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Cardinal Institute for West Virginia Policy Inc

Cardinal Institute for West Virginia Policy Inc (West Virginia) receives grants from 16 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,591,168 to it, the largest being STATE POLICY NETWORK ($1,157,400). 13 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$1.1M
Funders on record
16
Grants received
$3.6M
Net assets
$873k
13/16 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 87%
01What it does

What Cardinal Institute for West Virginia Policy Inc does

Mission

Founded in 2014, the Cardinal Institute for West Virginia Policy, Inc.is a 501c3 non-profit dedicated to researching, developing, and communicating effective free-market public policies for West Virginia.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Dignity Project to better enable individuals to enter the workforce

    $101,475 spent
    15% of program spending
  2. Education Reform to ensure every child has access to an appropriateeducation regardless of family circumstances

    $394,498 spentof which $2,000 as grants
    60% of program spending
  3. Policy Analysis to analyze public policies put forth in West Virginiaand evaluate their impact on the state

    $163,662 spent
    25% of program spending
  4. Program Service Expenses 1,644, Grants and allocations 0, Revenue 0 Center for Appalachian Renewal is intended to promote the Appalachian region for education freedom, expansion of school choice, and catalyze further education and healthcare reforms

    $1,644 spent
    0% of program spending

The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $661,279.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 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.

100 = 20202020 Revenue 100 ($325k) Expenses 100 ($321k) Net assets 100 ($230k)2021 Revenue 242 ($786k) Expenses 148 ($475k) Net assets 235 ($542k)2022 Revenue 299 ($971k) Expenses 236 ($756k) Net assets 329 ($757k)2023 Revenue 284 ($923k) Expenses 260 ($832k) Net assets 368 ($848k)2024 Revenue 324 ($1.1M) Expenses 321 ($1.0M) Net assets 379 ($873k)
20202021202220232024
Revenue (324)Expenses (321)Net assets (379)Peer revenue range

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 $230k to $542k (+135%).

$230k
$542k
$782k
$871k
$903k
20202021202220232024
Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

98% of Cardinal Institute for West Virginia Policy Inc’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (81% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 186 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 5 reported years ran a deficit.

$4k
’20
$311k
’21
$216k
’22
$91k
’23
$25k
’24
6.8
months of
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.

Chief executive

Garrett Ballengee

President / CEO

Board chair

Karen Bailey-Chapman

Chair

As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.

20202021202220232024
Listed78778
Joined·+2+1+0+2
No longer listed·1201
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 10 funders, grant income rose $100k → $802k.

4 of 16 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 14% 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 Cardinal Institute for West Virginia Policy Inc’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

Cardinal Institute for West Virginia Policy Inc leans on a few funders — its largest provides 32% of grant income and the top three 64%; half comes from just 2 funders.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left

85% 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 Cardinal Institute for West Virginia Policy Inc.

32%
largest funder
64%
top three
~6
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 49% · 2019 38% · 2020 23% · 2021 36% · 2022 65% · 2023 31% — 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

63% of Cardinal Institute for West Virginia Policy Inc's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 81% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y+5y

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

Cardinal Institute for West Virginia Policy Inc draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside West Virginia, across 7 states in all.

WI
IN
CO
VA
NC
DC
FL

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

’17
’18
’19
’20
’21
’22
’23
West Virginia out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $491k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

Cardinal Institute for West Virginia Policy Inc has grown faster than three-quarters of the 175 social science nonprofits its size.

Operating margin2% · below the median
Months of reserve6.8mo · above the median
Revenue growth (annualized)34% · top quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 175 social science nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024

Organizations like Cardinal Institute for West Virginia Policy 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 West Virginia

Nationally

05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

64% of spending goes to programs.

Program 64%Management 16%Fundraising 20%

Governance

7
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

78%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

WV

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Questions and answers

Who funds Cardinal Institute for West Virginia Policy Inc?
Cardinal Institute for West Virginia Policy Inc (West Virginia) receives grants from 16 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,591,168 to it, the largest being STATE POLICY NETWORK ($1,157,400). 13 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does Cardinal Institute for West Virginia Policy Inc have?
IRS filings report 16 organizations giving $3,591,168 in grants to Cardinal Institute for West Virginia Policy Inc, 13 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of Cardinal Institute for West Virginia Policy Inc?
STATE POLICY NETWORK is the largest funder on record, with $1,157,400 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like Cardinal Institute for West Virginia Policy Inc find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in West Virginia. 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 2020–2024), and the filings of 16 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