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Results for America

RESULTS FOR AMERICA helps governments find, fund, and implement solutions that measurably improve economic mobility. Rfa's mission is to make investing in what works the "new normal", so that government decision-makers will regularly and effectively use evidence and data to increase the impact of government spending to improve the lives…

$321k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
5
Grants FY2024
11
Organizations funded FY2023
73%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$42,500
Largest grant, FY2024
$150,000
Organizations funded a year
8 to 25
FY2019 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
3
Total assets, FY2024
$33M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 73% of the organizations Results for America funded were first-time grantees, receiving 15% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 85% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $774k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23
EducationPublic BenefitHuman ServicesCommunity ImprovementCrime & LegalYouth 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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving5$321k40%
FY202311$5.2M73%
FY202211$4.7M73%
FY202125$3.3M44%
FY202018$2.6M67%
FY20198$1.3Mn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.

Education$12MPublic Benefit$4.7MYouth Development$2.9MCommunity Improvement$1.5MScience & Tech$660kCrime & Legal$324kEmployment$304kHuman Services$263kOther$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, FY2019 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Code for America Labs Inc$4,311,52244%
Johns Hopkins University$3,754,83130%
W Haywood Burns Institute$3,049,008319%
Lena Foundation$1,195,09339%
Virginia Beach City Public Schools$448,0003n/a
City of Hartford$442,0003n/a
National Center for Families Learning Inc$430,00032%
Accelerator for America$400,000224%
Cornell University$400,00020%
Brilliant Detroit$380,00033%
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All grantees of Results for America by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Code for America Labs Inc$4,311,52244%
Johns Hopkins University$3,754,83130%
W Haywood Burns Institute$3,049,008319%
Lena Foundation$1,195,09339%
Virginia Beach City Public Schools$448,0003n/a
City of Hartford$442,0003n/a
National Center for Families Learning Inc$430,00032%
Accelerator for America$400,000224%
Cornell University$400,00020%
Brilliant Detroit$380,00033%
Small Magic$209,205230%
US Digital Response$192,50022%
The Overton Project Inc$178,000142%
Empire Justice Center$148,72821%
Preschool Promise Inc$147,16722%
Cincinnati USA Regional Chamber$145,12021%
New Workforce Directions Inc$130,00024%
Youthforce Nola$130,00013%
Wayne-Metropolitan Community Action Agency Inc$120,00010%
Young Womens Christian Association Southeast Wisconsin$107,44722%
Tennessee State Collaborative on Reforming Education$100,00011%
Rennie Center for Education Research & Policy Inc$100,00013%
Behavioral Insights (US) Inc$70,8522n/a
City of Racine$65,0002n/a
Government Finance Officers Association the United States & Canada$54,53210%
Public Sector Consultants Inc$52,6131n/a
Deep Center Incorporated$50,00013%
Unified Government of Wyandotte Countykansas City Kansas Public Health D$50,0001n/a
Decarcerate Miami Inc$50,000159%
Network Delaware Inc$50,000118%
Urban Strategies Council$50,00011%
Alabama Appleseed Center for Law and Justice Inc$50,00014%
Network for the Development of Children of African Descent$35,00013%
Beyond Educating Foundation$34,2501n/a
Washtenaw County Office of Community and Economic Developement$25,0001n/a
A Brighter Way$25,000110%
Hill District Consensus Group$25,00017%
City of Lansing$24,9432n/a
Reinvent Stockton Foundation$21,00010%
Philadelphia City Fund Inc$10,00010%
Woonsocket School Department$10,0001n/a
City of Springfield$10,0001n/a
United Way of Racine County Inc$9,77110%
Learn to Earn Dayton$7,00010%

Plus 5 recipients with no EIN on record ($60k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Results for America supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 3 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 33 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCode for America Labs Inc: $4,311,522 over 4y, 4.2% of budgetJohns Hopkins University: $3,754,831 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetW Haywood Burns Institute: $3,049,008 over 3y, 19% of budgetLena Foundation: $1,195,093 over 3y, 9.2% of budgetNational Center for Families Learning Inc: $430,000 over 3y, 1.8% of budgetAccelerator for America: $400,000 over 2y, 24% of budgetCornell University: $400,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBrilliant Detroit: $380,000 over 3y, 2.6% of budgetSmall Magic: $209,205 over 2y, 30% of budgetUS Digital Response: $192,500 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetThe Overton Project Inc: $178,000 over 1y, 42% of budgetEmpire Justice Center: $148,728 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetPreschool Promise Inc: $147,167 over 2y, 2.2% of budgetCincinnati USA Regional Chamber: $145,120 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetNew Workforce Directions Inc: $130,000 over 2y, 3.8% of budgetYouthforce Nola: $130,000 over 1y, 2.7% of budgetWayne-Metropolitan Community Action Agency Inc: $120,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetYoung Womens Christian Association Southeast Wisconsin: $107,447 over 2y, 2.0% of budgetTennessee State Collaborative on Reforming Education: $100,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetRennie Center for Education Research & Policy Inc: $100,000 over 1y, 3.3% of budgetGovernment Finance Officers Association the United States & Canada: $54,532 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetDeep Center Incorporated: $50,000 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetDecarcerate Miami Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 59% of budgetNetwork Delaware Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 18% of budgetUrban Strategies Council: $50,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetAlabama Appleseed Center for Law and Justice Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 4.2% of budgetNetwork for the Development of Children of African Descent: $35,000 over 1y, 3.5% of budgetA Brighter Way: $25,000 over 1y, 10% of budgetHill District Consensus Group: $25,000 over 1y, 6.7% of budgetReinvent Stockton Foundation: $21,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetPhiladelphia City Fund Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUnited Way of Racine County Inc: $9,771 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetLearn to Earn Dayton: $7,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budget

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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 33.

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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.

Cities for Financial …WK Kellogg FoundationAnnie E Casey Foundat…Gates FoundationLena FoundationRockefeller Philanthr…New Venture FundThe Ford FoundationThe Bloomberg Family …Laura and John Arnold…Center for Technology…United Way for Southe…
Cities for Financial Empowerment Fund IncNY19.6× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Cities for Financial Empowerment Fund Inc · WK Kellogg Foundation · Annie E Casey Foundation Inc · Gates Foundation · Lena Foundation · Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc · New Venture Fund · The Ford Foundation · The Bloomberg Family Foundation Inc · Laura and John Arnold Foundation · Center for Technology and Civic Life · United Way for Southeastern Michigan

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 Results for America

How much does Results for America give?
Results for America reported 5 grants totaling $320,500 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 8 and 25 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2023.
What does Results for America fund?
By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (52%), Public Benefit (21%), Youth Development (13%).
Who are Results for America's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2019 to FY2024: Code for America Labs Inc ($4.3M), Johns Hopkins University ($3.8M), W Haywood Burns Institute ($3.0M).
Does Results for America fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 73% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as Results for America?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Cities for Financial Empowerment Fund Inc, WK Kellogg Foundation, Annie E Casey Foundation Inc.
Where is Results for America based?
Results for America is based in DC.

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 53 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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