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Center for the Study of Social Policy

The CENTER FOR THE STUDY OF SOCIAL POLICY, inc.

$180k
Granted FY2022
3
Grants FY2022
3
States reached
$60k
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 2022.

Health$954kHuman Services$749kCrime & Legal$300kCommunity Improvement$84kPhilanthropy$81kCivil Rights$71kEducation$49k
02FY2022 · 3 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$60,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$21M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
LEGAL AID SOCEITY OF PALM BEACH COUNTY INC$60,000
KENTUCKY YOUTH ADVOCATES INC$60,000
NORTHWESTERN COUNSELING & SUPPORT SERVICES INC$60,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–21, $378k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 20% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%EPIC 'OHANA INC: $30k → 9%FAMILY SERVICES OF RHODE ISLAND INC: $40k → 14%MULTI AGENCY ALLIANCE FOR CHILDREN INC: $25k → 13%LAMOILLE FAMILY CENTER: $102k → 9%FAMILY SERVICES OF RHODE ISLAND INC: $11k → 14%LAMOILLE FAMILY CENTER: $75k → 9%LAMOILLE FAMILY CENTER: $64k → 9%LAMOILLE FAMILY CENTER: $31k → 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

VT
MI
MA
OR
IA
PA
NJ
RI
CA
CO
NE
KY
NC
HI
MS
GA
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.

85%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.9M · 12 repeat orgs$341k to everyone else

12 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2022, 11 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2022 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

12
9

Total granted

$1.9M
$221k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+42%
+101%

Still filing today

67%
67%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2022, 33% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $120k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22
Human ServicesPhilanthropyEducationHealthCivil RightsOther
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
    CHOC FOUNDATION
    3× · 2017–2019 · $315k · revenue +103%
  • LF
    LAMOILLE FAMILY CENTER INC
    4× · 2017–2021 · $272k · revenue +42%
  • KY
    KENTUCKY YOUTH ADVOCATES INC
    3× · 2020–2022 · $111k · revenue +21%

Funded once

  • AC
    ALLEGHENY COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES
    one grant, 2017 · $50k
  • VN
    VISITING NURSE ASSOCIATION OF CENTRAL JERSEYgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $40k · revenue +68%
  • YP
    YOUTH POLICY INSTITUTE OF IOWA
    one grant, 2017 · $30k · revenue -54%
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
Children's Friend and Service

The mission of children's friend and service (the organization) is to be the innovative leader in improving the well-being and healthy development of rhode island's most vulnerable young children. they accomplish this by providing flexible…

Human Services
2
Allies for Every Child Inc

All children need a childhood. Allies for Every Child brings together and strengthens families, cultivating conditions for children to succeed in life. (Continues on Schedule O)

Human Services
3
The Campbell Institute

Children's institute's mission is to leverage research, practice, policy, and advocacy to shift systems toward justice for families so that all of oregon's children, prenatal to grade 5, have access to opportunity.

Unclassified
4
Start Early

Start early advances quality early learning for families with children, before birth through their earliest years, to help close the opportunity gap.

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5
Children's Trust Inc

To partner with organizations and communities to drive systemic change that impacts the root causes of child abuse and neglect.

Crime & Legal
6
Children's Council of San Francisco

By advocating for quality early care and education, empowering families with information and financial support, and building the capabilities of educators, Children's Council of San Francisco ensures that every child in San Francisco has…

Human Services
7
Family Services Inc

To strengthen the well-being and development of families and individuals through professional human services programs, including therapy, counseling, education, special assistance, and advocacy.

Human Services
8
North Carolina Partnership for Children Inc

The north carolina partnership for children (ncpc) is the lead organization and backbone of the smart start network, setting statewide vision, policy, and funding priorities. while local partnerships translate the statewide vision into…

Education
9
Our Children Oregon

Our children oregon's mission is to be a voice and force for the common good for all oregon children, ensuring all children have the resources and opportunities they need to reach their full potential. we elevate data and the voices of…

Philanthropy
10
Association of Infant Mental Health in Tennessee

Aimhitn supports professionals through training, resources, and community involvement to foster the early relational health of infants, young children, and families.

Health
11
Maine Children's Home for Little Wanderers

To build and strengthen families and their children, instilling hope for the future and a better quality of life.

—
12
The Children's Home Society of Florida

Children's home society of florida mission statement:building bridges to success for children

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Northwestern Counseling & Support Services; the most unlike its peers is Youth Policy Institute of Iowa. 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

17 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. 17 of the 24 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)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
17/17
Grantees still filing
14/17
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

First 5 Alameda County: $351,797 · OtherFirst 5 Alameda CountyLOS ANGELES COUNTY CHILDREN AND FAMILIES FIRST-PROP 10 COMMISSION: $311,667 · OtherLOS ANGELES COUNTY CHILDREN AND FAMILIES FIRST-PROP 10 C…CHILDREN'S SERVICES COUNCIL OF PALM BEARCH COUNTY: $192,500 · OtherCHILDREN'S SERVICES COUNCIL OF PALM BEARCH COUNTYCOUNTY OF ORANGE: $70,500 · OtherCOUNTY OF ORANGELegal Aid Society of Palm Beach County Inc: $60,000 · OtherALLEGHENY COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES: $50,000 · OtherVISITING NURSE ASSOCIATION OF CENTRAL JERSEY: $40,000 · Other+3 more: $60,560 · OtherLAMOILLE FAMILY CENTER INC: $271,977 · Human ServicesLAMOILLE FAMILY CE…FAMILY SERVICE OF RHODE ISLAND INC: $51,000 · Human ServicesFAMILY SERVICE OF …EFFECTIVE PLANNING & INNOVATIVE COMMUNICATION INC: $30,000 · Human ServicesEFFECTIVE PLANNING…MULTI-AGENCY ALLIANCE FOR CHILDREN INC: $25,000 · Human ServicesMULTI-AGENCY ALLIA…CHOC FOUNDATION: $315,000 · HealthCHOC FOUNDATIONNORTHWESTERN COUNSELING & SUPPORT SERVICES: $60,000 · HealthNORTHWESTERN COUNS…United Way Of Massachusetts Bay Inc: $76,121 · PhilanthropyHAWAII COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $50,000 · PhilanthropyUnited Way of the Columbia-Willamette: $40,000 · PhilanthropyNEBRASKA CHILDREN & FAMILIES FOUNDATION: $10,000 · PhilanthropyKENTUCKY YOUTH ADVOCATES INC: $111,000 · Civil RightsDENVER EARLY CHILDHOOD COUNCIL: $44,210 · EducationREADY FOR SCHOOL READY FOR LIFE: $40,000 · EducationFIRST STEPS KENT: $5,000 · Education
Other$1,137,024Human Services$377,977Health$375,000Philanthropy$176,121Civil Rights$111,000Education$89,210

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

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCHOC FOUNDATION: $315,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetLAMOILLE FAMILY CENTER INC: $271,977 over 4y, 5.1% of budgetKENTUCKY YOUTH ADVOCATES INC: $111,000 over 3y, 1.8% of budgetUnited Way Of Massachusetts Bay Inc: $76,121 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetLegal Aid Society of Palm Beach County Inc: $60,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetNORTHWESTERN COUNSELING & SUPPORT SERVICES: $60,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFAMILY SERVICE OF RHODE ISLAND INC: $51,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetHAWAII COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDENVER EARLY CHILDHOOD COUNCIL: $44,210 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetUnited Way of the Columbia-Willamette: $40,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetVISITING NURSE ASSOCIATION OF CENTRAL JERSEY: $40,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetREADY FOR SCHOOL READY FOR LIFE: $40,000 over 2y, 8.3% of budgetYOUTH POLICY INSTITUTE OF IOWA: $30,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetEFFECTIVE PLANNING & INNOVATIVE COMMUNICATION INC: $30,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetMULTI-AGENCY ALLIANCE FOR CHILDREN INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNEBRASKA CHILDREN & FAMILIES FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFIRST STEPS KENT: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% 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.

Annie E Casey Foundat…Vanguard Charitable E…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Donor Advised Charita…Amazonsmile Foundation
Annie E Casey Foundation IncMD16.7× affinity6 shared granteesties to 5 of 5Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Annie E Casey Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation

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 the Study of Social Policy funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Center for the Study of Social Policy. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%15%30%45%60%share of the org’s income from government →median 25%
  • Lamoille Family Center Inc: 36% of income from government
  • United Way of the Columbia-Willamette: 25% of income from government
  • United Way of Massachusetts Bay Inc: 23% of income from government
  • Legal Aid Society of Palm Beach County Inc: 10% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–60%
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 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 2022, released 2022. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2024) is on record and reports no grant expense, so the figures above are from FY2022, the most recent year this funder made grants.

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