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Institute for Policy Studies
The INSTITUTE FOR POLICY STUDIES (the institute) is a 60-year-old organization that is dedicated to building a more equitable, ecologically sustainable, and peaceful society.
- $259k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 1
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 1
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $250k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $250,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $250,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 5
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $12M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 0% of the organizations Institute for Policy Studies funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 1 | $250k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 1 | $26k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 2 | $529k | 50% |
| FY2021 | 3 | $837k | 67% |
| FY2020 | 3 | $119k | 100% |
| FY2019 | 5 | $179k | 100% |
| FY2018 | 1 | $10k | 100% |
| FY2017 | 2 | $63k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Economic Hardship Reporting Project | $1,550,002 | 3 | 83% |
| Repairers of the Breach | $84,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Center for Civic Policy | $70,034 | 2 | 1% |
| Sojourner Truth School for Social Change Leadership Inc | $56,302 | 1 | n/a |
| New Mexico Environmental Law Center | $54,600 | 2 | 3% |
| Baltimore Brothers Inc | $51,800 | 1 | n/a |
| Movement Strategy Center | $33,848 | 1 | 0% |
| WK Kellogg Foundation | $29,159 | 1 | 0% |
| Sierra Club | $24,225 | 1 | 0% |
| Retro Report Inc | $22,500 | 1 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Economic Hardship Reporting Project | $1,550,002 | 3 | 83% |
| Repairers of the Breach | $84,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Center for Civic Policy | $70,034 | 2 | 1% |
| Sojourner Truth School for Social Change Leadership Inc | $56,302 | 1 | n/a |
| New Mexico Environmental Law Center | $54,600 | 2 | 3% |
| Baltimore Brothers Inc | $51,800 | 1 | n/a |
| Movement Strategy Center | $33,848 | 1 | 0% |
| WK Kellogg Foundation | $29,159 | 1 | 0% |
| Sierra Club | $24,225 | 1 | 0% |
| Retro Report Inc | $22,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Voices for a Sustainable Future | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Trustees of Boston University | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Magnum Cultural Foundation | $8,640 | 1 | 0% |
| Union Theological Seminary | $7,000 | 1 | 0% |
Where it is load-bearing
Institute for Policy Studies supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 12 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
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.
Open a dossier: Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc · The Ford Foundation · Tides Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Institute for Policy Studies
- How much does Institute for Policy Studies give?
- Institute for Policy Studies reported 1 itemized grants totaling $250,000, out of $258,945 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 5 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Institute for Policy Studies fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (77%), Environment (4%), Science & Tech (4%).
- Who are Institute for Policy Studies's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Economic Hardship Reporting Project ($1.6M), Repairers of the Breach ($84k), Center for Civic Policy ($70k).
- Does Institute for Policy Studies fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Institute for Policy Studies?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc, The Ford Foundation, Tides Foundation.
- Where is Institute for Policy Studies based?
- Institute for Policy Studies is based in DC.
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