Grants for unions and employment organizations

Name: Top 25 grants made to unions and employment organizations
Creator: Cause IQ
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2,830 unions and employment organizations received at least $283.5 million in grants for the most recent fiscal year. This includes 2,393 grants made from 1,694 grantmaking organizations, with a median grant amount of $1,500. Of these 1,694 foundations, 84% made just a single grant to unions and job orgs, and 2% made grants to four or more unions and job orgs. This analysis is based on grantmakers that e-file their Form 990s, and likely is an undercount of grants.

$283,532,467

Total grant dollars given to unions and employment organizations

2,393

Number of grants made annually to unions and employment organizations

1,694

Number of grantmakers funding unions and employment organizations

$1,500

Median grant size to unions and employment organizations

Foundations that support unions and employment organizations

Out of all grants made to unions and employment organizations, 75% came from small foundations with less than $10 million in assets. The top 10 grantmakers accounted for 65% of the dollar-value of grants to unions and job orgs. Foundations funding unions and job orgs also made grants to multiservice human service organizations, educational service providers, food banks, youth service organizations, and youth development programs.

Foundation size

Foundation size	Number of grantmakers
Small	1,281
Medium	219
Large	191

Small foundations have <$10M in assets. Medium foundations have $10M to $50M in assets. Large foundations have >$50M in assets.

Foundation type

Foundation type	Number of grantmakers
Community	57
Private	1,304
Corporate	106
Other	227

Grants made

Grants made to unions and job orgs	Number of grantmakers
1	1,430
2-3	218
4-10	35
11+	11

Top 10 foundations supporting unions and employment organizations

Grantmaker	State	Geographic focus	Percent of grant dollars to unions and job orgs	Number of grants made to unions and job orgs	Median grant size
JP Morgan Chase Foundation	NY	National	0.0%	64	$250
Seattle Foundation	WA	State	0.1%	38	$1,000
Charity Partners Foundation	MA	National	1.9%	27	$119
Westrock Foundation	GA	National	0.0%	27	$20
Baird Foundation	WI	National	0.6%	24	$656
Synchrony Foundation	CT	National	0.2%	23	$500
Abbvie Foundation	IL	National	0.1%	23	$130
Alliant Energy Foundation	WI	State	0.7%	17	$1,000
Shell Oil Company Foundation	TX	National	0.1%	13	$750
Community Foundation of Greater Des Moines	IA	State	0.1%	12	$4,094

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Unions and employment organizations grantees

Unions and employment organizations with more than $5 million in total revenues received 76% of all grant dollars. These larger organizations accounted for 36% of all unions and job orgs.

Grant amounts

Size of grant	Number of grants
<$10k	2,341
$10k-$25k	0
$25k-$100k	0
$100k+	52

Grant amount by grantee size

Grantee annual revenue	Median grant size
<$100k	$1,000
$100k-$500k	$1,500
$500k-$1M	$2,000
$1M-$5M	$1,500
>$5M	$1,800

Grantee states

State of grantee	Number of grants
California	260
New York	226
Massachusetts	154
Washington	143
Other	1,610

Grantee metros

Metro area of grantee	Number of grants
New York City	205
Boston	126
Seattle	123
Chicago	105
Other	1,671

Top 25 grants made to unions and employment organizations

Grantee	Grant size	Purpose	Grantmaker
The Shirley Ware Education Center	$32,500,000	Project Support	Kaiser Permanente
Center for Employment Opportunities (CEO)	$29,500,000	To Provide Covid-19 Support	Blue Meridian Partners
California Teachers Association	$11,793,904	Financial Assistance	National Education Association of the United States
Philadelphia Youth Network	$8,088,633	Job-Training	Philadelphia Works
Hotel Restaurant and Club Employees and Bartenders Union	$8,083,606	FMV	New York Hotel and Motel Trades Council (HTC)
Clarkson Regional Health Services	$8,000,000	General Support	Nebraska Medicine
AFL-CIO - Working America	$6,813,500	Operating Subsidy, Program Support, Office Space	American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations
Dallas County Hospital District	$6,547,623	Cash	Parkland Foundation
Dallas County Hospital District	$6,547,623	Support To PHHS Capital Projects and Patient Programs	Parkland Foundation
Center for Employment Opportunities (CEO)	$6,000,000	To Support Ceo'S Current Strategic Plan	The Edna Mcconnell Clark Foundation
Motivation Education and Training (MET)	$5,906,444	Recruitment, Training, and Job Placement of Seniors	Senior Service America (SSAI)
New Jersey Education Association (NJEA)	$5,849,383	Financial Assistance	National Education Association of the United States
PRIDE Industries	$5,757,768	General Support	PRIDE Industries
American Federation of State County & Municipal Employees - C0093ma AFSCME Council 93	$5,553,998	Contractual Agreements	American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees
American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees	$5,130,240	Allocation	American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees
Pennsylvania State Education Association (PSEA)	$5,045,419	Financial Assistance	National Education Association of the United States
Ohio Education Association	$5,027,951	Financial Assistance	National Education Association of the United States
The Louisville Urban League	$5,008,000	Support Construction and Operation of the Sports and Learning Complex To Support and Assist African Americans and Other Minority Groups To Attain Social and Economic Equality and Stability	Norton Healthcare
Jobs for the Future (JFF)	$4,800,000	Postsecondary Success	Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Michigan Education Association	$4,473,060	Financial Assistance	National Education Association of the United States
Illinois Education Association	$4,354,483	Financial Assistance	National Education Association of the United States
Impact Services Corporation	$4,192,072	Job-Training	Philadelphia Works
Massachusetts Teachers Association	$4,117,932	Financial Assistance	National Education Association of the United States
Year Up	$4,000,000	To Support Scaling Plan	Blue Meridian Partners
New England Carpenters Training Fund (NECTF)	$4,000,000	Support for Training.	North Atlantic States Regional Council of Carpenters

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Methodology: To determine grants and grantees, Cause IQ analyzes electronically-filed Form 990, Form 990-EZ, and Form 990-PF financial disclosure documents, matching grantees to specific organizations using EINs and fuzzy matching logic. The "Unions and employment organizations" category for this page is determined by the "J00: Employment, Job Related: General" National Taxonomy of Exempt Entities (NTEE) code. Cause IQ determines NTEEs for organizations by its own internally-developed secret-sauce algorithms.