Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
BIPARTISAN POLICY CENTER INC
BIPARTISAN POLICY CENTER INC (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 156 organizations whose IRS filings report $133,458,985 to it, the largest being NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST ($11,750,000). 93 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $38M
- Funders on record
- 156
- Grants received
- $133M
- Net assets
- $41M
What Bipartisan Policy Center Inc does
Mission
To drive principled solutions through rigorous analysis, reasoned negotiation, and respectful dialogue. To actively promote bipartisanship and work to address the key challenges facing the nation including energy and infrastructure, health, economic policy, national security, and governance.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Economic policy - the economic policy program includes the economic policy project, the infrastructure policy project, the immigration policy project, the higher education project, the housing project, the technology project, the child welfare project, the paid family leave project , and the corporate governance project:economic policy projectthe economic policy project's work responds to the challenges facing the domestic economy by strengthening retirement security and personal savings, promoting a financial system that best serves main street businesses and consumers, securing economic opportunities for the future and dealing with our nation's exploding debt.infrastructure policy projectbpc's infrastructure project helps policymakers make smart investments in infrastructure to build thriving, resilient, and inclusive communities. Recent federal investments provide opportunities to upgrade our nation's infrastructure and protect against climate hazards - but delivering on their promise and potential will require efficient, impactful, and equitable implementation.immigration policy projectbpc's immigration policy project focuses on practical legislative solutions that address our…
$10,305,848 spentof which $48,000 as grants$138,725 earned by the program32% of program spendingHealth - the health program strives to develop bipartisan policies that improve public health and help move the u.s. To an affordable, equitable, accessible, high-value system of care for all. The health program focuses on the areas of cost and coverage, digital health, behavioral health, prevention, chronic care, long-term care, rural health, public health, pandemic preparedness, and health care workforce:behavioral health projectthe health program addresses the huge unmet need for mental health and substance use disorder treatment through federal policies to expand the workforce, ensure more providers participate in insurance networks, and make better use of the existing workforce through integration. This includes projects focused on implementation of the crisis care continuum, development of the unlicensed workforce, and behavioral health needs specific to rural areas.prevention projectled by its food and nutrition security task force, for the past several years, bpc's health program has identified policies that address hunger, nutrition, and health. Bpc launched a new task force for 2023 more focused on education (for providers and patients) as well as bridging the gap…
$7,305,544 spent$22,500 earned by the program23% of program spendingEnergy - the national conversation around energy is changing rapidly. As the united states has dramatically increased its production of hydrocarbons, the costs of renewable energy technologies have also declined sharply. The bpc energy team is focused on generating and advocating pragmatic clean energy policies through engagement with a broad set of stakeholders and experts from diverse political perspectives.
$6,050,905 spentof which $250,000 as grants$982,662 earned by the program19% of program spendingGovernance
$5,965,831 spentof which $1,325,000 as grants$193,750 earned by the program18% of program spendingEarly childhood
$2,436,751 spent8% of program spendingOther
$330,402 spent$400,000 earned by the program1% of program spending
The 6 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $32,395,281.
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 2020 to 2021, from $35M to $52M (+48%).
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: 2021 4%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
89% of BIPARTISAN POLICY CENTER INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (23% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 8 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 broadened from 26 funders to 65 funders, grant income rose $9.4M → $15M.
20 of 156 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 22% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of BIPARTISAN POLICY CENTER INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 156 funders by total. 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
BIPARTISAN POLICY CENTER INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 9% of grant income, and it takes 9 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 9 funders to its left
40% 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 BIPARTISAN POLICY CENTER INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 22% · 2018 21% · 2019 14% · 2020 13% · 2021 22% · 2022 38% · 2023 10% — diversifying over time.
“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.
How long its funders stay
44% of BIPARTISAN POLICY CENTER INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 60% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
BIPARTISAN POLICY CENTER INC draws 73% of its grant income from funders outside Washington, D.C., across 29 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $29M arriving through sponsors registered in 13 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
BIPARTISAN POLICY CENTER INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 270 public benefit nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 270 public benefit nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2024
Government funding BIPARTISAN POLICY CENTER INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $154k on record.
- Office of Personnel Management$154k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like BIPARTISAN POLICY CENTER INC
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
91% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
77%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 9 states
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Bipartisan Policy Center Action Inc · exempt
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds BIPARTISAN POLICY CENTER INC?
- BIPARTISAN POLICY CENTER INC (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 156 organizations whose IRS filings report $133,458,985 to it, the largest being NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST ($11,750,000). 93 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does BIPARTISAN POLICY CENTER INC have?
- IRS filings report 156 organizations giving $133,458,985 in grants to BIPARTISAN POLICY CENTER INC, 93 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of BIPARTISAN POLICY CENTER INC?
- NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST is the largest funder on record, with $11,750,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like BIPARTISAN POLICY CENTER INC 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.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 156 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing