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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.

$4.1M
Granted FY2024still arriving
6
Grants FY2024still arriving
4
States reached
$3.6M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% 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$50MEnvironment$4.4MCrime & Legal$4.4MEducation$4.1MCivil Rights$1.0MEmployment$558kSocial Science$325kPhilanthropy$158kOther$0
02FY2024 · 6 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k1 grant · $8k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $50k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $241k
  • $250k+2 grants · $3.9M
$241,222
Median grant
4
States reached
$85M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Center for American Prog Action Fnd$3,600,000
The Partnership Project$250,000
Center for Earth Energy and Democ$241,222
Coming Clean$30,000
The Cleo Institute$20,000
Foreign Policy for America Foundation$7,500
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–18, $98k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 77% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%PATHWAYS PA: $8k → 10%WOMEN'S REFUGEE COMISSION: $25k → 17%HOPE NETWORK: $50k → 11%MOM RISING EDUCATION FUND: $15k → 9%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

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VT
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IL
WI
MI
NY
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OR
NV
IA
OH
PA
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CA
CO
AZ
NC
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DC
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FL
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

92%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$60M · 19 repeat orgs$5.2M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +52% since the first grant, against +41% for those funded once.

19 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2024, 14 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

19
59

Total granted

$60M
$5.2M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+52%
+41%

Still filing today

100%
78%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $8k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EnvironmentCivil RightsCrime & LegalHuman ServicesPublic BenefitEducationOther
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.

Backed again, and grew

  • CF
    CENTER FOR AMERICAN PROGRESS ACTION FUND
    8× · 2017–2024 · $45M · revenue +148% · 62% of their budget
  • Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
    6× · 2017–2022 · $3.7M · revenue +52%
  • GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY
    6× · 2017–2022 · $3.7M · revenue +47%

Funded once

  • RL
    RESOURCES LEGACY FUND
    one grant, 2021 · $1.8M · revenue -5%
  • DF
    DEMOCRACY FORWARD FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $1.0M · revenue ×14
  • TP
    The Partnership Project
    one grant, 2021 · $350k · revenue -61%
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
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…

Civil Rights
2
Coalition for Green Capital D/B/a American Green Bank Consortium

Cgc operates as a nonprofit financial institution that invests directly and through partners to transform financial markets by using public and private investing to accelerate the deployment of projects that strengthen the grid, reduce…

Environment
3
Environmental Investigation Agency

To establish and promote programs to protect the global climate, forests, wildlife and the natural environment, through research, advocacy, and investigation.

International
4
Legal Advocates for Safe Science and Technology Inc

Using legal advocacy to make advances in science and technology safer for people and the planet.

Science & Tech
5
CarbonPlan

Improving the transparency and scientific integrity of climate solutions through open data and tools.

Environment
6
The Campaign Legal Center Inc

The nonpartisan campaign legal center advances democracy through law at the federal, state and local levels, fighting for every american's rights to responsive government and a fair opportunity to participate in and affect the democratic…

Crime & Legal
7
Common Good Iowa

Common good iowa engages iowans to create and advocate for research-based public policy that makes life better and more equitable for all who make iowa home.

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8
Climate Leadership Council Inc

To develop and promote a carbon dividends framework - based on carbon fees whose revenues are rebated to citizens through dividends - as the most cost-effective, equitable, and politically viable climate solution.

Environment
9
Council for Court Excellence

Council for court excellence's (cce's) mission is to bring people together to conduct research, educate, and advocate to make d.c.'s unique legal systems more just, equitable, and accountable to the community.

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10
Center for International Policy Inc

The center for international policy is a woman-led, progressive, independent nonprofit center for research, education, and advocacy working to advance a more peaceful, just, and sustainable u.s. approach to foreign policy. through…

International
11
Advocates for the Environment Inc

Advocates for the environment is organizaed to educate the public concerning the law and the environment, to provide low-cost legal services to the public and other nonprofit organizations, and to use legal means such as litigation to…

Civil Rights
12
Environmental Law Alliance Worldwide

Educational & charitable. to provide legal and scientific information to public interest attorneys and scientists in numerous countries.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Center for Community Change; the most unlike its peers is The Regeneration Project. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

73 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 73 of the 82 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
19
Early backer (in before they grew)
69/73
Grantees still filing
46/73
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CENTER FOR AMERICAN PROGRESS ACTION FUND: $44,885,079 · Public BenefitCENTER FOR AMERICAN PROGRESS ACTION FUNDCenter on Budget and Policy Priorities: $3,682,500 · Public BenefitCenter on Budget and Policy Priorities+3 more: $112,500 · Public BenefitCENTER FOR LAW AND SOCIAL POLICY: $3,682,500 · Crime & LegalCENTER FO…DEMOCRACY FORWARD FOUNDATION: $1,000,000 · Crime & LegalDEMOCRACY…COMMUNITY LEGAL SERVICES INC: $330,000 · Crime & LegalCOMMUNITY…+3 more: $170,000 · Crime & LegalRESOURCES LEGACY FUND: $1,750,000 · EnvironmentCENTER FOR EARTH ENERGY AND DEMOCRACY: $1,277,922 · EnvironmentThe Partnership Project Inc: $850,000 · Environment+11 more: $454,500 · EnvironmentGEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY: $3,682,500 · Education+5 more: $226,805 · EducationNATIONAL EMPLOYMENT LAW PROJECT: $515,000 · OtherPROGRESS NOW EDUCATION: $90,600 · OtherFREEDOM FOR ALL AMERICANS EDUCATION FUND: $75,000 · OtherProgress Ohio Education Inc: $75,000 · OtherONE WISCONSIN INSTITUTE INC: $75,000 · OtherDARE DIRECT ACTION FOR RIGHTS AND EQUALITY INC: $135,000 · OtherNORTH CAROLINA JUSTICE CENTER: $75,000 · OtherHOPEWELL FUND: $107,500 · Other+32 more: $685,969 · OtherThe Partnership Project: $350,000 · Civil RightsINSTITUTE FOR A PROGRESSIVE NEVADA: $100,000 · Civil RightsCOLORADO CIVIC ENGAGEMENT ROUNDTABLE: $93,000 · Civil RightsSOUTH CAROLINA APPLESEED LEGAL JUSTICE CENTER: $85,000 · Civil RightsAction Center on Race & the Economy Institute: $75,000 · Civil RightsPROGRESS FLORIDA EDUCATION INSTITUTE INC: $75,000 · Civil RightsOHIO JUSTICE AND POLICY CENTER: $50,000 · Civil Rights+1 more: $12,000 · Civil RightsAMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC POLICY RESEARCH: $200,000 · Social ScienceKeystone Research Center Inc: $100,000 · Social ScienceCENTER FOR MIGRATION STUDIES OF NEW YORK INC: $25,000 · Social Science
Public Benefit$48,680,079Crime & Legal$5,182,500Environment$4,332,422Education$3,909,305Other$1,834,069Civil Rights$840,000Social Science$325,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCENTER FOR AMERICAN PROGRESS ACTION FUND: $44,885,079 over 8y, 62% of budgetCenter on Budget and Policy Priorities: $3,682,500 over 6y, 1.8% of budgetGEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY: $3,682,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetCENTER FOR LAW AND SOCIAL POLICY: $3,682,500 over 6y, 8.3% of budgetRESOURCES LEGACY FUND: $1,750,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetCENTER FOR EARTH ENERGY AND DEMOCRACY: $1,277,922 over 5y, 38% of budgetThe Partnership Project Inc: $850,000 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetNATIONAL EMPLOYMENT LAW PROJECT: $515,000 over 3y, 3.9% of budgetCOMMUNITY LEGAL SERVICES INC: $330,000 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetAMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC POLICY RESEARCH: $200,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetDARE DIRECT ACTION FOR RIGHTS AND EQUALITY INC: $135,000 over 3y, 21% of budgetCornell University: $119,305 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOLORADO CENTER ON LAW AND POLICY: $115,000 over 3y, 2.9% of budgetWest Harlem Environmental Action Inc: $110,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetHOPEWELL FUND: $107,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetINSTITUTE FOR A PROGRESSIVE NEVADA: $100,000 over 1y, 22% of budgetKeystone Research Center Inc: $100,000 over 1y, 12% of budgetCOLORADO CIVIC ENGAGEMENT ROUNDTABLE: $93,000 over 2y, 7.4% of budgetPROGRESS NOW EDUCATION: $90,600 over 1y, 13% of budgetTHE CLEO INSTITUTE INC: $87,000 over 4y, 1.8% of budgetSOUTH CAROLINA APPLESEED LEGAL JUSTICE CENTER: $85,000 over 2y, 3.9% of budgetSAFE & JUST MICHIGAN: $85,000 over 2y, 3.6% of budgetAction Center on Race & the Economy Institute: $75,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetNORTH CAROLINA JUSTICE CENTER: $75,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetFREEDOM FOR ALL AMERICANS EDUCATION FUND: $75,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetProgress Ohio Education Inc: $75,000 over 1y, 20% of budgetONE WISCONSIN INSTITUTE INC: $75,000 over 1y, 41% of budgetARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION FOR A NEW AMERICAN UNIVERSITY: $62,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLEAGUE OF CONSERVATION VOTERS EDUCATION FUND: $60,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCENTER FOR COMMUNITY CHANGE: $55,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCOMING CLEAN INC: $50,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetHOPE NETWORK: $50,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetNORTH CAROLINA COMMUNITY ACTION ASSOCIATION: $50,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetOHIO JUSTICE AND POLICY CENTER: $50,000 over 1y, 3.6% of budgetFUND FOR THE CENTER FOR COMMUNITY CHANGE: $41,600 over 1y, 4.0% of budgetGreenLatinos: $40,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetNorth Carolinians Against Gun Violence Education Fund Inc: $30,000 over 2y, 14% of budgetCOUNCIL OF STATE GOVERNMENTS: $30,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetKIND INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCENTER FOR MIGRATION STUDIES OF NEW YORK INC: $25,000 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetCenter for Community Self-Help: $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetNEW VENTURE FUND: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWOMEN'S REFUGEE COMMISSION INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetHester Street Collaborative Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetAINA MOMONA: $22,500 over 2y, 2.3% of budgetNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF STUDENT FINANCIAL AID ADMINISTRATORS: $20,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetAlliance for A Better Georgia Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 6.4% of budgetNEO Philanthropy Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

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.

New Venture FundAmalgamated Charitabl…United States Energy …Tides FoundationHopewell FundNEO Philanthropy IncThe Ford FoundationWellspring Philanthro…Tides CenterThe Partnership Proje…Annie E Casey Foundat…Environmental Defense…
New Venture FundDC39.4× affinity23 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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
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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Center for American Progress funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Center for American Progress. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 50%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    5get no government money at all
    15report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

    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 82 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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