Founded in 2012, the All Hands on Deck Network is a left-leaning 501(c)(4) nonprofit organization that distributes small grants to other left-leaning activist groups and PACs, and offers training to groups of left-leaning organizers across the country. The organization is also sometimes referred to as the Movement Voter Project. ¹

In addition, there is the Movement Voter PAC, a political action committee formed in 2019, as well as the Movement Voter Fund, an independent public charity that became its own 501(c)(3) fundraising entity in 2021. ²

Grantmaking

The All Hands on Deck Network has made small grants to dozens of small and large left-leaning activism groups since its founding. Some of the organization’s notable grants during 2019 include $230,000 to Tides Advocacy, $100,000 to Living United for Change In Arizona (LUCHA), $124,000 to Citizen Action of Wisconsin, $125,000 to the Black Voters Matter Fund, and $220,000 to One Pennsylvania. ³

Leadership

The organization is led by executive director William “Billy” Wimsatt, a left-leaning political organizing expert who has helped to co-found numerous left-leaning organizing and voter mobilization groups. ⁴

All Hands on Deck Network’s treasurer, Melissa Giraud, is also the co-director of EmbraceRace, a project of the Proteus Fund. ^{5 6}

All Hands on Deck Network director, Tito Crafts, is the director of partnerships and communication at the Proteus Fund. ^{7 8}

Funding

From 2012 to 2017, the All Hands on Deck Network received yearly revenues of less than $1 million dollars, but in 2018 the organization increased dramatically in size, earning a revenue of about $8.5 million. ⁹ In 2019, the organization’s revenue was over $9.7 million. ¹⁰ Almost all revenue comes from grants from large left-leaning nonprofits.

The organization receives a significant portion of its funding from the Tides Foundation, which contributed $1,205,000 in 2019, and roughly $760,000 in 2018. ^{11 12}

1. “Billy Wimsatt – LinkedIn.” Accessed October 7, 2021. https://www.linkedin.com/in/billy-wimsatt-813b65b.
2. “What is the difference between Movement Voter Project, Movement Voter PAC, and Movement Voter Fund?” Movement Voter Project, Accessed February 27, 2023. https://movement.vote/what-is-the-difference-between-movement-voter-project-movement-voter-pac-and-movement-voter-fund/
3. Return of Tax Exempt Organization. Form 990. All Hands on Deck Network. 2019. Schedule I. https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/371697474/202141769349301039/full.
4. “About.” Billy Wimsatt, March 4, 2017. https://billywimsatt.wordpress.com/about/.
5. “Melissa Giraud.” EmbraceRace. Accessed October 7, 2021. https://www.embracerace.org/about/melissa-giraud?gclid=CjwKCAjwtfqKBhBoEiwAZuesiGCXTn-uo1UsyUrdnW_q1ZCEfFT98qCHYS41PyWyNgcZm8SriXRo4xoCXT4QAvD_BwE.
6. Return of Tax Exempt Organization. Form 990. All Hands on Deck Network. 2019. Part VII. https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/371697474/202141769349301039/full.
7. “Tito Crafts – LinkedIn.” Accessed October 7, 2021. https://www.linkedin.com/in/tito-crafts-77038087.
8. Return of Tax Exempt Organization. Form 990. All Hands on Deck Network. 2019. Part VII. https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/371697474/202141769349301039/full.
9. Return of Tax Exempt Organization. Form 990. All Hands on Deck Network. 2018. Part 1. Line 8. https://pp-990.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/01_2020_prefixes_36-38/371697474_201812_990O_2020012317057761.pdf?response-content-disposition=inline&X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Credential=AKIA266MJEJYTM5WAG5Y%2F20211007%2Fus-east-1%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-Date=20211007T153059Z&X-Amz-Expires=1800&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&X-Amz-Signature=816bfe5fe4e3348f24528f07cb23f62c2aebbae5f4e8d281625d00c8802d630d.
10. Return of Tax Exempt Organization. Form 990. All Hands on Deck Network. 2019. Part 1. Line 8. https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/371697474/202141769349301039/full.
11. Return of Tax Exempt Organization. Form 990.Tides Foundation. 2019. Schedule I. Line 49. https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/510198509/202043149349304239/IRS990ScheduleI.
12. Return of Tax Exempt Organization. Form 990.Tides Foundation. 2019. Schedule I. Lines 66-68. https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/510198509/201913189349314251/IRS990ScheduleI.