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Washington Center for Equitable Growth Inc

The washington center for equitable growth is a non-profit research and grantmaking organization dedicated to advancing evidence-backed ideas and policies that promote strong, stable, and broad-based economic growth. Organization dedicated to improving the understanding of equitable growth and inequality by supporting new academic…

$907k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
16
Itemized grants FY2024
9
Organizations funded FY2023
56%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Itemized, FY2024
$751k
The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2024
$30,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$97,200
Organizations funded a year
9 to 21
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
13
Total assets, FY2024
$13M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 56% of the organizations Washington Center for Equitable Growth Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 49% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 51% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $275k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23
EducationRecreation & SportsOther
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 arriving14$653k50%
FY20239$565k56%
FY20229$680k33%
FY202118$1.1M33%
FY202021$1.3M62%
FY201910$840k60%
FY201810$642k70%
FY201710$493kn/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.

Education$3.6MEmployment$1.6MScience & Tech$900kSocial Science$852kHealth$418kCommunity Improvement$250kRecreation & Sports$160kHuman Services$108kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

VT
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WA
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MA
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OH
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CT
RI
CA
MO
KY
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DC
GA
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Top grantees

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

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
University of Chicago$695,51370%
Regents of the University of California at Berkeley$396,4223n/a
Duke University$339,65750%
Regents of the University of Michigan$313,3484n/a
Regents Univ of California$263,0004n/a
University of Maryland College Park$260,2603n/a
Cornell University$240,00030%
Rector & Visitors of the University of Virginia$221,3242n/a
University of Minnesota$204,8063n/a
The Ohio State University$181,0183n/a
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All grantees of Washington Center for Equitable Growth Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
University of Chicago$695,51370%
Regents of the University of California at Berkeley$396,4223n/a
Duke University$339,65750%
Regents of the University of Michigan$313,3484n/a
Regents Univ of California$263,0004n/a
University of Maryland College Park$260,2603n/a
Cornell University$240,00030%
Rector & Visitors of the University of Virginia$221,3242n/a
University of Minnesota$204,8063n/a
The Ohio State University$181,0183n/a
Northwestern University$160,00020%
The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois$150,7533n/a
New York University$150,00040%
University of Massachusetts$140,0002n/a
University of Wisconsin Madison$124,8602n/a
USC School of Medicine Greenville$115,0002n/a
George Mason University$114,2242n/a
University of Washington$110,0002n/a
Trustees of Boston College$100,00010%
Georgetown University$93,75020%
Trustees of Boston University$85,00020%
Wake Forest University$85,00010%
Portland State University Foundation$80,00010%
University of Wisconsin$80,0001n/a
Carnegie Mellon University$77,52010%
President and Fellows of Middlebury College$75,8681n/a
University of Kentucky$75,7492n/a
The University of Memphis$74,0001n/a
University of Minnesota Twin Cities$70,0001n/a
Michigan State University$67,8841n/a
Georgia State University Foundation Inc$67,27310%
Regents of the University of California$66,5001n/a
Washington University$65,30010%
The George Washington University$65,00010%
University of Massachusetts Foundation Inc$65,00010%
Georgia State University Research Foundation Inc$61,00010%
Loyola University of Chicago$60,00010%
University System of New Hampshire$60,0001n/a
Barnard College$58,11010%
University of Texas$56,0872n/a
The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science & Art$50,00010%
Appalachian State University$40,0001n/a
Emory University$40,00010%
University System of New Hampshire$35,0001n/a
The Urban Institute$35,00010%
Wellesley College$34,50010%
Williams College$32,06510%
University of California Davis$30,0002n/a
University of Rochester$30,00010%
The Trustees of Princeton University$30,00020%
Arizona State University$30,0001n/a
American University$30,00010%
State University of Iowa$27,5001n/a
The Howard University$20,00010%
University of Washington Foundation$15,0001n/a
University of Arizona$15,0001n/a
Rutgers the State University$10,0001n/a

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Washington Center for Equitable Growth Inc supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetUniversity of Chicago: $695,513 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetDuke University: $339,657 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCornell University: $240,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNorthwestern University: $160,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNew York University: $150,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTrustees of Boston College: $100,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGeorgetown University: $93,750 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTrustees of Boston University: $85,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWake Forest University: $85,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPortland State University Foundation: $80,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCarnegie Mellon University: $77,520 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGeorgia State University Foundation Inc: $67,273 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWashington University: $65,300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe George Washington University: $65,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Massachusetts Foundation Inc: $65,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGeorgia State University Research Foundation Inc: $61,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLoyola University of Chicago: $60,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBarnard College: $58,110 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science & Art: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEmory University: $40,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Urban Institute: $35,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWellesley College: $34,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWilliams College: $32,065 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Rochester: $30,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Trustees of Princeton University: $30,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican University: $30,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Howard University: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% 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 27.

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About Washington Center for Equitable Growth Inc

How much does Washington Center for Equitable Growth Inc give?
Washington Center for Equitable Growth Inc reported 16 itemized grants totaling $750,680, out of $907,319 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 9 and 21 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Washington Center for Equitable Growth Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (44%), Employment (20%), Science & Tech (11%).
Who are Washington Center for Equitable Growth Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: University of Chicago ($696k), Regents of the University of California at Berkeley ($396k), Duke University ($340k).
Does Washington Center for Equitable Growth Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 56% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Where is Washington Center for Equitable Growth Inc based?
Washington Center for Equitable Growth Inc 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 68 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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