Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
CENTER FOR EUROPEAN POLICY ANALYSIS
CENTER FOR EUROPEAN POLICY ANALYSIS (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 17 organizations whose IRS filings report $11,679,262 to it, the largest being HIRSCH FAMILY FOUNDATION ($5,570,000). 10 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $5.1M
- Funders on record
- 17
- Grants received
- $12M
- Net assets
- $1.9M
What Center for European Policy Analysis does
Mission
See schedule othe Center for European Policy Analysis (cepa) is a nonprofit, nonpartisan, public policy institution headquartered in washington, dc with hubs in london and brussels, focused on strengthening the transatlantic alliance through cutting-edge research, analysis, and programs. Cepa provides innovative insight on trends affecting democracy, security, and defense to government officials and agencies; helps transatlantic businesses navigate changing strategic landscapes; and builds networks of future leaders versed in atlanticism.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
See schedule othrough its analysis and fellowship projects, the democratic resilience program delivers cutting-edge research and actionable, evidence-based analysis on the challenges policymakers face, including russian shadow-warfare, sino-russian strategic alignment, european energy security, and ukraine's recovery and reconstruction, among others.the transatlantic defense and security program at cepa shapes policy debates, builds communities of interest, and develops innovative policy solutions to the 21st century's most pressing transatlantic security issues. Our goal is to ensure the united states and its closest allies can maintain their strategic edge in an increasingly contested world. We focus on strengthening euro-atlantic institutions, promoting us engagement in european security, and deepening transatlantic cooperation. We bring a forward-looking approach to our analysis, with insight formed across generations, backgrounds, and borders. By bringing together key stakeholders, pioneering new ideas, and publishing substantive content, we help governments, businesses, institutions, and the public understand and navigate today's uncertain security environment.digital…
$2,848,993 spent100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $2,848,993.
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 2021 to 2022, from $3.1M to $6.3M (+101%).
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: 2017 12% · 2018 10% · 2019 19% · 2020 18% · 2021 10% · 2022 7% · 2023 2% · 2024 2%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
100% of CENTER FOR EUROPEAN POLICY ANALYSIS’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (81% 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.
Chief executive
Alina Polyakova
President & CEO, treasurer
Board chair
Laurence Hirsch
Chairman
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 8 funders, grant income rose $779k → $1.5M.
5 of 17 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 9% 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 EUROPEAN POLICY ANALYSIS’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
CENTER FOR EUROPEAN POLICY ANALYSIS leans on a few funders — its largest provides 48% of grant income and the top three 70%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 83% · 2018 60% · 2019 55% · 2020 54% · 2021 46% · 2022 36% · 2023 42% — 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
56% of CENTER FOR EUROPEAN POLICY ANALYSIS's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 59% 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
CENTER FOR EUROPEAN POLICY ANALYSIS draws 86% of its grant income from funders outside Washington, D.C., across 9 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.1M arriving through sponsors registered in 5 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 EUROPEAN POLICY ANALYSIS has grown faster than half of the 174 social science nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 174 social science nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Government funding CENTER FOR EUROPEAN POLICY ANALYSIS receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $1.7M on record.
- Department of State$1.2M
- Department of Defense$512k
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 CENTER FOR EUROPEAN POLICY ANALYSIS
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
56% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
46%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for CENTER FOR EUROPEAN POLICY ANALYSIS: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds CENTER FOR EUROPEAN POLICY ANALYSIS?
- CENTER FOR EUROPEAN POLICY ANALYSIS (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 17 organizations whose IRS filings report $11,679,262 to it, the largest being HIRSCH FAMILY FOUNDATION ($5,570,000). 10 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does CENTER FOR EUROPEAN POLICY ANALYSIS have?
- IRS filings report 17 organizations giving $11,679,262 in grants to CENTER FOR EUROPEAN POLICY ANALYSIS, 10 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CENTER FOR EUROPEAN POLICY ANALYSIS?
- HIRSCH FAMILY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $5,570,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CENTER FOR EUROPEAN POLICY ANALYSIS 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 17 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