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Economic Security Project Inc

Economic security project advocates for ideas that build economic power for all americans. We aim to build fair and healthy markets, advocate for tax credits, and champion a guaranteed income. See schedule oto support these fights, we work with academics, organizers, practitioners, donors, and culture makers to create change and help…

$1.7M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
37
Itemized grants FY2024
36
Organizations funded FY2023
58%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Itemized, FY2024
$1.6M
The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2024
$25,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$222,000
Organizations funded a year
14 to 36
FY2021 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
17
Total assets, FY2024
$13M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 58% of the organizations Economic Security Project Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 50% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 50% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.0M went to new ones.

50%100%’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’22’23
Public BenefitEducationHuman ServicesCivil RightsCommunity ImprovementEmploymentOther
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 arriving34$1.4M65%
FY202336$2.0M58%
FY202234$1.5M79%
FY202114$520kn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2024.

Public Benefit$1.1MCivil Rights$873kEducation$774kCommunity Improvement$709kPhilanthropy$410kHuman Services$397kCrime & Legal$337kSocial Science$304kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

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All grantees of Economic Security Project Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Center for Community Change$305,00020%
Open Markets Institute$270,00034%
Massachusetts Budget and Policy Center Inc$226,00043%
American Economic Liberties Project$225,00034%
Maine Equal Justice Partners$223,00034%
Vanderbilt University$222,00010%
DC Fiscal Policy Institute Inc$202,00043%
Progressive Change Institute$196,250315%
New York Immigration Coalition Inc$190,60031%
Oregon Center for Public Policy$146,40044%
Fight for the Future Education Fund$130,00026%
The Washington State Budget and Policy Center$125,00025%
Public Assets Institute Inc$119,00038%
New Jersey Policy Perspective$119,00032%
Georgia Resilience and Opportunity Fund Dba the Gro Fund$115,30011%
Align the Alliance for a Greater New York Inc$105,00024%
Initiative for Medicines Access & Knowledge (I-Mak) Inc$105,00014%
Springboard to Opportunities$100,00011%
The Roosevelt Institute$100,00020%
Nebraska Appleseed Center for Law in the Public Interest$94,00021%
Maine People's Resource Center$90,00021%
Association for the Promotion of Political Economy and the Law$80,000198%
Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy$80,00022%
Policylink$75,00010%
Cash Campaign of Maryland Inc$75,00021%
Colorado Fiscal Institute$75,00013%
Kc Tenants$75,00015%
Regents of the University of Michigan$70,4441n/a
New Mexico Voices for Children$70,00021%
Coalition for Green Capital D/B/A American Green Bank Consortium$65,00010%
Solid Ground Washington$60,00010%
University of Utah$60,0001n/a
Fractured Atlas Inc$54,50010%
Citizens Utility Board of Ohio$50,00019%
United States Public Interest Research Group Education Fund Inc$50,00012%
Income Movement Foundation$50,000113%
Asset Funders Network$50,00011%
Center for Community Stewardship$50,00011%
Institute for Local Self Reliance$50,00011%
Towards Justice of Colorado$50,00017%
Somos Un Pueblo Unido$40,00012%
Uc Hastings Law$40,0001n/a
Workers Center For Racial Just NFP$40,00012%
Childrens Action Alliance Inc$35,00012%
Hawaii Appleseed Center for Law and Economic Justice$31,40012%
United Way of Connecticut Inc$30,00010%
Trustees of Boston College$30,00010%
Maine Center for Economic Policy$30,00021%
T1INTERNATIONAL USA T1International$30,00015%
University of Massachusetts Amherst Foundation Inc$26,00010%
Earn Inc$25,00010%
Schuyler Center for Analysis and Advocacy Inc$25,00011%
New York University$25,00010%
Americans for Financial Reform Education Fund$25,00011%
University of Texas$25,0001n/a
Loyola University of Chicago$25,00010%
Instituto del Desarrollo de la Juventud$22,0001n/a
Utah Children$22,00012%
Community Spring Inc$20,00015%
Rooted School$20,00011%
United Way California Capital Region$20,00010%
Georgia Budget and Policy Institute Inc$20,00011%
Mi Familia En Accion$20,00010%
Center for Employment Opportunities Inc$20,00010%
iFoster Inc$20,00010%
Monument Impact$20,00010%
United Parents and Students$20,00011%
Mothers Outreach Network$20,00013%
Springboard for the Arts$20,00010%
The Urban Institute$20,00010%
Chicago Votes Education Fund$15,0001n/a
University of Kentucky Research Foundation$13,50010%
Haven Services$10,00011%
Mexican American Opportunity Foundation$10,00010%
University of Wisconsin$10,0001n/a
Central City Neighborhood Partners$10,00010%
ParentsTogether Foundation$10,00010%
Community College Foundation$10,00010%
Purpose Foundation$10,00010%
Opencollective Foundation$10,00010%
Eastmont Community Center$10,00010%
The Massachusetts Association for Community Action Inc$10,00010%
University of California Irvine Foundation$5,13810%
Resources for Organizing and Social Change$5,10013%

Where it is load-bearing

Economic Security Project Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 77 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCenter for Community Change: $305,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetOpen Markets Institute: $270,000 over 3y, 3.7% of budgetMassachusetts Budget and Policy Center Inc: $226,000 over 4y, 3.3% of budgetAmerican Economic Liberties Project: $225,000 over 3y, 3.7% of budgetMaine Equal Justice Partners: $223,000 over 3y, 4.5% of budgetVanderbilt University: $222,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDC Fiscal Policy Institute Inc: $202,000 over 4y, 3.1% of budgetProgressive Change Institute: $196,250 over 3y, 15% of budgetNew York Immigration Coalition Inc: $190,600 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetOregon Center for Public Policy: $146,400 over 4y, 3.9% of budgetFight for the Future Education Fund: $130,000 over 2y, 6.2% of budgetThe Washington State Budget and Policy Center: $125,000 over 2y, 4.8% of budgetPublic Assets Institute Inc: $119,000 over 3y, 7.9% of budgetNew Jersey Policy Perspective: $119,000 over 3y, 2.5% of budgetGeorgia Resilience and Opportunity Fund Dba the Gro Fund: $115,300 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetAlign the Alliance for a Greater New York Inc: $105,000 over 2y, 4.4% of budgetInitiative for Medicines Access & Knowledge (I-Mak) Inc: $105,000 over 1y, 3.6% of budgetSpringboard to Opportunities: $100,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetThe Roosevelt Institute: $100,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetNebraska Appleseed Center for Law in the Public Interest: $94,000 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetMaine People's Resource Center: $90,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetAssociation for the Promotion of Political Economy and the Law: $80,000 over 1y, 98% of budgetInstitute on Taxation and Economic Policy: $80,000 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetPolicylink: $75,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCash Campaign of Maryland Inc: $75,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetColorado Fiscal Institute: $75,000 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetKc Tenants: $75,000 over 1y, 5.1% of budgetNew Mexico Voices for Children: $70,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetCoalition for Green Capital D/B/A American Green Bank Consortium: $65,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetSolid Ground Washington: $60,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetFractured Atlas Inc: $54,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCitizens Utility Board of Ohio: $50,000 over 1y, 8.5% of budgetUnited States Public Interest Research Group Education Fund Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetIncome Movement Foundation: $50,000 over 1y, 13% of budgetAsset Funders Network: $50,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetCenter for Community Stewardship: $50,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetInstitute for Local Self Reliance: $50,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetTowards Justice of Colorado: $50,000 over 1y, 7.2% of budgetSomos Un Pueblo Unido: $40,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetWorkers Center For Racial Just NFP: $40,000 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetChildrens Action Alliance Inc: $35,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetHawaii Appleseed Center for Law and Economic Justice: $31,400 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetUnited Way of Connecticut Inc: $30,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTrustees of Boston College: $30,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMaine Center for Economic Policy: $30,000 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetT1INTERNATIONAL USA T1International: $30,000 over 1y, 5.3% of budgetUniversity of Massachusetts Amherst Foundation Inc: $26,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetEarn Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.3% 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 77.

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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.

Hopewell FundDC51.8× affinity25 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Hopewell Fund · Annie E Casey Foundation Inc · Center on Budget and Policy Priorities · New Venture Fund · Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc · Economic Security Project Action Inc · The Ford Foundation · Economic Policy Institute · Foundation to Promote Open Society · Community Catalyst Inc · Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc · Impactassetsinc

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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Find your warmest path to Economic Security Project Inc through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

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About Economic Security Project Inc

How much does Economic Security Project Inc give?
Economic Security Project Inc reported 37 itemized grants totaling $1,577,000, out of $1,669,763 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 14 and 36 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2023.
What does Economic Security Project Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2024, its largest causes are Public Benefit (18%), Civil Rights (15%), Education (13%).
Who are Economic Security Project Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2021 to FY2024: Center for Community Change ($305k), Open Markets Institute ($270k), Massachusetts Budget and Policy Center Inc ($226k).
Does Economic Security Project Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 58% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as Economic Security Project Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Hopewell Fund, Annie E Casey Foundation Inc, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities.
Where is Economic Security Project Inc based?
Economic Security Project Inc is based in NY.

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 89 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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