Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
CENTER FOR ECONOMIC AND POLICY RESEARCH
CENTER FOR ECONOMIC AND POLICY RESEARCH (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 44 organizations whose IRS filings report $10,957,089 to it, the largest being GS DONOR ADVISED PHILANTHROPY FUND FOR WEALTH MANAGEMENT INC ($2,460,000). 21 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 57% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $3.3M
- Funders on record
- 44
- Grants received
- $11M
- Net assets
- $23M
What Center for Economic and Policy Research does
Mission
To promote democratic debate on economic and social issues through professional research and public education.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Domestic economic policy the center provides research and education on domestic economic issues affecting, growth, development and poverty. During 2023, the center published research and advocated for targeted subsidized employment, developed integrated framework plus four studies of pe in health care and researched the economic benefits of a high employment economy and disseminated the findings through publications and op-eds.
$3,656,867 spentof which $1,668,310 as grants$13,917 earned by the program57% of program spendingInternational program cepr conducts rigorous research and analysis to make significant contributions to the u.s. And international policy debates on key global issues. We produce insightful reports and articles, conduct impactful briefings, and actively engage with partners, policymakers, the media, and audiences on social media. We monitor the imfs policies and actions to bring attention to those that are harmful to countries, as well as those that can be beneficial. Building on our integral role in achieving the 2021 issuance of 650bn of imf special drawing rights, which saved hundreds of thousands of lives, we continue to make the case for new issuances. We analyze economic and political developments in latin america with an eye toward drawing attention to the impact of us policy and analyzing economic policies in various countries. We play a key role in informing policymakers and the public on the harmful impact of u.s. Sanctions on mortality, health, and poverty. We produce analysis that promotes a more sustainable, equitable, and accountable multilateral trading system.
$2,717,977 spentof which $482,350 as grants$178,935 earned by the program43% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $6,374,844.
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 $6.9M to $17M (+149%).
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 3%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
64% of CENTER FOR ECONOMIC AND POLICY RESEARCH’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (97% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 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 7 funders to 10 funders, grant income rose $407k → $1.0M.
16 of 44 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 57% 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 CENTER FOR ECONOMIC AND POLICY RESEARCH’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 44 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
CENTER FOR ECONOMIC AND POLICY RESEARCH has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 22% of grant income, and it takes 5 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 5 funders to its left
65% 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 CENTER FOR ECONOMIC AND POLICY RESEARCH.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 61% · 2018 67% · 2019 48% · 2020 22% · 2021 18% · 2022 21% · 2023 28% — 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
27% of CENTER FOR ECONOMIC AND POLICY RESEARCH's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 48% 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
57% of CENTER FOR ECONOMIC AND 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 $4.7M that is directly attributable, 86% of it comes from funders outside Washington, D.C., across 8 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $6.3M arriving through sponsors registered in 8 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
CENTER FOR ECONOMIC AND POLICY RESEARCH has grown faster than half of the 1,607 international nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,607 international nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like CENTER FOR ECONOMIC AND 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
82% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
25%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds CENTER FOR ECONOMIC AND POLICY RESEARCH?
- CENTER FOR ECONOMIC AND POLICY RESEARCH (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 44 organizations whose IRS filings report $10,957,089 to it, the largest being GS DONOR ADVISED PHILANTHROPY FUND FOR WEALTH MANAGEMENT INC ($2,460,000). 21 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 57% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does CENTER FOR ECONOMIC AND POLICY RESEARCH have?
- IRS filings report 44 organizations giving $10,957,089 in grants to CENTER FOR ECONOMIC AND POLICY RESEARCH, 21 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CENTER FOR ECONOMIC AND POLICY RESEARCH?
- GS DONOR ADVISED PHILANTHROPY FUND FOR WEALTH MANAGEMENT INC is the largest funder on record, with $2,460,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CENTER FOR ECONOMIC AND 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.
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 44 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