Organization · EIN 36-2755109 · Chicago, IL · Community improvement

Who funds People's Action Institute?

21 private foundations reported paying People's Action Institute $18.3M on returns for tax year 2023.

21 funders · 8 foundations that fund peers · 6 closest peers

Funders 21

FoundationPaidPurpose as filedMatchSource
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Princeton, NJ
$9,447,923
11 grant lines
78049 TRAINING LOCAL TENANT-LED COLLECTIVES AND SUPPORTING BASE-BUILDING INNOVATIONS TO ADDRESS CRISES IN HOUSING INSECURITY, HOMELESSNESS,… +10 more
Filed as “PEOPLES ACTION INST”
Same city 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
The Jpb Foundation
New York, NY · Preselected only
$3,750,000
2 grant lines
PEOPLE AND PLANET FIRST: GREEN JOBS FOR ALL +1 more Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
The Ford Foundation
New York, NY
$1,822,500
3 grant lines
GENERAL SUPPORT AND CORE SUPPORT FOR INSTITUTIONAL STRENGTHENING +2 more Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Wellspring Philanthropic Fund
New York, NY · Preselected only
$750,000 GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 11/2024
Democracy Fund
Washington, DC · Preselected only
$750,000 General support Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Novo Foundation
Hurley, NY · Preselected only
$500,000 GENERAL SUPPORT Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
128 Collective Foundation
Palo Alto, CA · Preselected only
$300,000 GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
The Leonard & Sophie Davis Fund
San Francisco, CA · Preselected only
$200,000 SUPPORT FOR SOCIAL SERVICE PROGRAMS OR EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS Same city 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
The Nathan Cummings Foundation
New York, NY
$150,000 GENERAL SUPPORT Same city 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Foundation to Promote Open Society
New York, NY · Preselected only
$110,000 TO SUPPORT THE GRANTEE'S EFFORTS TO BUILD OUT A BASE OF ORGANIZATIONS THAT CAN LEAD OVERDOSE CRISIS RESPONSE WORK IN THE UNITED STATES Same ZIP 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
The McKnight Foundation
Minneapolis, MN
$100,000 To support climate organizing through deep canvassing, moving thousands of midwesterners to take action on climate Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Surdna Foundation
New York, NY
$100,000 General Support Same ZIP 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 06/2024
Unbound Philanthropy
New York, NY · Preselected only
$75,000 FOR SUPPORT OF A PROJECT TO BUILD SUPPORT FOR IMMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRATION POLICY USING AN INTEGRATED DEEP CANVASS AND DIGITAL CAMPAIGN Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
The Rosenzweig Coopersmith Foundation
Beverly Hills, CA · Preselected only
$50,000 GENERAL SUPPORT Same city 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Patagoniaorg
Ventura, CA · Preselected only
$45,000 TO SUPPORT ENVIRONMENTAL PROJECTS. Same city 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 04/2024
Mertz Gilmore Foundation
New York, NY
$25,000 GENERAL SUPPORT Same city 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Raikes Foundation
Seattle, WA · Preselected only
$25,000 GENERAL SUPPORT Same city 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
The Marisla Foundation
Laguna Beach, CA
$25,000 GENERAL SUPPORT Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
The Streisand Foundation
Woodland Hills, CA
$20,000 PROMOTE RIGOROUS, INDEPENDENT SCIENCE TO WORK TO SOLVE OUR PLANET'S MOST PRESSING PROBLEMS Exact name 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
The Butler Family Fund
Washington, DC · Preselected only
$15,000 The Homes Guarantee Campaign works towards safe, accessible, sustainable, and permanently affordable housing for everyone. Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023

Amounts are as filed on each foundation's 990-PF for a tax year beginning in 2023. The match shows how the payee on the filing was linked to this EIN (what each match type means); hover or tap it for the score. Wrong? Report it.

Foundations that fund organizations like People's Action Institute

These foundations paid at least two of the 25 organizations that share the most funders with People's Action Institute, but don't appear on its own funder list for 2023. This is a factual overlap from filings, not a recommendation or an endorsement.

  1. The California Endowment Los Angeles, CA
    Paid 21 of the 25 closest peers · $15M to them · Says it funds preselected organizations only
  2. WK Kellogg Foundation Battle Creek, MI
    Paid 17 of the 25 closest peers · $13.4M to them
  3. The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation Menlo Park, CA
    Paid 17 of the 25 closest peers · $37.8M to them
  4. John D and Catherine T MacArthur Foundation (Consolidated) Chicago, IL
    Paid 16 of the 25 closest peers · $15M to them
  5. The Kresge Foundation Troy, MI
    Paid 14 of the 25 closest peers · $8.65M to them
  6. The David and Lucile Packard Foundation Los Altos, CA
    Paid 14 of the 25 closest peers · $23.2M to them
  7. The Heising-Simons Foundation Los Altos, CA
    Paid 14 of the 25 closest peers · $14.2M to them · Says it funds preselected organizations only
  8. Rockefeller Brothers Fund New York, NY
    Paid 13 of the 25 closest peers · $5.74M to them

Organizations with the most funders in common

  1. New Venture Fund Washington, DC
    16 shared funders · 192 funders in all
  2. Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors New York, NY
    13 shared funders · 150 funders in all
  3. Tides Center San Francisco, CA
    14 shared funders · 153 funders in all
  4. Proteus Fund Waltham, MA
    12 shared funders · 73 funders in all
  5. Tides Foundation San Francisco, CA
    13 shared funders · 180 funders in all
  6. Race Forward Macon, GA
    9 shared funders · 19 funders in all

Where this comes from

Each row is a grant line from Part XV of a private foundation's Form 990-PF. The 990-PF has no field for the recipient's tax ID, so WHOFUNDS matched the payee's name and address to the IRS Business Master File. How matching works and where it fails.

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