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Economic Security Project Inc

Economic security project advocates for ideas that build economic power for all americans.

$1.7M
Granted FY2024still arriving
37
Grants FY2024still arriving
17
States reached
$222k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% 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
02FY2024 · 37 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 37 grants below total $1,577,000, the rows itemized in this filing. The $1,669,763 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $92,763 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2024

  • $10k–50k23 grants · $420k
  • $50k–250k14 grants · $1.2M
$25,000
Median grant
17
States reached
$13M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY$222,000
COMMUNITY CHANGE$180,000
TIDES CENTER$75,000
THE FRANKLIN & ELEANOR ROOSEVELT INSTITUTE$75,000
COLORADO FISCAL INSTITUTE$75,000
KC TENANTS$75,000
COALITION FOR GREEN CAPITAL$65,000
SOCIAL GOOD FUND$65,000
MAINE PEOPLES RESOURCE CENTER$65,000
PROGRESSIVE CHANGE INSTITUTE$60,000
CENTER FOR COMMUNITY STEWARDSHIP INC$50,000
CITIZENS UTILITY BOARD OF OHIO$50,000
DC FISCAL POLICY INSTITUTE INC$50,000
OREGON CENTER FOR PUBLIC POLICY$50,000
CHILDREN'S ACTION ALLIANCE$35,000
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 (FY22–24, $266k) land where the poverty rate runs at 18%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 88% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%HAWAII APPLESEED CENTER FOR LAW: $31k → 9%MOTHERS OUTREACH NETWORK: $20k → 14%SPRINGBOARD TO OPPORTUNITIES: $100k → 23%CASH CAMPAIGN OF MARYLAND: $60k → 19%CASH CAMPAIGN OF MARYLAND INC: $15k → 19%EASTMONT COMMUNITY CENTER: $10k → 14%CENTRAL CITY NEIGHBORHOOD PARTNERS: $10k → 14%HAVEN NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES: $10k → 14%PARENTSTOGETHER FOUNDATION: $10k → 14%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

ME
VT
WA
MN
IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
OR
OH
NJ
CT
RI
CA
UT
CO
NE
MO
VA
MD
DE
AZ
NM
TN
DC
HI
LA
MS
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.
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Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 6% of Economic Security Project Inc’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 10% of the giving stays in NY; by stated purpose, 8%.

Economic Security Project Inclessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

57%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$3.1M · 21 repeat orgs$2.4M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +34% since the first grant, against +14% for those funded once.

21 repeat relationships: 12 still active in FY2024, 9 since wound down; 22 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

21
41

Total granted

$3.1M
$1.6M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+34%
+14%

Still filing today

100%
83%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 41% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $832k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23’24
EducationHuman ServicesPublic BenefitCivil RightsCommunity ImprovementPhilanthropyOther
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

  • CENTER FOR COMMUNITY CHANGE
    2× · 2023–2024 · $305k · revenue +66%
  • OM
    OPEN MARKETS INSTITUTE
    3× · 2021–2023 · $270k · revenue +5%
  • AE
    AMERICAN ECONOMIC LIBERTIES PROJECT
    3× · 2021–2023 · $225k · revenue +34%

Funded once

  • GR
    GEORGIA RESILIENCE AND OPPORTUNITY FUND DBA THE GRO FUND
    one grant, 2023 · $115k · revenue -66%
  • IF
    INITIATIVE FOR MEDICINES ACCESS & KNOWLEDGE (I-MAK) INC
    one grant, 2023 · $105k · revenue -55%
  • ST
    SPRINGBOARD TO OPPORTUNITIES
    one grant, 2022 · $100k · 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
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
2
Central Indiana Corporate Partnership Inc

Central indiana corporate partnership (cicp) is an alliance of indiana's business and research university leaders coming together to foster long-term prosperity for the region. cicp's mission is to transform the economy of indiana in order…

Community Improvement
3
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
4
Employ America

To promote macroeconomic policies that ensure the sustained advancement of labor market outcomes for all american workers, i.e. tight labor markets, higher wages and better quality employment.

Employment
5
Common Future

Common future is a network of pioneering leaders across the u.s. and canada who work deeply within their communities to create alternative approaches to business, philanthropy, and investing. we envision an economy that has transitioned…

Community Improvement
6
Colorado Center On Law and Policy

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

Crime & Legal
7
The Common Application Inc

The common application is a not-for-profit membership organization of over 1,100 colleges and universities across the globe committed to access, equity, and integrity in the college admission process. every year, over 1.5 million students…

Education
8
Coop Careers Inc

Building a movement of diverse, upwardly mobile college grads overcoming underemployment through digital skills and peer connections.

Education
9
Manhattan Institute for Policy Research Inc

The manhattan institute is a community of scholars, journalists, activists, and civic leaders dedicated to advancing opportunity, individual liberty, and the rule of law in america and its great cities.

Public Benefit
10
The Union of Concerned Scientists Inc

The union of concerned scientists puts rigorous, independent science into action, developing solutions and advocating for a healthy, safe, and just future.

International
11
R Street Institute

The r street institute is a nonprofit, nonpartisan, public-policy research organization ("think tank"). our mission is to engage in policy research and outreach to promote free markets and limited, effective government. (continued on…

Education
12
American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research

The american enterprise institute is a community of scholars and supporters committed to expanding liberty, increasing individual opportunity, and strengthening free enterprise. aei pursues these ideals through independent thinking and the…

Social Science
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Policylink; the most unlike its peers is New York University. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

82 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. 82 of the 89 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
13
Early backer (in before they grew)
82/82
Grantees still filing
45/82
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CENTER FOR COMMUNITY CHANGE: $305,000 · Community ImprovementCENTER FOR COMMUNIT…AMERICAN ECONOMIC LIBERTIES PROJECT: $225,000 · Community ImprovementAMERICAN ECONOMIC L…DC FISCAL POLICY INSTITUTE INC: $202,000 · Community ImprovementDC FISCAL POLICY IN…POLICYLINK: $75,000 · Community ImprovementPOLICYLINKCOLORADO FISCAL INSTITUTE: $75,000 · Community ImprovementCOLORADO FISCAL INS…CENTER FOR COMMUNITY STEWARDSHIP: $50,000 · Community ImprovementINSTITUTE FOR LOCAL SELF RELIANCE: $50,000 · Community Improvement+1 more: $30,000 · Community ImprovementOPEN MARKETS INSTITUTE: $270,000 · EducationOPEN MARKETS INST…Vanderbilt University: $222,000 · EducationVanderbilt Univer…THE ROOSEVELT INSTITUTE: $100,000 · EducationTHE ROOSEVELT INS…Yale University: $85,700 · EducationYale UniversitySOCIAL GOOD FUND INC: $65,000 · EducationSOCIAL GOOD FUND …+10 more: $184,638 · Education+10 moreMassachusetts Budget and Policy Center Inc: $226,000 · OtherMassachusetts Budget and Policy Cente…NEW YORK IMMIGRATION COALITION INC: $190,600 · OtherNEW YORK IMMIGRATION COALITION INCMAINE PEOPLE'S RESOURCE CENTER: $90,000 · OtherASSOCIATION FOR THE PROMOTION OF POLITICAL ECONOMY AND THE LAW: $80,000 · OtherREGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN: $70,444 · OtherOREGON CENTER FOR PUBLIC POLICY: $146,400 · OtherOREGON CENTER FOR PUBLIC POLICYALIGN THE ALLIANCE FOR A GREATER NEW YORK INC: $105,000 · OtherALIGN THE ALLIANCE FOR A GREATER NEW …HOPEWELL FUND: $145,000 · OtherHOPEWELL FUNDNew Jersey Policy Perspective: $119,000 · OtherNew Jersey Policy PerspectiveCOALITION FOR GREEN CAPITAL D/B/A AMERICAN GREEN BANK CONSORTIUM: $65,000 · Other+24 more: $711,600 · Other+24 moreProgressive Change Institute: $196,250 · Public BenefitProgressive Ch…FIGHT FOR THE FUTURE EDUCATION FUND: $130,000 · Public BenefitFIGHT FOR THE …THE WASHINGTON STATE BUDGET AND POLICY CENTER: $125,000 · Public BenefitTHE WASHINGTON…PUBLIC ASSETS INSTITUTE INC: $119,000 · Public BenefitPUBLIC ASSETS …INSTITUTE ON TAXATION AND ECONOMIC POLICY: $80,000 · Public BenefitINSTITUTE ON T…UNITED STATES PUBLIC INTEREST RESEARCH GROUP EDUCATION FUND INC: $50,000 · Public BenefitUNITED STATES …+3 more: $70,000 · Public Benefit+3 moreGEORGIA RESILIENCE AND OPPORTUNITY FUND DBA THE GRO FUND: $115,300 · Human ServicesGEORGIA R…SPRINGBOARD TO OPPORTUNITIES: $100,000 · Human ServicesSPRINGBOA…CASH CAMPAIGN OF MARYLAND INC: $75,000 · Human ServicesCASH CAMP…TIDES CENTER: $75,000 · Human ServicesTIDES CEN…HAWAII APPLESEED CENTER FOR LAW AND ECONOMIC JUSTICE: $31,400 · Human ServicesHAWAII AP…Community Spring Inc: $20,000 · Human ServicesiFoster Inc: $20,000 · Human ServicesMOTHERS OUTREACH NETWORK: $20,000 · Human Services+4 more: $40,000 · Human Services+4 moreMaine Equal Justice Partners: $223,000 · Crime & LegalINITIATIVE FOR MEDICINES ACCESS & KNOWLEDGE (I-MAK) INC: $105,000 · Crime & LegalNEBRASKA APPLESEED CENTER FOR LAW IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST: $94,000 · Crime & LegalKC TENANTS: $75,000 · Civil RightsNEW MEXICO VOICES FOR CHILDREN: $70,000 · Civil RightsTOWARDS JUSTICE OF COLORADO: $50,000 · Civil RightsSOMOS UN PUEBLO UNIDO: $40,000 · Civil RightsWorkers Center For Racial Just NFP: $40,000 · Civil RightsUtah Children: $22,000 · Civil RightsMI FAMILIA EN ACCION: $20,000 · Civil Rights+1 more: $10,000 · Civil Rights
Community Improvement$1,012,000Education$927,338Other$1,949,044Public Benefit$770,250Human Services$496,700Crime & Legal$422,000Civil Rights$327,000

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 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 budgetHOPEWELL FUND: $145,000 over 1y, 0.1% 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 budgetYale University: $85,700 over 2y, 0.0% 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 budgetTIDES CENTER: $75,000 over 1y, 0.0% 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 budgetSOCIAL GOOD FUND INC: $65,000 over 1y, 0.1% 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 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.

Hopewell FundAnnie E Casey Foundat…Center on Budget and …New Venture FundAmalgamated Charitabl…Economic Security Pro…The Ford FoundationEconomic Policy Insti…Foundation to Promote…Community Catalyst IncRockefeller Philanthr…Impactassetsinc
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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Economic Security Project Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Economic Security Project Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 90%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 12%
  • United Way of Connecticut Inc: 100% of income from government
  • The Massachusetts Association for Community Action Inc: 97% of income from government
  • Yale University: 12% of income from government
  • Cash Campaign of Maryland Inc: 11% of income from government
  • Trustees of Boston College: 3% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
9get no government money at all
14report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
2rely 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.
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How do I get to Economic Security Project Inc?

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.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

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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