The Voter Registration Project Education Fund is a highly focused funder of nonpartisan voter registration and voter engagement organizations, prioritizing statewide and demographic-targeted registration drives in battleground and underrepresented communities. Its grants concentrate on organizations that register and mobilize underrepresented voters—particularly in the Midwest and Southern swing states—and on youth- and community-based groups that reach voters of color and young people. The foundation prefers direct operational support for voter registration campaigns rather than broad policy or research grants.
The Voter Registration Project Education Fund made one exceptionally large registration grant in 2025: $4,416,125 to The Voter Participation Center for voter registration. That scale sits alongside a much broader pattern of supporting organizations that register eligible voters, with a mix of major awards and a long tail of $10,000 grants. The foundation’s recent giving shows a clear preference for nonpartisan voter registration work rather than policy advocacy, and its recipients include both national infrastructure groups and local organizations working in battleground states. In 2025, it also supported Vote Rev Action Fund and Michigan Voices, while earlier grants included ProGeorgia, Pennsylvania Voice, and Minnesota Voice. The portfolio points to organizations that reach underrepresented voters, low-propensity voters, and communities targeted through direct registration and engagement efforts. Several grantees appear in more than one year, which suggests ongoing relationships with selected voter-registration intermediaries and state-level partners.
In national voter-registration infrastructure, the foundation gave $4,416,125 to The Voter Participation Center for voter registration and $768,850 to Vote Rev Action Fund for voter registration. Those awards show support for organizations that can run large-scale registration programs. In state-level organizing, it funded Michigan Voices twice, including $446,800 in 2025 and $323,132 in 2023, both for voter registration. The portfolio also includes ProGeorgia at $415,039 and Pennsylvania Voice at $373,923, each for voter registration. For youth and community outreach, the foundation backed Identify Your Dream with $257,360 and Mississippi Votes with $100,000, both for voter registration.
Typical grant size is centered at $10,000: the 25th percentile, median, and 75th percentile are $10,000, $10,000, and $280,209. The distribution is highly split between a few very large grants and many small awards. Several recipients appear across multiple years, including Michigan Voices, which received grants in 2023 and 2025. The funder is a public charity and does not fund individuals. Its recent grants are programmatic, and the listed purposes are consistently voter registration.
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Most grants fall between $10K and $280K, with a median of $10K.
25th Percentile
$10K
Median
$10K
75th Percentile
$280K
About 20% of grants go to recipients in TX.
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Concentrated giving: a small number of large grants account for the majority of dollars, complemented by numerous smaller grants to grassroots and state partners. Mix of repeat/statewide grantees and one-off smaller awards—funding is operational and campaign-focused rather than diversified across many issue areas.
Notable grantees: The Voter Participation Center, Michigan Voices, Vote Rev Action Fund, ProGeorgia, Pennsylvania Voice
Grants are entirely U.S.-based, with recipients in 20 grants across the country. The highest concentration by recipient location is in Washington, DC, which also appears in two recent grants to The Voter Participation Center and Vote Rev Action Fund, and in smaller grants to Alliance for Youth Organizing and Hopewell Fund. Other repeated recipient locations include Austin, TX, with grants to Battleground Texas Engagement Fund, Texas Freedom Network Education Fund, Jolt Initiative, and Texas Civil Rights Project, plus Detroit, MI, through Michigan Voices. Non-DC states with recent recipients include Georgia, Pennsylvania, Minnesota, Mississippi, Arizona, and Texas.
It supports organizations working on voter registration, especially groups doing nonpartisan voter registration and voter engagement. Recent grants include national infrastructure organizations, state-based voter registration groups, and youth-oriented or community-based groups focused on reaching underrepresented voters.
The typical award is $10,000. The 25th percentile, median, and 75th percentile are $10,000, $10,000, and $280,209, showing a mix of small grants and a few much larger program grants.
Some grantees receive support in more than one year. Michigan Voices appears in both 2023 and 2025, and the foundation also made repeated 2023 grants at the $10,000 level to multiple Texas-based groups.
Voter registration is the stated purpose across the recent grant list. The named recipients include large national infrastructure groups, state-level voter registration organizations in states such as Michigan, Georgia, Pennsylvania, and Minnesota, and youth or community-focused groups working with underrepresented voters.
The recent grants shown are entirely U.S.-based: 20 grants, or 100%, went to recipients in the United States.
2025
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2025.
Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| THE VOTER PARTICIPATION CENTER | WASHINGTON, DC | $4,416,125 | 2025 | VOTER REGISTRATION |
| VOTE REV ACTION FUND | WASHINGTON, DC | $768,850 | 2025 | VOTER REGISTRATION |
| MICHIGAN VOICES | DETROIT, MI | $446,800 | 2025 | VOTER REGISTRATION |
| IDENTIFY YOUR DREAM | FARMINGTON, MI | $257,360 | 2025 | VOTER REGISTRATION |
| MISSISSIPPI VOTES | JACKSON, MS | $100,000 | 2025 | VOTER REGISTRATION |
| VOTER FORMATION PROJECT | WASHINGTON, DC | $90,000 | 2024 | VOTER REGISTRATION |
| PROGEORGIA | ATLANTA, GA | $415,039 | 2023 | VOTER REGISTRATION |
| PENNSYLVANIA VOICE | PHILADELPHIA, PA | $373,923 | 2023 | VOTER REGISTRATION |
| MINNESOTA VOICE | SAINT PAUL, MN | $355,591 | 2023 | VOTER REGISTRATION |
| MICHIGAN VOICES | DETROIT, MI | $323,132 | 2023 | VOTER REGISTRATION |
| NEO PHILANTHROPY INC | NEW YORK, NY | $237,286 | 2023 | VOTER REGISTRATION |
| ONE ARIZONA | PHOENIX, AZ | $53,994 | 2023 | VOTER REGISTRATION |
| BATTLEGROUND TEXAS ENGAGEMENT FUND | AUSTIN, TX | $50,000 | 2023 | VOTER REGISTRATION |
| ALLIANCE FOR YOUTH ORGANIZING | WASHINGTON, DC | $10,000 | 2023 | VOTER REGISTRATION |
| TEXAS CIVIL RIGHTS PROJECT | AUSTIN, TX | $10,000 | 2023 | VOTER REGISTRATION |
| TEXAS FREEDOM NETWORK EDUCATION FUND | AUSTIN, TX | $10,000 | 2023 | VOTER REGISTRATION |
| RADICAL REGISTRARS | SAN ANTONIO, TX | $10,000 | 2023 | VOTER REGISTRATION |
| HOPEWELL FUND | WASHINGTON, DC | $10,000 | 2023 | VOTER REGISTRATION |
| PROYECTO VIDA DIGNA | SAN BENITO, TX | $10,000 | 2023 | VOTER REGISTRATION |
| JOLT INITIATIVE INC | AUSTIN, TX | $10,000 | 2023 | VOTER REGISTRATION |
| TEXAS TOOL BELT | DALLAS, TX | $10,000 | 2023 | VOTER REGISTRATION |
IDENTIFY YOUR DREAM
$257,360VOTER REGISTRATION
VOTER REGISTRATION
PENNSYLVANIA VOICE
$373,923VOTER REGISTRATION
BATTLEGROUND TEXAS ENGAGEMENT FUND
$50,000VOTER REGISTRATION
RADICAL REGISTRARS
$10,000VOTER REGISTRATION
PROYECTO VIDA DIGNA
$10,000VOTER REGISTRATION
TEXAS TOOL BELT
$10,000VOTER REGISTRATION