For the 501(c)(3) affiliate, see All Above All (Nonprofit)

All Above All Action Fund (AAAAF) is a project of the left-of-center lobbying and advocacy group Sixteen Thirty Fund dedicated to overturning the Hyde Amendment, a legislative provision ensuring that taxpayer funds do not pay for elective abortions through public healthcare programs, and rolling back other restrictions on abortion at the state and federal level. ¹

It is the sister group to All Above All, a project of the left-of-center charitable organization New Venture Fund. Both the Sixteen Thirty Fund and New Venture Fund are major funders to left-of-center organizations and have been criticized as “dark money” organizations for their ties to management company Arabella Advisors. ^{2 3}

Background

All Above All Action Fund (AAAAF) was founded in 2013 to advocate that public and private insurance policies cover abortion services. It associates women’s and economic issues with abortion restrictions to advocate eliminating restrictions on abortion. ⁴

In 2021, AAAAF began expanding its advocacy to include a focus on issues that it associates with abortion. It has partnered with One Fair Wage to increase the minimum wage in Washington, D.C. to $15 an hour and it opposes to immigration restrictions. ⁴

Advocacy

Abortion

All Above All Action Fund advocates for eliminating abortion restrictions and uses identity politics to justify its position. It promotes the idea that female ethnic minorities, immigrants, and young people are victims of “systemic racism” and economic oppression and that abortion restrictions compound these issues. ⁵

Each Women Act

The most direct way AAAAF is seeking to overturn the Hyde Amendment is by lobbying for the EACH Woman Act, legislation to repeal restrictions on federal funding of abortion that has been introduced in numerous Congresses. ⁶ If passed into law, the act would “ensure coverage for abortion care in public health insurance programs including Medicaid, Medicare, and the Children’s Health Insurance Program,” and would prevent state and federal governments from interfering in the way private health insurance companies choose to cover abortion, reversing the longstanding provisions of the Hyde Amendment. ⁷

Abortion Justice Act

AAAAF campaigned in support of the Abortion Justice Act (AJA) that was introduced by Reps. Ayanna Pressley (D-MA), Nikema Williams (D-GA), Veronica Escobar (D-TX), and Maxwell Frost (D-FL) and then- Rep. Cori Bush (D-MO) to make abortion a federally protected healthcare service. The AJA would require federally funded and state-run health insurance programs to include comprehensive coverage for abortion services, covering the total cost. It also instructs the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to make grants to abortion providers to increase the number of abortions provided and prohibits immigration enforcement within 2,000 feet of any health care facility to include pharmacies, doctor’s offices, abortion clinics, and “community health center(s).” ^{5 8}

Minimum Wage

AAAAF advocates for increasing the minimum wage and for mandated minimum health insurance coverage with the express purpose of it being necessary to enable women to afford birth control and abortions. It also specifies that increased minimum wages and mandated employer-provided health insurance are particularly necessary for ethnic-minority women to be able to pursue abortions. ⁹

Judicial Policies

In April 2024, All Above All Action Fund co-signed a letter to then-Senate Judiciary Committee Chair Dick Durbin (D-IL) written by Demand Justice requesting legislation be created to prevent plaintiffs from being allowed to pick judges. ¹⁰ The letter criticized what it calls “the right-wing legal movement” as well as Republican members of Congress that have opposed policies that would require district court judges to be randomly assigned to cases. ¹¹

AAAAF is a partner organization of Just Majority, a coalition of left-of-center nonprofit organizations that advocate for adding seats to the Supreme Court to dilute the influence of conservative justices, claiming that they serve political interests as opposed to the law and are refusing to comply with ethics rules. ^{12 13}

Through the coalition, AAAAF campaigned in support of the Judiciary Act of 2023, which would add four seats to the Supreme Court. The bill’s sponsors, Representative Hank Johnson (D-GA) and Sen. Edward Markey (D-MA), reported that they created the bill because they argue the Supreme Court “has descended into extremist politics” and that Republican Justices have been “hijacked” by “far-right judicial activists.” ¹²

Leadership

As of 2025, Nourbese Flint was the president of All Above All Action Fund and All Above All. Previously, she worked as the senior director of Black engagement for Planned Parenthood Federation of America and as the founding executive director of Black Women for Wellness Action Project, a 501(c)(4) abortion advocacy group. Flint was also reports being a founding member of Trust Black Women and the Black Women’s Democratic Club. ¹⁴

Finances

Also see Sixteen Thirty Fund (Nonprofit)

As a fiscally sponsored project of the Sixteen Thirty Fund (a 501(c)(4) lobbying and advocacy group known for hosting numerous fiscal projects), All Above All Action Fund does not file its own Form 990 tax form with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). Like other fiscally sponsored projects and initiatives, AAAAF benefits from its Sixteen Thirty Fund’s tax-exempt status, but does not disclose its activities. ¹⁵

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10. Silva, Liyanga de. “20+ Organizations Call out Improper Right-Wing Interference in Judicial Conference’s Attempts to Address Judge Shopping and Urge Action and Oversight.” Demand Justice, April 2, 2024. https://demandjustice.org/20-organizations-call-out-improper-right-wing-interference-in-judicial-conferences-attempts-to-address-judge-shopping-and-urge-action-and-oversight/.
11.  “Federal Police against ‘Judge-Shopping’ Is Guidance, Not Binding, Officials Say.” Washington Post. Accessed April 4, 2025. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/03/16/judge-shopping-guidance-abortion-patent-courts/.
12. “Rep. Johnson, Sen. Markey Announce Legislation to Expand Supreme Court, Restore Its Legitimacy alongside Senator Smith, Reps. Schiff and Bush.” Congressman Hank Johnson, May 19, 2023. https://hankjohnson.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/rep-johnson-sen-markey-announce-legislation-expand-supreme-court.
13. “Democracy Demands a Fair, Ethical Court.” Just Majority, June 22, 2023. https://justmajority.org/.
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