Center for Empowered Politics

About Center for Empowered Politics

The Center For Empowered Politics stands out for directing a large share of its recent grantmaking into political-purpose regrants and PAC-linked vehicles that support electoral work in communities of color. Its largest recent award in the data is a $599,969 grant to Rising Voices Action Fund for political purpose regranting, alongside multi-year support for groups such as Our Future Is Black and One Apia Nevada. That pattern points to a funder focused less on one-off project grants than on building durable political capacity through community-based intermediaries. Across the recent grant list, the foundation backs Asian American, Pacific Islander, and Black-led organizations, with awards that cover general operating support, organizational capacity building, research, and primary or political-purpose regranting. Several grants also support action funds and PAC activity, including contributions to organizations in Michigan, North Carolina, and California. The mix of grant purposes suggests a strategy centered on helping local groups organize, research, and move resources into state and municipal campaigns. The Center For Empowered Politics also shows continuity over time, with repeated awards to the same organizations across 2023, 2024, and 2025.

What Center for Empowered Politics Funds

In Asian American and Pacific Islander civic engagement, the foundation gave $140,000 to One Apia Nevada for organizational capacity building and general operating funds, and $120,000 to Asian Pacific Islander Political Alliance for organizational capacity building and research. It also supported Asian Pacific American, Chinese Progressive Political Action, Chinese Progressive Political, and Nakasec Action Fund with operating grants, showing a sustained emphasis on community-based infrastructure. In Black-led political power-building, it gave $100,000 to Our Future Is Black for general operating support and another $63,000 for PAC activities. A separate $599,969 regrant to Rising Voices Action Fund and a $115,000 contribution to Michigan Action show how the foundation channels money into electoral and policy infrastructure. Its state-level and metro-area work also includes $50,000 to Young Womens Freedom Center for a policy campaign, plus grants to Chicago-based groups including Asian American Midwest Progressives, Chicago Normi, and Asian American Midwest.

How Center for Empowered Politics Gives