Washington, D.C. · Public charity
Center for American Progress
The CENTER FOR AMERICAN PROGRESS (cap) is an independent nonpartisan policy institute that is dedicated to improving the lives of all americans through bold, progressive ideas, as well as strong leadership and concerted action. Our aim is not just to change the conversation, but to change the country.
- $4.1M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 6
- Grants FY2024
- 5
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 20%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $241,222
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $3,600,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 33
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 4
- Total assets, FY2024
- $85M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 20% of the organizations Center for American Progress funded were first-time grantees, receiving 1% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $40k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 6 | $4.1M | 17% |
| FY2023 | 5 | $4.7M | 20% |
| FY2022 | 10 | $7.1M | 40% |
| FY2021 | 22 | $11M | 77% |
| FY2020 | 20 | $10M | 45% |
| FY2019 | 11 | $11M | 36% |
| FY2018 | 19 | $7.0M | 53% |
| FY2017 | 33 | $10M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Center for American Progress Action Fund | $44,885,079 | 8 | 62% |
| Center on Budget and Policy Priorities | $3,682,500 | 6 | 2% |
| Georgetown University | $3,682,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Center for Law and Social Policy | $3,682,500 | 6 | 8% |
| Resources Legacy Fund | $1,750,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Center for Earth Energy and Democracy | $1,277,922 | 5 | 38% |
| Democracy Forward Foundation | $1,000,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Partnership Project Inc | $850,000 | 3 | 1% |
| National Employment Law Project | $515,000 | 3 | 4% |
| The Partnership Project | $350,000 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 77 grantees
Plus 2 recipients with no EIN on record ($20k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Center for American Progress supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 3 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 65 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
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.
Open a dossier: New Venture Fund · Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc · United States Energy Foundation · Tides Foundation · Hopewell Fund · NEO Philanthropy Inc · The Ford Foundation · Wellspring Philanthropic Fund Inc · Tides Center · The Partnership Project Inc · Annie E Casey Foundation Inc · Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated
How this is measured
About Center for American Progress
- How much does Center for American Progress give?
- Center for American Progress reported 6 grants totaling $4,148,722 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 33 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Center for American Progress fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Public Benefit (77%), Environment (7%), Crime & Legal (7%).
- Who are Center for American Progress's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Center for American Progress Action Fund ($45M), Center on Budget and Policy Priorities ($3.7M), Georgetown University ($3.7M).
- Does Center for American Progress fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 20% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Center for American Progress?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include New Venture Fund, Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc, United States Energy Foundation.
- Where is Center for American Progress based?
- Center for American Progress is based in DC.
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