The Proteus Action League (PAL) is the 501(c)(4) lobbying and advocacy arm of the Proteus Fund. PAL supports and opposes specific legislation and referenda regarding the death penalty, campaign financing, the LGBT interests, and other issues in which the Proteus Fund is actively involved. 1
Background
Creation
The Proteus Action League was formed in Washington, D.C. in December 2002, but is physically headquartered in Amherst, Massachusetts alongside its 501(c)(3) “sister” nonprofit, the Proteus Fund. 2 In December 2003, PAL was certified to operate in Massachusetts. 3
According to its filing documents with Massachusetts, PAL’s original board of directors consisted of Proteus Fund founder Margaret “Meg” Gage, Donna Edwards, and Michael Caudell-Feagan.
Donor Collaboratives
Like its 501(c)(3) counterpart, the Proteus Fund, PAL manages a number of fiscally sponsored “donor collaboratives” focused on different issue areas.
Piper Action Fund
Also see Piper Action Fund (Nonprofit Project)
The Piper Action Fund is the advocacy and lobbying arm of the Piper Fund, which is hosted by the PAL’s 501(c)(3) “sister” nonprofit Proteus Fund.
Both the Piper Action Fund and Piper Fund advocate for center-left campaign finance reform policies and were among Proteus Fund’s first “donor collaboratives.” Their efforts have been heavily funded by the Voqal Fund, a center-left communications funder. 4
Proteus Fund founder Meg Gage started the Piper Fund in 1997, with the intention of increasing government control over election-related speech. It’s unclear when the Piper Action Fund was formed, though it was likely created sometime after PAL’s formation in 2002. 5 The Piper Fund allocated “about $1.8 million in grants to 53 organizations in 38 states working on campaign finance reform,” starting in 1998. 6
The Proteus Fund has also funded efforts for disclosure of funders of political advertisements, including those made by independent organizations. 7 Ironically, the Piper Fund, while it discloses some of its donors, “acknowledges it receives money from anonymous givers and ‘numerous other individual donors.’” 8
In 2017, the Proteus Action League reported program expenditures for the Piper Action Fund totaling $859,593. 9
RISE Together Action Fund
Also see RISE Together Action Fund (Nonprofit Project)
The RISE Together Action Fund (formerly Security and Rights Action Fund)
In 2017, the Proteus Action League reported program expenditures for the Security and Rights Action Fund totaling $24,164. 10
Funding
Overview
According to Proteus Action’s League’s latest IRS filing from 2017, the group reported $2.1 million in total revenues, $1.6 million in total expenditures, and $2.6 million in net assets. In 2017, the group reported total program service expenses of $1,469,684. 11 12
| Proteus Action League: Finances | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Revenues | Expenditures | Net Assets |
| 2018 | $1,912,509 | $2,657,769 | $1,805,490 |
| 2017 | $2,075,757 | $1,585,204 | $2,550,750 |
| 2016 | $4,105,194 | $4,203,822 | $2,060,197 |
| 2015 | $3,670,262 | $6,692,648 | $2,158,825 |
| 2014 | $7,020,952 | $5,171,920 | $5,178,211 |
| 2013 | $4,462,539 | $5,542,928 | $3,326,081 |
| 2012 | $5,941,363 | $6,244,849 | $4,407,470 |
| 2011 | $4,110,670 | $4,624,760 | $4,711,978 |
| 2010 | $5,640,329 | $3,507,472 | $5,230,513 |
| Grand Total: | $38,939,575 | $40,231,372 | |
Funding Sources
Proteus Action League is an IRS-designated 501(c)(4) social welfare organization, and as such is not required by IRS regulation to disclose its donors.
However, some grantors have detailed their grants to PAL. Atlantic Philanthropies, a Bermuda-based private foundation (and thus not held to normal IRS grantmaking restrictions), gave $34,147,709 in grants to PAL between 2008 and 2015. Atlantic Philanthropies made grants in support of a number of PAL projects, including the Themis Fund (“Death Penalty Abolition Campaign”), RISE Together Action Fund (formerly Security and Rights Action Fund), and the “National Security Human Rights Action Fund.” 13
Proteus Action League Grant Recipients
The Proteus Action League’s list of grant recipients are available below: 14
| Proteus Action League: Grants (2010-2017) | Amount | Year(s) | Grant Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Action Now | $10,000 | 2016 | Economic Justice |
| Alliance of Californians for Community | $15,000 | 2016 | Democracy |
| American Bar Association | $115,000 | 2015 | death penalty abolition |
| American Bar Association Fund | $140,000 | 2013-2014 | Death Penalty, Human Rights |
| American Bar Association Fund for Justice and Education | $255,000 | 2011-2012, 2016 | Death Penalty, Death Penalty, Death Penalty Abolition |
| American Civil Liberties Union | $1,099,500 | 2013-2015 | Death Penalty, Death Penalty Abolition |
| American Civil Liberties Union Foundation | $125,000 | 2016 | Death Penalty Abolition |
| American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Northern California | $75,000 | 2011 | Death Penalty Project |
| American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California | $13,025 | 2010, 2012 | Death Penalty |
| American Civil Liberties Union of Utah | $95,000 | 2016 | Death Penalty Abolition |
| Amnesty International USA | $115,000 | 2011-2012 | Death Penalty, Death Penalty Project |
| Arizona Advocacy Network | $115,000 | 2014-2017 | Public Financing, Voter Engagement, Democracy |
| Arizona Border Rights Foundation | $50,000 | 2010 | Human Rights |
| Arizona Capital Representation Project | $180,000 | 2012-2013, 2016 | General Support, Death Penalty |
| Arizona Wins | $20,000 | 2015 | public financing |
| Asian Pacific Environmental Network Action | $50,000 | 2012 | general support |
| Ayni Institute Inc. | $100,000 | 2016 | General Support |
| Backbone Campaign | $50,000 | 2016 | Training |
| Californians for Fair Justice | $60,000 | 2016 | Death Penalty Abolition |
| Carolina Justice Policy Center | $205,000 | 2011-2013 | Death Penalty, Death Penalty Project |
| Catholic Mobilizing Network | $75,000 | 2015 | general support |
| Center for Arms Control and Non-Pro | $360,000 | 2016 | General Support |
| Center For Death Penalty Litigation | $1,193,500 | 2011, 2013-2017 | Death Penalty Abolition, Wrongful Incarceration Project, Death Penalty, Death Penalty/Racial Justice, Criminal Justice |
| Center For International Policy | $100,000 | 2016 | Peace and Security |
| Center for Popular Democracy | $10,000 | 2015 | community organizing |
| Center for Popular Democracy Action Fund | $18,000 | 2017 | Democracy |
| Center for Rights in Action | $1,033,700 | 2011-2013 | Human Rights, General Support |
| Center of Death Penalty Litigation | $100,000 | 2012 | Death Penalty |
| Chinatown People Progressive Association | $50,000 | 2011 | Voter Engagement |
| Chinese Progressive Political Action | $135,000 | 2012, 2014 | Social Justice, Human Rights |
| Citizen Action of New York | $327,450 | 2012-2015 | Public Financing, Social Justice, Campaign Finance, General Support |
| Citizens of Mizpah | $15,000 | 2012 | Death Penalty |
| Common Cause | $226,500 | 2016-2017 | Democracy |
| Commonwealth Foundation Inc. | $336,000 | 2016 | Peace and Security |
| Community Organizations in Action | $20,000 | 2015 | community organizing |
| Congregation of St. Joseph Ministry | $130,000 | 2012-2015 | Death Penalty |
| Corporate Accountability International | $200,000 | 2016 | Corporate Accountability |
| Council for a Livable World | $330,000 | 2013-2015 | Defense Spending, Voter Engagement |
| Death Penalty Information Center | $390,000 | 2013-2016 | General Support |
| Defender Association of Philadelphia | $335,000 | 2011-2014 | General Support, Death Penalty, Marriage Equality |
| Democracy Initiative | $264,365 | 2015 | Democracy |
| Emgage Action | $30,000 | 2017 | Racial Justice |
| Empire State Pride Agenda | $60,000 | 2011 | Marriage Equality |
| Equal Justice Initiative of Alabama | $600,000 | 2010-2012 | Death Penalty, Death Penalty Project |
| Equal Justice USA | $220,000 | 2011-2012 | Human Rights |
| Equality Alliance of San Diego County | $60,000 | 2011 | general support |
| Every Voice | $105,000 | 2015 | public financing |
| Fair Trial Initiative | $335,000 | 2010, 2012 | General Support, Death Penalty |
| Faith In Public Life | $60,000 | 2015 | death penalty abolition |
| FCNL Education Fund | $100,000 | 2016 | Peace and Security |
| Florida Capital Resource Center Inc | $190,000 | 2012-2013 | General Support, Death Penalty |
| Florida International University Foundation | $140,000 | 2012, 2015 | Death Penalty |
| Fordham University | $23,200 | 2012, 2014-2015 | Death Penalty Abolition, Human Rights, Death Penalty |
| Foundation for National Progress | $70,000 | 2016 | Peace and Security |
| Free Press Action Fund | $75,000 | 2012 | Human Rights |
| Fund For Constitutional Government | $10,000 | 2016 | Peace and Security |
| Georgia Wand Education Fund Inc. | $65,000 | 2016 | General Support |
| Greater Birmingham Ministries | $60,000 | 2011 | Voter Engagement |
| Gulf Region Advocacy Center | $175,000 | 2010-2011 | Human Rights |
| Henry L. Stimson Center | $40,000 | 2016 | Peace and Security |
| Indiana Information Center on the A | $20,000 | 2015 | death penalty abolition |
| Institute for Policy Studies | $30,000 | 2016 | Peace and Security |
| Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement | $40,000 | 2015 | public financing |
| Iraq Veterans Against the War | $15,000 | 2016 | Peace and Security |
| Kentucky Coalition to Abolish Death Penalty | $11,000 | 2011 | Death Penalty Project |
| LA Union Del Pueblo Enteropo | $40,000 | 2011 | Voter Engagement |
| Louisiana for Alternatives to the Death Penalty | $56,800 | 2011-2012 | Death Penalty Project, General Support |
| Maplight | $15,000 | 2017 | Democracy |
| Marylanders for Restorative Justice | $325,000 | 2010-2012 | Death Penalty, Death Penalty Project |
| Marypirg Citizen Lobby | $10,000 | 2017 | Democracy |
| Mass Alliance | $25,000 | 2014 | Voter Engagement, Social Justice |
| Massachusetts Womens Political Caucus | $5,000 | 2014 | Human Rights |
| MCCE Action | $203,000 | 2014-2017 | Public Financing, Voter Engagement, Democracy |
| Metropolitan Public Defender Services | $70,000 | 2016 | Death Penalty Abolition |
| Miami Workers Center | $75,000 | 2011 | general support |
| Michigan State University | $10,000 | 2015 | death penalty abolition |
| Michigan State University College of Law | $14,500 | 2010-2011 | Death Penalty, Death Penalty Project |
| Missourans for Alternatives | $15,000 | 2014 | Human Rights |
| Missouri Jobs With Justice Voter Action | $120,000 | 2017 | Democracy |
| Montanans for Free and Fair Elections | $15,000 | 2014 | Voter Engagement |
| Movement Strategy Center | $60,000 | 2011 | Voter Engagement |
| Movement Strategy Center Action Fund | $75,000 | 2012 | Human Rights |
| Murder Victims Families for Reconciliation | $535,000 | 2011-2015 | General Support |
| Murer Victims Families for Human Rights | $100,000 | 2011-2012 | General Support |
| NAACP | $90,000 | 2012 | Human Rights |
| NAACP Legal Defense and Education | $50,000 | 2012 | Death Penalty |
| NAACP National Voter Fund | $100,000 | 2013 | Death Penalty |
| National Coalition to Abolish the Penalty | $40,000 | 2012 | Death Penalty |
| National Immigration Law Center | $35,000 | 2011 | Human Rights |
| National Institute for Latino Policy | $25,000 | 2011 | general support |
| National Peoples Campaign | $10,000 | 2015 | community organizing |
| National Priorities Project | $85,000 | 2016 | General Support |
| Nebraska Death Penalty Repeal Fund | $25,000 | 2015 | death penalty abolition |
| Nebraskans for Alternatives to the | $77,000 | 2013, 2015 | Death Penalty, General Support |
| Neighbor to Neighbor Massachusetts Action Fund | $20,000 | 2012 | Voter Engagement |
| New Florida Majority Inc. | $40,000 | 2016 | Democracy |
| New Hampshire Coalition to Abolish | $75,000 | 2013 | Death Penalty |
| New Hampshire Death Penalty Repeal | $205,000 | 2013, 2015 | Death Penalty, Death Penalty Abolition |
| New York State Defenders Association | $18,000 | 2010, 2014 | Death Penalty |
| Nonviolent Peaceforce | $50,000 | 2016 | General Support |
| North Carolina Voters for Clean Elections | $63,000 | 2015-2017 | Democracy, fair courts |
| Northeastern University | $10,075 | 2012 | Death Penalty |
| Northwestern University | $43,200 | 2010, 2012-2014 | Death Penalty, Human Rights |
| Ohio Organizing Campaign | $5,000 | 2014 | Campaign Finance |
| Ohio River Valley Environmental Coalition | $10,000 | 2013 | Voter Engagement |
| Open Democracy Action | $20,000 | 2017 | Democracy |
| Oregon Justice Resource | $120,000 | 2014 | Human Rights |
| Organizers In The Land of Enchantment | $100,000 | 2017 | Democracy |
| Pennsylvanians for Alternatives to | $25,000 | 2014 | Death Penalty |
| Pequenas Ligas Hispanas De New Haven | $15,000 | 2011 | Voter Engagement |
| Pico Action Fund | $22,000 | 2012 | Voter Engagement |
| Ploughshares Fund | $100,000 | 2016 | Peace and Security |
| President and Fellows of Harvard College | $9,033,240 | 2010-2012, 2014 | Human Rights, General Support, Social Justice, death penalty abolition |
| Progress Florida Inc. | $30,000 | 2016-2017 | fair courts |
| Progressive Maryland Inc. | $35,000 | 2015, 2017 | Democracy, public financing |
| Promise of Justice Intiative | $300,000 | 2015-2016 | Death Penalty Abolition |
| Proteus Fund | $75,000 | 2016 | Capacity Building |
| Public Campaign Action Fund | $400,000 | 2013-2014 | Campaign Finance |
| Public Citizen Inc | $42,000 | 2015 | public financing |
| Rector & Visitors of the University | $17,100 | 2014, 2016 | Human Rights |
| Regents of the University of California | $376,800 | 2013-2015 | Death Penalty, Death Penalty Abolition |
| Regents of the University of California at Berkeley | $195,000 | 2010-2012 | Death Penalty, Death Penalty Project |
| Regents of the University of Colorado | $7,500 | 2014, 2016 | Death Penalty |
| Regents of the University of Michigan | $12,500 | 2012, 2015 | Death Penalty Abolition, Human Rights |
| Retain a Just Nebraska | $750,000 | 2016 | Death Penalty Abolition |
| Rise Up Georgia | $5,000 | 2015 | community organizing |
| Rising Tide of North America | $5,000 | 2015 | community organizing |
| Rockwood Leadership Program | $110,000 | 2011 | Death Penalty Project |
| Sisters of St. Joseph of Medaille Ministries Against the Death Penalty | $40,000 | 2012 | Death Penalty |
| South Carolina Progressive Network | $15,000 | 2017 | Democracy |
| Southern Center for Human Rights | $450,000 | 2011-2012 | General Support |
| Southern Coalition for Social Justice | $90,000 | 2015-2016 | death penalty abolition |
| Texas Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty | $60,000 | 2014 | general support |
| Texas Defender Service | $950,000 | 2010-2015 | Death Penalty, Death Penalty Abolition, General Support |
| The Bronx Defenders | $100,000 | 2016 | Death Penalty Abolition |
| The Constitution Project | $450,000 | 2010, 2012-2013, 2015 | Death Penalty, Death Penalty Abolition, Human Rights |
| The Philip Black Project A Public | $310,000 | 2015-2016 | Death Penalty Abolition |
| The Project On Government Oversight | $300,000 | 2016 | General Support |
| The State University of Iowa | $10,000 | 2010 | Death Penalty Project |
| Third Sector New England | $245,000 | 2011-2012 | Death Penalty, Death Penalty Project |
| Tides Advocacy | $100,000 | 2017 | Racial Justice |
| Tides Advocacy Fund | $926,036 | 2010-2016 | Death Penalty Abolition, Communications, Social Justice, Human Rights |
| Tides Center | $55,000 | 2012-2013 | Human Rights |
| Unite For Reproductive and Gender Equity | $5,000 | 2016 | Peace and Security |
| University of Georgia Department of Sociology | $3,000 | 2013 | Death Penalty |
| University of Hawaii | $13,650 | 2010, 2014 | Human Rights, Death Penalty Project |
| University of Louisville | $10,000 | 2011 | Death Penalty Project |
| University of Texas at Austin | $35,000 | 2012 | Death Penalty |
| University of Texas Foundation | $5,650 | 2011 | Death Penalty Project |
| Utah Justice Coalition | $35,000 | 2016 | Death Penalty Abolition |
| Veterans for Peace | $10,000 | 2016 | Peace and Security |
| Washington Community Action Network | $337,500 | 2015 | Public Financing |
| Washington Progress Alliance | $4,000 | 2016 | Public Education and Lobbying Work |
| Western States | $30,000 | 2011 | Death Penalty Project |
| Willamette Valley Law Project | $40,000 | 2011 | Death Penalty Project |
| WinWin Action | $137,500 | 2015 | public financing |
| Witness to Innocence | $725,000 | 2011-2012, 2014, 2016 | General Support, Death Penalty Abolition |
| Women's Action For New Directions | $141,666 | 2017 | Democracy |
| Womens Action for New Directions Ed | $165,000 | 2016 | General Support and Peace and Security |
| Working Families Organization | $1,347,800 | 2012-2016 | Public Financing, Community Organizing, Social Justice, Human Rights, Voter Engagement, General Support, Democracu |
| Yes For Maine Clean Elections | $350,000 | 2015 | Public Financing |
| Grand Total: | $33,209,757 |
Financial Documents
Proteus Action League’s IRS Form 990 filings for 2016 and 2017 are available here:
Leadership
President
Paul Di Donato is president of the Proteus Action League, a position he has held since succeeding PAL founder Meg Gage in January 2017. Prior to that, he was the director of the Proteus Fund’s Civil Marriage Collaborative from 2007 to 2015. 15 From 1997 to 2005, Di Donato was executive director of Funders Concerned About AIDS, a philanthropic group. From 2007 to 2015, he ran a private consulting firm that catered to a number of center-left clients, including the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Ford Foundation, and Arcus Foundation. 16
Margaret “Meg” Gage founded PAL and its 501(c)(3) “sister” nonprofit, the Proteus Fund, and was president of both organizations. She succeeded Donna Edwards as PAL president after the latter’s departure in 2007; Gage held her position as president of both nonprofits until her retirement in 2016, when she was succeeded by Paul Di Donato. 17 In 1981, Gage founded the Peace Development Fund, a center-left grantmaking group she ran until 1992. From 1992 to 1999, Gage was executive director of the Ottinger Foundation, a center-left funder. Gage is an advisory board member for ReThink Media, a nonprofit public relations group. 18
Donna Edwards was president of PAL from its founding in 2003 to 2007, when she left the organization. 19 During her tenure at PAL, she co-authored a January 2006 report for the Proteus Fund project Voter Engagement Evaluation Project (VEEP) analyzing the “voter engagement” activities many left-of-center foundations engaged in during the 2004 general election. 20 Edwards is a former Democratic member of Congress representing Maryland’s 4th Congressional District from 2008 to 2017; she was succeeded by Democrat Chris Van Hollen in 2016 after losing reelection in the Democratic Party primary. Edwards is the former executive director of the Arca Foundation.
Board of Directors
Proteus Action League’s current and former board members include the following individuals: 21 22 23 24
Ian Fuller is a financial adviser and co-founder of the New York-based advisory firm WestFuller Advisors. Fuller is a board member for Common Justice, Color of Change, The Workers Lab, Resource Generation, City Without Walls, and the United Nations Association of New York. 25
Natasha Minsker is director of the ACLU of Northern California’s Center for Advocacy and Policy and a political consultant. 26
Mark Abrahams is a PAL board member and chief financial officer for Proteus Fund.
Jason Franklin is a PAL and Proteus Fund board member. He also holds the chair of W.K. Kellogg Community Philanthropy at the Johnson Center for Philanthropy of Grand Valley State University and serves as adjunct faculty in philanthropy at New York University. 27 Franklin is a visiting fellow at Stanford University’s Center on Philanthropy. Franklin previously worked as executive director of Bolder Giving, the Rockefeller Foundation’s Next Generation Leadership Network, and the White House Office of National AIDS Policy. 28
Sara Gould is a PAL and Proteus Fund board member. Gould is a philanthropy consultant and program design strategist. She previously worked as director of the Economic Development Project for the Ms. Foundation for Women in New York, associate director of Caring Across Generations, and senior fellow for Atlantic Philanthropies. 29
Ryan Alexander is PAL board chair (as of July 2019) and a Proteus Fund board member. 30 Alexander is president of Taxpayers for Common Sense, a center-left tax policy advocacy nonprofit, a position she has held since 2006. 31
Jesse Beason is president and CEO of the Northwest Health Foundation. He is a board member for Color PAC, a steering committee member for the Portland African American Leadership Forum, and an advisory board member for the Funders Committee for Civic Participation (a project of NEO Philanthropy). 32
Ludovic Blain is director of the Color of Democracy Fund (a project of the Tides Center) and the Progressive Era Project. Blain previously worked for a the Closing the Racial Wealth Gap Initiative, StopDogWhistleRacism.com, the Marguerite Casey Foundation, New Progressive Coalition, Demos, and the New York Public Interest Research Group (NYPIRG). 33
Michael Caudell-Feagan is a former PAL board member and a former senior program director for the Proteus Fund. Caudell-Feagan is a former vice president of strategy and operations at the Pew Charitable Trusts and a former lobbyist for U.S. Public Interest Research Group. In 1986, Caudell-Feagan founded Equal Justice Works.
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