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Center on Budget and Policy Priorities

Promoting better public understanding, providing factual information and data, and analyzing impacts of government programs and policies that affect the lives of low and moderate income families and individuals at federal and state levels.

$11M
Granted FY2024still arriving
148
Grants FY2024still arriving
42
States reached
$300k
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$44MSocial Science$9.9MCivil Rights$8.4MHuman Services$7.4MCommunity Improvement$4.4MCrime & Legal$2.8MEmployment$2.2MEnvironment$1.3MOther$0
02FY2024 · 148 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k3 grants · $16k
  • $10k–50k59 grants · $1.9M
  • $50k–250k77 grants · $6.4M
  • $250k+9 grants · $2.4M
$50,000
Median grant
42
States reached
$172M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Policy Matters Ohio$300,000
Oregon Center for Public Policy$300,000
Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families$250,000
Invest Louisiana (Formally Louisiana Budget Project)$250,000
West Virginia Center on Budget and Policy$250,000
Policy Matters Ohio$250,000
Florida Policy Institute$250,000
Common Good Iowa$250,000
Oklahoma Policy Institute$250,000
Immigration Research Initiative co NEO Philanthropy$210,000
Georgia Budget and Policy Institute$180,000
Policy Matters Ohio$155,000
DC Fiscal Policy Institute$150,000
OpenSky Policy Institute$150,000
Massachusetts Budget and Policy Center$150,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $7.9M) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 53% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 11%Pennsylvania Policy Center co State Power Fund: $100k → 22%Hawaii Appleseed Center for Law and Economic Justice: $135k → 9%Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families: $250k → 17%Michigan League for Public Policy: $150k → 9%Kansas Action for Children: $200k → 14%Wisconsin Budget Project: $80k → 10%Connecticut Voices for Children: $125k → 12%Pennsylvania Policy Center co State Power Fund: $150k → 19%Hunger Free New Jersey co Center for Food Action in New Jersey: $75k → 7%Idaho Center for Fiscal Policy: $80k → 8%Pennsylvania Policy Center co State Power Fund: $75k → 22%Hawaii Appleseed Center for Law and Economic Justice: $100k → 9%Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families: $100k → 17%Michigan League for Public Policy: $150k → 9%Kansas Action for Children: $100k → 14%Missouri Budget Project: $100k → 21%Kids Forward: $80k → 10%Connecticut Voices for Children: $75k → 12%Pennsylvania Policy Center co State Power Fund: $75k → 19%Jannus Inc: $75k → 8%Hawaii Appleseed Center for Law and Economic Justice: $100k → 9%Arkansas Advocates for Children & Families: $100k → 17%Michigan League for Public Policy: $100k → 9%Kansas Center for Economic Growth: $100k → 14%Missouri Budget Project: $100k → 21%Kids Forward: $80k → 10%Connecticut Voices for Children: $75k → 12%Pennsylvania Policy Center co State Power Fund: $75k → 19%Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families: $75k → 17%Michigan League for Public Policy: $75k → 9%Kansas Action for Children: $75k → 14%Wisconsin Budget Project: $75k → 10%Connecticut Voices for Children: $75k → 12%Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families: $75k → 17%Kansas Action for Children: $75k → 14%Wisconsin Budget Project: $75k → 10%Idaho Center for Fiscal Policy: $75k → 8%Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families: $75k → 17%Kansas Action for Children Inc: $75k → 14%Kids Forward: $75k → 10%Idaho Center for Fiscal Policy co Jannus Inc: $75k → 8%Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families: $75k → 17%Kansas Action for Children: $75k → 14%Idaho Center for Fiscal Policy: $75k → 8%Kansas Action for Children: $75k → 14%Kansas Action for Children: $75k → 14%Kansas Action for Children: $75k → 14%Children's Action Alliance: $75k → 11%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

AK
ME
VT
NH
WA
ID
MT
ND
MN
IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
OR
NV
IA
IN
OH
PA
NJ
CT
RI
CA
UT
CO
NE
MO
KY
WV
VA
MD
AZ
NM
KS
AR
TN
NC
SC
DC
HI
OK
LA
MS
AL
GA
TX
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.

98%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$82M · 76 repeat orgs$2.0M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +65% since the first grant, against +50% for those funded once.

76 repeat relationships: 50 still active in FY2024, 26 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

76
31

Total granted

$82M
$1.6M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+65%
+50%

Still filing today

96%
94%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $410k 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
Public BenefitHuman ServicesCivil RightsCrime & LegalFood & NutritionCommunity ImprovementOther
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

  • PM
    POLICY MATTERS OHIO
    8× · 2017–2024 · $4.3M · revenue +16% · 53% of their budget
  • TC
    The Commonwealth Institute for
    8× · 2017–2024 · $3.9M · revenue +98% · 35% of their budget
  • GB
    GEORGIA BUDGET AND POLICY INSTITUTE INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $3.5M · revenue +58% · 27% of their budget

Funded once

  • CF
    CENTER FOR AMERICAN PROGRESS
    one grant, 2021 · $250k · revenue -26%
  • FF
    Floridians for Tax Fairness Inc
    one grant, 2018 · $150k
  • OA
    OHIO ASSOCIATION OF FOODBANKS INC
    one grant, 2023 · $120k · revenue -18%
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
Colorado Center On Law and Policy

Colorado center on law and policy is an antipoverty organization advancing the rights of every coloradan.

Crime & Legal
2
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
3
Institute for Public Accuracy

To teach and disseminate educational materials to the public.

Arts & Culture
4
Economic Opportunity Institute

Equip the public and public decision-makers with the policy research and practical tools they need to embed the values of fairness, care, and opportunity into the foundations of Washington's economy.

Community Improvement
5
Center On Policy Initiatives

Promoting higher living standards for poor and moderate-income people through research, policy development, public education, and effective advocacy.

Human Services
6
Economic Policy Institute

Epi uses the tools of economics to bring the interests of low- and middle-income workers into economic policy discussions. epi's rigorous research and transformative ideas fortify worker organizing, build a shared understanding of how…

Social Science
7
CarbonPlan

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

Environment
8
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
9
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
10
Council for National Policy

To provide information about public policy and national policy alternatives to leaders in business, government, religion, and academia.

Public Benefit
11
Center for Popular Democracy Inc

The center for popular democracy (cpd) and its affiliates know that everyday people have the power to change the world. we upend business and politics as usual to forge a representative, multiracial government and society where we all…

Public Benefit
12
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,…

Public Benefit
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is New Mexico Center On Law and Poverty; the most unlike its peers is Bay Area Legal Aid. 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

111 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. 111 of the 113 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.

24
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
46
Early backer (in before they grew)
108/111
Grantees still filing
82/111
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

The Commonwealth Institute for: $3,855,000 · Public BenefitThe Commonwealth Institute forGEORGIA BUDGET AND POLICY INSTITUTE INC: $3,544,000 · Public BenefitGEORGIA BUDGET AND POLICY INSTITUTE I…Center for Public Policy Priorities: $2,716,500 · Public BenefitCenter for Public Policy PrioritiesFLORIDA POLICY INSTITUTE INC: $2,631,000 · Public BenefitFLORIDA POLICY INSTITUTE INCFISCAL POLICY INSTITUTE INC: $2,437,507 · Public BenefitFISCAL POLICY INSTITUTE INCTHE WASHINGTON STATE BUDGET AND POLICY CENTER: $2,124,000 · Public BenefitTHE WASHINGTON STATE BUDGET AND POLIC…INVEST IN LOUISIANA: $1,956,750 · Public BenefitINVEST IN LOUISIANAMONTANA BUDGET AND POLICY CENTER: $1,826,000 · Public BenefitMONTANA BUDGET AND POLICY CENTEROPENSKY POLICY INSTITUTE: $1,370,000 · Public BenefitALABAMA ARISE: $967,697 · Public Benefit+13 more: $4,512,000 · Public Benefit+13 moreNORTH CAROLINA JUSTICE CENTER: $2,176,500 · Human ServicesNORTH CAROLIN…MICHIGAN LEAGUE FOR PUBLIC POLICY: $1,458,000 · Human ServicesMICHIGAN LEAG…KANSAS ACTION FOR CHILDREN INC: $1,300,000 · Human ServicesKANSAS ACTION…ARKANSAS ADVOCATES FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES: $1,039,000 · Human ServicesARKANSAS ADVO…KIDS FORWARD INC: $1,000,000 · Human ServicesKIDS FORWARD …STATE POWER FUND: $625,000 · Human ServicesSTATE POWER F…HAWAII APPLESEED CENTER FOR LAW AND ECONOMIC JUSTICE: $595,910 · Human ServicesHAWAII APPLES…JANNUS INC: $559,000 · Human ServicesJANNUS INCCONNECTICUT VOICES FOR CHILDREN INC: $480,000 · Human ServicesMISSOURI BUDGET PROJECT: $345,000 · Human Services+9 more: $516,500 · Human ServicesCHILDRENS ACTION ALLIANCE INC: $3,056,000 · OtherCHILDRENS ACTION ALLIANCE …Massachusetts Budget and Policy Center Inc: $2,541,000 · OtherMassachusetts Budget and P…West Virginia Center on Budget and Policy: $1,995,000 · OtherWest Virginia Center on Bu…COMMON GOOD IOWA: $758,000 · OtherNew Jersey Policy Perspective: $2,802,250 · OtherNew Jersey Policy Perspect…OREGON CENTER FOR PUBLIC POLICY: $2,487,250 · OtherOREGON CENTER FOR PUBLIC P…Minnesota Council of Nonprofits Inc: $1,674,000 · OtherMinnesota Council of Nonpr…+34 more: $4,468,500 · Other+34 morePOLICY MATTERS OHIO: $4,291,000 · Social SciencePOLICY MATTE…MAINE CENTER FOR ECONOMIC POLICY: $2,195,000 · Social ScienceMAINE CENTER…Keystone Research Center Inc: $1,460,025 · Social ScienceKeystone Res…MARYLAND CENTER ON ECONOMIC POLICY INC: $1,126,750 · Social ScienceMARYLAND CEN…+1 more: $70,375 · Social ScienceNEW MEXICO VOICES FOR CHILDREN: $2,459,000 · Civil RightsNEW MEXIC…OKLAHOMA POLICY INC: $1,910,000 · Civil RightsOKLAHOMA …NATIONAL IMMIGRATION LAW CENTER: $850,000 · Civil RightsNATIONAL …NC BUDGET & TAX CENTER: $675,000 · Civil RightsNC BUDGET…Utah Children: $520,000 · Civil RightsUtah Chil…CENTER FOR AMERICAN PROGRESS: $250,000 · Civil RightsPROGEORGIA STATE TABLE INC: $240,000 · Civil Rights+4 more: $270,500 · Civil RightsCOLORADO FISCAL INSTITUTE: $3,391,500 · Community ImprovementDC FISCAL POLICY INSTITUTE INC: $1,327,000 · Community ImprovementMOUNTAIN ASSOCIATION FOR COMMUNITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INC: $1,078,000 · Community ImprovementIDAHO VOICES FOR CHILDREN FOUNDATION INC: $245,000 · Community Improvement+3 more: $83,000 · Community ImprovementCALIFORNIA BUDGET & POLICY CENTER: $2,063,000 · EducationBLUEPRINT NORTH CAROLINA: $1,405,000 · EducationCENTER FOR A NEW ECONOMY INC: $275,000 · EducationRESULTS EDUCATIONAL FUND INC: $250,000 · Education+3 more: $165,000 · Education
Public Benefit$27,940,454Human Services$10,094,910Other$19,782,000Social Science$9,143,150Civil Rights$7,174,500Community Improvement$6,124,500Education$4,158,000

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 budgetPOLICY MATTERS OHIO: $4,291,000 over 8y, 53% of budgetThe Commonwealth Institute for: $3,855,000 over 8y, 35% of budgetGEORGIA BUDGET AND POLICY INSTITUTE INC: $3,544,000 over 8y, 27% of budgetCOLORADO FISCAL INSTITUTE: $3,391,500 over 8y, 49% of budgetCHILDRENS ACTION ALLIANCE INC: $3,056,000 over 8y, 27% of budgetNew Jersey Policy Perspective: $2,802,250 over 8y, 36% of budgetCenter for Public Policy Priorities: $2,716,500 over 8y, 21% of budgetFLORIDA POLICY INSTITUTE INC: $2,631,000 over 8y, 42% of budgetMassachusetts Budget and Policy Center Inc: $2,541,000 over 8y, 33% of budgetOREGON CENTER FOR PUBLIC POLICY: $2,487,250 over 8y, 45% of budgetNEW MEXICO VOICES FOR CHILDREN: $2,459,000 over 8y, 47% of budgetFISCAL POLICY INSTITUTE INC: $2,437,507 over 8y, 66% of budgetMAINE CENTER FOR ECONOMIC POLICY: $2,195,000 over 8y, 34% of budgetNORTH CAROLINA JUSTICE CENTER: $2,176,500 over 5y, 11% of budgetTHE WASHINGTON STATE BUDGET AND POLICY CENTER: $2,124,000 over 8y, 29% of budgetCALIFORNIA BUDGET & POLICY CENTER: $2,063,000 over 8y, 15% of budgetINVEST IN LOUISIANA: $1,956,750 over 8y, 29% of budgetOKLAHOMA POLICY INC: $1,910,000 over 8y, 26% of budgetMONTANA BUDGET AND POLICY CENTER: $1,826,000 over 8y, 35% of budgetMinnesota Council of Nonprofits Inc: $1,674,000 over 8y, 9.4% of budgetKeystone Research Center Inc: $1,460,025 over 7y, 17% of budgetMICHIGAN LEAGUE FOR PUBLIC POLICY: $1,458,000 over 8y, 20% of budgetBLUEPRINT NORTH CAROLINA: $1,405,000 over 2y, 12% of budgetOPENSKY POLICY INSTITUTE: $1,370,000 over 8y, 26% of budgetDC FISCAL POLICY INSTITUTE INC: $1,327,000 over 6y, 21% of budgetKANSAS ACTION FOR CHILDREN INC: $1,300,000 over 8y, 33% of budgetMARYLAND CENTER ON ECONOMIC POLICY INC: $1,126,750 over 8y, 34% of budgetMOUNTAIN ASSOCIATION FOR COMMUNITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INC: $1,078,000 over 4y, 8.4% of budgetARKANSAS ADVOCATES FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES: $1,039,000 over 8y, 16% of budgetKIDS FORWARD INC: $1,000,000 over 8y, 11% of budgetALABAMA ARISE: $967,697 over 8y, 16% of budgetNATIONAL IMMIGRATION LAW CENTER: $850,000 over 8y, 0.8% of budgetNEO Philanthropy Inc: $845,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetKENTUCKY CENTER FOR ECONOMIC POLICY INC: $840,000 over 4y, 18% of budgetCOMMON GOOD IOWA: $758,000 over 4y, 48% of budgetTHE ECONOMIC PROGRESS INSTITUTE: $710,000 over 7y, 22% of budgetNC BUDGET & TAX CENTER: $675,000 over 2y, 19% of budgetPUBLIC ASSETS INSTITUTE INC: $630,000 over 7y, 32% of budgetSTATE POWER FUND: $625,000 over 2y, 7.4% of budgetHAWAII APPLESEED CENTER FOR LAW AND ECONOMIC JUSTICE: $595,910 over 6y, 12% of budgetJANNUS INC: $559,000 over 7y, 0.7% of budgetUtah Children: $520,000 over 6y, 13% of budgetCONNECTICUT VOICES FOR CHILDREN INC: $480,000 over 6y, 12% of budgetNEW HAMPSHIRE FISCAL POLICY INSTITUTE: $435,000 over 7y, 16% of budgetCHILD AND FAMILY POLICY CENTER: $432,500 over 3y, 58% of budgetOne Voice: $425,000 over 4y, 4.3% of budgetMaine Equal Justice Partners: $375,000 over 5y, 7.8% of budgetMISSOURI BUDGET PROJECT: $345,000 over 5y, 9.4% 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.

  • Who funds POLICY MATTERS OHIO ↗
  • Who funds The Commonwealth Institute for ↗
  • Who funds GEORGIA BUDGET AND POLICY INSTITUTE INC ↗
  • Who funds COLORADO FISCAL INSTITUTE ↗
  • Who funds CHILDRENS ACTION ALLIANCE INC ↗
  • Who funds New Jersey Policy Perspective ↗
  • Who funds Center for Public Policy Priorities ↗
  • Who funds FLORIDA POLICY INSTITUTE INC ↗
  • Who funds Massachusetts Budget and Policy Center Inc ↗
  • Who funds OREGON CENTER FOR PUBLIC POLICY ↗
  • Who funds NEW MEXICO VOICES FOR CHILDREN ↗
  • Who funds FISCAL POLICY INSTITUTE INC ↗
  • Who funds MAINE CENTER FOR ECONOMIC POLICY ↗
  • Who funds NORTH CAROLINA JUSTICE CENTER ↗
  • Who funds THE WASHINGTON STATE BUDGET AND POLICY CENTER ↗
  • Who funds CALIFORNIA BUDGET & POLICY CENTER ↗
  • Who funds INVEST IN LOUISIANA ↗
  • Who funds OKLAHOMA POLICY INC ↗
  • Who funds MONTANA BUDGET AND POLICY CENTER ↗
  • Who funds Minnesota Council of Nonprofits Inc ↗
  • Who funds Keystone Research Center Inc ↗
  • Who funds MICHIGAN LEAGUE FOR PUBLIC POLICY ↗
  • Who funds BLUEPRINT NORTH CAROLINA ↗
  • Who funds OPENSKY POLICY INSTITUTE ↗
  • Who funds DC FISCAL POLICY INSTITUTE INC ↗
  • Who funds KANSAS ACTION FOR CHILDREN INC ↗
  • Who funds MARYLAND CENTER ON ECONOMIC POLICY INC ↗
  • Who funds MOUNTAIN ASSOCIATION FOR COMMUNITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INC ↗
  • Who funds ARKANSAS ADVOCATES FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES ↗
  • Who funds KIDS FORWARD INC ↗
  • Who funds ALABAMA ARISE ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL IMMIGRATION LAW CENTER ↗
  • Who funds NEO Philanthropy Inc ↗
  • Who funds KENTUCKY CENTER FOR ECONOMIC POLICY INC ↗
  • Who funds COMMON GOOD IOWA ↗
  • Who funds THE ECONOMIC PROGRESS INSTITUTE ↗
  • Who funds NC BUDGET & TAX CENTER ↗
  • Who funds PUBLIC ASSETS INSTITUTE INC ↗
  • Who funds STATE POWER FUND ↗

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…MAZON A Jewish Respon…Economic Policy Insti…Hopewell FundNew Venture FundCommunity Catalyst IncThe Ford FoundationCenter for Law and So…WK Kellogg FoundationThe David and Lucile …Alliance for Early Su…Economic Security Pro…
Annie E Casey Foundation IncMD91.6× affinity55 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Annie E Casey Foundation Inc · MAZON A Jewish Response to Hunger · Economic Policy Institute · Hopewell Fund · New Venture Fund · Community Catalyst Inc · The Ford Foundation · Center for Law and Social Policy · WK Kellogg Foundation · The David and Lucile Packard Foundation · Alliance for Early Success Fka Birth to Five Policy Alliance · Economic Security Project Inc

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 on Budget and Policy Priorities funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 100%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 3%
  • Florida Legal Services Inc: 39% of income from government
  • Trustees of Boston College: 3% of income from government
  • Center for Food Action in New Jersey: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
10get no government money at all
24report 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 113 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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The unnamed billions
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The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
The DAF merry-go-round
$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home