Illinois · Public charity
Institute for Responsive Government Inc
The institute for responsive government, inc. Develops solutions that make government more efficient, accessible, and responsive to the needs of real human beings.
- $11M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 244
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 1
- Organizations funded FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $10M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $1,350,000
- States reached, FY2024
- 12
- Total assets, FY2024
- $6.4M
100% classified
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2023 to 2024.
Public Benefit$9.3MCommunity Improvement$276kCivil Rights$250kEducation$138kArts & Culture$118kEnvironment$53kEmployment$50kRecreation & Sports$16kOther$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, FY2023 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clark County Election Department | $1,350,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Cities Forward Inc | $1,300,000 | 1 | 21% |
| Partnership for Large Election Juri | $856,000 | 1 | 29% |
| Informing Democracy Education Fund | $600,000 | 1 | 28% |
| Strong Democracy Foundation | $400,000 | 1 | 100% |
| Washoe County | $350,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Detroit | $350,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Bernalillo County New Mexico | $350,000 | 1 | n/a |
| US Digital Response | $250,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Public Rights Project | $250,000 | 1 | 4% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clark County Election Department | $1,350,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Cities Forward Inc | $1,300,000 | 1 | 21% |
| Partnership for Large Election Juri | $856,000 | 1 | 29% |
| Informing Democracy Education Fund | $600,000 | 1 | 28% |
| Strong Democracy Foundation | $400,000 | 1 | 100% |
| Washoe County | $350,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Detroit | $350,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Bernalillo County New Mexico | $350,000 | 1 | n/a |
| US Digital Response | $250,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Public Rights Project | $250,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Center for Civic Design Inc | $238,000 | 1 | 10% |
| Boulder County | $110,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Count Mi Vote Education Fund | $103,750 | 1 | 2% |
| Santa Fe County | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Dona Ana County Clerk | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Mesa County Elections | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Documentary Educational Resources Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 5% |
| County of Sandoval | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Grand Rapids | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Southfield | $60,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Charter Township of Canton Mi | $60,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Troy Michigan | $60,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Westland Michigan - Department of City Clerk (Elections) | $60,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Flint | $60,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Livonia | $60,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Dearborn | $60,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Macomb Township | $60,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Farmington Hills | $60,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Charter Township of Clinton | $60,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Work for America Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 8% |
| Western Organization of Resource Councils Education Project | $35,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Redford Township | $30,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Charter Township of Orion Mi | $30,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City of St Clair Shores | $30,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Battle Creek | $30,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Lincoln Park | $30,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Muskegon | $30,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Charter Township of Van Buren | $30,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Bedford Township | $30,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Bay City Mi | $30,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Holland | $30,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Chesterfield Township Elections Department | $30,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Taylor Clerk's Office | $30,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Moorhead | $30,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Portage | $30,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Plainfield Charter Township | $30,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Novi | $30,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Saginaw Township Treasurer | $30,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Royal Oak | $30,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Dearborn Heights | $30,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Ferndale | $18,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Allendale Charter Township | $18,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Harper Woods | $18,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Charter Township of White Lake | $18,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Bangor Charter Township Mi | $18,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Benton Charter Township Police Department | $18,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Charter Township of Highland | $18,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Colfax County Clerk | $18,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Traverse City | $18,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Byron Township | $18,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Grosse Pointe Woods | $18,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Springfield Township | $18,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Northville Township | $18,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Charter Township of Fenton | $18,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Charter Township of Lyon | $18,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Blackman Charter Township | $18,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Hamtramck | $18,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Cascade Charter Township | $18,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Park Township | $18,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Torrance County Fair Board | $18,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Charter Township of Harrison- Beautification Commision | $18,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Delhi Charter Township | $18,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Fruitport Charter Township | $18,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Monroe Charter Township | $18,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Las Animas County Clerk and Recorder | $18,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Escanaba | $18,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Mundy Township | $18,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Grandville | $18,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Madison Heights | $18,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Marquette | $18,000 | 1 | n/a |
| East Bay Charter Township | $18,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Grand Haven Charter Township | $18,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Green Oak Charter Township | $18,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Romulus | $18,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Oak Park | $18,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Jackson | $18,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Wyandotte | $18,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Logan County | $18,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Thomas Township | $18,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Fraser | $17,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Mount Clemens | $17,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Mt Pleasant | $14,500 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Fort Morgan | $12,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Delta County Teasurer | $11,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Charter Township of Chocolay | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Pennfield Charter Township | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Grosse Pointe Farms | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Charter Township of Emmett | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Marshall | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Lapeer | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Albion | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Tecumseh | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| University of Maryland College Park Foundation Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Groveland Township | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Courtland Township | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Oronoko Charter Township | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Riverview | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Kimball Township | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Bloomer Township | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Grosse Pointe Park | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Sierra County | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Benton Harbor | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Brighton Mi | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Farmington | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Port Huron Charter Township | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Hudsonville | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Fort Gratiot Township | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Flat Rock | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Township of Raisin | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Milan | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Saline | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Bear Creek Township | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Napoleon Township | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Charter Township of Lansing | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Plymouth | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Greenville | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Howell | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Almont Township | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Contina Impact | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| City of Big Rapids | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Charter Township of Bedford | $9,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Hanover Township | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Pleasant Ridge | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Clarence Township | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Petersburg | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Raisinville Township | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Chester Township | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Jackson County | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Township of Isabella | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Lexington Township | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Hadley Township | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Huntington Woods | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Gerrish Township | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Cornell Township | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Richmond Township | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Gibraltar | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Sandstone Charter Township | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Resort Township | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Port Sheldon Township | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Marathon Township | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Caspian | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Oregon Township | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Blissfield Township | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Summerfield Township | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Hartford Township | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Charlevoix | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Sherman Township Mason County | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Escanaba Township | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Iron River | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Caro | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Sherman Township Osceola County | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| New Buffalo Township | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Wayland | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| St Clair County Library System | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Lasalle Township | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Lathrup Village | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Maple Grove Township | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Watertown Charter Township | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Baldwin Township | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| William Bonifas Fine Arts Center | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Masonville Township | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Bessemer | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Rubicon Township | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Rockford | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Mineral County | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Whiteford Township | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Bangor | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Nottawa Township | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Guadalupe County | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Casco Township | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Marengo Township | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Williamstown Township | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Dewitt | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Hatton Township of Clare County | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Reynolds Township | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Grosse Pointe | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Franklin Township | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Ford River Township | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Charter Township of Ironwood | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Zeeland | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Hamlin Township | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Woodstock Township | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Ewing Township Treasurer | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Erie Township | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Washington County Clerk and Recorder | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Otsego Lake Township | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Township of Rives | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Hayes Township | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Norvell Township | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Hudson Township | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Village of Grosse Pointe Shores | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Quincy Township | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Mora County | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Township of Speaker | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Bay de Noc Township | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Sheridan Township | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Norman County Auditor-Treasurer | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Township of Evart | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Eaton Rapids Downtown Development Authority | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Sanilac Township | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Imlay City | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Hudson Fire Department | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Brown City | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Bark River Township | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Eagle Township | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Elba Township | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Fairbanks Township | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Clare | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Manton | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Sherman Township | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Parma Township | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Concord Township | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Flynn Township | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Carson City | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Coopersville | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Ray Twp Fire Department | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Richmond | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Tompkins Township | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Harbor Beach | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Denver Township | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Brampton Township | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Norman Township | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Metamora Township | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Osceola Township | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Dover Township | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Township of Tekonsha | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Springfield Economic Development Corporation | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Birch Run Township | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Belding | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| San Juan County Public Health | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Lapeer Township | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Berlin Township | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Maple Ridge Township | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Tawas City | $5,914 | 1 | n/a |
| Township of Grattan | $5,780 | 1 | n/a |
Where it is load-bearing
Institute for Responsive Government Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 3 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 13 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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 13.
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.
Center for Technology and Civic LifeIL131.2× affinity140 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →
Open a dossier: Center for Technology and Civic Life · Firehouse Subs Public Safety Foundation Inc · The Recycling Partnership Inc · Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan · Consumers Energy Foundation · Battle Creek Community Foundation · Fair Food Network Inc · Grosse Pointe Public Safety Foundation · Henry Ford Health Providence Hospital · National Recreation and Park Association · Michigan Humanities Council · Democracy Fund Inc
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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About Institute for Responsive Government Inc
- How much does Institute for Responsive Government Inc give?
- Institute for Responsive Government Inc reported 244 itemized grants totaling $10,179,944, out of $10,744,828 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing.
- What does Institute for Responsive Government Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2023 to FY2024, its largest causes are Public Benefit (91%), Community Improvement (3%), Civil Rights (2%).
- Who are Institute for Responsive Government Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2023 to FY2024: Clark County Election Department ($1.4M), Cities Forward Inc ($1.3M), Partnership for Large Election Juri ($856k).
- Which funders back the same organizations as Institute for Responsive Government Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Center for Technology and Civic Life, Firehouse Subs Public Safety Foundation Inc, The Recycling Partnership Inc.
- Where is Institute for Responsive Government Inc based?
- Institute for Responsive Government Inc is based in IL.
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