Organize Action

In 2023, Organize Action received a $500,000 from George Soros’s Open Society Foundations to support the Align Mississippi advocacy group. ⁴

As of 2022, Organize Action’s president was Tod Hill who previously held several roles at the Tides Foundation, a major center-left grantmaking organization and major pass-through funder to left-leaning advocacy nonprofits. ^{1 5}

Activities and History

Organize Action is a pass-through funding organization based in Cloverdale, California, that claims to connect funders with potential projects and other nonprofit organizations. The organization was granted tax-exempt status by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) in 2023. ^{2 6}

Organize Action claims to advocate on the “intersecting crises” of climate change, racial justice, gender equality, preserving democracy, economic justice, and human rights. Organize Action also claims to help donors and funders collaborate with activist organizations to which they provide grants. ²

Organize Action offers services to donor-advised funds (DAFs) that donate to nonprofit organizations. These include collective action funds to pool resources from multiple funders, organizing and support for short-term projects such as communications campaigns, public opinion research on contract and expense management, and directly organizing projects for funders by managing staff to support various funds. ²

Grantees

According to its 2022 990 form, Organize Action provided donations to several left-of-center organizations that year. These include $150,000 to agitation group Freedom Action Now, $120,000 to North Carolina Asian Americans, $100,000 to Asian American Midwest Progressives, $100,000 to Chinese Progressive Political Action, $100,000 to One Apia Texas, $72,750 to the Rising Voices Project of Center for Empowered Politics, $72,750 to lobbying nonprofit One Apia Nevada, $60,000 to the Arizona Asian American Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Advocates, $60,000 to Asian American Advocacy Fund, and $10,500 to Democratic candidate-aligned “clearinghouse” Movement Voter Project. ^{1 7}

In 2023, Organize Action received a $500,000 from George Soros’s Open Society Foundations to support the Align Mississippi advocacy group. ⁴

People

According to tax filings, in 2022 the president of Organize Action was Tod Hill. ¹ Hill was previously the director of marketing at Working Assets and held several positions with the left-of-center grantmaking group Tides Foundation including a senior strategist, vice president of marketing and business development, and director of philanthropic services. Prior to this, he worked as the principal officer at Tod Hill Consulting. ^{1 5}

According to tax filings, the secretary and treasurer of Organize Action as of April 2022 was Kimberly Douglas. ¹

According to tax filings, the director of Organize Action as of April 2022 was Nancy Dalwin. ¹

Financials

According to tax filings, in 2022 Organize Action reported $865,000 in revenue, $1,005,867 in expenses, and $360,965 in assets. That year, Organize Action spent $926,250 on grants that were described as focusing on promoting democracy and human rights among Asian-Americans and Pacific Islanders. ¹

In 2023, Organize Action received a $500,000 from George Soros’s Open Society Foundations. The purpose of the grant was to support Align Mississippi in that organizations work on “racial justice, voting rights, and gender and economic justice in Mississippi.” ⁴