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Icivics Inc

Icivics champions equitable, non-partisan civic education so that the practice of democracy is learned by each new generation.

$180k
Granted FY2025still arriving
10
Grants FY2025still arriving
9
States reached
$25k
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, FY2019 to 2025.

Public Benefit$1.7MEducation$77k
02FY2025 · 10 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$20,000
Median grant
9
States reached
$23M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
GENERATION NATION$25,000
THE CONNETICUT DEMOCRACY CENTER INC$20,000
YMCA OF THE NORTH$20,000
ALLSIDES TECHNOLOGIES INC$20,000
GLOBAL IMPACT$20,000
LEGISLATIVE SEMESTER INC$20,000
COMMITTEE OF SEVENTY$20,000
MARYLAND YOUTH & THE LAW$20,000
KENTUCKY COUNCIL FOR THE SOCIAL STUDIES$15,000
VIRGINIA CIVICS EDUCATION INC$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.

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Its human-services grants (FY25–25, $20k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%YMCA OF THE NORTH: $20k → 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

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DE
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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.

42%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$562k · 11 repeat orgs$767k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +26% since the first grant, against +10% for those funded once.

11 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2025, 5 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

11
13

Total granted

$562k
$707k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+26%
+10%

Still filing today

91%
69%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 65% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $60k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’23’24’25
EducationCivil RightsArts & CultureCrime & LegalSocial ScienceYouth DevelopmentOther
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

  • LEGISLATIVE SEMESTER INC
    3× · 2023–2025 · $70k · revenue +26%
  • CN
    CIVIC NEBRASKA
    4× · 2021–2024 · $60k · revenue +11%
  • GI
    GENERATIONNATION INC
    3× · 2023–2025 · $59k · revenue +48%

Funded once

  • CE
    COOPERATIVE EDUCATIONAL SERVICE AGENCIES #1
    one grant, 2024 · $198k
  • DI
    DIGITAL INQUIRY GROUP
    one grant, 2024 · $161k
  • CO
    CURATORS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI SPECIAL TR
    one grant, 2024 · $120k
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
Nevada Center for Civic Engagement

Our mission is to promote and support the study of history, law and civics for the development of responsible and informed citizens who are committed to democratic principles and active engagement in representative government.

Education
2
Center for Civic Education

The center ensures a free and fair republic by teaching the principles and practice of democracy to millions of educators and their students. as a national, nonpartisan nonprofit, the center designs comprehensive civics curricular…

Youth Development
3
The Ohio Center for Law Related Education

The ohio center for law related education is a non-profit, nonpartisan organization that encourages participation in our democracy through active learning programs about law and citizenship for educators and students involving volunteers…

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4
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
5
Civica Initiatives

Empower people and strengthen democratic institutions

Community Improvement
6
Contemporary Policy Institute
Philanthropy
7
Democracy Works Inc

The organization's mission is to leverage web-technologies to improve civic engagement and voter education.

Civil Rights
8
Constituting America Inc

Constituting america's mission is to educate students and adults about the constitution through the culture. constituting america's mission is to utilize the culture: film, internet, tv and social media to reach, educate and inform…

Education
9
Bill of Rights Institute

The Bill of Rights Institute teaches history and civics. We equip students and teachers to live the ideals of a free and just society.

Unclassified
10
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
11
National Constitution Center

The National Constitution Center is America's leading platform for nonpartisan constitutional education and civil dialogue. We bring together people of all ages and perspectives, across America and around the world, to learn about, debate,…

Arts & Culture
12
Commission On Presidential Debates

Organize general election presidential and vice-presidential debates

Civil Rights
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Generation Citizen Inc; the most unlike its peers is Teachers College Columbia University. 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

27 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. 27 of the 29 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)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
27/27
Grantees still filing
18/27
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

COOPERATIVE EDUCATIONAL SERVICE AGENCIES #1: $198,000 · OtherCOOPERATIVE EDUCATIONAL SERVICE AGENCIES…CURATORS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI SPECIAL TR: $120,154 · OtherCURATORS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI S…KENTUCKY COUNCIL FOR THE SOCIAL STUDIES: $65,000 · OtherKENTUCKY COUNCIL FOR THE SOCIAL STUDIESMARYLAND YOUTH AND THE LAW INC: $60,000 · OtherMARYLAND YOUTH AND THE LAW INCTeach Democracy: $35,000 · OtherTeach DemocracyThe Michigan Center for Civic Education: $34,300 · OtherThe Michigan Center for Civic EducationINDIANA BAR FOUNDATION: $40,000 · OtherINDIANA BAR FOUNDATION+5 more: $77,606 · Other+5 moreDIGITAL INQUIRY GROUP: $160,510 · EducationDIGITAL INQUIRY GROUPGEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY: $77,000 · EducationGEORGETOWN UNIVERSITYLEGISLATIVE SEMESTER INC: $70,000 · EducationLEGISLATIVE SEMESTER INCGENERATIONNATION INC: $59,300 · EducationGENERATIONNATION INCNH CIVICS: $40,000 · EducationNH CIVICSUTAH 3RS PROJECT: $20,000 · Education+2 more: $18,400 · EducationGENERATION CITIZEN INC: $382,000 · Youth DevelopmentGENERATION CITIZEN INCGEORGIA CENTER FOR CIVIC ENGAGEMENT INC: $20,000 · Youth DevelopmentCIVIC NEBRASKA: $60,000 · Civil RightsCOMMITTEE OF SEVENTY: $48,600 · Civil RightsOKLAHOMA POLICY INC: $10,000 · Civil RightsGlobal Impact: $67,500 · InternationalINTREPID MUSEUM FOUNDATION INC: $45,406 · Arts & CultureTHE CONNECTICUT DEMOCRACY CENTER INC: $20,000 · Arts & CultureVIRGINIA CIVICS EDUCATION INC: $50,000 · Social Science
Other$630,060Education$445,210Youth Development$402,000Civil Rights$118,600International$67,500Arts & Culture$65,406Social Science$50,000

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetGENERATION CITIZEN INC: $382,000 over 6y, 5.5% of budgetDIGITAL INQUIRY GROUP: $160,510 over 1y, 7.7% of budgetGEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY: $77,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLEGISLATIVE SEMESTER INC: $70,000 over 3y, 19% of budgetGlobal Impact: $67,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetMARYLAND YOUTH AND THE LAW INC: $60,000 over 4y, 8.9% of budgetCIVIC NEBRASKA: $60,000 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetGENERATIONNATION INC: $59,300 over 3y, 8.8% of budgetVIRGINIA CIVICS EDUCATION INC: $50,000 over 4y, 12% of budgetCOMMITTEE OF SEVENTY: $48,600 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetINTREPID MUSEUM FOUNDATION INC: $45,406 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetINDIANA BAR FOUNDATION: $40,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetNH CIVICS: $40,000 over 3y, 5.4% of budgetTeach Democracy: $35,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetThe Michigan Center for Civic Education: $34,300 over 3y, 6.5% of budgetUTAH 3RS PROJECT: $20,000 over 1y, 47% of budgetTHE CONNECTICUT DEMOCRACY CENTER INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetGEORGIA CENTER FOR CIVIC ENGAGEMENT INC: $20,000 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE: $19,206 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetOKLAHOMA POLICY INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetWEST VIRGINIA CIVIC EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 12% of budgetSHEPHERD UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC: $8,400 over 1y, 0.2% 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 FundTides FoundationNational Philanthropi…American Endowment Fo…Vanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
New Venture FundDC11.9× affinity4 shared granteesties to 7 of 7Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: New Venture Fund · Tides Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · American Endowment Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · 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 Icivics Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Icivics Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%3%13%28%50%funder's share of their income ↑0%8%15%22%30%share of the org’s income from government →median 30%
  • University of Delaware: 30% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
8report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–30%
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 29 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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More from the funding graph

The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
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