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Washington, D.C. · Public charity

State Government Leadership Foundation

To conduct research and educational programs on public issues for the benefit of the general public, industry, and state government leaders. To support other non-profit organizations that further the exempt purpose of the organization.

$860k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
4
Grants FY2024
3
Organizations funded FY2022
33%
First-time grantees FY2022
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Median grant, FY2024
$100,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$700,000
Organizations funded a year
1 to 13
FY2017 to FY2022
States reached, FY2024
3
Total assets, FY2024
$534k

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2022, 33% of the organizations State Government Leadership Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 53% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2022, 47% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.0M went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22
Public BenefitCrime & LegalEnvironmentEducationOther
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 arriving4$850k100%
FY20223$1.9M33%
FY20214$1.1M100%
FY202013$2.0M92%
FY20192$80k100%
FY20185$1.0M100%
FY20171$50kn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Public Benefit$5.7MEducation$865kEmployment$185kCivil Rights$150kCommunity Improvement$75kEnvironment$55k

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

AK
MN
WI
MI
OH
CO
MO
VA
AR
NC
DC
GA
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 29 grantees
All grantees of State Government Leadership Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Michigan Guardians of Democracy$1,090,000233%
Standing Strong for Florida Inc$1,000,000144%
Let MI Kids Learn$865,000228%
Building America's Future$700,00011%
Cornerstone 1791$600,000166%
Carolina Partnership for Reform Inc$500,000111%
Securing Ohio's Future Inc$450,0001n/a
Michigan My Michigan$300,000132%
Michigan Freedom Fund$250,0001n/a
Carolina Leadership Coalition Inc$250,0001n/a
Minnesota Jobs Coalition$135,0001n/a
N2 America Inc$105,00018%
Integrity Minnesota$100,00017%
Western Citizens Protecting Our Constitution$75,000118%
Conservatives for Redistricting Reform$75,0001n/a
Center for Election Confidence Inc$65,00014%
American Coalition for Conservative Policies$60,00011%
Arkansas Competes$55,000281%
The Better Hour Foundation Inc$50,00018%
Wisconsin Alliance for Reform Inc$50,00012%
Alaska Wins$50,0001n/a
Minnesota Jobs Coalition$50,0001n/a
Protecting Michigans Future Fund$40,00013%
Center for Campaign Innovation$25,00023%
Minnesota Chamber of Commerce and Industry$25,00010%
Trails West Inc$25,0001n/a
Peninsula Fund$20,00013%
Ohioans for a Healthy Economy Inc$15,0001n/a
Women's Public Leadership Network$5,00011%

Where it is load-bearing

State Government Leadership Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 6 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 20 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetMichigan Guardians of Democracy: $1,090,000 over 2y, 33% of budgetStanding Strong for Florida Inc: $1,000,000 over 1y, 44% of budgetLet MI Kids Learn: $865,000 over 2y, 28% of budgetBuilding America's Future: $700,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetCornerstone 1791: $600,000 over 1y, 66% of budgetCarolina Partnership for Reform Inc: $500,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetMichigan My Michigan: $300,000 over 1y, 32% of budgetN2 America Inc: $105,000 over 1y, 7.8% of budgetIntegrity Minnesota: $100,000 over 1y, 7.2% of budgetWestern Citizens Protecting Our Constitution: $75,000 over 1y, 18% of budgetCenter for Election Confidence Inc: $65,000 over 1y, 3.6% of budgetAmerican Coalition for Conservative Policies: $60,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetArkansas Competes: $55,000 over 2y, 81% of budgetThe Better Hour Foundation Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 7.6% of budgetWisconsin Alliance for Reform Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetProtecting Michigans Future Fund: $40,000 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetCenter for Campaign Innovation: $25,000 over 2y, 2.8% of budgetMinnesota Chamber of Commerce and Industry: $25,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetPeninsula Fund: $20,000 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetWomen's Public Leadership Network: $5,000 over 1y, 0.7% 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 20.

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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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.

Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of AmericaDC12.7× affinity4 shared granteesties to 0 of 0Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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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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How do I get to State Government Leadership Foundation?

Find your warmest path to State Government Leadership Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

About State Government Leadership Foundation

How much does State Government Leadership Foundation give?
State Government Leadership Foundation reported 4 grants totaling $860,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 13 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2022.
What does State Government Leadership Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Public Benefit (81%), Education (12%), Employment (3%).
Who are State Government Leadership Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Michigan Guardians of Democracy ($1.1M), Standing Strong for Florida Inc ($1.0M), Let MI Kids Learn ($865k).
Does State Government Leadership Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2022, 33% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as State Government Leadership Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America.
Where is State Government Leadership Foundation based?
State Government Leadership Foundation 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 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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