DivertED: Teachers’ Unions Spend $220+ million in dues on far-left causes

Last Update: September 5, 2025

Total union dollars given to leftwing organizations: $221,069,484

Total AFT dollars given to leftwing organizations: $68,632,299

Total NEA dollars given to leftwing organizations: $152,437,185

SUMMARY

This report is intended to highlight AFT and NEA funding of leftwing and far-left political organizations.

Since August 2015, the two largest teachers unions, the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) and the National Education Association (NEA), have given out a combined $221,069,484 in funding to leftwing and far-left groups. Some organizations receiving funds include MoveOn.org, PEN America, the Sixteen Thirty Fund, the State Engagement Fund, the State Victory Fund, the Trevor Project, and a handful of state and federal leftwing Political Action Committees (PACs). For example, the two unions gave a combined $30,982,250 to For Our Future Action Fund, a leftwing political action committee. Additionally, the NEA gave the State Engagement Fund $54,375,000 over the same period.

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SPENDING

TOP FIVE FUNDED ORGANIZATIONS

1. State Engagement Fund – $54,375,000

2. For Our Future Action Fund – $30,982,250

3. State Victory Fund – $21,150,000

4. Senate Majority PAC – $10,150,000

5. House Majority PAC – $9,185,000

Below are links to each teachers unions’ reporting forms. Also listed are the organizations that received funds and how much per report. If the same organization is listed twice, it means it received funds during both reporting years.

Additionally, some organizations feature links to a profile page created by InfluenceWatch, which is run by the Capital Research Center.

AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS (AFT)

FORM LM-2 LABOR ORGANIZATIONAL ANNUAL REPORT – July 1, 2015 – June 30, 2016

FORM LM-2 LABOR ORGANIZATIONAL ANNUAL REPORT – July 1, 2016 – June 30, 2017

FORM LM-2 LABOR ORGANIZATIONAL ANNUAL REPORT – July 1, 2017 – June 30, 2018

FORM LM-2 LABOR ORGANIZATIONAL ANNUAL REPORT – July 1, 2018 – June 30, 2019

FORM LM-2 LABOR ORGANIZATIONAL ANNUAL REPORT – July 1, 2019 – June 30, 2020

FORM LM-2 LABOR ORGANIZATIONAL ANNUAL REPORT – July 1, 2020 – June 30, 2021

FORM LM-2 LABOR ORGANIZATIONAL ANNUAL REPORT – July 1, 2021 – June 30, 2022

FORM LM-2 LABOR ORGANIZATIONAL ANNUAL REPORT – July 1, 2022 – June 30, 2023

FORM LM-2 LABOR ORGANIZATIONAL ANNUAL REPORT – July 1, 2023 – June 30, 2024

NATIONAL EDUCATION ASSOCIATION (NEA)

FORM LM-2 LABOR ORGANIZATION ANNUAL REPORT – September 1, 2015 – August 31, 2016

FORM LM-2 LABOR ORGANIZATION ANNUAL REPORT – September 1, 2016 – August 31, 2017

FORM LM-2 LABOR ORGANIZATION ANNUAL REPORT – September 1, 2017- August 31, 2018

FORM LM-2 LABOR ORGANIZATION ANNUAL REPORT – September 1, 2018 – August 31, 2019

FORM LM-2 LABOR ORGANIZATION ANNUAL REPORT – September 1, 2019 – August 31, 2020

FORM LM-2 LABOR ORGANIZATION ANNUAL REPORT – September 1, 2020 – August 31, 2021

FORM LM-2 LABOR ORGANIZATION ANNUAL REPORT – September 1, 2021 – August 31, 2022

FORM LM-2 LABOR ORGANIZATION ANNUAL REPORT – September 1, 2022 – August 31, 2023

FORM LM-2 LABOR ORGANIZATION ANNUAL REPORT – September 1, 2023 – August 31 2024

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LIST OF ORGANIZATIONS AND NONPROFITS

Below is a list of organizations and nonprofits receiving teachers union funds. The amount listed after each organization is the total funding they have received since August 2015.

• 482Forward – $140,000
• A Better Wisconsin Together Political Fund – $1,425,000
• Accelerate Action – $300,000
• Advancement Project – $225,000
• All for Justice (Illinois) – $100,000
• Alliance for a Better Minnesota – $121,088
• Alliance for Global Justice – $10,000
• Alliance for Justice – $301,146
• Alliance for Justice Action Campaign – $65,000
• Alliance for Youth Action – $100,000
• Amalgamated Foundation – $682,000
• America Votes – $5,977,256
• America Works USA – $1,250,000
• Americans United for Change – $150,000
• Assembly Democratic Campaign Committee – $12,000
• Ballot Initiative Strategy Center – $1,985,000
• Battleground CA – $100,000
• Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation – $625,000
• Black Progressive Action Coalition – 300,000
• Blue Green Alliance – $310,000
• Building Back Together – $1,250,000
• Campaign for America’s Future – $180,000
• Catalist, LLC – $627,543
• Center for American Progress – $1,400,000
• Center for American Progress – Action Fund – $550,000
• Center for Popular Democracy – $2,495,115
• Center for Popular Democracy Action Fund – $933,000
• Change Corps Inc – $148,800
• Chicago Teachers Union PAC – $259,000
• Chinese for Affirmative Action – $15,000
• Chinese Progressive Association – $168,850
• Citizen Action of Wisconsin – $20,000
• Citizens Who Support Maine’s Public Schools – $1,791,000
• Clinton Global Initiative – $400,000
• Color of Change PAC – $1,155,000
• Coloradans for Prosperity – $250,000
• Colorado League of Responsible Voters – $1,120,000
• Committee on States – $2,125,000
• Committee to Keep Georgia Schools Local – $4,200,000
• Communities United for Bass for LA Mayor 2022 – $150,000
• Congressional Progressive Caucus Center – $200,000
• Correct the Record – $50,000
• Defend Our Constitution – $650,000
• Demlist LLC – $10,000
• Democracy 21 – $250,000
• Democracy Alliance – $3,062,367
• Democracy Corps – $454,851
• Democratic Attorney’s General Association – $75,000
• Democratic Governors Association – $875,000
• Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee – $650,000
• Democratic Municipal Officials – $10,000
• Democratic Party of Wisconsin Segregated Fund – $24,000
• Democratic State Central Committee of LA – $50,000
• Democrats for Public Education – $17,500
• Economic Policy Institute – $250,000
• Educators for Washoe Schools – $225,000
• Emerging American Majorities – $350,000
• EMILY’S List – $1,155,163
• Every Eligible American – $375,000
• Fair Fight Action – $325,000
• Fair Share Massachusetts – $3,000,000
• Faith in Minnesota – $400,000
• Fighting for Our Future – $500,000
• For Our Future Action Fund – $30,982,250
• For Our Future PAC – $1,500,000
• Friends of Kathy Hochul – $69,700
• Friends of Michael J. Madigan – $250,000
• Future Forward PAC (FF PAC) – $250,000
• Future Forward USA Action – $1,500,000
• Gender Inclusivity, LLC – $29,250
• GLSEN – $42,000
• Good Jobs Montana – $550,000
• Great Lakes Center for Education, Research and Practice – $225,000
• Hillsborough County Democratic Executive Committee – $25,000
• Hopewell Fund – $500,000
• House Democratic Caucus PAC – $14,000
• House Majority PAC – $9,185,000
• Human Rights Campaign Foundation – $287,500
• Ibram X. Kendi – $7,418
• Italian American Democratic Leadership Council – $15,000
• iVote Fund – $200,000
• Jobs with Justice – $80,000
• Latino Victory Fund – $575,000
• LiberatED, LLC – $10,000
• Louisiana Democrats – Victory for LA – $100,000
• Majority Forward – $100,000
• March for Our Lives Action Fund – $340,000
• Media Matters for America – $300,000
• Mi Familia Vota Education Fund – $160,000
• Michigan Democratic State Central Committee – $675,000
• Midwest Academy – $395,000
• Mobilize America, Inc – $108,120
• MomsRising Together – $175,000
• Montanas for Fiscal Responsibility – $228,292
• MoveOn.org Civic Action – $185,000
• MoveOn.org Political Action – $437,800
• NARAL Pro-Choice America – $25,000
• National Action Network – $225,000
• National Center for Transgender Equality – $10,000
• National Democratic Institute – $105,000
• National Democratic Redistricting Committee – $350,000
• National Democratic Training Committee – $25,000
• National Equity Project – $17,941
• National Korean American Service and Education Consortium, Inc – $7,500
• National Redistricting Action Fund – $100,000
• NEO Philanthropic Action Fund – $980,628
• New Georgia Project Action Fund – $75,000
• New Jersey Democratic State Committee – $25,000
• New Venture Fund – $535,500
• New York State Democratic Campaign Assembly Committee – $192,300
• New York State Democratic Committee – $109,600
• NewsGuard Technologies, Inc – $350,000
• No Tax Cut for the Super Rich – $500,000
• One for All Committee – $150,000
• Opportunity Institute – $125,000
• Opportunity PAC – $100,000
• Organize Action – $300,000
• Pennsylvania Alliance Action – $800,000
• Parents Together Action – $1,825,000
• Patriot Majority USA – $862,000
• PEN America Center – $50,000
• People’s Action – $100,000
• Planned Parenthood of Federation of America – $10,000
• Planned Parenthood Votes – $350,000
• Politico LLC – $270,955
• Priorities USA – $1,900,000
• Priorities USA Action – $3,000,000
• Progressive Caucus Action Fund – $790,000
• Progressive Congress Action Fund – $150,000
• Progressive State Leaders Committee – $475,000
• ProgressNow – $625,000
• ProgressNow Colorado – $50,000
• ProgressNow Education – $250,000
• Project New America – $100,000
• Protect Constitutional Abortion Rights – $100,000
• Protect Our Schools KY – $2,415,000
• Proteus Fund – $15,000
• Put Michigan First – $1,000,000
• Race & Equity in Education, Inc – $58,000
• Race Forward – $22,500
• Race Forward Action Inc – $300,000
• Raise Up Massachusetts 2022 – $300,000
• Red Wine & Blue – $1,145,000
• Resist, Inc. Boston Education Justice Alliance – $105,000
• Rethinking Schools, LTD – $30,604
• Roosevelt Institute – $100,000
• Run for Something PAC – $50,000
• Ruthanne Buck – $63,225
• Save Our Public Schools – $4,900,000
• Senate Majority PAC – $10,150,000
• Sixteen Thirty Fund – $3,583,000
• Southern Poverty Law Center – $10,000
• State Democracy Action Fund – $150,000
• State Democracy Defenders Action – $250,000
• State Engagement Fund – $54,375,000
• State Power Action Fund – $445,000
• State Power Fund – $485,000
• State Senate Democratic Committee – $12,000
• State Victory Fund LLC – $2,300,000
• Strategic Victory Fund – $19,300,000
• Supermajority – $350,000
• Teaching for Change – $40,000
• The American Independent Foundation – $100,000
• The Sunrise Project Inc – 75,000
• The Voter Project – $75,000
• Tides Advocacy – $250,000
• Tides Center – $230,472
• Tides Foundation – $10,000
• Trevor Project – $100,000
• UnidosUS – $103,750
• UnidosUS Action Fund – $125,000
• New Virginia Majority – $250,000
• Virginia Plus PAC – $50,000
• VoteVets – $200,000
• VoteVets Action Fund, Inc – $70,000
• VoteVets PAC – $50,000
• W.K. Kellogg Foundation – $1,500,000
• Way to Win Action Fund – $150,000
• We the People for Education – $50,000
• Women Vote! – $100,000
• Women’s March, Inc – $97,500
• Workers Vote – $1,566,000
• Working America – $1,179,000