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The Policy Academies Inc
The Policy Academies uses its influence to open career pathways at leading policy institutions, create opportunities, build networks, and foster communities of support. With TPA's guidance, these leaders are better equipped to contribute to policy discourse and shape meaningful solutions that serve their communities, driving positive…
- $374k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 10
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 9
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 78%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $346k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $20,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $100,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 9
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 6
- Total assets, FY2024
- $1.5M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 78% of the organizations The Policy Academies Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 69% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 31% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $463k 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 | 10 | $346k | 50% |
| FY2023 | 9 | $673k | 78% |
| FY2022 | 5 | $306k | 80% |
| FY2021 | 4 | $80k | 75% |
| FY2020 | 2 | $20k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 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, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| National Academy of Social Insurance | $217,500 | 2 | 10% |
| The Aspen Institute Inc | $200,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Mdrc | $130,000 | 2 | 0% |
| University of Texas | $128,500 | 2 | n/a |
| DC Fiscal Policy Institute Inc | $105,000 | 1 | 6% |
| Festival of the Diaspora Inc | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Russell Sage Foundation | $91,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Natl Conf of Black Political Scientists | $65,000 | 1 | 26% |
| Indiana University School of Medicine | $58,374 | 1 | n/a |
| Story of Our Schools | $46,500 | 3 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| National Academy of Social Insurance | $217,500 | 2 | 10% |
| The Aspen Institute Inc | $200,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Mdrc | $130,000 | 2 | 0% |
| University of Texas | $128,500 | 2 | n/a |
| DC Fiscal Policy Institute Inc | $105,000 | 1 | 6% |
| Festival of the Diaspora Inc | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Russell Sage Foundation | $91,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Natl Conf of Black Political Scientists | $65,000 | 1 | 26% |
| Indiana University School of Medicine | $58,374 | 1 | n/a |
| Story of Our Schools | $46,500 | 3 | n/a |
| The Century Foundation Inc | $45,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Regents of the University of California | $42,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Social Policy Analytics | $42,174 | 1 | n/a |
| Northeastern University | $30,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Legally Blk Fund Inc | $30,000 | 1 | n/a |
| University of Maryland College Park | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| New York University | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| St John's University New York | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Nemours Foundation | $17,826 | 1 | 0% |
| Texas State University | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Lighthouse of Hope Outreach and Resourse Center | $5,000 | 1 | 43% |
Where it is load-bearing
The Policy Academies Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 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: The Ford Foundation · The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
How this is measured
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About The Policy Academies Inc
- How much does The Policy Academies Inc give?
- The Policy Academies Inc reported 10 itemized grants totaling $346,000, out of $374,343 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 9 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does The Policy Academies Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Social Science (37%), Science & Tech (18%), Education (12%).
- Who are The Policy Academies Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: National Academy of Social Insurance ($218k), The Aspen Institute Inc ($200k), Mdrc ($130k).
- Does The Policy Academies Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 78% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Policy Academies Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Ford Foundation, The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
- Where is The Policy Academies Inc based?
- The Policy Academies Inc is based in DC.
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