Chinese Progressive Association
Oakland, CA · EIN 23-7404756. Reported 84 grants totalling $9,597,321 to 73 organizations across tax years 2021-2024, on Form 990 Schedule I.
Does this grantmaker accept applications?
Its tax return does not say, and we will not guess. Private foundations file Form 990-PF, which asks outright whether they fund only organizations they select themselves -- 78% say yes, and that one answer is what lets the rest of this site tell you which foundations are worth approaching. Grantmaking charities like this one file a regular Form 990 instead, and the IRS never puts the question to them. Anyone claiming to know the answer from the filing is inventing it.
Three things in the filing do bear on it:
- What kind of organization it is. For Chinese Progressive Association, the IRS classifies it under health care rather than as a grantmaker (NTEE E73Z) -- it is an operating charity that also makes grants.
- How spread out its giving is. 73 distinct organizations, with 50% of the dollars going to the largest single recipient. That is concentrated. Most of the money has a settled destination, and the remainder is what is realistically in play.
- How much its list changes. 8% of one year's grantees are funded again the next, across 3 year-to-year transitions. That is below the 57% median for grantmaking charities, and well below the 67% private foundations manage. A list that turns over this much is one a newcomer can realistically join.
How big are its grants?
The median reported grant is $28,375. Half of what it reported fell between $10,000 and $100,000; the smallest was $5,625 and the largest $4,500,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong organization.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by the EIN the filer reported, not by name, so an organization that was typed differently in two years appears once rather than twice.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Center for Empowered Politics | Oakland, CA | $4,801,919 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Center for Empowered Politics Education Fund | Oakland, CA | $368,926 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Asian Pacific Environmental Network | Oakland, CA | $270,606 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Bvm Capacity Building Institute Inc | Atlanta, GA | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| State Democracy Project | Brooklyn, NY | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Southeast Asian Coalition | Charlotte, NC | $188,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Arab American Action Network | Chicago, IL | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Asian Americans United | Philadelphia, PA | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Community Partners | Los Angeles, CA | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Equity and Transformation | Berwyn, IL | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Power Coalition for Equity and Justice | New Orleans, LA | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Virginia New Majority Education Fund | Alexandria, VA | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Black Belt Community Foundation Inc | Selma, AL | $125,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Center for Common Ground | Ruther Glen, VA | $125,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Emancipate Nc Inc | Durham, NC | $125,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Restoreher Usamerica Inc | Fayetteville, GA | $125,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Southern Movement Committee | Nashville, TN | $125,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Chinese for Affirmative Action | San Francisco, CA | $108,753 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| California Black Power Network | Long Beach, CA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Hudson Catskill Housing Coalition Inc | Hudson, NY | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Labors Training and Community Development Alliance | San Diego, CA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Liberty and Legacy Era | Oakland, CA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Women Engaged | Atlanta, GA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Pilipino Workers Center of Southern | Los Angeles, CA | $85,430 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Race Forward | Macon, GA | $80,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Filipino Advocates for Justice | Oakland, CA | $64,424 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Albany Cares Group | Albany, GA | $62,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Pastors United Community Advocacy Inc | Milwaukee, WI | $62,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Power to the Polls | Washington, DC | $62,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Vision Center of Hope Inc | Fairburn, GA | $62,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Catalyst Miami Inc | Mikami, FL | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Community Initiatives | Oakland, CA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Khmer Girls in Action | Long Beach, CA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Transgender Advocates for Justice and Accountability Tajas Coalition | San Francisco, CA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Force for Change Ballot Committee | Oakland, CA | $49,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Providence Youth Student Movement | Providence, RI | $38,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Beyond Impact | W Hollywood, CA | $33,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Dwight Hall at Yale | New Haven, CT | $28,375 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Faith in Action Alabama | Birmingham, AL | $28,375 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Faith in New York Inc | Corona, NY | $28,375 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Whew Women Healing & Empowering Women | Houston, TX | $27,888 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Georgia Strategic Alliance for New Direction and Unified Policies | Atlanta, GA | $27,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| New Georgia Project Incorporated | Atlanta, GA | $27,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Barred Business Foundation Co | Ellenwood, GA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Florida Immigrant Coalition Inc | Miami, FL | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Foundation for Social Impact | Little Rock, AR | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Korean Immigrant Workers Advocates of Southern California | Los Angeles, CA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Live Free Chicago | Chicago, IL | $19,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Play Cousins Collective | Louisville, KY | $19,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| St James Infirmary | Las Vegas, NV | $19,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Drum-Desis Rising Up and Moving Inc | Jackson Heights, NY | $12,375 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Selma Center for Nonviolence Truth & Reconciliation | Selma, AL | $11,375 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Missouri Faith Voices | Jefferson City, MO | $10,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Asian Law Caucus | San Francisco, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Bet Tzedek | Los Angeles, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| California Rural Legal Assistance Inc | Modesto, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Garment Worker Center | Los Angeles, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Golden Gate University | San Francisco, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Housing Rights Committee of San Francisco Inc | San Francisco, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Legal Aid at Work | San Francisco, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Maintenance Industry Labor- Management Cooperation Trust Fund | Covina, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Mixteco Indigena Community Organizing Project | Oxnard, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| National Domestic Workers Alliance Inc | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Warehouse Worker Resource Center | Ontario, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Faith in Indiana | Indianapolis, IN | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Faith in the Valley | Stockton, CA | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Helping Others Make Everything Right Inc | Fort Lauderdale, FL | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Nancy Kingwood Ministries LLC | Bridgeport, CT | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| New Legacy Reentry Corp | Louisville, KY | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Samuel Dewitt Proctor Conference Inc | Chicago, IL | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority Inc | Uppr Marlboro, MD | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Southern Vision Alliance | Durham, NC | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Committee Against Anti Asian Violen Ce | New York, NY | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
7 of 73 (10%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold. Remember the $5,000 floor: an organization funded every year at $3,000 shows up here as never funded at all.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose column of its filings, largest first. This is the closest thing to a statement of what it funds, in its own words.
- Center for Empowered Politics
BLACK TO THE FUTURE GRANT - Black Voters Matter Fund
BAY RESISTANCE INSTITUTE AND SEEDING CHANGE FELLOWSHIP GRANTS - State Democracy Project
BLACK ORGANIZING INNOVATIONS - Arab American Action Network
LOTUS AND RICE GRANT TO SUPPORT BASEBUILDING AND LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT - Center for Common Ground
BLACK ORGANIZING INNOVATIONSBLACK ORGANIZING INNOVATIONS - Restoreher US America Inc
BLACK ORGANIZING INNOVABLACK ORGANIZING INNOVATIONS
What kind of organizations it funds
By each recipient's own IRS classification, for the 63 of 73 recipients we could match to a registered organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses -- Schedule I reports the recipient's EIN, so this is a lookup rather than a name match.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants reported | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 10 | $353,926 | $22,750 |
| 2022 | 42 | $6,266,476 | $27,694 |
| 2023 | 12 | $1,797,919 | $108,000 |
| 2024 | 20 | $1,179,000 | $10,000 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- Form 990 arrives about a year after the year it covers, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a grantmaker winding down.
Where its money goes
68% of its giving went to organizations in California. Community foundations and federated funds are usually the most geographically bounded funders there are -- being outside the footprint is normally disqualifying in a way that a weak programme fit is not.
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Funders that support the same organizations
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How to approach this grantmaker
- Look for a published programme first. Unlike most private foundations, organizations of this kind often do run open, deadlined grant cycles with written guidelines. Its own website is the authority on that; this page is the authority on who it has actually paid.
- Check you are its size. The median reported grant is $28,375 -- and because grants under $5,000 need not be reported, it very likely writes smaller cheques than this page can see.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving concentrates in California.
- Read the recipient list for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer and a cheap one to get.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Chinese Progressive Association's own Form 990 Schedule I filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred or estimated.
On its most recent return it told the IRS it made grants to 19 section 501(c)(3) organizations and 1 other organizations. That is the filer's own count for one year; the totals above cover every year we hold.
Address of record on the latest return: 1212 Broadwway 700, Oakland, CA, 94612.
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