The Grove Action Fund is a lobbying and advocacy funding organization affiliated with the Grove Foundation, a private foundation created by former Intel CEO Andrew Grove. ¹ The Grove Action Fund donates hundreds of thousands of dollars to various left-leaning organizations and fund at least one left-leaning political organization that supports liberal candidates in state races. ²

Background

The Grove Action Fund is the lobbying and electoral-advocacy organization that is affiliated with the Grove Foundation. ³ The Grove Foundation is primarily a grantmaking organization founded by the late Andrew Grove, the longtime chief executive of Intel. ⁴ The Grove Foundation designates millions of dollars in grants annually to many organizations, and supports a wide range of left leaning groups and causes including affirmative action, promoting immigration, environmental activism, gun restriction, and pro-abortion groups. ⁵

These groups include the ACLU, Planned Parenthood, and Everytown for Gun Safety. ⁶

Political Activities

In 2018, the Grove Action Fund contributed $81,250 to organizations for direct and indirect “527” political campaign activities. ⁷

Grantmaking

The Grove Action fund donated hundreds of thousands of dollars to various left leaning groups, including to support a New Mexico PAC that supports liberal candidates in state races, and Sixteen Thirty Fund, which has contributed to organizations that support net neutrality and argue for progressive tax reform. ⁸

In 2018, it provided $200,000 each to the liberal advocacy coalitions Arizona Wins and America Votes. ⁹

1. Grove Action Fund. Return of Organization Exempt from Income Tax (Form 990). Accessed May 19, 2020.
2. Grove Action Fund. Return of Organization Exempt from Income Tax (Form 990). Accessed May 19, 2020.
3. Grove Action Fund, Return of Organization Exempt from Income Tax (Form 990), 2018, Schedule R Part II
4. Kandell, Jonathan. “Andrew S. Grove Dies at 79; Intel Chief Spurred Semiconductor Revolution.” The New York Times, The New York Times, 22 Mar. 2016, www.nytimes.com/2016/03/22/technology/andrew-grove-intel-obituary.html.
5. The Grove Foundation. Return of Organization Exempt from Income Tax (Form 990). Accessed May 19, 2020.
6. Grove Action Fund. Return of Organization Exempt from Income Tax (Form 990). Accessed May 19, 2020.
7. Grove Action Fund, Return of Organization Exempt from Income Tax (Form 990), 2018, Schedule C Part I-C
8. “Project Examples: Sixteen Thirty Fund.” Arabella SixteenThirty Fund, www.sixteenthirtyfund.org/project-directory/.
9. Grove Action Fund, Return of Organization Exempt from Income Tax (Form 990), 2018, Schedule I