Priorities USA Foundation is primarily a political/civic engagement funder focused on protecting and expanding voter access and persuasion infrastructure for progressive causes. The foundation concentrates its largest dollars on central national organizations and voter litigation/digital communications work, while also making numerous smaller, tactical digital-ad and event grants to state and constituency-focused groups (especially race, faith, and youth-oriented organizations). This blend supports both legal/strategic capacity and grassroots voter mobilization in key states.
Priorities USA Foundation puts its largest dollars behind voter access litigation and digital communications, with three nine-figure-style grants in the recent list going to Priorities USA in 2023, 2024, and 2025. That pattern signals a funder built around legal and communications infrastructure rather than one-off local awards. The foundation also supports a second tier of grantmaking that reaches state-based civic groups and constituency organizations, including a $4,650,000 restricted grant to Black Progressive Action Coalition for 501(c)(3)-permissible programming and a $2,025,000 grant to Informing Democracy for voting rights advocacy. Smaller awards extend the same strategy into tactical digital advertising, educational communications, and event sponsorships for groups working on turnout, access, and outreach. Recipients include Arizona Center for Empowerment, Michigan Student Power Alliance, Pastors United Community Advocacy Inc, Fair Wisconsin Education Fund, and others across several battleground states. The overall picture is of a national political and civic engagement funder that pairs large-scale central support with targeted grants for messaging, mobilization, and voting rights work.
A core cause area is voter access litigation and digital communications. Priorities USA Foundation gave $11,379,433 in 2025, $4,641,238 in 2024, and $9,948,558 in 2023 to Priorities USA for that purpose, showing a sustained commitment to legal and communications infrastructure. Voting rights work is another major thread: Informing Democracy received $2,025,000 in 2023 for voting rights advocacy and $100,000 in 2024 for voting rights research. The foundation also funds constituency-based civic engagement, including $20,000 to Emgage Foundation Inc for a digital ad grant and $25,000 to Pastors United Community Advocacy Inc for a digital ad grant. Educational communications appear as well, with grants to Michigan Student Power Alliance, Arizona Center for Empowerment, and World Institute on Disability.
Typical grants are highly varied: p25 is $13,750, the median is $37,500, and p75 is $581,250. The distribution shows a small number of very large grants alongside many modest tactical awards. Recipients do appear across multiple years, especially Priorities USA, Informing Democracy, New Venture Fund, and America Votes-related entities, which points to recurring support rather than strictly one-time awards. The foundation’s work is grant-based; it does not fund individuals and does not make program-related investments. The recent record also shows restricted, project-specific support through digital ads, event sponsorships, advocacy, litigation, and educational communications.
$16.3M
$8M
$18.9M
$19.1M
Most grants fall between $14K and $581K, with a median of $38K.
25th Percentile
$14K
Median
$38K
75th Percentile
$581K
About 50% of grants go to recipients in AZ.
DANIELLE BUTTERFIELD
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Highly concentrated overall: a majority of dollars flow to the foundation's flagship Priorities USA and a few national partners, combined with many small, targeted grants to local and constituency groups. Mix of large multi-grant investments in core operational and litigation capacity plus distributed, tactical grants (digital ads, events, communications) aimed at election-era mobilization.
Notable grantees: Priorities USA, Black Progressive Action Coalition, Informing Democracy, America Votes, New Georgia Project
Grant recipients are spread nationally, and every recent grant in the list went to a U.S. organization. Washington, DC appears frequently among recipients, including Priorities USA, Black Progressive Action Coalition, America Votes Education Fund, America Votes, New Venture Fund, and The Movement Cooperative. Outside DC, repeat recipient locations include Atlanta, with grants to Future Georgia, Equity for All Inc, and New Georgia Project Inc, plus awards to Phoenix, Milwaukee, Madison, Chicago, Brooklyn, and East Lansing. The top state by grant count is Arizona, while 50% of grants go to recipients in DC.
The foundation concentrates on voter access litigation and digital communications, along with voting rights advocacy, voting rights research, educational communications, event sponsorships, and digital ad grants. The largest recent awards all supported voter access litigation and digital communications, while smaller grants funded state and constituency-based outreach.
Yes. Priorities USA appears as a recipient in 2023, 2024, and 2025, and Informing Democracy also received grants in two different years. New Venture Fund and America Votes-related organizations appear more than once as well, indicating repeated support for some recipients.
The typical grant size is $13,750 at the 25th percentile, $37,500 at the median, and $581,250 at the 75th percentile. That spread shows a mix of large strategic grants and many smaller tactical awards.
The foundation gives nationally, with every recent grant going to a U.S. recipient. Washington, DC is a major recipient location, and the top state by grant count is Arizona. Other recent recipient cities include Atlanta, Phoenix, Milwaukee, Madison, Chicago, Brooklyn, and East Lansing.
It uses restricted, project-specific support. Recent grants include voter access litigation and digital communications, voting rights advocacy, voting rights research, digital ad grants, event sponsorships, membership sponsorship, and educational communications.
2025
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2025.
Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PRIORITIES USA | WASHINGTON, DC | $11,379,433 | 2025 | VOTER ACCESS LITIGATION AND DIGITAL COMMUNICATIONS |
| BLACK PROGRESSIVE ACTION COALITION | WASHINGTON, DC | $4,650,000 | 2025 | RESTRICTED GRANT TO SUPPORT 501(C)(3) PERMISSIBLE PROGRAMMING |
| AMERICA VOTES EDUCATION FUND | WASHINGTON, DC | $75,000 | 2025 | MEMBERSHIP AND EVENT SPONSORSHIP |
| PASTORS UNITED COMMUNITY ADVOCACY INC | MILWAUKEE, WI | $25,000 | 2025 | DIGITAL AD GRANT |
| IN THIS TOGETHER NEPA INC | MOUNTAIN TOP, PA | $20,000 | 2025 | DIGITAL AD GRANT |
| EQUITY FOR ALL INC | ATLANTA, GA | $20,000 | 2025 | DIGITAL AD GRANT |
| FUTURE GEORGIA | ATLANTA, GA | $20,000 | 2025 | DIGITAL AD GRANT |
| EMGAGE FOUNDATION INC | LAKELAND, FL | $20,000 | 2025 | DIGITAL AD GRANT |
| FAIR WISCONSIN EDUCATION FUND | MADISON, WI | $15,000 | 2025 | DIGITAL AD GRANT |
| PROGRESSNOW INC | LANSING, MI | $10,000 | 2025 | EVENT SPONSORSHIP |
| ASIAN AMERICAN MIDWEST PROGRESSIVES | CHICAGO, IL | $10,000 | 2025 | DIGITAL AD GRANT |
| PIZZA TO THE POLLS | PORTLAND, OR | $10,000 | 2025 | LITIGATION GRANT |
| LA BREGA Y FUERZA FUND INC | BROOKLYN, NY | $10,000 | 2025 | DIGITAL AD GRANT |
| PRIORITIES USA | WASHINGTON, DC | $4,641,238 | 2024 | VOTER ACCESS LITIGATION AND DIGITAL COMMUNICATIONS |
| INFORMING DEMOCRACY | GROTON, CT | $100,000 | 2024 | VOTING RIGHTS RESEARCH |
| NEW VENTURE FUND | WASHINGTON, DC | $50,000 | 2024 | ADVOCACY |
| AMERICA VOTES | WASHINGTON, DC | $25,000 | 2024 | EVENT SPONSORSHIP |
| THE MOVEMENT COOPERATIVE | WASHINGTON, DC | $10,000 | 2024 | EVENT SPONSORSHIP |
| PRIORITIES USA | WASHINGTON, DC | $9,948,558 | 2023 | VOTER ACCESS LITIGATION AND DIGITAL COMMUNICATIONS |
| INFORMING DEMOCRACY | GROTON, CT | $2,025,000 | 2023 | VOTING RIGHTS ADVOCACY |
| NEW VENTURE FUND | WASHINGTON, DC | $50,000 | 2023 | ADVOCACY |
| ARIZONA CENTER FOR EMPOWERMENT | PHOENIX, AZ | $25,000 | 2023 | EDUCATIONAL COMMUNICATIONS |
| MICHIGAN STUDENT POWER ALLIANCE | EAST LANSING, MI | $15,000 | 2023 | EDUCATIONAL COMMUNICATIONS |
| NEW GEORGIA PROJECT INC | ATLANTA, GA | $10,000 | 2023 | VOTING RIGHTS ADVOCACY |
| WORLD INSTITUTE ON DISABILITY | BERKELEY, CA | $10,000 | 2023 | EDUCATIONAL COMMUNICATIONS |
PRIORITIES USA
$11,379,433VOTER ACCESS LITIGATION AND DIGITAL COMMUNICATIONS
BLACK PROGRESSIVE ACTION COALITION
$4,650,000RESTRICTED GRANT TO SUPPORT 501(C)(3) PERMISSIBLE PROGRAMMING
AMERICA VOTES EDUCATION FUND
$75,000MEMBERSHIP AND EVENT SPONSORSHIP
PASTORS UNITED COMMUNITY ADVOCACY INC
$25,000DIGITAL AD GRANT
IN THIS TOGETHER NEPA INC
$20,000DIGITAL AD GRANT
EQUITY FOR ALL INC
$20,000DIGITAL AD GRANT
FUTURE GEORGIA
$20,000DIGITAL AD GRANT
EMGAGE FOUNDATION INC
$20,000DIGITAL AD GRANT
FAIR WISCONSIN EDUCATION FUND
$15,000DIGITAL AD GRANT
PROGRESSNOW INC
$10,000EVENT SPONSORSHIP
ASIAN AMERICAN MIDWEST PROGRESSIVES
$10,000DIGITAL AD GRANT
PIZZA TO THE POLLS
$10,000LITIGATION GRANT
LA BREGA Y FUERZA FUND INC
$10,000DIGITAL AD GRANT
PRIORITIES USA
$4,641,238VOTER ACCESS LITIGATION AND DIGITAL COMMUNICATIONS
INFORMING DEMOCRACY
$100,000VOTING RIGHTS RESEARCH
NEW VENTURE FUND
$50,000ADVOCACY
AMERICA VOTES
$25,000EVENT SPONSORSHIP
THE MOVEMENT COOPERATIVE
$10,000EVENT SPONSORSHIP
PRIORITIES USA
$9,948,558VOTER ACCESS LITIGATION AND DIGITAL COMMUNICATIONS
INFORMING DEMOCRACY
$2,025,000VOTING RIGHTS ADVOCACY
NEW VENTURE FUND
$50,000ADVOCACY
ARIZONA CENTER FOR EMPOWERMENT
$25,000EDUCATIONAL COMMUNICATIONS
MICHIGAN STUDENT POWER ALLIANCE
$15,000EDUCATIONAL COMMUNICATIONS
NEW GEORGIA PROJECT INC
$10,000VOTING RIGHTS ADVOCACY
WORLD INSTITUTE ON DISABILITY
$10,000EDUCATIONAL COMMUNICATIONS