Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
AMERICAN COUNCIL FOR CAPITAL FORMATION CENTER FOR POLICY RESEARCH
AMERICAN COUNCIL FOR CAPITAL FORMATION CENTER FOR POLICY RESEARCH (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,055,300 to it, the largest being DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ($1,308,800). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 69% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $409k
- Funders on record
- 6
- Grants received
- $2.1M
- Net assets
- $109k
What American Council for Capital Formation Center for Policy Research does
Mission
The mission of the accf center for policy research is to promote u.s. Economic growth, provide high quality jobs, and compete effectively in world markets through its economic research and policies.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Research and special project: in 2025, the accf center for policy research funded research on the proxy advisory firms and the importance of loans programs office for the us energy sector. The accf-cpr examined the economic impact of federal tax and regulatory legislation for the u.s. As a whole. The accf cpr sponsored several economic policy evenings and webinars on retirement policy, tax policy, energy policy, trade and on the general economic trajectory of the u.s. Economy.
$114,286 spent$40,000 earned by the program79% of program spendingPublications: in 2025 the accf center for policy research shared the costs of publication for the 2024 annual report of the accf and the accf-cpr as well as for the monthly newsletter, capital formation.
$30,170 spent21% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $144,456.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2017 to 2018, from $1.3M to $839k (−34%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2018 3% · 2021 18% · 2022 5%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
90% of AMERICAN COUNCIL FOR CAPITAL FORMATION CENTER FOR POLICY RESEARCH’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (84% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 3 funders to 1 funder, grant income fell $829k → $10k.
2 of 6 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 69% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $508k from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest American Council for Capital Formation). These are real filings, and they are not money AMERICAN COUNCIL FOR CAPITAL FORMATION CENTER FOR POLICY RESEARCH raised.
From the IRS filings of AMERICAN COUNCIL FOR CAPITAL FORMATION CENTER FOR POLICY RESEARCH’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
AMERICAN COUNCIL FOR CAPITAL FORMATION CENTER FOR POLICY RESEARCH leans on a few funders — its largest provides 64% of grant income and the top three 93%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
98% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund AMERICAN COUNCIL FOR CAPITAL FORMATION CENTER FOR POLICY RESEARCH.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 68% · 2018 78% · 2019 77% · 2020 46% · 2021 67% · 2022 75% · 2023 100% — growing more concentrated.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
69% of AMERICAN COUNCIL FOR CAPITAL FORMATION CENTER FOR POLICY RESEARCH's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $642k that is directly attributable, 95% of it comes from Washington, D.C. funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.4M arriving through sponsors registered in 2 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
AMERICAN COUNCIL FOR CAPITAL FORMATION CENTER FOR POLICY RESEARCH is better cushioned than half of the 1,934 public benefit nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,934 public benefit nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like AMERICAN COUNCIL FOR CAPITAL FORMATION CENTER FOR POLICY RESEARCH
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Washington, D.C.
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
34% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
47%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 2 states
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- American Council for Capital Formation · exempt
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds AMERICAN COUNCIL FOR CAPITAL FORMATION CENTER FOR POLICY RESEARCH?
- AMERICAN COUNCIL FOR CAPITAL FORMATION CENTER FOR POLICY RESEARCH (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,055,300 to it, the largest being DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ($1,308,800). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 69% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does AMERICAN COUNCIL FOR CAPITAL FORMATION CENTER FOR POLICY RESEARCH have?
- IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $2,055,300 in grants to AMERICAN COUNCIL FOR CAPITAL FORMATION CENTER FOR POLICY RESEARCH, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of AMERICAN COUNCIL FOR CAPITAL FORMATION CENTER FOR POLICY RESEARCH?
- DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC is the largest funder on record, with $1,308,800 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like AMERICAN COUNCIL FOR CAPITAL FORMATION CENTER FOR POLICY RESEARCH find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Washington, D.C.. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 6 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing