What major grants to Indivisible are disclosed in IRS Form 990 filings and foundation databases since 2017?
Executive summary
Publicly available Form 990 resources confirm that Indivisible-related entities file IRS returns that can disclose grants, but the supplied reporting does not enumerate specific "major grants" to Indivisible since 2017; researchers must inspect the organizations’ full 990 or 990‑PF PDFs to extract named grant payments and foundation databases for complementary records [1] [2] [3].
1. What the source set actually contains: machine‑readable filings, not a grant ledger
ProPublica’s Nonprofit Explorer hosts digitized Form 990 filings for Indivisible entities (including the Indivisible Project and Indivisible Civics) and links to full return PDFs and XMLs that are the primary public record for grants an exempt organization reports [1] [2] [4]. The IRS and ProPublica data releases include the schedules where grant payments would appear, but the search results supplied here are descriptive indexes rather than extracts listing individual grantees or award amounts [1] [5].
2. What the reporting does show about Indivisible entities’ grant activity
Instrumentl’s 990‑reporting summary flags that Indivisible Project’s grant‑making focuses and “typical awards” ranges are recorded from Form 990 data and that Indivisible Civics reported $385,250 in grants in 2023, signaling that at least some Indivisible‑branded entities both receive and make grants and that Instrumentl draws those figures from digitized returns [6] [7]. ProPublica’s pages confirm the existence of complete Form 990 filings for the Indivisible Project and related organizations, which must be consulted to verify recipient names and amounts [2] [4].
3. Why the supplied sources cannot, by themselves, enumerate major grants to Indivisible since 2017
None of the supplied snippets actually extract Schedule I/other grant schedules showing individual grantees or foundation payouts to Indivisible; they document the availability of returns and how Form 990/990‑PFs work generally but do not list award lines to or from Indivisible after 2017 [1] [8] [3]. The dataset descriptions state that Form 990s include detailed grant information and that private foundations’ 990‑PFs include complete grant lists, which implies that definitive answers exist inside those filings, but the current reporting excerpts do not quote those lines [8] [9].
4. How to get the definitive list: go to the filings and foundation databases
To identify “major grants to Indivisible” since 2017, the correct next step is to open the full Form 990 (or 990‑PF for any private foundations) PDFs and the Schedule of Grants/Assistance for each year for the relevant EINs as available on ProPublica’s Nonprofit Explorer or the IRS nonprofit search [2] [5] [3]. Foundation aggregator services (Instrumentl, Foundation Directory) compile and summarize 990 data and may surface high‑value awards such as the $385,250 in grants reported by Indivisible Civics in 2023, but those services are themselves summaries of the primary filings and should be cross‑checked against PDFs [6] [7].
5. Alternative viewpoints, caveats and implicit agendas in the sources
ProPublica frames its database as a transparency tool and links to IRS raw data, which supports independent verification rather than advocacy [1] [2]; foundation databases like Instrumentl present curated “funder insights” to help grantseekers and may emphasize typical award sizes or totals without reproducing full grant lists, reflecting a product goal rather than investigative completeness [6]. The supplied sources therefore point users to authoritative records but do not themselves claim to be exhaustive grant ledgers for Indivisible, and this limitation constrains any declarative list derived solely from the snippets provided [1] [6].
6. Bottom line and recommended next actions for a researcher
The materials supplied confirm the existence of Form 990 filings and that at least one Indivisible entity reported material grant activity (e.g., Indivisible Civics’ $385,250 in 2023), but they do not supply a compiled list of major grants to Indivisible since 2017; extracting that list requires opening the full Form 990/990‑PF PDFs on ProPublica or the IRS and checking foundation databases for corroboration [2] [7] [3]. If a precise, year‑by‑year accounting of major grants is required, those primary filings are the only source cited here that can provide named grantees, amounts and dates.