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Bipartisan Policy Center Inc

To drive principled solutions through rigorous analysis, reasoned negotiation, and respectful dialogue. To actively promote bipartisanship and work to address the key challenges facing the nation including energy and infrastructure, health, economic policy, national security, and governance.

$1.9M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
11
Grants FY2024
2
Organizations funded FY2023
100%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$50,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$1,325,000
Organizations funded a year
1 to 5
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
10
Total assets, FY2024
$63M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 100% of the organizations Bipartisan Policy Center Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.6M went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’19’20’21’22’23
EnvironmentCivil RightsCommunity ImprovementFood & NutritionPublic BenefitScience & TechOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving11$1.8M91%
FY20232$1.6M100%
FY20225$210k100%
FY20213$113k67%
FY20203$335k67%
FY20191$175k100%
FY20172$167kn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Public Benefit$3.2MEnvironment$1.1MCivil Rights$90kFood & Nutrition$20kSocial Science$20kHealth$10kHuman Services$10k

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
NY
MA
OR
OH
NJ
CA
MO
VA
MD
AZ
KS
DC
AL
GA

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
The Elections Group LLC$2,650,0002n/a
Clearpath Inc$250,00012%
American Flood Coalition Inc$175,00015%
Clean Air Task Force Inc$173,30021%
Third Way Institute$162,95721%
Energy Innovation Reform Project$100,00014%
The Trustees of Princeton University$93,00010%
Centerline Liberties Inc$90,0001n/a
Arizona Small Business Association$90,00015%
Third Way$83,30011%
Show all 24 grantees
All grantees of Bipartisan Policy Center Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
The Elections Group LLC$2,650,0002n/a
Clearpath Inc$250,00012%
American Flood Coalition Inc$175,00015%
Clean Air Task Force Inc$173,30021%
Third Way Institute$162,95721%
Energy Innovation Reform Project$100,00014%
The Trustees of Princeton University$93,00010%
Centerline Liberties Inc$90,0001n/a
Arizona Small Business Association$90,00015%
Third Way$83,30011%
Portland State University Foundation$75,00010%
The American Association of Blacks in Energy$75,0001n/a
Auburn University$62,5001n/a
Hacks Hackers$62,09413%
Election Reformers Network Inc$50,00018%
The Research Foundation for The State University of New York$49,41810%
University of Kentucky Research Foundation$43,30610%
Regents Univ of California$37,0001n/a
Curators of the University of Missouri$30,7001n/a
Federation of Southern Cooperatives$20,00010%
The Urban Institute$20,00010%
Caring for Military Families the Elizabeth Dole Foundation$10,00010%
National Academy of Sciences$10,00010%
Kansas Athletics Inc$10,0001n/a

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Bipartisan Policy Center Inc supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetClearpath Inc: $250,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetAmerican Flood Coalition Inc: $175,000 over 1y, 5.3% of budgetClean Air Task Force Inc: $173,300 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetThird Way Institute: $162,957 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetEnergy Innovation Reform Project: $100,000 over 1y, 4.5% of budgetThe Trustees of Princeton University: $93,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetArizona Small Business Association: $90,000 over 1y, 4.5% of budgetThird Way: $83,300 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetPortland State University Foundation: $75,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetHacks Hackers: $62,094 over 1y, 3.0% of budgetElection Reformers Network Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 7.5% of budgetThe Research Foundation for The State University of New York: $49,418 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Kentucky Research Foundation: $43,306 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFederation of Southern Cooperatives: $20,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetThe Urban Institute: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCaring for Military Families the Elizabeth Dole Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNational Academy of Sciences: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 17.

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

The William & Flora Hewlett FoundationCA13× affinity4 shared granteesties to 4 of 4Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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About Bipartisan Policy Center Inc

How much does Bipartisan Policy Center Inc give?
Bipartisan Policy Center Inc reported 11 grants totaling $1,884,018 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 5 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Bipartisan Policy Center Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Public Benefit (72%), Environment (25%), Civil Rights (2%).
Who are Bipartisan Policy Center Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: The Elections Group LLC ($2.6M), Clearpath Inc ($250k), American Flood Coalition Inc ($175k).
Does Bipartisan Policy Center Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as Bipartisan Policy Center Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation, Silicon Valley Community Foundation, Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program.
Where is Bipartisan Policy Center Inc based?
Bipartisan Policy Center Inc is based in DC.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 24 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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