to Black Progressive Action Coalition Education Fund and $350,000 to Pushblack, both in 2025. It also supported Culture Changing Christians with a $100,000 grant for general support, indicating some faith-linked civic outreach. The foundation also made a $1 million general-support grant to Defending Democracy Together Institute, adding a national democracy-policy dimension to its portfolio.
The documented grant-size distribution is highly concentrated: p25, median, and p75 are all $11,050,000, reflecting a split between one very large operating grant and a set of much smaller follow-on awards. In the recent grants list, Workmoney Inc appears in both 2024 and 2025, showing a recurring relationship rather than a one-time award. The foundation is a public charity, not a private family foundation, and it does not fund individuals or make program-related investments. The grant list also points to a primarily programmatic, operating-support model, with many awards marked general support.
$69.6M
$12.7M
$73.5M
$70.9M
Most grants fall between $11.1M and $11.1M, with a median of $11.1M.
25th Percentile
$11.1M
Median
$11.1M
75th Percentile
$11.1M
About 0% of grants go to recipients in MI.
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Highly concentrated: a single affiliated grantee (WorkMoney Inc.) receives the majority of funding for operating and programmatic work, while the remainder is distributed as mid-sized to modest grants to national voting-rights and Black civic organizations and a small local community fund. Funding favors a small set of repeat or strategic national partners rather than broad small-dollar distribution.
Notable grantees: WorkMoney Inc., Voting Rights Lab, Defending Democracy Together Institute, PushBlack, North Main Street Fund
All listed recent grants went to U.S. recipients. Washington, DC appears most often among recipient locations, including multiple national civic and democracy groups. Other recipient cities include Los Angeles, California; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; and Concord, New Hampshire. The foundation’s own headquarters are in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, but no recent grants in the list are shown to Wisconsin recipients. The geographic pattern is regional in scope but nationally distributed across civic and democracy organizations.
Its giving centers on public economic literacy and civic education campaigns, voting rights and turnout, Black civic power-building, and some local neighborhood revitalization. The largest documented grant supports the WorkMoney Resource Center and public education campaigns on economic matters.
Most documented dollars go to one affiliated operating partner, Workmoney Inc., which received $63.39 million in 2025 and $11.05 million in 2024. The rest of the portfolio is smaller grants to civic, democracy, and community organizations.
The reported grant-size distribution is tightly clustered at $11,050,000: p25, median, and p75 are all the same. That reflects a portfolio shaped by one large recurring operating grant and several much smaller general-support awards.
Among recipient locations, Michigan is the top state by grant count, even though the foundation’s headquarters are in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. At the city level, the recent-grants list includes multiple Washington, DC recipients, plus Los Angeles, Philadelphia, and Concord.
The smaller grants in the recent list are largely marked general support, while the largest award to Workmoney Inc. covers building and operating the WorkMoney Resource Center plus public education campaigns on economic matters and targeted outreach.
2025
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2025.
Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WORKMONEY INC | MILWAUKEE, MI | $63,390,000 | 2025 | VARIOUS CHARITABLE PROJECT SCOPES THAT INCLUDE BUILDING AND OPERATING THE WORKMONEY RESOURCE CENTER; PUBLIC EDUCATION CAMPAIGNS ON ECONOMIC MATTERS; TARGETED PUBLIC EDUCATION CAMPAIGNS TO SPECIFIC GEOGRAPHIES AND DEMOGRAPHIC COMMUNITIES. |
| NORTH MAIN STREET FUND | CONCORD, NH | $3,000,000 | 2025 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| DEFENDING DEMOCRACY TOGETHER INSTITUTE | WASHINGTON, DC | $1,000,000 | 2025 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| VOTING RIGHTS LAB | WASHINGTON, DC | $850,000 | 2025 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| BLACK PROGRESSIVE ACTION COALITION EDUCATION FUND | WASHINGTON, DC | $400,000 | 2025 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| PUSHBLACK | WASHINGTON, DC | $350,000 | 2025 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| PARENTSTOGETHER FOUNDATION | WASHINGTON, DC | $250,000 | 2025 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| ROCK THE VOTE | WASHINGTON, DC | $100,000 | 2025 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| SPREAD THE VOTE | LOS ANGELES, CA | $100,000 | 2025 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| CULTURE CHANGING CHRISTIANS | PHILADELPHIA, PA | $100,000 | 2025 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| ALL AMERICANS VOTE | WASHINGTON, DC | $25,000 | 2025 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| WORKMONEY INC | MILWAUKEE, MI | $11,050,000 | 2024 | VARIOUS CHARITABLE PROJECT SCOPES THAT INCLUDE BUILDING AND OPERATING THE WORKMONEY RESOURCE CENTER; PUBLIC EDUCATION CAMPAIGNS ON ECONOMIC MATTERS; TARGETED PUBLIC EDUCATION CAMPAIGNS TO SPECIFIC GEOGRAPHIES AND DEMOGRAPHIC COMMUNITIES. |
WORKMONEY INC
$63,390,000VARIOUS CHARITABLE PROJECT SCOPES THAT INCLUDE BUILDING AND OPERATING THE WORKMONEY RESOURCE CENTER; PUBLIC EDUCATION CAMPAIGNS ON ECONOMIC MATTERS; TARGETED PUBLIC EDUCATION CAMPAIGNS TO SPECIFIC GEOGRAPHIES AND DEMOGRAPHIC COMMUNITIES.
NORTH MAIN STREET FUND
$3,000,000GENERAL SUPPORT
DEFENDING DEMOCRACY TOGETHER INSTITUTE
$1,000,000GENERAL SUPPORT
VOTING RIGHTS LAB
$850,000GENERAL SUPPORT
BLACK PROGRESSIVE ACTION COALITION EDUCATION FUND
$400,000GENERAL SUPPORT
PUSHBLACK
$350,000GENERAL SUPPORT
PARENTSTOGETHER FOUNDATION
$250,000GENERAL SUPPORT
ROCK THE VOTE
$100,000GENERAL SUPPORT
SPREAD THE VOTE
$100,000GENERAL SUPPORT
CULTURE CHANGING CHRISTIANS
$100,000GENERAL SUPPORT
ALL AMERICANS VOTE
$25,000GENERAL SUPPORT
WORKMONEY INC
$11,050,000VARIOUS CHARITABLE PROJECT SCOPES THAT INCLUDE BUILDING AND OPERATING THE WORKMONEY RESOURCE CENTER; PUBLIC EDUCATION CAMPAIGNS ON ECONOMIC MATTERS; TARGETED PUBLIC EDUCATION CAMPAIGNS TO SPECIFIC GEOGRAPHIES AND DEMOGRAPHIC COMMUNITIES.