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Foundation for Civic Leadership Inc

The foundation for civic leadership is a nonprofit dedicated to engaging the next generation in democracy.

$155k
Granted FY2025still arriving
3
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$100k
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 2025.

Public Benefit$4.1MPhilanthropy$536kEducation$450kHealth$100kCivil Rights$50kSocial Science$48kEmployment$35kInternational$25kOther$0
02FY2025 · 3 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $10k–50k2 grants · $55k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $100k
$45,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$5.4M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CIVIC NATION$100,000
DEMOCRACY HOUSE INC$45,000
AMERICAN ASSOCIATES OF COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES$10,000
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 (FY20–20, $55k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%THE CITY SCHOOL: $5k → 16%STUDENT ORGANIZING INC: $50k → 16%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

IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
PA
NJ
CA
WV
MD
DC
GA
TX
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.

78%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$3.7M · 10 repeat orgs$1.0M to everyone else

10 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2025, 8 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

10
19

Total granted

$3.7M
$980k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+31%
+46%

Still filing today

100%
74%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 71% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $45k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’22’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’22’24’25
Civil RightsEducationSocial ScienceInternationalHuman ServicesCommunity 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

  • Civic Nation
    6× · 2017–2025 · $1.6M · revenue +241%
  • Trustees of Tufts College
    3× · 2017–2019 · $450k · revenue +50%
  • SS
    SCHOLARS STRATEGY NETWORK
    5× · 2018–2024 · $415k · revenue +31%

Funded once

  • NC
    NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON CITIZENSHIP
    one grant, 2020 · $275k · revenue -53%
  • NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIESgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $101k · revenue +46%
  • RO
    REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
    one grant, 2019 · $100k
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
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
2
The George Washington University

The mission of the george washington university (gw) is to educate individuals in liberal arts, languages, sciences, learned professions, and other courses and subjects of study, and to conduct scholarly research and publish the findings…

Education
3
Voteorg

Vote.org's primary purpose is to build web-based technologies that remove barriers to voting and increase vote turnout.

Civil Rights
4
Council of Institutional Investors

Educate/advocate for effective corporate governance and public company disclosure, strong shareholder rights and fair capital markets.

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5
New York Public Interest Research Group Inc

The new york public interest research group nypirg, new york state's largest studentdirected research and civic engagement organization, is uniquely designed to provideexperiential learning and civic engagement opportunities for college…

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6
Partnership for Public Service Inc

Making our government work better is a daunting task, and we are a small organization seeking to transform a government that employs millions of civilians and manages trillions of dollars in taxpayer revenue needed to protect public…

Employment
7
Open Markets Institute

The open markets institute works to help people relearn how to use competition policy to build stronger democracies, more just and equitable societies, more innovative and sustainable economies, and a more secure and peaceful world.

Education
8
National Opinion Research Center

See schedule onorc at the university of chicago conducts research and data science on critical societal issues to guide decision-making and the development of programs and public policy. our experts identify relationships and trends, and…

Social Science
9
New Media Ventures

We believe that by changing where capital is invested, we can shift the structures of power to benefit more people.

Public Benefit
10
Issue One

Issue one is the leading crosspartisan political reform organization that educates the public, engages capitol hill, and advocates for solutions to fix our broken political system.

Public Benefit
11
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
12
Center for National Independence in Politics

Vote smart, a nonpartisan civic educational organization, is focused on providing citizens with abundant, accurate and relevant information on elected officials, political candidates and issues.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Generation Citizen Inc; the most unlike its peers is The Cambridge Foundation for Peace. 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

30 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. 30 of the 36 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)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
30/30
Grantees still filing
21/30
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Civic Nation: $1,585,886 · EducationCivic NationTrustees of Tufts College: $450,000 · EducationTrustees of Tufts College+4 more: $94,162 · EducationYOUNG INVINCIBLES: $710,900 · Civil RightsYOUNG INVINCIBLESDEMOCRACY WORKS INC: $105,000 · Civil RightsDEMOCRACY WORKS INCLEADING CHANGE NETWORK INC: $50,035 · Civil RightsWV CANT WAIT MUTUAL AID A NON-PROFIT CORPORATION: $35,000 · Civil Rights+4 more: $90,000 · Civil Rights+4 moreNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON CITIZENSHIP: $275,000 · OtherNATIONAL CONFERENCE …NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES: $100,783 · OtherNATIONAL LEAGUE OF C…REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN: $100,000 · OtherREGENTS OF THE UNIVE…PURPOSE CAMPAIGNS LLC: $100,000 · OtherPURPOSE CAMPAIGNS LL…THE ANDREW GOODMAN FOUNDATION INC: $70,000 · OtherTHE ANDREW GOODMAN F…TRUSTEES OF MENLO COLLEGE: $50,000 · OtherDEMOCRACY HOUSE INC: $45,000 · OtherJOSEPH AND EVELYN LOWERY INSTITUTE JUSTICE AND HUMAN RIGHTS INC: $50,000 · OtherSTUDENT ORGANIZING INC: $50,000 · OtherBaltimoreans United in Leadership Development Inc: $50,000 · OtherNEO Philanthropy Inc: $47,889 · Other+4 more: $55,400 · Other+4 moreSCHOLARS STRATEGY NETWORK: $414,700 · Social ScienceSCHOLARS STR…WASHINGTON MONTHLY INSTITUTE: $190,000 · Social ScienceWASHINGTON M…NEW VENTURE FUND: $505,500 · EnvironmentNEW VENTUR…ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY FOUNDATION: $40,000 · PhilanthropyROCKEFELLER PHILANTHROPY ADVISORS INC: $30,000 · PhilanthropyHOPEWELL FUND: $10,000 · PhilanthropyGENERATION CITIZEN INC: $75,000 · Youth Development
Education$2,130,048Civil Rights$990,935Other$994,072Social Science$604,700Environment$505,500Philanthropy$80,000Youth Development$75,000

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 budgetCivic Nation: $1,585,886 over 6y, 7.5% of budgetYOUNG INVINCIBLES: $710,900 over 3y, 5.8% of budgetNEW VENTURE FUND: $505,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTrustees of Tufts College: $450,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSCHOLARS STRATEGY NETWORK: $414,700 over 5y, 4.3% of budgetNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON CITIZENSHIP: $275,000 over 1y, 4.0% of budgetWASHINGTON MONTHLY INSTITUTE: $190,000 over 5y, 4.2% of budgetDEMOCRACY WORKS INC: $105,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetNATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES: $100,783 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetGENERATION CITIZEN INC: $75,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetTHE ANDREW GOODMAN FOUNDATION INC: $70,000 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetAMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES: $60,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetLEADING CHANGE NETWORK INC: $50,035 over 2y, 11% of budgetJOSEPH AND EVELYN LOWERY INSTITUTE JUSTICE AND HUMAN RIGHTS INC: $50,000 over 1y, 48% of budgetSTUDENT ORGANIZING INC: $50,000 over 1y, 19% of budgetBaltimoreans United in Leadership Development Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 4.1% of budgetNEO Philanthropy Inc: $47,889 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY FOUNDATION: $40,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWV CANT WAIT MUTUAL AID A NON-PROFIT CORPORATION: $35,000 over 1y, 21% of budgetFair Elections Center: $30,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetROCKEFELLER PHILANTHROPY ADVISORS INC: $30,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNEW VOTERS ORG: $25,000 over 1y, 3.6% of budgetTHE CAMBRIDGE FOUNDATION FOR PEACE: $25,000 over 1y, 8.7% of budgetCOMMITTEE OF SEVENTY: $25,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetTemple University - Of The Commonwealth System of Higher Education: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSOCIAL GOOD FUND INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHOPEWELL FUND: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES INSTITUTE INC: $9,162 over 1y, 0.1% 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 FundNEO Philanthropy IncTides FoundationSilicon Valley Commun…The William & Flora H…Young InvinciblesBernard & Audre Rapop…The Ford FoundationDemocracy Fund IncLumina Foundation for…The Kresge FoundationGates Foundation
New Venture FundDC23.3× affinity10 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: New Venture Fund · NEO Philanthropy Inc · Tides Foundation · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation · Young Invincibles · Bernard & Audre Rapoport Foundation · The Ford Foundation · Democracy Fund Inc · Lumina Foundation for Education Inc · The Kresge Foundation · Gates 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 Foundation for Civic Leadership Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Foundation for Civic Leadership Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 60%3%13%28%50%funder's share of their income ↑0%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s income from government →median 13%
  • Trustees of Tufts College: 13% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
6get no government money at all
7report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–25%
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 36 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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The endowment market
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The camps
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