Washington, D.C. · Public charity
Project on Government Oversight Inc
The project on government oversight (pogo) is a nonpartisan, independent watchdog that investigates, exposes, and champions reforms on systemic corruption, abuse of power, and waste.
- $50k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 1
- Grants FY2025
- 1
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 100%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $50,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $50,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 3
- FY2017 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $13M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 100% of the organizations Project on Government Oversight Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $255k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 1 | $50k | 100% |
| FY2024 | 1 | $255k | 100% |
| FY2021 | 3 | $77k | 67% |
| FY2020 | 3 | $100k | 67% |
| FY2019 | 2 | $85k | 50% |
| FY2018 | 2 | $242k | 50% |
| FY2017 | 1 | $19k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Program Integrity Alliance | $255,377 | 1 | n/a |
| Wayne State University | $188,875 | 4 | n/a |
| Community Initiatives | $182,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Good Jobs First | $50,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Contina Impact | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Home Front Communications Dba Subject Matter LLC | $36,792 | 1 | n/a |
| National Institute on Money in | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Pogo Action Inc | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Issue One | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
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About Project on Government Oversight Inc
- How much does Project on Government Oversight Inc give?
- Project on Government Oversight Inc reported 1 grants totaling $50,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 3 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2024.
- What does Project on Government Oversight Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Public Benefit (68%), Philanthropy (22%), Education (6%).
- Who are Project on Government Oversight Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Program Integrity Alliance ($255k), Wayne State University ($189k), Community Initiatives ($182k).
- Does Project on Government Oversight Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Where is Project on Government Oversight Inc based?
- Project on Government Oversight Inc is based in DC.
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